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The person was disassembling a take-up which was in a vice the inner slide portion dropped out and the all thread on the end cut EE's shin area about 6 inches below the knee. The inner slide fell over towards EE's leg when it fell out of the take-up.
A piece of equipment was linking water, so sand was put down to absorb the water, when employee cleaned out the area they slipped and fell
Employee was cleaning the prescreen when dirt fell on his foot when he pulled his foot out of the dirt he twisted his knee. We took him to the ER the next day for X-Rays the did not see anything wrong. He followed up with a different DR who wants to do a MRI and put the employee on modified duty.
He was unclogging a chute with a 4 foot rock bar. He said he felt right shoulder pop. Took him to the ER, took an x-ray. They did not see anything wrong. He called the next morning stating his arm hurt. Came in Monday for some training in the office, did not mention his arm was sore until after training. He was released to see Dr. 3/16/09. Saw Dr. 3/23/09: 2 weeks off work.
While changing a screen on the prescreener. ELJ 6x20 2 deck. His finger got caught between the screen and the frame. Was wearing gloves, did this procedure 20-25 times. Did not want medical treatment at the time. Went to ER for flu symptons. While there dr x ray finger and said it was broken. His finger was put into a splint. We found out it was broken 9:00 pm next day.