EE WAS USING TOILET IN MECKLEY'S MAINTENANCE SHOP. GETTING UP FROM SEATED POSITION, HIS LEFT KNEE MADE POPPING SOUND, CAME OUT OF JOINT, CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN. ONE-HALF HOUR LATER IT WE NT BACK INTO PLACE AGAIN. THIS EPISODE RESULTED IN TORN CARTILAGE IN THE LEFT KNEE.
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Showing all 5EMP WAS WORKING TO RETRIEVE A HEAVY PIECE OF STEEL THAT HAD FALLEN ONTO CONVEYOR. IN PROCESS HE ATTEMPTED TO SET THE STEEL VERTICALLY ON A PLATFORM. WHEN HE DID THIS, THE STEEL FELL OVER PINCH ING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN STEEL AND PLATFORM. THE WEIGHT OF THE STEEL FALLING CRUSHED THE TIP OF HIS FINGER. DR SET BONE ON TIP OF FINGER THAT WAS FRACTURED AND STITCHED SPLIT FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE A CONFINED SPACE UNDER THE CATWALK, NEXT TO A SCREEN, TRYING TO UNBLOCK A CHUTE BY SHOVELING THE MATERIAL OVERTOP AN I-BEAM. IN THE PROCESS, HE TWISTED HIS BACK. HE THOUGHT IT WOULD GET BETTER ON ITS OWN, USED ICE ON IT &KEPT ON WORKING. FINALLY THE PAIN BECAME VERY SEVERE AND RADIATED DOWN HIS RIGHT LEG, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO WORK. DIAGNOSIS: HERNIATED DISK.
STOCKING TRUCK ROLLED DOWN OVER STOCKPILE LANDED ON WHEELS AGAIN
HELPING TO CHANGE CABLE ON CRANE, ACCIDENTLY STEPPED ON MOVING SPROCKET LACERATIONS AND SEVERE MUTILATION TO 4TH TOE ON SAME FOOT UY