EMPL WAS MOVING ROCKS TO MAKE ROOM FOR INSTALLATION OF GUARD SHIELD AROUND PLANT 4 CURSHER FEEDER. TWISTING MOTION WHILE PICKING UP ROCKS STRAINED BACK.
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Showing 50 of 269USING PUNCH BALL HAMMER TO DRIVE BOLT OUT OF AIR SIFTER SM METAL FRAGMETN STRUCKHIM IN R LEG ANTIB.WERE PRESCRIBED WOUD SZ 1/4 IN
EMPL WAS MOVIGN DRILL WITH PIECE OF STEEL AND HODING IT WITH HIS HAND WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF MASHING END OF FINGER ON L HAND KNOCKED NAIL OFF BROKE BONE CHIPS LACERTED UNDERSIDE
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TURN HAMMERS IN DAY 70 HAMMER MILL.THEY WERE USING A PRY BAR AND GRATE BARS TO ALIGN PIN HOLES.APPROXIMATELY 60 POUND HAMMER SLIPPED AND PINCHED INJURED'S RIGHT THUMB AGAI NST GRATE BAR.TEN TO 12 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED ON LACERATION AT BASE OF THE THUMBNAIL.THE NAIL WAS ALSO REMOVED.NO LOST TIME IS EXPECTED,ONLY RESTRICTIVE DUTY.
EMPL CHECKING CONVEYOR DRIVE MECHANISM MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS PINCHED BY CHAIN.
EMPL WAS LOADING TRUCK AT RAILROAD SLIDING AT PLANT #1 WHEN HE STEPPED OFF RAILROAD CROSS TIE. HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN CALF OF RIGHT LEG. EMPL STRAINED LIGAMENT IN RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE WATER TRUCK AND STEPOPED ON A ROCK. HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE, HE WAS GIVEN MEDICATION BY THE DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO TIHGTEN SHIM BOLTS AT THE JAW CRUSHER. HE STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
EMPL HAULING SETTLING POND MUD TO DESIGNATED AREA.ROCK BERM WAS IN PLACE FOR TRUCKS TO BACK UP AGAINST IN ORDER TO DUMP OVER EDGE OF SPOIL AREA.BEFORE DRIVER GOT BACK TO THE BERM HE NOTICED GR OUND GIVING WAY BENEATH HIM.UNBUCKLED SEAT BELT AND JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK INJURING ANKLE.FEARED TRUCK WOULD SLIDE OVER EDGE OF DUMP.
EMPLOYEE COULD NOT REMEMBER HURTING HIS BACK BUT THOUGHT IT PROBABLY HAPPENED WHILE PICKING UP ROCKS IN MAIN VENT SHAFT.
EMPL WAS SPLITTING RUBBER TORQUE ARRESTERS FOR WELL PUMP WITH POCKET KNIFE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING SMALL LACERATION TO INSIDE OF RIGHT KNEE AREA.
EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED LOADING BULK HOPPER TRUCK & WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE ACCESS LADDER ON TRUCK WHEN HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED BEHIND THE LADDER IT CAUSED HIM TO FALL DOWN THE LADDER BACKWARDS WHILE FOOT WAS HUNG BEHIND THE LADDER SPRAIN TO RT ANKLE
EMPL WAS PULLING BLOCKS AND REMOVING WEDGES FROM VERTICAL BREAK HOLES IN BLOCK AND HOLDING WEDGES IN OTHER HAND WHEN HE FREED WEDGE IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN WEDGE AND HAND HELD WEDGE BONE BROKEN AND BURSTED NAIL IN END OF RING RINGER L HAND
ACCIDENT OCCURRED DOING MAINTENANCE ON HAMMER MILL PLANT 4.EMPL LIFTED LARGE PART HE SHOULD HAVE SOUGHT HELP ON AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.ON 3-23-89 EMPL SOUGHT MEDICAL HELP.STRAIN TO LOWER BACK,BECAME LOST TIME 3-23-89.
EMPL WAS MOVING FEED PLATE TO CONE CRUSHER. HE DROPPED PLATE & IT STRUCK HIM IN LEG. HE WAS GIVEN PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.
EMPL WAS CLIMBING DOWN OUT OF HAULAGE TRUCK & STEPPED ON LOOSE ROCK. HE SPRAINED ANKLE. HE WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
EMPL WAS USING PRY BAR TO ADJUST BEARING HOUSING ON COUNTERWEIGHT PULLEY TAKEUP SYSTEM ON 111 BELT. BAR SLIPPED & EMPL MASHED RIGHT LITTLE FINGER AGAINST HAND RAIL. NEXT DAY FINGER WAS EXAMINE D BY DR CAMPL. NAIL WAS REMVE TO RELIEVE PRESSURE FROM SWELLING.
EMPL WAS CLEANING SPILLED MATERIAL OFF FLOOR WITH SHOVEL PART OF NORMAL JOB DUTIES WHEN HE STARTED COMPLAINING OF LOWER BACK PAIN. RELATED TO ORIGINAL ACCIDENT ON 1/18/84 WHEN EMPL ORIGINALLY HURT BACK. SINCE EMPL HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH BACKPROBLEMS.
SUPERVISING THE MOVEMENT OF TRACKS FOR BELT SAW THAT WERRE SUSPENDED BY A FORK TRUCK WHEN HE USED A PRY BAR TO GET IT OVER A HUMP OF MARBLE IT SLIPPED OFF FORK TRUCK AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOO T SEVERE SWELLING TOP OF FOOT AND BROKEN BLOOD VESSELS THIS REQUIRED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
EMPLOYEE BURNED HIS EYES WORKING CLOSE TO PEOPLE WELDING IN A FEEDER. HE WAS WEARING DARK SAFETY GLASSES BUT THEY WEREN'T ADEQUATE PROTECTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING JACK TO PRESS IN A SHAFT TO REPAIR THE P&H CRANE WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND KNUCKLE. CUT AND BROKE LEFT RING FINGER- DEEP CUT TO TOP AND B OTTOM OF FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE SCREENS. THE TIE DOWN BAR SLIPPED DOWN THE SCREEN AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT CALF AND BRUISED IT. HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCIPTION.
EMPLOYEE WALKED THROUGH SOME WATER TO TURN ON A VALVE TO FILL THE WATER TRUCK. THE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS SHOULDER. HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION.
EMPL WAS LOADING 50# BAGS OF STONE ON PALLET WHEN HE PLACED BAG ON SCALES TO CHECK WEIGHT. WHEN BAG HE EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN IN BACK.
12-26- EE WAS INSPECTING AN AIR COMPRESSOR IN PLANT 2. HER SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF 3 NUMBER IRON PIPE THAT WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED WAS NOT THOUGHT TO BE SERIOUS. HE CONTINUED TO COMPLAIN OF PAIN IN THE KNEE AREA DURING LATE JAN. HE WAS EXAMINED BY DR FEB 2. IT APPEAR THAT THERE MIGHT BE A POSSIBLE TORN MEDICAL MENISEUS OR CARTILAGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING SHAFT IN RAYMOND MILL WHENCHAIN SLIPPED AND PINCHED TOP OF LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT TRANSPORTING PALLETS FROM STORAGE YARD INTOT HE PLANT. FOREIGN MATERIAL MOST LIKELY SAW DUST BLEW OFF THE PALLETS INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN BAG CAUGHT IN PRESS BELT WHEN HIS RT HAND GOT BRUISED
EMPLOYEE WELDED A ROOF SUPPORT IN A SURGE TUNNEL AT THE TOP OF THE ROOF HE WAS LINING UP THE BOTTOM TO WELD IT WHEN THE TOP WELD BROKE LOOSE THE ANGLE IRON BEING USED AS A SUPPORT STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES HARD HAT HE WENT THE DR ON 12-3-88
WAS OPENING A MANUAL FEED VALVE FROM A LIQUID TANK TO A PUMP WHEN SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER R FOREARM STRAINED MUSCLE IN R FOREARM PRESCRIPTION
EMPLOYEE BURNED HIS EYS WHILE HELPING WELD A LINER IN A TRUCK BED.
EMPL PICKED UP TIRE TO INSTALL IT ON GREASE TRUCK STRAINED SOME BACK MUSCLES.
EMPL STEPPING DOWN OFF LADDER OF HAUL TRUCK.STEPPED ON ROCK & TWISTED HIS ANKLE CHIPPED A BONE IN FOOT.
I,NAME WAS USING A KNIFE TO CUT A SECTION OF 4" DIAMETER TUBE. WHEN HE CUT THROUGH THE TUBE, THE KNIFE'S MOMENTUM CARIED IT INTO HIS RIGHT THIGH MUSCLE APPROX. 3 INCHES, LEAVING A 1 INCH CUT R EQUIRING 5 STITCHES AND IRRIGATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM A FRONT END LOADER HE CAUGHT HIS WEDDING RING ON THE STEP OF THE LOADER AND CUT HIS FINGER HE HAD 8 STITCHES APPLIED TO REPAIR THE WOUND
INJ AND FELLOW EMP WERE REBAGGING 100 LB. BAGS OF SOTNE INJ WA> PJOURING STONE FORM OLD BAG I NTO NEW BAG WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AN: FELL CATCHING WT. WITH L. HAND.
EMPLOYEE FELL OFF K FOOT FLOOR HE WAS WORKING ON WITH BELT SAW ON EDGE SCRAPPED RIGHT SIDE, FRACTURED TWO RIBS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A SMALL ELECTRIC MOTOR AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.HE WAS GIVEN PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.
EMPL CLIMBING OUT OF HAUL TRUCK STRAINED GROIN MUSCLE.GIVEN RX MEDICATION.
EMPL CLEANING AREA AROUND #5 TUBE MILL.SLIPPED IN OIL TO BE CLEANED UP.IN PREVENTING FALL,STRAINED HIP MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE THE BEARING RACE OUT OF THE HOUSING OF A JAW CRUSHER PITMAN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF THE RACE & STRUCK THE MAN IN H IS RT.THIGH
EMPLOYEE WAS H ELPING ANOTHER MAN REMOVE A GUARD ON A VBELT DRIVE TO A SHAKER SCREEN THE GUARD FELL & MASHED HIS RT.THUMB BETWEEN GUARD & BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE GUARD IN PLACE SUTURES WERE APP LIED TO THE WOUND
EMPLOYEE WAS LEANING OUT OF THE WINDOW OF HIS HAUL TRUCK CLEANING MIRROR BED OF HIS TRUCK WAS STILL RAISED ABOUT 6 IN.IT CAME DOWN & STRUCK EMPLOYEES HEAD THIS CAUSED HIS MOUTH TO STRIKE THE D OOR THIS CAUSED A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE
EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING A CABLE FROM A CRANE WHEN HE TOOK THE CABLE OUT OF THE HOOK THE BLOCK MOVED AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH THIS LOOSEDED 3 FRONT TEETH AND REQUIRED MAJOR DENTAL W ORK
EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS L EFT KNEE WHILE MOVING TO AVOID BEING STRUCK BY A WHEEL BARROW THAT ROLLED DOWN A DECLINE TOWARDS HIM HE WAS GIVEN MEDICATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING PIECE OF DRILL STEEL OUT FROM UNDER QUARRY BAR WHEN HE FELT MUSCLE PULL IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING POCKET KNIFETO CUT PRIMA CORD (1/4") WHEN IT SLIPPED CUTTING END OF LEFT THUMB REQUIRING 9 STITCHES.
EMPL PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A WEAR PLATE ON THE JAW CRUSHER
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE A SPEED REDUCER FROM A CONVEYOR BELT. HE WAS SLIDING IT OFF THE SHAFT AND HE DISLOCATED HIS LEFT SHOLDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAND STACKING 50LB BAGS OF MARBLE DUST. HE MISSED A BAG AND IT FELL TOWARD THE FLOOR. WHILE THE BAG WAS FALLING, HE REACHED DOWN TO CATCH IT. HE SAID HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. DOCTOR PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTIVE DUTY.