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EE STATED, I WAS COMING DOWN LADDER ADN LOST MY FOOTING, LANDED ON LFT LEG AND FELT SHARP PAIN UP TO MY THROAT. DISCOMFORT IN LFT KNEE, BEHIND KNEE UP TOWARD CHEEK (BUTTOCKS).
IT IS A STORMY(SNOW)DAY, THE PARKING AREA WAS SLIPPERY-EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND HIS LOADER TO GET UP INTO IT NEAR REAR WHEEL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND R ANKLE TWISTED UNDER HIM.
HE WAS WORKING WITH PIECE OF METAL, ONE SECTION WAS ON TRUCK. OTHER WAS HORSE AND SECTION FROM TRUCK FELL, HIT GROUND OTHER SIDE WENT AND HIT MY FINGER CAUSING IT TO BE HURT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD PUT ON A HEATER FOR WARMTH. HE WAS STANDING ABOVE THE HEATER AND WAS CUTTING WEAR BAR (UNDER ROCK CRUSHER). DEBRIS FLEW OUT WHEN CUTTING AND BLAST FROM HEATER CAUSE D DEBRIS TO GOT INTO BOTH EYES BUT RIGHT EYE AFTER BEING WASHED AT EYE WASHER STILL FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS IN EYE. DIAGNOSIS WAS FOREIGN OBJECT IMBEDDED IN CORNEA- REMOVED BY DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE OPERATING A DRILL METAL CHIPS FLEW INTO MY LEFT EYE I WAS NOT WEARING MY SAFETY GLASSES
EMPLOYEE JUMPED DOWN FROM METAL FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR AND LANDED INTO A HOLE.HE DIDN'T SEE DISTANCE WAS APPROX 12 FT.
EMPLOYEE STATES,"I WAS HAULING TRASH TO DUMP ON GROUNDS IN LARGE TRUCK (EUCLID) WHEN RAISED BODY- TRASH STUCK TO BODY AND WHOLE FRONT OF TRUCK WENT INTO AIR. LOAD GOT LOOSE AND SHIFTED AND WHE N TRUCK CAME BACK TO GROUND MY LEFT KNEE HIT HANDLE OF DOOR, CAUSING PAIN AND SWELLING."
EMPLOYEE STATED, " I UNLOADED A WHEEL BARREL (LOADED WITH SAND) TIPPED IT FORWARD, IT HIT LOADER BUCKET AND JARRED ME BACKWARDS. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AT THE TIME BUT THAT NIGHT I FELT NEEDLES AND PINS IN MY BACK. AT WORK NEXT DAY BACK VERY PAINFUL, WENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.
EE STATED I WAS TAKING A CANVAS OFF A DUMP TRUCK BODY AND THE SPRING LET GO KNOCKING ME OFF THE LADDER CAUSING ME TO GRAB THE TRUCK BODY INJURING MY HAND.
EE STATED I STEPPED OVER METAL MY FOOT CAUGHT ON METAL AND DROPPED ON MY FOOT.
EE WHILE I WAS WORKING I SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND INJURED MY LEFT KNEE.
APPARENTLY I,NAME'S SHIRT GOT CAUGHT ELBOW ON CONVEYOR BELT & ROLLER HE WENT TO PULL AWAY, HAND GOT CAUGHT BY CONVEYOR. ONE RING FINGER WAS SEVERED 1ST JOINT, MID FINGER HAD DEEP LACERATION LE NGTH OF INSIDE OF FINGER THREE FINGER NAILS WERE RIPPED OFF.
LIFTING UP STEEL PLATE WEIGHING 100 POUNDS IT SLIPPED AND ELL OUT OF HIS HANDS BECAME OFF BALANCE AND HURT LOWER BACK.
GOING UP LADDER - GUARDWIRE WAS BETWEEN LADDER, HIT GUARDWIRE AND LACERATED TOP OF RIGHT HAND - REQUIRED 4 STITCHES - RETURN TO WORK AND LOST O NO FURTHER TIME.