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EMP WAS TRYING TO SEPERATE EMPTY BAGS WHILE SUPPLYING BAGS TO THE LARGE PAK LINE BY POPPING THEM AGAINST A POST.WHILE DOING THIS,HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMP WAS STACKING 50# BALES OF PRODUCT ON A PALLET.AS HE PICKED UP A BALE,HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
MAKING SECURITY ROUNDS SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE.
EMP. WAS STANDING IN PACKAGING OFFICE TALKING TO FOREMAN IN CHARGE OF SHIFT WHEN SOMEONE ENTERED AND THE DOOR STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT ELBOW.
EE'S JOB IS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SO HE CHECKS EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE SOME QUIPMENT ON THE ROOF OF THE PACKAGING BLDG. WHICH HE CHECKS EACH WEEK. HE HAD DONE SO AND WAS COMING BACK DOWN THE STAIR S WHEN HE SLIPPED. HE DID NOT FALL BUT IN GRABBING THE HAND RAILS AND HOLDING ON. HE TWISTED HIS BACK RESULTING IN A STRAIN TO THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING 25# BALED PRODUCT, REBALING ON LARGE PACK LINE. HE REACHED DOWN TO PALLET, EXTENDING HIS ARMS TO PICK UP BAG WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND LEG.
EMP. WAS STACKING 50# BALES OF PRODUCTS ON A PALLET. WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED HIS BACK, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG, HIP AND LOWER BACK.
EMP WAS OPENING DOOR ON BOTTOM OF HOPPER CAR WITH A BAR BAR SLIPPED & HE HIT HIS 3RD FINGER RT HAND ON RAIL OF TRACK
LIFTING HOOK LADDER FELT PULLING PAIN IN L GROIN AREA
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER USING A CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE METAL STUDS FROM CONCRETE FLOOR.A PIECE OF HOT METAL OR CONCRETE FLEW UP UNDERNEATH SAFETY GLASSES AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON INSIDE CRONE R OF LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING GRANULE CAR WHEN C SECTION SPOUT CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON BACK KNOCKING HIM DOWN.EMPLOYEE HAD TO GRAB CATWALK ON CAR TO KEEP FROM FALLING OFF,AND IN DOING SO,HURT HIS ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A 50# BAG OFF THE LINE TO CLEAR A JAMUP WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, RIGHT SIDE.
HE WAS STACKING 50 LB. BALES, 7 TO A LAYER, 7 LAYERS HIGH, ON A PALLET. HE WAS PUTTING A BALE ON APPROX. THE 4TH LAYER WHEN HE GOT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE TWISTED HIS BODY AS HE TUR NED TO PUT THE BALE ON THE PALLET--HE DID NOT MOVE HIS FEET, JUST HIS UPPER BODY AS HE TURNED.
EMP. WAS SHIFTING 55 GALLON DRUMS FROM THE FLOOR OF A DELIVERY TRUCK TO PALLETS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPL HELPING HOIST REDUCER TO TOP OF BLDG.WHEN REDUCER ARRIVED AT THE TOP,EMPL LIFTED REDUCER TO ROOF AND WAS CAUGHT ON FOREARM BY BOLT ON REDUCER CAUSING LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE PROCESSING MAINTENANCE AREA TO POST A SAFETY BULLETIN. SHE ENCOUNTERED THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM THAT WAS RUNNING. SHE WALKED UP THE SIDE OF A ROAD BERM, INSTEAD OF CONT INUING ACROSS THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE SPRINKLERS. THE EMPLOYEE FELL AS SHE STEPPED BERM, CAUSING HER MUSCLES TO BECOME SORE/SPRAINED.
EMPL WAS PLACING BALER ON SEMI AUTOMATIC BALER WHEN HE CAUGHT RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN CYLINDER THAT HOLD FILLED BALES &BAG GUIDE MASHING FINGER.
WHILE USING 10 TOM PORTAPOWER AND JIG TO HOLD STEEL PLATE IN PLACE FOR WELDING, EMPLOYEE LOOKED UP FROM HIS WELDING POSITION JUST AS THE PORTAPOWER CAME APART FROM THE JIG. THE JIG CAME UP AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE UPPER LIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING PRODUCT ON A PALLET WHEN THE TWISTING MOTION CAUSED A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPL STACKING PRODUCT ON PALLETS FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A LINE WHEN IN LIFTING PRODUCT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS WRIST AND FOREMAN.
EE WAS STACKING 40 PRODUCT ON A PALLET WHEN A BALE DID NOT FALL STRAIGHT. HE REACHED ACROSS AND AROUND THE PALLET TO STRAIGHTEN THE BALE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING ON SMALL PACK LINE PUSHING BAGS DOWN INTO BALER WHEN HE FELT SORENESS IN HIS WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50# PRODUCT ON PALLETS WHEN HE TURNED AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
HE WAS DISASSEMBLING THE WEILER GRINDER. HE HAD TO REMOVE A RING WHICH IS THREADED ON. THE RING WEIGHS ABOUT 30 LB. A STEEL PIN PROTRUDES THROUGH THE CENTER OF THIS RING. THE RING DROPPED DOWN ON THE PIN, CATCHING I.NAME'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER. HE RECEIVED CUTS.
EMP. WAS DESCENDING ELEVATOR ACCESS LADDER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
SHE WAS SEWING 50# BAGS OF PRODUCT ON LARGE PAK LINE. BAG BECAME ENTANGLED. WHEN SHE UNTANGLED BAG 3/8" STEEL ROD USED TO GUIDE BAG SPRUNG UP & HIT HER ON NOSE. ROD HAD BEEN BENT DOWN UNDER PR ESSURE OF BAG & RELEASED WHEN SHE MOVED BAG. SHESUFFERED BROKEN NOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOPPING THE BREAKROOM PUSHING AND PULLING THE MOP WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND HIS BACK STIFFENED TO THE POINT HE COULD NOT CONTINUE MOPPING.
HE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN CHECKING A MOTOR ON THE POWER CURVE OF THE LARGE-PAK LINE IN PACKAGING. THEY TOOK THE MOTOR OFF THE POWER CURVE AND CHECKED THE AMPS. MOTOR WAS PUT BACK ON , WIRED UP. I.NAME TURNED THE SWITCH IN THE 440 VOLT ELECTRICAL CABINET TO TURN IT ON AND IT BLEW UP. HE RECEIVED BURNS TO HIS LEFT HAND (SECOND DEGREE).
DUE TO INEXPERIENCE -LESS THAN 20 HRS DRIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS,TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS AND FELL OF 8' SHELF.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING EXCESS PLASTIC FROM EXIT CONVEYOR LINE HAS PHOTO CELLS THAT TURN THE BELTS ON & OFF DURING THE INTERVAL WHEN THE CONVEYOR WAS OFF EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO THE CONVEYOR PHOTO CELL TURNED THE CONVEYOR ON ROLLING EMPLOYEES HHAND BETWEEN THE BELT & TAIL PULLEY EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO HIT THE EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A UTILITY IKNIFE TO CUT APART TWO BAGS OF CAT LITTER WHEN THE KNIFE BLADE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH HIS THUMB
EMPL WAS EMPTYING MAGENTA ADDITIVE DRIP PAN INTO DUMPSTER WHEN LIQUID AGENTA SPLASHED IN FACE GETTING MAGENTA IN BOTH EYES.
BELT HAD STOPPED AND HE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. AS HE PULLED THE BELT, IT STARTED PULLING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BELT AND ROLLER.
I.NAME ON 4TH STEP OF 4-STEP STEEL ROLL-AROUND LADDER.CHECKING BAGGING MACHINE ON PACKAGING LINE FOR CAT BOX FILLER.LADDER TILTED AND I.NAME FELL BACKWARD OFF LADDER HITTING LOWER BACK AND HIP AREA ON SURROUNDING EQUIPMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A FRONT END LOADED, HAULING AWAY SPILL OVER OF CLAY FROM PROCESS. WHEN HE FINISHED THE JOB AND WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE LOADER, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE STEP CAUSING HIM TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT LEG/FOOT. MOST OF HIS WEIGHT WENT ON HIS LEFT KNEE. IT WAS STRAINED.
EMP. WAS STANDING ON STEP LADDER CLEANING OUT TRUNNION BOX WHEN HE LSOT HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF THE LADDER LANDING ON HIS KNEES.
EMPL OPERATING PALLETIZER WHEN 2 20 LB BALES WRAPPED TOGETHER WITH PLASTIC.TRIED TO PULL THEM APART,FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS SEALING BAGS ON THE LARGE PACK LINE WHEN A BAG ENTERED THE SEALER WRONG. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CATCH THE BAG EMPLOYEES RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN THE ENTRY ROLLER OF THE SEALER. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO EMERCANY ROOM WERE THEY TOOK X-RAYS BUT NO FRACTURE WAS FOUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 30# BALES OF PRODUCT ON A SCISSOR LIFT IN PACKAGING DEPARTMENT WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN RUN THROUGH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER & BICEP
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE LOT (OUTSIDE ) TO THE PRODUCTION AREA TO GET A SAMPLE OF LITTER FROM OUR PROCESS AREA. THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING (PROBABLY CLAY) INTO HIS EYE.
EMPL CARRIED SEVERAL BAGS OF PRODUCT OF VARYING WEIGHTS 10 LB-25 LB TO TRASH BIN.LIFTING LAST 2 BAGS,FELT SHARP PAIN ON LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK NEAR TAILBONE.
EMP WAS WORKING ON ROOF OF BUILDING.THEY WERE REPLACING THE ROOF.A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE SHEET OF METAL THEY WERE ATTACHING THE THE ROOF AND IT PUSHED THE EMPLOYEE THROUGH THE OPEN SLOT IN THE ROOF.HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 16 FEET ONTO A CONCRETE FLOOR.
HE WAS HELPING TO OPERATE A SEMI-AUTOMATIC BALER AND GOT THE FOURTH FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT AT THE PINCH POINT OF THE BALER CLAMP CYLINDER, CUTTING AND BRUISING HIS FINGER.
EMPL STACKING BAGS ON SEMI-AUTO PALLETIZER.WAS WEARING GLOVES,REACHED OUT TO GET BALE OF PRODUCT,CONVEYOR CAUGHT GLOVE PULLING HAND INTO AND BETWEEN HEAD PULLEY AND 1ST STEEL INCLINE ROLLER & AGAINST COVEYOR BELT.FRICTION FROM BELT CAUSED BURN TYPE INJURY TO DORSUM SURFACE OF RIGHT HAND.
A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT STOPPED UP AND CAUSED A MOTOR TO BURN OUT. HE WAS RUSHING TO GET TO THE EQUIPMENT AND STEPPED ON A CHUNK OF CLAY, TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING BAG HOUSE FOR POSSIBLE BLOCKAGE. THE ROTARY AIR LOCK WAS TURNING BUT NOTHING WAS COMING OUT. EMPLOYEE CHECKED FOR MUD BY INSERTING HIS HAND IN AIR LOCK, WHEN HE DID HIS FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE PADDLE WHEEL AND HOUSING ONT EH AIR LOCK CUTTING HIS FINGER TIP.
HE THOUGHT HE HAD BURNED HIS EYE WHILE DOING SOME WELDING ON A TOWMOTOR WHEN IT WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM ON 11-08 HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED HE ACTUALLY HAD SOMETHING IN HIS EYE HE WAS SENT TO AN EYE DOC TO HAVE FOREIGN OBJECT REMOVED HE HAD WORN A FACE SHIELD WHEN HE WAS WELDING ON THE TOWMOTOR <SAFETY GLASSES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE USE|
EMP./WAS STACKING 50# OF PRODUCT HE BENT OVER & SOME MONEY FELL OUT OF HIS SHIRT POCKET WHEN HE REACHED TO PICK IT UP A BALE HIT HIM IN THE LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING PRODUCT ON THE SEMI-AUTO PALLETIZER WHEN HE GOT HIS RIGHT HAND MASHED BETWEEN THE SHORT CONVEYOR AND FIRST ROLL.