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BAG EXPLODED CAUSING TALC DUST TO GET INTO HIS EYES/IN TRYING TO PROTECT HIS EYES HE INADVERTENTLY STUCK HIS FINGER IN HIS LEFT EYE.
THEY HAD SNOW A3D FREEZING RAN ALL DAY. I,NAME WAS OUT IN THE ROCK SHED FEEDING ROCK TO THE RAYMOND MILLS. WHEN HE LEFT THE ROCK SHED HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE. STRAINED MUSCLES IN SMALL OF BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING A MOTOR ON A MOTOR CART. HANDLE ON THE MOTOR CART CAME BACK AND STRUCK HIM OVER THE LEFT EYE. HE RECEIVED A CUT WHICH REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.
HE WAS STACKING3BAGS FOR A CUSTMOR OFOURS THAT HAS LOADING PATTERN THT IS 14 BAGS HIGH. THIS NOT OUR NORMAL PATTERN. HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
BARRING ROCK OU7 OF HOPPER WHEN HE BROUGHT BAR BACK,CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND LADDER IN HOPPER.HE CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
SECTION OF 14" 8UCT WOTK WAS BEING LOWERED BY ROPE TO FLOOR.TWO WORKERS ON LOWER END WERE NOT EXPECTING THE DUCT TO BE LOWERED.WORKERS ON UPPER END COULD NOT CONTROL DUCT WORK WITH ROPE.FINGER WAS SMASHED BE7WEEN DUCT WOTK,FLANGE AND GUARD RAIL.COMPOUND FRACTURE OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
EMPPLOYEE WAS W3PING DUST FROM EYES AFTER WORKING ON PACKER,WHERE AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF DUST WAS CREATED DUE TO THE MALFUNCTION OF THE PACKER.EMPLOYEE INADVERTENTLY POKED HIS FINGER INTO HIS EY E AND SCRATCHED3HIS CORNEA.
ON MONDAY JUNE 15TH THE INJURED TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR (NAME) THAT HE HAD A STIFF NECK AND SHOULDER AND THAT IT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE HE HAD SLEPT TOO CLOSE TO THE FAN THAT NIGHT.THEN LATER (COUPL E OF DAYS) HE T2LD HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE HAD HURT IT AT WORK BUT COULDN'T PIN POINT WHEN.HE SAYS SOMETIME FRIDAY OR SATURDAY.HE WAS PRESENT BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND DIDN'T COMPLAIN THEN.
HE WAS OPERATIN1 THE FORKLIFT AND SAW A BAG ABOUT TO FALL OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT SO HE JUMPED OFF THE FORKLIFT AND RAN TO CATCH THE BAG.AS HE CAUGHT THE BAG HE HEARD A POP- SNAP IN HIS BACK.
HE HAD CLIMBED 6P THE SIDE OF THE DUMPSTER TO SEE HOW FULL IT WAS. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE SIDE RAIL AND HE HIT HIS ARM ON THE TOP OF THE DUMPSTER.
I NAME WAS WATC2ING ANOTHER EMP REPLACE A TRACK ON A TRACK DRILL. AS HE WAS WALKNG AROUND THE DRILL TO CHECK THE PROGRES HE HAPPENED TO STEP WTRONG WHICH CAUSED HIM TO PULL JHIS KNEE
HE WAS TRYING T2 PRY ROCK LOOSE IN THE JAW CRUSHER WITH A CROWBAR. THE CROWBAR SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND WHICH MEANT HE HAD TO CLIMB INTO THE CRUSHER TO RETRIEVE THE CROWBAR. WHILE HE WAS TRYI NG TO GET THE C9OWBAR HIS FOOT SLIPPED WHICH CAUSED HIS BODY TO TWIST. HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND DISLOCATED IT.
WHILE ASSISTING3TRAINEE CRUSHER OPERA TOR BY OPERA TING PNEUMATIC BREAKER BREAKER POINT SLIPPED FROM ROCK BEING BROKEN UP CAUSING BREAKER TO JAM FINGER BETWEEN BREAKER & SUPPORT TIMBER RESULTI NG IN MINOR CON7USION
EMPLOYEE WAS CO4ING DOWN STEPLADDER FROM DRYER WHERE HE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN ROCK LODGED IN THE DRYER. WHEN THE STEPLADDER FELL SIDEWAYS CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL ON THE CEMENT FLOOR ON ALL FOU RS. EMPLOYEE DI8 NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE TIME, NOR WAS ANY TIME LOST UNTIL DEC 23 RD, WHEN I NJURED KNEE BECAME VERY PAINFUL. A DR WAS CONSULTED AND X RAYS TAKEN SHOW TORN CARTILAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A BAR TO ROTATE PRIMARY CRUSHER AND STRIANED HIS BACK.
I.NAME WAS WORK3NG ON THE BREAKER IN THE CRUSHER BLDG REPLACING A WORN HOSE THE HOSE CLAMP KICKED BACK AND CAUGHT HIM IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS LEFT ARM THIS CUT HIS ARM WHICH REQUIRED 4 STITCH ES ONE INSIDE A3D 3 OUT HE ALSO HAD A TETNAS SHOT
EMPL WALKING DO4N STAIRS FROM GREASE ROOM WHEN HE SLIPPED AND LOST BALANCE.EMPL FELL DOWN TURNING ANKLE LACERATING RIGHT HAND ON STEEL GRATING.
EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG DEMOLITION WORK ON THE VERTICAL MILL, WORKING FROM A STEP STOOL APPROX. 3 FT HIGH WHEN STEP STOOL KICKED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL, STRIKING HIS BACK AS EDGE OF STOOL.
EMP WAS TRANSFE9RING MIBC FROM 55 GAL DRUM TO 5 GAL PAIL THE HOSE DISLODGED FROM PUMP RESULTING IN MIBC EING SPRAYED IN EMPLOYEES EYES
SLIPPED ON MORT2N GRIP TOP STAIRS BY #2 RAYMOND MILL STRICKING RIGHT ANKLE.
I NAME WAS CLEANING OUT THE FEED ROLL ON OUR RAYMOND MILL.DURING CLEANING OPERATIONS,I NAME HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON A SEAM TO THE RAYMOND MILL.HE THOUGHT HE HAD JUST HIT HIS FUNNY BONE.THE NEXT DAYHE COMPLAINED OF STIFFNESS IN RIGHT HAND TINGLING HERB WENT TO THE DOCTORS ON 7-23-85 I NAME SUSTAINED A COMPRESSION INJURY TO THE RADIAL NERVE IN RIGHT ARM.AS A RESULT HAD DIFFICULITY USI
I.NAME WAS SPOTTING BULK RAILCAR UTLX 80491 FOR LAODING HE WAS COMING DOWN LADDER ON SIDE OF RAILCAR WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL HITTING HIS NOSE ON LADDER BRACE THIS RESULTED IN CUT TO NOSE & UPPE R LIP-REQUIRING NINE STITCHES
EES FOOT BROKE THRU CRUST OF SNOW WHWILE CARRYING PIPE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE. IN DOING SO HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK CAUSING IT TO PRESS ON A NERVE WHICH CAUSES PAIN IN EES LE FT LEG.
I NAME WAS LOADING A LOOSE LOAD OF BAGS ONTO A TRUCK. THIS REQUIRED TAKING THE 50 LB BAGS OFF THE FORKLIFT AND PLACING THEM ON THE FLOOR OF THE TRUCK. LOTS OF TWISTING AND TURNING. THIS RESULT ED IN A ACUTE LUMBO-SACRAL STRAIN.
AT COMPLETION OF SHIFT I NAME DECIDED TO CLEAN OUT HIS HARDHAT HE REMOVED HIS HAT AND SAFETY GOGGLES WHILE BLOWING OUT HARDHAT WITH AIR HOSE A PIECE OF METAL FLEW FROM HIS HAD AND WEDGED ITSE IN HIS EYE
I.NAME WAS SUPPLYING THE BAGGING AREA WITH EMPTY WOODEN PALLETS WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP AN EMPTY PALLET HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK. RESULT - STRAIN IN LOWER BACK. F
PAUL WAS STACKING BAGS FOR CONGLOEUM CORP.ORDER WHICH IS A DIFFERENT LOADING PATTERN. THE NEXT DAY WHEN PAUL CAME TO WORK HE MENTIONED TO FELLOW EMPLOYEE ROBERT FARNSWORTH THAT HIS BACK WAS BO BOTHERING HIN AND EAS GLAD THEY DIDN\T HAVE TO STACK THAT PATTERN ANY MORE. HIS BACK CONTINUED TO GET WORSE.
FRANCIS WAS CLEANING THE FEED ROLL ON THE RAYMOMD MILL WITH A BAR WHEN IT GOT CAUGHT AND PINCHED HIS FINGER HE SHOULD HAVE SHUT MILL OFF BEFORE HE STARTED CLEANING IT