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EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WELD A FLAT BAR ON A RETURN ROLLER BY HOLDING IT WHILE ANOTHER DID THE WELDING. EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOOK AWAY QUICK ENOUGH WHEN WELDING BEGAN. EMPLOYEE DID NOT EXHIBIT ANY SY MPTOMS UNTIL 9:00 PM THAT NIGHT WHEN HE WENT TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A SCREEN ON PLANT #2 WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO REACH FOR A HAMMER AND HIT ELBOW ON THE GUARD RAIL. ON 2-20-95, EMPLOYEE WAS CRANKING A MOTOR BY THE FUEL TANK WHEN HIS ARM C AME LOOSE & HE HIT THE SAME ELBOW ON A HANDRAIL
WHILE MOVING BOXES & FILES DURING REMODELING OF SCALE HOUSE, EE REACHED LOW UNDER A CABINET TO MOVE SOME ITEMS AND FELT A KINK IN HER NECK. PAIN DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL NEXT DAY, WHEN SHE GOT HOME HER NECK & SHOULDER WERE IN PAIN AND HER HAND WNUMB. EE WENT HOSPITAL ER LATE THAT NIGHT AND TO HER OWN DR. MONDAY MORNING.
THE DREDGE OPERATOR SLIPPED WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE DREDGE TO THE FUEL BARGE. HE FELL DOWN IN A SITTING POSITION, CATCHING HIMSELF TO SOFTEN HIS FALL. HE DID NOT HIT HIS HEAD, NECK OR SHOUL DERS, BUT HAD A STIFFNESS IN HIS NECK.
BURNING TRASH IN BARREL WITH GAS.
THE ALLEGED INJURY OCCURRED WHILE CHANGING CONVEYOR ROLLER. APPROX 8#.