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EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING A SCRAPER. EMPLOYEE WAS TWISTED AROUND LOOKING BEHIND HIMSELF WHEN THE SCRAPER BOUNCED OVER A BUMP IN THE PIT. HE HAD CONSIDERABLE PAIN. HE W AS TREATED BY A DOCTOR WITH PAIN MEDICINE AND MASSAGE.
EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED A CYST ON HID LEG. HE WAS UNAWARE THAT THE CYST WAS CAUSED BY A PUNCTURE WOUND HAPPENED. THE CYST WAS REMOVED BY THE DOCTOR AND THE WOUND HEALED WITHOUT ANY AFTER EFFECTS. L OST 1 DAY OF WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE A TOOTH ON A DOZER RIPPER WHEN A FRAGMENT OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT LEG. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE FRAGMENT WAS SURGICALLY REM OVED BY A DOCTOR. THE WOUND WAS MINOR AND EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK.
SKIN RASH CAUSED BY CLEANING EQUIPMENT PARTS WITH PETROLEUM BASED SOLVENTS. BOTH HANDS AND LOWER ARMS DEVELOPED INFLAMMATION. EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED BY DOCTOR OVER PERIOD OF 4 WEEKS RASH CLEARED UP AND THERE WAS NO AFTER EFFECTS.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT THE VIBRATION & BUMPING OF THE SCRAPER CAUSED AN INJURY TO HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE USED A BALL PEEN HAMMER TO DRIVE OFF A RIPPER TOOTH ON A CAT D-9. THE HAMMER CHIPPED OFF A PIECE OF METAL WHICH PUNCTURED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT KNEE. METAL FRAGMENT COULD NOT BE REMOVED BY PROBING. EMPLOYEE IS AWAITING APPOINTMENT WITH SPECIALIST TO REMOVE FRAGMENT SURGICALLY. MEANTIME EMPLOYEE CONTINUES TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING WHILE SHOVELING TAILING AT THE WASH PLANT AND FELL AGAINST THE STEEL RAIL OF THE ROCK CHUTE BREAKING 2 RIBS. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REALIZE HIS RIBS WERE CRACKED AND CONTR NUED TO WORK FOR 3 WEEKS UNTIL PAIN FORCED HIM TO SEE A DOCTOR. DOCTOR DIAGNOSED 2 CRACKED RIBS ON 7-7-88 AND PRESCRIBED 3 WEEKS REST.
EMP HANDLED STEEL CABLE WITHOUT GLOVES AND INBEDDED SMALL SLIVER OF METAL IN HIS FINGER WHICH LATER BECAME INFECTED INJURY WAS SLO SLIGHT HE WAS NOT AWARE OF IT WHEN IT HAPPENED INFECTION W WAS TREATED BY A DR AND CLEARED UP WITHOUT COMPLICATION
EMP RUPTURED HIMSELF APPARENTLY BY LIFTING HEAVEY TOOLS AND PARTS WHILE ENGAGED IN REPAIRING HEAVEY EARTH MOVING EQUIP INJ EMP IS A HEAVY EQUIP MECHANIC EMP DOWS NOT KNOW HOW OR WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED