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EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HELPING TO COVER PALLETS WITH VISQUEEN, WHEN HE WAS FINISHED COVERING THE PALLETS HE JUMPED OFF THE PALLET AND FELT A SLIGHT PAIN AROUND THE GROIN AREA.
EMPL COVERING PALLETS OF MATERIAL WITH VISQUEEN AND PUTTING PALLETS ON TOP.WAS ON TOP OF PLASTIC AND STEPPED OFF ONTO FORKLIFT FENDER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF PALLET AND PLASTIC.FELL TO GROUND CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT HAND AND WRIST.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE STACKING 50# BAGS, ON A PALLET HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN AND GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE STATES FROM BOUNCING AROUND IN THE CAB OF THE HAULAGE TRUCK & ON THE LOADER AT THE PITS HE STARTED RECEIVING SHARP PAINS IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK LEFT SHOULDER & LEFT ARM
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS MOVING BARRELS WITH REJECT IMP MILL MATERIAL IN THEM WHEN HE FELT A SLIGHT PAIN & DISCOMFORT IN HIS GROIN AREA
EMPLOYEE STATES, HE WAS SWEEPING FLOOR AT BULK TANK AREA, WHEN THE BROOM HANDLE BROKE AND SPLINTER ENTERED RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER. SPLINTER EMBEDDED SO DEEP, HAD TO BE REMOV ED BY DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE CHECKING 1000 AMP BREAKER FOR PHASE ROTATION, VOLTAGE ACRED ACROSS THE TOP LUGS OF THE BREAKER. THE RESULTING FLASH CAUSED FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON FACE, BOTH AR MS AND BOTH HANDS.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS OPERATING THE MICHIGAN SCRAPER, AND THE SCRAPER HIT A DEEP HOLE WITH FRONT WHEEL & BOUNCED HIM AROUND IN THE SEAT. TRYING TO KEEP CONTROL OF HIMSELF & SCRAPER HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT HIP, THIGH & KNEE AREA. HE AS OCCASIONAL TWINGES OF PAIN IN UPPER THIGH AREA.
EMPL & FELLOW EMPL WORKING ON AUTOMILL SUMP PUMP.SLIPPED IN MUD & FELL BACKWARDS.TRIED TO BREAK FALL WITH LEFT ARM,HAND LANDED AGAINST SLAB AROUND 1-F TANK AT THE SAME TIME HIS SHOULDER HIT TA NK CAUSING SHOULDER TO DISLOCATE.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS STACKING 50 LB BAGS OF MATERIAL ON A PALLET HE TWISTED AROUND TO PUT A BAG ON A PALLET WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING A PAIN TO OCCUR IN HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS STANDING ON 4 FT LADDER IN THE MAIN LABORATORY PULLING WIRE THRU CONDUIT THE LADDER SLIPPED EMPLOYEE FELL OFF LADDER HIS RT FOOT TAKING IMPACT OF FALL
EMPLOYEE STATES, WHILE LIFTING A BAG OF REAGENT FROM A PALLET HE INJURED HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
EMP STATES HE PICKED UP 50 # BAG OF SALT TO PUT ON PALET HE BENT DOWN AT KNEE BROUGHT INTO HIS CHEST AREA AND SET IT DOWN ON PALLET AND AS HE LET GO HE FELT A PAIN IN R. SHOULDER ABOVE SHOU LDER BLADE AND THEN WAS UNABLE TO TURN HIS HEAD TO RIGHT.
EMPLOYEE STATES THE EXTRUDER PLUGGED AND WHEN HE FINISHED UNPLUGGING THE EXTRUDER HE CHANGED THE METAL PLATE FOR THE DRYER AND WHEN PULLING ON METAL PLATE FOR THE DRYER HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS MOVING A DRUM OF WUAT WITH HAND TRUCK WHEN LEFT WHEEL OF HAND TRUCK ENTER EMPLOYEE STATES HIS BACK BEGBAN TO BE PAINFUL AT ABOUT 1015AM BUT DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL 1125AM
EMPL STATES HE WAS GETTING ON FORKLIFT & HE SLIPPED & WHEN CATCHING HIMSELF JAMMED & TWISTED RIGHT HAND & WRIST.
EMPLOYEE STATES HYE WAS REMOVING ST EAM MLINE AT REACTION AREA OF WET CIRCUIT BY UNDOING PIPE UNIONS CONNECTING IT TO QUAT PIPES WHEN UNION LOOSENED THE TWO PIPE WRENCHES EMPLOYEE WAS H OLDIN G CAME FORCEFULLY TOGETHER PINCHING THE MIDDLE FINGER OF H IS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE TWO PIPE WRENCHES
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HOOKING UP STROPSON SUPERBAGS FOR OTHER EMPLOYEE AND HE WAS TAKING THE EMPTY PALLETS OFF THE NORTH END OF THE ROLLER MILL DOCK. AS HE WAS CARRYING A PALLET OFF THE DOCK HE STEPPED ON THE EDGE OF THE DOCK WHICH DROPS OFF ABOUT 3 INCHES TO GROUND LEVEL AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND SIDE OF FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATE 2E GOT IN THE BAGGIN CHAIR TOBAG, AND WHEN HE TOUCHED THE BAGGING MACHINE HE RECIEVED A SHOCK. AS HE JUMPED FROM THE CHAIR HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY INJURED ON 12-14-87. T2IS ACCIDENT DID NOT RESULT IN ANY LOST TIME UNTIL 1-19-88.
EMPLOYEE STATES2HE TURNED ON WATER PUMP TO LOAD WATER TANKER,DISCHARGE HOSE FROM PUMP BLEW APART.AT THIS TIME HE WAS IMMEDIATELY WET.HE TURNED INSTANTLY TO SHUT OFF PUMP AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEES STATE8, HE WAS GRINDING ON A FLANGE (EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WEARING HIS (CUTTING GOGGLES), AND A PIECE OF STEEL, CHIPPED OFF AND WENT UNDER THE GOGGLES. HE DID NOT THINK IT WENT INTO HIS EYE, BECAU8E HE REMOVED A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL FROM THE CORNER OF HIS RIGHT EYE.
RIPPING LIMESTO3E ROCK,DOZER PITCHED FORWARD AND DOWNWARD CAUSING OPERATOR TO STRIKE RIGHT ELBOW ON RIPPER CONTROL LEVER.DIDNT LOSE TIME UNTIL 4-28-87.
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS MOVING A BARREL OF CHEMFAC-MV, OUT OF LOADER BUCKET AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS WALKING IN MILL OFFICE AND SLIPPED WHILE STEPPING OUT OF THE DOOR HE STATED HIS BACK AND ARMS BOTHERED HIM THE REST OF THE SHIFT EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO HIS NEXT SHIFT AND THEN WENT TO D9 WHO SAID IS TO BE OFF WORK UNTIL AT LEAST 2-5-87
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS STACKING PALLETS WITH 50 BAGS WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK ORIGINAL ACCIDENT REPORT FILED 10 1 86.
EE STATES HE WA8 CLIMBING A LADDER TO FILL MILL HOPPERS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE SATES 2E WAS WORKING ON THE AIR COMPREOSSOR AND HAD STARTED IT UP THE GATE VALVE BETWEEN THE AIR COMPRESSOR AND PRESSURE TANK WAS OPENED BUT WAS BROKEN AND REMAINED CLOSED THE PRESSU RE BUILT UP AN8 BLEW OUT THE STAINLESS STEEL MESH EXPANSION SECTION INTO HIS FACE CHEST ARMS AND EYES
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS WORKING ON THE AIR COMPRESSOR AND HAD STARTED IT UP THE GATE VALVE BETWEEN THE AIR COMPRESSOR AND PRESSURE TANK WAS OPENED BUT WAS BROKEN AND REMAINED CLOSED THE PRESSU RE BUILT UP AND3BLEW OUT THE STAINLESS STEEL MESH EXPANSION SECTION INTO HIS FACE CHEST ARMS AND EYES
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE ACCIDENTLY OPENED O VALVE TO BAUER MILL BULK LOADING SYSTEM I NAME HURRIED OVER TO CLOSE VALVE TO STOP MATERIALS FLOWING OUT AND SLIPPED ON COMPRESSED AIR CONDENSATE HE FELL TO THE FLOOR O3 HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND BACK OF HEAD.
EMP WAS BENDING3OVER PICKING UP 80 LB BAG OF CALCINED MAGNESITE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK
HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE PICKING UP 100 LB BAG OF BENTONITE.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE CHANGING TIRES ON T RUCK, HE PUT HIS LEFT FOOT ON BOTTOM OF TIRE TO HOLD IT IN, TWISTED TO THE RIGHT TO PICK UP AIR WRENCH, PULLING THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A BARREL OF AMINEX, WHEN THE LIQUID SPLASHED UP IN HIS EYE
SHE WAS HAULING GRAVEL WITH THE ORE TRUCK THE ROAD TO GRAVEL PIT WAS VERY BAD SHE HIT ONE SPOT WHICH HAD A LOT OF HOLES IN THE ROAD TRUCK HIT HOLE WHICH GAVE WAY ROCKING TRUCK BACK & FORTH TW ISTING BACK CAUISNG PAIN IN LOWER BACK.