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EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASING A SECTION OF PIPE FROMT HE JAWS OF A FUSING MACHINE. THE PIPE WAS UNDER TENSION AND SPRANG UP, KICKING THE HINGED JAW INTO HIS CHIN. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED SEVERAL STITCHES TO CLOSE A SMALL CUT IN HIS CHIN. NO PRESCRIPTION WAS GIVEN.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WEEDS AROUND PIPING WITH WEEDEATER. HE MOVED BACKWARDS AND STEPPED IN OPEN WELL HOLE WHERE SURFACE PLUG WAS BROKEN. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL ON HIS BACK AND TWIST HIS A NKLE AT THE SAME TIME.
EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AT WELL LOCATION AND WAS WALKING TO WELL, SLIPPED ON ICY GROUND. HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION DRUG FOR PAIN AND SWELLING.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A BUTTERFLY VALVE WHICH WAS APPARENTLY STUCK WHEN HE FINALLY OPENED IT HIS RT ARM ELBOW STRUCK A 10IN PVC LINE AT THAT TIME THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN THE ELBOW BUT CONTINU ED HIS WORK AS USUAL APPROX 2 HOURS LATER HE NOTICED A SWELLING OF HIS ELBOW AT THAT TIME THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR
OPERATOR WAS JUMP STARTING TRACTOR TRAILER AND WHEN HE WAS GETTING OFF TRUCK,HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON PAVEMENT.OPERATOR SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE WHEN HE FELL.NOTE:STEPS ON TRUCK WERE WET DUE TO MO RNING FOG.
EMP LIFTED APPROX NINE LG SPOOLS OF ELECTRICAL CABLE ON TRAILER WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EMP. NO PROBLEMS RESULTED UNTIL HE WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY PAIN APPEARED TO BE A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER
SLIPPED IN BED OF PICKUP WHILE MOVING HEAVY DRUM HIT KNEE ON TRUCK BED.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL BACKING PLATE ON LARGE PUMP EMPLS FINGER GOT SMASHED. FINGER NAIL WAS DAMAGED & XRAY TAKEN TWO DAYS LATER CONFIRMED FINGER TIP TO BE BROKEN.
EMPL WAS PULLING A 1" RUBBER HOSE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING A 4IN.HOSE WITH METAL QUICK DISCONNECTS TO PASS IT TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STANDING ON THE PRODUCTION HEADER PLATFORM HE STEPPED UP ON THE LADDER & AWKWARDLY T WISTED HIS BODY TO THE RT.TO PASS THE HOSE UPWARD & IN SO DOING PULLED HIS LOWER RT .BACK MUSCLES
HC1 ACID DAY TANK OVERFLOWED SPILLING ACID ON FLOOR & RELEASING ACID FUMES INTO PLANT ATOMOSPHERE. ALTHOUGH PLANT VENTILATION SYSTEM WAS FULLY ON WHEN EMPL ENTERED PLANT HE INHALED ENOUGH FU MES TO CAUSE CHEMICAL BURNING OF HIS LUNGS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING 1 1/2" PIPE FROM THE RIG PIPE RACK.EMPLOYEE DID NOT POSTION HIMSELF PROPERLY AND PULLED ON PIPE FROM AN AWKWARD,OFF BALAMCE POSITOON CAUSING STRAIN ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPL DOES NOT KNOW WHEN OR HOW INJURY OCCURRED ON SECOND DAY OF HIS 4 DAY SHIFT A PAIN SLOWLY BEGAN IN HIS RIGHT HIP. DR. DOES NOT KNOW SOURCE OF PAIN AT THIS TIME. A LIGHT DUTY RELEASE HAS BEEN GIVEN BY DR.
INJURY OCCURRED WHILE ADDING 50 LB SACK OF SALT TO A MIX TANK. THE SALT WAS RESTING ON THE TOP OF THE STEPS LEADING TO THE TANK. THE PERSON BENT DOWN, LIFTED THE SACK OVER THE RIM OF THE TANK AND DUMPED THE SALT IN. ALL REGULATIONS WERE IN COMPIANCE. THE PERSON MOST LIKELY LIFTED THE SACK IMPROPERLY.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CONDUCTING AN INTEGRITY TEST ON WELL. WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING FOR LEAKS, HE PLACED HIS RIGHT ARM ON THE TOP OF THE WELLHEAD AND APPLIED SOAPY WATER AROUND THE AREA WHERE W ELLHEAD ATTACHES TO THE CASING WITH HIS LEFT HAND. AT THIS TIME, THE WELLHEAD BLEW OFF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ARM (ABOUT 120 LBS PSI).
SLIPPED ON ICE AT DOOR TO MAINTENANCE AREA. FLUID ON ELBOW WAS DRAINED. EMPL. DID NOT INFORM COMPANY OF TYPE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT. EMPL. INTENDS TO RETURN FOR FURTHER DRAINING OF INJURY 3 /14/88.
EMPL UNHOOKING 4INCH CABLE FROM TRUCK BUMPER CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CABLE AND BUMPER AS WINCH CABLE TIGHTENED.
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 HOLDING SOME PIPE WHICH WAS BEING CUT BY THE WELDER. HE WAS HOLDING THE PIPE BELOW THE CUTTING AREA WHICH EXPOSED HIS HANDS TO THE SLAG FROM TEH ARC WELDER. THE SLAG FELL INSI DE HIS RIGHT HA3D GLOVE AND CONSEQUENTLY BURNED HIS HAND.
A BOARD OF WOOD9N PALLET BROKE OFF EXPOSING A NAIL POINTED UP WHILE TRYING TO VCOVER THE PALLET OF CEMENT WITH PLASTIC, THE EMP STEPPED ON THE EXPOSED NAIL, THE NAI PENETRATED THE 6OOTS SOLE AND EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT
WHILE TRYING TO3LOAD A REEL OF WIRE ON A FORK-LIFT ATTACHMENT ON A BACK-HOE, THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND WAS SMASHED. SIX STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO REPAIR THE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A CEMENT HEAD FROM A PVC CASING WITH A PIPE WRENCH. PIPE WRNECH SLIPPED CAUSING PIPE TO SPRING BACK CAUSING A 2 INCH QUICK COUPLER EAR TO PIERCE A HOLE IN BETWEEN THE EMP LOYEE S RIGHT H5ND THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.
WHILE CUTTING A3RUBBER HOSE ON LOCK ON A LOCK BLADE FOLDING KNIFE GAVE WAY. THE BLADE CLOSED ON THE RIGH FINGER CUTTING THE FINGER.
INJURIED PERSON3A HELPING OFF LOADING DRILL PIPESTACKED HORIZONTALLY ON A TRAILER ON TO THE DRILLING RIGS PIPE BACK. THIS PERSON HAD HIS HAND ON A PARTILLY OBVATED DRIN OF PIPE AND AS IT LEFT THE STACKED PI1E HIS FINGERS WERE PINCHED BETWEEN THE ELEVATED PIPE AND THE COLLARS OF THE RACKED PIPE ON THE FRAILER DESTOLTLING IN INJURY TO HIS TWO FINGERS.