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EE WAS WORKING WITH TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES TO TROUBLE SHOOT & REPAIR A 2" SUBMERSIBLE PUMP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE "EVENT" SOLUTION POND. HE WALKED THE HDPE LINED SLOPE OF THE POND (3-1 POND) A COUP LE OF TIMES WHILE TROUBLE SHOOTING THE PUMP. WHEN FINISHED HE REPORTED A "TINGLING" SENSATION IN HIS LEFT HEEL. STRAINED ACHILLES TENDON.
EE WAS WORKING WITH CO-WORKERS TO STRING DRIP TUBE ON A "RIPPED" PAD SECTION. AFTER CUTTING THE DRIP TUBE TO LENGTH, HE SQUATTED DOWN TO PICK UP THE LOOSE ENDS OF THE TUBE TO PULL THEM INTO PO SITION. AS HE SQUATTED HE FELT HIS LEFT KNEE "LOCK UP" AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE KNEE.
EE WORKED WITH LEECH PAD CREW TO STRING DRIP TUBING ON THE N. VISTA LEECH PAD. HE WAS LOADING ROLLS OF DRIP LINE ON THE HOSE REELS, SPLICING THE TUBING & CUTTING IT TO LENGTH. AFTER COMPLET EING THE WORK HE COMPLAINED OF A SORE BACK. HE COULD NOT CITE ANY SPECIFIC TIME OR INCIDENT THAT MAY HAVE CAUSED SORENESS. IT WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY WINDY DAY.
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK. EXACT CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE SHOP BAY LEANING AGAINST HIS TOOL BOX. WHEN QUESTIONED BY HIS SUPERVISOR, HE COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAIN. HE WAS TRAN SPORTED TO PIONEER'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN BRAWLEY, CA, WHERE HE WAS FOUND TO BE SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK. WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL FOR BY PASS SURGERY.
EE HAD OPENED THE DOOR TO THE CABINET LOCATED IN THE LADIES' CHANGE ROOM. AS SHE WAS REMOVING AN ARTICLE, HER FINGER WAS CUT ON A SHARP EDGE OF THE CABINET.
EE WAS REPLACING CUTTING EDGE ON A RUBBER TIRE DOZER. AS HE LIFTED A CUTTING EDGE INTO PLACE, HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT ON A SHARP EDGE OF THE MOLD BOARD.
EE USED A 6' STEP LADDER TO ACCESS THE FUEL FILTERS ON A HAUL TRUCK. WHILE DISMOUNTING THE LADDER HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT ON THE LAST STEP CAUSINGHIS KNEE TO TWIST. EMPLOYEE HAD NO TREATMENT UNT IL 1/15/01 AT WHICH TIME THE DOCTOR PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT STRINGS THAT ATTACHED TO A SPLICE IN A SECTION OF DETACORD. HE HELD DETACORD WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND AS HE CUT THE STRING THE BLADE ALSO CUT HIS LEFT IND EX FINGER.
EE HAD CHECKED THE HYDRAULIC OIL ON A LOADER. WHEN STEPPING TO THE GROUND WHILE DISMOUNTUIBNG, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO OPERATE A HAUL TRUCK. AFTER CONDUVCTING A PRE-OPERATION CHECK ON THE TRUCK, HE LIFTED HIS RIGHT LEG TO PLACE IT ON THE STEP OF THE TRUCK, A LADDER. AT THIS TIME HE ALLE GES HE FELT SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CLEANING LIME BUILDUP OFF THE SLAKER TRUCK WITH A SHOVEL. DURING THE PROCESS LIME GOT ON THE SKIN BELOW BOTH EYES CAUSING IRRITATION. FIRST AID WAS PROVIDED ON SITE. EE CONTINUED TO HAV E IRRITATION & WENT TO EYE DOCTOR. MEDICATION WAS PROVIDED & EE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK FOR ONE DAY.
EE WAS LIFTING A FLOOR JACK. WHILE LIFTING THE JACK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND. HE REACHED TO CATCH THE JACK AND FELT A SHARP PAIN INHIS RIGHT LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CUTTING THE STRAPS FROM DRIPPER LINES WITH A RAZOR KNIFE. HE CUT TOWARD HIS LEFT ARM, CUTTING HIS LEFT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING AN A.T.V MULE. A CREW CAB PICK-UP WAS FOLLOWING. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE SLOWED THE MULE, THE PICK-UP BRAKED BUT COULD NOT STOP IN TIME BECAUSE OF WET CONDITIONS AFTER THE RAIN. THE CREW CAB PICK UP STRUCK THE REAR OF THE A.T.V.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO PICK UP TRASH. SHE KNEELED DOWN TO TIE A TRASH BAG AND LOST HER BALANCE. SHE REACHED OUT WITH HER RIGHT HAND TO BREAK HER FALL AND FELT PAIN IN THE RIGHT WRIST JOINT .
EE WAS DISMOUNTING A HAUL TRUCK. AS HE STEPPED ON THE GROUND HE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE FELT NO PAIN AT THE TIME, SO HE FAILED TO REPORT IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR. AFTER HE ARRIVED HOME, H IS BACK STARTED HURTING. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR WHEN HE REPORTED TO WORK HIS NEXT SHIFT.
EE AND A COWORKER HAD PARKED THE BASKET TRUCK AT THE JOB SITE. ONE EE WAS AT THE CONTROLS AND THE INJURED EE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE TRUCK IN THE PATH OF THE OUTRIGGER WHILE IT WAS BEING LOWER ED. HIS FOOT WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE OUTRIGGER, RESULTING IN A BROKEN BONE IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING A HAUL TRUCK ON THE WASH RACK. HE SLIPPED IN WATER AND LOST HIS BALANCE. HIS LEGS WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM IN A SPLITTING MOTION. HIS RIGHT LEG TOOK MOST OF HIS WEIGHT PUTT ING PRESSURE AND TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN AND SWELLING IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE ALLEGES THAT AFTER DUMPING MATERIAL FROM HIS TRUCK ON THE LEACH PAD, HE LOWERED THE TRUCK BED AND WHEN THE BED CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE TRUCK FRAME, THE EE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING DRIP TUBING WITH A RAZOR KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING THE EMLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER. THE INJURY REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.