CLIMBING ONTO DOZER FOOT SLIPPED AND HIT BUTTOCKS AND LOWER BACK ON DOZER.
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Showing all 28EMPLOYEE WAS ARC GOUGING IN SIDE GRINDING MILL AND RECEIVE FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ANGLE IRON TO BE DRIVEN INTO GROUND BY FORKLIFT. EMPLOYEE HOLDING ANGLE IRON PLACED HIS HAND IN PINCH POINT BETWEEN ANGLE IRON AND FORK OF FORKLIFT.EXTENT OF INJURY TO EMP LOYEE SKIN PUNCTURE AND BROKEN MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT AHND.
EMPLOYEE WQAS WORKING AND REPORTED TO FOREMAN THAT HE HAD HURT HIS HIP AND LEG, BUT DID NOT KNOW WHERE OR HOW. FOREMAN TOLD EMPLOYEE TO GO BACK IN PLANT AND FILL OUT REPORT WITH SUPERVISOR. EMPLOYEE FAILED TO DO SO AND SUPERVISOR WAS NOT OTIFED. EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AT DOCOTROR CARE IN WEST COLA AND SPRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SHOVEL TO UNCOVER A BROKEN WATER LINE.EMPLOYEE WRENCHED BACK WHILE PUSHING SHOVEL.
EMPLOYEE HIT BUCKET EDGE WITH HAMMER. METAL CHIP HIT HIM IN RIGHT LEG. DOCTOR DEAVENED AREA AROUND WOUND REMOVE CHIP.
EMPL HIT BUCKET TIP WITH HAMMER METAL CHIP WENT INTO L ARM DR DIDNT REMOVE CHIP GAVE TETNA SHOT AND PRESCRIPTION ANTIBOTICS
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BUCKED TIP ON LOADER. HIT TIP WITH HAMMER METAL CHIP ENTERED HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED HIS HAND WAS SWOLLEN AND HE FELT THAT THE SWELLING WAS FROM DEALING WITH CAUSTIC SOLUTION TOOK HIM TO THE DOCTOR WHO BELIEVES THE HAND WAS INFECTED.
WHILE OPERATING DOZER ON FEEDER STOCK PILE AN APPARENT BRIDGE OF MATERIAL WAS ENCOUNTERED & THE DOZER FELL OR DROPPED SEVERAL FEET EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF SORE NECK BUT WAS UNSURE WHETHER IT WA S FROM LOOKING BACKWARDS OR THE DROP EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOC 030189
EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN THAT HE THOUGHT HE HURT HIS BACK BUT WAS NOT BAD ENOUGH TO SEE A DOCTOR. HE HAD PERFORMED SEVERAL ROUTINE JOBS AND WAS SURE WHEN HE INJURED HIMSELF. HE CONTI UNED TO WORK THE REMAINDER OF THE SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN PIECE OF STEEL ON DRILL PRESS. VICE THAT WAS HOLDING STEEL WAS NOT BOLTED DOWN. BIT HUNG IN STEEL AND ROTATED VICE PINNING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT RINGFINGER AGAINST BA CK OF PRESS.
CREW WAS GOING TO PIT AREA IN L 800 SERVICE TRK. MADE LEFT HAND TURN AND TRK FELL OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. MAN WAS NOT WEARING SEAT BELT AND FELL ACROSS CAB AND WAS INJURED (NOT KNOWN FRETUALLY IF HE WAS DRIVING). THIS RESULTED IN BRUISES AND SORENESS-WAS TREATED AT HOSPITAL AND GIVEN PAIN MEDICINE. NO OTHER INJURIES KNOWN OF AT THIS TIME.
CREW WAS GOING TO PIT AREA IN L8000 SERVICE TRK. MADE LEFT HAND TURN AND TRUCK FELL OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE MAN WAS HIT BY FLYING DEBRIS IN CAB AND SUFFERED GASH A SOVE RIGHT EYE. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERAL STITCHES.
MECHANIC WAS TRYING TO BEND METAL FOR ELBOW SUPPORT. HE HIT METAL ON TABLE TO BEND SLIGHTLY METAL STRUCK TABLE BOUNCED UP AND HIT MAN IS EYE BROUGH THIS IS FLICTED A CUT REQUIRE SEVEN STICHES NO OTHER INJURY.
EMPL WAS GOING DOWN LADDER INTO BALL STORAGE AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL CUTTING HIS HAND ON EDGE OF BAR AND SCRAPING HIS FOREHEAD ON THE BAR CUT HAND AT BASE OF THUMB 3 STITCHES
EE RELEASED LANYARD TO MOVE AND BEFORE HE REHOOKED HE FELL APPROX. 30 FT SEVERE INJURIED WERE INCURRED TO LEFT ANKLE RIGHT ANKLE AND LEFT WRIST.
I NAME WAS LIFTING MAN HOLE COVER FOR ACCESE TO MANHOLE. LIFTED COVER SLIPPED FROM EMPLOYEE HAND AND CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN MAN HOLE RING AND COVER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON PVC LINER, PULLING A HOSE. THE LINER WAS WET FROM DEW AND EMPLOYEE'S FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING UNISUIT ON STAIRWELL WHEN THE BLADE HUNG DURING GRINDING AND SKINT BACK SIDE OF LEFT HAND.
AS HE WAS GETTING OFF OF SCRAPER THERE WAS MUD ON IT AND WHEN HE STEPPED HE SLIPPED ON MUD THAT WAS ON SCRAPER AND FELL TO THE GROUND FRACTURING BONE IN RT HAND
SCRAPER OPERATOR BACKED OVER A FELLOW EMPLOYEE SCRAPER OPERATOR SENT TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT
SPOTTER WAS BACKED OVER BY PAN SCRAPER.
EMPL WAS CLIMBING DOWN F ROM 777 CAT TRUCK & MISSED LAST STEP THEREBY STRETCHING LEG MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG. HE REPORTED INCIDENT FOLLOWING DAY & WHEN IT CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM HE WA S TAKEN TO DR ON 5/25/88 WHO TREATED & RELEASED HIM.
2 MEN WERE ERECTING STEEL TANKS WORKING ON WOODEN SCAFFOLD 3FT ABOVE FLOOR BOTH MEN WERE ONM SINGLE BOARD OF 2 LIFTING 300# BOARD BROKE 2 MEN FELL TO FLOOR
2 MEN WERE ERECTING STEEL TANKS WORKING ON WOODEN SCAFFOLD PLANKS 3 FT ABOVE FLOOR BOTH MEN WERE ON SINGLE BOARD OF 2 FILTING 300# BOARD BROKE 2 MEN FELL TO FLOOR
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TRAPPED IN TRENCH BY FALLING MATERIAL.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TRAPPED IN A TRENCH BY FALLING MATERIAL.