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INJURED BACK LIFTING BUCKET STEVES.
PULLING ON COME-A0LONG AND APPARENTLY DISLOCATED RIGHT SHOULDER.
REMOVING UNIT USING COME A LONG, COME A LONG SLIPPED UNIT FELL ON EMP FT AS GETTING OUT OF WAY
EMPLOYEE HOLDING WRENCH, FELL WHEN SOCKET SLIPPED OFF NUT AND STRUCK ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WITH WRENCH.
INDIVIDUAL WAS STANDING ON FORK OF LOADER THAT WAS BEING RAISED TO TOP OF SED CONTAINER WHEN FORK STRUCK SIDE OF CONTAINER. I DIVIDUAL SLIPPED & FEL ONTO FORK THEN ONTO GROUND.
LINE GUIDE FROM OVERHEAD CRANE FELL FROM CRANE STRUCK A FIXED OBJECT AND CAREENED INTO LEFT LEG CAUSING SEVERE BRUISING.
HELPING WELDER HOLD IRON DURING WELDING PROCESS
AS THE INDIVIDUAL LEFT THE CAB OF THE LOADER, HE JUMPED TO THE GROUND AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT FOOT. HE DID NOT LAND CORRECTLY.
INJURED NECK GETTING OUT OF CRANE.
INDIVIDAUL WAS WALKING ON CATWALK WHILE CARRYING EMPLOYEE BARREL ON SHOULDER AND BUMPED INTO LOWER BEAM WHICH RESULTED IN SAME SHOULDER AND NECK MUSCLE.
LIFTING HEAVY BAR CHIPPING ICE-STRAINED BACK MUSCLES.
WALKING ON SNOW WITH FRESH WATER RUNNING OVER SURFACE.WATER FROZE SUDDENLY CHANGING TEXTURE OF SURFACE.MINER SLIPPED & FELL,BODY WEIGHT LANDED ON RIGHT LEG CAUSING FRACTURE.
WALKING ON FROZEN BERM SLIPPED AND FELL FRA T L INDEX FINGER
I.NAME WAS MOVING A BARREL OF OIL. WENT BY AREA WHERE WELDERS WERE PUTTING 3 SHEETS OF 1/4" STEEL UP OUT OF THE WAY OF APPROACHING STORM. THE SEAS WERE ROUGH CAUSING THE STEEL SHEETS TO FALL O VER AND HIT ADAM IN THE LEFT HIP.
LIFTED BEARING WEIGHING 300-400 LBS. MUSCLE SORENESS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING ON GRATING WHICH APPARENTLY HAD A BROKEN WELD CAUSED BY MACHINERY VIBRATION
INJURED WAS CLEANING A FUEL SEPERATOR WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A FUEL SPOT ON THE DECK.
ASIST CRANE OPER LEG GOT CAUGHT ETWEEN THE CABLE AND SAFETY LINE
THE INJURED WAS RIGGING LINES AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK WHEN PULLING ON A HEAVY CABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PASSING A WIRE CABLE FROM DREDGE BIMA TO TENDER VESSEL AQUAMARINE. AS THREE SEAMEN HAULED ON ROPE CABLE FOULED AND SUDDENLY FREED STRIKING VICTIM IN FACE.
SLIPPED ON INCLINE WALKWAY NOTE-REPORTING DELAY DUE TO BACK ORDER OF FORMS FROM D BRABANK.
INJURED WAS WELDING WITH SAFETY GLASSES WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF SLAG HIT HIS EYE. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK NOR DID HE NOTIFY HIS SUPERVISOR OF INJURY. EMPLOYER FIRST KNEW OF INJURY ON 8-14-89.
WIRE FROM GRINDING WHILE INBEDDED IN CHEST.
I NAME WAS ALIGNING THE REAR END OF A TRACK MACHINE WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ENGAGED MACHINE CAUSING I NAME TO LOSE FOOTING
IN MAY INJURED WAS HIT IN THE CHEEK WITH A HOT METAL CHIP.THIS INJURY APPEARED TO HEAL WITH OUT TREATMENT. IN EARLY JULY INJURED FELT A LUMP ON HIS CHEEK AND OBTAINED MEDICAL ATTENTION.A CYST WAS REMOVED AND THE PATIENT FULLY RECOVERED.NOTWREPORTING DELAY DUE TO BACK ORDER OF FORMS FROM DAVE BRABANK.
STEPPED ON FIRE HOSE, IT ROLLED, AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE RESULTING IN SPRAIN.
CHIPPING ICE SHOVELING ICE AND SNOW OUT ON BIMA.LEFT SHOULDER/CLAVICAL TENDONITIS.FIRST RIG OUT OF PLACE.
WORKER WAS WORKING ON HYDRAULIC JIGS AND BELIEVES HE RECEIVED SLIVER UNKOWN HOW.
WORKER WAS USING A SHOVEL TO DISLODGE ROCKS IN THE DROP CHUTE. HE PULLED ON THE SHOVEL HANDLE AND DISLOCATED. HIS LEFT SHOULDER WAS PREVIOUSLY INJURED IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT 7-88.
EMPLOYEE DISCONNECTED AIR LINE UNDER PRESSURE, BEFORE RELEASING AIR PRESSURE, THE LINE RECOILED AND THE END WITH THE BRASS FITTING STRUCK HIS FACE CAUSING MINOR LACERATION THAT REQUIRED SEVEN SUTURES TO CLOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO THE TOOL ROOM ON A LOWER DECK. AS HE DECENDED DOWN THE STAIRS HE SLIPPED, FELL & ROLLED DOWN THE FLIGHT OF STAIRS LANDING ON HIS BACK. HE WAS ABLE TO WALK (SLOWLY) TO THE HETICOPTER PAD, 3 FLIGHTS UP FOR TRANSPORTATION TO SHORE.
WHITH CO WORKER WE WERE LIFTING 200 LB SLEEVES TO ANOTHER LOCATION . DID NOT USE LOADER TO MOVE THEM STRAINED BACK MUSCLES.
CLEANUP HOSING OF DECKS JUST COMPLETED OPERA TOR WAS WALKING DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS HE SLIPPED FELL HEADLONG DOWN FOUR STEPS LANDING ON DOCK STRIKING HIS FACE
LEFT RING FINGER SMASHED FIRST KNUCKLE BETWEEN DREDGE BUCKET AND SIDE OF BOAT.
EMPL EXITED HELICOPTER STEPPED ONTO STAIRS LEADING DOWN FROM HELIPAD AND SLIPPED ON ICY STEPS.
WHILE POINTING AT MEDFICATIONS TO BE MADE TO SECONDARY JIGS EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTLY STEPPED INTO OPEN AREA AT END OF JIG #33 WHILE PUTTING FOOT OUT EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE & FELL INTO BED OF JIG HIT TING LEFT LEG SHIN ON JIG FRAME RESULTING IN A DEEP LACERATION
DISLODGING ROCK IN ROCK CHUTE-UPSTREAM ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK VICTIM'S LEFT LEG.
RAN UPSTAIRS HOLDING RAIL LOST FOOTING AND TWISTED RT LOWER BACK
STINGING NEW WIRE ROPE THRU WORE GUIDE ON 5 TON WHIP, LINE OF 42 TON CRANE. LACERATED R. INDEX FINGER ON SHARP EDGE OF WIRE GUIDE . REQUIRED 4 STICHES TO CLOSE CUT.
CARRYING SLUICE BOX TO A STORAGE AREA. WHILE CLIMBING A STARIWAY STRAINED LOWR BACK.
OPERATOR USED AIR WINCH IMPROPERLY, TURNED ON FULL & WINCH TIGHTENED & THREW OPERATOR OFF AGAINST I-GEAM. OPERATOR STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW CAUSING FRACTURE.
WORKER WAS USING 2" HOSE WITH NOZZLE TO WASH DECK. WORKER APPLIED TOO MUCH PRESSURE & WAS PUSHED BACK 4' INTO ANGLE IRON A FRAME. RECEIVED MINOR LACERATION TO LEFT ELBOW & BRUISE TO FOREARM
500 LB STEEL PLATE FELL ON WORKERS RIGHT HAND FRACTURE OF INDEX FINGER.
STRETCHED LIGAMENTS OF MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND. UNKNOWN HOT IT OCCURRED ON JOB.
LIFTING 5GAL BUCKETS OF HEAVY CONCENTRATED MATERIAL 70-80 LBS FROM SECONDARY JUGS
WORKER WAS GRINDING ONE END OF A 1/2 IN X 3 1/4 IN STEEL BOLT WITH THE GRINDING WHEEL ON A MILWAUKEE BENCH MOUNTED 3/4 HP TWO WHEEL GRINDER
LIFTED LIP OF DREDGE BUCKET BY HAND RATHER THEN USING AVAILABLE CRANE INJURED BACK MUSCLES.
WALKED OUT OF "TENT" DOORWAY ANDFELL 4 TO 5 FT TO THE SNOW LANDED ON RT SHOULDER/RIB CAGE CAUSING BRUISE AND SORENESS. DARK OUTSIDE.
MAN WAS UNLOADI3G CONCENTRATE SAMPLE BUCKETS FROM M/V PEGGY N ONTO DOCK. HE SLIPPED AND LANDED AON DECK OF SHIP ON HIS BACK.
MAN WAS SUBJECT9D TO INTENSE LIGHT OF ARC WELDING IN CONFINED AREA. RESULTED IN ARC WELDER'S BURN OF THE EYES.