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INJURED WAS USING AN AUTODISPENSER TO DISPENSE CAUSTIC SOLUTION INTO SLURRY SAMPLE. THE GLASS AUTODISPENSER BROKE WHEN THE INJURED PRESSED DOWN ON THE PLUGER. THE BROKEN GLASS CUT HER LEFT PAL M AND RESULTED IN 16 SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.THE INJURED RETURNED TO WORK WITH RESTRICTIONS.

INJURED WAS MOUNTING A PRILL TRUCK, WHEN HE PULLED HIMSELF UP, HIS LEFT SHOULDER DISLOCATED. HJE RETURNED TO HIS NEXT SHIFT WITH RESTRICTIONS. THE INJURED DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER PREVIOUSLY (A PPROX ONE YEAR AGO) WHILE PLAYING SOFTBALL.

EE WAS INSTALLING A BEAM BETWEEN TWO COLUMNS WHEN THE BEAM BECAME STUCK. WITH SLACK IN THE RIGGING THE BEAM THEN BEGAN TO FREE FALL 10". THE EE WAS STILL HOLDING ON TO THE BEAM WHEN IT FELL, S TRAINING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

INJURED EE, WITH HELP FROM ANOTHER EE, WAS PULLING POTHEAD OUT OF THE HOLDER ON THE CABLE SPOILER. HE LIFTED & TURNED WHILE HOLDING THE POTHEAD, CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS PLACED O N RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY DUE TO A STRAINED BACK.

WHILE LIFTING A SAMPLE BIN ONTO A CONVEYOR BELT WITH HELP FROM ANOTHER EE, TAHE EE STRAINED HIS STOMACH MUSCLES. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY UNTIL 4/1/97.

THE SOCKET CAME OFF OF EMPLOYEE'S IMPACT WRENCH, STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER LIP, REQUIRING FOUR SUTURES. EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED TO REGULAR WORK ACTIVITY.

INJURED WAS DRIVING A LUBE TRUCK ON A STRAIGHT ROAD WHEN HE RAN THE TRUCK'S LEFT SIDE UP ONTO A MID ROAD BERM. THE LUBE TRUCK ROLLED 3/4 TIMES. EE RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE HEAD, RIGHT LEG AND INTERNAL INJURIES. EE IS CURRENTLY IN INTENSIVE CARE IN THE HOSPITAL AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION.

WHILE DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK, THE EE HAD TO RAISE THE BED A SHORT DISTANCE & LOWER IT AGAIN TO MAKE GOOD CONTACT. THIS CAUSED THE BED TO JOLT. THE EE FELT STIFFNESS IN HER NECK & WAS TAKEN TO TH E ER. SHE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITYFOR TWO DAYS.

WHILE INSTALLING A NEW LEFT STEEERING CYLINDER, EMPLOYEE TWISTED WHILE GUIDING THE BASE END OF THE CYLINDER ITNO PLACE, CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS SEEN BY A DR AND PLACED ON RESTR ICTED WORK ACTIVITY.

EE AND COWORKER WERE STARTING A CAT SCRAPER. EE HAD SPRAYED SOME ETHER INTO THE AIR CLEANER AS COWORKER STARTED THE ENGINE. EE STARTED TO WALK AROUND THE FRONT OF THE SCRAPER ON THE WALKWAY WH EN THE BAIL RAISED UP CATCHING EE'S RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN THE BAIL FRAME AND THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER.

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF REMOVING A SHOVEL PIN. THE NUT THAT WAS WELDED TO THE PIN & ATTACHED TO A CHAIN FOR PULLING PURPOSES BROKE LOOSE FROM THE PIN, CAUSING THE CHAIN & NUT TO STRIKE HIM IN THE LEG. EE WAS SEEN BY PHYSICIAN WHO PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY FOR APPROX 1 WEEK

EE WAS OPENING/LOWERING THE BOTTOM ENGINE COVER ON BH120 WHEN THE COVER CAME DOWN, CAUSING HIS FINGER TO CONTACT A BRACKET, THUS LACERATING IT. HIS FINGER REQD 3 SUTURES. HE WAS RELEASED TO RE GULAR WORK ACTIVITY

WHILE LIFTING THE BOWL OUT OF THE PULERIZER AND TURNING AT THE SAME TIME, EE STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HER BACK. SHE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WOR ACTIVITY AND PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY BY A PH YSICIAN. SHE WILL BE RE-EVALUATED IN 7-10-DAYS.

EMP INJURED BACK WHEN HE JUMPED UP AND GRABBED THE LADDER ON SHOVEL 102 TO PULL IT DOWN. HE WAS INITIALLY EXAMINED BY AN ER DR AND RELEASED TO FULL WORK ACTIVITY. CONTINUED HAVING PAIN SO WAS REFERRED TO SPECIALIST. UPON FURTHER EXAMINATIONAND MRI, WAS DETERMINED HE SUFFERED A RUPTURED DISC IN LOWER BACK. SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY AND WILL BE OFF WORK FOR 4-6 WEEKS.

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN A HAUL TRUCK DURING A LOADING OPERATION. THE FIRST BUCKET OF MATERIAL CONTAINED LARGE ROCK WHICH STRUCK THE TRUCK'S BED, JARRING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE TRUCK CAB.

ON 12-19-96 EE SUFFERED FROM SORE MUSCLES WHEN THERE WAS CONTACT BETWEEN HIS HAUL TRUCK AND A DOZER. HE WAS SEEN BY ER PHYSICIAN AND RELEASED TO FULL WORK ACTIVITY. 2-18-97 THE PAIN CONTINUED AND HE WAS AGAIN SEEN BY ER PHYSICIAN WHERE HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY.

EE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE. THE LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SWELLING IN THE KNEE JOINT AND A NEGATIVE FRACTURE. HEWAS GIVEN A KNEE BRACE AND WAS SCHEDULED FOR RE EVALUATION ON 12-16. EE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY.

EMPLOYEE WAS LYING UNDERNEATH A 16H MOTOR GRADER GETTING READY TO DO SOME WELDING. EMPLOYEE HOOKED UP THE GROUND CABLE CLAMP FROM THE WELDING MACHINE AND THE CLAMP CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM O N HIS FRONT UPPER TEETH, CRACKING ONE AND LOOSENING THE OTHER.

EE WAS WALKING TOWARD THE READY LINE TO GET HIS HAUL TRUCK. EE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE BOTH FEET WENT UP IN THE AIR, HE FELL ON HIS LEFT SIDE LANDING ON HIS LUNCH BUCKET BETWEEN HIS LEFT RIB CAGE AND THE GROUND.

EE SLIPPED ON WOOD WHILE CARRYING PARTS RESULTING IN SPRAIN TO LEFT KNEE.

A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, WHICH WAS MOUNTED ON THE SIDE OF THE DUMP BOX BROKE LOOSE FROM, ITS MOUNT. THE EXTINGUISHER FELL TO THE GROUND AND BOUNCED UP, HITTING EE ON THE LEFT LOWER LEG (KNEE AREA) . HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRUISE, NO FRACTURE, AND PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY FOR ONE DAY.

EE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING & TRANSPORTINGA 20' LONG SECTION OF PIPE - DIAGNOSED BY DR. ASLOW BACK PAIN.

HE WAS CLEARING PALLET OFF FORK LIFT. CAUGHT FOOT AND FELL INTO A CRATE THAT HAD A NAIL STICKINGOUT & PUNCTURED HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 150 TON HAUL TRUCK HAULING MATERIAL FROM A SHOVEL TO THE WASTE DUMP. WHILE RETURNING TO THE SHOVEL HE FELL ASLEEP, WENT ACROSS THE HAUL ROAD AND ENDED ON A BLASTED PAT TERN. WHEN THE TRUCK HIT THE BLASTED MATERIAL EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE STEELING WHEEL. CHECKED AND REPORTED TO BE O.K. ON 11-26-96 REPORTED PAIN IN WRIST. DR: SPRAIN, RX SPLINT/RESTRIC

AFTER FINISHING HIS LUNCH BREAK, EE WENT TO REMOVE THE WHEEL CHOCKS OF HIS HAUL TRUCK AS HE PULLED THE WHEEL CHOCK FROM UNDER THE TIRE, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER BACK. DR DIAGNOS ED A LUMBAR STRAIN & RELEASED EE TO RETURN TO WORK WITH LIMITATIONS.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN OVER A 465 LB. CRATE TO ENABLE HIM TO PICK IT UP WITH A FORKLIFT. WHEN DOING SO, THE CRATE FELL BACKWARDS, PINCHING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. INJURIES INCLUDED A TUFT FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER & AN AVULGEDFINGER NAIL WHICH THE DOCTOR HAD TO COMPLETELY REMOVE. EE WAS RELEASED FOR REGULAR WORK ACTIVITY.

WHILE CHANGING OUT THE LINER IN THE BALL MILL, EMP GOT A FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS LEFT EYE. THE FOREIGN OBJECT WAS REMOVED BY A DR. EMP RETURNED TOWORK FOR HIS NEXT SHIFT WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS.

ADJUSTABLE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT HE WAS LOOSENING CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE & FALL ON HIS KNEES, DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 12-5-96 DIAGNOSED AS MUSCLE STRAIN OF LOWER BACK.

THE DAVITARM HE WAS INSTALLING SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP HITTING L THUMB RESULTING IN CONTUSION.

WHILE STEPPING DOWN FROM G295 GRADER, EMP STEPPED ON EVAC HOSE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. EMP WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SPRAINED ANKLE AND PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY.

EMP WAS TAPING BLAST HOLES FOR THE PRILL TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOME UNEVEN GROUND AND TWISTEDHIS LET ANKLE. LATER, THE TAPE WEIGHT HIT THE SAME ANKLE, CAUSING SEVERE PAIN. EMP WAS TAKEN TO ER WHERE X-RAYS SHOWED A POSITIVE FRACTURE. EMP WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY UNTIL REEVALUATED BY DR.

EMPLOYEE WENT TO EXIT CAB OF DRILL THROUGH SLIDING DOOR, HIS HAND BRUSHED AGAINST THE DOOR LATCH WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 50 LB FIRE EXTINGUISHER OVER THE TAIL GATE OF A PICK UP WHEN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER "POPPED" CAUSING PAIN. EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY UNTIL FOLLOW-UP VI SIT ON NOV 7.

AT END OF SHIFT, INJURED WAS PREPARING TO CLIMB DOWN LADDER OF HIS HAUL TRUCK. HE FELL APPROX. 12 FT. LANDING ON HIS FEET. FALL RESULTED IN A FRACTURE OF HIS LEFT HEEL AND LEFT WRIST. EXACT CAUSE OF FALL IS UNKNOWN AND STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON 14" OVERHEAD VALVE. WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM ON FACE AND TEETH RESULTING IN CHIPPED TOOTH AN DNASAL CONTUSION.

ON AFTERNOON OF 10-16-96 STRONG WINDS WERE BLOWING DUST FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. EMP AND OTHER WORKERS WERE SETTING UP A TEMPORARY MAINT SHOP. ABOUT 2PM EMP GOT SOME DUST IN LEFT EYE AND WITH HE LP OF FOREMAN, WASHED EYE WITH WASH SOLUTION. EYE SEEMED TO BE DOING OK UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN MORE WIND AND DUST WAS BLOWING. BY 7PM FRI NIGHT 10-18-96, EMP NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

EMP AND PARTNER WERE LOADING AN 85 LB BUCKET TOOTH INTO BOOM TRUCK. WHEN PARTNER DROPPED TOOTH, APPROX. 4", EMPS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TOOTHAND TRUCK BED. DIAGNOSIS WAS MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. DR ALSO RELEASED BLOOD PRESSURE UNDER FINGER NAIL. WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR APPROX ONE WEEK.

AFTER WORKING HIS FIRST DAY OF ROTATION AFTER BEING OFF FOR FIVE DAYS, EE CALLED IN SICK. LATER THAT DAY HE CALLED THE SAFETY DEPART AND COMPLAINED OF A SORE BACK. HE WAS SENT TO A PHYSICIAN W HO PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY THREE TIMES A WEEK WITH A RETURN VISIT IN THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.

EE WAS USING A 3/4" RACHET WITH A 1 1/2" SOCKET TO BREAK LOOSE THE DRAIN PLUG ON THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING DRAIN. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND SMASHED EE'S LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE RATCHET HANDLE AND THE RIM. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN AVULSION AND FRACTURE INJURY AND PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY UNTIL REEVALUATED BY DR.

EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME OF THE LEFT WRIST. HIS REGULAR JOB DUTIES ARE SPLITTING & PULVARIZING SAMPLES IN THE LAB. HE HAD SURGERY ON 11/25/96 TO RELIEVE THE CONDITION.

ON THE STAIRS OF #1 CIL, EE STEPPED ONTO THE CEMENT PAD FOR THE LAST STEP. HIS RT FOOT WAS HALF WAY ON THE CEMENT PAD, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE STEPPED ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT AND TWISTE D HIS LEFT KNEE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. EE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY UNTIL REEVALUATION ON 10-7-96.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE CUTTING EDGES ON A RUBBER TIRED DOZER WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HIS FINGER WAS CUT ON A WORN EDGE OF A BOLT. DOCTORS REPORTED THAT TWO TENDONS HAD BEEN PARTIALLY CUT.

EE WAS RUNNING FROM BUS TO LINEOUT ROOM WRONG AND HIS RT KNEE POPPED. HE DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL 9:30AM ON 9-26-96. HE WAS SENT TO THE ER 9-26-96 AND HAD A FOLLOWUP VISIT WITH DR KRACAW 9-3-96 . HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY FOR ONE WEEK.

EE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK ON THE CUT 16 RAMP. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE NEAR THE MIDPOINT OF THE PIT. THE TRUCK TRAVELED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP, WHERE IT STRUCK A ROCK OUTCROPPING THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER 1 TIME, COMING TO REST ON ITS WHEELS. EE WAS FOUND ONTHE GROUND NEAR THE TRUCK

EE WAS PUTTING A 16" PIPE, 17" LONG INTO BED OF PICK UP HE TRIPPED OVER A BOARD AND FELL FOREWARD THE WEIGHT OF THE PIPE CAUSED PAIN IN LOWER BACK DIAGNOSED AS ACUTE LUMBER STRAIN.

WHILE CUTTING HOLE IN FIBERGLASS FAN SHROUD, EE EXPERIENCED FOREIGN MATERIAL IN R. EYE - DIAGNOSED AS CONJUNCTIVAL FOREIGN BODY - RX FOR EYE DROPS WAS GIVEN.

EE WAS USING A PUNCH TO REMOVE A BROKEN BELLY PAN BOLT. AS HE STRUCK PUNCH W/ HAMMER, A SMALL PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF & LODGED IN HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER. ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE METAL BY ER PHYSICI AN WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. HE THEN SUTURED & BANDAGEDTHE WOUND AND RELEASED THE EE TO REGULAR DUTY.

EE WAS OPERATING SCRAPER 861 AND WAS HAULING DIRT TO MEGA PIT. HE STATED THAT HE HIT A HOLE WITH THE SCRAPER AND WHEN THIS HAPPENED HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. EE WAS PLACED ON THREE DAY S LIGHT DUTY.

EE WAS GRINDING VALVE ON MIX TANK, GRINDER KICKED BACK AND STRUCK HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER, CAUSING A GOUGE WOUND.

EE WAS TAKING A LOAD IN 190 TRUCK TO W8 WASTE DUMP. WHEN THE TRUCK SHIFTED GEARS, THE SEAT SNAPPED UP AND BACK, WHICH INJURED HIS BACK. EE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY UNTIL REEVALUATED BY DR .