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HE WAS CUTTING BANDS FROM A PALLET OF JUGS KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HIS RT FOREARM LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES
EMPLOYEE WAS PRESSURIZING SASSAFRASS TANK WHEN FILTER BLEW OFF AND SPRAYED LIQUID IN FACE. EMPLOYEE WAS PUT UNDER EYE WASH STATION AND RINSED OFF. HE DID NOT WANT TO GO FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT B UT EYES WERE RED AND SUPERVISOR WANTED HIM TO BE CHECKED. HE WENT TO ER WHERE HE WAS EXAMINED AND GIVEN EYE DROPS TO USE.
RELOCATING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND PUTTING PIPING BACK IN.
RELOCATING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT & PUTTING PIPING BACK IN.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAND BAGGING 4KG PRODUCT ON PACKAGING LINE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.DID NOT GO FOR TREATMENT UNTIL 03-27-95.
EE WAS TAPING & SEALING BAGS ON PACKAGING LINE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM. WENT TO ER WHERE SPLINT WAS APPLIED.
EE WAS HAND BAGGING 11 PRODUCTS ON PACKAGING LINE 2 WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT WRIST.
EE WAS HAND BAGGING ON PACKAGING LINE. WHEN HE GOT HOME HIS BACK BECAME SORE AND PAINFUL. WENT TO CHIRPRACTOR FRO TREATMENT, 3/9/95.
EE WAS STACKING 44 POUND BALES ON A PALLET WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK. WENT TO ER. TYLENOL GIVEN, ADVISE REST.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN A SPARK FROM HIS WELDING MACHINE FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
EE GOT THIRD RING FINGER CAUGHT IN SLEEVER EQUIPMENT ON PACKAGING LINE WHILE TRYING TO ADJUST EQUIPMENT TO BETTER RUN PRODUCTION. FINGER WAS CUT LACERATIONS BUT NO STITICHES REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAND BAGGING ON PACKAGING LINE BAGGING 10# PRODUCT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
HE WAS USING A 6' STEP LADDER TO ACCESS A PLATE HE NEEDED TO REMOVE FROM A STORAGE BIN. HE STATED HE WAS ON THE 3RD STEP OF THE 6' LADDER WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL T O THE CONCRETE. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT LEG.
THERE WAS A JAMK-UP ON THE PACKAGING LINE WHERE EE WAS OPERATING THE SEALER MACHIEN (SEALS TOPS OF BAGS SHUT) EE DID NOT ACITIVATE ALL THE E-STOPS TO COMPLETELY SHUT POWER TO THE SEALER BEF ORE REACHING FOR THE JAMMED UP BAG. HER RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN BELT AND HER RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS AMPUTATED (ABOUT ONE-HALF WAY UP).
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING 30# BAGS OF CAT LITTER ONTO AN INCLINE CONVEYOR. HE WAS TAKING EACH BAG OFF OF A PALLET. AS HE REACHED FOR ANOTHER BAG TO PLACE ON THE CONVEYOR, HE JAMMED HIS THUMB ON ONE OF THE PALLETIZED BAGS.
EE WAS HAND BAGGING 10 LB PRODUCT ON PACKAGING LINE WHEN HE HEARD HIS WRIST POP. WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE A SPLINT WAS APPLIED AND MEDICATION GIVEN. EE WAS ON OVERTIME SHIFT AND NOT ON REG ULAR JOB WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. EE IS ABLE TO PERFORM HIS JOB AS JANITOR AND HAS MISSED NO TIME FROM WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING A HOPPER. THE HOPPER ROLLEDBACK ON HIS HAND CUTTING HIS RING AND MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. ONE FINGER REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CUTTER BLADE ON THE PAYLOADER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 01-31-95
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON ICE AND SNOW COVERED WALK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL FALLING ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HIS SHOULDER HAS CONTINUED TO HURT HIM FOR THE PAST YEAR AND HE DECIDED TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT. SURGERY PENDING. DIAGNOSIS: FROZEN SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT OF MAINTENANCE SHOP WHEN HE TRIPPED ONTHE THRESHOLD IN THE DOORWAY HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH TH4E HEEL OF HIS LEFT HAND PUTTING ALL OF HIS BODY WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT ARM HE NOTICED SLIGHT PAINTHAT WORSENED AS THE DAY WENTON HE WENT TO THE ER WHERE XRAY SHOWED A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT ELBOW RADIAL HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS WEALING 50# BAGS OF PRODUCT. THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THE BAG HAD NOT PROPERLY FILLED OUT & WHEN IT DID, THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT TOOK EMPLOYEE'S HAND WITH BAG INTO THE ROLLERS OF THE SEALER EQUIPMENT. CONTUSION OF LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A PALLET ON CONVEYOR BY PALLETIZER ON PACKAGING LING. CORNER OF PALLET HUNG ON RAIL OF CONVEYOR. WHEN PALLET CAME LOOSE IT CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S ARM BETWEEN GUARD RAIL FOR ELE CTRONIC EYE AND PALLET BRUISING AND SCRAPING RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A SLIDE TYPE CONVEYOR BELT, WHEN HIS THUMB CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A SHARP EDGE ON THE SLIDE. HIS THUMB WAS LACERATED AND REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.
EE ALLEGES BACK STRAIN OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF AN OLD INJURY IN MAY OF 1991. HE CANNOT GIVE A SPECIFIC INCIDENT FOR THE NEW INJURY. HE IS RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT FROM DR. RANDY OLIVER AND REMAINS OFF WORK.
EE WAS RUNNING 30 POUND BAGS OF PRODUCT THROUGH THE DUMPER & SEALER EQUIPMENT ON THE PRODUCTION LINE & NOTICED A WEAKNESS IN HER LEFT THUMB MOST LIKELY CAUSED FROM THE REPETITIVE MOTION OF JOB
EE WAS FREEING A PLASTIC JUG FROM SLEEVING EQUIPMENT. THE JUG CAME FREE SUDDENLY CAUSING RIGHT HAND TO HIT SHARP EDGE ON TOP OF SLEEVER. CUT RIGHT THUMB REQUIRED 2 STITCHES. EE WENT TO ER AND RETURNED TO WORK AND COMPLETED HIS SHIFT.
HE WAS LIFTING A 72 LB BALE OF PRODUCT FROM A CONVEYOR AND HIS BACK BEGAN HURTING.
EE WAS DRIVING A FORKLIFT WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT [MOST LIKELY DUST] GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
EE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS STACKING 45# CASES OF CLUMPING LITTER, AND HE ALLOWED THE ACCUMULATION CONVEYOR TO FILL UP. WHEN HE PICKED UP ONE CASE, IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS, AND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER BLADE AREA. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS INCIDENT TO SUPERVISION UNTIL MONDAY, 11-21-94.
APPROX. 945 AM 11-11-94 FRIDAY EE FELL APPROXIMATELY 10-15 FEET FROM A STEEL PLATFORM TO THE GROUND. HE STATES HE WAS SITTING ON A BEAM, HIS LEGS BRACED AGAINST A LADDER AND HE SOMEHOW FELL. H E DOES NOT RECALL EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED.
ON 11/15/94, THE EMPLOYEE CLAIMED HE WAS HAVING PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE STATED THAT THE PAIN STARTD 11/1/94 AT 1:00PM. HE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN COLD THAT DAY AT WORK, & HE HAD SOME MILD PAIN AFTE R HE WENT HOME FROM WORK. HE FELT THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE COLD. HOWEVER, HE SAYS THAT HE HAS PAIN ALL THE TIME NOW. WE SENT HIM TO THE DOCTOR ON 11/15/94.
APPROX NOON 10-24-94 (MONDAY) MOVING STEEL BEAMS AND METAL BEAM FLIPPED UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG CAUSING A LACERATION.
EE WAS PLACING PLASTIC JUGS INTO CARDBOARD CASESS & SOMETHING [PROBABLY DUST] BLEW INTO HIS EYE.EYE BECAME IRRITATED.
EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN STEPS ON LINE #2 WRAPPER WHEN HIS BOOT HUNG ON STEP. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HANDRAIL BUT TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 10-19-94.
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO STEP THROUGH A RAILING AT OUR BAG-TOP SCREEN AREA. HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN BACK UP.
EE WAS DUMPING PRODUCT FROM LINE 1 SCALE INTO A DUMPSTER. AIRBORNE DUST PARTICLES ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. HIS EYE WAS FLUSHED WITH EYE WASH, AND THERE DID NOT SEEM TO BE ANY PROBLEMS. THE INJUR Y DATE WAS ON FRIDAY. MONDAY THE EE LET US KNOW THAT HIS EYE WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM, AND WE SENT HIM TO THE DR. DR DIAGNOSED AN EYE INFECTION. NO PARTICLES WERE FOUND TO BE IN THE EYE.
EE WAS STACKING 72 BALES OF CAT LITTER ON LINE 2, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER/CHEST AREA. EE DID NOT REPORT THE PAIN UNTIL THE NEXT DAY 9-21-94.
ON 9-16-94, HE REPORTED PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST. FELT THIS PAIN WAS FROM REPETITIVE MOTION OF JOB ON PACKAGING LINE--FEEDING BAGS INTO DUMPER & SEALER EQUIPMENT OF PUSHING BAGS AROUND AT THE AI R TABLE. DIAGNOSIS: TENDONITIS.
EMPLOYE ENTOICED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE THAT WORSENED AS THE SHIFT WENT ON. THE PAIN CONTINUED UNTIL HE COULD NOT PUT WEIGHT ON HIS LEG. HE STATED HE DID NOT KNOW HE HURT HIS KNEE.
MODIFICATIONS TO EQUIPMENT PLACEDTHE EMPLOYEE CLOSER TO A UNRECOGNIZED PINCH POINT HAZARD THE EMPLOYEE WORKING ON THIS CONVEYING LINE GOT HIS FINGERS CAUGHT IN THE PINCH POINT AT A CONVEYOR HE AD PULLEY WHERE IT MET THE TRANSFER ROLLER THE EMPLOYEES FINGERS WERE BRUISED WITH LACERATIONS NO STITCHES REQUIRED & NO BROKEN BONES
EE SUFFERED LOWER BACK PAIN LUMBAR STRAIN PER DR. HE WAS UNCERTAIN AS TO WHEAT CAUSED IT. HE PULLED ON BAGS WHICH WERE JAMMED AT THE SEALING EQUIPMENT DURING THE NIGHT AND THOUGHT THAT MAY HAV E BEEN THE CAUSE. HIS SHIFT BEGAN AT 1100 P.M. ENDED AT 700 A.M.
THE AUTOMATIC PALLETIZER QUIT WORKING, CAUSING CASES OF PRODUCT TO BACK UP ON THE CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CASES OF PRODUCT FROM CONVEYOR AND STRUCK HER RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST THE CONVEYOR WHILE TURNING WITH A CASE OF PRODUCT IN HER HANDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF PLATFORM TO PALLETIZER PLATFORM. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED FROM ONE LEVEL TO THE NEXT.
EMPLOYEE TURNED HER ANKLE WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON NCATWALK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNJAM BAGS AT BAG STACKER.EMPLOYEE WORKED 08-05 BUT WAS OFF 08-08.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON TOP OF STACKED PRODUCT WHEN HIS FOOT WENT THROUGH TWO PALLETS CAUSING HIM TO FALL.HIS RIGHT KNEE WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE PRODUCT.
A PINCH VALVE FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S HEAD,WHILE MAINTENANCE WAS WORKING ON THE POWDER SYSTEM ABOVE,THE VALVE CAME LOOSE AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING FORKS ON FORK LIFT WHEN FORK SLIPPED PUT OF HIS HAND. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CATCH THE FORK HE WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. HE IMMEDIATELY FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
ACCIDENT ON 7-18 BUT EMPLOYEE FELT NO MEDICAL ATTENTION REQUIRED. HE REQUESTED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 7-19 FIRST DR VISITI 8/1 LOST WORKDAYS BEGAN 8-1-94 AN ADDITIIVE TANK HOSE CAM EOFF HTE ADDITIVE TANK, ADDITIIVE SPILLED ON FLOOR, HE SLIPPED IN ADDITIIVE AND FELL TO FLOOR. SUFFERED LOWER BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS MANUALLY HOLDING TAPE CUTTER ON TAPE MACHINE IN UP POSITION WHEN RT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED AS HE PUSHED TO RELEASE FINGER CUTTING BLADE CAME DOWN & CUT TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER ON R T HAND HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL FOLLOWING DAY FINGER REQUIRED THREE STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BALES ON SMALL PKG. LINE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST AND NOTICE SWELLING. SENT TO ER ON 7-1 - WRIST SPLINT, MEDS GIVEN. RETURN TO WORK ON 7-5 AND EXPERIENCED PAI N AGAIN - OFF WORK. DIAGNOSIS- TENDONITIS.