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EE WAS CHECKING ELECTRICAL WIRING ON #8680 LOADER. EE WAS STANDING ON TIRE OF #8680. SLIPPED AND CAUGHT/BROKE FALL WITH RIGHT HAND. HAND STARTED TO HURT. TIRE HAD SNOW ON IT CAUSING EE TO SLIP.
Employee was mounting elevator buckets from floor to other employee who was installing them. Employee went to doctor on 12-9-04 for strained back.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER WHILE LYING ON HIS BACK. HE WAS HOLDING A HEAVY ROLLER WHEN THE WEIGHT SHIFTED CAUSING HIS BACK TO JERK. EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 9/10/04.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SCREENS IN SCREEN DECK WHEN VIBRATION FROM AIR IMPACT TOOL THREW PERLITE IN LEFT EYE.
Employee was welding. Hardface material was cooling off; reacted cracked causing metal pieces to project from weld. A piece was on employee when he washed his face and fell into his left eye.
EE WAS PARALLEL TO EDGE OF BENCH AND WAS TOO CLOSE TO EDGE. ONE SET OF TRACKS DROPPED CAUSING DOZER TO FALL AND ROLL 1.25 TIMES OFF A 60 FOOT HIGH BENCH. DOZER LANDED ON SIDE. OPERATOR BOUNCED AROUND IN CAB.
EE WAS LIFTING WINCH CABLE TO SIXTH FLOOR PLATFORM WHEN HE FELT STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. DID NOT GO TO THE DR AT THAT TIME AS HE THOUGHT HE'D FEEL BETTER. HIS BACK BEGAN BOTHERING HIM AND HE WENT TO THE DR 11-13-03.
EE WAS LOADING HIGHWAY TRUCK; WIND WAS BLOWING AND BLEW PERLITE INTO HIS EYES.
EE WAS POURING WASTE OIL INTO 500 GALLON TANK WHEN HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW, STRAIN RIGHT ELBOW. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND WAS RECORDED AS INFORMATION O NLY AS THE EE DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED MEDICAL HELP. HE WANTED TO SEE IF IT WOULD GET BETTER IN TIME. WHEN INJURY BECAME WORSE WITH TIME, EE WENT TO DR ON 10-2-03.
EE WAS INSTALLING RAIL WHEN PERLITE FELL FROM ABOVE FLOOR LEDGE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. PERLITE IN LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING PERLITE FROM TRUCK WHEN A GUST OF WIND CAME UP AND BLEW PERLITE INTO HIS FACE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS HANDING A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF COOLANT TO ANOTHER EE WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A RUT AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING INSPECTION DOOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF STEP WITH RIGHT FOOT HITTING RIGHT KNEE ON LOADER STEP.
EE LIFTED TRASH BARREL AND STRAINED BACK, LOWER RIGHT SIDE. EE DID REPORT INCIDENT WHEN IT HAPPENED, BUT DID NOT WANT TO GO TO DR. SINCE INCIDENT DATE HE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PAIN AND DID NOT SEE A DR ON 8-8-02.
EMPLOYEE WAS LACING 16/30 ELEVATOR WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW THROUGH DOORWAY CAUSING LOOSE DUST TO BECOME AIRBORNE. WIND BLEW PERLITE INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS KNEELING DOWN TO WIRE TIE THE BOTTOM OF GATES. EE FELT A SLIGHT POP IN RIGHT KNEE. WHEN HE STOOD UP, HE NOTICED HIS KNEE WAS SWELLING.
EE WAS REPLACING V-BELTS ON #1A IMPACTOR WHEN PERLITE FELL OFF LEDGE AND INTO EE'S LEFT EYE.
EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS IN NORTH MOGENSON WHEN PERLITE FELL INTO EE'S LEFT EYE.
EE WAS HELPING LOADER OPERATOR FREE ROCKS FROM THROAT OF JAW CRUSHER USING A HEAVY METAL BAR. BAR SLIPPED INTO CRUSHER. EE LEANED OVER RAILING TO GET BAR OUT. WHEN BENDING OVER, MUST HAVE STRA INED BACK MUSCLES (ENTIR BACK).
EE WAS HANGING SOUTH ELEVATOR FEEDING BELT & BUCKETS BACK INTO CASING. OVEREXERTION CAUSED POSSIBLE LOWER BACK STRAIN. EE REPORTED INCIDENT TO SUPERVISOR 2/5/02 BUT DIDN'T GO TO DR TILL 2/9/02
EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING JAW USING JACK TO MOVE TOGGLE PLATE. EMPLOYEE PUT AWKWARD PRESSURE ON JACK WHEN SHOULDER "POPPED." POSSIBLE STRAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER.
EE WAS UNLOADING HIS TRAILER IN HOPPERS. WIND WAS BLOWING AND BLEW PERLITE IN EE'S FACE AND EYES. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS STARTING JAW CRUSHER AT GRIZZLY AREA WH4EN A GUST OF WIND CAME UP AND AN AIRBORNE OBJECT WAS IMBEDDED INTO LEFT EYE (PERLITE IN EYE). EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
RECURRENT LOWER BACK PAIN: ORIGINAL DATE OF INCIDENT 3/25/99
EE WORKING ON FURANCE. AIRBORN INSULLATION BECAME LODGED IN RIGHT EYE-FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CONTRACT MECHANIC (GOLDEN EUQIPMENT) PUT BACK REAR END ON GRADER IN MOBILE SHOP. A METAL SPLINTER BECAME IMBEDDED ABOVE FINGERNAIL, MIDDLE FINGER, LEFT HAND, CAUSING INFE CTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP AN ANVIL AND TWISTED HISLEFT WRIST IN AN AWKWARD POSITION.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING HARDFACE FROM WOBBLER BARS. EMPLYEE'S EYES WERE AFFECTED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE USING WELDER TO TRIP WOBBLER BARS. APPEARS TO BE FLASH BURNS TO EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND JAW CRUSHER WHEN HE BUMPED HIS LEFT FOOT ON A ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRADING MINE ROAD IWTH GRADER DOORS OPEN TO COOL CAB AS AIR CONDITIONING WAS NOT WORKING. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFTY GLASSES. DUST FROMT HE ROAD BLEW ITNO CAB OF GRADER AND PERL ITE BLEW INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYES. PERLITE WOULD NOT WASH OUT OR COME OUT OVERNIGHT. EMPLOYEE REPORTED INCIDENT FOLLOWING DAY (06-06-00) AT WHICH TIME HE WENT TO THE DR.
GRADER OPERATOR WAS OPENING DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND LATCHING DOOR OPEN, USING HIS FOOT TO SECURE LATCH. WHEN HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND ON THE DOOR HANDLE.
EE IS A HILL TRUCK DRIVER AND PULLED TRUCK UP TO FUEL THE VEHICLE. EE OPENED DOOR AND STEPPED OUT TO BEGIN FUELING WHEN RECEIVED PERLITE IN RIGHT EYE. IT WAS NOT WINDY AT THE TIME AND EE WAS W EARING SAFETY GLASSES.
OPERATOR NORMALLY JUMPS FROM THE TRACK TO THE GROUND, BUT FORGOT THAT THE TRACKS WERE RAISED, ADDING ANOTHER SIX INCHES TO THE DISTANCE. RIGHT UPPER LEG COULD HAVE HIT THE TRACKS.