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EMPLOYEE LIFTED A 60 LB ELECTRIC MOTOR CAUSING A STRAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE WELDER TO REPAIR IT WHEN HE REMOVED THE GUARD TO CHECK ON A STUCK GOVERNOR CONTROL. HE REACHED UP TO FREE THE ROD AND HIS FINGERS SLIPPED, CAUSING THEM TO GET CAUGHT IN T HE FAN. EE SUFFERED NEAR AMPUTATION AND COMPOUND FRACTURES OF HIS INDEX FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EE WAS WORKING UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A WASP FLEW BY HIM. HE TRIED TO WAVE THE WASP AWAY WHEN IT STUNG HIM ON HIS LEFT HAND. INITIALLY, THE EE THOUGHT IT WAS A BEE, BUT IT WAS A WASP WHI CH HE FOUND OUT LATER HE WAS ALLERGIC TO. HIS HAND WAS SLIGHTLY SWOLLEN THAT EVENING AND INCREASED IN SEVERITY OVER THE PERIOD OF 24 HOURS. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR ONE DAY FOR OBSERVATION.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HIS SUPERVISOR FREE A BLOCK ON A CRANE. THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT RING FINGERGOT BETWEEN THE CABLE AND BLOCK CAUSING INJURY.
EE WENT TO SEE DR. TO GO VOER EMG RESULTS WHICH WERE FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY. EE ALLEGEDLY CLAIMS THAT WHEN GOING BACK TO REGULAR DUTY, HE AGGRAVATED A PRIOR INJURY. HE WAS SENT TO DR. FOR AND EMG AND CAR. DR. PUT HIM ON LIGHT DUTY 6-13-00. PRIOR TO THIS, THE EE WAS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY FORM HIS PRIOR INJURY AND HAD BEEN WORKING HIS REGULAR WORK DUTY AND HOURS.
EE WAS STANDING ON THE CATWALK BY THE CONE CRUSHER. HE STEPPED ONTO THE LEDGE OF THE CRUSHER AND WHEN HE JUMPED BACK DOWN, HE MISSTEPPED AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. EE STATES HE MIGHT HAVE HAD GREA SE ON HIS BOOT WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOOSE HIS FOOTING. HE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT BUT WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM LATER THAT NIGHT. HE RECEIVED A SPRAINED ANKLE FROM THIS INJURY/ACCIDENT.
EE WAS CLEANING A SCREEN BY USING A SMALL HAMMERTO BEAT ON SCREEN TO REMOVE EXCESS BUILDUP HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER A FEW HRS LATER HE INFORMED SUPERVISOR THAT HIS SHOULDER HURT & WAS TAKEN T CONCENTRA MEDICAL CENTERS WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A STRAIN TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER
EE WAS COMING DOWN THE STAIRS OF THE GENERATOR TRAILER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE 2ND STEP HE FELL FORWARD HITTING HIS HEAD AGAINST A LOADER BUCKET. EE SUFFERED A MILD CONCUSSION & A NECK SPRAIN