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Employee was removing a loading dock bumper with a cutting torch and bumper fell on employee's small toe resulting in surgery.
Employee complained of lower back pain, but was unable to pin point a specific incident. Dr. Diagnosis is acute exasperation chronic low back pain. Employee placed on modified duty with lifting restrictions.
Employee was exiting his vehicle and slipped on ice. Employee was taken to the clinic due to shoulder pain and was placed on modified duty.
Employee sprained rib while lifting pipe clamp. Employee saw doctor on 10/9/2010 and was placed on modified duty with lifting restrictions.
Employee was shoveling sand, when he pulled the shovel back he felt a pain in his lower back. Employee went to the clinic and received a prescription and was placed on modified duty.
Employee was vacuuming under a product bin and raised his head up; he hit his hard hat on the bottom of bin. Employee felt a strain in his neck. Employee went to clinic and was returned to work, employee then returned for additional chiropractic treatment on 8/2/10 returning with restricted hours.
Employee was shoveling sand and he struck a beam, the shock from the shovel hitting the beam traveled to the employee's right elbow, resulting in pain & swelling. The employee is unable to work until he see's his doctor for a follow up appointment.
Employee was disassembling a guard with the help of another employee he was pulling on the guard with a jerking motion and felt a strain in his lower back. Employee went to the clinic and was placed on modified duty.
Employee was performing maintenance on a pump and he felt a strain in his back, he went to the clinic and was placed on modified duty and given prescriptions.
Incident is still under investigation. Cause of death is unknown, awaiting autopsy report. The victim was working from an elevated location that was provided with handrails. He was using an 8 foot stepladder. While preparing to weld on an overhead vent pipe, he fell going over the handrail and landed on a railroad track 47 feet below.
Employee was standing by the bed of his maintenance truck and slid a toolbox to the edge of the truck bed as he grabbed the toolbox off the edge of the truck bed he experienced a pain in his lower back. The employee was taken to the clinic and was placed on modified duty due to lower back strain.
Employee was grinding slag off angle iron, the grinder caught the slag and jumped causing the employee's hand to slip resulting in the grinder cutting through the employee's glove and cutting his thumb knuckle. Employee was placed on modified duty.
Employee was doing maintenance on a material handling boom (rake) attachment for the utility loader the rake rolled and the corner struck the employees foot breaking bones in the employees right foot.
Employee was using a sledge hammer to loosen rock and felt strain in his lower back. Employee went to clinic and was placed on modified duty.
Employee was standing at the side of the catwalk to clear rocks, he was reaching and pulling the rocks toward him instead of getting on the catwalk and picking them up, he heard a "pop" in his sternum. Employee went to the doctor and was placed on modified duty.
Employee was mowing lawn on his shift. After his shift he went home and woke up in the middle of the night with an irritated left eye. He went to the eye clinic where he was given prescription eye drops.
Employee was closing a discharge hopper door. While bending down he felt a strain in his upper groin. Employee went to Urgent Care and was placed on modified duty.
Employee lifted a torch tank into the back of a maintenance truck and strained his lower right back. Employee was seen by chiropractor and placed on modified duty for 2 days.
Employee was stepping off of platform and stepped in to I beam, rolling his ankle, which resulted in a sprain. He is placed on modified duty.
Employee was installing a chute in the screen room adjacent to a ladder, vibration caused a wrench to fall from the ladder and struck the employee in the mouth chipping his front tooth. Employee had his tooth filled in by the dentist.
Employee was pulling pins on a bucket of a machine which requires hammering and lifting.
EE was changing oil for 14G blade (unit 304002). As he reached in to change the filter, his arm was fully extended. When he pulled on the filter wrench, he felt a pull in his upper right arm, the muscle had been pulled. The poor design of this area of the blade is considered to be a major factor in this injury. It is very difficult to change oil filters on this equipment.
Employee was opening a top rail car hatch and felt a sharp pain in his back. Employee was seen by a doctor and placed on modified duty.
Employee sprained/strained right knee while performing his regular duties. Employee was taken to hospital and received a knee immobilizer, prescription and was placed on modified duty.
Employee was doing maintenance on a catwalk, when he felt a foreign object in his right eye. Employee flushed his eye and object was still in there, so he was taken to the hospital where the object was removed and he received a prescription eye drop.
Employee lifted incorrectly, which caused a back strain. Employee is seeking chiropratic treatment and also has been seen by a physician.
EE was driving forklift and suddenly felt something in his eye which he thought was an eyelash. After his shift he was home and looked closer and discovered a foreign object which caused irritation. EE went to the doctor and they removed object and gave him prescription eyedrops.
Employee was pressure washing 777 haul truck in preparation for scheduled maintenance. Water stream swung across employee's right foot, cutting through the leather and allowing high pressure hot water under steel toe. This resulted in the employee sustaining 2nd degree burn on right big toe.
Empoyee was servicing mobile equipment, while on his back he was using a ratchet and felt strain in his right shoulder. Employee was seen by his doctor 9/16/08 and placed on modified duty.
Employee was bending over to pick up a piece of equipment and felt a strain in his lower back.
The employee was hammering on the bottom side of a conveyor in attempt to break the frozen belt loose, the belt broke free and the employee's arm was pulled between the belt and troughing idler, which resulted in a fractured right forearm.
Employee was installing a waterline when he was struck in the forehead by a piece of metal causing a laceration which resulted in 12 stiches.
Employee was accessing bridge when he slipped and his knee buckled under his body. Employee had an x-ray, received a cortisone shot and is on modified duty.
Employee was cutting a strap with a utility knife; employee cut the 2nd knuckle of his right thumb with the blade of the utility knife. Employee received 3 stiches.
EMPLOYEE TURNED TO SET A PIECE OF STEEL BEHIND HIM, IN DOING SO, HE STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD ON A PIECE OF STRUCTURAL STEEL ON THE SCAFFOLDING. CAUSED A LACERATION, RECEIVED 4 STITCHES.
Employee was operating end loader in quarry and drove over rough area and jarred his back.
While trying to unplug a drill hole using loading poles, employee felt pain in back.
Employee sprained right ankle stepping off a step onto the screenroom floor. Reporting due to modified duty.
Employee sprained his ankle as he dismounted from the loader, in the quarry. Reporting due to mod. duty.
EE CUT HIS LEFT HAND BELOW FIRST MIDDLE FINGER KNUCKLE WHILE USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO REPLACE HOSES. REPORTING DUE TO STITCHES AND MODIFIED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON CREEPER UNDER FRONT END LOADER GREASING DRIVE SHAFT. WHEN LIFTING HEAD TO LOCATE GREASE FITTINGS, HE STRAINED RIGHT UPPER BACK AREA. REPORTING DUE TO PRESCRIPTION MEDS, PHYSICAL THERAPY AND MODIFIED DUTY.
As employee was dismounting haul truck his right foot slipped on the packed snow, twisting/straining his knee.
EMPLOYEE'S 4TH FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS POKED/PUNCTURED WHEN PULLING DOWN ON DRILL CABLE. RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION FOR INFECTION.
While driving front end loader back to plant, it fell into a hole jarring employee and bumping his head on cab. He was diagnosed as having a neck strain. Reporting due to presription medication.
Employee lacerated and bruised his left hand and wrist while replacing the motor on VS-09. Laceration required stitches.
WHILE EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE FRONT END LOADER HE MISSED THE LAST RUNG WITH HIS FOOT CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL ONTO HIS RIGHT KNEE, TEARING A LIGAMENT. HE DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 8/4/05.
While employee was locking the brake on the railcar, he strained his right shoulder.
While replacing an auger in the screen room employee pinched his left middle finger. Reporting due to prescription meds.
Employee was removing a cutting edge bolt. He was holding the bolt head with his hand and when the impact wrench turned the nut it spun the bolt in his fingers, cutting his fingers open. Reported due to modified duty and stitches.
As EE was closing a leaky R.R. hopper door, the cooper bar slipped out of the door mechanism, dropping to the concrete, pinching his finger. Reporting due to modified duty.