Employee was experiencing chest pain, numbness, and tingling in his left arm at start of shift. He attempted to climb on a Caterpillar D10N bulldozer and felt a pain in his left arm. He was taken to the Doctor. Diagnosis concluded ruptured disk in the neck area.
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Showing all 35One employee was on a loader using a lubricant. When finished, he tossed the can down to another employee. The can deflected off the employee's hand and hit him below the eye causing a laceration.
Employee was cleaning the windows while servicing his loader. A gust of wind caught him off-guard. He slipped and hit his ankle on a piece of the loader.
Employee was shoveling under tail pulley guard and tried to bend guard back in place and it popped back and hit him on the hand causing laceration. 5 stitches.
Employee was trying to remove a snake from the shop area by picking it up to throw it out. When he slung his arm it hit against the shop door causing laceration.
EE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK AND HE BACKED UP TO BE LOADED. THE LOADER OPERATOR'S HAND SLIPPED AND HE HIT THE BOOM LEVER INSTEAD OF THE BUCKET LEVER IN THE LOADER. THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE BUCKET HIT THE TOPSIDE OF THE UNIT CAUSING THE EE TO JARR HIS BACK. JARRING EFFECT SPRAINED THE EE'S LOWER BACK.
EE RECEIVED A FRACTURED TAILBONE WHILE EXITING THE BUCKET AREA CATWALK ON A BUCKET TRUCK. HE HAD BEEN REPLACING LIGHTS IN THE SHOP AND WAS USING THE BUCKET TRUCK. HE HAD TO REPOSITION THE TR UCK AND IN DOING SO, THE TRUCK WAS RAINED ON. BOTH FEET SLIPPED OUT IN FRONT OF HIM AND HE FELL ON THE TRUCK'S TOOLBOX.
EE RUNNING HANDS ALONG CHAIN, CUT RIGHT PALM ON DEFECTIVE CHAIN LINK. LACERATION = 3 STITCHES. USING CHAIN TO SUPPORT COME ALONG.
WALKING BACKWARDS TRIPPED OVER BELT SCRAPER CAUSING FRACTURE TO LEFT SCAPHOID/WRISTBONE.
CURRENT AUDIOGRAM SHOWS STS FROM COMPARISON AUDIOGRAM.
EE WAS OPERATING A LOADER. HE HIT A CHUG HOLE WHILE HIS BODY WAS TWISTED TO LOOK AT A TRUCK, CAUSING PAIN IN HIP & LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE ALMOST FELL, CATCHING HIMSELF AFTER A COME-ALONG CHAIN BROKE CAUSING A STRAIN TO RIGHT ELBOW.
HELPING REPLACE TOGGLE PLATE TENSION SPRING - WAS HOLDING IT FROM THE BOTTOM - MASHED MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN SPRING & TENSION ROD.
EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER/FEEDING PLANT. FELT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER AND BACK. FEEDING PLANT IN CONFINED SPACE/CONGESTED AREA.
STEPPING OFF LOADER ONTO UNEVEN GROUND- TRIPPED -FELL ON LT. WRIST CAUSING SPRAIN.
HURT HIS BACK SHOVELING & HOLDING WASHDOWN HOSE USING PRESSURE HOSE TO CLEAN UP UNDER SCREENS & TAIL PULLEY & SHOVELING MATERIAL. PAIN STARTEDWHILE SHOVELING
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A CATWALK WHEN HE PLACED IT ON TOP OF THE CONE AND IT SLID DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS RT. THUMB BETWEEN THE CONE CAUSING CRUSH INJURY.
EE WAS STANDING ON CV-2 CLEANING CV-1 CHUTE. IT HAD BEEN RAINING ALL DAY. EE SLIPPED AND FELL INJURED (STRAINED) LT. SHOULDER ROTATER CUFF.
CAME DOWN FROM A STOCKPILE ON A DIFFERENT RAMP THAN SITE TOOK UP. THE RAMP HAD NO BURNS, WHEN SHE GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE SIDE THE RAMP GAVE AND OVERTURNED THE LOADER.
MASHED THUMB BETWEEN PIVOT POINTS OF MOTORBASE, WHEN LOADING IT ON CRANE. MASHED THUMB NAIL CUT OPEN SKIN ABOVE THUMB NAIL. WENT TO HOSPITAL DOCTOR DEADENED THUMB AND INSERTED SIX STITCHES. BU RNT TWO HOLES IN NAIL TO RELIEVE PRESSURE. BACK AT WORK - 11:00 AM.
EE WAS CLEANING WINDOWS ON LOADER AND FELL ON ARM OF LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING MOTOR WITH BACKHOE, HE WAS LOOKING AT THE MAINTENANCE MAN OVER HIS SHOULDERWHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS NECK.
OPERATOR WAS LOADELARGE ROCKS INTO TRAILER OF TRUCKS. ROCKS CAUSED JARRING OF THE TRUCK. JARRING CAUSED STRAIN.
EE WAS DIGGING ROCK OUT OF HOPPER. HE OVER EXTENDED HIMSELF AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS CHEST.
EMPLOYEE MOVED LARGE ROCK FROM RIP RAP PLANT ON 12-15-00, WITHOUT HELP OF EQUIPMENT OR OTHER EMPLOYEES.
LOADER OP DUMPED ROCK INTO HAUL UNIT, ALLOWING IT TO FALL HEAVILY. JARRING CAUSED SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN.
EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO TRUCK AND STRAINED BACK.
EE GOT OUT OF TRUCK TO MOVE LARGE ROCK OUT OF ROAD. WHEN TRYING TO MOVE ROCK, STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT JAW WHEN A LARGE ROCK ON TOP OF THE SHAKER ROLLED OFF INTO JAW, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HIP AND FOREARM.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING TRUCK BACKWARDS WHEN HE GOT TO BOTTOM AND STEPPED DOWN HE HANDLED INCORRECTLY AND TWISTED ANKLE. LAST STEP WAS BROKEN.
EE GOT OUT OF TRK TO MOVE LARGE ROCK IN ROAD WHEN STEPPING DOWN KNEE TWISED.
EE WAS CARRYING LOADER DRIVE SHAFT. HE STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND TWISTING HIS KNEE.
EE ALONG WITH OTHER EE WERE LIFTING A PULLEY INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND PUSHING IN IT. WHEN STRAIN OCCURRED.
LH WAS HIT BY METAL WHILE WORKING ON EQUIPMENT. TERMINATOR TRACKS WERE LOOSE AND WRENCH SLIPPED.
EE WAS LIFTING A DROP PULLEY FROM GROUND UP TO BELT.