EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING THE EE TO LAND ON THE WRENCHING BAR.
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Showing all 19EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RETRIEVE PUMP PLUG. HE WAS CHOPPING CONCRETE WITH A PRYBAR. PRYBAR SPUN AROUND AND THE CURVED END HIT HIS RIGHT CHEECKBONE.
EE WAS SHOVELING SAND AND WATER OUT OF BIN. HE WAS MOVING BACKWARD, TURNED QUICKLY TO THE RIGHT AND HIT HEAD ON PIPEW0RK IN BIN.
UNKNOWN- EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT THE PAIN HAD BEEN COMING ON FOR TWO WEEKS. EMPOLOYEE DOES NOT KNOW OF ANY ONE INCIDENT THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED PAIN- THE EMPOLOYEE CAN NOT FURNISH SPECIFIC INFOR MATION. FIRST DAY OFF WORK WAS 12-1-97.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE TRUCK AND STEPPED ON FOREIGN OBJECT, TWISTING LEFT ANKLE.
EE WAS DIGGING OUT LONG CONVEYOR AND WAS TRYING TO GET BETTER FOOTING. EE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST I-BEAM, INJURING LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CARRYING REBAR, TRIPPED AND FELL ON A LARGE ROCK. AT THE TIME THIS WAS NON REPORTABLE INJURY BECAUSE THE EE DID NOT GO TO THE DR AND DID NOT MISS ANY WORK. EE DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL 5/97-HAD SURGERY IN JULY 1997.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON THE CRANE-ATTEMPTING TO ACTIVATE. SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO CONCRETE. THE OUTRIGGER ON THE CRANE HAD BEEN GREASED. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE GREASE.
EE WAS IN THE SCREENING TOWER INSTALLING A GUARD. THE GUARD SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST A RUNNING MOTOR. THIS CAUSED THE GUARD TO PUSH THE EE OVER THE SCREEN AREA AND HE FELL APPROX. THREE TO FIV E FEET ONTO THE STAIRS ON THE WALKWAY OF THE MIDDLE DECK OF THE SCREENING TOWER.
ON 5-10-95 THE EMPLOYEE ADVISED THE OFFICE THAT HE HAD BEEN HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING FOR APPROX. 1 WEEK. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD NOT REPORTED IT EARLIER BECAUSED HE ATTRIBUTED THE BREATHING PRO BLEM WITH AN EXISTING KIDNEY PROBLEM THAT HE HAS (KIDNEY STONES). WHEN TRYING TO LIFT A ROCK OUT OF THE BACK OF THE DUMP TRUCK HE FELT THE PAIN MORE SO THAN PREVIOUSLY AND DECIDED TO GO TO TH
EMPLOYE EWAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE CHUTE ON PIT AT THHE RAILROAD. BECAUSE OF RAIN,T HE LADDER WAS SLIPPERY ANDEMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS KNEES ON LADDER. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS NTL AGU UST. HE WENT FOR SURGERY ON 10-10. THIS WAS HIS FIRST DAY OF WORK MISSED BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING FOR A ROPE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SAND AND FELL FROM THE CONTROL ROOM TO THE SCREEN DECK. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CATCH A SAMPLEL
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING O ELEVATOR LEG THE WIND BLEW SAND IN HIS EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SAND OUT OF CHUTE HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR WHICH LED TO THE FINGER GETTING CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR PART AT THE TIP OF THE RT RING FINGER WAS CUT OFF THE REMAIN ING PART OF THE TIP WAS REMOVED AT THE HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE SHOULD HAVE SHUT THE CONVEYOR OFF
A ROPE WAS BEING USED TO RAISE A CONVEYOR BELT IN THE ELEVATOR LEG. THE ROPE WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED TO THE SNATCH BLOCK (IT WAS COVERED WITH FROZEN DIRT AND NOT VISIBLE). THE ROPE CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT THIGH.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING HOLES FOR BLASTING HE WAS IN THE BUCKET OF THE BOOM TRUCK HE GOT HIS RT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOOM & THE WALL OF THE TUNNEL
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE 930 FONT-END LOADER IN THE MINE. HE WAS DRIVING FAST AND HIT A BUMP. HE FELT THE PAIN IN HIS BACK. THIS INFO IS PER THE EMPLOYEE. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL 10-1 9-92. I SPOKE TO HIM ON 10-20-92. EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT THIS INJURY IS A REOCCURANCE OF A BACK INJURY HE SUFFERED IN 1987-88.
A STEEL STSRUCTURE WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED TO STORE MATERIAL THE STRUCTURE FELL ON EE IT STRUCK HIS ARM & LEG
INJURED WAS FOUND UNSCIOUS.IT WAS FIRST ASSUMED HE HAD SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK.WE WERE LATER INFORMED BY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT A BLOOT CLOT HAD BEEN FOUND IN HIS LUNG.LATER WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CLOT HAD APPARENTLY STARTED IN HIS LEG PASSED THROUGH HIS HEART AND LODGED IN HIS LUNG.HE HAD NOT WORKED THE SATURDAY PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.HE HAD ADVISED HIS LEG WAS HURTING.