LOADING A 9" X 8" X 8' RAILROAD TIED ON A CHEVY PICKUP TRUCK. THE TIE SLIPPED, PINCHING HIS RT HAND INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE TIE AND THE TRUCK BED. XRAY SHOWED NOTHING BROKEN - 3 STITCHES.
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Showing all 21WHILE PUMPING OUT A SETTLEMENT POND HE SLIPPED & FELL LANDING ON HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RT HAND HE JAMMED THE FINGER INTO THE KNUCKLE CAUSING SWELLING SORENESS & DISCOLORATION
WHLE RUNNING A 980B CAT LOADER ON FOUR DIFFERENT 10 HOUR SHIFS, HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT.
WHILE PUTTING A SHEET OF 4'X8' MILDSTEEL INTO THE STEEL RACK, HE SLID HIS ARM OVER A SHEET OF STAINLESS STEEL, CUTTING HIS LEFT FOREARM.
INJURED WAS CLIMBING ON LOADER. TWISTED BACK.
INJURED SAMPLING WATER AT WEIR SR WATER STATION #1, SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCK, STRAINED INGUINAL REGION CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL JULY 20. WAS OPERATED ON FOR HERNIA ON 7/23/90.
MECHANIC REPAIRING REFUSE FILTER WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING BROKEN BONE LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER.
WHILE GARDENING SLIPPED FELL ON REAR END BRUISED TAIL BONE AREA
STEPPED FROM WATER TRUCK TWISTING BACK WHEN TRYING TO CATCH BALANCE.
MAINTENANCE MAN3MOVING FUEL TANK -TWISTED BACK.
INJ CLEARING ST6CK ASH HOPPER OBSTRUCTION WAS REMOVED AND INJ TIPS OF LEFT HAND FINGERS RING & INDEX WERE SEVERED.
INJURED WAS CLI4BING ONTO LOADER HOLDING WALKIE TALKIE IN ONE HAND WHEN OPENING LOADER CAB DOOR LOST BALANCE & FELL TO GROUND
EMPLOYEE WAS PU7TING PIN IN BUCKET CUPLING AND PINCHED TIPS OF FINGERS BETWEEN BUCKET CUPLING AND BUCKET ARM
WHEN WORKING ON3TRUCK STEPPED OFF ON ICE AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE
BACK TIGHTENED 6P AFTER EXPOSURE TO COLD AIR
VICTIM WAS CARRYING A 100-POUND SACK OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE UP A FLIGHT OF STEPS WHEN HE STRAINED HISABDOMINAL MUSCLES. HE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION, BUT HAS SINCE BEEN DIAGNOSED AS SUFFERING A HERNIA REQUIRING SURGERY AND THIS AS BECOME A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.
VICTIM WAS CLIMBING UP ONTO RAILROAD CAR TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY BALAST REMAINING INSIDE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, STRIKING HIS ARM ON THE RAIL BELOW. VICTIM SUFFERED A FRACTURE TO THE LE FT FOREARM.
THE VICTIM REPORTED PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN HIS RIGHT HAND AFTER USING A STEEL BAR TO CHIP ICE FROM WALKING AREAS AROUND THE PLANT. THE EXACT NATURE OF HIS PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AS OF TH E REPORT.
STRAINED ABDOM MUSCLES LIFTING SECTION OF BELT CONVEYOR.DIDNT RESULT IN LOST TIME WHEN IT OCCURRED BUT DAMAGE DONE HAS NOW REQ SURGERY -REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.
VICTIM WAS STEPPING FROM BACKHOE ONTO GROUND SLIPPED ON MUDDY SPOT AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE
INJURED WAS LIFTING THE LID ON A CONTAINER OF CAUSTIC LIQUID TO CHECL THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID. A DROP OF THE LIQUID FROM THE LID WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING A CHEMCIAL BURN TO THE SURFACE.