| Occupation |
Injury Type |
Activity |
| Factory Assistant |
strain |
lifting a printing roller off a storage rack |
| Factory Hand |
strain (overuse) |
repetitive packing; also, pulling loading pallet jacks |
| Factory Hand |
strain |
lifted unexpectedly heavy tub of metal parts |
| Factory Hand |
rotator cuff tear |
pulling pallet off high stack - it jammed |
| Factory Hand |
rsi |
repetitive lifting of pottery, glaze |
| Factory Hand |
strain |
fell 1.5 metres while pulling packed springs off a shelf |
| Factory Hand |
crush |
gloved hand pulled into mesh-rolling machine |
| Factory Hand |
strain |
lifting a heavy box |
| Factory Hand |
strain |
pushing a loaded hand trolley |
| Factory Hand |
amputation |
crushed when metal press descended |
| Factory Hand |
multiple |
fell off a loading bay |
| Factory Hand |
multiple |
fell when a ladder toppled |
| Factory Hand/Labour |
rsi |
lifting cartons from box, placing on conveyor belt |
| Factory Manager |
laceration |
struck by falling ductwork |
| Factory Worker |
rsi |
placing aluminium rods onto racks, carrying racks |
| Factory Worker |
strain |
pushing trolley |
| Factory Worker |
disc damage |
heavy roll of paper overbalanced and crushed him |
| Factory Worker |
strain |
lifting crates of soft drink |
| Family Support Worker |
strain |
collided with co-worker in corridor |
| Farm Hand |
rsi |
picking vegetables |
| Farm Labourer |
multiple |
fruit-pickers' ladder collapsed while clearing roof gutter |
| Farm labourer |
strain |
trying to stand up a cow |
| Farm labourer |
multiple |
fence strainer chain broke under tension |
| Farm Labourer |
multiple |
hit by round hay bale which fell during loading |
| Farm Labourer |
strain |
prolonged shovelling of manure |
| Farm Labourer |
multiple |
bolt sheared and cherry picker collapsed |
| Farm Labourer |
multiple |
trapped in hay baler while unravelling hay |
| Farm Labourer |
strain |
lifting a coil of fencing wire |
| Farm Labourer |
back |
lifting/cutting logs, bouncing on bulldozer seat |
| Farm Labourer |
strain |
manouvering a potato cutting machine |
| Farm Worker |
strain |
pulling "canes" from grape vines during pruning |
| Farm worker |
strain |
lifting heavy boxes of vegetables |
| Farm Worker |
strain |
jumped suddenly to avoid roll-back of harvester |
| Farm Worker |
strain |
injured on a potato harvester |
| Farm Worker |
multiple |
fell off truck carting hay bales |
| Farm Worker |
strain |
picking gherkins on a farm |
| Farm Worker |
strain |
jolted when tractor dropped a bin in which he was riding |
| Farm Worker |
multiple |
pinned to wall by runaway forklift |
| Farm worker |
crush |
thumb trapped while using auger |
| Farm Worker |
dislocated |
knocked off tractor when it was struck by bulldozer |
| Farmer |
multiple |
drove unknowingly into a "live", downed wire on his farm |
| Farmer |
multiple |
leg entangled in rotary hoe |
| Farmer |
brain damage |
starting rope for petrol powered auger caught, flung into head |
| Farmer |
burns |
assessment of future incapacity required |
| Farmer |
fracture |
slipped and fell off tractor during refuelling |
| Farmer |
multiple |
small tractor rolled while moving soil with its bucket |
| Farmer |
|
fell off grain silo - spring slipped on lid |
| Farmer's Wife |
multiple |
fell from mobile auger which tilted and lifted |
| Farmhand |
strain |
forceful separation of irrigation pipes |
| fatal |
bruise |
knocked leg against hospital bed protrusion |
| Fencer |
strain |
using a powered auger to drill fence holes |
| Fencer |
strain |
pushing a wheelbarrow |
| Fettler |
|
fettling aluminium castings |
| Field Officer |
back |
moving/bending |
| Field Service Officer |
strain |
shifting beer kegs |
| Film Combiner |
strain |
prolonged bending over film tables |
| Film Production Manager |
strain |
slipped & fell on wet steps |
| Film Set Painter |
cut |
fell off roof while painting |
| Film set worker |
multiple |
scaffold fell over while 2 men descending ladder |
| Finisher/Hand Presser |
rsi |
ironing garments |
| Firefighter |
fracture |
fell when rotten flagpole broke - ladder leaning on it |
| Firefighters |
n/a |
fire truck overturned - driver blamed |
| Fireman (volunteer) |
strain |
slipped and fell alighting from fire engine |
| Fish (salmon) Processor |
rsi |
pinboning salmon |
| Fish Farm Hand |
strain |
floating fish pen sank, man fell |
| Fish farm hand |
Strain |
Carrying heavy pump over land |
| Fish Processor |
strain |
cleaning & processing salmon |
| Fisherwoman |
strain |
knocked to deck of fishing boat by large wave |
| Fishmonger |
de Quervain's disease |
repetitive filletting of fish |
| Fitter |
rsi |
lifting damaged carriers, pulling freezers |
| Fitter |
prolapsed disc |
slipped on oily concrete steps |
| Fitter |
bruise |
tightening nut |
| Fitter |
Multiple |
fell from a ladder |
| Fitter |
fracture |
slipped while disengaging a spring from machine |
| Fitter |
crush |
heavy metal fan slipped during hoisting |
| Fitter |
rsi |
repetitive tightening of bolts, fittings |
| Fitter |
strain |
slipped to ground from slippery fuel lines while repairing valve |
| Fitter |
strain |
heavy and repetitive lifting |
| Fitter |
strain |
lifting heavy cylinder up steps |
| Fitter |
fracture |
fell off tank into trench |
| Fitter |
multiple |
struck when gazebo collapsed during erection |
| Fitter |
strain |
lifting/jumping/bending |
| Fitter |
strain |
forceful removal of a tight bolt - awkward position |
| Fitter |
strain |
prolonged bending over machines during repairs |
| Fitter |
amputation |
inserted hand into rotary valve |
| Fitter & Machinist |
slip |
slipped & fell when pack tools adjacent to lathe |
| Fitter & Turner |
rotator cuff tear |
falling pressing plate jammed hand backwards |
| Fitter & Turner |
strain |
raking swarf out of a lathe |
| Fitter & Turner |
strain |
attempting to rotate an I-beam with a turning bar |
| Fitter & Turner |
strain |
lifting access door on swaging machine |
| Fitter & Turner |
rsi |
struck by hammer; repetitive use of hammer |
| Fitter & Turner |
strain |
lifting & holding a heavy (30kg) screw |
| Fitter & Turner |
rsi |
hitting shaft |
| Fitter & Turner |
strain |
lifting a tank |
| Fitter & Turner |
strain |
lifting heavy items, bending |
| Fitter & Turner |
crush |
heavy counterweight fell off a press, onto his foot |
| Fitter & Turner |
strain |
lowering some heavy steel plate |
| Fitter & Turner |
|
making small brass parts |
| Fitter & Turner |
fracture |
pushing moving part of machine |
| Fitter & Turner |
strain |
tripped while exiting a crowded van |
| Fitter & Turner |
strain |
prolonged bending and exertion setting machines |
| Fitter & Turner |
strain |
lifting guard on stacker |
| Fitter & Turner |
rsi |
repeated use of pneumatic spanner |
| Fitter & Turner |
rsi |
lifting rollers onto a lathe |
| Fitter & Turner |
strain |
twisted and fell whilst tightening a lathe chuck |
| Fitter & Turner |
|
unfair dismissal: working alone in unsafe factory |
| Fitter & Welder |
strain |
slipped on slippery concrete floor |
| Fitter / machinist |
amputation |
caught foot in printing press |
| Fitter and Turner |
strain |
lifting gearbox |
| Fitter and Turner |
strain |
lifting heavy parts to a metal press, from a cherry picker |
| Fixture Filler |
Strain |
Erecting and filling supermarket displays |
| Flight Attendant |
strain |
lifting heavy food cart which had fallen over |
| Floor Polisher |
|
dispute about quality of floor polish treatment |
| Florist's Assistant |
rsi |
repetitive cutting and bundling of flowers |
| Folder |
rsi |
folding woolen garments, placing in bag |
| Food Processor |
chondromalacia patella |
packing work, involving hyperextended knees |
| Food Production Manager |
laceration |
cleaning pasta machine which re-started |
| Food Sales Assistant |
rsi |
prolonged slicing of meat |
| Food Service Assistant |
rsi |
pushing fully - loaded meal trolley |
| Food Services Assistant |
rsi |
multiple repetitive manual work |
| Food Services Assistant |
strain |
kitchen work - including lifting a pot |
| Food Services Supervisor |
strain |
Kitchen work |
| Food Services Worker |
strain |
lifting bag of rubbish into a dumpster |
| Food Technologist |
strain |
lifting heavy buckets of water over a period |
| Food/Domestic/Orderly |
strain |
pushing trolley out of dining room |
| Football Umpire |
strain |
rolled his foot in a playing field sprinkler depression |
| Footballer |
strain |
foot caught in an irrigation channel on football ground |
| Forelady |
strain |
bagging and packing snowballs |
| Foreman |
strain |
lifting heavy forks on to hedging machine |
| Foreman |
strain/disc prolapse |
pushing stoves down inert conveyor belt |
| Foreman |
strain |
lifting and carrying heavy doors |
| Foreman |
myocardial infarction |
lifting and moving heavy beds through hospital |
| Foreman |
strain |
repeated handling of heavy bags, drums |
| Foreman |
strain |
lifting and turning with heavy piece of silicone |
| Foreman |
strain |
lifting a billiard table |
| Foreman |
rsi |
repetitive grasping with injured wrist |
| Foreman |
strain |
lifting barrels of chemicals |
| Forge Presser |
rsi |
holding steel slug in stamping die with tongs |
| Fork Lift Driver |
strain |
lifting a heavy gas bottle for a fork lift |
| fork lift driver |
strain |
collided with second fork lift |
| Fork Lift Driver |
strain |
allegedly struck broom handle with forklift, causing further impact |
| Fork Lift Driver |
strain |
manual effort in moving a load off a pallet |
| Forklift Driver |
strain |
front of bobcat got caught on ramp |
| Forklift driver |
strain |
lifting heavy batteries |
| forklift driver |
multiple |
forklift mast descended suddenly and unexpectedly |
| Forklift Driver |
|
lift chemicals/drums |
| Forklift Driver |
lifting; impact |
hit by forklift truck |
| Forklift Driver |
strain |
lifting (picking) orders in freezer / warehouse |
| Forklift driver |
strain |
frequent climbing into cramped cabin |
| Forklift Driver |
strain |
lifting cartons of food products |
| Forklift Driver |
strain |
stepping down metal steps: slipped |
| Forklift Driver |
laceration |
ladder fell during shed erection - cut self |
| Forklift Driver |
amputation |
reversing forklift from rack |
| Forklift driver |
strain |
hit by falling TV set while unloading a truck |
| Forklift Driver |
strain |
lifting strap broke while lifting 45kg battery |
| Forklift driver |
strain |
prolonged stacking of 25kg bags |
| Forklift Driver |
crush |
crushed between two forklifts while starting them |
| Forklift Driver |
mh |
pulling boxes apart |
| Forklift Driver |
strain |
moving a gas bottle from one pallet to another |
| Forklift Driver |
neck, back |
alighting frequently from forklift |
| Forklift Driver |
strain |
fell off falling ladder |
| Forklift Driver |
strain |
lifting blocks of cheese |
| Forklift Driver |
strain |
stepping backwards quickly to avoid falling door |
| Forklift Driver |
prolapsed disc |
lifting a drum full of bricks |
| Forklift Driver |
back |
unloading cartons |
| Forklift driver |
strain |
pushing a large steel mobile bin across gravel |
| Forklift Driver |
strain |
slipped on icy floor when alighting from forklift |
| Forklift Driver |
strain |
heavy lifting and driving forklift with no suspension over rough surface |
| Forklift Driver |
crushed |
forklift overbalanced - forks too high |
| Forklift Driver |
strain |
driving fl over bumps & extending neck |
| Fork-lift driver |
strain |
tilting 200 litre drum; lifting LPG bottle |
| Forklift Driver/labourer |
strain |
lifting & fitting bumper bars |
| Forklift driver/picker |
rsi |
repetitive lifting |
| Forklift Driver/Storeman |
fracture |
lifting dough mixer from rack with forklift |
| Forklift Mechanic |
stress |
tormented at work while vulnerable |
| Forklift Mechanic |
amputation |
foot crushed when forklift moved during repairs |
| Forklift/Picker |
disloc |
fall |
| Foundry Supervisor |
mh |
lifting heavy castings |
| Foundry Technician |
strain |
lifting and pouring aluminium |
| Foundry Technician |
chondromalacia patella |
struck knee while stretching to hook up crane |
| Foundry Worker |
strain |
handling heavy moulds; emptying a bin |
| Freight Handler |
strain |
fell off a loading dock |
| Freight handler |
amputation |
finger trapped between aircraft pallet and truck tray rollers |
| Freight Handler |
crush |
crushed between aircraft freight containers in forklift collision |
| Fridge Mechanic |
strain |
lifting heavy motor - co-worker let go |
| Fruit Picker |
unknown |
fell from fruit-picking ladder |
| Fruit Picker |
paraplegia |
fell from a ladder while picking pears |
| Fruit Picker |
fracture |
slipped off a ladder, carrying bag of pears |
| Fruit Picker |
multiple |
fell from elevated platform when safety gate latch was opened by a branch |
| Fruit Picker |
multiple |
passenger on motorcycle which drove through a T-intersection at night |
| Fruit Picker |
strain |
fell when ladder fell from mandarin tree |
| Fruiterer's Assistant |
strain |
lifting bags & boxes of vegetables |
| Fuel depot supervisor |
strain |
handling 20kg+ drums |
| Funeral Assistant |
strain |
lowering coffin to place it in hearse |
| Funeral Assistant |
strain |
lifting a coffin |
| Furnace Operator |
strain |
loading metal ingots into furnace |
| Furnaceman |
strain |
using jackhammer; driving harsh bobcat |
| Furniture Designer |
strain |
attempting to support a heavy couch which fell during assembly |
| Furniture Removalist |
strain |
lifting furniture |
| Furniture Removalist |
strain |
repetitive box-taping during furniture removal |
| Furrier |
rsi |
stretching skins |
