AVONDALE PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Injured Employee felt pain in back after lifting two 50 lb sandbags.

On second day of employment, the employee stated that while stepping onto the scale strained his back.

The employee went to the company doctor on 7/10/2007 and was placed on restricted duty. While chipping a weld, using a chipping hammer, a piece of hot slag bounced into the employee's left eye, resulting in a corneal burn to L-eye.

Received a laceration to right arm from falling inside an air duct that was slick with dust from the filter house.

After doing pre-shift inspection, employee climbed on top of his loader to get into cab and then felt a pain in his back.

Employee was attempting to remove the hydraulic lines from the hydraulic pump setup. When he loosened a threaded line that was under pressure, the line blew and the force caused the employee to be struck with the wrench he was using to loosen the line.

Employee was rolling a cable reel and stepped on a loose decorative rock on the edge of the plant office lawn. When he stepped on the rock, he lost his balance and in correcting for this loss of balance, overcompensated with his left foot, resulting in sprain to left foot. Initially reported as first aid only.