Avísenme cuando se presente un nuevo incidente de la MSHA en Okay Plant & Quarry.
A RASH DEVELOPED WENT TO THE DOC ON 03-23-93
CHANGING CABLE ON WINCH TRUCK & THE CABLE PULLED FROM THE DRUM & STRUCK INJURED IN LOWER LEFT LEG, BRUISING IT.
CLEANING PRECIPITATOR & SLIPPED ON WET DUST UNDER THE PRECIPITATOR
EMPL STRAINED LEFT ELBOW WHILE PULLING ON WRENCH AND REPORTED IT AS FIRST AID-11-19-92. IT CON-TINUED TO BOTHER EMPL AND SAW A DR 12-9-92.
CLEARING CHOKE IN KILN CYCLONE DUST COLLECTOR WITH AIR HOSE WHEN DUST BLEW BACK ON NECK & FACE
USING A SHARP 3/8" BAR TO CLEAR A CHOKE UP FROM A COAL SCREW AND HIT HIS LEG WITH THE BAR.LACERATION TO RIGHT SHIN AREA.
REPORTED ON 10-31-92 TO DR. ON 11-3-92. DESCENDING STAIRS AND SLIPPED ON MUD AT BOTTOM OF STAIRWAY AND JERKED HIS BACK.
38157ING 7/8IN CABLE ON OVERHEAD CRANE AS HE WAS PULLING THE CABLE THROUGH BRACKETS HE JERKED HIS BACK & FELT PAIN
SHOVELING CMEENT FROM SCREW CONVEYOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
CHECKING DRIVE BELT ON CLINKER COOLER, LOST BALANCE AND WHEN HE REACHED OUT TO STEADY HIS FALL HE LACERATED HIS LEFT FOREARM ON A METAL TOOL BOX.
INJ OPERATING SMALL FRONT END LOADER-BOBCAT. PUT RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND THROUGH EXPANDED METAL GUARD ON TOP OF MACHINE AND WHILE LOADING,FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE GUARD AND THE MILL SHE LL.WHILE TRYING TO FREE THE RIGHT FINGER THE LEFT FINGER WAS ALSO MASHED.MASHED TIPS OF BOTH RING FINGERS.
SHOVELING CEMENT WHEN CEMENT GOT BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES AND IRRITATED LEFT EYE. REPORTED AS FIRST AID ON 6-2-92 AND TO DOCTOR ON 6-3-92.
INJURED OPENING VALVE ON 4 MIX TANK AND FELT PAIN IN LOER BACK. REPORTED AS FIRST AID AND SEEN BY DOCTOR ON 5-29-92.
OPENING VALVE,LIFTED HANDLE ON 8" GATE VALVE,FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
INJ REACHED DOWN WITH RIGHT HAND TO LIFT TIRE OFF A TARP,FELT PAIN IN LEFT LOWER BACK WHEN HE LIFTED.
GRINDING ON A MILL BEARING AND WHEN HE WIPED HIS EYE WITH HIS HAND, A FOREIGN OBJECT GOT INTO THE EYE.
CHECKING CLINKER COOLDER AND DUST BLEW INTO EYE OVER SAFETY GLASSES.
FUELING 41-B DOZER AND FUEL SPILLED ON TRACK. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON FUEL AND MUD 3-13-92. HE HAD SLIPPED ON MUD ALSO ON 3-7-92.
INJ AND FELLOW WORKER POSITIONING MILL LINER PLATE.HELPER LET GO HIS END AND THE PLATE MASHED RIGHT THUMB OF INJURED.
INJ DRIVING METAL WEDGE UNDER A MILL LINER PLATE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF WEDGE AND PUNCTURED CALF AREA OF LEFT LEG.
CLOSING SLURRY VALVE AND THE VALVE WAS HARD TO OPEN AND CLOSE AND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS CHEST. HE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR BUT THOUGH IT WOULD BE OK. HE CONTINUED TO HAVE PAIN AND WAS TAKEN TO THE CO. DOCTOR ON 1/8/92.
SORTING PALLETS AND WHEN HE PICKED UP A PALLET HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT GROIN (TESTICLE) AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH IN #1 FINISH MILL AND WAS CUTTING ZINC.HE BECAME SICK AT HIS STOMACH AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR AS A PRECAUTION.ON FRIDAY AUGUST 2ND THE EMPLOYEE SAID HE WA S HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH BREATHING AND HE WASRETURNED TO THE DOCTOR.THE DOCTOR SAID HE HAD A SUMMER COLD AND SINUS INFECTION BUT IT AMY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE FUMES.MEDICATION WAS PRESCRI
GREASING A HOT BEARING ON #1 KILN #4 PIER AND AS HE WALKED AROUND THE KILN, HE WAS STRUCK BY CONDUIT AFFIXED TO THE ROTATING KILN. HE WAS WALKING EAST AND THE KILN WAS ROTATING COUNTER CLOCKWI SE. HE HAS CONTINUED TO HAVE A SORE NECK AND STIFFNESS AND WAS EXAMINED BY THE DR. ON 11-26-91.
LIFTING LINER AND BEARING UNIT OUT OF PUMP HOUSING AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.THE UNIT HE WAS LIFTING WAS HEAVY AND HARD TO HANDLE,HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN HELP.
INJURED WAS USING A BAR INSERTED INTO A HOLE IN A VALVE USED TO CHANGE THE VALVE THE VALVES ARE HARD TO OPEN & CLOSE AS HE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE THE BAR SLIPPED & MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE
INJURED PACKING CEMENT INTO BAGS. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND NOT SAFETY GOGGLES. A BAG BURST AND CEMENT GOT BEHIND HIS GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE. HE REPORTED TO THE FIRST AID STATION AND HAD HIS EYES WASHED OUT. THE NEXT MORNING, HIS EYE WAS RED AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DR. THERE WAS NO CEMENT IN HIS EYE BUT HIS EYE HAD BEEN SCRATCHED.
PRYING LODGED PETROLEUM COKE FROM RAILROAD CAR USING A STEEL BAR.BAR SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK.
CHECKING STARTER BREAKER BOX AND TURNED HANDLE TO OFF POSITION.THE BREAKER HANDLE WAS FAULTY AND DID NOT SHUT OFF THE POWER.INJURED THINKING POWER WAS OFF REMOVED ARC SHIELDS AND PUSHED IN THE STARTER BY HAND,IT CREATED AN ARC AND THE FLASH BURNED HIS EYES.
REPAIRMAN USING CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE S SCREW FROM FK PUMP AND HOT SLAG GOT INTO LEFT EAR. 2ND. DEGREE BURN.
TWO FELLOW WORKERS WERE CHANGING OUT A MOTOR FROM THE FLOOR BELOW AND A SECTION OF GRATING HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WALKWAY SO THE MOTOR COULD BE HOISTED UP. THE INJURED KNEW THE GRATING HAD BEEN REMOVED HOWEVER DURING THE DAY AS HE WAS RIGGING UP AN AIR HOSE HE STEPPED BACK AND FELL THRU THE OPENING. HE SUFFERED A SEVERE LACERATION TO THE LOWER LEFT LEG AND BRUISED LEFT SHOULDER.
ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR AND ELCTRICIAN CHECKING FAN MOTOR ON OUTSIDE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT AT THE PLANT OFFICE. THE POWER WAS KILLED OUT AND THE TOP PLATE OF THE AIR CONDITIONER REMOVED (THE MOT OR ATTACHES TO THE TOP PLATE) THE INJURIED PICKED UP THE PLATE WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND IT WAS NOT TOUCHING THE BODY OF THE AIR CONDITIONER UNIT, WITH HIS RIGHT HAND HE TURNED THE POWER BACK ON
INJURED AND FELLOW EMPLOYEE WERE CLEANING MATERIALS FROM THE RAW MILL AREA. ONE EMPLOYEE LOADED THE WHEELBARROW WITH MATERIALS AND THE INJURED LIFTED THE WHEELBARROW TO PUSH TO DUMP. HE FELT P AIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND SUFFERED A MUSCLE STRAIN OF THE LEFT SHOULDER AND CHEST.
SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM COOLER ROOF AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
INSTALLING FLEXIBEL CONDUIT PUSHING IT INTO PLACE LACERATED HIS LEFT THUMB.
INJURED DISMOUNTING FROM MUSTANG FRONT END LOADER. HE JUMPED A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS FEET.
INJ & CO-WORKER LIFTED CEMENT MIXER OFF WELDING LEAD AND INJ FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
INJURED PULLING UP A WELDING LEAD FROM A COOLER PIT (APPROX 8') THE STINGER WAS LEFT ON THE END OF THE LEAD.THE END OF THE LEAD HUNG ON THE HANDRAIL AND AS THE INJURED CONTINUED TO PULL IT FLI PPED OVER THE HAND RAIL AND STRUCK HIM OVER THE RIGHT EYE.
ASSISTING REPAIRMAN WITH WELDING & EYES BECAME IRRITATED REPORTED TO 1ST AID STATION AND WASHED THEM OUT.LATER THAT NIGHT THEY BEGAN BOTHERING HIM AND HE CAME BACK TO PLANT ,WASHED THEM OUT AG AIN.TAKEN TO DR FOLLOWING DAY START OF SHIFT,TRTEATED.
INSTALLING FALSHING AROUND SILO INJ CUT 4TH FINGER ON L HAND.
WHILE REMOVING A ROTARY INJURED WAS GOING DOWN STAIRS FAST TO AVOID A SPILL-HE SLIPPED AND FELL AGINST AN ELEVATOR CAUSING MUSCLE SPASMS IN HIS LOWER BACK.
ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A PLUG IN A OIL BARREL WITH A 18" PIPE WRENCH. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS HAND ON THE BARREL.
INJURED WAS WALKING BESIDE #2 CLINKER COOLER & STEPPED IN SUMP PUMP HOLE & FELL AGAINST #2 CLINKER COOLER-STRIKING & BRUISING RIGHT ELBOW.
WORKING ON TOP OF CRANE ON THE WALKWAY AND THE WIND BLEW A PIECE OF DUST INTO HIS EYE.
HIGH WINDS
SLIPPED FROM ONE STEP TO ANOTHER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
WHILE INSTALLING THE FAN ON A COAL MILL EXHAUSTER INJURED STRAINED OR PULLED HIS BACK TRYING TO LINE UP THE BORE
WALKING OUT OF #2 KILN PIECE OF COATING FELL & DUST FROM COATING BLEW BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES INTO EYE.
WHILE REMOVING DOOR FROM SEPERATOR ON #2FM PULLED MUSCLES IN RT SIDE OF STOMACH
I,NAME WAS USING THE 922 LOADER TO CLEAN OUT A HOLE IN THE PLANT ROAD BY THE RAILROAD CROSSING. HE PULL THE LOAD UP THE RAILROAD TRACK AND STOPPED WITH HIS BUCKET ON THE TRACK. THE TRAIN WERE COMING WITH HIS HORN BLOWING. I,NAME NEVER DID MOVE. THE WITNESSES SAW THIS AND STARTED WAVING AND HOLLERING AT HIM. HE NEVER MOVE. THE TRAIN HIT THE BUCKET AND KNOCKED THE LOADER AROUND. SHA
INJURED AND FELLOW LOADER HAD LOADED A HOPPER CAR AND THE INJURED GOT ON THE CAR TO BRAKE IT AS IT WAS PULLED OFF THE SCALES BY A ROPE PULLER AS IT ROLLED DOWN THE TRACK IT STRUCK A CAR IN FRO NT OF IT AND THAT CAR STARTED TO ROLL THE INJURED GOT OFF HIS CAR AND R AN TO CATCH THE FRONT CAR THAT HAD STARTED TO ROLL HE GOT ON IT AND SET THE BRAKE AS HE DID SO THE BACK CAR HIT THE FRO
WHILE CUTTING PACKING MATERIAL WITH KNIFE THE VICTIM HAND SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS THUMB AND 1ST FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND.
SMALL HOSE IN CONCRETE FLOOR.
HITTING PILOT PIN FOR BULLDOZER TRACK WITH B&O, MISSED THE PIN AND HIT THE HANDLE MASHING FINGER.
STURCTURE COLLAPSE.
MUSCLE STRAIN HAPPENED WHEN EMPLOYEE USED SLEDGE AHMMER.THEN HIS SHOULDER AND NECK MUSCLES STRAINED.THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE DOOR ON BOXCAR; PLACED HAND AROUND END OF DOOR AND PULLED ON DOOR, CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN BOXCAR DOOR AND SUPPORT RIB ON BOXCAR MASHING HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS JACKHAMMERING A PILE OF SET UP CEMENT, FROM ON TOP OF THE PILE. HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE HIS JACKHAMMER LOSING HIS BALANCE. WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNE E CAUSING A LOT OF PAIN.
WORKING ON #4 CEMENT ELEVATOR PULLED MUSCLES IN LEFT SHOULDER.
REPLACING BOLTS IN PUMP FLOP GATE, STARTED TO REMOVE A STRIPPED BOLT AN THE BOLT BLEW OUT AND EMPLPYYE GOT CEMENT BLEW INTO HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE USING A OXYGEN ACETYLENE TORCH OVERHEAD WHEN MOTLEN METAL WENT DOWN THE FRONT OF SHIRT COLLAR.
WELDING AT #4 TIRE #2 KILN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL SPECK IMBEDDED IN RIGHT EYE.
SUPERVISING WORK IN AN ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR ON A PAPPER SHAFT ASSEMBLY HELPING ELECTRICIANS PULL IN SHAFT. PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER, POSSIBLE PULLED LIGAMENT OR MUSCLE STRAIN.
DRILLING WITH SMALL DRILL PRESS AND THE VICE FELL OFF TRACK TWISTING FINGERS.
WHILE INSTALLING A BELT GUARD, THE VICTIM CUT HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE METAL GUARD.
SPOTTING SAND CARS AS THEY WERE BEING PUSHED DOWN. WHEN THE CARS CAME TO A STOP HE SET THE BRAKE ON THE FIRST CAR AND TURNED TO REACH BACK FOR THE CAR BEHIND. THE BACK CAR HAD ROLLED APP ROX. 8 FT. DOWN THE TRACK. AS THERE WAS NO CAR BEHING HE OST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
WORKING ASSISTING WELDER AT #2 KILN. WOKE UP ABOUT 4 AM AFTER GETTING OFF AT 11 PM WITH EYES BURNING. HE HAD NO IDEA HE HAD EXPOSED HIMSELF TO THE ARC BUT HAD SUFFERED FLASH BURNS.
USING A PUNCH & HAMMER TO DRIVE METEAL HAMMER GLANCED OFF OF THE PUNCH & HIT THE INJURED ON THE LEFT THUMB NAIL WAS REMIVED AT THE DOC.
THE INJURED WAS TURNING THE OIL-VALVE ON THE CRUSHER ELEVATOR WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF THE ELEVATOR AND HIT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER AGAINST THE VALVE.
LEAVING PLANT & SLIPPED ON WET CONCRETE NEAR CLOCKHOUSE.
CLEANING SPILL IN #1 CLINKER COOLER & GOT DUST IN EYES. THIS WAS 2/18/88 HIS EYE BEGAN TO BOTHER HIM LATER & HE COMPLAINED ABOUT SMALL BUMP IN CORNER OF EYE. HE WAS SEND TO DOCTOR ON 3/18 /88 & TREATED FOR IRRITATION CONJUCTIVITIS.
INJURED WAS ON THE 41LB & FELL FROM THE MACHINE APPX.8FT TO THE GROUND HE SUFFERED A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD HE WAS T AKEN TO THE H OSPITAL WHERE THEY SUTURED UP HIS HEAD DOC.FOUND DURING THE EXAMINATION THAT THE INJURED ALSO HAD AN IRREGULAR HEART BEAT & SENT HIM TO A HEART SPECIALISTS FOR FURTHER OBSERVATION & TEST THE DOC.THOUGHT THE INJURY MAY HAVE BLACKED OUT CAUSIN
LIFTING LID ON TUNNEL SCREW WHEN SHE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE.
WORKING ON DOZER MAIN FRAME WELDING AND R EPLACING A ROLL. THE INJ STATED THAT HE WAS WORKING IN AWKWARD POSITION AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER
INJURED WAS CHANGIG SETTINGS ON #1 FINISH MILL SEPARATOR VALVES AND CAME AROUND TO EAST SIDE OF SEPARATOR AND STRUCK HAND ON ANGLE IRON BRACE - JAMMING NECK.
INJURED WAS USING A SLEDGEHAMMER & BAR CHIPPING CEMENT BUILDUP FROM RAIL SCALES HE WAS ABOUT 25%BENT FOREWRD SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER BETWEEN LEGS HITTING BAR WHEN HE FELT LOWER BACK PAIN & WENT DOWN ON HIS KNEES & COULD NOT GET UP HE LAID FORWARD & WAS MOVED ON A STRETCHER
INJURED CLIMBIN1 OFF OF CHERRY PICKER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER. ALL OF HIS WEIGHT WAS SUDDENLY PLACED ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND NEC K AREA. 3
WALKING FROM UN8ER MILL STEPPED IN SOME MUD AND SLIPPED. AND STRAINED LIGAMENT IN LEFT FOOT.
INJURED AND COW2RKER REPAIRMAN 1/C WERE LIGHTING GAS HEATING BARRELS IN THE TANK AND PUMP AREA THEY HAD LIT SEVERAL BARRELS AND WERE ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT THE BARREL ON MIX TANK 5 WHEN THE INJUR ED BENT OVER TH9 BARREL LOOKING FOR THE GAS BURNER PIPE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL HE WAS HOLDING A LIT RAG IN HIS HAND AND AS HE LOOKED INTO THE BARREL GAS INSIDE THE BARREL IGNITED GAS HAD
DESCENDING A FL3GHT OF STAIRS AND TRIPPED ANDFELL APP. 8 10 FT.
USING A CHOPPIN1 GUN AND GET FITTINGS ON THE AIR HOSE LOOSENED, THE HOSE BROKE LOOSE AND ONE ENDOF THE HOSE STRUCK THE INJURED ABOVE THE LEFT EYE.
OPERATING START3STOP BUTTONS ON CONVEYOR FRAME PACKING MACHINE-CAUGHT SMALL FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN SHAFT COUPLING AND GUARD ON SHAFT. LITTLE FINGER BROKEN AND MASHED-PIN PUT IN FINGER TO SET BONE. 3
ELECT DEPT WAS 9EPLACING DRIVE MOTOR ON #4 ELEVETOR. USING WRINCH TRUCK TO LIFT MOTOR, TWO ELECTRICIAN ON TOP. WERE TO SWING MOTOR OVER HAND RAIL. AS THEY WERE SWINGING MOTOR OVER HAND RQAIL TRUCK OPERATOR3LOWERED MOTOR WITH A SIGNAL FROM TOP. INJURED TRIED TO GRAB MOTOR & PINCHED HAND.
INJURED WAS REM2VING BAD BAGS FROM #1 FINISH MILL DUST COLLECTOR, AS HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE A BAG WHICH HAD FILLED WITH CEMENT APPX. 80# TO 100# HE LIFTED IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER B5CK.
WORKING ON PALL9T FOR NEAR FORMING TABLE.EMPLOYEE REACHED HAND IN UNGUARDED AREA, PADDLE ON FORMING TABLE CAUGHT FINGER ON RIGHT HAND, SENT DOCTOR, 7 STITCHES IN FINGER.
PERSON SLIPPED 2FF LADDER WHEN HE WAS GETTING OFF THE LOADER AND STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
APHEUMATIC DRIL5 WAS BEING USED TO REAM HOLES IN A HORIZONATAL POSITION. THE STATIONARY HANDLE WAS AGAINST THE SHELL OF THE KILN KEEPING THE DRILL FROM TURNING. THE REAMER HUNG BREAKING THE HA NDLE ALLOWING T2E DRILL TO FLIP. THE DRIVE HANDLE STRUCK THE INJURED ON THE FOREARM (LEFT) CAUSING A BAD BRUISE AND A SCRAPE.
INJURED AND 3 O7HER PERSONS WERE MOVING A CONTROL CABINET INTO THE CONTROL ROOM ON THE BURNER FLOOR. WHILE PUTTING IT THROUGH A DOOR AND HAVING IT TILTED BACK THEY LOST CONTROL OF IT AND HIT S SLIPPED AND ST9UCK THE INJURED ON THE KNEE. WAS SEEN BY THE DR AND OBSERVED. ON A LATER VISIT TO THE DR HE REMOVED SOME FLUID FROM HIS KNEE.
INJ WALKING IN 7LINKER COOLER STOOPED OVER AND RAN INTO PARTIALLY PROPPED OPEN OVER GRATE DAMPER.DIDNT REQUEST DR UNTIL MAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS GR3NDING INSIDE OF CEMENT KILN AND A GRINDER HIT A HARD SPOT CAUSING GRINDER TO KICK BACK AND HIT HIS KNEE.
GOING DOWN LADD9R INTO TRUCK DOCK SCALE PIT THROUGH OPENING APPROX. 2 1/2 FT SQ SLIPPED OFF LADDER AND FELL THROUGH OPENING PULLING BOLT ARMS OVER HIS LEG AS HE WENT THROUGH OPENING HE FELL TO HIT FLOOR APPRO3. 4 FT BELOW.
JUMPED DOWN OFF3OF FLAT BED SEMI TRAILER ONTO CONCRETE APPROX 4/ IN THIS TOOK PLACE AS STEEL WAS BEING LOADED FROM THE TRAILER
WHILE LEFTING P3PE ON FRONT OF CHERRY PICKER VICTIM WAS WALKING WITH BLOCK TO REPOSITION SLING WHEN THE PIPE FELL ABOUT 2' & STRUCK VICTIMS LEFT FOOT. THE PIPE WAS 8" & ABOUT 29' LONG. ABOUT 100# OIF WEIGH7.
INJRUED WAS MOV3NG A 50 TON BUDA JACK AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
INJ WAS WELDING3SUPPORTS UNDER AIR PADS INSIDE SILO #12 WHEN A CHUNK OF CEMENT ABOUT 12" THICK, OF UNKNOWN WIDTH FELL FROM ABOUT 30' UP THE SILO WALL AND HIT HIM
UNJ WAS TURNING3A VIBRATOR SWITCH ON AND THE SWITCH APPARENTLY SHORTED AND CAUSED A FUSE TO BLOW OUT THE FORCE OF THE BLOW OUT CAUSED THE DOOR OF THE SWITCH BOX TO FLY OPEN AND THE DOOR STRUCK THE INJU9ED ON SIDE OF THE HEAD
WHILE ON A LADD9R HELPING INSTALL SHEET METL ROOFING-LADDER SLIPPED & INJURED FELL STRIKING HIS ELBOW ON A HART SURFACE
USING SLEDGE HA4MER TO BEAT CLOSED A CLINKER BELT GATE ON THE FEED O WEIGHT. AS HE WAS STRIKING THE GATE HIS FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE METAL GATE.
INJURED WAS USI3G A BAR APP 3' IN LENGTH TO BREAK COAL CHUNKS IN THE COAL RECLAIM BIN. THE BAR WAS INSERTED INTO THE BIN THRU A HOLE CUT IN THE SIDE OF THE BIN FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE INJURED HAD BAR VERY C5OSE TO HIS HEAD & A CHUNK FELL STRIKING THE BAR KNOCKING IT BACK & STRIKING THE INJURED IN THE HEAD. HE SUFFERED A LACERATION REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.
INJURED, A SUPE9VISOR WAS ASSITING 2 LABORERS TIGHTEN BOLTS ON A GUARD H WAS USING A CRESCENT WRENCH TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED FROM THE HEAD OF THE BOLT AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH HE WENT OT THE 8ENTIST WITH A LOOSE TOOTH AND THEY DECIDED TO WAIT SEVERAL DAYS TO SEE IF THE TOOTH WOULD TIGHTEN UP
INJ WAS USING A3BAR TO PULL MILL LINER PLATES ONTO THEIR SIDE WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HOOKED A CHAIN THROUGH A HOLE IN THE PLATE. AS THE INJURED PULLED ON THE BAR TO TILT A PLATE HE FELT PAIN I HIS BACK. HE CO3TINUED TO WORK UNTIL 1-24-86 & HIS BACK CONTINUED TO HURT HIM. HE WAS TRE A T ED BY THE DR ON 1-24
INJURED HAS STR5INED HIS BACK ON OCT 25TH PREVIOUSLY. ON 11-29 FRIDAY AS HE WAS PUNCHING DOWN METAL WITH A BAR HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
INJ WAS USING 16 IN CRESENT WRENCH TO APPLY PRESSURE TO A TAP THAT HAD A BOLT WELDED TO IT TO LENGTHEN THE SHAFT THE TAP BROKE AND STRUCK THE INJURED IN THE MOUTH
PUSHING ON A BAR TO CLOSE A HOPPER CAR DOOR - THE DOOR MOVED FORWARD AND THE BAR GAVE WAY AND THE INJURED LURCHED FORWARD - HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
INJURED AND FELLOW EMPLOYEE PIUTCHING BRICK INTO KILN. THE INJURED PITCHED A BRICK INTO THE KILN AND ONE OF THE BRICKS ON THE PALLET FELL AND HIT THE RIGHT FOOT. WE DO NOT KNOW WHY THE BRICK F ELL FROM THE PALLET. IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY THE FELLOW EMPLOYEE.
INJURED AND FELLOW EMPLOYEE REPLACING DOOR ON #3 FINISH MILL ELEVATOR THE INJURED WAS USING A HAMMER HANDLE AS A PRY BAR THE HANDLE SLIPPED AND T HE DOOR MASHED THE FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE GOT TO HOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE MILL ROOM AND HE FELT WEAK AND WARY, HE WENT AND SAT DOWN FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN WENT TO GET A DRINK OF WATER. AGTER DRINKING THE WATER HE GOT SICK AT HIS STO STOMACH
CUTTING BAGS OFF OF A WIRE CAGE (DUST COLLECTOR BAGS) AND KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HAND.
INJ SHOVELLING CEMENT AND AS HE PICKED UP SHOVEL OF CEMENT HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
BUMPED LEFT ELBOW ON MUSTANG LOADER AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING.
#1 KILN WAS BURNING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS AND WAS BEING DUMPED WHEN A BUILD UP OF COMBUSTIBLES IGNITED NEAR THE BACK END OF THE KILN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE CELL IN THE COMBUSTIBLE ANALYZER HAD BURNED OUT AND THE RECORDER WAS NOT WORKING A BACK UP SIGNAL THAT WOULD HAVE TRIPPED THE PRECIPITATORS AND PREVENTED THE ACCIDENT HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON
INJURED WAS OPERATING A WINCH TRUCK AND LOOKING OUTR OF THE WINDOWM, A TAG LINE HAD BEEN TIED TO THE TRUCK AND A METAL BAND THAT THE WINCH WAS HOISTING. THE TAG LINE BROKE AND SNAPPED BACK AN D HIT THE INJURED IN THE EYES.
INJURED WAS BURNING SLICE RODS AND COMPLAINED TO HIS SUPERVISOR ' 3AM THAT HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND KEPT FOR TEST. HE HAD BEEN OFF WORK FROM APRIL 1-22 WITH PENUMONIA.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A ROPE TO RETURN TO THE STOREROOM. DUST FROM THE ROPE GOT INTO HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST STARTED ON A NEW JOB, A JOB WHICH HE HAD HELD AND WORKED AT FOR 4 MO. IN 1980 AND 1981. HE STRAINED HIS BACK THE SECOND DAY ON THE NEW JOB AND CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 1-21-85
USING JACKHAMMER AND HAMMER GOT ON LEFT FOOT LACERATING LEFT GREAT TOE.
CROSSING A RAILROAD TRACK APPROX 15\ BELOW THE REGULAR ROAD AND THE TRUCK FRAME CAUGHT ON THE TRACK-THE INJURED, A PASSENGER IN THE TRUCK, WAS THROWN FORWARD AND HIS HEAD STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD
INJURED WAS WALKING ACROSS THE YARD WHENA FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS RIGHT EYE
PICKED UP A PIECE OF METAL THAT HAD BEEN CUT WITH A CUTTING TORCH AND THE JAGGED EDGE CUT 1ST FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO UNSTOP FEED SPOUT ON FINISH MILL WHEN CEMENT CAME UNPLUGGED AND GOT IN EMPLOYEES EYE. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING HEAVY DOOR ON ID FAN AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS UPPER BACK
EMP PICKED UP A BRICK IN #1 KILNN AND FELT A PINXX PAIN IN LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND ON 4-7-84 HIS BACK WAS NO BETTER SO HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR EXAMINATION. HE WAS RELEA SED TO RETURN TO WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS USING CUTTING TORCH AND HOT SLAG GOT UNDER WELDING GLOVE AND UNDER WATCH BAND CAUSING BURN TO LEFT WRIST
EMPLOYEE WAS USING CUTTING TORCH ON #2 KILN FEED PIPE AND GOT A PIECE OF HOT SLAG IN EAR.
EMP WAS STANDING ON METAL STOOL CLEANING CRANE RAILS WHEN THE STOOL SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON SHINS AND KNEE. SWELLING OCCURRED IN ONE LEG AND ANKLE ON 4-1-84 EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO COMPANY DR ON 4-2-84 WHERE INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS INFECTED HEMATOMA
COATING FELL WHILE EE WAS JACKHAMMERING IN #1 KILN STRIKING EE ON RIGHT THUMB CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE SINGLE LINE CABLE ON OVERHEAD CRANED. AS HE WAS PULLNG THE CABLE UP TO FASTEN HE EXPERIENCED A CATCH IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON #1 CLINKER COOLER AND SUFFERED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
PERFORMING ELEC WORK IN OUTLET FIELD OF #1 PRECIPITATOR WHEN SMALL STEEL FRAGMENT BECAME EMBEDDED IN LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PACKING CEMENT ON 1-16-84 WHEN A SACK OF CEMENT BURST AND GOT ON EMPLOYEE\S HANDS AND NECK. THE NEXT DAY BLISTERS BEGAN TO FORM AND FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED AT THE PLANT. DURING THE HEALING PROCESS THE EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO SCRATCH AREA BECAUSE OF ITCHING AND PROLONGED THE HEALING PROCESS. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO DOCTOR ON 1-8-84.
EMP WAS WORKING ON #2 KILN HOOD AREA WHEN A PIECE OF CLINKER BECAME EMBEDDED UNDERNEATH EYELID OF RT EYE CAUSING SMALL ABRASION TO EYE EMP SENT OT DR FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION
EMPLOYEE WORKED IN AN AREA WHERE WELDING AND CUTTING WITH A TORCH WAS DONE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE SHIFT HE SUFFERED FLASH BURNS EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO WORK FOLLOWING DAY COMPLAINING OF EYE PAIN AND WAS TAKEN TO DOCTOR FOR TREATMENT
INJURED AND A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WERE DIGGING OUT THE CRUSHER WHEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF ROCK AND MUD FELL FROM ABOVE. THE INJURED TURNED TO AVOID THE MATERIAL AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AGAI NST THE METAL GRATES. HE SUFFERED A SEVERE BRUISE TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER.
INJ WAS CHANGING OUT A 100# PLUS IMPELLER AND AS HE WAS REMOVING THE IMPELLER HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
A SUPERVISOR, INJURED AND 2 LABORERS HAD INSTALLED THE KILN GUN IN #1 KILN AND STARTED TO SHOOT A RING. THE GUN WAS NOT SECURED ON THE MOUNTING @BRACKETS AND THE SUPERVISOR DECIDED TO TAKE GUN OUT OF KILN AND REPAIR BRACKETS BEFORE SHOOTING RESUMED. THE LOADER NOT KNOWING THE GUN WAS TO BE REMOVED LOADED A LIVE ROUND IN THE CHAMBER. THE GUN WAS BEING REMOVED WHEN THE ROUND DIS
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REMOVING END BELL FROM ELECTRIC MOTOR AND BELL FELL STRUCK EMPL ON LEFT FOOT.
LUMBAR SACRAL STRAIN--WHILE PICKING UP BROKEN BAGS OF CEMENT--APPX. WT. 70#.
OPERATING A PALLETIZER & WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL A PALLET ONTO THE LOADING TABLE HIS FINGER WAS CRUSHER BETWEEN THE PALLET & A CONTROL BOX.
EMP OPENING GATE UNDER CEMENT SILOT AND WAS USING 36 IN WRENCH WHICH SLIPPED OVER A GEAR THE GEAR BROKE AND EMP FELL BACKWARDS AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ACCIDENT OCCURRED 8 12 83 AND WAS CARRI AS FIRST AID CASE UNTIL EMP CHANGED JOBS THE NEW JOB REQUIRED HIM TO HANDLE SACKS OF CEMENT AND AFTER A WEEK AT NEW JOB HIS ELBOW BEGAN TO SWELL
EMP SENT TO DR 9/21/83 INJURED AND ANOTHER EMP WERE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A GEAR HOUSING OVER A HANDRAIL AND HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE RAIL AND THE HOUSING
WORKING UNDER #1 FINISH MILL WITH JACKHAMMER CHIPPING MATERIALS THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND CAUGHT THE INJURED HAND BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND CONCRETE PIER
ASSIGNED TO WELD PATCH ON DUST COLLECTOR LINE.LO//LINE LOCATED BETWEEN 6 ROUND BINS.EMPL SUFFERED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT LOOK AT ARC,WE THINK REFLECTION OFF OF BINS CA USED BURNS.
INJURED AND FELLOW EMPLOYEE WERE WORKING ON TOP OF 2 KILN HOOD REPLACING A PIECE OF DAMPER CONTROL LINKAGE ANOTHER MAN WAS STANDING ON THE BURNER FLOOR AND THREW A PIECE OF LINKAGE APPRX 6LB A ND 20IN LONG A DISTANCE OF 14FT TO THE TOP OF THE KILN HOOD THE INJURED CAUGHT THIS PIECE AND IT MASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE HANDRAIL
THE INJURED EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A FOLLOWER PLATE FROM A SLURRY PUMP. AS HE REACHED THRU THE HOLE IN THE PLATE WITH HIS IGHT HAND, THE PLATE SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE PLATE & SHAFT.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STTEMPTING TO REMOVE A FOLLOWER PLATE FROM A SLURRY PUMP. AS HE REACHED THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE PLACT WITH HIS RIGHT AND LEFT HAND THE PLATE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS L EFT HAND.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD REPAORTED TO THE SHOP FOR JOB ASSIGNMENT AT 7 AM. HE HAD PLACED HIS TOOL BOX ON A WORK BENCH IN THE SHOP. AFTER RECEIVING HIS ASSIGNMENT THE REPAIRMAN PICKED UP HIS TOOL BOX AND AS HE STARTED TO WALK AWAY, THE BOX DRUG A 10 LB. PIECE OF BARSTOCK OFF OF THE WORK BENCH AND IT STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT.
A WELDER WORKING ON SOME DUCT-WORK WHICH WAS BEING SUSPENDED IN PLACE BY A CRANE. THE WELDER LAID DOWN TO HAND A TOOL TO A REPAIRMAN. AS HE WAS LAYING, ON HIS STOMACH, THE CABLE BRAKE RELEASED AND THE CABLE, HEADACHE BALL AND SPREADER BAR FELL ON THE WELDER\S LEGS.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO WALK UNDER A METAL STAIRWAY, WHEN HE RAISED HIS HEAD UP PREMATURALY AND BUMPED HIS NOSE AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRWAY. THE EMPLOYEE DID HAVE HIS SA FETY GLASSES ON WHICH POSSIBLE PREVENTED A MORE SERIOUS INJURY.