3M CORONA PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

The employee slipped while descending two steps on the north mezzanine floor in Coloring. During the fall, they lost right-hand grip on the handrail, fell backward, and struck the corner of a toe board with the upper left side of their back. The injury resulted in fracture of the left thoracic 8-9 ribs and a bruised lung.

While unscrewing a bin-level probe by hand (without using a tool) for maintenance/troubleshooting, the employee felt pain in their right hand. The probe was threaded tightly and the employee applied force as it was not budging. It gave way quickly, resulting in the injury (sprain).

The employee was placing a hooded sweater into a gang box. When the employee reached inside the lid/door moved forward & down, hitting employee on top of head. Since employee removed hardhat so employee could take off the sweater, it left employee's head exposed. Employee received a 1 inch laceration.

While ratcheting the come-along used to close a chute the pad-eye/anchor failed and contacted the employee on the head (hardhat), face, and back.

The employee was walking between 2 conveyors and hit their head/hardhat on a low cross chute. The employee was diagnosed with a neck strain/spasm.

Employee Caught The Tip of Their Left Ring Finger Between The Lever and The Chain Binder While Tightening The Lid of a Rotex Machine.

Employee was attempting to put the hub back on a roll crusher. As they were screwing the hub back onto the shaft, the employee thought the hub had caught the threads. Employee let go to reposition their hands to continue to screw the hub on. At this point, the hub dropped off and smashed the right index finger between the hub and pulley.

Employee hit (head) hardhat on a conveyor while retrieving a shovel located under the conveyor.

Employee received a laceration to the right index finger when their hand slipped off the handle of a disconnect panel and stuck a nearby piece of metal

Employee was heading home after work and fractured right hand pinky finger while walking up a flight of stairs at the facility. Employee lost footing while walking up the stairs and used right hand to break their fall, resulting in the injury.

Employee was doing a preshift inspection on the sweeper. Employee took the filter out and bent over to tap it on the ground to clean and when the employee stood up, EE felt a pull in their lower back.

Employee reports they were setting up hoses to guzzle in the south mezzanine. Employee experienced a sudden sharp pain in the lower back when bending over to pick up a hose. The injury occurred during the movement/motion of bending, prior to lifting the hose.

Transfer of dust from skin to eye lead to conjunctivitis of the right eye.

Operator used a pipe to bang feed gate slide chute to close on #33 Rotex. Operator returned to work the next day & reported to supervisor that they woke up with their right shoulder hurting & aching.

Employee changing screens on megatex. The top latch for the north door sprung open and pinched middle finger on right hand.

An employee stated that they felt a snapping pain in the left knee while closing the top doors of a railcar. Employee went to the clinic. No medication was provided, but employee was placed on modified work duty.

The employee was removing a rotex screen from the screen rack on the 3rd floor and felt discomfort/pain in the left shoulder.

On 2/24 employee was removing a filter & strainer with their right hand and felt a slight pull in their right shoulder blade. Employee went on and finished the work day and went home. The next day, Saturday the 25th, employee woke up with noticed discomfort. Employee went to the plant nurse on Monday, the 27th, to report the issue.

Employee felt discomfort and noted that the soreness may have resulted at work while mixing pigments (lift/empty 50lb pigment bags into the mixing pot) 12 days prior. Employee informed employer of potential job related discomfort on 2/27 and was seen by the facility nurse, then sent to the clinic. Restrictions are being accommodated and employee returns to the clinic on 3/13.

MSHA Recordable Hearing Loss

Employee was going to the east side of the building in the alley next to 12 conveyor to pick up the 936 loader. Employee walked around a puddle of water but there was a tiny bit of wet material about 1/8" high. Material was slippery so when the employee walked over it they twisted right knee and fall to the ground.

Employee felt a pull in the lower left abdomen after dumping a bin containing waste granule. EE pushed bin on it's side and lifted it from the base in order to dump it into the larger bin below.

Employee received cut on finger while tightening nut.

On 6/29/21 Employee requested to be sent to the clinic for lower back pain. Employee said EE felt a tightening of lower back muscles soon after arriving home from work. Employee couldn't pinpoint any particular task/incident that could have caused the pain and they only performed normal routine duties (cleaning, sweeping shoveling, bin tender operation).

Employee reported pain/discomfort radiating from the right lower back from bending and lifting pigment bags into the mixing pot.

Employee was hauling waste on the 966 loader with a full bucket and with the bucket up to the stock pile. The right side of the bucket clipped and bent the I beam on the headlap scale. Employee stated: was driving that way instead of around to get more loads out before employee went home. Employee subsequently also complained of neck and back pain on 3/16/2021.

Employee complained of discomfort in right shoulder after cleaning production tank with chain and mallet.

Irritated left eye due to foreign object being lodged in it. While shoveling rock the employee got a particle of dust/sand/rock lodged in the left eye. Employee flushed eye and applied eye drops, but was unable to remove particle. Employee taken to Occupational Medicine for first aid.

Material Handler lifted horizontal switch to move railcars. Due to the awkward body position and effort required to flip the switch employee felt a pain/strain in lower abdomen.

Operator opened hood to guzzler & once open the operator was about to step away, hood did not stay put, hood continued to fall & struck operator on head.

On 7/22/2020 Employee reported they had experienced mild discomfort in the lower back the day before while shoveling materials.

Fire occurred on buffer land. Cause was determined to be mylar balloon on electrical line. Fire department responded. Approximately 10 acres burned. There was no property damage and no injury. Plant personnel had completed shift and left property several hours before occurrence. Fire was reported to MSHA on 6/13/2020 at about 8:55 pm

Employee experienced pain in their elbow while lifting a machine guard to remove it from a piece of equipment.

Employee was operating front end loader and expressed feeling pain in the lower back. Employee was sent to the Occupational Clinic where they were diagnosed with lower back strain.

Employee complained of chest burning after opening bottom doors on railcars. The railcar company delivered rail cars on site that were not completely empty. Rail car contained limestone.

Department Helper cleaning south basement with bobcat, while exiting the equipment stepping down felt a sharp pain on left foot left side of heel.

Mixer operator irritated lower back while lifting liquid pigment into mixing pot.

Emp was training another emp on the guzzler. Activating the hydraulics on the equipment causes a burst of air toward the ground. There was dust on the ground below the guzzler which appears to have been stirred up and some got into the employee's eye.

Employee was using the clothes cleaning booth. While the air system was in operation a piece of debris went around the employee's safety glasses and went into eye.

Employee wiped off face while wearing gloves. Gloves had residual metal on them from work. A sliver of metal got into the employee's eye.

EE was performing maintenance work on aerial lift. EE was working in a tight area underneath vehicle using a hammer to tighten hydraulic hoses. Hammer slipped & slid about 18" down the hose, hitting EE in mouth. EE reported damage to crown on tooth. EE was sent to dentist for evaluation & damage to tooth reported. Employer did not receive knowledge of damage to tooth until 3/5/19.

Employee was walking out of maintenance restroom, looked up at the hills, and missed the step and fell, hitting their knees, elbows, and ribs.

Rotex operator was performing a screen change on #3 rotex with department helper. While carrying a screen to 3 rotex, rotex operator dropped the screen & hit/ twisted leg.

Employee was performing a clean up on the Coloring tank chutes to move granule from production tanks to shipping tanks. Operator pulled chain and felt strain in their neck.

Employee was attacked and bit by feral dog while out conducting storm water observations at retention basin.

Employee felt popping in right shoulder when using sledge hammer head to clean silo tanks

Employee was moving 8 Elevator discharge hose to 21 Elevator when hose disconnected from chute and fell onto employee, striking shoulder and upper arm. Injury resulted in torn bicep tendon.

Employee was walking up stairs, reached 5th step and felt pop in right knee. Employee treated with ice pack and taken to clinic for evaluation.

Employee reported pain in their back that prevents them from performing their normal work activities

Employee received repetitive stress injury from work history with tools that vibrate and awkward hand motions and positions.

Employee was changing steel and sliver got stuck under right hand middle fingernail. Employee removed sliver and fingertip became infected three days later.

Employee was performing screen change on #8 Rotex in Coloring Building and using wrench to tighten jackscrew. The wrench slipped off the jackscrew causing strain in left shoulder.

Employee strained neck/shoulder muscles while pulling chain to switch diverter plate in conveyor chute.

After completing a clean up task with the guzzler truck, operator was disconnecting 6" hoses from a coupling. The hose he was pulling, bounced back, hitting him in the mouth. Operator was taken to the clinic for medical evaluation.

MSHA recordable hearing loss

Employees were attempting to open a bottom rail car door that was jammed. The injured employee was using a bar to open the door and the door unjammed suddenly as the employee was pushing down on the bar. The bar made contact with the track, pinning the employee's left pinkie finger between the track and the bar. The employee experienced a fractured finger tip and required stitches.

Employee alleges that he felt pain in the elbow as a result of working in Shipping, while helping out in that department the week before Christmas 2013 . When it did not go away and got worse he reported it 2/17/2014.

Mechanic was attempting to track 32 waste elevator by removing a shim on the east tail pulley bearing. He had install a wedge to separate the bearing from the base frame. As he attempted to remove the shim the wedge slipped and the bearing smashed his finger.

Employee was struck on the head by a counterweight the weighed approx. 14 pounds. The counterweight broke and dropped approx. 12 feet striking the employee. The employee was wearing his hard hat but it knocked him down. He never lost consciousness and was taken to the hospital via ambulance.

Hearing Threshold Shift

Employee was hit in the mouth by a drop light while he was on the top lining railcars, resulting in a chipped tooth and lip abrasion. He said he was bending over to wash out the railcar the hook on the drop light caught onto his lanyard. As he went further down the drop light became unhooked from his lanyard and then swung around hitting him in his mouth.

Employee was shoveling rock on 20 conveyor and began to experience pain in his right elbow which spread into the upper and lower arm.

Employee was walking down to the basement and he missed the last step and he lost his balance. When he lost his balance he fell, fracturing his lower leg.

Employee was opening rail cars and when he went to open a rail car, he started to open the car and felt a pull in his back. Normally the cars are empty when the employees go to open the doors. The employee asked another employee to look inside from the top to see if it was jammed and that is when it was found that the rail car still had approx. 30 Ton of rock inside.

Employee stated that while loading a bulk clay bag onto the bulk clay skid, he felt a strain in his shoulder. He placed the skid on top of the new bag, and was securing straps to skid. Employee felt he had enough clearance to reach in and secure the third strap. He used his right hand crossing over his body and reaching the strap to pull it, causing a strain in his shoulder.

Employee walking down steps and his knee gave out. Employee fell down stairs, employee stated pre-existing injury, did not go to doctor until December, received Physical Therapy in Jan. PT from Jan 12-27.

Hearing Threshold Shift: retest complete and results were just sent back.

Employee stated that he was experiencing pain in the right and left elbow due to the repetive work that he had been doing.

Miner felt a pull in the groin area, reported to the site nurse who in turn sent him to the Occupational Health Clinic. The Clinic evaluated the Miner and diagnosed him with a left groin strain.

Employees were changing a screen on 20 rotex, old screen had been removed and new screen was going in. When employees lifted the screen to the rotex opening one employee said "felt a pop like cracking your knuckles in mid-back area". Employee continued working and finished screen change. Employee said it didn't hurt until walking down the stairs to bin tender floor.

FTE was cleaning scrubbers. He climbed the 3' ladder; hit his head on the overhead pipes. He said he was ok. FTE was asked if he wanted to go to clinic, he wanted to wait until Monday. On Sept.14 EHS Manager did a follow up, FTE feeling better. 10/2 FTE wanted to go to clinic, paperwork received on 10/5, with prescription.

Miner was attempting to remove the lid/cap on the #7 mandrel. When he started to turn the cap his hand slipped off of where he was holding/pushing and he hit his hand on the left side of the pinky knuckle on the steel cap causing his hand to bruise.

Exact cause of injury unknown. Employee alleges that he felt pain in right knee as a result of getting in and out of vehicles (i.e., bobcat) and because of walking, including mixing and bulk clay.

Employee stated walking back & forth on the Bintender floor over crossover felt something pull in left knee while descending down steps. EE said she would wait & speak with EH&S. 6/25/09, on 6/25 at noon EE said it was sore but not as bad as it had been the night before. She did feel some binding and shooting pains. EE iced & elevated the knee, stated that swelling had gone down.

As the Miner was preparing to load a truck he went outside of his office to instruct the driver and explain he would be loaded next. As he returned to his office he was rushing to start loading the truck. He fell and twisted his ankle. First Aid was applied, ice on and off for 40 minutes, he was than taken to the clinic where x-rays were taken and his ankle proved to be broken.

Miner was sharpening a hook knife away from his body, knife slipped off the sharpener and cut his finger through the glove.

WHILE MOVING RAIL CARS TO DERAIL AT 2130, MATERIAL HANDLER TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE AS HE WENT TO SET THE RAILWHEEL CHOCK ON THE RAIL. MATERIAL HANDLER SAID THAT THE GROUND WAS SOFT AND GAVE WAY AS HE STEPPED FORWARD. MATERIAL HANDLER REPORTED THAT HIS ANKLE WAS SORE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CLINIC FOR EVALUATION. MATERIAL HANDLER WAS SEEN BY PHYSICIAN AND PRESCRIBED 550MG NAPROXEN.

Employee reported numbness and tingling in right arm, and pain in right wrist.

Miner was re-welding cracks on the rotex frames and at some point a piece of the metel got in his eye. He was not aware that this happened until he arrived at home and his eye started to bother him. He went to the ER and they took a small piece of metal out of his eye. He was wearing the proper PPE during the welding.

While making a batch the Mixer Operator went to open the slide on the #14 Conveyor and cut his left hand on the conveyor cover. The operator was not wearing gloves. There was a shop work order written to install rubber around the edge to prevent future incidents, this was completed that same night. The operator received 2 stitches

Mixer Operator was handling 50 Lbs of acti-min clay. He went grab another bag and felt something pull in his right shoulder. When he looked closer at the bag it appeared to be bigger than the others. The operator weighed the bag and discovered it had been over filled and weighed 74.6 pounds instead of the marked 50 pounds.

Mixing on side 2, slurry splashed up and got into the eye of the mixer operator.

While working in bagging, operator cut the banding on a new pallet of minibags. He tried to rip the banding out from underneath the pallet. The banding splice hung up on the pallet, and caused injury to the operators shoulder. Operator is going to be taken to the clinic for examination.

Employees were installing new ducts for transfers points, one of the ducts got jammed ee kicked the duct to free it up, thus hitting him in the upper body. this was no damaged done to equipment.

While changing a light bulb the light bulb broke, causing a laceration on the index finger of the left hand. The employee saw the nurse, she sent him to the Urgent Care and he received 3 stitches.

Employee started at 12 noon on the day of the accident. He was moving a piece of a frame to the rotex. He lifted it and that is when he felt the pain in his wrist. He waited to report it until 9/12 at 6:00 PM. It was at that time he was sent to the clinic.

Employee was drilling a plate for a pump stand in the maintenance fab area and some how he got his right hand with a glove on it tangled in the rotating drill bit. Which twisted his hand and gave him a few small cuts and a dislocated ring finger. Took him to the medical center they gave him first aid reset finger.

Employee had just sent a sample and was coming across 11 conveyor on the crossover steps. On the last step coming down his foot slipped off the step and with his left arm he caught himself from falling by grabbing the rail with his left hand. His right spun him around which hurt his left shoulder.

Employee went to the nurse on June 6, 2007 and stated two weeks prior his right knee started to hurt, due to driving the 936 and 988 loaders. He states that the rough drive and having to push hard on the pedal is making his knee hurt. Nurse treated and will have to due follow up.

Miner bumped his head on a cross beam while closing a slide on baghouse cone. Strained neck. Miner was wearing all proper PPE.

Felt pain in elbow while mixing. Felt better during rotation for 2 wks., began hurt again when rotated back to the mixing position.

Granule leaking from chute. Employee was closing the leak when granule fell behind his safety glasses and got into his eye. Wearing all PPE: Safety glasses with side shields, hard hat, Respirator.

Process engineer tripped and fell on walkway edge. The edge is located between the warehouse and the west side walkway of #1 kiln. Engineer recieved a scraped knee. Engineer cleaned his knee and stated he was ok. On 12/08/2006 the knee was swollen. We sent him to the doctor and he recieved prescription medicine

Was apparently shoveling rock, had onset of back pain; no accident.

Employee working at the kiln, hot rock fell into the top of the lip of his steel toes boots and burned his upper foot/ankle area.

One employee using cutting torch, second employee holding/bracing bucket, bucket fell, bucket bumped torch, torch moved and flame burned second employee's inner aspect of left arm.

Supervisor stated the electrician was touching a partially insulated screwdriver to a screw, and it looked like the screw driver touched the panel which created a metal to metal contact. There was an arching, flash and the electrician suffered burns to the right side of his face, right arm and right hand and complained of photosensitivity.

EE walking on a flight of 4 steps, when he was on the second rung from the bottom he slipped and fell backwards; his right calf was visibly swollen, he complained of pain in the right calf after the fall; denied other injury; no other injury found by MD.

Msha report filed 4-13-06 x2 problem w/ on-line filing, call MSHA Denver 4-13-06. Report not in system; call msha: 11-17-06. Employee reported burn to supervisor on 4-11-06:"a hot piece of material went down my right sleeve when welding or burning. I washed burns and did nto pay attention to the burns; now elbow sensitive to touch, looks like infection in skin over elbow.

There was no accident, employee stated he felt eye irritation, blinked and it went away, eye irritation came back driving home and then it returned again driving back to work. EE had a corneal foreign body right eye that was removed.

at 12:30 a.m., was releasing hand break, stepped back/ down onto uneven ground -twisted left ankle; kept working until 4:30 a.m., went up ramp, flipped gait and turned to close the slide, ankle gave out and felt her left lateral malleolus contact the cement, she fell forward and caught herself, and reported both incidents at that time.

moving a 55 gallon capacity drum of oil onto oiler's truck, drum raised to bed-level, and then oiler was trying to position the drum in it's proper location to secure it; while positioning drum, rolling it on one edge, oiler complained of lower back pain. placed on tempory total disability 12/30, 31, 1/1, 2; rtw mod duty 1/3

I received an email from the Occupational Medicine MD in St. Paul that this employee had an STS that was found during the annual hearing surveillance program.

Attempting to close rail car lids that were stuck together, pulled up w/ right hand/arm and felt a pinch in lower right side of back; lumbar spine sprain /strain.

EE changing the drive pulley for #7 crusher feed belt using pulley, the shaft/mounting block became missaligned and he attempted to realign (co-workers helping). The pulley adjusted from the opposite side employee, causing the pulley to drop approximately 1", crushing the left index fingertip; wound sutured, nail sutured into place, tuft fracture fingertip.

EE swatted a hornet that was near his right arm, when EE struck the hornet, the hornet stung the employee on the right forearm. EE right arm swelled, became firm, red, and he complained of numbness and tingling, was treated x 1, seen in f/u and discharged cured.

Employee was performing a screen change on 32 rotex; screen on the stack of screens came off balance and employee was trying to hold the weight of the screen, then complained of shoulder pain w/in 15 min or so.

EE was using a metal bar to force the bottom door of the rail car closed. While pushing the bar he felt his left shoulder pain and some arm numbness and pain in the left scapula. he was taken to urgent care.

EE walking toward 4 steps to descend, looked up, missed first step, slid down the steps striking left ankle on base of fire hood #2 and striking left shoulder on concrete floor.

EE knelt down to clean out conveyor, he knelt on the lid and felt left knee pain, contusion, local swelling, limited walking and standing, can do sitting work Thurs, Friday, off Saturday and Sunday, see doctor Monday 5-2-05

EMPLOYEE WAS CONDUCTING PRE-SHIFT INSPECTION OF #6 CONVEYOR TUNNEL AREA. EE WALKED ON A SMALL PILE & PLACED HIS RT. ARM ON THE WALL TO BALANCE HIMSELF WHILE WALKING ON THE PILE. HE HAD A SUBJECTIVE COMPLAINT OF PAIN "SNAP" IN HIS NECK.

WALKING, TURNED TO LEFT AND FELT BACK PAIN. REPORTED 4/12/05

EE pulled self up on Rotex macine to unstick the lid that was supported by the straps, lid stuck near jack screws - lid shifted and pinched right middle finger causing contusion and abrasion. Wound cleansed, dressed, finger protection applied, given NSAID prescription strength.

PUSHING UPON FEED CHUTE TO DISLODGE NEXT LOAD FOR #9 ELEVATOR TO #11 CONVEYOR, SHOOK CHUTE WITH ARM RAISED ABOVE HEAD, LATER FELT RIGHT ELBOW PAIN

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF GYRO PIT, DIRECTING DUMP BERM REMOVAL. TOP LIP HAD BEEN BROKEN FREE AND AS FRONT END LOADER TILTED BUCKET UP TO MOVE IT OUT, IT SLID UP AND CLOCKWISE TOWARD THE EMPLOYEE. HE LEAPED BACK TO AVOID BEING HIT AND DROPPED 13 1/2 FEET DOWN INTO THE CLEARED PIT.

BIN TENDER HAD MOVED CHUTE FROM TRIPPER ACROSS WALKWAY TO FILL BIN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE AT BIN 4. DURING THIS PROCESS HE NEEDED TO STEP OVER THE TANK TO GET TO THE OTHER TRIPPER. HE SLIPPED ON GRANULE ON THE EDGE OF THE TANK TOP. AS HE WENT DOWN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND, WEIGHT GOING ONTO THE FOURTH AND FIFTH FINGERS THAT WERE BENT UNDER.

EE was on top driller filling tank with foam solution. Some of the solution spilled over making surface slippery. When he stepped off to transfer to own truck, he slipped and fell forward on to outstretched hand. Sustained Fx of right wrist.

EMPLOYEE WAS PART OF A FOUR MAN TEAM CHANGING A SCREEN ON #8 ROTEX LOCATED IN COLORING DEPT. HE WAS AT THE TOP WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE USING A HOOK TO PULL UP THE SCREEN AS TWO OTHERS PUSHED FROM THE BOTTOM. HE STATES AFTER THE CHANGE HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT.

Approaching slurry mixer, pot was in operation and caused a splash. States was wearing glasses, got in eye anyway. Rinsed and transported to Corona Regional Medical Center. Dx of corneal abrasion, Abx drops RX, return to work full duty.

INVOLVED IN A 2 MAN PROCESS OF CHANGING OIL DRUM. NO LIFTING REQUIRED, HOWEVER, AFTER THE PROCESS WAS OVER HE FELT TIGHTNESS IN LOWER BACK. STATES IT WENT AWAY WITH MOTRIN AND DID NOT FEEL THAT IT WAS NOTEWORTHY. AS TIME WENT ON STARTED HAVING GRADUAL ONSET OF INCREASED DISCOMFORT. REPORTED NEED FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION ON 9/10/04.

REACHING FOR BUCKET THAT WAS PLACED ON SHELF ABOVE MIXER STATION. BUCKET BRUSHED LID AS HE WAS REMOVING IT & LID SLAMMED DOWN ON FINGER. SAFETY LATCH HAD NOT BEEN UTILIZED.

ROCKS BECAME JAMMED IN #31 ROTEX. EE USING A PRY BAR & WAS HITTING A ROCK IN ORDER TO FREE IT. AT ONE POINT HE MISSED THE ROCK & STRUCK HIS RT.RING FINGER. THIS PRODUCED AN ABRASION, BRUISING OF NAILBED, SLIGHT SWELLING. SEEN CVIC FOR EVALUATION, SUSPECT FRACTURE, SPLINTED UNTIL FILM READ BY RADIOLOGIST. OFF UNTIL REPORT BACK ON 8/5.

SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING ON MAINT.TRUCK, DANGLED BY RT. ARM. NO IMMEDIATE CAUSE FOR CONCERN, PROGRESSED OVER SEVERAL DAYS TO SORENESS & STIFFNESS. REPORTED INCIDENT ON 7/26/04 & RESPONDED WELL TO COMFORT MEASURES. EXACERBATION OF SYMPTOMS CAUSED CALL OFF ON 7/29 & 30TH. SENT FOR EVAL. RESULTING IN OFF WORK DAYS (10 DAYS), WITH FURTHER WORK UP TO RULE OUT HERN. DISK.

C/O TRIGGER FINGER LIKE SYPTOMS IN RT. RING FINGER. INSIDIOUS ONSET OVER THE PAST 8 MONTHS. SENT ON 7/25 FOR EVALUATION. DX TRIGGER FINGER, SURGERY TO BE SCHEDULED IN AUGUST.

NOTIFICATION OF ABNORMAL CHEST X-RAY. PARENCHYMAL DISEASE CONSISTENT WITH PNEUMOCONIOSIS. POSSIBLE PULMONARY FIBROSIS, CLINICAL CORRELATION IS NEEDED TO RULE OUT OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE MIXER. HE REACHED FOR THE BRUSH THAT WAS ABOVE THE OPEN LID AND BUMPED THE LID AS HE WITHDREW THE BRUSH. THE LID CAME DOWN ON RIGHT THUMB, SMASHING IT INTO THE EDGE OF MIXER.

Job function requires lifting 50lb bags of color and dumping into mixer. Pre-existing condition (5yr Hx of untreated broken hand) became aggravated by repetitive grasping. Insidious onset. No swelling or loss of ROM, only inflammation of tendons.

During a 2 man procedure of changing screens on 36 Hummer, the proximal west side screen became jammed. EE positioned self on the edge of the opening to forcefully move screen. Lost balance and slipped off edge hitting left chest wall on metal edges that protrude from side of Hummer.

WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUTTING ROTEX BACK TOGETHER, WHILE LIFTING THE #4 MESH SCREEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. HE INFORMED THE SUPERVISOR THAT HE FELT IT WAS A BASIC SORE MUSCLE AND HE DID NOT WANT MEDICAL ATTENTION. SELF-TREATMENT WITH HOME MEASURES. IT PROGREESS TO VERY PAINFUL SO THAT IT EFFECTED HIS SLEEP. HE REPORTED WORSENED CONDITION ON NIGHT SHIFT 4/19.

Insidious onset of rt medial and lateral epicondylistis. Related to power grip and twist power grip and lift.

Was going to upper floor in C&S. Looked away as he was pulling the door shut and caught hand in the door. Sustained Fx to Rt third finger between metacarpophalangeal joint and interphalangeal joint.

EE was sweeping floor around rotex machine, while it was in operation. stepped to close the machine and banged his right hand at the posterior aspect of the index finger, btw metacarpophalangeal joint and interphanlangeal joint.

EE WAS ON THE ROOF OF C&S PREPARING TO CLEAN UP. WIND BLEW GRANUAL PAST HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO RT EYE. SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION.

WHILE CHECKING WIRING ON ALTERNATOR, EE'S RIGHT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH COOLING FAN. FAN WAS OPERATING IN ORDER TO ENERGIZE ALTERNATOR. EE SUSTAINED COMPLEX LACERATION TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER . CLOSED WITH SUTURES AND SPLINTED. MODIFIED DUTY REQUIRED.

EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A 1" LACERATION TO THE POSTERIOR ASPECT OF LEFT HAND WHEN IN THE ACT OF REACHING FOR SOMETHING HE CAUGHT THE BACK OF HIS HAND ON A METAL BARB THAT WAS ON SHEET METAL THAT HE WAS REACHING PAST. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED FOR CLOSURE.

Individual was working on a 10 foot tall, single section scaffold while positioning, cutting and welding metal wear plates in crusher discharge surge bin. Individual stepped off scaffold and fell 10 feet to the ground. Individual was not wearing his provided fall protection nor was there a handrail section installed on the scaffold.

WHILE ADDING A 25 LB BAG OF CHEMICAL TO SLURRY POT. FELT A SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT BICEPT. DX OF SMALL TEAR IN BICEP.

DURING THE PROCESS OF CHECKING THE WIRING ON TRIPPER #9, THE PROBE WAS PULLED IN BY CONVEYOR STRIKING THE POSTERIOR ASPECT OF THE LEFT HAND. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED CLOSURE WITH 14 SUTURES.

EE WAS TRAVELING WEST ON THE CATWALK FROM THE MCC ROOMS TO C&S 3RD FLOOR. PRIOR TO ENTERING, A GUST OF WIND CAME UP & BLEW DUST FROM ROOF & IT MADE ITS WAY AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. HE FELT T HE DUST ON HIS FACE & BRUSHED IT AWAY. IT WAS AT THIS POINT HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. HE FLUSHED HIS EYE FOR 10 MINUTES & WENT HOME. CONTINUED IRRITAION, WAS RECHECKED 8/18, BUT 8/19 FORE

WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING RAILCARS, LOCATED WEST OF 25 LOAD STATION, WHEN STEPPED WRONG ON UNEVEN GROUND AND TWISTED ANKLE.

ALONG WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, HE WAS CLEANING OUT IMPACTED DIRT BUILDUP FROM THE INSIDE OF THE HOPPER. AS HE WAS CHIPPING AWAY WITH A PNEUMATIC CHIPPER TO CLEAR BUILDUP INSIDE THE HOPPER, A LARGE PIECE BROKE LOOSE AND PUSHED HIM BACK. IT HIT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. HE FELL BACKWARDS AND WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS, HE WAS DISORIENTED. X-RAYS NEGATIVE.

EE WAS INSPECTING CONVEYORS, WHEN DUST AND FINE GRANULE SPILLED FROM CONVEYOR ABOVE, BYPASSING SAFETY GLASSES AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH EYES. STATES RUBBED EYES PRIOR TO FLUSH AND RT EYE BECAME IRRITATED. RX MED PRESCRIBED FOR CORNEAL ABRASION.

EE WAS WALKING THRU TUNNEL WHEN ALERTED TO SHUT DOWN CONVEYOR. MADE A QUICK PIVOT MOTION TO RT. LEG, FOOT WAS IN A PILE OF GRANUAL. HE STATES THAT HE FELT A POP AND BURNING SENSATION BUT DID NOT PRECEIVE IT AS ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. HE REPORTED IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR, BUT DENIED NEED FOR MEDICAL ATTN. PAIN INCREASED OVER THE WEEK, TRANSPORTED TO CVIC FOR DX OF RT. KNEE STRAIN.

EE STATES THAT ON 6/28 HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A FEED BOOT THAT HAD BECOME CAUGHT IN #33 ROTEX. STATES HE PEFORMED A FORCEFUL JERK MOTION AND FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS BACK AREA INDICATED PROXIM AL LEFT TRAPEZIUS STATES FURTHER THAT THE PAIN UWAS NOT REAL BAD, HE FELT THAT HE COULD CARE FOR IT HIMSELF AND DID NOT REPORT IT AT THAT TIME. THE PAIN HAS PROGRESSED TO THE POINT THAT HE CA

WAS CARRYING 5 GAL. BOTTLE OF WATER ON ROADWAY WHEN HE STEPPED ON A SMALL BURM AND TRIPPED SUSTAINING A CONTUSION TO HIS RT. KNEE. RESTRICTIONS COULD NOT BE ACCOMMODATED.

DURING THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE TAILPULLY IN 30 ELEVTOR, THE TAILPULLY SNAPPED QUICKLY INTO PLACE, ONCE PAST THE CASING, PINNING HIS LEFT HAND. SEVERE CONTUSION WAS SUTAINED AT THE METACAR POPHANLANGEAL JOINTS OF THE 2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH PHALANGE, ANTERIOR ASPECT WITH SUPERFICIAL LACEATIONS TO THE PROXIMAL PHALANX AREA OF THE 2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH PHALANGE. NEGATIVE FOR FRACTURE.

WAS WALKING FAST, AWAY FROM MIXER STATION, AND STEPPED IN A HOLE IN THE CEMENT. EXPERIENCED TENDERNESS IN 2-4 DIGITS ALONG DORSUM OF LEFT FOOT. TREATED WITH RX MED AND MODIFIED DUTY. REQUIRED STUTURES.

WAS CLEANING OUT NORTH BASEMENT. DURING THE PROCESS OF SHOVELING GRANUAL FROM BENEATH ELEVATOR 9, SUSTAINED LOW BACK STRAIN. INITIAL EFFORTS OF COMFORT MEASURES PROVIDED MARKED RELEIF, HOWEVER , ON 3/15 EXPERIENCED EXACERBATION OF PAIN AND WAS SENT TO CLINIC FOR EVALUATION.

WHILE IN HTE PROCESS OF DUMPING HOPPERS, WIND CAME UP AND BLEW GRANULE. EE WAS IN A POSITION WHERE GRANULE WAS ABLE TO PASS AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. HEE SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRASION. CONSERV ATIVE TREATMENT WAS CONSIDERED FIRST AID. HOWEVER, THIS EVENT AGGRAVATED A PRE-EXITING COPNDITION AND FOLLOW UP WITH OPTHALMOLOGY DETERMINE THAT HE SHOULD BE OFF ONE DAY.

SINCE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR HAS HAD TENDERNESS IN RT POSTERIOR FOREARM AT DISTAL ASPECT OF ELBOW THAT CAME & WENT. DUE TO OTHER CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITION HE FELT THAT IT WAS NOT WORK RELATED. DURING THE PAST 2 WEEKS, TENDERNESS RETURNED & PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE. AOE/COE EXAM DETERMINED CONDITION RELATED TO ERGONOMICS. PLACED ON MODIFIED DUTY & RX MED.

EE REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR WITH GROSS SWELLING & REDNESS OF RIGHT LOWER LEG. STATED IT WAS FROM A SPIDER BITE. WAS TRANSPORTED TO E.R. ON 11/21 EE CONTACTED 3M STATING THAT IT WAS WORK COMP. SI NCE HE SUSTAINED THE SPIDER BITE AT WORK. SUBSEQUENTLY, A CLAIM WAS FILED, HOWEVER, HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN A REPORT TO SUPPORT CLAIM. AT THIS TIME UNABLE TO PROVE OR DISPROVE ALLEGATION

THIS CLAIM IS A CTD WITH AN INSIDIOUS ONSET. EE STATES HE STARTED NOTICING DISCOMFORT IN 4/02, HOWEVER IT PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE. FOR THE PAST MONTH HAD BEEN DILIGENT IN FIRST LINE COMFORT MEASURES WITHOUT RESOLVE. OBJECTIVE FINDINGS SUPPORT CLAIM OF PAIN IN RT ELBOW EXACERBATED BY GRIPPING, LIFTING & MEDIAL ROTATION OF THAT JOINT. EVALUATION 9/16. DX RT LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT A BRACKET WALL.AN EXTENSION CORD WAS BEING UTILIZED FOR POWER TOOLS AND HAD DRAPED OVER BOTTOM STEP. EE STEPPED ON THE CORD AS HE WAS GOING UP STEPS AND SLIPPE D LANDING ON RIGHT KNEE TO GRATING SURFACE OF STEP. HE SUSTAINED 2 SMALL LACERATIONS THAT REQUIRED CLOSURE WITH SUTURES.

EE WAS PUTTING AWAY PARTS, WHEN HE REACHED FOR A BEARING. THE BEARING ROLLED AND WENT UP OVER HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. SUSTAINED SMALL LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 2 SUTURES TO CLOSE.

CHANGING SCREENS ON #5 ROTEX. EE ALONG WITH ANOTHER SLID OFF OF ROTES. LID SLIPPED AND PINNED HIM BETWEEN LID AND ROTEX. FELT TWEAK TO BACK, BUT NO PAIN. REFUSED TO BE SEEN BY CLINIC. CALLED O FF 24TH AND 25TH DUE TO STIFFNESS. EVAL THRU PMD, RTN WORK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS.

WAS IN PROCESS OF A STEEL CHANGE. THE POSITION OF THE ROLL HEART WAS HINDERED AS A CRUSHER MAIN FRAME WAS TEMPORARILY STORED ALONG THE EASTSIDE OF THE CRANE FRAME. THIS PREVENTED THE ROLL HEAR T FROM BEING POSITIONED INTO THE NORMAL CURVE THAT'S PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE. WHILE LEVELING FORKLIFT, IT ROCKED DOWNWARD & TOWARD EE CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROLL HEART & THE LID.

EE WAS USING HAMMER TO REMOVE AND PLACE PARTS ON LOADER BUCKET. METAL FRAGMENT FLEW OFF AND HIT HIM ON MID ANTERIOR THIGH. SUSTAINED LACERATION WITH RETAINED FORIEGN BODY. LACERATION WAS ENLAR GED FOR REMOVAL OF FB AND WOUND CLOSED WITH SUSTES.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS WHILE HOLDING A USED HUMMER SCREEN. MISSED STEP AND INVERTED LEFT ANKLE RESULTING IN A FX OF LT. LATERAL MALLEOUS.

EE WAS DRIVING SE ON THE RIGHT TOWARDS EXTREME CENTER. ANOTHER EE DRIVING NW TO THE EXTREME RIGHT. COLLISION OCCURRED AT FRONT LEFT QUARTER PANEL. SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK STRAIN.

STATES THAT HE WAS LIFTING AND TWISTING TO UNLOAD AND DUMP 50LB COLOR BAGS. PAIN AND TIGHTNESS DEVELOPED IN LOWER BACK.

WAS CLIMBING DOWN OUT OF A TRUCK AND WHEN STEPPED OFF THE LADDER TO THE GROUND HE FELT INCREASED DISCOMFORT IN RT KNEE. DX STRAIN OF RT KNEE.

WAS ASSISTING WITH A SCREEN CHANGE AND FELT SOME SORENESS IN UPPER LEFT CHEST. THE NEXT DAY HE AGAIN ASSISTED WITH SCREEN CHANGE AND IT FELT A LITTLE WORSE. DX STRAIN OF CHEST WALL MUSCLE.

WHILE ASSISTING WITH A SCREEN CHANGE, AND USED A JERK MOTION. THIS CAUSED DISCOMFORT IN RT ELBOW, WHICH HAD RESOLVED BY 2:30 AM WHEN HE MENTIONED IT TO THE SUPERVISOR. DENIED OFFER OF MEDICAL EVALUATION. 5-28-02 AT 2200 REPORTED TO WORK AND STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO DO ANY LIFTING DUE TO SORE ARM. CLAIM FILED AND TRANSPORTED FORMEDICAL EVAL.

EE SLIPPED & FELL IN MUD & FELT A "POP" IN RT KNEE & REPORTED FLEETING PAIN WHEN STEPPING DOWN FROM BOBCAT & WITH LONG STRIDES. EVALUATED AT CLINIC & TREATED WITH KNEE SUPPORT & ANTI-INFLAMMAT ORY MEDS. WAS RELEASED FROM FURTHER CARE ON 6/21. EE STATES THAT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS THE PAIN CAME & WENT, PROGRESSING TO CONSTANT. REFERRED TO ORTHO FOR CONSULT 11/27. INFORMED OF NEED

EE WAS DEBURRING A WRENCH AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ALTHOUGH THE WHEEL WAS GUARDED HE BRUSHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST IT. HE HAD GLOVES ALTHOUGH HE WAS NOT WEARING THEM AT THE TIME. HE SUSTAINED A 2" LACERATION TO THE ANTERIOR ASPECT OF THE DISTAL PORTION OF FINGER.

EE WAS ASSISTING TO INSTALL LADDER TO #4 ROLL CRUSHER ON THE MAIN FLOOR OF C&S DEPT. STATES THAT TURNED TO STEP AWAY AND FELT HIS KNEE POP. DENIES CATCHING FOOT ON EQUIPMENT. STATES THAT DISCO MFORT WAS NOT BAD AT THE TIME, HOWEVER OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS HE HAD MARKED SWELLING AND INCREASED DISCOMFORT KNEE WAS TREATED WITH IMMOBILIZER. AND NWB

EE WAS CLOSING THE DOORS TO THE MAN LIFT ELEVATOR IN C&S AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DOORS. HE SUSTAINED A CRUSH TYPE OF INJURY RESULTING IN A SEVERE CONTUSION ONLY. PREVIOUSLY THESE DOO RS HAD BEEN DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. THEY HAD JUST BEEN REPAIRED AND NO LONGER NEEDED THE FORCE THAT WAS USED TO CLOSE THEM.

REMOVING CLUMPING PUMP FROM REAR OF TRUCK. SUSTAINED SPRAIN WHILE LIFTING TO LOWER BACK.

WAS ON 3RD FLOOR OF C&S REPAIRING VERTICAL DOORSON FREIGHT ELEVATOR. THE INNER AND OUTER DOORS WERE STUCK TOGETHER. APPLIED INCREASED EXERTION TO PRY BAR, WHICH CAUSED A VENTRAL HERNIA TO BE SUSTAINED ALONG WITH A TEAR IN RECTUS SARTORIUS MUSCLE OF RT. THIGH. NOTE: THIS WAS NOT A HERNIA, IT WAS A STRAIN.

DURING THE PROCESS OF MAKING PREHEATER ADJUSTMENTS, THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN AND UP STAIRS. DENIES ANY TRAUMA, STATING THAT FELT A PAIN IN LEFT KNEE WHILE RETURNING UP STAIRS. UPON INSPEC TION OF KNEE, DISCOVERED SWELLING 2 CM X 3CM ON LOWER MEDIAL ASPECT OF KNEE. NO DISCOMFORT STANDING OR WALKING, ONLY WHEN BENDING DX AS STRAIN.

WHILE DRILLING HOLE INTO METAL, DRILL CAUGHT AND SENT TORQUE BACK UP RIGHT ARM CAUSING TRAUMATIC TWIST TO RIGHT ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS RESTACKING A PILE OF PALLETS. WHEN LIFTING SOME PALLETS THE WEIGHT TWISTED IN LEFT HAND. LEFT THUMB SLOWLY BECAME PAINFUL AND WAS SWOLLEN BY THE NEXT DAY. TREATED WITH RX MEDS ONL Y.

WAS LEAVING THE LUNCH ROOM TO RETURN TO ROTEX FLOOR. WAS NOT USING HANDRAIL ON THE STAIRS AND SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM STEP. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON RIGHT KNEE AND FELT A POP.

EE WAS IN A KNEELING POSITION WHILE CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT SECTION FOR SPLICING. THE KNIFE JUMPED OUT OF THE BELT CUT AND HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE MEDIAL ASPECT OF THE KNEE JUST ABOVE THE KNEE CAP.

EE WAS TRANSFERING 50LB BAGS OF COLOR (ONE AT A TIME) TO MIXER WHERE SHE EMPTIED THE COLOR. FELTA SNAP IN WRIST AND EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT PROGRESSING TO PAIN IN WRIST & HAND.

EE WAS MOVING A GUZZLER HOSE OFF A SCREEN. WHILESTEPPING BACK AND AWAY FROM THE SCREEN HE CAUGHTHIS PANT LEG AND FELL, LANDING ON LEFT SHOULDER.AT THE TIME HID DID NOT PERCEIVE THE INJURY TO B E ANYTHING OTHER THAN MINOR, HOWEVER, BY 10/30 WHEN HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION THROUGH EMPLOYEER HE HAD A DX OF SHOULDER TENDONITIS.

WALKING ACROSS BASEMENT OF COLORING DEPT. SLIPPED IN SLURRY FALLING BACKWARDS ONTO OPEN RIGHT HAND. SUSTAINED RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN.

EE WAS LIFTING 50 LB CHEMICAL PIGMENT BAGS & EMPTYING THEM INTO A MIXER POT. HE FELT PAIN IN HISLOWER LEFT BACK AT THAT TIME & IT PERSISTED. HE REPORTED THE INJURY ON 9/19/01 AFTER SEEKING MED ICAL TREATMENT ON HIS OWN.

HAD JUST PARKED FORKLIFT AND WAS STEPPING OFF. WHEN PLACED WEIGHT ON RIGHT FOOT, FELT POP AND HAD INTERMITANT PAIN DURING WEIGHT BEARING AND GAIT. SLIGHT SWELLING TO INSTEP, ALSO TENDERNESS ON PALPATION. POSSIBLE UNFUSED BONE FORM CHILD- HOOD POPPED LOOSE. DX SPRAIN AT THIS TIME, RE- EVALUATION ON 9/11/01.

EE WAS DRIVING THE 988 LOADER, BRINGING IN STOCK PILE TO TRUCK HOPPER. WHEEL OF LOADER WENT INTO A LOW SPOT IN THE ROAD CAUSING HIM TO MAKE A TWIST MOTION TO REGAIN PROPER BODY ALIGNMENT. HE T HEN EXPERIENCED PAIN TO THE POSTERIOR RIGHT SIDE OF NECK AND POSTERIOR SHOULDER. UPON EVALUATION HE RESPONDED WELL TO RX STRENTH MOTRIN. HE RETURNS TO WORK W/O RESTRICTIONS, HOWEVER REMAINS O

PREVIOUS BROKEN HAND HAS PREDISPOSED EE TO GRIPPING DIFFERENTLY. OVER LAST 2 MONTHS PAIN HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS RELATED TO OLD INJURY. UPON MEDICAL EVALU ATION, LEARNED IT WAS CARPAL TUNNEL.

EE WAS CUTTING METAL WHEN SMALL PIECE OF SLAG FLEW UP AND STUCK TO DENTAL CROWN. SUSTAINED BURN TO INSIDE LIP AND UPPER MARGIN OF CROWN CRACKED AND BROKE.

WHILE REMOVING A FORK FROM THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, LOST GRIP AND LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN FORK AND GAS TANK.

AS MIX OPERATOR, EE LIFTS 50 LB BAGS OFF PALLETTS, AND EMPTYS CONTENT INTO MIX POT. INCIPIENT DATE UNCLEAR, ALTHOUGH HE STATES THAT HE WAS AWARE OF LOW BACK DISCOMFORT STARTING NEAR THE END OF HIS SHIFT FOR SOME TIME. ON 8-8 STATES THAT ALTHOUGH IT WAS NO MORE THAN USUAL IT DID NOT GO AWAY DURING THE NIGHT, SENT TO CLINIC WHERE OBJECTIVE FINDINGS FOR REPETITIVE INJURY.

WHILE DOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON #5 ROLL CRUSHER, HE STEPPED OUT ONTO A BOARD THAT HE HAD PLACED OVER CHUTE. BOARD SLIPPED & HE FELL 3' SUSTAINING BILATERAL SHOULDER STRAINS IN THE ATTEMPT T O BREAK HIS FALL.

WHILE CLOSING LID ON RAIL CAR FELT SET OF LOW BACK PAIN.

PROCESS OF STEEL CHANGE ON GYRONATORY. WAS PLACING BOLTS INTO MAINFRAME WHEN ONE BECAME STUCK. RELEASED HOLD ON BOLT TO LOOK UNDERNEATH. AT THAT MOMENT THE BOLT FREED AND SLID INTO PLACE CATCH ING THE TIP OF HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE BOLT AND THE MAINFRAME. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

WAS IN BASEMENT OF COLORING DEPT TO FIX ELEVATOR. BASEMENT WAS FLOODED WITH SLURRY AND WHILE WADING THRU SLIPPED OFF SMALL UNSEEN LEDGE AND FELT KNEE GIVE. MILD TO MODERATE PAIN, NEGATIVE FOR ANTALGIC GAIT. DID NO RESOLVE WITH FIRST AID MEASURES. DX OF RIGHT KNEE STRAIN.

WHILE MOVING HOPPER FROM A-12 TO A-13, POSTERIOR ASPECT OF LEFT FOREARM CAME IN CONTACT WITH HOT SURFACE OF THE CHUTE. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE PORTABLE HOPPER AND HOSE ASSEMBLY. SUSTAINED 1ST DEGREE BURN.

WHILE MOVING HOPPER FROM A-12 TO A-13, POSTERIOR ASPECT OF RIGHT FOREARM CAME IN CONTACT WITH HOT SURFACE OF THE CHUTE. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE PORTABLE HOPPER AND HOSE ASSEMBL Y. SUSTAINED 2ND DEGREE BURN 1 CM BY 2 CM.

HE WAS IN BASEMENT OF THE COLORING DEPT. DOING ASYSTEM CLEAN UP. DEBRIS HAD BUILT UP IN THE BASEMENT AND HAD BECOME WET. HE WAS WALKING THROUGH DEBRIS AND GOT STUCK. HE FORCEFULLY PULLED HIS RIGHT LEG UP AGAINST THE SUCTION AND FELT A PULLSUSTAINED STRAIN OF MUSCLES ABOUT RIGHT KNEE ANDTHIGH.

IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING STEEL AT THE SHORT HEAD CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE JACK HANDLE. WHILE DOING SO THE CRUSHER BOWL MOVED RELEASING THE PRESSURE AND HE SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO THE RIGHT ELBOW AS HE SLIPPED WITHTHE RELEASE AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE CRUSHER STEEL. RESPONDED TO FIRST AID, HOWEVER, DEVELOPEDINFLAMMATION IN BURSA ON 6-3-01.

WHILE INSTALLING #3 ELEVATOR FLOP GATE, EMPLOYEE WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. AS HE WAS INSTALLING HAFT THROUGH THE BEARING, HAD ONSET OF SHARP NEEDLE LIKE PAIN IN LEFT GLUTEAL MUSCLE.

REPORTED TO EMPLOYER ON 5-31-01, STATING GRADUALONSET, TREATED AS FIRST AID WITH IMPROVEMENT, HOWEVER ONCE COMFORT MEASURES STOP PAIN RETURNED, BECAME REPORTABLE ON 6-11. AS DEPT HELPER JOB DU TIES INVOLVE REPEATED GRIPPING AND LIFTING WHICHHAS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EPICONDYLITIS (RIGHT ARM).

SUSTAINED RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN WHILE SHOVELING GRANULE PILES ON #109 CONVEYOR.

WAS ACTING AS SPOTTER WHILE TAKING RAILCARS DOWN. WALKING DOWN GRADE, STEPPED ON BURN THAT WAS OCOVERED WITH VEGETATION. LT KNEE HYPEREXTENDED.

CAT 21 SLIDE CAME OUT AND HAND WAS WEDGED BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND PLATFORM. LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER AND NOTABLE SWELLING TO RIGHT HAND.

STANDING IN OFFICE, WHILE PUTTING ON HARD HAT IT HIT THE FLORESCENT BULB OVERHEAD. IMPACT CAUSED BULB TO BREAK AND GLASS CUT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.