Avísenme cuando se presente un nuevo incidente de la MSHA en Horseheads Plant.
EMPL REACHING FOR LIGHT BULB STORED IN ELECTRIC BOX IN CONTROL BLDG.WHILE WITHDRAWING HIS HAND,CAME IN CONTACT WITH 440-480 VOLTS WHICH CAUSED HIS ELECTROCUTION.
WORKING ON LOADER,EMPL CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN AXLE AND GEARS WHEN PUSHING ON AXLE. A SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF THE AXLE CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN.
EMPL BENT OVER TO PICK UP FACE PLATE WEIGHING 50 LBS.FELT BACK POP OUT.
WHILE ADJUSTING THE SWING CLUTCH OF THE DRAGLINE, HE FELT A PAIN IN THE ABDOMEN. HE WAS IN A SITTING POSITION WITH FOOT BRACED AGAINST THE MACHINE PULLING ON THE WRENCH.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENTING NUT ON MOTOR FOR SCRUBBER BELTS WHEN HIS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT. THE WRENCH HIT HIM IN THE FACE, MAKING A CUT BETWEEN HIS EYE AND TEMPLE ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE RE CEIVED 4 STITCHES AND A TETANUS SHOT.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WALKED PAST SAND BLASTER TO CHECK THE AIR COMPRESSOR, THE HOSE ON THE SAND BLASTER BLEW A HOLE IN IT STRIKING I.NAME WITH SAND IN THE ARM AND CHEST. IT KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND AND HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS TEMPORARILY. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, CHECKED OVER AND SENT HOME FOR ONE DAY. HE HAS RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO APPARENT DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A DRIVE SHAFT AT THE DROP OFF BOX TO BRING BACK TO THE PLANT. EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING DRIVE SHAFT WHEN INJURY OCCURRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON THE PRIMARY HOPPER WHEN HE WAS PLACING A PLATE FOR WELDING.WHILE DOING HTHIS HE HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW IN THE FUNNY BONE.THE ELBOW SWELLED UP THE NEXT DAY AND BECAME INCRE ASINGLY TENDER.3
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING FOR A LIGHT BULB, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE I.NAME REACHED INTO AN ELECTRICAL BOX FOR A LIGHT BULB AND WHILE WITHDRAWING HIS HAND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH 440-480 VOLTS. I.NAME FELL BACK, STRIKING I.NAME
EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL OFF THE TOP OF THE SILO. WHILE WAITING FOR THE SKIP HOIST TO G O BY, EE INADVERTANTLY RESTED HIS HAND ON THE HOIST TRACK. THE SKIP HOIST RAN OVER THE EE\S HAND, CRUSH ING COMPLETELY THE RING & MIDDLE FINGERS OF HIS HAND & BADLY BRUISING THE OTHER FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP TOOLS AROUND PLANT, HE STEPPED OVER AN "I" BEAM. STUBBED HIS TOE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
WHILE UNLOADING A KEG OF FASTENERS FROM PICKUP TRUCK KEG SLIPPED CATCHING THE EMPLOYEES FINGER ON A RAGGED EDGE OF THE KEG COVER HE SUFFERED A CUT LEFT RING FINGER REQUIRING STITCHES
TIGHTENING TEETH ON DRAGLINE BUCKET.BRAKE RELEASED,DROPPING BUCKET ON LEFT FOOT.SUFFERED BADLY BRUISED LEFT FOOT BEHIND TOES.WAS WEARING STEEL-TOED SAFETY SHOES,
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE GRAVEL PLANT, LOOSENING A TROMMEL SCREEN FROM A GRAVEL SCRUBBER. UNDER TENSION, THE TROMMEL SPRANG LOOSE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD, KNOCKING HIS HARD HAT DOWN OVER HIS FACE AND JARRING HIS NECK. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A PINCHED NERVE IN THE NECK.