Leamington Cement Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Two employees were doing dry wall hole repairs. Employees came across an abandoned copper water pipe. One of the employees used a Sawzall to cut the pipe while the other held it in place. While cutting the blade slipped and lacerated three fingers on employees left hand holding the pipe. The employee's pinky finger had the tendon cut and cut into the bone.

Employee was carrying two cardox tubes up a flight of stairs when they stumbled causing them to fall forward into the stairs. This resulted in a laceration to their right ring finger which required nine sutures to close.

Employee was attempting clear a plug in a chute when an air blaster discharged projecting coal dust in the employee's eyes.

The injured employee was ascending a stairway to collect a cement sample when they stumbled and felt a pop in their right calf muscle of their right leg. On examination it was found that they had ruptured the Achilles tendon of the leg which required surgery to correct.

The brace used to secure the liners was installed with one bolt instead of two that are normally used. There was only one bolt in the brace due to the configuration of this particular spot in the mill. It did not have 2 bolt holes available for use. A thorough inspection of overhead hazards was not completed.

The injured employee was opening the door to the raw mill when left little finger was pinched between the door frame and the support bar for the door. The result was a laceration to the finger and a fracture to the tip of the finger.

The employee had picked up a small metal step to take to another location. When the employee turned they felt a dull pop in lower back. The employee did not report until 09/16/2021. They went to a doctor on 9/17/2021 where they were prescribed physical therapy, making the incident recordable.

Employee was cleaning gunite machine. Placed hand inside pot and accidently bumped air valve. Feed wheel pinched tip of the ring finger on right hand.

The employee was attempting to cut metal strap from a bundle of angle iron with a pair of pliers. When the strap broke it sprung open and caught EE's opposite gloved hand which EE was using to hold the bundle. The strap caught EE's left ring finger causing a laceration which required sutures to treat.

Employees were assigned to change broken belts on a cooler fan. After the new belts had been installed the injured employee got EE's right index finger caught between the belt and pulley causing a laceration and hairline fracture to the tip of EE's finger.

The employee was using a vacuum truck performing normal cleanup duties. The employee felt EE had strained EE's back which EE said has occurred several times before. A third party injury care administrator prescribed self care of ice, heat, and ibuprofen. The employee was doing better but on 9/19/2019 the employee elected to go to a chiropractor making it recordable.

Employees were in the process of replacing spindle seals on the raw mill when a choker broke striking the injured employee on the right side of face. This resulted in two lacerations to the face and fractures to the orbital eye bone.

An employee was attempting to clean a raw material chute with a bar when a gate closed which pulled the bar in causing the gate to close on EE's left arm. This resulted in a fracture to the left arm.

Worker was removing insulation on an electrical splice when the razor knife worker was using broke causing worker to cut left hand. The laceration required 9 sutures.

An employee was pushing an empty cart into the passenger elevator on the preheater tower when EE felt a pop in EE's left elbow. EE initially felt it would be ok but pain persisted until went to a doctor who diagnosed EE with a detached tendon from EE's bicep. On 3/12/2018 EE had surgery to repair the problem.

The injured employee was attempting to drill out a plugged purge line with a large hand drill. The bit caught in the hole and cause the drill motor to spin around and strike the employee in the right cheek. On Monday 02/19/2018 the employee experienced increased swelling and sought medical attention where they treated employee for infection.

Employees were using a hammer bit on a mini-ex to extract large bolts from a raw mill tire. A washer from a bolt shot out in the process striking an employee on the upper lip which required two stitches.

The employee was working near the raw mill when EE tripped on the catwalk but caught himself on the handrail. When EE caught self EE felt a strain in right small finger. We monitored the strain to see if it would improve but it didn't. A doctor diagnosed that the tendon in the finger had torn and needed repair. The employee had surgery on 3/22/18 making it reportable.

While an employee was removing a heavy 2'x3' door, it swung out of position striking the employee in the leg causing a laceration which required 8 stitches.

The employee was attempting to roll a piece of 12"x24" 13 gauge sheet metal in a sheet metal roll bender. The employees hand was positioned too close to the rolls which hand went through. This resulted in thumb being degloved and index finger broken.

The employee had been working the week of February 20th 2017 and feels they may have developed a hernia but could not give an exact time or day. Employee reported it on the day listed above. The employee underwent surgery to repair on 3/8/2017.

The employee was attempting to get into a plant pickup truck when EE rolled ankle. The employee was fine at the time but at the beginning of April began to feel pain in ankle. On May 3rd EE's doctor prescribed an ankle support boot to help ankle heal. The injury became reportable on May 3, 2016.

A golf ball sized rock fell approximately 60 feet from chute unplugging activities, striking the employee just under the right eye. The employee was wearing safety glasses. The employee received scratches on his eye which required a prescription antibiotic.

While machining parts the employee reached with his gloved hand to swipe away metal chips when the cutting head pulled his hand into the mill severing his right middle finger.

A worker attempted to cut a piece of string from his bib-overalls with a utility knife and accidentally cut his left middle finger. The finger required 4 stitches.

The employee was checking the looseness of a thermocouple when an expansion joint above the thermocouple puffed hot material up the sleeve of the employees hot work coat. The hot material caused second degree burns to the employees forearm and bicep area.

The employee who had been experiencing pain off and on in his right knee thought he may have aggravated it at work from climbing stairs. The employee was evaluated by a doctor and given a cortisone injection in his knee. The employee has a history of degenerative knee problems.

An employee who was under a doctors care for his left knee, aggravated the knee while climbing onto a bull dozer. The employee was under no doctors restrictions at the time.

An employee was cutting metal with a small hand grinder with a cutting wheel attached. The grinder "kicked back" causing a three inch laceration to the top part of his middle thigh. The employee required stitches to close the wound.

While changing bags in a cooler baghouse, an employee was stuck in the nose by a bag cage. This resulted in a laceration to his nose which required stitches.

While welding, the injured employee was chipping slag from the weld when a small piece of metal from the chipping hammer, about 1/16" long, came off and imbedded about 1 inch below the employee's left eye. The employee was wearing safety glasses. The employee was taken to the hospital to have the piece removed which required two stitches.

Pressure build up due to lack of venting

It is thought that a scorpion crawled into an employees coat and stung him on the left wrist. He developed flu like symptoms and muscle spasms.

As the employee was attempting to cut a piece of 8 inch piece of plastic hose with a utility knife, the hose slipped causing the knife to cut the employees left index finger which resulted in 4 stitches.

The miner may have aggravated an illness of pain in his forearm he had been treated for since May called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

While the injured employee was setting a small explosive charge in a crusher feeder it was prematurely detonated.

The "headache" ball of a 5180 Grove crane went past the two block switch and over the top pulley and came down 290 feet into the cab of the crane. This resulted into a compound fracture of the left tibia/fibula of the individual.

The employee was attempting to sit on a wheeled chair which did not have a back on it. As he did so the chair slid out from under him, causing him to strike his head on a work bench. The resulting injury required stitches at a local hospital.

The employee was swinging a sledge hammer in an upward motion to loosen a bolt which caused him to strain his back.

The injured employee was attempting to enter an opening where grates had been removed. When the employee stepped in, he stepped on one of the holes which caused him to lose his balance and fall to the same level. The employee felt fine and was not taken the doctor. On 04/14/2011 the employee felt he needed to see a doctor where it was determined that the femoral bone had cracked.

The employee was struck in the forehead by a table liner while attempting to remove them. The injury caused a two inch laceration to the employee's forehead. The resulting injury required stitches.

An employee was cleaning the kiln burner pipe with an air lance. As he was making a back stroke with the air lance, his hand was struck on the drop-out vessel. The result was a fracture to the middle knuckle which became swollen and hot to the touch. The employee has a history of staff injection thus was given antibiotic.

The employee was cutting small pieces of steel in the metal shear. He was using a piece of metal to push the pieces into place. Rams, which hold the metal flat just before the cut, came down forcing the metal he was holding to crush the tip of his finger between the metal and the table surface of the shear. The tip of his left middle finger was lost due to tissue damage.

On June 23rd of 2009, an employee felt pain in his right knee while moving a ladder. An MRI showed an accumulation of degenerative changes including tears in the meniscus, and other chronic medical conditions that required corrective surgery on August 31st. Because of the chronic, cumulative, and degenerative nature of the changes to the knee, we consider this to be an illness.

The employee was injured while he was welding above another employee who was attempting to loosen a bearing lock nut by striking it with a hammer. Because of the striking action, a small piece of metal broke from the lock nut and struck the injured employee in the left forearm.

The employee was injured when he opened a port on top of a cement silo to take a silo level measurement. The silo was full and continuing to fill, which caused the material to blow into his eyes. The material in his eyes resulted in scratches to the cornea of both eyes. He was taken to a local hospital where his eyes were flushed and medication given.

While moving a length of culvert pipe, the worker sustained lacerations to three fingers of his right hand. The worker was not wearing gloves while performing this task.

An employee was standing on an electrical box. When he attempted to step off the box he lost his footing and fell approximately 24 inches striking a rail road rail on his upper outside left thigh. The result of the impact caused a severe contusion the area.

Because of a welding burn and a bump a few days later to the workers right elbow, he contracted a staff infection which required IV antibiotic treatments. The burn resulted from improper PPE while welding.

Worker sustained a same surface fall while he was walking across a raw material hopper grizzley grate. He fell through the grating causing him to hit his chin on the metal grating. Worker did not lose consciousness but sustained a laceration to his chin requiring sutures.

Employee strained his right shoulder while pulling a wedged rock from between the D-10 Dozer push arm and track housing. This became a reportable injury after the operator sent the employee in for an MRI exam.

Employee was injured while cutting plastic tubing with a razor kinif. The knife slipped through the tubing faster than expected cutting his right thumb. Sutures were required.

Injured employee was using a utility knife to cut plastic sprinkler pipe. While putting pressure on the knife it cut through the pipe faster than expected causing the knife to strike the employees left index finger creating a laceration to the finger. sutures were required

Employee was injured while standing on a trailer fender to line up a pipe to feed through a hole. He lost his footing and slipped off the fender and fell against a barrel bruising his left arm.

Employee was cutting a v belt from a drive pulley. While holding the belt with his left hand and cutting the belt using a razor knife in his right hand the knife slipped and cut his left index finger. (Sutures were required.)

Employee was in the process of measuring the thickness of some mill liners. While measuring, the 1 1/2" x 1/4" strap he was using as a spacing material shifted causing the caliper and his finger to twist into the liners pinching his finger causing a laceration.

Employee was injured while hitting a bar with a 8lb sledge hammer. He missed the bar with the hammer end and struck his right index finger causing a laceraton to the finger.

Employee was injured while moving a motor and fan housing down a narrow stairway. While moving the unit down the stairs the motor base caught on a stair which caused the housing to slip up striking the employee on the right side of his head causing a laceration.

IE attempted to block a leak in oxygen/acelylene hose by crimping it in his hand. The hose was in use at the time and the leak ignited causing a 2nd degree to the IE's (r) middle finger.

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REPAIR WORK ON THE MAIN CRUSHER, HE WAS USING A MECHANICAL COME-ALONG TO REMOVE A GUARD. THE HOOK ON THE COME-ALONG SLIPPED OUT OF THE ANCHOR HOLE & STRUCK THE EE ON THE HARD HAT CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION ON HIS FOREHEAD. (4) SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

INJURED EE WAS OPENING A BOTTOM SWING DOOR (CEMENT COOLER) AND PINCHED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR HANDLE AND A CROSSBEAM, CAUSING A LACERATION TO BOTH FINGERS. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS INJURED WHILE CUTTING A 1/4" RUBBER HOSE WITH A RAZOR KNIFE. HE WAS CUTTING TOWARDS HIS HAND WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING A 3/4" INCISION WOUND. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

INJURED EE HAD JUST FINISHED EMERGENCY TEAM TRAINING AND WAS PUTTING TRAINING SUPPLIES INTO THE COMPANY AMBULANCE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL GETTING OUT OF THE AMBULANCE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN HE GOT HIS RT FOOT CAUGHT IN A HYDRAULIC SLIDE GATE. HE WAS WORKING IN A DRAG CHAIN CHUTE IN THE PROCESS OF HIS WORK HE LOWERED HIS RIGHT LEG DOWN INTO THE CHUTE IN T HE LINE OF FIRE OF THE SLIDE GATE WHICH WAS 18" BELOW HIS WORK AREA. THE GATE WAS CLOSED INADVERTENTLY PINCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE CHUTE AND THE GATE.

INJURED EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING AN INTAKE ELBOW FROM A TURBO. THE TURBO WAS CLAMPED IN A PEDESTAL VISE WHILE INCHING THE ELBOW OUT THE TURBO CAME LOOSE FROM THE VISE FALLING AND PINC HING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE TURBO HOUSING AND THE VISE TABLE.

INJURED EE WAS UNPLUGGING A HOPPER WITH THE USE OF A ORFACE BAR. THE MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE PULLING THE BAR WITH IT. THE EE REACHED FOR THE BAR AND TRAPPED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE HOPPE R HOUSING CAUSING A CONTUSION AND SMALL FRACTURETO HIS LEFT HAND.

EE INJURED HIS R. KNEE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICY WALKWAY.

INJURED EE WAS HOLDING A LARGE T BOLT IN PLACE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS TIGHTENING IT WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH. THE BOLT SHIFTED, PINCHING HIS RT. MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE T BOLT AND THE HOUSING CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO POSITION A SLIDE GATE.WHILE MOVING THE GATE THE BAR SLIPPED, WEDGING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE BAR & A MOTOR HOUSINGPINCHING HIS RING FINGER. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

INJURED EE WAS USING A JACK HAMMER. WHILE HAMMERING HE LIFTED THE HAMMER & TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE THE HAMMER BIT FROM A HOLE INTHE CONCRETE.

EE WAS INJURED WHILE REMOVING A ELECTRIC DISHWASHER. WHILE UNBOLTING THE DISHWASHER HIS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF THE BOLT CAUSING HIS HAND TO STRIKE A SHARP EDGE LACERATING HIS LEFT WRIST. SUTURE S WERE REQUIRED.

INJURED EE GOT A PIECE OF FORIGN MATERIAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE GRIDNING HE WENT TO THE DR THE NEXT DAY THE EMBEDAL MATERIAL WAS REMOVED.

EE INJURED HIS RIGHT GREAT TOE IN THE COMPANY SHOWER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK 2 1/2 WKS LATTER IT WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM HE WENT TO SEE THE DR X RAYS SHOW A SMALL FRACTURE.