Apex Unit Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE CONNECTED AN AIR HOSE TO THE AIR SPARGE TO AGITATE SOLUTION IN A LEACH TANK. HE DID NOT CHECK THE AIR LINE WHICH WAS PRESSURIZED. AS SOON AS THE AIR HOSE CONNECTED, A LARGE BLAST OF A IR WENT INTO THE TANK AND SPLASHED HOT SOLUTION ONTO HIS LEG AND DOWN INTO HIS BOOT, RESULTING IN CHEMICAL BURNS TO HIS LEG AND FOOT.

INJURED WAS WEIGHT DRUMS OF COBALT OXIDE (APPROX 90 LBS. EA) HE STOPPED TO CHECK A TANKE ON AN UPPER LEVEL, THE STAIRWAY TO THE TANK WAS BLOCKED OFF WITH A CAUTION TAPE, TO KEEP UNAUTHORIZED PEOPLE OUT. HE STEPPED OVER THE TAPE AND TWISTED HIS BODY TO BRING HIS OTHER LEG OVER, WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS LOADING CARBONATE INTO SUPER SACKS MATERIAL WAS PAR TIALLY FR IED OU T T HE SACK LINER HAD DRIED MAT ERIAL IN THE ABOTTOM T HE WIND WAS BLOWING HE GOT A SPEC OF DUS TIN HIS EYE NO SAFE WORN HE ASSUMED IT WAS DIRT BUT WAS THE PROBLEGOT WORSE HE T HEM WENT TO AN EYE WASH

INJURED HAD PULVERIZED SAMPLES AND WAS CLEANING THE PULVERIZER WITH COMPRESSED AIR AND DUST WAS BLOWN UNDER HIS SAFETY GOGGLES INTO HIS EYE.DURING THE EVENING RUBBING CAUSED REDNESS AND BURNIN G OF THE EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A SCREW HOLE THROUGH A CEILING TILE AND LIGHT GAUGE SHEET METAL USING HIS HAND TO HOLD THE MATERIAL STEADY. HIS LEFT FINGER WAS POSITIONED SUCH THAT THE DRILL BIT DRILLED INTO HIS FINGER. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN TETANUS SHOT AND PRESCRIBED IBUPROFEN AND CEPHRADINE.

A LEACHING TANK BEING DRAINED OF SOLUTION.TANK AHEAD OF IT HAD SPILLED OVER SOME FRESH SOLUTION WHICH RELEASED SUPHER DIOXIDE GAS UPON CONTACT WITH AIR.WAS WEARING RESPIRATOR AND WAS 30-40' FR OM DRAIN PIT.EMPL BREATHED IN S02 REQUIRED ADMINISTRATION OF OX2 AND DR CHECKUP.

EE ENCOUNTERED ON ISOLATED POCKET OF S02 GAS ON THE CATWALK OF THE 2ND AND 3RD STAGE LEACH AREA. ONE OF THEY LEACHING TANKS WAS FOAMING OTHER AND PROBABLY PREVENTED THE SCRUBBER FROM VENTILATI NG THE TOP OF THE TANK PROPERLY EE SUFFERED A MAXX MILD IRRITATION TO THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT.

EE WALKED INTO A POCKET OF SULFER DIOXIDE GAS WHEN WALKING FROM THE THICKENER AREA TO THE FIRST STAGE LEASH DOG HENSE. THE GAS WAS APPARENTLY RELEASED FROM A VAPORIZER WHICH WAS UNDER REPAIR. THE LIQUID LINE HAD BEEN SHUT OFF AND THE SYSTEMBLED TO ZERO PRSSURE FOR AT LEAST ONE HOME SYSTEM WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN FULLY PURGED.

WHILE DRIVING A3GRADER UPHILL, TRACTION WAS LOST CAUSING THE DRIVE WHEELS TO SKID OFF OF THE ROAD. THE ROAD GRADER SLIPPED OVER AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLLED OVER FOR WHAT APPEARED TO BE ONE QUARTE R OF A TURN. 3

EMPLOYEE WAS ON3TOP OF TANK 4006 AFTER HAVING CHANGED A FEED LINE FROM TANK 303 WHEN HE WAS OCERCOME BY HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS.

WHILE SLIDING A3GEAR BOX FROM RT TO LEFT ON A APAIR OF SAW HORSES EMPLOYEE FELT A HORRIBLE PAIN IN HIS BACK WHICH ALSO RADIATED TO HIS RIB CAGE THE INJURY IS A BROKEN VERTEBRAE AND SEVERAL TO RN MUSCLES 3

EMPLOYEE TRIPPE8 OVER A 2 1/2" HOSE WHILE WALKING AND SPRAINED OR STRAINED HIS ANKLE.

WHILE CHANGING 5 FLANGE ON THE REPULP TANK EMP SLIPPED AND FELL, CAUGHT HIS WEIGHT ON THE TANK WITH HIS RT ELBOW

WHILE DUMPING T2E CONTENTS OF A 55 GALLON DRUM INTO A REPULP TANK EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF OF THE TANK AND FELL TO THE GROUND ABOUT 6 FEET BELOW. HE LANDED ON HIS FEET THEN FELL BACKWARDS

WHILE TYING A S5FETY ROPE TO A STORAGE TANK FROM THE TOP OF A LADDER THE LADDER SLIPPED OUT FRO M HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL WITH THE LADDER ABOUT 10 TO 12 FEET TO THE CEMENT BELOW. HE LANDED ON HIS FEET AND TH9M FELL TO HIS BACK

WHILE MOVING 553GALLON DRUMS OF CAUSTIC SOLUTION BY HAND, HE FELT A SLIGHT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN

WHILE POURING A3MIXTURE OF H2SO4 AND WATER INTO A LEACH VESSEL, THE CONTAINER BURST CAUSING THE MIXTURE TO SPILL IN THE GROIN AREA; RESULTING IN 2ND DEGREE BURNS 2/3 OF THE TIP OF EMPLOYEE'S P ENIS. 3

WHILE UNHOOKING3A DRIVE LINE FROM A FORKLIFT THE DRIVELINE FELL ON EMPLOYEES HEAED, HE WAS TURNING A NUT WITH A WRENCH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH WAS LOCKED SPUN A GEAR CAUSING THE DRIVELIN E TO FALL 3

WHILE PREPARING3A ROLL OF TAPE BY CUTTING THE ROLL INTO SECTIONS EMP CUT INTO THE PALM OF HIS HAND WITH A POCKET KNIFE

WHILE MOVING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF GERMANIUM FILTER CAKE WITH A HAND TRUCK,THE HANDTRUCK SLIPPED CAUSING THE BARREL TO FALL TOWARDS EMPLOYEE WHEN GRABBING BARREL TO PREVENT IT FROM INJURING HIM RUPTURE WHEN GR5BBING BARREL TO PREVENT IT FROM INJURING HIM.RUPTURE OF ABOOMEN OCCURRED.EMPLOYEE WORKED UP UNTIL 19 SEPT 86,THE DATE FOR HIS SCHEDULED HERNIA SURGERY.

WHILE MOVING A 6ARREL, EMPLOYEE THUMB SLIPPED ON THE RIM. THE CUT WAS FROM THE SHARP EDGE WHICH CUT THROUGH A RUBBER GLOVE AND INTO HIS HAND.

WHILE POURING S2DIUM CHLORATE INTO A DISTILLATION VESSEL, THE CHLORATE REACTED WITH HCL H2SO4 LAT LEACH LIQUOR AND ERUTPED VIOLENTLY EMPLOYEE GOT SPRAYED AND BREATHED THE FUMES.

WHILE STADNING 2N A LEACH TANK EMPLOYEE BREATHED SULFUR DIOXIDE WHICH HAD ESCAPED INTO THE AIR.

WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS PERFORMING AN WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING AN EXPERIMENT IN A FUME HOOD REDUCTION OF A MIXTURE OCCURRED CAUSING ASCL3 (ARSENIC TRICHLORIDE) TO BE LIBERATED INTO THE AIR

CUTTING ANGLE L9NGTHWISE ON 2 X4 BOARD DROPPED PUSH STICK AND BLADE CUT FINGERTIP 2 STITCHES.

WHILE REMOVING 1VC MATERIAL FROM A POWER HOLE SAW, THE SAW ACCIDENTALY TURNED ON AND PUNCTURED HAND. THE INJURY WAS LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER. THE INJURY REQUIRE8 TWO OR THREE STICHES.

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM A PIPE RACK HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED FROM A STEEL CROSS SUPPORT CAUSING IMMEDIATE PAIN IN THE ANKLE AREA

WHILE WORKING ON THE FILTER PRESS THE FILTER PRESS GUARD FELL OVER ONTO HIS BACK.

WHILE WORKING ON A WALL, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST A STEEL TANK AND THEN FELL FURTHER TO THE CONCRETE BELOW ONTO HIS SHOLDER.

WHILE GRINDING THE TOOTH OF A BACKHOE BUCKET THESURFACE GRINDER FLIPPED BACK ONTO THE LEFT FORARM.

WHEN LOADING STEEL SETS ON A FLATBED TRUCK BY HAND A STEEL SET DROPPED ON THE MIDDLE FINGER OF THE RT HAND AND BROKE THE FINGER

WHILE UNLOADING FROM A PICKUP TRUCK SOME MATERIAL, EMPLOYEE FELL AND LANDED ON A CEMENT BLOCK.