Crawfordsville Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Employee descended the stairs and stepped to the ground, turned, stepped on ice, fell extending his left hand to grab the handrail. He instead struck a crusher wear liner laying on the ground lacerating the palm of his left hand. He was wearing all required ppe including leather gloves. He received 5 inner and 14 outer sutures.

This person is NOT an employee of Crawfordsville.He is a truck driver for A&C Trucking.The driveway was paved over weekend,the stairs to the scalehouse had been removed. Trk Driver had stacked 2 blocks in front of the door. When trk driver went out the door, he missed the step, fell on his left elbow. Had swelling-pain. Received a sling,was restricted, returned to work sameday

EE alleges he fell off a front end loader on 10/27/10 sustaining multiple injuries including a closed head injury during his course of employment. EE did not report this on date of alleged injury. There were no witnesses. Supervisor denies there was an injury. Employee filed application for adjustment of claim on 1/5/11. Employee was terminated on 11/1/10 for attendance issue.

Employee was taking the bucket teeth off of the dragline bucket. He was using a hammer to dislodge the bucket tooth when a piece of steel from the tooth chipped off and went into employee's right thigh. The piece of steel was embedded in his leg and he has to have surgery to have the piece of steel removed.

Employee was fueling the fuel truck from the stationary fuel tank when he stepped from the block wall into the truck and slipped and hit his right leg. Thought he would be o.k. A few days later his leg started to swell. He had received a hematoma/contusion to his right lower leg.

EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO NAIL A BOARD & HIT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. EE RECEIVED A CONTUSION (SUB-INGUINAL HEMATOMA) & HAD TO HAVE THE PRESSURE RELEASED.

AIRLINE FROZE ON THE CRANE. EE TOOK THE AIRLINES APART. ICE CAME OUT OF THE LINES AND HIT EE IN THE FACE AND ARM. EE S FACE WAS CUT AND SCRATCHED. HE WENT HOME, THOUGHT HE WOULD BE D.K. LATER HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE & WENT TO AN EYE DR HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR HIS EYE.

EE HAD BEEN WELDING ALL DAY 8 HOUSRS HE HAD HIS FACE SHIELD ON. THE NEXT MORNING EE COULD HARDLY SEENOR OPEN HIS EYES. HE WENT TO HOSPITAL AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH WELDING BURNS. HE WAS OFF WORK ONE DAY.

EE WAS GETTING OFF A LOADER & BUMPED HIS HEAD ONTHE MIRROR BRACKET HE CUT HIS FOREHEAD ABOVE HISRIGHT EYE. STITCHES WERE REQURIED

EE WAS HAMMERING ON THE BUCKET OF A LOADER TO CHANGE THE TEETH & A CHIP OF STEEL BROKE & FLEW OFF HITTING EE IN HIS LEG. SEVEN STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS WORKING AROUND THE WASH PLANT SHOVELING & CLEANING WHEN THE WIND BLEW SAND IN HIS LEFT EYE. CO WAS NOT AWARE THE INJURY WAS WORK RELATED UNTIL SUPERVISIOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THE MEDICAL BI LL ON 5-5-97.

EMPLOYEE WAS FASTENING A CABLE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE CALBLE WEDGE SOCKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PUT A DRILL BIT INTO THE GROUND. THE BIT WOULD NOT GO INTO THE GROUND. THE BIT WAS RETRACTED AND BECAME CAUGHT ON THE TRUCK. THE PRESSURE CAUSED THE BIT TO SWING OUT. A S THE BIT SWUNG OUT, EMPLOYEE WAS HIT ON THE FOREHEAD. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE SAME AREA AS A WELDER. AND EMPLOYEE'S EYES WERE BURNED FROM THE WELDING FLASHES.

WHILE OPERATING THE DRAGLINE, EE CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE FAN THAT COOLS THE CAB FOR THE OPERATOR. EE HAD REACHED UP TO ADJUST THE FAN.

EMPLOYEE DOUBLED OVER IN PAIN ON 05-2 5-94 HE TOLD SUPERVISOR HE FELT SOMETHING LIKE A BEE STING EMPLOYEE TOLD SUPERVISOR HE THOUGHT HE INJURED HIMSELF WHEN HE & SUPERVISOR WAS LIFTING AN ENGI NE HEAD ON 05-12-94 (ABOUT 2WEEKS AGO) HE IS TO HAVE SURGERY ON 06-03-94SUPERVISOR KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL 05-2 5-94