Eagle Mills Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Beating on bucket teeth with a hammer in order to loosen for rotation. Piece of metal sheared off of bucket teeth and hit mechanic in upper left arm. Metal was lodged in arm and had to be removed.

Ignition switch on pump engine not working properly. EE tried to turn crankshaft to get flywheel & starter in time. He grabbed fan with l. hand & pushed fan belt in with r. hand. The engine started with key in off position & pulled his r. hand fingers (index & middle) in between fan belt & crankshaft pulley. Severed fingers (index: middle phalange; middle: distal phalange).

CLean-up--Picking up scrap iron also lifted old bearing housing. Acute muscle strain-left lower back.

Employee while splicing belt (BC2) climbed onto cage being used as a tool platform and proceeded to walk to the edge. The platform became unbalanced and fell 7 - 8 ' with employee on top, to the ground. Employee suffered injuries and was treated on 9-21-05 thru 9-24-05.

Ee was cutting on old splice out of belt-holding the belt with his left hand to steady the belt-knife slipped and cut his wrist.

TURNING BOAT OVER TO EMPTY WATER OUT.

EE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK WHILE REPORTEDLY MOUNTING FRONT END LOADER PROPERLY.

RAIL CAR DE RAILED EE WAS USING FROGS TOOL TO PUT CAR BACK ON TRACK-REPORTED ON 1-11-02 EE EXPRESSED THE NEED TO SEE DR THE DR REFERRED HIM TO A SURGEON-THE SURGEON WAS SEEN ON 2-5-02. HE CONF IRMED HERNIA.

EE WAS LEAVING SAFETY MEETING RETURNING TO THE LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HE WALKED INTO A STEEL BEAM LOCATED UNDER PLANT RESULTING IN LOOSING 4 TEETH.

LETTING COUNTER WEIGHTS DOWN ON 4500 DRAGLINE COUNTER WEIGHTS FELL OFF BEAM BEAM SWUNG BACK HIT EMPLOYEE JAMMED ARMS BRUISED CHEST

OBSERVING LETTING COUNTER WEIGHTS DOWN FROM DRAGLINE FELL WHILE BEING LOWERED BEAM HIT EMPLOYEE BREAKING RIGHT ARM

EMPLOYEE ALLETES HE SLIPPED & FELL ON METAL STEPS ON DRAGLINE EMPLOYE RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT EMPLOYEE ALLEGED FALL WAS NOT REPORTE TO MANAGEMENT AS A FALL UNTIL 08-11-95

CHANGING SCREEN IN SHAKER DECK,SHAKER DECK WAS WET. SLIPPED & FELL THROUGH WET SHAKER DECK. BRUISED LOWER BACK, LEFT WRIST AND LEFT KNEE.

CHANGING SHAKER BEARING, HAD TO TORQUE BOLTS AT 450 FT LBS. OVERHEAD.

USING HAMMER AND HOLE PUNCH TO REPAIR WIPER HAMMER HEAD CAME OFF HAMMER HANDLE HITTING LEFT LITTLE FINGER LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS CRUSHED AND FINGERNAIL HAD TO BE REMOVED.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE CABLE PULLERS AFTER COMPLETING A BELT SPLICE. HANDLE BROKE WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS TRIPPING PULLER DOG.THIS REACTION PINNED LEFT THUMB IN PULLER CAUSING FRACTURE.

I.NAME OBSERVING CHANGING OF DRAGLINE CABLE AT 90 DEG ANGLE.FELLOW EMPL STRUCK DRAG ROPE WEDGE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER CAUSING METAL FRAGMENT TO CHIP FROM WEDGE.METAL FRAGMENT FLEW 15' STRIKING I.N AME IN NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A BOARD TO ANCHOR A RUBBER FLAP ON A VIBRATING SCREEN TO WHICH HE WAS WORKING. A GUST OF WIND MOVED THE RUBBER FLAP CAUSING THE BOARD TO FALL AND STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE ON BACK OF HEAD. THIS 9ESULTED IN 1 1/2 INCH LACERATION TO SCALP.

EUCLID WAS BEIN1 USED TO RAISE HEIGHT OF LEVY. OP DUMPED LOAD & AS TRAILER WHEEL ELEVATED OVER DIRT THE COMBINATION OF INCREASED ELEVATION & SLIGHT DEGREE OF INCLINE OVER TURNED THE T RAILE R WHICH IN CHAI3 REACTION OVERTURNED THE TRACTOR. OPERATOR'S ANKLE WAS FRACTURED & FOOT INJURED.

PUTTING TIRE ON EUCLID HAUL UNIT. DOCTOR DID NOT RECOMMEND ANY RESTRICTION.

DRIVING EUCLID, DUMPED LOAD, GATES CAUGHT ON STUMP, BROUGHT EUCLID TO A SUDDEN STOP, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT HEAD. NO PEREMENT DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT.

HELPING TO PUT ON CONVEYOR BELT. WAS PULLING ON BELT AND HAD SOME ABDOMINAL PAIN. NO DAMAGE AND NO IMPAIRMENT. PULLED STOMACH MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HAND GRINDER AND THE GRINDER SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT LEG. RELAGGING HEAD PULLEY. SMALL CUT AND NO BAD DAMAGE NOIMPAIRMENT.

CUTTING PIPE WITH CUTTING TORCH, PIPE FELL AND KNOCKED EMPLOYEE OVER ON THE HOT PART OF THE PIPE. BURNED LEFT LEG AND BACKSIDE. NO PERMENANT DAMAGE OR NO IMPAIRMENT.

EMP WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP STEP LADDER WHEN SOMETHING PULLED IN H IS BACK