El Paso Plant Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS BAGGING MATERIAL, WHEN HE TURNED HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK THAT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT. HIS ENTIRE LEFT SIDE STARTED TO HURT FROM THE WAIST UP, ARM.

EE WAS BAGGING 100 LBS. BAGS, WHEN TOOK THE BAG OFF THE MACHINE HE TURNED TO PLACE IT ON THE PALLET AND HIS RT. KNEE BUCKLED, CAUSING HIM TO HIT IT ON SOME OTHER PALLETS THAT WERE NEXT TO HIM.

EE CAME TO LOAD A TRUCK ON SATURDAY MORNING. HE WAS OPENING THE SLIDE DOOR TO THE STORAGE ROOM WHERE THE FORKLIFTS ARE KEPT AND IT SUDDENLY GOTSTUCK, CAUSING HIM TO JAM HIS SHOULDER ON THE DOOR.

EE FAINTED AT WORK. HE FAINTED WHILE WALKING AWAY FROM THE MILL AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. EE RECOVERED, SHOWERED AND DROVE HIMSELF HIME. LATER THAT SAME EVEING EE FELT WORSE AND WAS TAKEN TO TH E HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS DETERMINE THAT HE HAD SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK. EE WAS TREATED AND LATER RELEASED AND IS CURRENTLY RECOVERING AT HOME.

EE WAS BAGGING MATERIAL AT BAGGING STATION. EE PLACED LADDER AT UPRIGHT POSITION AGAINST BIN EE WAS STANDING ON LADDER DISLODGING MATERIAL WHEN LADDER MOVED SIDEWAYS CAUSING EE TO LOSE BALA NCE. EE REACHED OUT TO GRAB A HOLD OF BIN TO PREVENT FROM FALLING & STRUCK LEFT RIB CAGE AREA

EE WAS WORKING REPLACING MILL LINERS. WHILE REPLACING ONE OF THE LINERS HE PULL ON IT TOO HARD AND FELL BACKWARDS. LATER HE FELT A PAIN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RIB CAGE.

EE CLIMBED INTO #300 FEED HOPPER TO DISLODGE MATERIAL STUCK ON PLATFORM. EE SLIPPED, HITTING HIS LEFT RING FINGER ON A ROUGH EDGE IR JAGGED PIECE OF METAL AND CUT HIS FINGER.

EE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER WITH A WIRE CUP TO CLEAN A SECONDARY CONTAINMENT WALL WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT AROUND THE GASOLINE AND DIESEL TANKS WHEN IT STRUCK A ROCK AND BOUNCED BACK AGAINST HIS K NEE.

EE WAS EMPTYING A METAL BIN AND HAD TO HIT IT WITH A METAL BAR TO MAKE THE MATERIAL FLOW. ONE OF THE TIMES THAT HE HIT THE BIN, HE ALSO HIT HIS HAND ON AN ANGLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BIN. HE DI D NOT WISH TO GO TO A DR. AT THIS TIME. ON THE 21ST OF JANUARY HE SAID THAT HIS FINGER HAD SWOLLEN AND HE WAS SENT TO SEE A DR.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKIN DOWN SOME STAIRS WHICH ARE 8" X 24". ALTHOUGH HE WAS HOLDING TO A HANDRAIL, HE MISSED ONE STEP AND INJURED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS SHOP WHEN HE FELL. THE PLANT MANAGER NOTICED HIM WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO GHET UP & HE WENT OVER TO HIM & ASKED IF HE WAS ALL RIGHT. THE PLANT MANAGER NOTICED THAT THE EE WAS DAZED & AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED IMMEDIATELY. THE EE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.

EE HAD A RR CAR WHEEL LEANING AGAINST A TABLE AND WAS TAKING THE UNDERSIDE MEASUREMENTS WHEN THE WHEEL SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS HAND. CAUSED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE ON THE RIGHT RING FINGER, SMALL CUT ON THE LITTLE FINGER AND PALM. THE RIGHT FOREARM ALSO ABSORBED THE IMPACT CAUSING SWELLING ON IT AND ON THE RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRYINGN IRON PYRITE ORE AFTER BIN WAS FULL IT WAS TO BE EMPTIED ON CONCRETE FLOOR TO FEED #2 SCREENHOPPER INSTEAD EMPLOYEE EMPTIED DIRECTLY INTO HOPPER WITH EMPLOYEE INSIDE HOPPER EMPLOYEE OPENED BOTTOM GATE TO BIN CAUSING THE HOTORE TO CREATE 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH THE RT & LEFT CALF & ANKLES

EMPLOYEES SHIFT WAS OVER FOR THE DAY AND THEY WERE LOCKING THE SHOWER DOORS. RAFAEL GO TO CLOSE TO SIDEWALK CURB AND LOST HIS BALANCE, TWISTING HIS RIGHT FOOT AND FALLING TO FLOOR.

INJURED WAS CLEANING WEEDS AROUND THE 400 PLANT AREA USING A SHOVEL.ONE OF THE TIMES THAT HE WENT TO STICK THE SHOVEL IN THE GROUND HE HIT A ROCK WHICH WAS BURIED IN THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS WRIST.

EE WAS BAGGING SOME MATERIAL AT THE 400 PLANT AND USUALLY USES A RUBBER MALLET TO HIT A METAL BOX WHICH IS LOCATED ABOVE THE BAGGING MACHINE. ONE OF THE TIMES THAT HE WENT TO HIT THE BOX WITH THE MALLET, HE HIT THE BOX WITH HIS HAND AND CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

I NAME WAS T AKING MATERIAL OUT OF ONE BIN TO ANOTHER HE STATES THAT HE HAD PLACED THE TOP BIN WITH PART OF THE LEG HALFWAY OVER THE LOWER & WHEN THE MATERIAL STARTED TO EMPTY FROM THE TOP BIN THE WEIGHT OF THE MATERIAL WHICH WAS ON THE FRONT END CAUSED IT TO FALL EXTENT OF INJURY UNKNOWN A FLO-BIN IS A MET AL CONTAINER USED FOR STORAGE FINISHED PRODUCT 4FTX4FTX4FT

HE WAS CLEANING THE TANK ON THE AIR SEPARATOR. WHEN HE FINISHED AND WENT TO GET OUT OF THE TANK HE FELT A SHARP PAIN ON THE SOLE OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

UNLOADING MATERIAL PULLED FORM RAIL CAR TURNED STEERING WHEEL TOO MUCH HIT CURB WHEEL CAUGHT HAND

SHIFT FOR THE DAY WAS OVER AND HE WAS SHOWERING. HE SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER ROOM AND FELL BACKWARDS RESULTING IN A CUT ON BACK OF SCALP.

INJURED HAD BEEN WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE USING SULFURIC ACID, DURING WHICH TIME HE HAS BEEN WARING HIS SAFETY GOGGLES. UPON COMPLETION EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTING THE EXCESS ACID BACK INTO THE BARREL AND INJURED REMOVED HIS GOGGLES BECAUSE THEY HAD GOTTEN CAUGHT AND THE GLASS WAS COMING OUT. HE THEN WENT OVER TO WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF ACID SPATTER AND GOT

EMPL WAS ON CROSSOVER LADDER WHEN HE LOOKED BACKTO CHECK OPERATION OF PLANT & STUCK LEG BETWEEN STEPS. HE HIT LEFT SHIN ON STEPS CAUSING BRUISES & SWELLING.

I,NAME WAS ON HIS WAY TO GREASE PLANT #500 SCREEN ELEVATOR WHEN HE STEPPED ON A BOARD WITH A PROTRUDING NAIL.

THE INJURED WAS3HELPING THE PLANT OPERATOR TO CHANGE SCREENS ON THE CRUSHING PLANT.IN ORDER TO DO THIS HE HAD TO PULL THE SCREEN FROM THE TOP AND (NAME) HAS TO PUSH FROM THE BOTTOM.IN DOING SO HE WALKED BACK3INTO THE GUARD RAIL AROUND THE HOPPER OPENING HITTING THE BACK.BRUISED RIGHT RINBS LOWER.

I NAME WAS HELP3NG I NAME THE PLANT OPERATOR, TO CHANGE SCREENS ON THE #3 ECCENTRIC SCREEN IN ORDER TO SECURE THE SCREENS WEDGES HAVE TO BE USED ON THE SIDES WHILE PUTTING ON THE WEDGES HE S STRUCK HIS LEFT3INDEX FINGER WITH A HAMMER

I,NAME WAS SENT3TO COVER THE CHROMITE STOCKPILE WITH TARPS AND TO USE PALLETS AS WEIGHTS TO HOLD DOWN THE TARP. ONE OF THE TIMES THAT HE WENT TO PLACE A PALLET ON THE TARP HE TURNED AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN H3S BACK.

I.NAME & I.NAME3THE OPERATOR WERE FILLING SUPER SACKS AFTER HAVING FINISHED FILLING ON UP HE WENT TO GET ON FORKLIFT.WHEN HE JUMPED TO GET ON,HE HIT HEAD ON ROLLOVER BAR CAUSING SHARP PAIN DOW N HIS NECK AND 5EFT SHOULDER BLADE.I.NAME DIDNT REPORT THIS UNTIL 11-20 WHEN IT STARTED TO BOTHER HIM.WENT TO DR 11-25-85.

I.NAME AND OPERATOR SENT UP TO 500 PLANT TO CLEAN PIT NEXT TO ELEVATOR.LADDER IS LOCATED RIGHT BESIDE ELEVATOR AND WHILE GOING DOWN THE LADDER,I.NAME HIT RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST ELEVATOR.

FLO BINS AREA 3X3X5 METAL CONTAINERS USED TO STORE THE FINISHED. ALL FLO BINS MUST BE CLEANED BEFORE AND AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN FILLED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INSIDE THE FLO BIN TO CLEAN IT, W HILE DOING SO HE SLIPPED AND PUT OUT HIS RIGHT HAND TO BREAK THE FALL.

EMPLOYEE AND THE WELDER WERE GETTING READY TO SECURE FROM THEIR SHIFT. THE WELDER DROVE THE FRONT END LOADER BACK TO WHERE THE WELDING MACHINE WAS, AS THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOOK UP THE PORTA BLE WELDING MACHINE HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK AND DOWN HIS LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING A SAMPLE FROM FLO-BIN, AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN TWO OF THEM.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LOAD A BOX CAR WITH MATERIAL STORED IN FLO-BINS FLO-BINS ARE SQUARE MEATAL CONTAINERS WHICH MEASURE 3X3X5 WITH A SLIDING DOOR ON THE BOTTOM FOR UNLOADING EMPLYOEE WAS USING THE PIPE AND A SMALL CHAIN TO OPEN THE DOOR THE DOOR OPENED VERY EASILY CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIMSELF ON THE RT KNEE

EMPL BAGGING BR-1 MATERIAL.BAGS USED FOR THIS MATERIAL HAVE TO BE MARKED.WHILE DOING THIS HE PLACED GEAR ON TOP OF BAGS SO WIND WOULDNT BLOW THEM AWAY.GEAR FELL OFF BAGS AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT.EMPL SAFETY SHOES DONT HAVE METATARSAL GUARD.

REPLACING FLAT TIRE ON FORKLIFT WHEN EMP WAS REPLACING TIRE ON FORKLIFT HE SET IT IN WRONG AS HE WENT TO PULL IT OUT AGAIN HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK

EE WAS SWEEPING PLANT AREA. EE WALKED BACKED INTO LADDER HITTING SIDE OF BACK ON LADDER HANDRAIL. EE NEVER REPORTED ACCIDENT UNTIL JUNE 14,1984 BECAUSE HE SAID THE HIS SIDE WAS HURTING HIM AG AIN.

EMP WAS UNLOADING ORE FROM RAIL BOXCAR - BUCKET FROM BOBCAT LOADER HIT AN OBJECT PROTRUDING FROM RAIL FLOOR CAUSING BOBCAT TO JERK FORWARD IMPACT WAS EFFECT ON EMPLOY BOBCAT LOADER HIT AN OBJE T ON EMPLOYEES BACK

GOT ON 2 STEP STOOL TO TAKE SAMPLE.GETTING OFF,STOOL MOVED CAUSING EMPL TO TWIST FOOT.