Fairwater Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Faulty regulator on vaporizer caused gas to leak into the vaporizer unit. When the vaporizer ignited, it caused the gas to ignite and blow the cover off the top of the unit.

Associate was cutting a rubber hose and knife slipped and cut palm on left hand. 1 cm laceration to left palm. Received stitches and tetanus shot.

Unlatching door on D6 Dozer to get side compartment off; Needed to refill hydraulics after a service; machine was on 12" blocks, not ground level - Reaching pulled neck muscles.

Associate was diagnosed with Silicosis. The ILO Rating the diagnosis was based on is 1/1. The company is waiting for the official diagnosis paperwork from the doctor.

Miner was walking along the railroad track when EE stepped into a depression. Stated EE felt intense pain in the left knee and heard a loud pop. Sought medical treatment on 08/16/2018 and was placed on restrictions.

Miner slammed the right index finger in a truck door resulting in a swollen finger. Miner sought medical treatment on 7/31/2018 for traumatic hematoma. Miner had a procedure done on 8/3/2018 for a cyst removal.

While descending the 972K loader, the miner missed the last step. EE's hand slipped off rail causing a fall on left shoulder. Refused to be taken to hospital and went home. EE said would see the doctor from home. On April 13, 2018 miner had rotator cuff surgery.

On 12/1/2017, miner told coach that EE went to the doctor for tennis elbow. Miner commented it was from splitting sand in the dry lab. Miner was given options to do therapy or go on Worker's Compensation and EE elected therapy and kept working. On 1/15/2018, miner was given a hand brace with restrictions.

Associate was washing his dump truck with a water hose and brush. Bent or twisted wrong and felt a pain in his lower back.

Associate was bolting two 8" plastic pipes together and they were pinched together but slid apart and struck the associate in the lower leg knee area.

Associate was positioning hoses on top of a railcar to load the car with sand. After the associate got the hoses into the railcar he stood up and noticed a burning and pulling feeling in his groin area.

Associate was in the main office break room putting his lunch bucket in the refrigerator. As he bent over, he felt a pain in his lower back.

Employee slipped when climbing up on to a flatbed pick-up truck

Associate was lifting a barrel of grease from company service vehicle when he felt pain in his upper back.

Associate was sitting in a chair in the jet shack. When beginning to stand up, the associate indicated he was unable to stand up as his lower back was hurting. Associate did not hear or feel any "pop" in his back, but felt pain. Associate was sitting for a couple hours prior to standing up or getting out of the chair.

An associate was working at the Mobile Equipment Shop, changing out the waste oil tote (platic tote in a cage) when he cut his left hand resulting in medical attention (6 sutures). The associate used his left fist to pound an aluminum tag from the tote cage and was not wearing gloves.

EE was cleaning the north cooler with a ompressed air tool. EE inserted the tool into a cooler tube and when the tube reached the bottom of insertion, the EE's finger got pinched between a 90 degree union and the seal block. The EE was not wearing gloves at the time of the incident. The injury to his right hand pointer finger required four stitches.

The 345D excavator was low on hydraulic oil and needed to be topped off. While attempting to remove the Hyd. oil cap (which was on very tight) with a ratchet wrench the ratchet wrench malunctioned. The momentum of the slipped wrench caused the associate to fall backwards to the ground on a rocky surface. This resulted in the asociate breaking the bone in his left arm

WHILE TURNING THE HANDLE TO CRANK UP HIS ROLL TARP THE HANDLE CAME OFF UNEXPECTEDLY AND EE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE OF HIS DUMP TRUCK.

ASSOCIATES WERE PRYING ON A BEARING IN AN ATTEMPT TO MOVE IT FAR ENOUGH ALONG SHAFT GOT GET A PULLER ON IT. WHILE PRYING THE BEARING MOVED FUTHER THAN EXPECTED & THE ASSOCIATES RIGHT LITTLE FI NGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BAR (LEVER) & ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL

CUSTOMER DRIVER CAME IN THE SCALE OFFICE FOR HIS PAPERWORK. DRIVER TOLD SCALE OPERATOR HE FELL ON THE SCENE." DRIVER WAS INSTRUCTED TO COMPLETE AN ACCIDENT REPORT. DRIVER SAID HE SAID HE CA LLED HIS BOSS, AND "THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT ON THEIR END." DRIVER RECEIVED PAPERWORK AND LEFT.

WHEN ADJUSTING A BAG GUIDE FENCE ON PALLETIZER, THE ADJUSTMENT BOLT WAS LOSSENED WITH RIGHT HANDHOLDING FENCE WITH LEFT HAND. FENCE SWUNG CAUSING A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER Y

EE-THE PERSON WAS CUTTING 10" STEEL PIPE-AFTER PIPE WAS CUT HALF WAY THROUGH-HOOKED CHAIN TO PIPE TO ROLL PIPE OVER. PERSON WALKED OVER TO FINISH CUT AND SLIPPED ON PIPE AND TWISTED KNEE AND S TUMPED INTO ANOTHER PIPE CAUSING CNT IN SHIN-1STAID AT TIME OF ACCIDENT-NO MEDICAL ATTENTION NOTE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN JULY BUT MAN RECEIVED RESTRICTED DUTY-11-11-98.

WHEN HELPING CHANGE V-BELT FOR PUMP, PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN PULLEYS AND BELT.

WHILE OPENING THE BOTTOM DOOR OF A RAIL CAR FOR CLEANING THE BAR USED TO OPEN THE DOOR SLIPPED AND HIT LEFT KNEE CAUSING A DEEP BRUISE.

WHILE MOVING A HOSE USED TO LOAD RAILCARS THE ASSOCIATE CUT HIS TWO MIDLE FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND ON A SHARP EDGE OF THE HOSE STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

CATWALK NOT FASTENED TO STRUCTURE. AS ASSOCIATE STEPPED ON CATWALK IT SLID OUT FROM UNDERNEATH CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX 10 FT. AS HE FELL, TAPE MEASURE RAN THROUGH HIS HAND CUTTING HIS FINGE R. AREA IN UNDER NEW CONSTRUCTION.

CELLULITIS (INFECTION IN THE FINGER). EE NOTICEDA CALLEOUS ON HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HANDFOR 2 MONTHS. ON 4-14-97 WHILE OPENING THE TOP COVER OF A RAILCAR EE FELT PAIN IN THIS FINGER.

EE PINCHED AND CUT HIS LEFT RING FINGER AGAINST A REAR DRIVESHAFT GUARD AND DRIVESHAFT OF A 966 CAT. FRONT END LOADER. THIS PLACED 17 STITICHES TO HIS LEFT RING FINGER.

EE WAS FLUSHIGN SAND OUT OF A 8" PIP EWHICH WAS PLUGGED UP. HE FLUSHED APPROX 10' OF MATERIAL OUT. HE FELT HE NEEDED MORE PRESSURE ON THE 1.5 : HOSE HE WAS USING, SO HE LEFT THE HOSE IN THE 8" PIPE ABOUT 10'. HE OPENED TH EWATER VALUE TOAPPROX 80 PSI, HE STEPPED TOWARDS THE 8" PIPE, THE HOSE REJECTED BACKWARDS OUT OF THE PIPE HIHTTIN GEE IN THE MOUTH.

INJURED WAS AT THE FAIRWATER PLANT TO GET A LOAD OF SAND.HE WAS CLIMBING UP A 5' TO 6' LADDER TO A CATWALK (GUARDED WORK PLATFORM) TO THE LOADING CONTROLS.HE FELT A POP OR PAIN BETWEEN HIS SHO ULDERS AND THEN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.HE WAS FOLLOWING PROPER CLIMBING PROCEDURES BY USING THE STAND 3PT CONTACT AND HE WAS TAKING HIS TIME.

THE RED STREAK WAS FIRST NOTICED AT SCHOOL BEFORE WORK STARTED THE RED STREA RAN FROM HIS CENTER FINGER TO APPROX 3" PAST HIS LEFT WRIST, THEN AT AN 90 ANGLE TO THE OUTSIDE OF HIS ARM. THE STR EAK WAS ONT EH BACK SIDE OF HIS ARM.

WHILE HE WAS REPOSITIONING A SEGREGATION HOSE ON A BLENDING STORAGE TANK, HE REACHED OVERHEAD FROM A LADDER TO SECURE THE HOSE HE FELT A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK AND WHILE SHOVELING UP THE DUM PED SAND THE PAIN INCREASED IN HIS LOWER BACK.

HE FELT DISCOMFORT WHILE OPERATING OUR 966 CAT LOADER. THE SEAT WAS IN WORKING ORDER AND HE DID NOT SLIP, TRIP OR FALL, OR OVEREXERT HIMSELF IN ANY WAY HE REVEALED TO US.

WHILEL REMOVING A 950-F CAT FRONT-END LOADER ENGINE COVER/HOOD FOR REPAIRS, TWO PERSONS HANDED IT TO EE, WHICH WAS ON A LEVEL SURFACE. HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN TO HIS GROING AREA, IT WEIGH TED APPROX 50#

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING THE WINDSHIELD OF A 966F CAT FRONT-END LOADER, HE CROSSED OVER THE TOP OF THE CENTER LOADER BUCKET RAM TO GET FROM ONE SIDE OF THE LOADER TO THE OTHER. HE SLIPPED & FELL APPROX 2' ONTO HIS SIDE & BACK. HE FELL ON RT LOADER BUCKET ARM & FENDER.

ASSISTING IN RELOCATING A FLATBED SEMI TRAILER WITH 40' X 6" DIAMETER BLACK, PLASTIC PIPE. [RELOCATION FOR STORAGE PURPOSES] WHILE EE'S WERE ROLLING OFF THE 40' SECTIONS OF PIPE ONTO THE GROUN D, ONE SECTION OF PIPE BOUNCED BACK & HIT INJURED'S HANDS, BREAKING HIS RIGHT THUMB. INJURED WASON THE GROUND AND OTHER EE WAS ON THE TRAILER.

AS HE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A 4" GRINDER, THE GRINDER KICKED BACK AND CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. HE HAD TO HAVE 5 STITCHES.

INJURED WAS STANDING ON THE BOTTOM STEP OF A LADDER HEATING A 1/2 ROD, AS HE STEPPED OFF THE LADDER HE ACCIDENTLY RAN THE CUTTING TORCH OXYGEN/ACETYLENE.

PREPARING TO PUT PURLINS ON AND KNEE POPPED OUT OF JOINT.

EE WAS ON TOP OF A RAIL CAR. HE HAD JUST KNELT DOWN OPEDED THE RAIL CAR COVER STOOD UP & TOOK ONE STEP STRAIGHT AHEAD. HE THEN FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS WAY TO SERVICE A ROTEX SCREEN IN THE SCREEN HOUSE & BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE DUST COLLECTION PIPE. NOTE: WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR MORE THAN ONE TIME!

EE HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE SHIFT LEVER COLUMN OF A TS14C TEREX SCRAPER DUREING AN OVERBURNEN REMOVAL PROJECT ON SEPT. 23, 1992 IRRIATATING A PREVIOUS INJURY THAT HE RECEIVED IN APRIL 1992.

SLIPPED ON WET SLIPPERY SURFACE OF THE TRACK AND LIGAMENT TEAR TO R KNEE

AS EE ATTEMPTED TO PLACE A 50# BAG OF SAND ONTO A PALLET, HE FELT HIS LEFT KNEE POP OUT OF POSITION AND PAIN BEHIND HIS KNEE. HE WORKED FOR 5 WEEKS AND HIS KNEE CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM, NOW SU RGERY IS NEEDED.

MOVING THE BULKHEAD IN RAILCAR THE BOTTOM WAS WINGING TOWARDS ME. IT HOOKED THE END OF MY STEEL TOE SHOE AND ROLLED IT UP AND BACK FORCING THE STEEL IN THE SHOE TO CUT MY TOES.

EE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER AND HOLDING A 40 LBS PIECE OF SHEET STEEL, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WENT TO THE DR AND WAS OFF 2 DAYS OF WORK. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 9-12-91 WITH WORK RE STRICTION FOR 2 DAYS.

AS I NAME WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DISASSEDMBLING A METAL CEMENT FORM ON A FIVEFOOT REFRACTOR THE FORM RELEASED & THE EDGE OF THE FORM CUT I NAME RT EAR CAUSING SIX STITCHES

HE AND CO-WORKER WERE STANDING NEAR A BEAMED 8' LEDGE DISCUSSING WORK PROCEDURES FOR THEIR SHIFT FOR APPROX. 5 MINS. AS THEY TURNED AWAY FROM THE LEDGE, THE BANK GAVE WAY DROPPING HIM 8 FEET, STRAINING AND SPRAINING HIS RIGHT FOOT.

WHILE INJURED WAS REPOSITIONING OUR PORTABLE SAND RAI. CONVEYOR HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE GROIN AREA.IT TURNED OUT TO BE A HERNIA.DATE OF NOTIFICATION 07-06-90,FOR OUT PATIENT SUR GERY 07-12-90,LAST DAY OF WORK TO BE 07-11-90.OFF WORK APPROXIMATELY 5 WEEKS.

EMPL WAS DELIVERING MAIL TO OUR FAIRWATER PLANT DAILY TASK. AS HE WAS WALKING THROUGH ENTRANCE DOOR STRONG WINDS BLEW DOOR SHUT STRIKING LEFT ELBOW.

GREASING BEARINGS IN OUR DRY PLANT SLIPPED ON PC OF ANGLE IRON CUTTING LEG. 3 STITCHES.

WE WERE CHANGING A SHEAVE ON THE TOP MOTOR ON THE PRODUCT TANK. A PIPE WAS USED TO HOLD THE MOTOR UP WHILE I,NAME WAS ADJUSTING A 2 1/2" NUT ON THE MOTOR TIGHTER. THE PIPE SLIPPED AND THE MOTO R MOUNT PLATE FELL DOWN PINCHING AND MAKING A LACERATION TO HIS PALM BELOW HIS LITTLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

IT WAS RAINING AND THE WATER WASHED OUT UNDER THE JET SHACK WORK STATION, CAUSING IT TO TIP. HE GRABBED FOR THE DOOR WHEN BOTH HIS CHAIR AND STOVE DOOR SMASHED INTO THE METAL GARBAGE CAN AND T HE METAL DOOR CASING.

DRILLING HOLES 3N A CONTROL BOX IN A BENT POSITION EMPLOYEE INDICATED LATER THAT HE HAD A SORE BACK FROM LONG CAR RIDE TO ILLINOIS AND BACK

THE CONTRACTORS WORKER I NAME WAS REMOVING A BUCKET FROM A SKID LOADER WHEN HIS CO WORKER TIPPED THE BUCKET TO UNHOOK HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS PINCHED CAUSING A CUT

I.NAME OPERATING FRONT END LOADER,SPRAY OF WATER FROM MONITOR HIT STONES BY SLURRY BOX WHICH BOUNCED OFF INTO LOADER WINDSHIELD KNOCKING IT OUT.SUTURES.

I,NAME WAS HOLDING I-BEAMS IN PLACE FOR SPOT WELDING FOR ANOTHER WELDER DURING THE MORNING OF SU AUG. 20TH, 1984. I,NAME RECEIVED SOME WELDING FLASH DURING THIS PERIOD TO BOTH EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING INTO AN OVERHEAD I-BEAM WITH AN ELECTRICAL DRILL. A PIECE OF METAL SHAVING FLEW OUT OF THE DRILL INTO THE LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WTSAFETY GLASSES W GLASSES WITH NO SIDE SHIELDS.

EMPLOYES WERE MOVING SLURRY BOX OUT OF SUMP HOLE WHEN THE 8" PLASTIC PIPE BECAME CAUGHT ON SLURRY PUMP. TIM ASTRACH THEN TRIED TO DISLODGE PIPE WHEN AIT BROKE STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST AND KNO CKING HIM TO THE GROUND. THE SLURRY BOX WAS BEING MOVED WITH A RUBBER TIRED DOZER.