Haydite Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Maintenance employee was replacing a skirt rubber on a chute above the main feed belt. The employee did not Lock Out the feed belt and while working on the chute a piece of metal fell onto the moving belt, the employee tried to grab the metal and caught his right arm between the belt and belt cover. The employee sustained a fracture to his right wrist and forearm.

A maintenance employee was reworking rubber belting in the finish screen tower when a spark caused the belting to catch fire - The employee utilized a Fire Extinguisher and was unable to put out the Fire - The local Fire Department was called and put out the fire. There were no injuries due to the Fire.

Shoveling around elevator area.

Felt sweaty, shaky and lost consciousness.

FAINTING AND DEHYDRATION DUE TO HEAT EXHAUSTION

HANDING BRICK TO BRICKLAYERS. DID NOT GO FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 03/02/05.

UNDER BAGHOUSE, TRIED TO CATCH THE AUGER COVER FROM FALLING INTO DUST, SLIPPED OFF LADDER.

CLINKER CRUSHER PLUGGED UP, EE RAN TO SHUT IT OFF, SLIPPED IN A HOLE, TWISTED KNEE.

JACK HAMMERING IN COOLER, A PIECE OF CONCRETE FELL ON HIS RT. FOOT.

AGGRAVATION OF PREVIOUS BACK INJURY DUE TO NO TREATMENT FOR 3 1/2 MONTHS.

SHIFTING SUPERSACK OF SODIUM BICARB ON HOLDER ABOVE ROTARY FEEDER LEFT TO RIGHT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN ABDOMEN.

BENDING OVER SHOVELING, THIS IS A REOCCURENCE FROM HIS 8-13-02 INJURY. PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

DRIVING THE 972 CAT LOADER, RAN INTO A POTHOLE GOING 5 MPH. INJURED LOWER BACK.

HAMMERING LOCK NUT OFF A BEARING WITH A CHISEL AND HAMMER. HAND SLIPPED CUTTING HIS 5TH FINGER. RECEIVED 4 STITCHES.

OPENED ELECTRICAL CABINET WITH POWER ON, PUSHED RE-SET BUTTON, FINGER SLIPPED OFF AND TOUCHED 240 VOLT LIVE WIRE.

CHANGING PULLEY ON MOTOR, GLOVE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELTS PULLING RIGHT HAND. RECEIVED STITCHES.

CHANGING SCREENS INSIDE OF SCREEN DECK, TWISTED WRONG WAY WHILE PUSHING SIDES OF NEW SCREEN.

CARRYING A PUMP, HIS RIGHT ARM STARTED HURTING.

REMOVING SCREENS- HAND WAS BETWEEN SCREEN AND WALL. SOMEONE PULLED SCREEN, PUSHED IT AGAINST HAND- CUT FINGER- RECEIVED STITCHES.

SLIPPED WHILE SHOVELING, TWISTED LOWER BACK.

PULLING CHUNK FROM HIGHWALL IN HOPPER WHEN A CHUNK FROM THE TOP STRUCK SIDE OF HEAD, HIT RIGHT SHOULDER & LANDED ON RIGHT FOOT.

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN EXCAVATOR TO CLEAN TRACKS, FOOT SLIPPED & EE CAUGHT HIMSELF FROM FALLING WITH HIS LEFT ARM. FELT ARM TIGHTEN UP & PAIN IN THE ARM.

SAWING THROUGH A PIPE, METAL SLIVER WENT INTO RIGHT EYE.

MOVING BRICK OUT OF KILN, BENDING OVER WHEN BACK WENT OUT. THIS IS AN OLD INJURY FROM 1-11-96.

NO ACCIDENT TO REPORT-ELBOW TENDONITIS. THIS IS A REACTIVATION OF A PREVIOUSLY REPORTED INJURY (2-16-95).

PUTTING BOARD UNDER GEAR, FINGER GOT CAUGHT RECEIVED STITCHES.

GETTING DOWN OFF GROVE HE SLIPPED ON STEPS THAT HAD OIL ON THEM. HIS BACK HAD BEEN BOTHERING HIMFOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE SLIPPING DUE TO PREVIOUS CLAIM #93-34381.

WORKING ON KILN, PIECE OF METAL FELL ON HAND, RECEIVED STITCHES.

SHOVELING UNDER BX SCREEN DECK. SCREEN SHUT OFF AND STARTED TO OVERFLOW. TRIED TO RUN OUT OF THE WAY OF FALLING MATERIAL WHEN STURCK A BEAM WITH HIS BACK.

CLIMBING LADDER, SLID OUT FROM UDNER AND FELL ABOUT 15' TO CEMENT FLOOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING CHUNK FROM DRAG, WHEN IT FELL ON HIS HAND; STRAINED MIDDLE FINGER HAD SPLINT PUT ON IT.

HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN FRAME AND PULLEY, CUT ON RIGHT HAND, RECEIVED STITCHES.

SHOVEL HANDLE KNOCKED SAFETY GLASSES OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE - RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION DROPS.

LIFTING AUGER INSIDE TUB.

PIECE OF METAL SHEARED OFF OF EXCAVATOR TRACK AND LODGED A FOREIGN BODY INTO RIGHT FOREARM.

CYLINDER TUBE FELL ON LEFT FOREARM CUTTING IT

PICKING ROCK OFF FLOOR WITH PICK AND SHOVEL C/O BACK PAIN IN MIDDLE AND LOWER REGION.

CUTTING BOLTS THEN PULLED THE BOTTOM AND FELT SHARP PAIN TO THE MIDDLE OF BACK.

WHILE TRYING TO BREAK ICE OFF SLIDE ON F MACHINE STRAIN OCCURED TO THE MID SECTION OF HIS BACK.

HANDELING STEEL BACK OF LEFT HAND SCRATCHED.

BACK PAIN.

THIS IS AN OLD INJURY FROM 2/16/95. NERVE ACTING UP IN RIGHT SHOULDER. THIS IS A REACTIVATION OF A PREVIOUSLY REPORTED INJURY.

CHECKING THE LIME HOPPER/LIME PIPE FOR FLOW WHILE STANDING ON A LADDER. WHEN COMING DOWN FROM THE LADDER EITHER SLIPPED, TRIPPPED OR LANDED WRONG ON RIGHT ANKLE.

SHOVELING LARGE PIECES OF SHALE FROM CRUSHER.

SHOVELING #8 BELT OVER STRESSED MUSCLES AND COOLED DOWN TOO FAST.

CLIMBING UP TO GET TO CATWALK TO CHECK OUT WET AUGER AND CLEAN OUT CRUSHER - FELT SHARP PAINS.

IN PROCESS OF REMOVING AUGER TUBS, A CHAIN WAS WRAPPED AROUND TUB AND HOOKED TO PAYLOADER. EMP WAS IN PAYLOADER, EMP 2 WAS IN DOORWAY WHERE EMP1COULD SEE HIM AND EMP 3 WAS IN BAGHOUSE WHERE NO ONE COULD SEE HIM. EMP1 STARTED PULLING ON TUB WPAYLOADER. TUB WASN'T MOVING. I TOLD EMP2 TO TELL EMP1 TO STOP AND WAIT A MINUTE AND EMP3 WENT TO RAISE TUB. TUB JERKED. FINGER PINCHED.

LIFTING AIR CONDITIONER, MUSCLE STRAIN.

WELDING IN SAME AREA AS OTHER EES, FLASH FROM WELD REFLECTED INSIDE MY HELMET.

WAS HOLDING SHEET OF PLYWOOD, HAND SLIPPED OFF A I HIT MYSELF WITH MY THUMB IN MY RIGHT EYE.

CARRYING PLYWOOD AND DROPPED IT ON THE LEFT FOOT

EE MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS SECURE AND IN POSITION AND WAS MAKING SURE THE SHOOT WAS FULL BY TAPING ON THE METAL SHOOT. SOMETHING FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE

HITTING METAL WITH PIPE AND SMAHSED INDEX FINGE, LEFT HAND.

CLEANING THE CHUTE ABOVE #11 AND SMASHED THUMB IN BETWEEN THE CHUTE AND THE BAR. WAS HITTING THE CHUTE WITH THE BAR.

EE WAS WELDING AND EE AND EE NEEDED THE STINGER. EE HANDED IT TO ME TO HAND TO OTHER EE AND AS I REACHED OVER THE EQUIPMENT I BRACED MYSELF AND MY RIGHT HAND. WHEN THAT HAPPEND THE CURRENT WEN T THRU MY BODY AND BURNING MY RIGHT HAND TO THE METAL. LATER I FOUND OUT THERE WAS A BARE WIRE THAT ARCHES.

LEANED OVER TO PICK UP SOME PULLEYS FRON THE FLOOR AND PUT THEM IN THE LOADER BUCKET. WHEN I LIFTED THE PULLEYS I HAD SEVERE PAIN IN MY LOWER BACK - IT JUST HURT MORE BY THE END OF THE SHIFT.

WELDER FLASH.

POKING SHALE OVER HEAD - INJURED BACK.

WALKING UNDER KILN CHECKING OIL AND TEMPERATURESOF TRUNIONS ON NO 1 PIER. MISJUDGED HOW LOW HEAT SHIELDS WERE, HIT HEAT SHIELD WITH TOP OF HARDHAT AND JAMMED HEAD INTO SHOULDERS. FELT A LITTLE SICK AND DIZZY AT TIME. NEXT DAY WAS UNABLE TO MOVE NECK AND BACK.

CLOSING HOOD DOOR AND SMASHED FINGER.

POKING CLINKERS. THE POLE KICKED BACK AND KNOCKED MY HAT OFF AND HIT ME IN THE HEAD.

WE WERE LIFTING OUT OLD GRATE FROM CRUSHER WHEN THE HOOKUP BROKE LOOSE AND IT FELL AND BOUNCED ON MY LEFT LEG.

CLEANING INSIDE OF CEMENT MIXER, STOOD UP AND TURNED AWAY FROM IT TO GET MORE WATER WHEN THE OPENED GUARD FELL ACROSS THE BACK OF NECK AND SHOULDERS.

WHILE PICKING UP PLANTERY GEARS PULLED SOMETHING IN LOWER BACK

SHOVELING THE SHELL CRUSHER AND HURT RIGHT ARM.

WORKING IN SCREEN PLANT - LIFTING AND SHOVELING.

SHOVELING - FELT POP IN SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED UP CONVEYOR SYSTEM TO UNPLUG CHUTE AND END OF HEAD PULLEY SHAFT CAUGHT HIS CLOTHES.

EE WAS ASSISTING A SECOND EE WHILE TAKING TWO PIPES APART. INJURED EE LET LOOSE OF HIS PIPE WRENCH AND LEANED FORWARD TO PICK UP SOMETHING, SECOND EE PULLED ON HIS WRENCH AND INJURED EE'S WREN CH SPUN WITH THE PIPE. THE HANDLE STRUCK INJUREDEE ON THE RT SIDE OF HIS HEAD BEHIND HIS RT EYE CAUSING CONTUSION AND LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH ON A PIECE OF 2" PIPE TRYING TO REMOVE THE PIPE FROM THE NEXT COUPLING. THE PIPELINE WAS IN A TRENCH ABOUT 18" DEEP. THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED & RIGHT INDEX FING ER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN WRENCH HANDLE & GROUND. EMPLOYEE INCURRED A STRAIN OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

SHOVELING DRAG HIT WRIST ON METAL, WRIST STARTED TO SWELL.

I WAS STANDING ON LADDER PULLING OFF PIPE WRENCH WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED I FELL TO THE GROUND.

POKING ICE AND HIT BACK OF LEFT HAND ON A PIECE OF METAL.

WHILE MOVING LARGE PIECES OF STEEL WITH A CUMALONG, CUMALONG LET LOOSE FORCING ME TO FALL BACKWARDS. FELL FACE UP ON CONCRETE LANDING ON MY BACK. DIDN'T GO TO DOCTOR TILL 12/18/93. FIRST DAY O FF OF WORK WAS 12/22/93.

WHILE MOVING BEAM IT GOT CAUGHT, LIFTED ONE END UP OT MOVE, IT THEN SWUNG OVER AND SMASHED RIGHT HAND INTO PIER (RIGHT INDEX FINER, RIGHT MIDDEL FINGER, RIGHT RING FINGER.

POUNDING IN ANGLE AND RUST GOT IN MY RIGHT EYE.

I REPEATEDLY SLEDGE HAMMERED ON THE CRUSHER TRYING TO TAKE THE TOP OFF IT DID NOT MOVE HAND WAS SORE ALL WEEK AND DID NOT GET BETTER .

WAS TAKING CRUSHER APART., TAKING NUT OFF CRUSHER STEAM HITTING NUT WITH 16 POUND HAMMER STANDING ON PAY LOADER BUCKET SWUNG AND LOST BALANCE, FELL ABOUT 6 FEET TO THE GROUND.

COME-ALONG SLIPPED OFF A CABLE AND EE FELL, DATE REPORTED INJURY WAS ON 9/13/93, VISITED DR. ON 9/25/93. VISITED DR AGAIN ON 10/15/93 AT WHICH TIME IT BECAME A MSHA REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.

ENCLOSED IS A COPY OF A PREVIOUS FORM THAT WAS SENT TO YOU ON 5/21/93. THIS GENTLEMAN RETURNED TO WORK FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAY. HE IS OFF AGAIN FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. THIS IS STILL DUE TO THE PRE VIOUS ACCIDENT OF 5/14/93.

I WAS CRAWLING OUT FROM UNDER BELT #4 WHEN LEFT FOOT SLID UNDER RIGHT LEG, WENT BACKWARDS AND POPPED LEFT KNEE.

I WAS WATERING DOWN THE YARD WHEN THE HOSE BECAME CRIMPED I WENT TO TAKE THE CRIMP OUT OF THE HOSE & MY FOOT GOT TANGLED IN HOSE LOST MY BALANCE & FELL TWISTING MY LEFT ANKLE

WAS ON THE LOADER WHEN DUST FLEW UP INTO MY FACE WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE LOADER.

WALKING THROUGH SHOP SLIPPED AND FELL FORWARD ONTO A SKID.

I WAS CARRYING THE BACK PLATE FOR THE WET AUGER AND I SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND JARRED MYSELF AND FELL DOWN.

RUNNING DOZER IN FRONT OF PLANT NEAR THE OLD KILN MOVING A GIANT SLAB OF CONCRETE - USING DOZER AND CO-WORKER WAS USING 988 FRONT END LOADER. DOZER LURCHED FORWARD DIPPING FRONT END DOWN,JER KED BACK,BODY STAYED FORWARD BEFORE SLAMMING BACK AGAINST SEAT. HAD SEAT BELT ON.

TRYING TO REMOVE DRAG HA DA BAR TO PULL UP SO DRAG WOULD GO OVER THE MOTOR. BAR LET GO AND HIT LEFT WRIST.

PULLED A MUSCLE IN RIGHT ARM WHEN MY FOOT SLIPPED GETTING OFF THE DOZER.

WAS BEATING A CHUNK IN FEEDER AND IT FLEW APART AND WENT INTO MY RIGHT EYE.

PUTRTING WOOD UNDER BUNDLE OF METAL PLATES TO TRANSFER FROM LOADER TO HOIST BUNDLE SWUNG OUT AND HIT MY KNEE ALMOST KNOCKING ME DOWN.

LIFTING CHUTE IN BUCKET OF 988

WHILE ALIGNING LIFTERS IN THE KILN, ONE OF THE LIFTERS FELL ON MY ARM. ARM BEGAN SWELLING ALMOST IMMEDIATELY (RIGHT FOREARM)

WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET ON A TRUCK AND TWISTED MY KNEE.

I WAS MOVING STEEL INTO SHOP AND TWISTED ANKLE ON STEPS.

HH SAID HE WAS TIGHTENING A TAIL PULLEY BEARING BOLT AND THE CRESENT WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIS LITTLE FINGER HIT THE GUARD. HE BROKE THE TIP OF HIS FINGER AND REQUIRED STITCHES.

CLAIMS TO HAVE PULLED A BACK MUSCLE WHILE LIFTING A 50 LB BAG OF ANFO FROM A TRUCK DAMAGE UNDETERMINED.

MOVING KILN COOLER BY HAND.LEFT AHND GOT CAUGHT IN BELT.

CLIMBING OUT OF DRAG SCRAPED BACK ON SHALE DRAG.

RT SIDE OF LOWER BACK TRIPPED AND TRIED TO CATCH MYSELF

LOOKING FOR REPLACEMENT MOTOR

WAS WORKING TO GET #15 FEED GOING WENT TO TURN #16 OFF AND STEPPED IN RUT IN FRNT OF CONTROL SHACK DID NOT SEE TRENCH NO LIGHTS TOE AND FOOT POINTED DOWN LOST BALANCE HEEL WENT DOWN ANKLE HURT S

HURT BACK CATWA5K COLLAPSED CAUSING ME TO LOSE BALANCE AND FALL BACKWARDS AGAINST THE MIDDLE BAR OF THE HANDRAIL

SLIPPED ON LADD9R OF #988 FRONT LOADER WHILE CLIMBING DOWN.

GOT HIT IN T HE3HEAD WITH A BRICK.

DUST IN THE EYE1

I WAS LOOKING I3TO A KILN FURNACE TO SEE RING BREAK AND WHEN IT BROKE A PIECE OF HAYDITE WENT INTO MY RT EYE

I WAS PRYING A 6OLT AND IT BROKE AND MY RIGHT HAND HIT THE KILN BRICK

WHILE CLIMBING 988 LADDER, RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF LADDER WRUNG AND LEFT KNEE CAUGHT TOTAL WEIGHT OF MY BODY. LADDER WRUNGS OF 988 WERE GREASY AT THE TIME ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

CROSSING UNDER 3NCLINE TO AVOID SPILL WENT TO DUCK UNDER CONDUIT FOOT SLIPPED HIT FACE ON CONDUIT

I WAS LOADING A3TRUCK BEDING OVER & GOT A SHARP PAIN IN MY LOWER BACK.

SHOVELING OFF T2P OF NO 16 SILO-TWISTED RIGHT KNEE

SHOVELING OFF T2P OF NO 16 SILO-TWISTED RIGHT KNEE

FIXING OR PATCH3NG LEAK ON CHUITE COMING FROM A TANK. WAS STANDING ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON & SLIPPED & CUT HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS SHOVELIN1 BACK OF SHALE CRUSHER STRADDLING I-BEAM. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON LOOSE GRAVEL & RIGHT FOOT WAS TRAPPED. TWISTED KNEE AS BODY FELL BACK.

WORKING ON SYMO3'S CRUSHER REPLACING SAUCER BRASS. BRASS WAS TIGHT. OTHER EMPLOYEE AND I,NAME WERE TRYING TO PUT BRASS IN WITH A 4X4. HE WAS HOLDING BRASS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING WITH 4X4. HE MISSED3AND HIT HIS FINGER INSTEAD.

EMPL CLEANING W9T AUGER AND STEPPED BACKWARDS AND MISSED STEP.WENT BETWEEN STEP AND PLATFORM FALLING BACKWARDS TO BOTTOM STEP AND CUTTING RIGHT ARM BETWEEN WRIST AND ELBOW.

WEATHER CONDITIONS-CHAIN REACTION ACCIDENT ON I-271

SMASHED MY RIGHT WRIST AND RIGHT HAND BETWEEN ADRIVE PULLEY AND STEEL BEAM.

CUT LEFT LEG ON GRINDER

MY LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A HEAVY PIECE OF METAL AND A DUST SEAL ON A KILN.