Leamington Cement Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Two employees were doing dry wall hole repairs. Employees came across an abandoned copper water pipe. One of the employees used a Sawzall to cut the pipe while the other held it in place. While cutting the blade slipped and lacerated three fingers on employees left hand holding the pipe. The employee's pinky finger had the tendon cut and cut into the bone.

Employee was carrying two cardox tubes up a flight of stairs when they stumbled causing them to fall forward into the stairs. This resulted in a laceration to their right ring finger which required nine sutures to close.

Employee was attempting clear a plug in a chute when an air blaster discharged projecting coal dust in the employee's eyes.

The injured employee was ascending a stairway to collect a cement sample when they stumbled and felt a pop in their right calf muscle of their right leg. On examination it was found that they had ruptured the Achilles tendon of the leg which required surgery to correct.

The brace used to secure the liners was installed with one bolt instead of two that are normally used. There was only one bolt in the brace due to the configuration of this particular spot in the mill. It did not have 2 bolt holes available for use. A thorough inspection of overhead hazards was not completed.

The injured employee was opening the door to the raw mill when left little finger was pinched between the door frame and the support bar for the door. The result was a laceration to the finger and a fracture to the tip of the finger.

The employee had picked up a small metal step to take to another location. When the employee turned they felt a dull pop in lower back. The employee did not report until 09/16/2021. They went to a doctor on 9/17/2021 where they were prescribed physical therapy, making the incident recordable.

Employee was cleaning gunite machine. Placed hand inside pot and accidently bumped air valve. Feed wheel pinched tip of the ring finger on right hand.

The employee was attempting to cut metal strap from a bundle of angle iron with a pair of pliers. When the strap broke it sprung open and caught EE's opposite gloved hand which EE was using to hold the bundle. The strap caught EE's left ring finger causing a laceration which required sutures to treat.

Employees were assigned to change broken belts on a cooler fan. After the new belts had been installed the injured employee got EE's right index finger caught between the belt and pulley causing a laceration and hairline fracture to the tip of EE's finger.

The employee was using a vacuum truck performing normal cleanup duties. The employee felt EE had strained EE's back which EE said has occurred several times before. A third party injury care administrator prescribed self care of ice, heat, and ibuprofen. The employee was doing better but on 9/19/2019 the employee elected to go to a chiropractor making it recordable.

Employees were in the process of replacing spindle seals on the raw mill when a choker broke striking the injured employee on the right side of face. This resulted in two lacerations to the face and fractures to the orbital eye bone.

An employee was attempting to clean a raw material chute with a bar when a gate closed which pulled the bar in causing the gate to close on EE's left arm. This resulted in a fracture to the left arm.

Worker was removing insulation on an electrical splice when the razor knife worker was using broke causing worker to cut left hand. The laceration required 9 sutures.

An employee was pushing an empty cart into the passenger elevator on the preheater tower when EE felt a pop in EE's left elbow. EE initially felt it would be ok but pain persisted until went to a doctor who diagnosed EE with a detached tendon from EE's bicep. On 3/12/2018 EE had surgery to repair the problem.

The injured employee was attempting to drill out a plugged purge line with a large hand drill. The bit caught in the hole and cause the drill motor to spin around and strike the employee in the right cheek. On Monday 02/19/2018 the employee experienced increased swelling and sought medical attention where they treated employee for infection.

Employees were using a hammer bit on a mini-ex to extract large bolts from a raw mill tire. A washer from a bolt shot out in the process striking an employee on the upper lip which required two stitches.

The employee was working near the raw mill when EE tripped on the catwalk but caught himself on the handrail. When EE caught self EE felt a strain in right small finger. We monitored the strain to see if it would improve but it didn't. A doctor diagnosed that the tendon in the finger had torn and needed repair. The employee had surgery on 3/22/18 making it reportable.

While an employee was removing a heavy 2'x3' door, it swung out of position striking the employee in the leg causing a laceration which required 8 stitches.

The employee was attempting to roll a piece of 12"x24" 13 gauge sheet metal in a sheet metal roll bender. The employees hand was positioned too close to the rolls which hand went through. This resulted in thumb being degloved and index finger broken.

The employee had been working the week of February 20th 2017 and feels they may have developed a hernia but could not give an exact time or day. Employee reported it on the day listed above. The employee underwent surgery to repair on 3/8/2017.

The employee was attempting to get into a plant pickup truck when EE rolled ankle. The employee was fine at the time but at the beginning of April began to feel pain in ankle. On May 3rd EE's doctor prescribed an ankle support boot to help ankle heal. The injury became reportable on May 3, 2016.

A golf ball sized rock fell approximately 60 feet from chute unplugging activities, striking the employee just under the right eye. The employee was wearing safety glasses. The employee received scratches on his eye which required a prescription antibiotic.

While machining parts the employee reached with his gloved hand to swipe away metal chips when the cutting head pulled his hand into the mill severing his right middle finger.

A worker attempted to cut a piece of string from his bib-overalls with a utility knife and accidentally cut his left middle finger. The finger required 4 stitches.

The employee was checking the looseness of a thermocouple when an expansion joint above the thermocouple puffed hot material up the sleeve of the employees hot work coat. The hot material caused second degree burns to the employees forearm and bicep area.

The employee who had been experiencing pain off and on in his right knee thought he may have aggravated it at work from climbing stairs. The employee was evaluated by a doctor and given a cortisone injection in his knee. The employee has a history of degenerative knee problems.

An employee who was under a doctors care for his left knee, aggravated the knee while climbing onto a bull dozer. The employee was under no doctors restrictions at the time.

An employee was cutting metal with a small hand grinder with a cutting wheel attached. The grinder "kicked back" causing a three inch laceration to the top part of his middle thigh. The employee required stitches to close the wound.

While changing bags in a cooler baghouse, an employee was stuck in the nose by a bag cage. This resulted in a laceration to his nose which required stitches.

While welding, the injured employee was chipping slag from the weld when a small piece of metal from the chipping hammer, about 1/16" long, came off and imbedded about 1 inch below the employee's left eye. The employee was wearing safety glasses. The employee was taken to the hospital to have the piece removed which required two stitches.

Pressure build up due to lack of venting

It is thought that a scorpion crawled into an employees coat and stung him on the left wrist. He developed flu like symptoms and muscle spasms.

As the employee was attempting to cut a piece of 8 inch piece of plastic hose with a utility knife, the hose slipped causing the knife to cut the employees left index finger which resulted in 4 stitches.

The miner may have aggravated an illness of pain in his forearm he had been treated for since May called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

While the injured employee was setting a small explosive charge in a crusher feeder it was prematurely detonated.

The "headache" ball of a 5180 Grove crane went past the two block switch and over the top pulley and came down 290 feet into the cab of the crane. This resulted into a compound fracture of the left tibia/fibula of the individual.

The employee was attempting to sit on a wheeled chair which did not have a back on it. As he did so the chair slid out from under him, causing him to strike his head on a work bench. The resulting injury required stitches at a local hospital.

The employee was swinging a sledge hammer in an upward motion to loosen a bolt which caused him to strain his back.

The injured employee was attempting to enter an opening where grates had been removed. When the employee stepped in, he stepped on one of the holes which caused him to lose his balance and fall to the same level. The employee felt fine and was not taken the doctor. On 04/14/2011 the employee felt he needed to see a doctor where it was determined that the femoral bone had cracked.

The employee was struck in the forehead by a table liner while attempting to remove them. The injury caused a two inch laceration to the employee's forehead. The resulting injury required stitches.

An employee was cleaning the kiln burner pipe with an air lance. As he was making a back stroke with the air lance, his hand was struck on the drop-out vessel. The result was a fracture to the middle knuckle which became swollen and hot to the touch. The employee has a history of staff injection thus was given antibiotic.

The employee was cutting small pieces of steel in the metal shear. He was using a piece of metal to push the pieces into place. Rams, which hold the metal flat just before the cut, came down forcing the metal he was holding to crush the tip of his finger between the metal and the table surface of the shear. The tip of his left middle finger was lost due to tissue damage.

On June 23rd of 2009, an employee felt pain in his right knee while moving a ladder. An MRI showed an accumulation of degenerative changes including tears in the meniscus, and other chronic medical conditions that required corrective surgery on August 31st. Because of the chronic, cumulative, and degenerative nature of the changes to the knee, we consider this to be an illness.

The employee was injured while he was welding above another employee who was attempting to loosen a bearing lock nut by striking it with a hammer. Because of the striking action, a small piece of metal broke from the lock nut and struck the injured employee in the left forearm.

The employee was injured when he opened a port on top of a cement silo to take a silo level measurement. The silo was full and continuing to fill, which caused the material to blow into his eyes. The material in his eyes resulted in scratches to the cornea of both eyes. He was taken to a local hospital where his eyes were flushed and medication given.

While moving a length of culvert pipe, the worker sustained lacerations to three fingers of his right hand. The worker was not wearing gloves while performing this task.

An employee was standing on an electrical box. When he attempted to step off the box he lost his footing and fell approximately 24 inches striking a rail road rail on his upper outside left thigh. The result of the impact caused a severe contusion the area.

Because of a welding burn and a bump a few days later to the workers right elbow, he contracted a staff infection which required IV antibiotic treatments. The burn resulted from improper PPE while welding.

Worker sustained a same surface fall while he was walking across a raw material hopper grizzley grate. He fell through the grating causing him to hit his chin on the metal grating. Worker did not lose consciousness but sustained a laceration to his chin requiring sutures.

Employee strained his right shoulder while pulling a wedged rock from between the D-10 Dozer push arm and track housing. This became a reportable injury after the operator sent the employee in for an MRI exam.

Employee was injured while cutting plastic tubing with a razor kinif. The knife slipped through the tubing faster than expected cutting his right thumb. Sutures were required.

Injured employee was using a utility knife to cut plastic sprinkler pipe. While putting pressure on the knife it cut through the pipe faster than expected causing the knife to strike the employees left index finger creating a laceration to the finger. sutures were required

Employee was injured while standing on a trailer fender to line up a pipe to feed through a hole. He lost his footing and slipped off the fender and fell against a barrel bruising his left arm.

Employee was cutting a v belt from a drive pulley. While holding the belt with his left hand and cutting the belt using a razor knife in his right hand the knife slipped and cut his left index finger. (Sutures were required.)

Employee was in the process of measuring the thickness of some mill liners. While measuring, the 1 1/2" x 1/4" strap he was using as a spacing material shifted causing the caliper and his finger to twist into the liners pinching his finger causing a laceration.

Employee was injured while hitting a bar with a 8lb sledge hammer. He missed the bar with the hammer end and struck his right index finger causing a laceraton to the finger.

Employee was injured while moving a motor and fan housing down a narrow stairway. While moving the unit down the stairs the motor base caught on a stair which caused the housing to slip up striking the employee on the right side of his head causing a laceration.

IE attempted to block a leak in oxygen/acelylene hose by crimping it in his hand. The hose was in use at the time and the leak ignited causing a 2nd degree to the IE's (r) middle finger.

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REPAIR WORK ON THE MAIN CRUSHER, HE WAS USING A MECHANICAL COME-ALONG TO REMOVE A GUARD. THE HOOK ON THE COME-ALONG SLIPPED OUT OF THE ANCHOR HOLE & STRUCK THE EE ON THE HARD HAT CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION ON HIS FOREHEAD. (4) SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

INJURED EE WAS OPENING A BOTTOM SWING DOOR (CEMENT COOLER) AND PINCHED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR HANDLE AND A CROSSBEAM, CAUSING A LACERATION TO BOTH FINGERS. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS INJURED WHILE CUTTING A 1/4" RUBBER HOSE WITH A RAZOR KNIFE. HE WAS CUTTING TOWARDS HIS HAND WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING A 3/4" INCISION WOUND. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

INJURED EE HAD JUST FINISHED EMERGENCY TEAM TRAINING AND WAS PUTTING TRAINING SUPPLIES INTO THE COMPANY AMBULANCE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL GETTING OUT OF THE AMBULANCE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN HE GOT HIS RT FOOT CAUGHT IN A HYDRAULIC SLIDE GATE. HE WAS WORKING IN A DRAG CHAIN CHUTE IN THE PROCESS OF HIS WORK HE LOWERED HIS RIGHT LEG DOWN INTO THE CHUTE IN T HE LINE OF FIRE OF THE SLIDE GATE WHICH WAS 18" BELOW HIS WORK AREA. THE GATE WAS CLOSED INADVERTENTLY PINCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE CHUTE AND THE GATE.

INJURED EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING AN INTAKE ELBOW FROM A TURBO. THE TURBO WAS CLAMPED IN A PEDESTAL VISE WHILE INCHING THE ELBOW OUT THE TURBO CAME LOOSE FROM THE VISE FALLING AND PINC HING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE TURBO HOUSING AND THE VISE TABLE.

INJURED EE WAS UNPLUGGING A HOPPER WITH THE USE OF A ORFACE BAR. THE MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE PULLING THE BAR WITH IT. THE EE REACHED FOR THE BAR AND TRAPPED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE HOPPE R HOUSING CAUSING A CONTUSION AND SMALL FRACTURETO HIS LEFT HAND.

EE INJURED HIS R. KNEE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICY WALKWAY.

INJURED EE WAS HOLDING A LARGE T BOLT IN PLACE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS TIGHTENING IT WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH. THE BOLT SHIFTED, PINCHING HIS RT. MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE T BOLT AND THE HOUSING CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO POSITION A SLIDE GATE.WHILE MOVING THE GATE THE BAR SLIPPED, WEDGING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE BAR & A MOTOR HOUSINGPINCHING HIS RING FINGER. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

INJURED EE WAS USING A JACK HAMMER. WHILE HAMMERING HE LIFTED THE HAMMER & TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE THE HAMMER BIT FROM A HOLE INTHE CONCRETE.

EE WAS INJURED WHILE REMOVING A ELECTRIC DISHWASHER. WHILE UNBOLTING THE DISHWASHER HIS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF THE BOLT CAUSING HIS HAND TO STRIKE A SHARP EDGE LACERATING HIS LEFT WRIST. SUTURE S WERE REQUIRED.

INJURED EE GOT A PIECE OF FORIGN MATERIAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE GRIDNING HE WENT TO THE DR THE NEXT DAY THE EMBEDAL MATERIAL WAS REMOVED.

EE INJURED HIS RIGHT GREAT TOE IN THE COMPANY SHOWER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK 2 1/2 WKS LATTER IT WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM HE WENT TO SEE THE DR X RAYS SHOW A SMALL FRACTURE.

EMPLOYEE INJARRED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE CARRYING A 3/4"X15' PIECE OF PIPE. HE SAW HIS DR ON 6-4-99, HE SAID THAT IT WAS TWISTED HE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. WE SENT HIM TO A SPECIALIST WH O GAVE HIM A CORTISONE INJECTION THUS IT BECAME REPORTABLE 7-13-99.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING 4 FT STEEL CHANNEL PC OF A 12 FT STIFFENING SPIDER IN KILN. CHANNEL IS 12 INCH- RUNNING HORIZONTAL, 81" HIGH AND WELDEDON END. 10" WELD IS CUT & CHANNEL IS MOVED TO TRANSPORT FROM KILN, WHEN THE REMAINING 8 FT PC DROPS, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT LEG.

INJURED EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ALIGNING AND SHIMMING ON ELECTRICAL MOTOR THE PRY BAR HIS PARTNER WAS USING SLIPPED, HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PRY BAR AND THE MOTOR SHIM PACK PINCHING IT AND CAUSING A LACERATION. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STABELIZING A WEIGHTED LOAD, WHEN LOAD SHIFTED THE CHOKER SLING SLIPPED STRIKING THE INJURED EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION.

EE WAS INJURED WHILE REMOVING A SPRING BOLT FROM A STEEL FRAME THE SPRING WAS UNDER TESNION AND HE WAS HOLDING THE HOUSING WITH HIS LEFT HAND. THE BOLT SPRUNG BACK STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND BETWE EN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AND THUMB CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BUILT UP MATERIAL FROM INSIDE THE PREHEATER TOWER WITH AN AIR LANCE WHEN HOT MATERIAL BLEW BACK THROUGH HITTING HIM IN THE HANDS AND NECK AREA CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

ACCIDENT OCCURED WHEN A 50 TON HAUL TRUCK OVERTRAVELED THE END OF A STOCK PILE. THE DRIVER WAS INJURED WHEN THE TRUCK OVER TURNED AND CAME TO REST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STOCK PILE.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS CHANGING OUT ON ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD WHEN HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CYLINDER HEAD AND THE MACHINE CROSS BRACING CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT MI DDLE FINGER. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

INJURED EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED BURNS TO HIS NECK AND HANDS WHEN COAL DUST WAS IGNITED WHILE HE WAS REMOVING A QUARTZ LIGHT FROM THE COAL MILL. AS THE LIGHT WAS BEING REMOVED RESIDUAL COAL DUST FEL L INSIDE THE UNIT IGNITING THE COAL CAUSING A COAL FLASH FIRE.

EE WAS REMOVING A HOT PIPE FROM A PORTAL IN THE PRE HEATER TOWER WHEN HE GRABBED IT WITH HIS BARE HAND SUSTAINING 2ND DEGREE THERMAL BURNS TO HIS RIGHT HAND.

WHILE STACKING PALLETS A PUFF OF DUST BLEW INTO THE EMPLOYEES FACE UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES IMBEDDING A SMALL PIECE OF METAL INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED USING A TENSIONING TOOL TIGHTENING A DUST COLLECTOR BAG. TOOL SLIPPED OFF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH CHIPPING A TOOTH.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME LARGE METAL HAMMERS OFF OF A ROTOR SHAFT. IN PROCESS HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE UNLOADING APALLE TOF FINISH MILL LINERS, APPROX 14 TO 16, INTO A SHIPPING BOX, THE PALLET BROKE IN HALF, DROPPING AOBUT 6 TO 10 PLATES ON LEFT FOOT AND LEG, LINERS WERESTEEL PLATES WEIG HING AOBUT 100#S EACH.

WHILE MOVING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH THE USE OF A PRY BAR IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT JUST ABOVE THE TOE PROTECTOR.

WHILE RIGGING A 1IN WIRE ROPE TO THE CRANE HOOK THE RIGGING PLATE SHIFTED CAUSING THE WIRE ROPE TO SLIP PINCHING THE EMPLOEES RT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE CRANE HOOK & THE 1IN WIRE ROPE

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING HOT MATERIAL FROM A FULLER PART ON THE PRE HEATER TOWER WHILE IN THE PROCESS THE MATERIAL BLEW BACK BURNING HIS LEFT WRIST 2" WIDE 4" LONG AND A SPOT ON HIS RIGHT HAND TH E SIZE OF A QUARTER. AFTER 5 DAYS DEAD SKIN WAS CUT AWAY CONSTITING MEDICAL TREATMENT.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLIDE HAMMER TO REMOVE A CONE INSERT WHILE IN THE PROCESS HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE SLIDE BAR AND THE HAMMER CUSING A LACERATION TO THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT RIN G FINGER. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EMPL INJURED WHEN EMPL SLIPPED & FELL ON THE CHANGE ROOM FLOOR FRACTURING HIS RIGHT WRIST.

EMPL INJURED WHILE POKING BUILT UP MATERIAL IN PREHEATER TOWER. WHILE IN THE PROCESS A LARGE PIECE OF MATERIAL DETATCHED FROM THE SIDE OF THETOWER WHICH FELL, HIT THE BAR CAUSING THE WORKIN G END OF THE BAR TO LEVER UP & STRIKE EMPL ABOVETHE LEFT EYE CREATING A LACERATION WHICH NEEDED SUTURES.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE INSULATION FROM A 1/2" SEATIGHT FLEX. HIS KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT INTO HIS HAND. HIS HANDS WERE COLD BECAUSE OF WORKING OUTSIDE. WE ARE LOOKING IN TO THE POSSIBLITY OF PURCHASING A TOOL WHICH WOULD DO AWAY WITH USING A KNIFE.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BLOW BARS ON PRIMARY CRUSHER. THE ROTAR WAS BEING MOVED WITH A 5' BREAKER BAR. THE ROTAR SLIPPED WEDGING THE BAR BETWEEN THE ROTAR AND THE CRUSHER HOUSING CAUSING THE BAR TO BEND AND STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT JAW.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING A BAGHOUSE AIRSLIDE WITH A 16" PRYBAR WHILE SITTING ON TOP OF A 3'6" HAND RAIL. HIS BREAKER BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE, HE FEL L BACKWARDS FIRST STRIKING ACROSS BEAM 15' DOWN AND THEN THE CONCRETE FLOOR 14' BEYOUND. THAT 29'8" TOTAL. MULTIPAL FRACTURES WERE SUSTAINED IS IN SERIOUS BUT STABLE CONDITION.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED BY INADEVRTANTRLY PLACING HIS FINGER BETWEEN A FAN GUARD & THE HOUSING EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATED FINGER FROM A MOVING FAN SUTURES WERE REQUIRED

WHILE POWER WASHING A 50 TON DUMP TRUCK,SLIPPED ON SOME ICE THAT HAD FORMED ON THE FUEL TANK AND FELL SOME 8' TO THE GROUND LANDING ON RIGHT SIDE SHOULDER AND HIP.PERSISTANT PAIN IN R SHOULDER

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HANDY-MAN JACK TO JACK UP A MECHANICAL BELT. THE JACKING MECHANISM SLIPPED CAUSING THE JACK HANDLE TO POP UP WHICH STRUCK THE WORK ON THE OUTSIDE CORNER OF HIS RIGHT EYE C AUSING A SLIGHT LACERATION REGUIRING SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE HEAD WITH A PRY BAR WHILE TRYING TO MOVE A BRICKING RING. WE SENT HIM TO SEE A DOCTOR FOR OBSERVATION HE RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY. PRESCRIPTION PAIN KILLE R WAS PRESCRIBED.

INJURED EMPLOYEE PINCHED HIS FOREARM BETWEEN A SLIDE STOP AND A SLIDE HAMMER SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

WHILE OPENING A MATERIAL GATE ON A RAIL CAR THE INJURED EE STRAINED HIS LEFT HAND WHILE PRYING WITH A BAR.

WHILE WALKING DOWN A STAIRWAY,TRIPPED AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHILE STRIKING A HARDENED STEEL PUNCH WITH AN 8 LB SLEDGE HAMMER. THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF OF THE PUNCH AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE CALF OF HIS LEFT LEG. THE METAL WAS REMOVED SURGICALLY.

ON KILN BURNER FLOOR ATTEND TO OIL FIRE COAL FIRE INTODUCED TO KILN REDUCING OIL FLOW TO BURNER FORING HOOD BECAE POSITIVE CREATING BACK FLASH OF FIRE BURNS TO L ARM OF EM P

INSTALLING TURBO ON LOADER STANDING ON TO OF IRE SLIPPED WHILE ATTEMPT. TO CATCH SELF GRABBED METAL BRACE WITH R HAND . BRACE HAD JEGGED EDGE WHICH LACERAED THE PALM OF HAND

INJ EMPL LIFTING MILL DOOR BRACE WEIGHING 100 LBS.STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK-RX DRUGS.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS POKING HOT MATERIAL WITH A POKING BAR MATERIAL FELL DRAWING THE BAR DOWN AND WEDGING THE INJUREDS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE METAL.BAR AND THE OUTER EDGE OF THE PORTAL,CAUS ING A LACERATION TO THE FINGER .SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE STRAINED A LOWER RIGHT BACK MUSCLE WHILE BREAKING A BELT LOOSE.WITH THE USE OF A HAND WRENCH.LOWER LUMBAR SPINE X-RAYS WERE TAKEN THEY SHOWED NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE.HE WAS GIV EN A PRESCRIBED MUSCLE RELAXER AND RETURNED TO WORK.

INJURED EMPL WAS USING JACKHAMMER & GOT RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN HAMMER BIT & CONCRETE WALL.

WHILE CUTTING A RAW MILL LINER LOOSE WITH A CUTTING TORCH, THE SEAL POPPED LOOSE FALLING AND STRIKING THE INJURED EMPLOYEE ON THE FOOT CREATING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE ON THE SECOND TOE OF THE RIG T FOOT.

INJ AND COMPANION OPENING DOOR ON DUST COLLECTOR.DOOR WAS PRYED OPEN A CRACK WHEN PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL CAUSED DOOR TO SLAM SHUT.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OUT OF A SHALLOW CANAL ON THE PLANT SITE. WHILE DOING SO HE WAS PUSHED FROM BEHIND CAUSING HIM TO DIVE HEAD FIRST INTO THE WATER. BECAUSE OF THE SHALLOWNESS OF THE CANAL HIS HEAD STRUCK THE BOTTOM JAMMING HIS NICK AND FRACTURING THE FIRST THORACIC VERTEBRA.

WHILE CLEANING THE PREHEATER TOWER A PC. OF HARD RAW MATERIAL DISLODGED AND FELL THROUGH TO THE CHAMBER I. NAME WAS CLEANING WITH A METAL BAR. THE MATERIAL STRUCK THE BAR AT ONE END CAUSING THE OTHER END OF THE BAR TO STRIKE HIM IN THE NECK AND CHIN.

EMP. PUSHED AWAY FROM HER DESK IN HER CHAIR.HER LEFT LEG CAME IN CONTACT WITH A SHARP EDGE ON T HE BOTTOM OF AN OPEN DRAWER.

THE INJURED EMP5OYEE WAS TRYING TO JUMP (VERTICAL) UP ON A SHEAR-TABLE (32" HGIGH) HE FAILED TO MAKE IT THAT HIGH. CONSEQUENTLY HE PEELED THE SKIN OFF OF HIS SHIN. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

THE INJURED EMP5OYEE WAS BENDING SONG BELTS WITH AN 8 LB SLEDGE HAMMER. WHILE SINGING THE HAMMER HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE PINT OF THE RIGHT SHOULDER THE DR DIGGNOSED THE PAIN AS BEING A RES ULT OF CALCIUM 6UILD UP IN THE KIND OR TENDENITIS.

WHILE SHOVELING3THE INJURED EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LEFT FOREARM.THE DOCTOR DIAGNOSED IT AS BEING TENOSYNOVITIS OR AN INFLAMMATION OF THE TENDON SHEATHS.HE WAS GIVEN AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICAT ION (PRESCRIPTI2N) AND WAS ABLE TO COME BACK TO WORK.

THE REPAIRMAN W5S INJURED WHILE TAKING A TIRE OFF OF A BUBBER TIRED FRONT END LOADER WITH THE USE OF A TRUCK MOUNTED CRANE.THE INJURED REPAIRMAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT THE TIRE OFF THE AXLE. IN THE PROCESS 7HE TIRE BROKE LOOSE SWANG TOWARD THE REPAIRMAN STRIKING HIM AND KNOCKING HIM INTO THE CRANE TRUCK.

THE INJURED EMP5OYEE JUMPED OFF A FORKLIFT ANDTWISTED HIS KNEE IN JULY HAS KNEE BEGAN TO BOTHER HIM THE DOCTOR INDICATED IT WAS A STRAIN A FEW WEEKS LATER THE DOCTOR LOOKED AT IT AGAIN AND SAI D IT SHOULD BE 8COPED HE RETURNED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING MONDAY . NO LOST TIME.

INJURED EMPLOYE9 WAS CARRYING A 50LB BAG OF ANFO IN PREPARATION TO FILLING A SHOT HOLE PRIOR TO BLASTING HE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK & TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING A LOWER BACK ST RAIN

THE INJURED EE 4 AS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE CAB OF A CRANE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON SOME OIL OR GREASE CAUSING HIS BODY TO TWIST & PUTTING A STARIN%@<<@<%@%@ STRAIN ON HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES.

INJ OPENING HAT7H ON RR CEMENT CAR.BENT OVER TO RAISE HATCH FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.DIAGNOSED HAVING LOWER BACK STRAIN.

INJ EMP WA SUSI3G ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN SOME BOLTS THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM JUST BELOW THE NOSE CAUSING A LACERATION

WHILE THE INJUR9D EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING HIS PRE OPERATIONAL CHECK AROUND HIS HAUL TRUCK HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND FELL BREAKING THE LOWER PORTION OF HIS FIBULA BONE IN HIS RIGHT LEG

THE INJURED EE WAS GRADING A SERVICE ROAD ON AN 18% INCLINE WITH THE USE OF A MOTOR-GRADER. WHILE GRADING THE 1ST GEAR CLUTCH PACK SHEARED CAUSING EE TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE MACHINE. THE EE JU MPED FROM THE CAB ONTO A PILE OF ROCKS. HE SUSTAINED LACERATIONS TO THE RT CHEEK, ELBOW & BELOW THE RT KNEE.

ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF HAMMER,INJ LEANING AGAINST HAMMER WHEN HAMMER MOVED AWAY FROM HIM CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE AND FALL INTO EXCAVATION HOLES.

INJURED WAS POSITIONING SOCKET ON NUT AND HOLDING IN POSITION TURNED ON WRENCH WHEN SOCKET STARTRIPPED UP HAND

EMPL POKING MATERIAL WITH USE OF PRY BAR FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN SOME RAILING AND BAR RESULTING IN LACERATION.

INJURED TRIPPED ON CORD OFF BALANCE GRABBED RAIL TO PREVENT FROM FALLING, LEFT HAND GOT BENT WRONG IN THE PROCESS. TORE TENDANTS.

INJURED WAS 80FT IN THE AIR IN A BASKET CABLE WRAPPED ON ITSELF,4 TIMES,AND THEN DROPPED SUDDENLY 4 TO 5\.SUDDEN STOP JARRED INJURED.

INJURED WAS WORKING ON SILO\S IN BASKET OF CRANE,HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON ROCKS GOT INTO SAFETY GLASSES WHEN INJURED LOOKED UP PARTICLES GOT INTO EYE.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF THE CEMENT CAR. HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE RAIL OF THE TROLLEY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE FELT HE WAS CLEAR AND MOVED THE TROLLEY CATCHIN HIS H AND BETWEEN THE RAIL AND TROLLEY WHEEL.

EMPL OPENING HATCH ON CEMENT TRAILER WHEN TRUCK WAS STRUCK BY RR CAR APPROACHING SCALE WITH LOAD OF CLINDER.HE FELL BETWEEN TRAILER AND ITS PUP RECVING PUNCTURE WOUND TO BUTTOCK.ROLLING TRUCK THEN ROLLED OVER HIS LEFT LEG FRACTURING TIBIA.

INJURED WAS DIGGING TRENCH TRENCH GAVE OUT & INJURED FELL ON PIECE OF REBAR.

INJURED JUMPED OFF A PIECE OF SCAFFOLDING AND INJURED FOOT

LIFTING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON WITH CRANE & A PIECE CAME OFF OF THE ANGLE IRON FALLING & STRIKING INJURED IN THE HEAD & SHOULDER.

JACKHAMMERING OR SHOVELING

FIXING WELDER

INJURED WAS JACKHAMMERING ON A WALL, GOING IN HORIZONATAL DIRECTION INTO THE WALL, WHEN JACKHAMMER BROKE THRU, JACKHAMMER FELL AND CRUSHED RIGHT RING FINGER

LIFTING A PIPE WITH THE CRANE THE INJURED PARTY WENT TO UNFASTEN THE PIPE FROM A BEAM AND THEN THE BEAM AND PIPE BOTH FELL AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE FOOT

INJURED WAS USING A REAMER TO TIGHTEN BOLTS AND A PIECE OF METAL LODGED IN HIS EYE

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR A CRACK IN THE PORCELIN TOILET WITH SILICON WHEN HE RAN HIS FINGER OVER A SHARP FRAGMENT RESULTING IN THE LACERATION

INJURED WAS TIUGHTENING BOLTS WITH AIR IMPACT WRENCH IN A MANLIFT. UPON LOWERING THE IMPACT WRENCH IT HIT THE CONTROLS OF THE MANLIFT CAUSING IT TO MOVE & PINNED INJURED BETWEEN THE MACHI NE & A WALL.

CRANE LIFTING STEEL BEAM,BEAM SLIPPED AND HIT INJURED PARTY IN RIGHT CALF CAUSING PINCHED NERVES.

INJ FASTENING PIECE OF STEEL ONTO CRANE,CRANE OPERATOR BACKED UP OVER PIECE OF CONCRETE AND CRANE LOWERED AND BOOM HIT INJ ON HEAD.

OPERATING WACKER ON INCLINE, HIT A ROCK, GRABB WACKER TO STABILIZE AND IT BOUNCED OFF HIS HIP.

MOVING COMPRESSOR.LEG ON HITCH NOT LOCKED INTO PLACE AND CAUSED IT TO FALL.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A PIECE OF PIPE UNDER THE COAL MILL TIRE THAT WAS BEING PRYED. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIS RIGHT FINGERS TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROLLER ANDTHE FLOOR.

JACKHAMMERING-RIGHT CORPAL SYNDROME-SORE ARM FROM JACKHAMMERING AND PUSHING TOO HARD.

EMPL REPAIRING BOBCAT WHEN CAB FELL STRIKING HIM ON BACK OF HARD HAT FORCING UPPER LIP TO STRIKE AGAINST VALVE BODY LACERATING UPPER LIP REQ 6 STITCHES.

THE JACK HAMMER BIT WAS STUCK IN CONCRETE. I,NEME WAS HITTING THE BIT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. A PIECE OF THE BIT BROKE OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE UPPER ARM.

INJURED EE WAS PALCING LIFTING RIGGING UNDER CONCRETE BARRIER. THE RIGGING SLIPPED & FELL. MIDDLE FINGER & HIS INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RIGGING & T HE BARRIER.

INJURED EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK A WELDER TO A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS ELFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WELDER & THE TAILGATE OF THE TRUCK.

EMPL REMOVING BUSHING FROM SUN FEAR WITH HYDRAULIC PRESS WHEN BAR HE WAS USING PUSHED BUSHING OUT CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN STAND AND OPPOSITE SIDE OF BUSHING RETAINER CAUSING 100 LACERATION TO LEFT RING FINGER REQ 4 STITCHES.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING A WHEEL-BARROW ON TOP OF FINISH SILO\S WHEN WHEEL BARROW SLIPPED , STRIKING HIS RIGHT SHOE JUST ABOVE THE STEEL TOE. THE FORGE OF THE WHEEL BARROW CAUSED A FRACTUR E OF THE BIG TOE.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON HARD HT BY A COUNTERBALANCED DRAWBRIDGE WHILE GETTING SAMPLE FROM CEMENT TRAILER HE GRABBED HIS HAT AND REACHED FOR DRAWBRIDGE TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE DRAWBRIDGE W AS ON ITS UPWARD SWING CAUSING HIM TO FURTHER LOSE HIS BALANCE AND HE FELL FROM TRAILER LANDING ON FEET BROKE RT HEEL

EMP WAS ROLLING A BUCKET LOADED WITH DIRT WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK

INJURED WAS REMOVING A STEEL PLATE FROM THE DECK OF THE CRANE. THE OPERATING ENGINEER SET THE REAR OUTRIGGER CATCHING INJURED AT TOES UNDER OUTRIGGER PAD.

A BUCKET OF DIRT WAS BEING TUGGED OUT OF A HOLE BY A FELLOW EE THE TUGGER GAVE WAY & HIT BERGMAN IN THE SHOULDER & SIDE.

WHILE PULLING DOWN ON A 6 TON COME-A-LONG TO REMOVE A BLOWBAR FROM THE CRUSHER ROTOR THE EMPLOYEE FELT A DULL PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA THE INJURY BECAME OBVIOUS TO THE EMPLOYEE WHEN HE BEGAN HAM MERING ON THE BLOWBAR

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A REPLACEMENT 75HP MOTOR, WHILE LIFTING THE MOTOR WITH A CHAIN FALL THE MOTOR BOUND ON A PIECE OF FLOOR GRADING. THE EMPLOYEE PRYED THE MOTOR LOOSE WHICH ST RUCK THE PRYBAR AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT 3RD FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDRAIL & PRYBAR. A CRUSHING INJURY RESULTED-A POSSIBLE DISTAL FRACTURE OF FINGER TIP-A LACERATION REQUIRING 5 SUTURES-3 ON FINGER

WHILE EMPLOYEE WS TRYINT TO UMPLUG ALAKLI DUST SILO HE REMOVED A 4IN PORT HOLE COVER HE DISLODGED THE PLUG AND THE ALAKLI DUST BEGAN TO FLOW FREELY THRU THE 4IN OPENING MAKING CONDITIONS VERY BRUCE WAITED FOR MATERIAL TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP FLOWING SO HE COULD REPLACE THE PORT HOLE LEVER DUST CONTINUED TO FLOW FREELY MAKING VISABILITY VERY POOR IN EXITING FROM SILO EMPLOYEE REMOVED H

EMP WAS ONE OF FOUR EMPLOYEES HANDLING A 10X12 SCREW AUGER THE AUGER HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM ITS HOUSING AND THE EMPLOYEES WERE PREPARING TO LIFT THE SCREW AUGER ONTO A FLATBED TRUCK WHEN THE INJ EMP STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE JUST BELWO THE KNEECAP AGAINST THE AUGER SHAFT RESULTING IN A CONTUSION

THE AREA IS PAVED WITH CONCRETE. SOME OF IT IS SLOPED STEEPLY. THERE IS A LOT OF LOOSE CLINKER AROUND. TOM WAS WALKING AND SLIPPED ON LOOSE CLINKER. HE HIT HIS KNEE ON PAVEMENT. EXTENT OF D AMAGE NOT EXPECTED TO BE PERMANENT.

CUTTING A PIECE OF 3"X3"X1/4" ANGLE OUT OF A TEMPARARY FRAME. HE WAS HIT IN THE MOUTH WHEN THEPO PIECE WAS CUT LOOSE. HE LOOSED HIS LOWER FRONT TEETH AND BROKE THE UPPER PLATE HE HAD IN PLACE.

HE WAS WORKING ON PILE CREW. WHILE MOVING HOSE AWAY FROM LEADS A PIECE OF IRON (APPROX. 2 LBS) FELL AND AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK.

GLEN WAS COMPACTING STYROFOAM INTO A TRASH BARREL, UNDERNEATH THE STYROFOAM WAS BROKEN GLASS PENETRATED THRU THE STYROFOAM CAUSING A 1/2" LACERATION ON GLEN\S RT. FOREARM ON THE SIDE OF HIS F OREARM. 3 SUTURES REQUIRED NO RESTRICTIONS

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A COLLAR ON ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLY OF ROLLER MILL WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING BECAUSE OF SLICK AREA CREATED BY WEATHER CONDITIONS, CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST THE ROCK ER ARM SUPPORT STRIKING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO ADVANCE A SECTION OF THE TELESCOPING PIPE ON THE HAND PUMP, WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED DOWN THE PIPE SHAFT HITTING A PROTRUDING STEEL BARB AT THE END OF THE SHAFT. RESULTING IN A 3/4" LACERATION ON HIS FINGER TIP THE INJURY REQUIRED 4 SUTURES