Maricopa Plant Metal/Non-Metal

IE and another EE were lifting a plate into position for the welder to install a lifting eye. While moving the plate into position, IE lost IE's balance causing IE to drop the plate and pinch IE's right middle finger. This incident resulted in IE receiving sutures.

The employee had 2 alarms within 5 minutes and went up to unjam the Canica crusher. As EE was holding the bar to push down the rock, the bar fell out of EE's hand and hit the spinning hammer table inside the Canica crusher resulting in the bar whipping EE's hand back against the framed metal chute.

Volunteer from humane society was on site to pick up donated product. Volunteer was observing loading of product when they stepped back and tripped over a dock plate and fell at same level. Fall resulted in a laceration to left hand requiring stitches.

EE was tightening a hose clamp with a screw driver when screw driver slipped and struck EE in palm of left hand resulting in a puncture wound. EE was placed on restricted duty.

The Employee was helping his coworkers installing a 3x200 feet band on the Grisly Crusher. When he was pushing the band with his hands, the band moved fast and pushed his left hand towards a frame underneath.

Walking into the shipper's office and slipped on some mud in the parking lot. When he fell, he strained his left knee.

On 12/11/12 at 5:05 am, EE was walking up the Line 1 stairs when he tripped on the 3rd step causing to fall forward. He wanted to hold onto the handrail, but hit the grading with the left hand. The EE received a 5th Metacarpal Fracture on the left pinky finger. The employee was holding a coffee mug on the right hand and was not holding onto the handrail with the left hand.

When closing an office door, the employee got her left index caught between the door and frame

This driver was delivering to this location and tripped over a rock and fell.

Employee was in the process of lifting a stack of pail lids (15 lbs) from a parked pallet and pallet jack. The pallet jack was not lowered completely to the floor. The EE put his foot on the edge of the pallet for lifting support. The pallet and jack rolled and the EE did the splits. This was a First Aid on 11/4/10 and restricted duty on 11/5/10

Employee was pulling a manual pallet jack, when she stepped into a small depression in the floor, twisting right knee

While standing on a ladder (4 foot off ground) Employee stepped backwards and fell. He was holding onto the ladder handrails but due to his size he could not support his weight. Employee complained with knee pain. Initially classified as First Aid Injury by Doctor's office. Status changed to Recordable during follow up visit on 8-17-09, due to prescription medication.

Employee was closing the door to the bailer, when a second employee, had her hand on the gate. Left middle finger tip was smashed in the door.

Employee was assisting in repairs to Pin Mixer. Employee placed his right hand "In the Line of Fire" on the edge of the Pin Mixer Frame, as the Pin Mixer was rotated, his right index finger was struck by the moving Pin Mixer Tip- Laceration to Right Index Finger.

Employee was walking to a 75 Ton Storage Bin, when he slipped on loose material, and fell to the ground level concrete.

Employee stated that he removed the guard and was lubing a drive chain on a conveyor, when his left hand came in contact and caught by the chain/sprocket

Employee was lifting the filler buckets to change the line bucket weights from 35 to 40 pounds. Employee felt pain in her lower back as she lifted the filler bucket.

Employee was using a pry bar to straighten a pallet of product that was jammed. He was pushing away from his body, and in the process strained his back.

The employee had emptied a metal dumpster and was attempting to re-position it at the door way. He cut it too close and mashed his finger between the guard post and the dumpster.

Employee was attempting to clear a pallet in front of the label applicator. She reached in front of the applicator to fix a label, and the next pallet started moving forward and pinned her between the applicator and the pallet. She was freed in a matter of seconds. She received two lacerations to the right cheek, requiring stitches.

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING STAIRS WITHOUT LOAD WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN IMPROPERLY CAUSING LOSS OF BALANCE AND ANKLE TO TWIST.

Employee had stepped off the stairs in the Packaging Dept., and as he turned to go a different direction, he felt a sharp pain in his left knee. He has been treating this injury with non-medical treatments and it improved. However, he requested to see a medical doctor now because the knee started swelling again as he goes up and down stairs.

Employee was dismounting from her forklift. She stepped wrong, her knee popped several times, and she went to the ground. Strain/Sprain of left knee.

EE removed the backing plate on the #7 sleever to determine why it was stuck. He was leaning with one hand on the machine while looking inside to see what the problem was. The machine energized and the moving parts pinched the ee's fingers, causing lacerations that required stitches.

Employee was feeding bags filled with product into the bag conditioner, when his left thumb was caught between two in feed pulleys. When he pulled his thumb out from between the pulleys, his thumbnail was torn off.

EMPLOYEE WAS LINING UP EMPTY FRAGRANCE BARRELS ON THEIR SIDES FOR CRUSHING AND DISPOSAL. THE EMPLOYEE HAD PREVIOUSLY RINSED THE BARRELS, CUT THE TOP OUT, AND PARTIALLY CUT THE BOTTOM OUT OF TH E DRUM WITH A "DRUM OPENER". THE OPENER LEAVES A SHARP, JAGGED EDGE ON THE RIM OF THE BARRELS. THE EE WAS WEARING LEATHER GLOVES, BUT HIS FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE SHARP METAL, 3 STITCH

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN THE CAP ON A JUG FILLED WITH PRODUCT. AS HE WAS TWISTING THE CAP, HIS FINGER WENT UNDER A METAL SUPPORT PIECE, CATCHING IT BETWEEN THE METAL AND CAP. AS HE P ULLED HIS FINGER FREE, IT WAS CUT BY THE METAL SUPPORT PIECE.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE PIN FROM THE COOLER DRUM CHAIN. THE INJURED EE WAS HOLDING A LARGE SLEDGE HAMMER IN PLACE AGAINST THE CHAIN, WHILE THE OTHER EE USED A SMALL 2 LB HAMMER AND A PUNCH TO TRY TO KNOCK OUT THE PIN. THE SMALL HAMMER MISSED THE PUNCH, STRUCK THE INJURED'S LEFT THUMB, SMASHING IT BETWEEN THE SMALL HAMMER AND LARGE HAMMER HANDLE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE WHY THE TILT TABLE ON LINE 3 WOULD NOT RELEASE BACK TO THE HOME POSITION. TABLE IS ACTIVATED BY PHOTO-EYES. AS THE EE BENT OVER THE TABLE & TOUCHED IT, IT SUDDEN LY RELEASED, STRIKING THE EE'S HARD HAT. THE IMPACT OF THE HARD HAT LINER CUT THE EE'S RIGHT BROW AREA. BROW AREA REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE WERNT TO LUNCH, MISPLACED HIS SAFETY GLASSES, WENT BACK TO WORK WITHOUT THE SAFETY GLASSES. AND SUBSEQUENTLY GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. HE DID NOT NOTIFY SUPERVISOR UNTIL SEVERAL HOURS LATER .

EE HAS A LONG TERM HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS, DUETO A PREVIOUS INJURY, AND FAMILY STRESS. EE STATED THAT DUE TO MENTAL STRESS ON THE JOB CAUSED BY HIS IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR, HIS BACK WAS HURTING TOO BADLY TO WORK ON 10-9-02 EE'S FIRST DAY OFF WORK WAS 10-9-02. ON 10-22-02 EE REQUESTED A PERSONAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO DEAL WITH FAMILY ISSUES WHEN TOLD LOA W/0 PAY HE STATED WORK RELATED.

EE WAS RE-ASSEMBLING A CIRCULATION PUMP. HE SLIDE THE MECHANICAL SEAL ONTO THE SHAFT PINCHING HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE SEAL AND THE SHAFT COLLAR. THIS RESULTED IN TWO LACERATIONS TO THE E E'S RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER TIP.

EMPLOYEE TOOK PERSONAL MEDICAL LEAVE ON 5-17-02. ON 6-5-02 EE CALLED TO SAY HIS ILLNESS MIGHT BE WORK RELATED. FURTHER MEDICAL TESTING WAS BEING SCHEDULED FOR HIM AT THE END OF THE MONTH. ON 6-13-02, EE PRESENTED US WITH A DWC-1 FORM AND ACLAIM WAS INITIATED. A FIRST REPORT OF INJURY/ ILLNESS HAS BEEN RECEIVED. CLAIM UNDER INVESTIGATION DUW TO PERSONAL MEDICAL HISTORY.

EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT PLASTIC STRAPS OFF A PALLET OF EMPTY PAILS. HE WAS HOLDING THE KNIFE WITH THE BLADE UP, CUTTING TOWARDS HIS BODY INSTEAD OF AWAY FROM IT. HE APPLIED ENOUGH PRESSURE TO THE KNIFE THAT WHEN IT CUT THROUGH THE STRAP, THE MOTION HE USED CARRIED HIS HAND TOWARDS HIS FACE, CUTTING HIS CHEEK.

EE WAS CLEANING THE REFLECTORS AT THE END OF THE PALLETIZER. THERE WERE SEVERAL DAMAGED BAGS ON THE FLOOR IN THIS AREA. AS THE EE STEPPED OVER THESE BAGS, HE SLIPPED AND FELL, STRIKING HIS BAC K ON THE FLOOR. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THEEE DID NOT FEEL THE NEED TO BE SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN. HOWEVER ON 7-20-01, HE WAS STILL A LITTLE SORE AND OPTED TO GO TO THE DR.

EE WAS USING A BOX CUTTER TO CUT A PIECE OF CARDBOARD THE BLADE WAS NEW, AND EE CUT THRU THE CARDBOARD INTO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER

EE CAME TO OFFICE TO REPORT A CUMULATIVE TRAUMA INJURY ORIGINATING BACK IN 1992. SHE CAME INTO OFFICE 12/20/00. THIS HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD PAIN IN HER WRIS T SINCE '92 & THAT IT WAS GETTING WORSE. SHE WAS SENT OT DR FOR EVAULATION & SUBSEQUENTLY SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED 4/01. SHE IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO WORK IN JUNE

EE WAS USING A BOX CUTTER TO CUT CARDBOARD. SHE FELT MUSCLE STRAIN IN HER RIGHT FOREARM AFTER CUTTING FOR FOUR HOURS. EE DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT UNTIL 12-4. EE WAS SENT FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION AND WAS RELEASED TO RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS WALKING BEHIND A DOUBLE STACK OF EMPTY PAILS. AS EE WALKED BY, ONE COLUMN TIPPE, FELL, AND STRUCK EE ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND UPPER BACK. EE WAS WEARING HER HARD HAT.

EE WAS WALKING ON THE CEMENT OUTSIDE OF THE EE VENDING CORIDORE. IT HAD BEEN RAINING EARLIER IN THE DAY, AND THE AREA WAS SLIPPERY. EE FELT HIMSELF START TO FALL, AND PUT HIS ARM OUT TO HELP C ATCH HIS FALL. AS HE HIT THE CEMENT, HIS WEIGHT DISLOCATED HIS LEFT ELBOW.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENLARGE HOLES IN A BAND SAWBLADE, TO BE MODIFIED FOR USE AS A CUTTING WIRE EE FAILED TO SECURE BLADE, AND WHEN HE STARTED TO DRILL, THE SAW BLADE CAME AROUND & CUT HIS FINGER

DUE TO UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER, ICE HAD FORMED ON THE SIDEWALK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT NOTICE THE ICE, AND SLIPPED AND FELL. AS SHE FELL, SHE LANDED ON HER WRIST (WHICH SHE HAD PUT OUT TO HELP ABSORB THE SHOCK OF THE FALL). THE WRIST SUSTAINED A FRACTURE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A BOX OF PRODUCT FROM THE TAPE-DISPENSING UNIT OF THE CASE PACKER. THE EE USED HIS FIST TO HIT THE BOX, AND WHEN THE BOX MOVED ON THE CONVEYOR, THE EE'S FIST CONT INUED TO TRAVEL IN THE DIRECTION OF HIS SWING. THE TAPE-CUTTING KNIFE CAME DOWN ON THE EE'S KNUCKLES ONCE THE BOX HAD CLEARED THE TAPE DISPENSER.

INJ EE WAS WORKING W/OTHERS TO MONITOR THE OPERATION OF NEWLY INSTALLED PROCESS CONTROLS. HIS HAND WAS TOO CLOSE TO A MOVING PIECE OF PRODUCT BAGGING MACHINE & A HOSE CLAMP PROTRUDING FROM T HE MACHINE SLICED HIS HAND AS THE MACHINE MOVED THROUGH THE CYCLE.

UPDATE ORIGINAL INJURY REPORTED AS RESTRICTED DUTY NOW LOST TIME. NO ADDITIONAL INJURY HAS BEEN DONE, EXCEPT THE TREATING PHYSICIAN GAVE EE A CORTISONE SHOT IN HIS BACK, WHICH CREATED EXTREME PAIN. THE PHYSICIAN THEN PLACED EE ON TWO WEEKS ABSENCE FROM WORK, STARTING 8-27-97.

EE WAS SWEEPING SPILLED MATERIAL FROM THE PACKAGING ROOF. HE WAS APPROX. 20' FROM THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A CORRUGATION RIDGE, CAUISNG HIM TO FALL. HE STRUCK THE MID-LOWE R BACK AGAINST A DOWN PIPE. DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 8-6-97. DR PLACED EE ON RESTRICTED DUTY. RELEASED EE TO FULL DUTY FOR 8-13-97.

EMMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING THE STAIRS GOING FROM THE PACKAGING DEPT. TO THE PALLET STORAGE AREA. HIS FOOT (LEFT LEG) SLIPPED ON THE STAIRS CAUSING HIS WEIGHT TO SHIFT TO HIS RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE DECLINED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME. ON 9-10-97, EMPLOYEE REQUESTED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS SENT TO A PHYSICIAN.

A FORKLIFT OPERATOR BUMPED THE FRONT OF A ROW OF PALLETIZED PRODUCT. THIS CAUSED TWO PALLETS ON THE REAR OF THE ROW TO FALL, STRIKING THE WAREHOUSE WALL. THE INJURED EE WAS WORKING AT THE FAR END OF THE ROW OF PRODUCT AS IT FELL. HE WAS STRUCK A GLANCING BLOW BY A BALE OF PRODUCT WEIGHING APPROX. 62 LBS.

EMP WAS KNEELING DOWN TO RAKE UNDER CONVEYOR # 09-08, AND WHEN HE WAS GETTING UP, HE PLACED ALL OF HIS WEIGHT ON RIGHT LEG, AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT HIP AREA. PAIN WAS NOT STRONG, CAME AND WENT AWAY WITH SEVERAL DAYS IN BETWEEN. EMP DID NOT WANT TO SEE DR. UNTIL 5-13-96, SINCE PAIN HAD NOTGONE AWAY ENTIRELY. DR GAVE HIM NO LIMITATIONS, GAVE HIM PRESCRIPTION FOR ANTI INFLAMMATORY DRUG

WHILE REMOVING A PIPE NIPPLE FROM AN AIR VALVE, THE ENTIRE VALVE BLEW OFF, GRAZING THE EMPLOYEE'S FOREHEAD. THE EMPLOYEE HAD CLOSED THE MAIN AIR SUPPLY. HE WAS NOT ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE VAL VE, ONLY A NIPPLE THAT WAS OPEN TO ATMOSPHERE. THE COMPRESSION FITTING HOLDING THE VALVE TO THE MAIN LINE FAILED, ALLOWING THE VALVE TO BLOW OFF.

WHILE STACKING 6/12# BALES OF LITTER, THE PLASTIC WRAPPING BROKE AND CAUSED THE EMPLOYEES HAND TO SLIP. THIS JERKED HIS WRIST UPWARDS. THIS INCIDENT ON 11-30-95 CAUSED HIS WRIST TO BE TENDER , ADN ON 12-8-95 HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE A BALE OF LITTER AT THE STACKING STATION, AND HIS WRIST "POPPED" CAUSING PAIN. HE THEN REPORTED THE INCIDENT AND WAS TAKEN FOR TREATMENT OF THIS IN

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNJAM SEVERAL BALES OF 60# LITTER & 45# CASES AT THE JUNCTIONS OF AN EXIT CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON ONE OF THE 60# BALES WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE MID-LOWER BACK AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING 30# BAGS OF CAT LITTER ONTO AN INCLINE CONVEYOR. HE WAS TAKING EACH BAG OFF OF A PALLET. AS HE REACHED FOR ANOTHER BAG TO PLACE ON THE CONVEYOR, HE JAMMED HIS THUMB ON ONE OF THE PALLETIZED BAGS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A SLIDE TYPE CONVEYOR BELT, WHEN HIS THUMB CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A SHARP EDGE ON THE SLIDE. HIS THUMB WAS LACERATED AND REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.

EE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS STACKING 45# CASES OF CLUMPING LITTER, AND HE ALLOWED THE ACCUMULATION CONVEYOR TO FILL UP. WHEN HE PICKED UP ONE CASE, IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS, AND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER BLADE AREA. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS INCIDENT TO SUPERVISION UNTIL MONDAY, 11-21-94.

ON 11/15/94, THE EMPLOYEE CLAIMED HE WAS HAVING PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE STATED THAT THE PAIN STARTD 11/1/94 AT 1:00PM. HE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN COLD THAT DAY AT WORK, & HE HAD SOME MILD PAIN AFTE R HE WENT HOME FROM WORK. HE FELT THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE COLD. HOWEVER, HE SAYS THAT HE HAS PAIN ALL THE TIME NOW. WE SENT HIM TO THE DOCTOR ON 11/15/94.

EE WAS DUMPING PRODUCT FROM LINE 1 SCALE INTO A DUMPSTER. AIRBORNE DUST PARTICLES ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. HIS EYE WAS FLUSHED WITH EYE WASH, AND THERE DID NOT SEEM TO BE ANY PROBLEMS. THE INJUR Y DATE WAS ON FRIDAY. MONDAY THE EE LET US KNOW THAT HIS EYE WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM, AND WE SENT HIM TO THE DR. DR DIAGNOSED AN EYE INFECTION. NO PARTICLES WERE FOUND TO BE IN THE EYE.

EE WAS STACKING 72 BALES OF CAT LITTER ON LINE 2, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER/CHEST AREA. EE DID NOT REPORT THE PAIN UNTIL THE NEXT DAY 9-21-94.

MODIFICATIONS TO EQUIPMENT PLACEDTHE EMPLOYEE CLOSER TO A UNRECOGNIZED PINCH POINT HAZARD THE EMPLOYEE WORKING ON THIS CONVEYING LINE GOT HIS FINGERS CAUGHT IN THE PINCH POINT AT A CONVEYOR HE AD PULLEY WHERE IT MET THE TRANSFER ROLLER THE EMPLOYEES FINGERS WERE BRUISED WITH LACERATIONS NO STITCHES REQUIRED & NO BROKEN BONES

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE BULLDOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ABOUT TWO FEET HE HIT THE GROUND ON HIS LEFT ELBOW WHICH CAUSED HIS LEFT SHOULDER TO HURT EMPLOYEE DID NOT FEEL THE NEED TO GO TO THE DOC AT THAT TIME EMPPLOYEE DECIDED HE WANTED HIS SHOULDER LOOKED AT ON 03-22-94 DOC RELEASED EMPLOYEE TO FULL DUT ON 03-22-94 EMPLOYEE WENT BACK TO DOC 04-11-94 SHO

EMPLOYEE WAS DEMONSTRATING THAT THE MACHINERY GUARD WAS OUT OF PLACE. HE STUCK HIS THUMB INTO THE MACHINE WITH THE MACHINE RUNNING SMASHING HIS THUMB. EMPLOYEE WAS ISSUED A WRITTEN WARNING F OR SAFETY VIOLATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT OPEN 30# BAGS OF LITTER IN ORDER TO RECLAIM THE PRODUCT. HE WAS CUTTING TOWARD HIS BODY WITH KNIFE AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS LEG. HE RECEIVED A L ACERATION APPROX. 1" IN LENGTH. THE LACERATION REQUIRED 3 SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A CHUTE THAT IS FROM 54-06 AIRLOCK TO 08-04 ELEVATOR. HE PLACED HIS HAND IN THE CHUTE TO FELL FOR ANY MAERIAL BUILD-UP, AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BY THE ROTARY AIRLOCK, AMPUTATING THE DIGIT.

EMPLOYEE WAS SEALING PINCH TOPS ON 50# BAGS OF CAT BOX FILLER ONE BAG HASD NOT FILLED PROPERLY CAUSING IT TO BE HORIZONTAL TO THE SEALING UNIT THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO RT THE BAG CAUSING A ST RAINING INJURY EMPLOYEEK DID NOT FEEL IT WAS A SERIOUS ENOUGH INJURY TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION SO HE WAS GIVEN LIGHT DUTY FOR THE REST OF HIS SHIFT & THE NEXT DAY NO OTHER MENTION OF THE INJU

EE WAS SETTING UP EMPTY JUGS ON THE CLUMPING LINE, WHEN HE NOTICED SWELLING ON THE INSIDE OF HIS LEFT WRIST. HE THEN WENT TO WORK AT THE STACKING STATION, AND NOTICED SWELLING ON THE INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 60# BALES OF CAT LITTER, WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE WAS USING IMPROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUE TO ACCOMPLISH HIS TASK.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE MOVING A WOODEN PALLET. THE AREA HAD A MUDDY SURFACE, DUE TO RECENT RAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 60# BALES OF PRODUCT ON LINE #2. EMPLOEYE WAS WEARINGA BACK SUPPORT BELT WHILE PLACING BALES ONTO PALLES. EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STACK BALES ABOVE SHOULDER HEIGHT. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE GUIDES ON THE BAG FLODING UNIT. HE WAS USING HIS RITHT HAND TO LOOSEN WING NUTS, AND HIS LEFT HAND WAS PLACED ON THE GUIDE BAR. HIS LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BY THE BEVE L GEARS IN THE BAG FOLDING UNIT.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN ALUMINUM SHOVEL TO SHOVEL TRASH INTO A DUMPSTER. EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING USING A TWISTING MOTION. EMPLOYEE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS MID/LOWER SECTION OF HIS BACK.

EE WAS ON TOP OF BAGS OF FINES MATERIALS COVERING THEM WITH A TARP. HE JUMPED OFF THE TOP OF THE LAST BAG APPROX. 4 FT HIGH STUMBLED AND TRIED TO BREAK HIS FALL WITH HIS LEFT HAND HE CAUGHT HI S THUMB ON ANOTHER BAG OF FINES AND JABED THAT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF THE STEPS, WHEN HE DECIDED TO STEP ONTO A PALLET THAT WAS BY THE STEPS. AS HE STEPPED ONTO THE PALLET, HIS ANKLE TWISTED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING PRODUCT ON LINE 2. HE FELT A WARM PAIN IN HI SLEFT FOREARM. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THIS POSITION. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR ON 9-11-92. WAS PLACED ON MODIFIED DUTY FOR APPROX 2 WEEKS.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING PRODUCT FROMT EH CLUMPING LINE. AS A GROUP OF PRODUCT CAME DOWN THE CONVEYOR, THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO PUSH THE PRODUCT BACKWARDS WITH HIS ARM, TO SLOW THE PROGRESS. THIS CAUSED MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED THAT SORENESS DID NOT GO AWAY, AND WAS SENT TOT EH DOCTOR. PLACED ON MODIFIED DUTY 3 DAYS. REQUESTED SPECIALIST. MISSED APPT

EE WAS STACKING 48 CASES OF CAT LITTER ONTO A PALLET. THE CASES WERE COMING DOWN A CONVEYOR TO THE EE WHO THEN TOOK THE CASE OFF AND PLACED IT ON A PALLET LOCATED ON THE FLOOR TO HIS RIGHT AS THE EE TURNED HE CAUGHT HIS BOOT ON THE CORNER OF THE PALLET THIS CAUSED HIM TO GET OFF BALANCE AND TWIST HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE CORNER OF A PALLET HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF CAUSING A CHIP FRACTURE TO HIS ANKLE

EMPL TAPING OVER A HOLE NEAR THE BOTTOM OF A BENTONITE BAG. 2 BAGS WERE STACKED ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER & EMPL WAS WORKING ON THE LOWER BAG. ENOUGH BENTONITE HAD RUN OUT THE HOLE TO CAUSED THE UPPER BAG TO TILT AND WHILE CLEARING THE AREA AROUND THE HOLE THE UPPER BAG ROLLED OFF AND FELL ON HIM.

WASHING CAB OF LOADER SLIPPED HIT LOWER JAW ON HANDRAIL LOOSENED TEETH ON FRONT OF LOWER JAW

EE WAS WORKING WITH THE GRINDER DURING THIS DAY. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. HE DOESNT KNOW WHEN HE GOT THE PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. EE WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO WORK 2-22-OR 2-23 SAT AND SUND AY MONEY HIS EYE SEEM BETTER TUESDAY HIS EYE WASMUCH WORSE AND WE SENT HIM TO THE DR.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT PLASTIC BANDING FROM PALLETS OF RAW MATERIAL. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING MOTION TOWARDS HIS BODY. THE UTILITY KNIFE HAD ENOUGH PRESSURE BEHIND I T THAT WHEN IT CUT THROUGH THE BAND, IT CAME ACROSS TO THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM AND CUT A SMALL CUT.

EE WAS STACKING CASES OF LITTER, APPROX. 45 LBS EACH ONTO A PALLET AT THE OFFBEARING STATION ON LINE 1. AS THE EE LIFTED A CASE HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE CLAMPS ON THE AUTO STRETCH WRAP MACHINE WITH A SCREWDRIVER. EE WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO THIS JOB EE DID NOT TURN OFF THE AIR SUPPLY TO THE PNEUMATIC CLAMSP AND WH EN HE OPENED THEM, THEY CLAMPED ONTO HIS HAND.

EE WAS RESTACKING BOXES WEIGHING APPROX. 45 POUNDS EACH ONTO A PALLET FOR SHIPMENT. HE WAS REACHING ABOVE SHOULDER HEIGHT TO STACK THE TOP TIER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OUT OF HIS NORMAL JOB POSITION. HE WAS FOLDING TOPS OF BALED PRODUCT AND USING A TAPE GUN TO SECURE THEM WITH. HE NOTICED A PAIN AND FELT A CRAMP IN HIS LEFT FOREARM. H E WAS MOVED TO ANOTHER JOB TO RELIEVE THE USE OF THE ARM. HE DID NOT FEEL HE NEEDED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR THAT DAY. HE DECIDED THE SORENESS AND NUMBNESS WAS INCREASING, SO WE TOOK HIM TO THE D

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE WEIGHT OF THE 50# PRODUCT, WHICH REQUIRES THE 50# BAG TO BE MOVED FROM A CONVEYOR THE SCALE AND BACK. THE EMPLOYEE PICKED UP THE FILLED BAG, BUT INSTEAD OF WALKING A FEW STEPS TO THE SCALES, HE MOVED ONE FOOT, TWISTED HIS BACK AROUND AND EXTENDED THE BAG AWAY FROM HIS BODY TO GET IT ON THE SCALE. THE DISTANCE IS ABOUT 3 1/2 FEET TOTAL.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A PIPE WITH HIS HANDS AND AT THE SAME TIME, SLIDE ANOTHER PIPE UNDER IT USING HIS FOOT. THIS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO BE IN AWKWARD POSITION, AND STRAIN HIS B ACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE PROCESSING MAINTENANCE AREA TO POST A SAFETY BULLETIN. SHE ENCOUNTERED THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM THAT WAS RUNNING. SHE WALKED UP THE SIDE OF A ROAD BERM, INSTEAD OF CONT INUING ACROSS THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE SPRINKLERS. THE EMPLOYEE FELL AS SHE STEPPED BERM, CAUSING HER MUSCLES TO BECOME SORE/SPRAINED.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A UTILITY IKNIFE TO CUT APART TWO BAGS OF CAT LITTER WHEN THE KNIFE BLADE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH HIS THUMB

EMPL CARRIED SEVERAL BAGS OF PRODUCT OF VARYING WEIGHTS 10 LB-25 LB TO TRASH BIN.LIFTING LAST 2 BAGS,FELT SHARP PAIN ON LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK NEAR TAILBONE.

A DUST PICK-UP ON THE LARGE PAK LINE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY & ALLOWED EXCESS ADDITIVE POWDER TO STAY ON THE TOP OF THE FILLED BAG AS THE EMPLOYEE FOLDED THE BAG TOP THE POWDER BECAME AIRBORN E AIRBORNE POWDER GOT INTO THE EMPLOYEES EYE CAUSING IT TO BECOME IRRITATED EMPLOYEE WAS RUBBING HIS EYE

EMPTYING SM DUMPSTER ROCKER MECHAN. DUMPS THE CONTENTS. HAND UNDER ROCKER RELEASED LEVER ROCKER CAME FORWARD MASHED 3 FINGERS ON R HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A TRAINING PROGRAM ON THE 10# LINES. HE WAS STACKING 50# BALES AT THE END OF THE CONVEYING SYSTEM. AS HE PLACED A BALE, IT STARTED TO SLIP. HE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB THE BALE BEFORE IT FELL, CAUSING HIS BACK TO BE STRAINED BY THE UNEVEN WEIGHT OF THE BALE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE A SAMPLE FROM AN UNAPPROVED POINT ON THE CONVEYING SYSTEM. HE PLACED THE SAMPLE PAN IN THE OPENING ABOVE THE HEAD PULLEY ON THE CONVEYOR BELT, APPROX. 5 1/2 FEE T ABOVE THE GROUND. AS THE PRODUCT HIT THE PAN, THE FORCE OF THE MOVING PRODUCT PINNED THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS BETWEEN THE MOVING CONVEYOR BELT AND THE RIM OF THE PAN. THE MOVING CONVEYOR BELT

A ROCK BECAME STUCK IN OPENING OF FEED HOPPER CHUTE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO SAVE TIME BY ATTMEPTING TO DISLODGE ROCK WITH HIS HAND ROCK CAME LOOSE CATCHING EMPLOYEES HAND BETWEEN ROCK & CHUTE O PENING HE HAD CLIMBED ON TOP OF THE GUARD & INSERTED HIS HAND FULL ARMS LENGTH INTO THE HOPPER OPENING WITH THE CONVEYOR STILL RUNNING THE FORCE OF CONVEYOR MOVING THE DISLODGED ROCK AGAINST

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50# BALES OF PRODUCT PLACING THEM ONTO A PALLET THAT WAS LOCATED AT WAIST HEIGHT EMPLOYEE WAS TWISTING HIS BODY INSTEADOF MOVING HIS FEET AS HE TURNED TO PLACE THESE BALE S EWMPLOYEE WAS IN A HURRY TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE PRODUCTION LINES FIRST DATE MISSED FROM THIS ACCIDENT WAS 031089

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT NOTCHES IIN RUBBER SKIRTBOARD HE DECIDED TO CUT THE SKIRTBOARD WHILE HOLDING IT IN HIS LEFT HAND RATHER THAN CUTTING IT WHILE IT WAS LAYING FLAT ON T HE GROUND THE UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING A CUT TO HIS LEFT THUMB THE LACERATION DID REQUIRE STITCHES BUT NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY

UNKNOWN POSSIBLY COLD WEATHER OVERTIME AND REPEATED MOTION WERE FACTORS IN THIS INCIDENT HAD EMPLOYEE FOLLOWED PRECEDURES THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO LOST TIME FROM THIS INCIDENT

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO REMOVE PROTECTIVE TAPE FROM HIS FINGERS AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. AS HE WAS USING THE KNIFE, THE KNIFE WENT THROUGH THE TAPE AND ITO HIS LEFT THUMB. INJURY REQUIRED STITCHES - NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS PALLETIZING BALES OF PRODUCT OFF A SLIDE CONVEYOR. ONE BALE STOPPED ABOUT MID-WAY DOWN THE CONVEYOR. THE EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR THE BALE, AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE KNIFE BLADE ON THE TAPE APPLICATOR. THE TAPE APPLICATOR IS KEPT BY THE STACKING STATUION TO RE-SEAL BALES OF PRODUCT THAT COME OPEN.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS FEEDING BAGS INTO A HEAT SEALER,WHEN A STEEL DUST PICKUP(A SUCTION DEVICE USED TO PICK UP AIRBORNE DUST)MOUNTED ABOVE AND JUST TO THE SIDE OF THE SEALING UNIT FELL,HITTING HIS HAND AS HE WAS FEEDING THE SEALING UNIT.CONTUSION TO MIDDLE FINGER AND INDEX FINGERS.THE DUST PICKUP IS HELD INTO PLACE BY TRWO BOLTS.THE VIBRATION FROM OTHER EQUIPMENT HAD LOOSENED THE DUST

EE FAILED TO LO2SEN THE BELT TENSIONING DEVICE ON PUMP & WHEN EE ATTEMPTED TO INSTALL NEW BELTS THE EE'S FINGER WAS PULLED INTO THE PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE SHEAVE & THE V-BELT. THIS CAUSED THE EE'S FINGE9 TO BE MASHED AT THE NAIL BED. 1 STITCH WAS REQUIRED MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED, DR ADVISED RESTRICTED DUTY. EE RETURNED TO WORK. NO LOST TIME.

HE WAS LEANING 5GAINST A PIECE OF PLYWOOD IN THE SHIPPING WAREHOUSE.THIS AREA IS DESERT LIKE AND WE HAVE MANY SPECIES OF INSECT.THERE HAPPENED TO BE A SCORPION ON THIS PIECE OF PLYWOOD THAT HE LEANED AGAINST.7HE SCORPION BIT HIM ON THE BACK.HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.THE DR. GAVE HIM AN INJECTION,ANTIHISTIMINES AND A PRESCIPTION FOR PAIN PILLS

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO CLEAN THE BUILDUP FROM A CHUTE WHILE THE MACHINERY WAS RUNNING HE WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER TO CLEAN AT THE CHUTE WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THE PINCH POINT OF THE CONVEYO R HEAD PULLEY T2E CONVEYOR PULLED THE SCREWDRIVER OUT OF THE EMPLOYEES HAND AND THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO RETRIEVE THE SCREWDRIVER GETTING HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN THE PINCH POINT NO STITCHES PRESCRI

EMPLOYEE PLACED3A BALE BAG ON THE MACHINE S MANDREL. THE BAG WAS CROOKED. HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE BALE BAG TO HELP STRAIGHTEN THE BALER. AFTER THE AIR RAM CYLED TO FILL THE BALER, HIS HAND D ROPPED DOWN BET4EEN THE MACHINE AND THE RETURNING AIR RAM PLATE, CATCHING THE EMPLOYEE S HAND THE EMPLOYEE INSTINCTIVELY PULLED HIS HANG UPWARD, CAUSING THE INJURY. INJURY WAS TO RIGHT HAND R

LINE 2 STOPPED 7HE LINE AT 11 30 BREAK, LEAVING A HALF SEWN BAG. I NAME DECIDED TO START THE LINE AND FINISH SEWING THE BAG. HOLDING THE BAG BY HAND, HE GOT HIS LITTLE FINGER CAUGHT IN THE MA CHINE BETWEEN T2E COMPRESSION BELT AND THE ROLLER. AS THE MACHINE PINCHED THE FINGER. HE PULLED HIS FINGER FREE CAUSING THE DAMAGE TO HIS FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL BAG TOPS FROM THE PULLEY WHILE THE LINE WAS STEILL RUNNING THE EMPLOYEES HAND WAS PULLED INTO THE PLATE AT THE END OF THE CONVEYOR

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN OFF WORK DUE TO LAYOFF. HE RETURNED TO WORK AND WAS LIFTING 10# BAGS OF PRODUCT AND PLACING THEM INTO A BALE BAG. THE STRAIN OF REPEATED LIFTING WITH WEAKENED MUSCLES CAUSED THE INJURY. INJURY WAS TO MUSCLES IN THE RIGHT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A WHEELBARROW INTO PLACE, USING A SIDEWAYS MOTION, WHEN HE MASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDLE OF THE WHEEL BARROW AND A CONVEYOR SUPPORT.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE HURT HIMSELF BY PICKING UP A SEWING MACHINE HEAD AT WORK. HE DID NOT FEEL ANY PAIN UNTIL HE WAS AT HOME THAT NIGHT

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REGULAR WORK. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW OR WHEN EMPLOYEE INJURED HIMSELF. EMPLOYEE STATES HE IS NOT SURE IF HE HURT HIMSELF AT WORK, OR AT HOME.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE OLD HANDRAIL IN THE MILL SECTION. HE WAS PULLING ON A PARTIALLY SEVERED PIECE OF PIPE WHEN IT GAVE WAY AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

WHEN THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF HIS PLATFORM, HE HIT THE EDGE OF A PALLET THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR BEHIND HIM. THIS CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS FEEDING BAGS OF PRODUCT THRU THE BAND-O-MATIC MACHINE. HE WAS PULLING THE BAGS INSTEAD OF LETTING THEM TO FEED AT THE MACHINE\S SPEED. THIS CAUSED STRAIN ON THE EMPLOYEES SHOULDER MUSCLES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. HOLDING PIPE IN PLACE AND DRILLING RETAINING SCREW HOLES. THE AWKWARD POSITION MAYHAVE RESULTED IN MUSCLE STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING FILLED PRODUCT WHEN HE NOTICED SOME PAIN IN HIS BACK MUSCLES.

HANDLING FILLED 50# BAGS OF PRODUCT MANUALLY CAUSED THE MUSCLE STRAIN.

EMP WAS WORKING AT HIS NORMANL JOB THERE WERE NO CHANGES THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE INJURY

LIFTING DRUM OF COLOR LIQUID.REALIZED TOO HEAVTY TRIED TO PUT BACK ON CART.HAD DRUM OFF CENTER CAUSED CART TO TIP UP AND STRIKE EMPL ON FRONT OF LEG .

WALKING ON DOWN GRADE,STEPPED ON ROCK...WENT OUT FROM UNDER FOOT CAUSING FALL AND TWISTED ANKLE.WEIGHT OF EMPL ON TWISTED ANKLE CAUSED IT TO BREAK.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN SWEEPING A CEMENT PAD, AND HAD STOWED HER BROOM. SHE WAS WALKING ON FLAT GROUND, WITH NO HOLES, WET SPOTS, SEBRIS, OR OTHER FOREIGN ITEMS IN HER WAY. SHE STUMBLED OVER HER OW N FEET, STARTED TO FALL, CAUGHT HERSELF BEFORE SHE HIT THE GROUND, AND IN THE PROCESS, WRENCHED HER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS MANUALLY HANDLING MATERIALS IN THE WAREHOUSE. EMPLOYEE STARTED LIFTING WITH HER BACK INSTEAD OF HER LEGS. EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING APPROX. 50 LBS.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE 25# PRODUCTION LINE, A BAG BECAME SNAGGED ON THE ADJUSTMENT BOLT OF THE BAG SETTLER. SHE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE BAG WHILE THE BELTS WERE STILL IN MOTION. HE R HAND BECAME CAUGHT BY THE UPPER BELT, SHE PULLED HER HAND FREE, CAUSING INJURY TO THE MUSCKLEIN HER LEFT SHOULDER.