MFR, INC Metal/Non-Metal

THE EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER ILN THE PREP ROOM WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS EYE. [INJURED WAS WEARING FULL-FACEAD RESPIRATOR AT THE TIME.]

THE EE WAS CLEANING AN AREA UNDER A TAIL PULLEY WITH A SHOVEL. HE WAS SHOVELING A HEAVY TARRY TYPE MATERIAL AND WAS TWISTING AS HE SHOVELED. HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING PLASTIC DRUMS WITH A POWERED HAND SAW. HE WAS WORKING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OPERATING A FORK LIFT. THE INJURED WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FORKLIFT AND A CONCRETE BLOCK. THIS PINNED AND BRUISED HIS RIGHT LEG.

THE MAINTENANCE TECHNICAN WAS UNDER A PIECE OF MOBILE EQUIPMENT DOING SOME ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND WAS LOOKING UP FROM THE GROUND. SOME RUST FELL OFF THE EQUIP AND FELL INTO HIS EYES. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT DID NOT FEEL LIKEHE NEEDED GOGGLES.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS LIFTING A GUARD OFF OF A GRINDING UNIT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK WHICH LATER WAS DETERMINED TO BE A PULLED BACK MUSCLE

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF A LADDER & STEPPED WRONG ON A SLIPPERY SURFACE HE TWISTED HIS KNEE & DID NOT DEVELOPE SIMPTOMS UNTIL 04-19-95 ON 04-21-95 ON 04-21-9 5 THE KNEE BEGAN SWELL ING & THE INDIVIDUAL BEGAN TO LOSE TIME WHICH MADE THE INCIDENT REPORTABLE

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS STANDING ON A LADDER MOUNTED ON THE SIDE OF A DUMP TRUCK HE DID NOT KEEP THREE POINTS OF CONTACT AND FELL.HE FELL ABOUT FOUR FEET BUT LANDED ON HIS FEET.HE SUFFERED A BREAK IN HIS RIGHT HEEL.

THE INDIVIDUAL HAD APPARENTLY PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK THE NIGHT BEFORE ON HIS PREVIOUS SHIFT.

INJURED WAS ASSISTING FLOW OF SOLID WASTE FUEL BY PUSHING MATERIAL WITH A STRAIGHT HOE, WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN IS LOWER BACK.

INJURED WA SFEEDING SOLID FUEL SHREDDER WHEN IT JAMMED. HE CLIMBED UP TO LOOK INTO HOPPER AND HAD OPERATOR REVERSE IT TO CLEAN OUT TEETH. A TOOTH BROKE OFF PUNCTURING HIS ARM.

INJURED AND CO WORKERS WERE INSTALLING A NEW BELT ON 2 PULVERIZER IN THE FEED PREP ROOM. AS CO WORKERS MANUALLY TURNED THE PULLEY AND INJURED WAS SLIDING THE BELT INTO PLACE, THIS THUMB WAS CA UGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE PULLEY.

THE INDIVIDUAL PICKED UP A POWER WASHER NOZZLE IMPROPERLY. HE PICKED IT UP BY THE NOZZLE END OF THE HANDLE FIRST AND THEN ACCIDENTLY PULLED THE TRIGER. THIS CAUSED WATER TO BE INJECTED UNDER T HE SKIN OF HIS HAND AT A HIGHT PRESSURE.

THIS INDIVIDUAL WORE A PAIR OF BOOTS AFTER THE LEATHER IN THE BACK OF THE HEEL WAS GONE. THIS ALLOWED THE OUTIDE LEATHER OF THE BOOT OTO RUB ABLISTER ON HIS HEEL. HE CONTINUED TO WEAR THE BOOTS UNTIL THE BLISTERS BROKE AND HIS ANKLE BECAME INFECTED. WHEN HE REPORTED THIS TO HIS SUPERVISOR HE WAS SENT TO THE COMPANY AND WAS GIVEN MEDICINE AND TIME OFF TO HEAL.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG THE THROAT OF THE BALL MILL WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED ALLOWING WASTE FUELS TO GO INSIDE HIS GLOVE.

INJURED WAS TAKING EMPTY SOLID FUEL WAGON TO PREP ROOM TO BE REFILLED. AS HE REMOVED HIS RESPIRATOR AND WAS PUTTIN GHIS SAFETY GLASSES ON, SOMETHING BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

INJURED WAS CLEANING BALL MILL AREA WITH STEAM CLEANER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON FLOOR AND FELL ON H IS RIGHT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A ROYER TO FEED THE BALL MILL HOPPER IN THE PREP ROOM. WHEN THE HOPPER WAS FULL, HE CLIMBED DOWN THE LADDER ON THE SIDE OF THE HOPPER. AS HE REACHED THE FLOOR, HE BECAME DIZZY AND FELL TO THE FLOOR, BRUISING HIS LOWER BACK. THERE WAS A BUILD-UP OF CO IN THE ROOM CAUSED BY EXHAUST FUMES FROM EQUIPMENT RUNNING.

INJURED WAS INSTALLING NEW GAS PUMP ON UNLEADED GAS TANK. AS HE STEPPED OUT OF PIT HE TWISTED ANKLE.

INJURED WAS SHOVELING SOLID WASTE FROM THE BACK OF A TRUCK.

WHILE ROLLING TIRES TO A STORAGE AREA, INJURED SUFFERRED A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS BENDING OVER HOOKING UP 3" CHEMICAL LINE TO LOWER VALVE OF WASTE FUEL TRUCK.

INJURED WAS ASSISTING FLOW OF MATERIAL FROM SOLID FUEL HOPPER BY USE OF A FLAT HOE.

WHILE CLIMBING LADDER TO CLEAN SCREEN ON POWER SCREENER IN FUEL PREP ROOM, INJURED SLIPPED FROM LADDER FALLING APPROX. 5 FEET. INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE ON 4-7-94 WHEN INJURED'S WRIST WAS IMMOB ILIZED IN A PLASTER CAST AND HE BEGAN MISSING WORK.

INJURED SCRAPED HAND ON PIECE OF WIRE ON AUGER OF SOLID FUEL WAGON WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG MATERIAL FLOW.

WHILE MOTIONING A HAULAGE TRUCK INTO POSITION FOR LOADING, INJURED INADVERTENTLY MOVED TOO CLOSE TO A CRANE ALSO MOVING INTO POSITION. THE CRANE OPERATOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOWERING THE RIG HT FRONT STABILIZER AND INJURED PLACED HIS FOOT UNDER THE STABILIZER.

THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO DUMP A HOPPER THE HOPPER DID NOT GO ALL THE WAY OVER AND WHEN IT ROCKED BACK IT PUT WEIGHT ON HIS ARM PULLING A MUSCLE LEFT SHOULDER.

WHILE REMOVING PLASTIC COVERING FROM A LOAD OF SOLID WASTE FUEL INJURED KNEE WAS PINNED BETWEEN LOADER AND CONCRETE WALL. LOADER WAS BEING OPERATED BY ANOTHER EE.

INJURED STEPPED OFF A TRACTOR ONTO EDGE OF DRIVEWAY TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

INJURED WAS CROSSING PIPES BETWEEN TANK #1 AND #2 VALVE AT LIQUID FUEL FARM. WHILE DOING SO, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL STRIKING ELBOW.

WHILE ASCENDING STAIRS & LOOKING OVER SHOULDER INJURED DID NOT SEE SCA FFOLDING AS HE TURNED HE STRUCK MOUTH ON SCAFFOLDING RESULTING IN LACERATION OF LIP

WHILE USING A SCRAPER TO BREAK UP CHUNKS RESTRICTING SOLID FEED TO AUGER INJURED SUFFERED A REPETITIVE MOTION INJURY TO HIS RIGHT HAND.

WHILE USING A SCRAPER TO BREAK UP CHUNKS RESTRICTING SOLID FEED TO AUGER, INJURED SUFFERED A REPETITIVE MOTION INJURY TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

WHILE SERVICING ON ELECTRICAL MOTOR CONTROL PANEL THE EMPLOYEE TURNED ON THE MOTOR STARTED AND IT PRODUCED A BRIGHT FLASH OF LIGHT HEAT AND SOOT.THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING TO THE SIDE OF THE PA NEL AS TRAINED BUT WAS BURNED ON THE LEFT HAND AND FACE FROM EXPOSURE TO THE FLASH.

34339NG STRINGS KNIFE BOUNCED OFF STRING STRUCK INDEX FINGER OF L HAND

WHILE A MFR FUEL UNLOADING TECHNICIAN WAS HOOKING UP A TRUCK TO BE UNLOADED, THE HOSE SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND LANDED ON THE TRUCK DRIVER'S FOOT. THE TRUCK DRIVER IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF MFR B UT THAT OF A FUEL TRANSPORTER AND GENERATOR. THE TRUCK DRIVER SAID THAT SHE WAS WEARING STEEL TOED SHOES, BUT SHE ONLY OCCASIONALLY DELIVERS HERE.

TWO CONTRACTORS WERE ATTCHING A HANDRAIL TO THE TOP OF A 3000 GALLON BLEND TANK I TOOK PRELIMINARY READINGS OF TRANK & AREA WITH A GASTECH MODEL COMBUSTIBLE GAS INDICATOR WHICH WE HAVE & USE O N SITE READINGS WERE ZERO PERCENT OF THE LOWER EXPLOSIVE LIMIT & 20.9% OXYGEN HAVING FOUND NO FLAMMABLE VAPORS IN THE AREA & AFTER A GUARD WAS POSTED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER I ALLOWED THE CO

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING BASIC HOUSEKEEPING DUTIES IN AND AROUND A SOLIDS STORAGE PAD. INJURED NOTICED A PIECE OF ALUMINUM SCRAP APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2" X 6' LONG PROTRUDING FROM A PILE. AS HE PUL LED ON IT, HIS HAND SLID AND CUT FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING PLASTIC FROM DIRT PILES AS A FRONT-END LOADER WAS DUMPING. DUST IS GENERATED DURING THE PROCESS AND A FINE PARTICLE OF METAL GOT AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. EMPLOYEE DID NO T NOTICE UNTIL IRRITATION DEVELOPED OVER EXTENDED WEEKEND.

A CUSTOMERS TRUCK ARRIED FOR OFF-LOADING A PAD LOCK HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE LOCKING CAP & THE DRIVER DID NOT HAVE A KEY INJURED OBTAINED A SET OF BOLT CUTTERS TO REMOVE THE LOCK AS THE SHANK WA S CUT A PROJECTILE SHATTERED THE LENS OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES THE EYE-BALL WAS NOT INJURED & GLASS PARTICLES WERE FLUSHED FROM AROUND THE EYE