Middleton Operations Metal/Non-Metal

Walking to the Lab EE tripped over floor mat and landed on their wrist causing a fracture.

Employee was adjusting the armrest inside the L60H front end loader, they grabbed the lever with left hand and pulled up quickly as the lever was stuck and knuckle contacted the track for the arm rest and lacerated the knuckle. Employee received 4 stitches.

A customer truck driver was found unresponsive in the cab of the driver's truck on the US Silica customer pickup dock. The onsite emergency responder and 911 were notified. CPR was conducted until the ambulance arrived. The driver was then transported to a local hospital and was pronounced deceased due to a health related incident.

The employee was working in the mill room and when they turned they tripped over a cord falling on left side causing discomfort to hip left hip and thigh.

Employee came to management complaining of localized shoulder pain for unknown reason. Employee stated the pain had been going on years and was aggravated possibly by driving forklift and using shoulder continuously.

The employee was cleaning clay out of the top of a hopper when the machine rolled back and pushed the cleaning tool into chest causing rib fractures.

The employee was stacking 40-pound bags on the production line when EE felt pain in EE's back. the employee is complaining of strong lower to mid level back pain.

The employee smashed his finger while trying to pry a piece of refractory from a plugged kiln chute. The employee received a broken finger and stitches to the tip of his right ring finger.

A bee flew down and stung employee in the neck

The employee was cleaning out the bottom of #1 disintegrator with a long scrapper when a large piece of clay broke free and landed on the tool. the employees finger was smashed between the handle of the scrapper and the metal frame on the outside of the disintegrator.

The employee was using a power drill and was drilling a piece of metal. He was holding the metal in his hand and it twisted causing a laceration that needed stitches.

EE was using a battery powered drill and it caught and twisted his arm causing discomfort in his elbow.

On March 27th 2013 a miner with 4 years experience was helping a co-worker change a ton bag for the red system, when his hand contacted a raised weld on the side of the pipe, cutting it.

strained groin climbing ladder into haul truck.

lifting 3" angle iron 10 ft long, the employee received injuries resulting in a hernia.

The employee received a cut on his left index finger, while checking to see if a mechanism was loose on the hammer line.

A foreign object ricocheted off clothing, under safety glasses, into eye.

The employee moved a trailer to line it up with the ball joint on the back of a truck, he sprained his elbow in the process.

A steel pipe rolled over onto the left ring finger of the employee, and pinched it.

The employee grabbed a set of steps and pulled them toward himself and felt pain in his back.

a particle of dust went into the employees eye

The employee was climbing onto a forklift when he sprained his knee pulling himself up.

The employee was cutting a conveyor belt with a knife on his hands and knees, the knife slipped and cut him above the right knee.

The employee, while on break, walked through the warehouse and into the path of a forklift carrying a pallet of product. the employee heard the horn blow and was nudged by the pallet causing him to trip, the pallet came to a rest on his leg.

An arc flash from resetting overload on the starter resulted in burning of eyes.

As the employee stepped out of a kiln he twisted and sprained his knee.

Hydraulic fluid got into the eyes of the forklift operator for the warehouse. After taking several moments to wash his eyes out with eye wash and water, he deemed it necessary to seek medical attention because of prolonged irritation.

The subject was changing a brake chamber when a spring struck him on the lip.

The employee said that he may have hurt his knee getting off a forklift, but he wasn't for sure. There is pain and swelling around his knee.

The miner was inadvertently injured when his left shoulder struck the window latch in his designated haul truck.

The subject was helping a co-worker change a bearing on an elevator, he bent over to help lift a reducer and he pulled a muscle in his back.

The operator slipped and hit his elbow on a material chute.

The operator injured his back while shoveling loose material out from under a belt.

The employee was retrieving a clay shed density from a clay pile when some loose clay fell and knocked her down.

The subject was washing truck scales with high powered pressure washer, when he inadvertently struck the palm of his left hand, subject's hand is swollen and aching with a small laceration in the center.

The subject slipped in the mud while retrieving a mill sample and pulled his groin muscle.

Employee was pulling out oil heaters when some kind of liquid got under glove and burned back of right hand. We believe the liquid may have been a degreaser.

Employee was shoveling pile of material and pulled something in his left shoulder.

Employee was changing bags at Kiln #2. He picked up a pallet and stepped on a dirt clod and twisted his left ankle.

Employee was working with hole punch and had left thumb in the way and another employee slammed hole punch down on left thumb of employee.

Employee was pumping oil into Kiln tank. Employee was sprayed a little with the oil causing a chemical burn to his left forearm on the inside.

Employee was shoveling material and turned the wrong way causing his lower back the left side to strain and pull a muscle.

The employee was stacking 50 lb bags onto pallets, when he felt something pop in his left wrist area.

Employee was inspecting cylinder for air leak when the cylinder closed catching the employees right pinky finger in trap doors.

A conveyor was being moved as it was being moved. It the handle on an air valve to the on position.This caused the air line to whip around hitting the employee several times on his right shin causing cuts and bruises. The air valve in question is on kiln deck plant # 2

Employee was stacking 40# bags, when he caught one off the conveyor line, he spun around and felt pain in his left shoulder area.

Employee was getting on skytrack, when he pulled the left side of his lower back.

Employee was removing empty pallet from stack to place in scissor lift. Top pallet was caught on another pallet and employee jerked pallet to get it loose. In doing that as the pallet became free his left hand was caught between both pallets.

Employee had hand over auger box and finger went through duct tape, employee thought it was metal cut his right index finger and had to have stitches.

Employee was lifting 50 lb bags and stacking them onto a pallet and strained his lower back.

EE was getting off of loader, when his foot slipped off of the last step and he hit his left knee cap on the step, causing swelling and discoloring and pain in his left knee.

Employee was sweeping floor and got something in his left eye.

The adjustment torque arm on # 3 elevator is rusted up, while forcing the belts on it and pulling on the belts, left hand and forearm began to hurt.

Worker was handling bags, stacking them on pallets off the conveyor belt and caused a blister on 8/27/2007. The accident was not reported til 8/31/07 when employee's blister became swollen and discolored his finger. He went to ER on 8/31/07.

Employee was checking hot elevator at # 1 plant and a small piece of refractory covered with hot grease fell on his face, burning his nose and upper and lower lips.

Worker was taking link out of elevator and was pulling on come along cable when it gave way and extended. He then hit his right hand on side of elevator causing the right hand to swell. Reported 7-16-07 went to doctor 7-25-07.

Picked up chair to set on desk while cleaning control room and had a sharp pain under left shoulder blade. Causing swelling and muscle strain to left shoulder.

While flattening a 40 # bag on a pallet, the employee bruised his left thumb adn hand and his left thumb was swollen.

Reportedly this employee was injured on the job 11/8/06 but the injury was not reported until 2/5/07. The wrench he was using to replace the transmission slipped and caused his left elbow to strike the frame of the dump truck.

Employee was replacing fuses in disconnect when the electrical box blew up causing fire to burn his right arm. His thumb, index finger, and top part of had rec'd 3rd deg burns, his wrist area rec'd 2nd deg and his forearm about 2" past his elbow rec'd 1st degree burns.

Employee was replacing a conveyor belt and the rope that was holding the employee broke and caused the employee to fall. While pulling the belt together the employee pulled a muscle in his stomach

Employe was repairing a broke shaft on tiller and wrench slipped and stuck blade in right forearm.

Employee was cleaning up silo concrete pad at plant 2 and slipped on mud and twisted right knee.

EMPLOYEE POSITIONED TON BAG (STRAPS) ON FORKS OF FORKLIFT. CO-WORKER RAISED FORKS (TO FILL BAG) CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S ARM BETWEEN FORK AND DAY BIN CROSS BEAMS.

Employee was stacking 50# bags on pallet. When he picked up bag to turn he heard a pop in his shoulder.

Employee was going to get a bag filter for canister filters leading to the firehead. His left boot hung in the catwalk and he fell, cutting his right knee.

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP EMPTY PALLET TO PUT IN SCISSOR LIFT.

PULLING CHAIN UP IN A ELEVATOR & CHAIN BROKE & PINCHED RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING PIPE IN PLACE ON ELEVATOR & A PIECE OF SLAG DROPPED IN RT.BOOT & BURNED RT. ANKLE.

WELDING BUILDING MATERIAL PIPES & GOT WELDER BURN TO RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF HOPPER & TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. (NOTE: CONSIDERED FIRST AID AT TIME OF ACCIDENT, BUT LATER KNEE GAVE TROUBLE & HAD TO GO BACK & MRI WAS PERFORMED & THERAPY.)

Grinding and welding on feed hood when foreign object got in left eye.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO BUST BIG CLOD OF CLAY IN DUMP HOPPER THAT WAS GOING THRU HAMMER MILL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET CLAY & HIT BRACE ON DUMP HOPPER & INJURED LEFT RIB & ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP BOXES OF REFRACTOR IN MAINTENANCE SHOP WHEN HE DROPPED A BOX OF 50# REFRACTOR ON LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS CHANGING ADJUSTMENT ARM ON EAST MILL BOTTOM ROLLS WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED & HIT EE ON LEFT SIDE OF NOSE.

EE WAS TURNING DISCONNECT BOXES OFF ON COOLER & SLIPPED ON MUD & TURNED LEFT ANKLE OVER.

A employee was backing up forklift out of shop when other ee's motioned for him to stop, but the forklift hit employee on right side.

EE WAS WELDING ON FRAME FOR A TANK AND CHIPPED SLAG OFF OF WELD WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG FLEW OFF INTO LEFT EYE.

EE WAS MOVING AN AIR LOCK TO SHOP FOR REPAIRS. PICKED UP AIR LOCK TO PUT ON PALLET & STRAINED LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE HELPING PATCH KILN WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ANCHOR WHICH WENT THRU BOOT AND PENETRATED BALL OF RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING BAGS IN BAGHOUSE, BENDING OVER AND PULLING BAGS, STRAINED LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TAKE GUARD OFF TO REPAIR CHAIN AT #2 KILN, WHEN GUARD SLIPPED & CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN GUARD HANDLE & SUPPORT BRACKET AND PINCHED 5TH & 5TH FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CRANE WHEN PIN SHEARED ON STABLIZER SHAFT THAT CAUSED FOOT TO FALL OFF. EMPLOYEE STOPPED CRANE TO PICK UP STABLIZER FOOT & PUT ON FRONT OF CRANE TO TAKE TO MAINT SHOP FOR R EPAIR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

EE WAS INSPECTING EAST MILL & PIN SHEARED & ARM KICKED BACK & STRUCK RIGHT HAND & FOREARM.

WHILE TAKING HEATING ELEMENT OUT OF OIL HEATER, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

IMPROPER POSITION OF HANDS WHILE RIDING IN BUCKET.

EE WAS STACKING 50# BAGS OF OIL ABSORBENT FROM CONVEYOR LINE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER AREA.

EE HAD BEEN STACKING 40# & 50# BAGS OF PRODUCT ON A ROTATING SCHEDULE FOR ABOUT 2 1/2 DAYS WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN AND SWELLING IN RIGHT WRIST.

EE WAS WALKING FROM THE MAINTENANCE SHOP TO THE EAST FINISH MILL AT PLANT 2 WHEN DUST ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE.

IN THE PROCESS OF PROVIDING A WORKER WITH AN 8' LONG 3/4" RIGID CONDUIT, THE CONDUIT FELL ONTO CONCRETE. THE CONDUIT BOUNCED UP TOWARD THE INJURED EMPLOYEE (WHO WAS STANDING ABOUT 6' AWAY) STR IKING HIS FOREHEAD UNDER HIS HARD HAT.

POURING REFRACTOR IN #2 KILN AND METAL FRAGMENT FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE.

A SUDDEN STORM CAUSING HIGH WIND TO BLOW DUST FROM THE PARKING LOT.

AIR HOSE CAME OFF CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO DROP JACKHAMMER, CAUGHT WITH RIGHT HAND AND BROKE RIGHT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING 90 LB. JACKHAMMER TO BUST OUT REFRACTOR IN KILN.

EE WAS REPAIRING BROKE WATER LINE WHEN OBJECT FLEW INTO RT. EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50# BAGS ON PALLET, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

WORKING ON KILN AT PLANT 2 AND STEPPED IN HOLE. EE FELL TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE AND HIT LEFT ELBOW.

EE WAS LOADING TRUCK OF PALLETIZED 40# PRODUCT WHEN PALLET BROKE SPILLING PRODUCT ON FLOOR. EE WAS RESTOCKING BAGS ON PALLET, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK.

CLIMBING LADDER AT PLANT 2 BETWEEN #1 & #2 FINISH SILO. SLIPPED & CAUGHT WEIGHT WITH RIGHT ARM.

EMPLOYEE, AT PLANT 2 UNDER COOLER ELEVATOR CLEANING UP, LOOKED UP AND HOT MATERIAL LEAKED OUT OF TRANSMISSION BOX.

WHILE CHECKING POWER SUPPLY, BELT CAME ON AND TWISTED RIGHT ARM IN BELT DRIVE AND REDUCER SHEAVE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BOARD WITH A TORCH OVERHEADAND A FOREING OBJECT BOUNCHED OFF GLASSES AND ENTERED RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS FILLING A LIME HOPPER WHEN LIME BLOWED BACK IN HIS FACE, EYES AND MOUTH.

EE WAS CUTTING WITH TORCH HELPING WELDER. THE WELDER FLASHED CAUSING A BURN TO BOTH EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP LOOSE PRODUCT OUTSIDE AROUND SILOS WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER, STACKING 50# BAGS ONTO PALLET WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK. INCLUDE LUMBAR AND LUMBAR STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BARREL AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL HE WAS STANDING ON. IT STARTED FALLING AND HE JUMPED OFF AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON DUST PIPES. A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

EE WAS WELDING ON EQUIPMENT. A FOREIGN OBJECT WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

EE WAS ADJUSTING BELT ON COOLER SILOS. WHILE PUSHING DOWN ON A WRENCH TO LOOSEN NUT THE NUT BROKE LOOSE & CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS SHOULDER. ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR BUT EE DID NOT CONSIDER INJURY SERIOUS & DID NOT GO TO DR NOR WAS AN ACC RPT FILLED OUT UNTIL 5/28/99. HE WAS REFERRED TO AN ORTHAPAEDIC SURGEON 6/2/99 AND SURGERY TO REPAIR TENDON SCHEDULED 6/10/99

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING FORKLIFT #11. EMPLOYEE HAD THE MAST AND FORKS RAISED 2 1/2 FEET WITH ANOTHER FORKLIFT #10. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING FORKS OFFOF FORKLIFT #11 WHEN THE FORKS AND MAST SLIPPED OFF OF FORKLIFT #10, PINNING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT UNDEER FORKS. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO RAISE THE FORKS OFF HIS FOOT, CUTTING HIS FINGER AND POSSIBLY STRAINING HIS BACK. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INTERVENED.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DRIVE BELT ON ELEVATOR. ELEVATOR CAME ON AND CAUGHT HIS HAND IN SHEAVE CAUSING LACERATIONS TO RIGHT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON KILN AND CHIPPING SLAG OFF WELD. FOREIGN OBJECT WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

INJ EE FELL 7 FT TO THE CONCRETE PLANT FLOOR. FROM A MAINTENANCE CATWALK, WHILE PERFORMING A BRIEF OPERATIONAL INSPECTION. THE INJ EE WAS WITNESSED TO HAVE EXPERIENCED AN ONSET OF AN APPARENT SEIZURE ACTIVITY IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO LOSING CONSCIOUNESS & COLLAPSING, WHICH RESULTED IN THE FALL

EE WENT TO DR. ON 10-21. DR. DIAGNOSED EE WITH HAVING PNEUMONIA, ACUT RESPIRATORY FAILURE, AND PNEUMOTHORAX. EE HOSPITALIZED ON 10-25-11-04 AND REMAINS OFF WORK. THIS ILLNESS WAS NEVER CONSIDE RED TO BE WORK RELATED UNTIL 12-8, WHEN EE QUESTIONED US ABOUT POSSIBLE WORKERS COMPENSATION.

EE WAS HELPING A CO-WORKER SET THE FINISH MILLS. CO-WORKER WAS USING A WRENCH, WHICH SLIPPED AND HIT THE EE IN THE MOUTH. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ROOT OF A LOWER FRONT TOOTH. EE WAS SENT TO A DENTIST - THE TOOTH WILL NEED TO BE EXTRACTED AND REPLACED WITH A BRIDGE. EE WAS SENT FOR A SECOND OPINION WITH THE SAME RESULTS.

EE WAS CUTTING USED PALLETS WITH A SAWZALL SAW. WHILE CUTTING THROUGH A NAIL A PIECE OF THE NAIL CHIPPED OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE CAUSING A SCRATCH TO HIS LEFT EYE. EE WAS WEARING GLASSES BU T WITHOUT SIDE SHIELD. IN THE FUTURE HE WILL BE WEARING GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS.

EE WAS WALKING THROUGH #1 MILL ROOM. THE WIND BLEW A FOREIGN OBJECT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS USING WRENCH TO ADJUST THE SETTINGS ON THE FINISH MILLS. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND MILL.

EE WAS REPAIRING MATERIAL PIPE AND A FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW INTO HIS EYE, LEFT EYE.

EE WAS STACKING 40# BAGS WITH A CO-WORKER. BOTH STACKERS THREW BAGS DOWN AT THE SAME TIME. THE CO-WORKERS BAG STRUCK EE'S RIGHT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GRINDER ON A FAN BLADE. A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE. (EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. SAFETY GOGGLES HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO BE USED IN THE FUTURE.)

PARSON BELT WAS RUNNING WITH NO PRODUCT ON BELT. EMPLOYEE LEANED ON BELT. THE BELT CAUGHT HIS FINGER & CARRIED IT INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TRANSFER PLANT AND BELT WHICH BECAME A PINCH POINT . EMPLOYEES FINGER WAS CUT REQUIRING 10 SUTURES.

EE WAS STEPPING UP INTO DOZER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF TRACK AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. OCCASIONALY EE WOULD EXPERIENCE PAIN IN HIS KNEE WHILE PERFORMING HIS WORK DUTIES. HE WAS SENT TO DR WILKINSON ON 11/20/97 FOR EVAULATION. DR WILINSON SCOPED THE KNEE AND FOUND A LARGE AREA OF NODULAR SJYNOVITIS JUST ABOVE THE PATELLA. POST OP SATISFACTORY/

THE COOLE RWITHDRAWAL SCREWS ARE CHAIN DRIVEN FROM SPEED REDUCERS. THERE ARE SIX BANKS OF SCREWS. EE AND EE HAD BEEN SENT TO PUT CHAINS THAT HAD JUMPPED OFF THE SPROCKET BACK ON AND REMOVED LINKS AS NEEDED. EE PULLED THE DISCONNECT ON THE BANK OF SCREWS THAT HE WAS TO REPAIR BUT FAILED TO TRY TO START THE SCREWS TO VERIFY THEY WERE DE-ENERGIZED. EE HAD PULLED THE WORNG DIS

EE WAS WEEDEATING AROUND PLANT AND A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMP WAS DRIVING FORKLIFT. WIND BLEW FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS EYE.

EE WAS HELPING CO WORKERS SLIDE FAN SHAFT THRU THE FAN HOUSING. HIS HAND GOT CAGUTH BETWEEN THE FAN HOUSING AND BEARING HOUSING CAUSING A CUT TO THE LEFT HAND REQUIRING 7 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN REPLACING INCLINE BELT ON THE HAMMERMILL. HE WAS GETTING OUT FROM UNDER IT AND RAISE DUP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A AN I BEAM.

EMP WAS TRYING TO BREAK A NUT LOOSE WITH CHANNELLOCKS. THE TOOL SLIPPED CAUSING EMP TO HIT HAND ON A GREASE FITTING. THE CUT REQUIRED 3 STITCHESTO HIS RIGHT HAND. EMP HAS BEEN REINSTRUCTED IN THE PROPER USE OF TOOLS.

EMP WAS INSPECTING COOLER SHORT SCREWS AND WALKED INTO A CABLE THAT WAS HANGING DOWN.

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING ROUTINE CLEAN UP WORK AND ALLEGEDLY HIT HEAD ON VERTICLE CONCRETE WALL.

EE WAS SWEEPING FLOOR WITH A PUSH BROOM. THE WIND BLEW A FOREIGN OBJECT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

AS EE WAS CLIMBING INSIDE KILN TO DO REPAIR HE HIT RT KNEE ON DOOR FRAME. DR'S DIAGNOSIS ON 9-20-95, WAS BRUISED KNEE. ON 10-13-95 FLUID WAS DRAWN FROM RT KNEE, RESULTING FROM THIS INJURY. ON 10-16-95 SHOT WAS ADMINISTERED FOR TENDONITIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A CHUTE ON THE HOT ELEVATOR THE WIND WAS BLOWING & IT BLEW 'TRASH'IN HIS EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING MILLS- MILLS HAD BEEN SHUT OFF & ELECTRICAL DISCONNECTS HAD BEEN PULLED. OPERATOR [WITH GLOVE] ON RIGHT HAND & HOLDING GAUGE 1/2" FROM END OF GAUGE. HE STUCK GAUGE INTO MI LL. MILL ROLLS HAD NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP & EMPLOYEE RIGHT FOREFINGER WAS CAUGHT IN MILL ROLLS.

LEFT ARM PULLED BETWEEN BLADES & HOUSING OF D-DUST FAN WHILE BALANCING CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND TOINSIDE & OUTSIDE OF ELBOW REQUIRING 2 STITCHES ON INSIDE & 4 STICHES ON OUTSIDE OF ELBOW FAN WAS DISCONNECTED & BLADES WERE BEING TURNED BY HAND FOR BALANCING PURPOSES

INJURED WAS REACHING FOR A BOARD TO REPAIR A PALLET. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. CAUTIONED EMPLOYEE ABOUT BEING MORE CAREFUL ABOUT OVER REACHING AND MAINTAINING BALANCE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM A ROLL MILL. THEMILL DRIVE HAD BEEN DE-ENERGIZED AND LOCED OUT. HE THOUGHT THAT THE ROLLS HAD STOPPED COASTING. INSTEAD OF USINGA SCREW DRIVER TO REMOVED THE ROCK HE REACHED FOR IT WITH HIS HAD. THE MILL CAUGHT HIS THUMB AND FOREFINGER AND PULLED THEM BETWEEN THE ROLLS. HE LOST APPROX THE FIRST JOINT OF HIS THUMB AND ALL OF HIS INDEX FINGER ON R

EMPL WAS USING A SHOVEL TO CLEAN LOOSE CLAY FROMBASE OF COLLER. WIND WAS BLOWING OUT OF THE WEST& BLEW FOREIGN OBJECT INTO LEFT EYE. EMPL RE- CEIVED OINTMENT FOR HIS EYE & CONTINUED NORMAL JOB.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A SHAFT & BEARING ON SCREW CONVEYOR HE WAS USING A CHISEL WHICH BROKE WHEN HIT A SMALL PIECE OF THE BROKEN CHISEL ENTERED HIS LEFT WRIST WOUND REQUIRED STITCHES

WHILE USING A TORCH TO HEAT A SPROCKET TO REMOVE SPROCKED FROM SHAFT. A CAN OF WD-40 SPRAY LUBRICANT FELL. THE CAN HIT THE SPROCKET PUNCTURED, AND THE CONTENTS FLASHED. THIS CAUSED NO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FOREARMSAND FACE.

42957 PRYBAR TO PUT CHAIN ON SPROKET CHAIN OVERSHOT PRYBAR SLIPPED STRUCK FOREHEAD

INJURED WAS STANDING NEAR THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING WHILE IT WAS BEING LOADED WITH WET CLAY FROM A SETTLING POND.SOME FOREIGN PARTICLE GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

EE WAS USING METAL RAKE TO REMOVE CHUNKS OF REFRACTORY FROM A CHUTE FROM THE KILN DISCHARGE. HE ACCIDENTALLY DISLODGED THE METAL CHUTE COVER WHICH HIT HIS RIGHT FOREARM, RESULTING IN BRUISES & CONTUSIONS.

PACKAGING EQUIPMENT WAS OPERATING AUTOMATICALLY.OPERATOR WAS CLEANING MATERIAL FROM UNDER MACHINE.A FOREIGN BODY GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

LIFTED THE TAIL GATE ON HAUL TRUCK TO CLOSE IT.

INJURED WAS WELDING, HE REMOVED HIS WELDING HOOD AND A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

USING OPEN END WRENCH TO ADJUST COAL MILL ROLLS. WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER TO HIT A NUT ON THE COAL MILL THE RESULT WAS CONTUSION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER IN NAIL AREA.

INJURED WAS CUTTING A PIPE WITH ACETYLENE/OXYGEN TORCH.HE ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED THE CUTTING ATTACHMENT.AS HE TRIED TO CATCH THE ATTACHMENT THE FALME BURNED HIS RIGHT FOREARM-THE BURN WAS APPROX 1 1/2" IN DIAMETER.

TURNHEAD POSITIONING BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS. BAR HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER. EE WAS STANDING ON AN ELEVATED PLATFORM WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE IN A POSITION WHICH ALLOWED THE POSITIONING BAR TO HIT HIS SHOULDER.

FILLING BALER BAGS SEALING IT LEFT FOREARM STARTED ACHING

I NAME WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PRODUCT MILL BUILDING WHEN A FOREIGN PARTICLE GOT IN H IS LEFT EYE

HE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER IN THE BACK OF A WATER SPRINKLER TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED WHICH CAUSED HIM TO CATCH HIMSELF WIGH HIS RIGHT ARM TO PREVENT A FALL.

I NAME STATED THAT AS HE WAS WALKING UP THE STEPS TO WAREHOUSE #2 HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RT KNEE

I NAME WAS INSTALLING A NEW SHAFT IN THE PRIMARY HAMMER MILL HE DROPPED THE SHAFT ACCIDENTALY BRUISING RT HAND

STACKING BAGS ON PALLET SOME FOREIGN MATERIAL IN EYE

WHILE LIFTING A 100# BAG OF REFRACTORY, HE FELT A PAIN IN LEFT WRIST. DR. DIAGNOSED CONDITION AS A SPRAINED WRIST.

STACKING BAGS ON PALLET AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EYES WERE BURNED BY FLASDH OF WELDER I NAME WAS HOLDING A PIECE FOR I NAME TO WELD

I NAME WAS STACKING 50# BAGS ON A PALLET HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

EE WAS STACKING 25# BAGS ON A PALLET. HE TURNED TO PICK UP BAG AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER WHEN A FOREIGN PARTICLE GOT IN HIS EYE.

HE WAS THREADING A SEWING MACHINE WHILE A MECHANIC WORKED ON THE MACHINE. THE MECHANIC TURNED THE DRIVE PULLEY WHICH CAUSED THE NEEDLE TO CATCH HIS FINGER.

HE WAS USING A SHOVEL TO CLEAN LOOSE CLAY FROM BASE OF HAMMERMILL WHICH HE OPERATES. HE STARTED HAVIN GPAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHICH WAS DIAGNOSED AS LOWER BACK STRAIN. HE HAS CONTINUED TO WO RK OPERATING THE UNLOADING STATION AND HAMMERMILL.

PACKING BAGS IN BALE USED KNIFE TO CUT PLASTIC CUT FINGER USED CLOSED WITH SUTURED

HE WAS USING A PRY ROD TO SEPARATE CRACKING ROLLS. PRY ROD SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARD. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BY GRABBING AN ADJACENT HAND RAIL. BY 7:23 HIS BACK STARTED HURTING HIM. ON 7 -25-90 HE TOLD US THAT THE PAIN WAS WORSE.

HE WAS USING GRINDING WHEEL TO CLEAN METAL SURFACE FOR REPAIR GRINDING WHEEL TOUCHED LEFT LEG ABOVE KNEE ACCDENTALLY CUT ON LEFT LEG OCCURRED.

WALKING TRIPPED ON PALLET HIT NOSE AND MOUTH ON HANDLE OF JACK CHIPPED FRONT RT CENTRAL TOOP TOOTH FRAC NASAL BONE

I NAME WAS IN THE TRASH TRAILER EMPTYING IT HE FELL OUT TO THE GROUND (30IN) & HIT THE GROUND ON H IS RT KNEE HE INJURED TENDONS IN RT KNEE REQUIRING SURGICAL REPAIR

HE WAS STANDING ON AN EXPANDED METAL PLATFORM CLEANING CLAY FROM THE SIDES OF A HOPPER. HE FELL 3 FT TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR.

INJURED WAS MOVING AN EMPTY WOODEN PALLET (40X48) INTO POSITION FOR LOADING WITH 25# BAGS.HE DROPPED THE PALLET APPROXIMATELY 3 FT.IT HIT HIS LEFT FOOT.

EMPL WAS WALKING FROM OFFICE AREA TO FORK LIFT AREA IN K#2 WHSE HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS R FOOT

EMPL OPERATING FRONT END LOADER.FELT INSECT BITE ON RIGHT LEG.DR INDICATED THAT A SPIDER WAS THE INSECT.NO INSECT OR SPIDER WAS SEEN.

STANDING ON LADDER REPLACING MASTER CYLINDER ON CAT FRONT END LOADER SLIPED AND FELL FORWARD AGAINST THE LOADER WHICH CAUSED ABDOMINAL WALL CONTUSION AND RENAL COLIC.

LIFTED A BRACKED W/ PLATE WEIGHING APPROX 35 LB FROM HEIGHT OF 3 FT AND LOWERED IT TO THE GROUND

INJ WAS SWEEPING A CONCRETE FLOR USING A PUSH BROOM WHEN FOREIGN MATERIAL GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO INFLAMATION OF FT. EYE.

LOWERING BAG CHAIR ON VALVE BAGGING MACHINE CHAIR DROPPED TO LOWEST POSITION ON THE PEDESTAL AS HE LIFTED THE CHAIR INTO PROPER POSITION HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK CHAIR WEIGHS APPROX 25 LB S

USING PUSH BROOM TO SWEEP UNDER A BELT CONVEYOR SCRAPED 2ND FINGER OF RT HAND ON THE FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR I.NAME DID NOT NOTIFY ANY ONE FINGER BECAME SORE HE WAS SENT TO THE DR ON 7-6-88 AT TIME OF NOTIFICATION

I.NAME WAS STANDING ON TOP EDGE OF A METEAL CONTAINER INVENTROYING MATERIALS ON AN UPPER SHELF HER FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HER TO FALL AGAINST THE STORAGE CLOSET DOOR FRAME SHE SPRAINED HER RT.WR IST

EMPL WAS USING ACETYLENE TORCH TO TRIM PIECE OF METAL. HE LAID BURNING TORCH DOWN WHILE REPOSITIONING PIECE OF METAL. HE THEN INADVERTENTLY WITH GLOVE REMOVED MOVED HIS RIGHT HAND INTO TO RCH FLAME.

I,NAME WAS INSTALLING A REPLACEMENT GATE ON THE SHUTTLE BELT. HE HIS HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE TOP OF THE DOWN SPOUT CAUSING CONTUSION OF RIGHT KNEE.

WAS USING SECTI2N OF RIGID CONDUIT (1/2" APPROX. 6 FT. LONG) TO POKE MOIST CLAY FROM HOPPER OF #1 KILN FEED. HE REPORTED THAT HIS BACK BECAME SORE WHILE PERFORMING THIS TASK.

THE INJURED WAS HAND STACKING 50# BAGS OF ABSORBENT CLAY PRODUCT ON WOOD PALLETS WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT WRIST.DR.JOSOVITZ DIAGNOSED THE CONDITION AS "TENDONITIS OF RIGHT WRIST".

I,NAME WAS USIN1 A SHOVEL TO REMOVE CLAY BUILD-UP FROM THE HOPPER OVER THE #1 PLANT SECONDARY SHREDDER. HE STRAINED HIS BACK. DR CAPPLEMAN,111 W. 1ST, RIPLEY, MS DIAGNOSED THE CONDITION AS "AC UTE MUSCLE STRA3N" AND SUGGESTED 2 DAYS LIGHT DUTY.

THE INJURED WAS3USING A SHOVEL TO REMOVE CLAY BUILD-UP FROM THE BUCKET OF A FRONT END LOADER,WHEN A FOREIGN BODY GOT INTI HIS RIGHT EYE.FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED BY DR.ELLIS,CORINTH,MS.NO PERMA NENT DAMAGE RES6LTED.