PCS PHOSPHATE COMPANY INC Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was trying to break loose built up material in the urea auger using a hammer. The hammer hit the auger and jammed his right thumb into the head of the hammer. An air chisel should have been used for this job and a chisel and air hoses were readily available in the area. Employee was wearing all the proper PPE.

Air hose for the brakes on a rail car came apart and the end of the hose struck the employee on the right knee causing a bruise.

The employee was pulling on the lever that moves the points of the rails on the railroad switch. Employee's right hand slipped off the lever and caused him to lose his balance. He fell backward and landed on his left hand.

The EE was cleaning the dust off the screw conveyor though with the back of his right hand before placing lids on it. The EE had cotton gloves on. He felt something on his right hand and tried to remove his glove, but would not come off. A piece of wire was sticking through his glove. A piece of wire was going through his right hand middle finger above the 1st joint.

CUSTOMER TRUCK DRIVER WAS REMOVING SEAL FROM HIS TRAP CRANK SO HE COULD ADD MORE PRODUCT TO HIS LOAD BECAUSE HE WAS UNDER WEIGHT. HE HELD THE SEAL WITH RIGHT HAND & CUT THE SEAL WITH POCKET KNIFE USING LEFT HAND. AFTER THE SEAL WAS CUT HIS HAND KEPT GOING & HE CUT THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

THE CYCLONE HAS 2 DOORWAYS ABOUT 2' SQUARE & 12" DOWN FROM TOP ON OPPOSITE SIDES. THE OPERATOR SAW A LOOSE PIECE OF METAL INSIDE THE CYCLONE. HE WAS REACHING INSIDE TO REMOVE THE LOOSE PIECE OF METAL WHEN A CHUNK OF BUILDUP MATERIAL ON THE VERTICAL WALL ABOVE THE DOORWAY FELL HITTING THE EE'S HARDHAT & CAUSED IT TO COME DOWN OVER THE EE'S FACE & HIT HIM BELOW THE NOSE.

THE METAL WAS CUT THROUGH WITH NOTHING HOLDING IT FROM THE EMPLOYEE. THIS PUT HIM IN THE LINE OF FIRE FOR THE FALLING METAL.

ONE 3/8" BOLT ABOUT 1-1/2" LONG WAS STARTED AT ABOUT THE 9 O'CLOCK POSITION AND THEY WERE TRYING TO LINE UP THE HOLES IN THE PIPE FLANGE TO START ANOTHER BOLT. WHEN THE FIRST BOLT CAME LOOSE, THE PIPE FELL ABOUT 12 INCHES PINCHING THE VICTIM'S RIGHT HAND RING FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE HANDRAIL OF THE SCISSORS LIFT.

AT THE POINT WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED ONE END OF THE GRATING WAS SUSPENDED WITH A CHAIN FALL AT THE TOP OF THE BAGHOUSE. THE OTHER END HAD BEEN LOWERED TO THE FLOOR. THE FIP WINCH WAS ALSO ATT ACHED TO THE CENTER OF THE GRATING FOR ADDED SUPPORT. EE WAS ON THE WEST SIDE & HIS FOREMAN WAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOWERED END OF THE GRATING. AS THEY LIFTED, THE GRATING SLID SUDDENLY C

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST LOOSENED THE HEAL WITH AIR ON THE BOTTOM OF ACID CAR & WAS GETTING READY TO TAKE OFF NIPPLE SO THAT THE ACID HOSE COULD BE ATTACHED. HE FORGOT TO CHECK THAT THE VALVE WAS COM PLETELY CLOSED ON THE CAR & CHECK THE NIPPLE FOR PRESSURE. ACID CAME OUT WHEN THE NIPPLE WAS REMOVED & SPLASHED DOWN HIS LIQUID PROOF COAT SLEEVE & INTO HIS GLOVE & BOOT.

EE WAS CLIMBING 2ND LEVEL OF EAST STAIRS CARRYING HIS LUNCH BOX & COFFEE MUG, ONE IN EACH HAND. HE DID NOT HAVE A HAND FREE TO USE RAILING. HE TRIPPED ON A STEP & CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS HAND.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FEED INGREDIENTS PLANT. THEY WERE LOWERING A DUCT FOR THE NEW SCRUBBER. THE WEATHER WAS DRY AND WINDY THAT DAY. A HOLE WAS CUT IN THE ROOF TO LOWER DUCT THROUGH. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND HARD HAT WHEN DUST CAME DOWN FROM THE ROOF LEVEL. A PARTICLE OF DUST BECAME ENTRAPPED IN HIS LEFT EYE.

DURING THE PROCESS OF WELDING STRUCTURAL ON MILLADDITIONAL OUTSIDE. A GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST MATERIAL UP UNDER THE WELDING HOOD. PARTICLE OF MATERIAL LODGED IN THE RIGHT EYE. IMMEDIATELY THE INJURED WAS TAKEN TO DR.THE PARTICLE WAS REMOVEDAND AN ANTIBIOTIC EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED AND PLACED IN EYE EVERY 2 HOURS.

CONTRACTOR HAD REMOVED FASTENERS ATTACHING SET OF STEPS TO CONCRETE WALL. THE STEPS WERE RESET AGAINST WALL AFTER WORK WAS COMPLETED, W/O REATTACHING TO FASTENERS. MAN DESCENDED STEPS, THE SLI D OUT FROM UNDER EE. EE FELL AND ROLLED LEFT FOOT OVER. EE WAS TAKEN FOR TREAT MENT ON 10-27-01 AFTER PAIN CONTINUED. XRAY REVEALED BROKEN BONE IN FOOT. EE'S FOOT WAS WRAPPED & A SUPPORT SHOE

EE WAS PUTTING A NIPPLE ON THE BOTTOM OF AN ACID RAIL CAR. HE WAS SITTING UNDER RAIL CAR AND REACHED BACK TO GET NIPPLE. HE LOST GRIP WITH RIGHT HAND, NIPPLE TIPPED OVER CATCHING HIS FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN NIPPLE AND RAILROAD TRACK RAIL.

EE REACHED IN HATCH BELOW FINISHED PRDUCT HOPPER OF THE SOUTH TYLER SCREEN. WHILE REACHING UP TO DISLODGE CHUNKS, SHIRT SLEEVE SLID DOWN, HOT PRODUCT CONTACTED ARM, BURNING ARM.

EE WAS WELDING BRACKETS. AFTER WELDING A BRACKET, EE LIFTED HIS WELDING HOOD. DICAL DUST ON HOD FELL DOWN BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO EYE.

A ROCK FELL WRONG IN JAW CRUSHER. EE HIT ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND HANDLE SHATTERED INSIDE OF HAMMER HEAD LETTING IT GO BY THE ROCK, STRIKING THE HANDLE AGAINST FINGER AGAINST CRUSHER FRAME .

EE WAS MOVING FORKS ON THE WALDON WITH BOTH HANDS. RIGHT HAND MUST HAVE SLIPPED THE FORK FELL BACK CATCHING THE FINGERS BEHIND THE FORK.

EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE CHECKING A DUST LEAKAT THE FINE LIME TANK. VISIBILITY WAS RESTRICTEDBY THE DUST. CO-WORKER STEPPED OVER AND THROUGH THE LADDER WAY. EMPLOYEE DID NOT AND FELL 6' TO THE ROOF, LANDING ON HIS SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY 08/27/99 FOR TWO WEEKS.

PULLING RACKS UP TO ATTACH TO THE CEILING OF THEBAGHOUSE (12) SETS OF RACKS.

IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANINBG FLIGHTS, THE DRUM HAS TO BE ROTATED. ROTATION IS ACCOMPLISHED BY ATTACHING A POWER THREADER TO THE MOTOR SHEAVE & USING IT TO ROTATED THE DRUM. THE DRUM HAD A LOT O F PRODUCT IN IT. TURNING THE DRUM CAUSED A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE POWER HEAD. WHEN THE STOP BLOCK WAS REMOVED, THE POWER UNIT SLIPPED OUT OF EE'S HANDS, STRIKING HIM & KNOCING HIM AGAINST WAL

EE HAD FULL BODY HARNESS IN USE PROPERLLY BUT CUT AWAY PIECE OF REINFORCING STEEL HE WAS ACTUALLY TIED TO.

USING STEAM TO TRY TO BREAK LOOSE THE HEEL IN ACID CAR TO GET THE ACID TO FLOW. EE WA WORKING UNDER THE CAR AT THE DISCHARGE VALVE3 WHERE THE STEAM WAS HOOKED UP VIA A CAM LOCK FITTING AND PIP E TO THE STEAM HOSE. THE GASKET IN THE FEMALE CAM LOCK WAS WORN OR FAILED, ALLOWING STEAM AND ACID TO PASS THROUGH THE FITTING AT THE LEVERS AND MOUTH OF FITTING.

EE WAS WALKING FROM ONE END OF DRILL BOOM TO OTHER TO TIGHTEN HYD HOSE. HIS ANKLE EITHER GAVE OUT OR HE TWISTED IT. HE WAS ON A FLAT AREA.

INJURED BENT OVER TO PICK UP A CARBURETOR FROM THE SHOP FLOOR. HE GOT A CATCH IN THE LOWER BACK AS HE STRAINTENED UP.

FEED PLANT CLEANS PLANT EQUIP IN MILL. LOAD TRUCK.

EE STEPPED OFF OF THE TRACKMOBILE ONTO A RISE IN THE BLACKTOP AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EE WAS HELPING LIFT THE DRILL POWER CABLE. THIS CABLE MUST BE LIFTED ABOVE YOUR HEAD IN ORDER TO ANCHOR IT TO THE MINE ROOF.

BAGGING PRODUCT FAN BLEW MATERIAL OFF TABLE IN EYE

I.NAME BAGGING PRODUCT.PICKED UP BAG AND TURNED TO PUT BAG ON PALLET WHEN PAIN HIT.

HE WAS CLEANING PUGMILL WITH AN AIR GUN. SOMETHING GOT CAUGHT IN HIS EYE.

EMPL WAS GRINDING WELD JOINT WITH 9" GRINDER. GRINDER BLADE CAUGHT CAUSING GRINDER TO KICK BACK AT HIM. GUARD ON BLADE STRUCK HIM ON CHIN & NEC K AREA.

HE WAS CARRYING A SELF-ALIGN TROUGHING ROLL FOR A CONVEYOR. HE BUMPED HIS KNEE ON THE ROLLER WHILE CARRYING IT.

HE WAS CUTTING SMALL TREES WITH A CORN KNIFE. HE SWUNG THE KNIFE THROUGH A LIMB AND HIS LEFT LEG, CUTTING HIS SHIN.

I NAME WAS WALKING ON CATWALK/DECK AREA VELOW THE PRODUCT DUST COLLECTOR HE LOOKED UP & DUST FALLING FROM ABOVE ENTERED EYE HE WAS WEARING ALL SAFETY EQUIPMENT INCLUDING SAFETY GLASSES DUST WE NT BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES DUST WAS 18%CONTEN T

I NAME BENT OVER TO OPEN THE OVERHEAD DOOR AT THE DOME THE DOOR WAS STUCK & WHEN HE TRIED TO PULL UP HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK

INJURED WAS GETTING DRESSED BEFORE WORK IN THE MAINTENANCE LOCKER ROOM WHEN HE BENT OVER AND FELT A SHARP PAIN WHICH GRADUALLY BECAME WORSE.

INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD PLACED ONE FROG (FOR RERAILING CARS) IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP.WHEN STARTING TO LIFT THE SECOND ONE INJURED PULLED A LITTLE SIDEWAYS AND INJURED HIS BACK.THE FRO GS WEIGHT ABOUT 150-175 LBS EACH.

I NAME HAD TAKEN A GEAR BOX APART & METAL WORK BENCH WAS COVERED WITH CUTTINGS & BITS OF METAL FROM THIS GEAR BOX I WENT TO BANCH & PICKED UP A TOOL & RECEIVED A PIECE OF METAL IN MY FINGER WA S NOT REPORTED TO MGMENT UNTIL I NAME WENT TO THTO HAVE THE ARTICLE REMOVED 122190

WHILE OPENING THE TOP OF AN ACID CAR HE PULLED ONA WRENCH & HURT HIS NECK-AN AGGREVATION OF A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION

I NAME WAS WELDING ON A PIPE ON THE DISCHARGE SIDE OF THE FUGITIVE FAN HE WAS STANDING ON A STEP LADDER WHILE WELDING THE LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM HE FELL APPROX 5FT FROM THE LADDER

REPLACING FLANGE ON RAIL CAR. TRAIN MOVED THE VALVE HANDLE STRUCK ON SIDE OF HAT BRUISED PULLED MUSCLES IN NECK AND L SHOULDER

EE WAS TRYING TO PICK UP A PIECE OF 12 INCH SCHEDULE 40 PIPE WITH A SWEEP TRANSITION AND FLANGES WELDED TO IT.

I NAME WAS REMOVING A STEAM LANCE FROM AN ACID CAR AS IT WAS BEING PLACED ON THE RACK IT MISSED THE RAKC HE GRABBED IT AND TWISTED HIS BACK IN THE PROCESS

HE WAS INSTALLING THE PLUG IN CONNECTION FOR THE PLASMA ARC, WHEN THE SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND.

TRYING TO INSTALL LG PLATE ON BOX. COVER SLIPPED FELL STRIKING L FT MED CLINIC INDICATED FRACT.

HE WAS WALKING FROM THE PLANT TO A SAFTEY MEETING IN THE FIRST AID ROOM. HE SLIPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE. IT DID NOT BOTHER HIM THAT DAY THE NEXT MORNING HIS ANKLE WAS SORE AND SWOLLEN.

HE WAS RUNNING A WIRE FEED WELDER. WELDER WAS TURNED UP TO A FEED SPEED OF 8 WITH HIGH AMPERAGE TO ACCOMODATE HIGH FEED SPEED. HE WAS FLASHBURNED DUE TO THE HIGH ULTRAVIOLET BEING RADIATED BY THE ARC.

EMPL WAS COMING DOWN LADDER FROM OLD UPPER CHAIN MILL LEVEL TO K-TRON LEVEL. HE SLIPPED OFF OF APPROX. 3RD RUNG FROM BOTTOM. HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND DOWN OR FELL ON LEFT HAND INJURING WRIS T.

I.NAME HOLDING ANGLE IRON IN PLACE WHILE ANOTHER MAINT MAN WAS POUNDING ON ONE END OF ANGLE TO SQUARE UP PIECE.EITHER HAND SLIPPED TOWARDS HAMMER OR OTHER MAINT MAN WHO WAS POUNDING MISSED AND STRUCK I.NAME FINGER.

I.NAME BENT OVER TO PICK UP BLASTING CAP TUBE WHEN A PIECE OF SHALE (ABOUT 65LBS) FELL ABOUT 9FT.FROM THE ROOF HITTING HIS HARD HAT HE WAS WEARING

I.NAME WAS REMO5ING HARD IRON BEARINGS FROM TAIL SHAFT OF NEW ELEVATOR THEY WERESTUCK ON & HE WAS USING A HAMMER TO JAR THEM LOOSE UPON STRIKING THE BEARING WITH A HAMMER A SMALL PIECE STRUCK I.NAME ON RT.CH9EKBONE & WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO THE EYE

I.NAME WENT OUT3THE DOOR CROSSED THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO GO AROUND AN EMPTY RAILCAR WHILE STEPPING OVER THE RAIL UNLOADING AUGER HE SLIPPED & FELL INTO OLD LEG PIT I.NAME HURT RT .ANKLE SKINNED RT.ARM & HAS SO9E RIBS

SAND BLASTING T5NK TO BE PAINT ED EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN TEMPERATURES NEAR 100%HE BECAME DIZZY & STOPPED WORKING WHEN HE CALLAPSED TO THE GROUND FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION

WHILE TURNING P6G MILL OVER BY HAND GOT FINGER CUAGHT BETWEEN V-BELT AND PULLEY

CLEANING TYLER 8CREENS,WEARING HARD HAT,DUST MASK AND SAFETY GLASSES-A PIECE OF PRODUCT ENTERED EYE. THE SCREENS WERE RUNNING.

I.NAMEWAS PULLI3G DOWN ON THE BAGS TO BREAK THE BRIDAL WIRE ON TOP OF BAG BAG WIRE BROKE AND I.NAME FELL OVER BACKWARDS AND LANDED ON 3 IN DIA X 6 IN HIGH THIMBLES IN THE FLOOR

A SECTION OF TH9 EXPANDED METAL WAS BEING LOWERED FROM AVOVE OUR END CAUGHT ON FLOOR CAUSING IT TO SPRING STRIKING MAN ON UPPER ARM

IN THE DRIFT WHERE ROCK FALL OCCURED, BLASTING WAS ON FEB. 22ND, AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. NEXT MORNING THE AREA WAS INSPECTED. NO SCALING WAS DONE BECAUSE THESE FALES WERE NOT TO BE LOADED OUT FOR A DAY OR TWO. AT NOON ON THE 23RD, A CROSSCUT AND FACE WERE BLASTED IN A DRIFT 120\ AWAY. NEAR THE END OF THE SHIFT ON 2-23-83 THE ROCK FALL WAS FOUND. THE ROCK FALL HAD STABLYIZED BY TH