Pit #40 Waterloo Metal/Non-Metal

When standing by the back of the service truck, the wind blew sand and dirt into his left eye, that resulted in a scratch to the cornea that required an antibiotic perscription.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON THE TRUCK SCALE PEDESTAL, WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND PINCHING & LACERATING HIS LEFT RING FINGER & LEFT LITTLE FINGER. EE REQUIRED STITCHES.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE OVERSIZED ROCK CHUTE THAT WAS LINED ON THE TOP SIDE WITH NEOPRENE RUBBER LINER. THE TORCH MELTED SOME OF THE LINER CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO BREATHE THE FUMES.

EE WAS LOOSENING BOLTS ON A FRAME THAT WERE VERY TIGHT AND HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING MATERIAL IN A PUGMILL BIN, WHILE ON AN EXTENSION LADDER ABOUT 12 FEET HIGH, HE STARTED DOWN THE LADDER, TOOK 2 STEPS & THEN LET GO & FELL ABOUT 9 FEET ONTO CONCRETE. HE THOUGHT HE WAS CLOSER TO THE GROUND.

WHILE DOING PLANT REPAIRS THE EE WAS WALKING AROUND THE BACK OF THE MAINTENANCE TRUCK WHEN HESLIPPED ON WET SLUDGE ON THE CONCRETE PAVEMENT. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT LEG & STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH SPLICING A CONVEYOR BELT. HE WAS PULLING ON A COME-ALONG, TIGHTENING & STRETCHING THE BELT WHEN THE COME-ALONG CABLE BROKE, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE & FA LL OFF THE LADDER, FROM ABOUT 6 FEET. HE HAD SOME MINOR CONTUSIONS & ABRASIONS & STRAINED HIS LEFT WRIST. RETURNED TO WORK ON 4/10/01 WITH NO RESTRICT. RETURNED TO DR ON 5/10 & NOW HAS RESTRI

THE EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM A TANK THAT HE WAS WORKING ON WHEN HE SLIPPED HE TRIED TO GRAB THE SIDE OF THE TANK, HE FELL ABOUT 6' TO THE FLOOR RESULTING IN CONTUSIONS TO HIS LEFT SIDE. 2 DAY S RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY.

THE EE WAS ASSISTING WITH CHANGING THE GRIZZLY SCREEN ON THE ROTARY SCREEN WHEN THE SCREEN IN A ROLL ABOUT 4 FT. X 20FT. SLIPPED AS THEY WERE TRYING TO GET IT INTO PLACE. THE ROLL OF SCREEN WE IGHTING ABOUT 200 LBS STRUCK THE EE IN THE HEAD AND NECK AREA OF HIS BODY, CAUSING AN ABRASION TO HIS HEAD AND SORE NECK. THE EE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL WITH NO FRACTURES OR SU

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING UP PUNCHING OUT TICKETS FOR THE TRUCK DRIVERS. WHEN HE WENT TO SIT DOWN IN THE CHAIR, HE CAUGHT THE EDGE OF THE CHAIR CAUSING THE CHAIR TO ROLL BACK. AS HE FELL HIS R IGHT ARM STRUCK THE DESK TWISTING HIS BACK.

THE EE WAS PULLING A WIRE CABLE OUT OF THE SAND BY HAND, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SOME LOWER BACK PAIN.

THE EE WAS PULLING ON A WATER HOSE, WHILE WASHING OFF THE CONRETE AREA UNDER THE PLANT, WHEN THE HOSE CAME LOOSE AND THE EE FELLO OVER A PIPE, LANDING ON ANOTHER PIPE WITH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMP WAS HAULING RAILROAD TIES TO MOVE THEM TO ANOTHER LOCATION. EMP DROPPED ONE TIE AND WENT TO PICK IT UP. WHEN DOING SO, EMP SLIPPED TO ONE KNEE WHILE STILL HOLDING ONTO RAILROAD TIE. THIS C AUSED EMP TO STRAIN HIMSELF, SHICH CAUSED A BLOOD VESSEL TO RUPTURE IN RIGHT EYE. DURING WINTER EMP HAD EYE SURGERY AND WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK IN SPRING.

THE DUMP TRUCK DRIVER WAS GETTING OUT OF THE TRUCK CAB & AS HE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE TRUCK CAB STEOM THE WIND BLEW THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR SHUT ONHIS LEFT HAND. THE EE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE AS T HIS HAPPENED.

THE EE SLIPPED ON FUEL OIL ON THE STEPS TO THE DREDGE ENGINE AREA AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. MEDICAL EVALUATION REVEALED A STRAINED RIGHT KNEE.

THE CONTRACTOR ELECTRICIAN OPENED THE DOOR OF THE DISCONNECT BOX AT THE SOUTH END OF THE HSG VALLEY SHOP TO CHEC THE INSIDE OF THE BOX BEFORE HOOKING UP THE LEADS TO TEST THE STARTER. THE WI RES INSIDE THE BOX WERE ON THE LEFT SIDE. AFTER INSPECTING THE BOX THE ELECTRICIAN USED HIS LEFT FINGERS TO PUSH THE WIRES BACK TO CLOSE THE DISCONNECT BOX DOOR. A LOOSE LEAD WIRE CONTACTED

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AJET PUMP EXTENSION FOR THE DISCHHARGE PIPE, WHEN THE PPIPE ROLLED BACKWARDS TOWARDS THE EMPLOYEE. THE WEIGHT OF HTE PIPE PUSHED THE EMPLOYEE BACKWARDS CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK. THE EMLOYEE HAD GONE TO CHIROPRACTOR SEVERAL TIMES, WITHOUT ANY BETTER. THE EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 10-7-94. THE 1ST DAY OF FLOST TIME 10-10-94.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING A NEBRASKA MACHINERY CO MECHANIC REPAIR THE DREDGE CLUTCH BY HOLDING A STEEL BAR WHILE THE MECHANIC STRUCK THE BAR WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER.THE MECHANIC MISSED THE STEEL BAR ONCE AND STRUCK OUR EMPLOYEE RIGHT HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE OF THE 5TH METACARPAL IN HIS RIGHT HAND.THE EMPLOYEE HAS A CAST ON HIS RIGHT HAND AND RETURNED TO WORK HIS NEXT SHIFT.HE CAN STI

THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A TRUCK, WHEN DOING SO, HE LIFTED A LOG CHAIN. HE EXPERIENCED SOME LOWER BACK PAIN. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR LOWER BACK MUSCLE STRAIN. HE WAS G IVEN A MUSCLE RELAXANT PRESCRIPTION FOR HIS STRAINED LOWER BACK.

THE EE WAS PICKING UP DEWATERING SCREW SHOES, WHEN HE TWISTED AS HE LIFTED CAUSING SOME PAIN I HIS LOWER BACK. MEDICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE EE WAS GIVEN A MUSCLE RELAXENT PRESCRIPTION. HE WAS BACK TO WORK ON HIS NEXT SHIFT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE A SHAKER SCREEN. WHILE PRYING UP THE SCREEN WITH A PRY BAR, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND HIS HEAD STRUCK A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON, CAUSING A LACERATION ABOVE HSI LEFT EYE, THAT REQUIRED SIX STITCHES.

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH BULDING THE ROLLERS ON THE ROCK CRUSHER WITH THE ARC WELDER. LATER DURING HIS SHIFT, HIS EYES WERE BURNING AND IRRITATED. MEDICAL EVALUATION REVEALED THE EE HAD MINOR FLA SH BURNS TO BOTH EYES. HE REC'D A RX TO APPLY TOBOTH EYES.

EMPLOYEE ORIGINALLY INJURED RIGHT SHOULDER WHILELIFTING RAILROAD TIES & CARRYING THEM ON R SHOULDER IN 9CT 1990 AND WAS TREATED FOR ROTATOR CUFFINJURY TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. NOW EMPLOYEE STATE S HE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER. DR STATED IT MAY BE CARPAL TUNNEL.

54736YEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON CONCVEYOR REOLLER & STRUCK A BOLT WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE BOLT WAS EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT ARM DR RECOMMENDED NOT SURGICALLY REMOVING THE P 95350OF METAL & GAVE THE EMPLOYEE AN ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIPTION

WORKING WITH SCREEN CUT WIRE HOLDING ROLL IT FLEW BACK STRUCK L HAND

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PIEP STANDS FOR SAFETY SUPPORTS UNDER A HOPPER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN.HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND REPORTED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY AND LATER WENT TO THE D OCTOR.

DRILLING FOR MATERIAL CORES OPER BUMPED LEVER L INDEX FINGER PINCHED

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A PICE OF PLATE STEEL OFF THE SHOP FLOOR,HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.NINE DAYS LATER THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

CLEANING HOPPER CEMENT DUST BLEW IN R EYE

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE SCREW NEXT THE THE SHOP,WHEN HE STOOD UP,HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A PICE OF ANGLE IRON.HE REQUIRED SEVERAL STITCHES FOR THE LACERATION ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE CUTTER HEAD WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF THE ROCK FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE EMPLYEE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT & A PRESCRIPTION FOR HIS EYE

EMPLOYEE USED A 600 BOLT AMP METER TO CHECK A 2400 VOLT LINE TO THE SLURRY PUMP WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TOUCHED THE LEADS OF THE AMP METER TO THE FUSE IT CAUSED AN EXPLOSION RESULTING IN SECOND DEGR EE BURNS TO HS HANDS

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BY CARRYING A LARGE FOLDING TABLE WHICH BEGAN TO UNFOLD THEN WHILE TRYING TO KEEP TABLE FROM UNFOLDING EMPLOYEE TWISTED BACK & FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK SEVERAL DAYS LATER EM PLOYEE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A 3' PIECE OF 3/8" COLD ROLL INTO THE ROLLERS OF A FORMING MACHINE TO BEND THE PIECE OF STEEL. HE WAS WEARING LEATHER GLOVES AND HE EVIDENTLY GOT HIS LEFT HAND TOO CLO SE TO THE ROLLERS AND IT CAUGHT THE SEAM OF THE GLOVE, PULLING HIS HAND INTO THE ROLLERS. THE ROLLERS TURN AT A VERY SLOW SPEED; LESS THAN 7 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE.

WHILE WORKING ON REPAIRS TO DOZER,EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF THE DOZER AND ONTO A CREEPER ON THE FLOOR,CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE.AS A RESULT THE EMPLOYEE FELL AND FRACTURED HIS RIGHT COLLAR BO NE.

STEPPING OFF FENDER OF TRUCK WITH L EG EXTENDED FALL BACK ON KNEE TWISTING L KNEE

EMPL USING CAUSTIC FAILED TO HAVE ON SPLASH-PROOF GOGGLES REQUIRED WHEN USING CAUSTICS.SOME OF IT SPLASHED INTO EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING RAZOR SHARP KNIFE CUTTING A PIECE OF 2" RUBBER HOSE. HE WAS PULLING KNIFE TOWARD THE BODY CUTTING THE HOSE AND AS HE WAS ALMOST THROUGH THE HOSE HE PLACED HIS LEFT ARM ACROS S THE FRONT OF HIS BODY AND GRABBED THE HOSE TO PREVENT IT FROM FALLING. THE KNIFE PENETRATED THROUGH THE HOSE AND THE FORCE APPLIED TO THE KNIFE CARRIED IT THROUGH AND THEKNIFE LACERATED THA

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING THE BOLTS ON AN ENGINE. HE WAS USING A RACHET TYPE WRENCH WITH A SOCKET WHEN A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED IN THE RACHET PORTION OF THE WRENCH, THUS THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A STRAIN IN THE LOWER SECTION OF THE ABDOMEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE CONDITION WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA AND SURGERY WAS NECESSARY.