Plant 6 Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was instructed to perform housekeeping task at the east plant. While picking up pieces of expanded metal, caught the end of his middle finger of his left hand on a sharp edge of the metal, resulting in a laceration. The employee was not wearing his gloves at the time of the injury. The leather gloves were in his back pocket.

Employee went into switchhouse by washing plant and was stung on the left by wasp. He went to the hospital to get a shot of Benadryl.

EE was climbing up on a sand classifier to check a stopped chute, when he was attacked by a wasp and stung 4 times. Stung on right eye, right side of neck, right shoulder, and middle back. EE went to hospital to get shot of benadryl because he is allergic to stings of any kind, but ret'd to work after shot.

Ee was unhooking a chain on two pieces of equipment, being taken down from another plant. As he bent down to unhook chain he lost his balance and fell on another piece of troughing that had a sharp edge to it. He cut his left lower arm on metal, which left a cut to arm that required stitches.

Employee was climbing down off of catwalk on radial stacker. He had mud on his boots and was not wearing his work gloves. As he climbed down his foot slipped and his little finger on right hand snagged on cover for tail pulley of stacker. His little finger on right hand was cut.

MINER STEPPED OVER PIPELINE AND TWISTED/TURNED ANKLE (RIGHT). PIPELINE RESTS ON GROUND WHICH WASWET, SANDY AND SOMEWHAT UNLEVEL.

MINER WAS TO REPAIR HANDRAIL OF CATWALK WHICH HAD EARLIER BEEN HIT BY A TRENCHHOE & PUSHED TO ANANGLE. MINER PUSHED HANDRAIL TO UPRIGHT POSTION TO MAKE REPAIR. WHEN DOING SO, 3/4 COLE ROLE BRO KE FROM WELD STRIKING MINER ON BRIDGE OF NOSE. MINER WENT TO DOCTOR & WAS RETURNED TO LIGHT DUTY. ON 10/27 MINER RETURNED TO DOCTOR & WAS REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST.

EE WAS HELPING TAKE A TRACK APART USING A SLEDGEHAMMER AND DRIVING PIN. A PART OF THE PIN SHEERED AND HIT EE ON SHIN

EE HAD REMOVED CHUNK FROM DREDGE PUMP & REPLACED THE LID. HE TURNED TO STEP OFF THE PUMP STAND. THE DREDGE DECK WAS WET & THE EE SLIPPED FALLING INTO THE SIDE WINDOW OF DREDGE.

WHILE EE WAS HELPING TO ADJUST THE IMPELLER ON A GRAVEL DREDGE, HE HIT THE TABLE OF THE PUMP STAND WITH A MAUL TO HELP MOVE THE IMPELLER INTO PLACE. THERE WAS SOME SAND ON THE TABLE & THIS FLE W UP HITTING HIM IN THE EYE. EE THROUGH HE GOT THE SAND OUT OF HIS EYE THAT DAY BUT IT BEGAN HURTING WORSE 1-18-97. HE WAS UNABLE TO GET A DR.'S APPT. UNTIL 1-20-97.

EE WAS HELPING TO PUT A GEAR BOX ON THE DIESEL ENGINE ON DREDGE USING A COMEALONG TO LIFT IT. CORNER OF GEAR BOX HUNG ON MOTOR PLATFORM. WHEN EES SHIFTED GEAR BOX TO GET IT UNHUNG, IT CAME LOO SE & SWUNG AROUND PINNING EE'S LEFT HAND AGAINST THE CLUTCH SHAFT ON THE DREDGE.

UNEVEN TERRAIN 4HILE EMP WS STEPPING DOWN FROM A CLASY BIN HIS FOOT HIT UNEVEN GROUND TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE

EMP HAD LOADED A CHERRYPICKER ON THE LOWBOY & WAS SECURING IT WITH CHAIN BINDERS. HE PULLED ON A BINDER TO TIGHTEN IT AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT SIDE