RIVERSIDE PIT & PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

At the end of his shift, Employee was stepping out of the shower when he lost his balance by slipping on a sheet of cardboard injuring his head on the concrete floor. He incurred a laceration behind his right ear on his head that required staples to close the wound.

The employee was lifting a 100# bag and lost his grip on the bag with his right hand and tried to correct it with his left hand. The weight of the bag on his left hand caused him to fracture his pinky finger bone on his left hand.

The trained worker was washing out the mixer. He placed his hand in the mixer contrary to his training to brace himself to wash the mixer. In the act of moving the water hose, the hose hit safety switch. This turned on the mixer & pulled his left hand into the mixer. He broke bones in is left hand.

The worker was loosening a nut at the slide gate on a hopper. The nut would not loosen at first, so the worker hit the wrench with is left hand to break the nut loose. When he hit the wrench a sharp pain went up his arm, which caused his lower left forearm tendon to become inflamed.

While hand loading a vacuum funnel on to a pallet, the worker lost control of the load and tried to save it. His middle finger on his left hand was smash between two funnels. He was taken to the doctor to get his finger check and it was determined that he had a broken middle finger.

8:30 AM 5/14/13 Received fax from employee's doctor stating he had silicosis. Told employee we would not let him work in plant until further diagnosis. Told him we would continue to pay him his normal salary while he was off until we could get Workers Compensation started.

EE working under mixer in mudroom cleaning door of mixer when chunk of tar fell and got into eye. EE washed eye out but still had irritation. Went to E.R. was told to see eye dr. 9/26.

Employee was breaking bags and pulled on bag straining muscle in right arm.

Worker was coming down 6 ft step ladder and tripped and fell onto concrete floor injuring shoulder and ribs.

At 9:45am ee reported he saw another ee fall to ground as if passed out. EE found other ee lying on ground by bulk sack machine complaining of shortness of breath. 911 call made, when ENT arrived they check blood pressure & sugar level. Sugar level low so they administered sugar through IV seem to become alert immediately. Transported to hospital.

Employee was transferring sodium silicate from 55 gallon drum to mixer. When opening drum, sodium silicate splashed into his eyes. Employee was not wearing safety glasses. Employee's eyes were flushed out with water at eyewash station & then he wash carried to emergency room.

EE was stacking taphole blocks when block slipped & jammed thumb. EE con't to work until 3/5/07. Thumb was bothered him, EE went to Dr and Dr diagnosed closed fracture. Give meds and brace. EE cont' to work until 3/30/07 when outpatient surgery was scheduled. EE had surgery 4/2/07. RTW date unk at this time.

A cylinder was hung so employee & his co-worker could pick it up with a forklift. EE's index finger on his left hand was caught between cylinder & frame.

Employee was going to mixer platform to begin running mixer. Employee tripped or apparently passed out and fell over railing. Employee fell approximately 10 ft to concrete floor. Cardboard box partially broke fall. Employee said he remembers tripping and falling, nothing much after that.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN CLEANING OUT CLAY CRUSHING MACHINE AND WAS STANDING ON THE PLATFORM AROUND THE MACHINE. HE BEGAN WALKING AND APPARENTLY MADE A MIS-STEP WITH HIS LEFT FOOT WITH RESULTING SPRAIN OF LEFT ANKLE.

REPAIRING ROOF AT RIVERSIDE REFRACTORIES, EE WAS A LABORER, HE WAS SENT TO GET SOME SCREWS AND HE STEPPED THROUGH SKY LIGHT AND FELL THROUGH.

EMPLOYEE WAS CALLED TO "MUD ROOM" TO REPAIR V BELT THAT HAD COME OFF THE HEAD ROLLER PULLEY ON THE DISCHARGE BELT FROM THE MIXER. NO ONE WAS AWARE HE CAME IN AND STARTED REPAIRS. HE BEGAN TO R EPAIR V BELT WHEN MIXER OPERATOR ENGAGED BELT TRAPPING HIS HAND BETWEEN PULLEY AND BELT. THE DOCTOR TRIED TO SAVE HIS FINGER BUT LATER AMPUTATEDTHE RIGHT INDEX TO 1ST JOINT.

EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK ON PIT BULLDOZER. AS HE WAS GETTING OFF THE DOZER HE TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE ENTERED AREA TO TURN ON EXHAUST FAN IN ORDER TO EXHAUST THE FUMES WHERE AN OVEN WAS HEATING FUMES.

EMPLOYEE BROUGHT DOCTOR'S STATEMENT ON 9/10/01 AT 9:00 AM INDICATING HE HAD EMPHYSEMA AND SILICOSIS. HE HAS NOT WORKED SINCE AUGUST 31, 2001. DEGREE OF DISABILITY HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT TH IS TIME.

MAINTENANCE MAN WAS CALLED TO MUDROOM TO ADJUST THE TRACKING OF THE CONVEYER BELT UNDER THE MIXER. NO ONE WAS AWARE THAT HE BEGAN TO ADJUST THE BELT. HIS RIGHT HAND/ARM BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE TAIL ROLLER. TWO MEN RESPONDED TO HIS SCREAMING AND FOUND EE WITH HIS RIGHT ARM IN THE TAIL ROLLER UP TO HIS SHOULDER. RESULTED IN BREAKING HIS RIGHT UPPER ARM, IT PIERCED HIS SKIN.

EE WAS REMOVING PLASTIC REFRACTORY MATERIAL FROMEND OF CONVEYOR B3ELT & RIGHT FOREARM WAS STRUCKBY THE FRAME OF THE CUTTER WIRE ASSEMBLY

EE WAS REMOVING METAL BRACE FROM THE SIDE OF A WOODEN FORM USED TO POUR PRECAST REFRACTORY SHAPES. THE METAL BRACE SLIPPED FROM THE FORM AND STRUCK TOP SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BY SHRINK WRAP MACHINE AND TRIPPED ON WOODEN PALLET AND FELL AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE MACHINE AND LACERATED HIS FOREARM.

EE WAS PICKING UP 10# BLOCKS OF REFRACTORY MATERIAL AND STACKING THE MATERIAL INTO A LARGE CARDBOARD BOX. AFTER 8 HOURS OF STACKING MATERIAL HE STRAINED MUSCLE ON RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.

EE WAS LIFTING AND BREAKING 100 BAGS OF RAW MATERIAL INTO BATCHING HOPPER AND SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SCRAP REFRACTORY MATERIAL FROM THE FLOOR TO A CONVEYOR BELT AND STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREEN ON ROTARY SHAKER. AS HE WAS REMOVING SCREEN, A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM THE SCREEN "LODGED" IN LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING METAL FROM FROM PRECAST REFRACTORY SHAPE. AS EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING METAL FORM AND PLACING IT ON WORK TABLE HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

EE WAS LIFTING 100# BAGS OF RAW MATERIAL AND BREAKING THESE BAGS INTO BATCHING HOPPER. AS HE WAS LIFTING 100# BAG HE STRAINED MUSCLE ON RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.

EE WAS STACKING 100 BAGS FROM DISCHARGE CHUTE AT END OF CONVEYOR BELT TO WOODEN PALLET ON THE FLOOR. AS EE WAS GRASPING A 100 BAG, THE GLOVE ON HIS LEFT HAND WAS PULLED INTO THE OPENING BETWEE N THE DISCHARGE CHUTE AND THE END OF THE CONVEYOR BELT CAUSING LACERATION OF TWO FINGERS.

EE WAS HAMMERING ON METAL FORM WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. AS EE WAS HAMMERING A SMALL PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND STRUCK EE ON HIS RT TESTICLE.

EE WAS PUMPING KEROSENE FROM STORAGE TANK INTO KEROSENE HEATER AND KEROSENE SPILLED ON RIGHT FOOT.

EE WAS PACKAGING PRECAST SHAPES ON WOODEN PALLETS. BENDING, TWISTING, STRETCHING MOTION STRAINED MUSCLE ON RIGHT SIDE--BACK.

EE WAS STACKING 50# CLAY BAGS ONTO WOODEN PALLET. PULLED MUSCLE IN RT. SIDE GROIN AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM ONE LAB BUILDING TO ANOTHER. AS HE CLOSED THE OUTSIDE DOOR TO THE BUILDING HE TURNED QUICKLY AND TRIPPED OVER A FORM SITTING ON THE GROUND. AS HE WAS FALLING HE PUT H IS HANDS OUT TO BRACE HIMSELF FROM FALLING AND HITTING THE GROUND.

EE WAS ASSEMBLING DISASSEMBLING METAL FORMS. AS EE WAS HANDLING FORMS, HE STRAINED RIGHT WRIST CAUSING STRESS FRACTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH SERVICE GROUP REPAIR STEEL MILL FURNACE AS EMPLOYEE WAS WALKINGFROM ONE AREA OF THE FURNACE TO ANOTHER HE STEPPED OFF STEEL BEAM & TURNED (SPRAINED) RT ANKLE

EMPLOYEE WAS USING JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE CASTABLE MATERIAL FROM LARGE METAL FORM. AS EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING JACKHAMMER THE JACKHAMMER BLADE BROKE ALLOWING JACKHAMMER TO DROP AND STRIKE EMPLOYE ES TOE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE CASTABLE FROM METAL FORM. AS EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING JACKHAMMER, HE PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN JACKHAMMER HANDLE AND METAL PIPE ON FORM.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING REFRACTORY MATERIAL FROM A FLAT CONVEYOR BELT FEEDING A HYDRAULIC RAM EXTRUDER. AS EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BELT HE STEPPED ON A SMALL PIECE OF REFRACTORY MATERIAL & TURNED HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PLASTIC WRAP FROM AROUND A PALLET OF RAW MATERIALS. AS EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PLASTIC WRAP HE WAS STRUCK BY A FORKLIFT THAT WAS BACKING UP WITH A PALLET OF RAW MATERIALS.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING OXYGEN BOTTLE FROM TEH BACK OF A PICK-UP TRUCK. AS EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING THE OXYGEN BOTTLE, HE MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN OXYGEN BOTTLE AND TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING CLEAN UP DUTIES WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STARTED AN ARGUMENT WITH INJURED EMPLOYEE. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WILLFULLY AND INTENTIONALLY STRUCK INJURED EMPLOYEE WITH A SHOVEL. ONE TIME ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD, NOTE: THIS WAS NOACCIDENT AND IS BEING REPORTED ON BECAUSE IT OCCURRED ON PLANT PROPERTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING THIN GUAGE METAL SHEET WITH ELECTRIC JIG SAW. AS EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL SHEET A METAL SHAVING FLEW UP AND LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPOSITIONING METAL ROD HOLDING ROLL OF PLASTIC USED ON SHRINK WRAP MACHINE. AS EMPLOYEE WAS REPOSITIONING METAL ROD HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE END OF THE ROD AND THE ROD HOLDER BRACKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SAMPLE HOLDER FROM LABORATORY TEST INSTRUMENT WHEN MERCURY LEAKED PAST A GASKET SEAL. THE MERCURY SPILLED ON A WORKBENCHA ND THE FLOOR CAUSING VAPORS THAT RESULTED IN TEH EXPOSURE.

EE WAS LEANING AND TURNING TO PICK UP 50 LB BAG OF RAW MATERIAL TO BE PLACED IN MIXER. AS HE WAS LEANING AND TURNING HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN MID LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING ELECTRIC DRILL MOTOR TO DRILL HOLES FOR MOUNTING LIGHT FIXTURE TO CEILING JOIST. AS EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLE, THE DRILL BIT SEIZED CAUSING THE DRILL MOTOR TO TWIST AND MAS H FINGER BETWEEN THE DRILL MOTOR AND THE CEILING JOIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING AND LIFTING 100# BAGS OF RAW MATERIAL PRIOR TO THE BATCHING OPERATION. AS EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING 100# BAGS HE STRAINED RIGHT WRIST AND FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING 50# BAG OF FINISHED PRODUCT & LIFTING BAG TO BULK CONTAINER FOR PACKAGING AS EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BAG HE STRAINED BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 100# BAGS OF RAW MATERIAL AND BREAKING BAGS INTO AIR TRANSPORT HOPPER. AS EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BAGS, HE STRAINED LOWER BACK AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 100# BAGS OF RAW MATERIAL AND BREAKING BAGS INTO MIXER. AS EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BAGS, HE STRAINED LOWER BACK AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING GATE IN GUARD RAIL AROUND MIXER PLATFORM SO THAT RAW MATERIAL COULD BE PLACED ON PLATFORM WITH FORKLIFT. AS EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING GATE, EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND FELL/JUMPE D APPROX.. 8 FEET TO FLOOR BENEATH PLATFORM.

EE WAS REMOVING METAL FORM FROM HOLDINGRACK IN PREPARATION FOR SHAPE REMOVAL FROM FORM AS EE WAS MOVING FORM THE END OF THE FORM DROPPED DOWN AND MASHED FINGER BETWEEN METAL FORM AND HOLDING R ACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON OVERHEAD RAN MATERIAL TRASFER LINE AS HE WAS HAMMERING REFRACTORY DUST FELL INTO RIGHT EYE

AS EE WAS RETURNING TO WORK STATION FROM ADVACENT WORK AREA A FELLOW EE WAS MOVING A WOODEN PALLET OF REFRACTORY MATERIAL WITH AN ELECTRIC PALLET JACK FELLOW EE SET WOODEN PALLET DOWN ON RIGHT FOOT OF INJURED EE.

CLEANING WATER FROM FLOOR WITH VACUUM PURING WATER IN 55 GALLON OPEN TOP BARREL CUT FINGERS ON IT

HANDLING BOXES OF PRODUCT ON CONV BELT BOX STRUCK L HAND AND WRIST

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 75# PAIL OF SAND APPROX THREE (3) FEET AND DUMPING SAND INTO A BATCHING HOPPER. IN THE PROCESS OF LIFTING AND DUMPING SAND. EMPLOYEE STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER LEFT ARM (F OREARM).

EE ADVISED THE CO THAT HIS DR HAD ADVISED HIM THAT HE HAD SILICOSIS FROM HIS LONG YEARS OF EXPOSURE TO CLAY DUST A COPY OF REPORT IS ATTACHED.

EMPL ASSEMBLING/DISASSEMBLING METAL FORMS IN PREPARATION FOR POURING WITH PREKAST SHAPE MATERIAL TO ASSEMBLE FORM,EMPL LIFTED FORM AND STRAINED GROIN AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 50# BAG OF MATERIAL INTO HOPPER

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 50 LB BAG OF MATERIAL ONTO WOODEN CRATE.

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING BAGS OF RAW MATERIAL INTO HOPPER & PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER

AFTER OBSERVING NO REACTION FOR FORMULA EMPLOYEE PICKED UP CONTAINER TO THROW IT AWAY WHEN A FLASH REACTION OCCURRED AND BLEW CONTENTS OF CUP ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLYEE WAS PUTTING ACID INTO STEAM CLEANING MACHINE. A DROP OF ACID SPLASHED INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS BATCHING PRODUCT MIX ON WOODEN PALLET WHILE PALLET WAS BEING MOVED EMPLOYEES FOOT WAS BUMPED CAUSING ANKLE SPRAIN

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A PIECE OF METAL USED AS A DRAIN TROUGH CORER.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 100 LB BAGS ONTO PALLET.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BLOCKS OF FINSHED PRODUCT IN A CRATE. COMPLAINED OF MUSCLE HURTING IN LEFT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BOXES ONTO PALLET COMPLAINED OF STOMACH MUSCLE HURTING.

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5CKING 50 LB. BAGS IN A CRATE. COMPLAINED OF BACK HURTING. SWITCHED TO ANOTHER JOB AND FINISHED WORK SHIFT. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 10-9-87.

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON CONCRETE FLOOR USING A HAND SCOOP TO WEIGH OUT 35LBS.OF MATERIAL INTO A PLASTIC BUCKET & THEN EMPTYING BUCKET INTO A FEEDER HOPPER EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO COMPLAIN OF HURTIN G BACK & WAS SE3T TO DOCTOR

IN THE PROCESS 2F CLEANING OUT ELRICH MIXER,EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIS KNEE AGAINST ROTOR.EMPLOYEE DID NOT COMPLAIN OF TROUBLE UNTIL END OF SHIFT ON 04-16-87.

CLEANING OUT 2 0OOT SECTION OF AUGER BARREL 2 SECTIONS ROLLED TOGETHER CATCHING HAND BETWEEN THEM

AS BATCH HOPPER3APPROACHED MIXER EMPLOYEE DID NOT GET HAND OUT OF WAY BEFORE HOPPER MADE CONTACT WITH MIXER

EMPLOYEE STRAINED LIGIMENTS IN HIS HAND WHEN SHOVEL KICKED BACK DURING A CLEAN OUT EXERCISE OF THIS PARTICULAR MACHINE.

EE RAISED TARP THAT COVERED FLY WHEEL ON HOPPER. TARP BECAME ENTANGLED IN WHEEL PULLING HAND INTO ENTANGLEMENT.

INJ STATED HE SPRAINED HIS WRIST WHILE HANDLING 100 LBS BAGS

INJURED BACK BREAKING BAGS INTO MIXER

EE WAS CLEANING OUT FEEDER HOPPER WITH A HAMMER & MASHED HIS HAND IN THE PROCESS.

GOT DUST IN RIGHT EYE.

STEPPED WRONG OFF LADDER OF LOADER FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING 100# BAGS.

WIND BLEW FOREIGN MATTER IN EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING A NUT ON A FORKLIFT WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL. THIS METHOD CAUSED A SLIVER OF METAL TO HIT HIS RIGHT WRIST THUS CUTTING A VEIN

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING 100# BAGS INTO A LOADER BUCKET WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER.