Sugarcreek Operations Metal/Non-Metal

Driver was backed up to the dump location and started to raise the trailer. As the bed was being raised, the driver noticed the bed starting to sway. EE hit the down lever. As the bed was coming down, it started to lean to the right and then continued to the ground on its passenger side. Tractor and trailer were damaged. Load not evenly distributed was leading factor.

Employee was welding then began to use a chipping hammer. A hot chip flew up and dropped behind EE's safety glasses hitting EE's right eye.

Started the loader to let it warm up first thing in the morning, and when employee was climbing down the ladder, foot slipped and employee tried to catch self. Employee held onto the rail with right arm, and while doing this felt a popping sensation in right shoulder.

Employee was lying under the D7 preparing to change the oil. IE was taking off belly pan plate when IE's coworker, who was above IE, was taking off the steel plate to get to the oil filter when EE dropped the plate and it went through the tracks and hit employee on the head.

The employee was inside the shop turning the head on a starter. He completed the task and climbed up on the tailgate of Truck #77 and was bending down to lift the starter into the bed of his truck so that he may take it back to the pit and complete the maintenance task. While doing so his left foot slipped and his leg moved forward. He heard a pop in his left leg.

Employee was using a utility knife to cut a tie off of a package. Cut tie and swung the knife upward and lacerated his left forearm.

Cleaning roller off a got hand stuck between roller and belt. Cut left hand and belt rash to left thumb

Employee was getting down from a piece of equipment uses a small ladder when his boot buckle got caught on the step. He slipped on ice with his other foot, causing him to fall on his back. He hit his back and head on the ground. Accident report filled out on 2/2/09, did not seek medical attention until 2/20/09.

Employee was air arc welding and a piece of hot metal went into his boot.

Exiting tractor trailer and left heel of boot caught on the step on the fuel tank causing employee to land hard on my right foot. Felt pain in lower back.

Was removing track pin from loading, twisted and felt a pain in middle of back. Note: EE went to a chriopractor set up thru. safety director. We found this out at a later date.

Adjusting clutch on 80-d loading shovel hit head on roof. Received 2 stitches to head.

He stepped down from a fuel tank and tripped. He fell on right leg. Felt pain in groin and lower abdomen.

Climbing off loading shovel and slipped. Heard a snap in right leg.

CRANKING DOWN DOLLYS ON SEMI TRAILER, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LEG.

Walking from loading equipment to truck and twisted left ankle.

WALKING AROUND LOADING SHOVEL, SLIPPED ON ICE. GRABBED HAND RAIL AND FELT PAIN IN NECK & BACK. WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR ON 1-30. DR HAS HIM OFF FROM 2-2-05 TILL AT LEAST 2-16-04.

STEPPED AND TURNED AT THE SAME TIME. FOOT WEDGED BETWEEN FENDER AND REAR DECK OF TRACTOR. TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

GRABBED HAND RAIL TO PULL HIMSELF UP ON MACHINE TO MAKE REPAIRS AND FELT FOOT SHIFT AND HAD SLIGHT PAIN IN BACK. WORKED UNTIL 11/3/03 THEN WENT TO DR. 11/4/03. DR. HAS HIM OFF UNTIL HE GETS RESULTS OF CAT SCAN.

EE HAS A PRE-EXISTING BACK INJURY. HE TOLD MY FOREMAN HE HAD RECEIVED EPIDURAL FOR HIS BACK THE WEEK BEFORE AND IT WAS BOTHERING HIM. HE WENT BACK TO HIS DR. ON 4-16-02. HIS DR. HAS HIM SCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER EPIDURAL ON 5-13-02 AND OFF WORK TILL AT LEAST 5-20-02. EE GAVE US NO INDICATION OR REASON FOR HIS BACK BEING AGGRIVATED.

WAS TIGHTENING A JAM NUT WITH A WRENCH AND SLIPPED OFF NUT HITTING LEFT HAND. LEFT RING FINGER HURT SO WE TOOK HIM TO GET A X-RAY AND FOUND A BROKEN BONE ON LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN TIP OF FIN GER AND FIRST JOINT. HE RETURNED TO WORK WITH A COVER OVER TIP OF FINGER.

EE WAS LIFTING CLUTCH DRIVER AND FELT DISCOMFORT IN ABDOMEN. HE REPORTED THIS TO US ON 3/19/01. WE MADE HIM A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. DOCTOR SAID COULD BE A STRAIN OR LIGHT RUPTURE. EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 11/13/01. I WAS ON VACATION AND WHEN I RETURNED, EE HAD BEEN TO THE DOCTOR'S AND WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE SURGERY.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN TO A SUMP CHECKING HIS CAUSTIC LINES. HE SLIPPED ON SNOW AND ICE AND FELL. HE GRABBED HOLD OF A STAKE AS HE FELL WHICH WAS HOLDING THE END OF THE CAUSTIC LINE. THE CAUSTIC( SODIUM HYDROXIDE) SLPASHED HIM IN THE FACE AND IN THE LEFT EYE. WE FLUSHED HIS FACE AND EYE AND TOOK HIM TO GET CHECKED OUT AT HOSPITAL.

GETTING OUT OF TRUCK AFTER DINNER AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE. WENT TO THE DR ON 9/29/00. CAME TO WORK ON MON 10/2/00 WITH A SLIP FROM DR FOR LIGHT DUTY. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY LIGHT DUTY WORK, SO HI S DR PUT HIM OFF FOR APPROX 2 WEEKS. THIS IS THE SAME ANKLE EE HAD AN OPERATION ON BEFORE. I WAS ON VACATION FROM 9/29/00 TO 10/8/00 RETURNING TO WORK ON 10/9 & FOUND OUT HE WAS OFF.

LIFTING A TRACK ROLLER WITH TRUCK CRANE. THE ROLLER SLIPPED DOWN THE CHAIN AND PINCHED FINGER AGAINST ANOTHER ROLLER ON THE TRUCK BED. WASN'T TOO BAD BUT THE DR PUT IN A FEW STITCHES. NOTHING BROKE.

EMPLOYEE WAS COLLECTING CLAY SAMPLES. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STARTED TO CLEAN OFF DRILL PRESS WITH COMPRESSED AIR. HE DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING, BUT THE NEXT DAY HIS RIGHT EYE WAS SORE. HE WENT TO THE DO CTOR AND HAD A PIECE OF METAL REMOVED BELOW THE PUPIL IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS PULLING ON A 3" WATER DISCHARGE HOSE THATWAS STUCK IN MUD HE WENT TO THE DR AND DOES HAVE A HERNIA WHICH WILL BE OPERATED ON AT A LATER DATE. EE IS STILL WORKING

HIS COMPANY PICKUP TRUCK QUIT RUNNING. HE PUSHED IT OFF THE ROAD. HE WENT ON VACATION THE FOLLOWING WEEK FROM 5-16 THRU 5-25. HE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE BACK AT WORK 5-26-98. HE CAME IN 5-26 AND B ROUGHT US A DOCTOR'S SLIP. HE WOULD BE OFF WORK FROM 5-26 TILL AT LEAST 6-8-98 AND SAID HE COULD BE LONGER. THIS WAS CAUSED BY PUSHING THE PICK UP ON 5-15.

EE WAS OPERATING A NORTHWEST 80-D LOADING SHOVELTHE FOOT BRAKE PEDAL KICKED AND HIT HIS RIGHT ANKLE. THIS CAUSED SWELLING SO WE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. IT WAS NOT BORKE JUST SPRAINED.

EE TWISTED HIS ANKLE ON 3-17-98. HE HAD WORKED BUT HIS ANKLE WAS WEAK AND WOULD SWELL UP SOMETIME. HE WENT TO THE DR AND THERE IS SOME WEAK TENDONS. THE DR. HAS HIM OFF FROM 9-2 TO 9-21 EST. T IME. EE WENT TO THE DR. ON 9-1-98.

EE WAS GETTING OFF HIS TRUCK & SLIPPED TWISING HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE DIDNT' GO TO THE DR AT THAT TIME. THE KNEE STARTED HURTING AGAIN AND HE WENT TO THE DR AND IS OAS OF 6/8/98 OFF WORK TILL APP

EE LIFTED AN OXY BOTTLE ONTO THE BED OF HIS WELDER TRUCK. LATER HE FELT A LITTL BURNING SENSATION ON HIS R. SIDE. HE THOUGHT IT WAS OK AT THAT TIME. I FOUND OUT ON 2/25/98, HE HAS WENT TO A DR BECAUSE IT HAS CAUSED HIM DISCOMFORT & BULGE HAS SHOWN UP. THE DR STATES HE HAS A R. INGUINAL HERNIA & IS SCHEDULED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR SURGERY, AFTER HE WILL BE OFF APPROX 8 WKS

CLIMBING ON TOP OF SHOVEL HOUSE TO HOOK UP LIFTING SLINGS AND FELL ON HOIST DRUM HITTING LEFT KNEE AND LEFT SIDE.

WAS REMOVING A PRT OF BRICK WHICHWAS STUCK IN DUAL TIRES. WAS PULLIG ON PRY BAR AND SLIPPED. HE SLIPPED HE CUT OPEN THE RIGHT PALM OF HIS HANDIT REQURED 7 STITCHES

EE WAS LIFTING A 3" HONDA WATER PUMP & PUTTING IT INTO THE BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK. HE WILL BE OFF WORK TILL AT LEAST 4/5/97.

CLEANING OUT SUMP, WHILE CLIMBING OUT FELL ON ICE. NOTE: EE TURNED IN ACCIDENT REPORT AND AT THAT TIME HE DID NOT GO TO ANY DR. IT STARTED TO BOTHER HIM SO HE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR.

TAKIGN WATER SAMPLES, WALKING DOWN HLL TO CHECK POND DISCHARGE PIPE SLIPPED AND FELL ON FROSTED GRASS.

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE OIL & SERVICE A 627 PAN, CRAWLED OUT FROM THE MACHINE & JAMMED HIS HEAD & NECK. IT DID NOT BOTHER HIM SO HE DID NOT REPPORT IT. ON 1/30/97 A CO-WORKER TOLD US THE EE WAS COMPLAINING THAT HIS NECK WAS STIFF. WE CHECKED WITH EE & FOUND OUT HE HIT HIS HEAD. AT THAT TIME HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS NECESSARY TO GO TO A DR. ON 3/11/97 I RECD A COMP CLAIM WHERE HE HAD G

LIFTING TRACK ROLELRS AND SPRAINED LOWER BACK. EE REPORTED 7-30-96 HIS INJURY BUT DID NOT SEE A DR. ON 8-8-96 HE REQUESTED OT SEE A DR OUR SAFTY DIRECTOR TOLD HIM TO SEE OUR DR WHICH HE DID NOT HE WENT OT ANOTHER DR WE WERE INFORMED ON 8-12-96, HE WOULD BE ON RSTRICTED DUTY FROM 8-12 TO 8-16-96.

WAS LIFTING A 120# GREASE DRUM INTO HIS TRUCK AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. HE WAS OFF WORK THE NEXT DAY. WENT TO HIS CHIROPRACTOR FIRST AND HE COULD NOT HELP HIM, SO HE WENT TO A MEDICAL DR.

DRIVING TRUCK ACROSS A SUMP DAM TO TAKE WATER SAMPLES. THE FRONT END SLIPPED INTO A RUT. IT THREW HIM AGAINST THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. WENT TO THEDR. ON 10-24-95.

WAS SLIDING A SWING DRIVER PLATE ONTO A SWING SHAFT AND GOT FINGERS IN THE WAY OF A KEY WAY CATCHING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

RUNNING DOZER AND STRAINED BACK RUNNING ON ROUGH GROUND.

EE WENT TO SEE AD RFOR A PREVIOUS INJURY N 9-21-94 HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON A 12X12 PIECE OF BLOCKING. HE DID NOT REQUIRE ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME.

RON WAS ENGAGING THE MASTER CLUTCH AND HAND SLIPPED HITTING HIS LEFT ELBOW ON A TOOL TRAY. THIS HAPPENED ON 7-20-94, HE DID NOT REPORT IT TILL 8-2-94 AND DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR TILL 8-12-94 , HE WENT TO HIS CHIROPRACTOR ON 8-12-94. WE SENT HIM TO A MEDICAL DOCTOR ON 8-18-94 WHO PUT HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 2 WEEKS.

WAS CLIMBING UP ON A 46OO DRAGLINE, RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED & CAUGHT IN THE TRACK.

WAS REMOVING AXLE BOLTS FROM SIDE FRAMES. SOME WERE FROZEN IN SO WE USED TORCHES & A HAMMER TO DRIVE THEM OUT. HE LATER NOTICED SOMETHING IN HISEYE. WE TRYED TO REMOVE IT BUT IT WOULD NOT COME OUT.

A BEE FLEW IN THE TRUCK WINDOW AND STUNG THE DRIVER ON THE ABDOMAN.

WAS KICKING DIRT OFF REAR HYD JACK LEGS AND HAD RIGHT HAND DOWN BEHIND TOP OF JACK WHEN KICKED THE BOTTOM OF JACK THE TOP MOVED BACK AND PINCHED RIGHT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER RECIEVED 7 STITCH ES AND ALSO BROKE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

WAS SHOVELING MUD WITH HAND SHOVEL, AND PULLED BACK SOMEHOW-HE WAITED TILL 10-22-92 TO CLL A DOCTOR. HE WENT TO DR. "CHIROPRACTOR".

WAS CHANGING OIL ON 3500 DRAGLINE WAS JUST DOING GENERAL MAINTENANCE & BY LIFTING OR TWISTING NOT SURE HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK IT HAPPENED THRUSDAY THE 14TH HE DIDNT REPORT IT TILL MOND AY THE 18 AFTER GOING TO UNION HOSPITAL FOR MUSCLE SPAZUMS

WAS DRIVING A LUGGER TRUCK AND A YELLOW JACKET FLEW IN THROUGH THE WINDOW AND STUNG THE DRIVER IN THE BACK.

EE WAS PUSHING A PAN THE PAN HIT SOME LARGE LIMESTONE AND STOPPED OPERATOR OF THE PAN RAISED THE BOWL AND PAN AND DOZER LUNGED FORWARD HE WAS THROWED AROUND SOME AND FELT PAIN IN BACK AND NECK .

WAS PULLING ON HOIST CABLE, BENT OVER WENT TO STAND UP AND LOWER PART OF BACK WAS HURTING. WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 12-5-91 BECAUSE BACK WAS STILL HURTING.

WORKING ON A SHOVEL LIFTING A BOX OF PART S SLIPED ON A BRUICK FELL DOWN AND CUT RIGHT KNEE TOOK HIM TO THE DR AND HE HAD 4 STICHES.

INJURED WAS PUMPING DOWN THE DIKE FROM A CAUSTIC TANK,AS HE WALKED AROUND THE DIKE HE SLIPPED AND HIS RIGHT FOOT.WENT INTO THE WATER.AFTER A FEW MINUTES HIS FOOT STARTED TO BURN ALSO HIS HAND WHERE IT SPLASHED ON HIM.THE VALVE TO THE TANK WAS LEAKING AND IT WAS NOT JUST WATER IT WAS ALSO CAUSTIC.

DRIVING PAN TRUCK HAULING BRICK AWAY FROM PLANTS & BEE FLEW IN WINDOW & WENT BEHIND EMPLS BACK & STUNG HIM IN BACK.

WENT TO START FUEL PUMP TO FUEL UP LOADER SOMETHING FLEW OFF STRUCK LEFT EYE ON 8/6/91. IT KEPT BOTHERING IN & WOULD NOT STOP ON 8/16/91 HE WENT TO DR & EYE WAS SCRATCHED. DR GAVE HIM SOME PRE SCRIPTION DROPS FOR EYE.

STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK ONTO BOTTOM STEP ON FUELD TANK FELT SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT FOOT.

HE WAS WORKING ON A SHOVEL THAT IS BEING REBULIT.HE CLIMBED UP A STEP LADDER TO WORK AND A GEAR CAE FELL OVER PINCHING HIS LEFT FOOT.WE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY TOOK X-RAYS AND FOUND IT WAS JUST BRUISED.

WAS DRIVING A SHANK INTO A BUCKET. A SMALL PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIM BELOW THE LEFT KNEE. AT THE TIME HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THERE WAS ANY METAL IN LEG. ON AUGUST 31 THE WOUND WAS NOT HEALED. WE SE NT HIM TO THE DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR COULD NOT FIND ANY METAL IN LEG, AT THIS TIME THE DOCTOR PUT 3 STITCHES IN LEFT LEG.

DOING MAINTENANCE ON A LOADING SHOVEL WAS REMOVING A COME A LONG AND THE COME A LONG HIT HIM IN THE LEFT KNEE WITH LITTLE FORCE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPEND ON 5-4-90, THE KNEE DID NOT START BOTHERIN G HIM TILL 6-24-90 HE HAD A DR APPT FOR IT. THE DR LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THERE WAS SOME ACCUMULATION OF FLUID SOME BLOOD BEHIND THE KNEE CAP. THE DR SAID IT WOULD BE OK.

CLOSED SHOVEL DOOR ON THUMB

CLAIMAINT SLIPPED ON MUD & OR ICE

WHILE BACKING UP ON HARD FLAT SURFACE LIFT TRUCK CLIMBED UP ON 2' THICK BY 3' ACROSS ROCK. IT GAVE ME HARD SUDDEN JOLT WHICH I WAS UNPREPARED FOR.

CLAIMANT WAS WORKING ON SHOVEL SLIPPED & FELL TO KNEE LANDING ON BOLT.

CLAIMAINT WAS CHECKING ALTERNATOR BRACKET FOT FINGER CAUGHT IN ALTERNATOR.

CLAIMANT WAS GR9ASING BOOM OF SHOVEL WHILE HE WAS STANDING ON PLATFORM OF BOOM,BOOTS HAD MUD ON THEM.AS HE TURNED,HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL FROM THE PLATFORM.

LOADER BUCKET W5S RESTING ON RALS ON JACK STANDS. THE BOTOM OF THE BUCKET HAD BEEN CUT AWAY. AS THE BUCKET WAS LIFTED YTHE BACK OF THE BOTTOM OF T HE BUCKET DROPPED CAUSING THE FRONT RAIL TO SLIDE OFF T2E STNAD STRIKING CLAIMAINT ON THE FOOT. RAIL WEIGHT 280#.

MAN WASLKING THROUGH SHOP WHEN HE STEPPED OVER A BOX AND TRIPPED-FALLING TO CEMENT FLOOR. SHOP WAS TEMPORARILY CLUTTERED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION AND RE-ORGANIZATION OF SPARE PARTS.

MAN WALKING AROUND SHOVEL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND GRABBED HOLD OF KEEP FROM FALLING.CONTRIBUTING CONDITION: ICE AND SNOW

MR SMITH WAS CLIMBING INTO NORTHWEST 80D SHOVEL DUCKED UNDER RAILING ON CATWALK & FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

OPER A GREEN IN THE PROCESS OF CHECKING ENGINE ON STEPPED ON HOOD OF LOADER THE HOOD WAS WET WITH A HEAVY MORNING DEW AND HIS FEET SLIPPED ON WET HOOD CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON FENDER AND INJU RE LOWER BACK