Trident Plant & Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Miner was working in the quarry, exited excavator. While walking back, miner tripped over a rock. Miner landed on shoulder injuring the shoulder and thumb. Miner was treated and released to work restrictions within the miner's normal work duties. On October 4th, miner had surgery to repair the shoulder injury and placed off work.

Miner struck mill liner with sledge hammer. A piece of metal chipped off the liner and struck miner in the right leg just below the knee, embedding itself approximately 2" into the leg.

A softball sized rock broke loose from the screen side opening and fell onto the miner's hand while the miner was barring into the oversize chute resulting in a broken pinky finger.

Miner had pipe on sawhorses to weld on flange. As EE was turning pipe to weld on flange, the flange fell off the pipe and dropped on the edge of EE's foot. The flange sliced through the boot and lacerated the edge of EE's foot. The miner received 6 stitches and modified work duties.

Miner was walking around the corner of the mill building, slipped on ice and caught themself awkwardly. Miner incurred knee strain and declined initial medical treatment until 11/7/23. Clinic prescribed work restrictions and physical therapy.

Employee was making a gasket with gum rubber and was cutting the pattern with a utility knife on a table in the carpenter shop. When the knife caught on the material and more pressure was applied, the blade came free and went across the glove on the left thumb. Which resulted in employee's thumb being cut requiring 3 stitches.

Miner broke right ring finger when the coal system baghouse door slammed shut, catching EE's fingers between the door and frame.

Employee was using a skid steer to clean up core sample bags. While exiting the equipment to load bags into the bucket, EE stepped on the edge of one of the sample bags and twisted ankle. The employee was placed on modified work duties.

High CO reading indicated a Coal smolder in Coal mill baghouse. CO2 and Fire Suppression required more than 30 minutes to extinguish smolder. CO & heat source identified as out at approx. noon. See Root Cause Analysis for full details.

Lowering hand rail on scissor lift and a hand was in the pinch point.

The employee was using a cordless impact gun with a hobble head and 3/4" deep socket, the socket popped off and hit employee in the mouth.

Employee was scooping a sample out of the crusher bowl and the bowl slipped and landed on EE's finger.

This incident was not reported to the company until July 7, 2020. The employee was helping lift the core drill in place when EE felt a sting in the groin area.

Employee was lifting the bag cage, while changing bags in polishing bag house.

During the startup of the kiln, we believe that the flame was lost for a short period of time and raw natural gas spread across the kiln system. When the fuel re-ignited, the blast damaged the precipitator casing causing $65,000 in repairs.

A fork lift with a barrel dumper attachment with a band and clasp around the barrel was being used to move barrels of balls. One employee reached down to unclasp the barrel before the forklift had come to a complete stop. The forklift rolled forward and the employee caught EE's finger between the barrel dumper on the forklift and another barrel on the ground.

Smashed finger between pipe and motor while removing the guard of main clinker conveyor.

An employee parked a truck underneath the muck chute to load kiln brick. The steps of the truck were even with the edge of a concrete pad with a two inch difference to the ground. Employee stepped out of the truck, foot was not squarely on the even surface. As they put full weight on that foot, it rolled to the lower surface causing a sprain to the ankle.

Cable was bound up on the CKD load out spout, the employees finger/glove was pulled into a pinch point.

An external truck driver was attempting to go up the driver platform to shut the hatches, upon attempting to climb the steps they slipped and fell on the stairs. Since this is not an employee I am not sure of the exact start time of the shift.

EE smashed EE's fingers while bricking. While using the ram to put pressure on the bricks, the tube broke and smashed EE's fingers against the shell.

Employee was attempting to weld a plate on the crusher, the plate slipped, EE tried to catch it and left a sharp pain in EE's right shoulder.

Employee was helping forklift driver by pushing the two forks closer together. When the employee was pushing the forks in, EE felt a pop in EE's knee/calve.

Employee was in # 2 finish mill replacing shell liners. Employee was guiding the liner in place & lost footing on a corner of another liner that was already installed. The momentum moving forward caused the liner to drop and the right ring finger to be smashed between the mill shell and the liner. The supervisor did receive stitches to right ring finger.

Employee was using a wrench to loosen bolts on a valve on top of the cement silos. As employee was pushing down to loosen the bolt felt a pain in right shoulder. There was no damage to the shoulder but was issued muscle relaxers.

Employee was chipping the slag off a weld with a hammer. A piece of slag flew into left eye. The employee was wearing prescription safety glasses with side shields. The employee was working over the weld and the slag flew up and underneath the glasses. There was no damage to the eye. Antibiotic eye drops were prescribed for prevention.

Employee was using a 4" hand grinder and the grinder kicked back while in use and the employee was cut on the left side of the neck.

EE climbed into the cab of the water truck to use a portable radio. As the employee was stepping down he stepped into a small hole, lost his balance, fell backward to the ground landing on his left elbow causing a scrape. Weeks later it was found that his bursa sac had a small hole in it. It required surgically opening it up to drain fluid and stitching to seal the bursa sac

The injured employee was on the 3rd level platform trying to free the hoist that got caught on the handrail of the platform. The injured employee pushed on the I-Beam and at the same time 2 employees pushed on the roller and the hoist became free and jerked the trolley wheel against the injured employee hand and caused a laceration to his pinky finger.

Contractor from Westate was exiting out of the passenger side of the service truck. Contractor came out facing forward and slipped on the top step and fell to the ground. Contractor then fell and struck his head on the left upper side on an unknown object. Contractor was escorted to Belgrade Urgent care by his supervisor. Contractor received 4 staples to his wound on his head

Three employees were lifting a 100 lb crated bearing. The injured employee tripped on a pallet and fell to the ground. The bearing fell out of the box and broke the left index finger and middle finger. The employee received 15 stitches and was released back to work to full duty.

Employee was cleaning under the rail scale and jammed his neck on the lower portion of the scale. Employee had a pre-existing condition from previous employment. Sought medical advice the next day. Visiting a physical therapist.

Employee was torquing head liner bolts on the raw mill. As employee was torquing the ratchet come loose causing employee to loose his balance. As employee step back to catch his balance he rolled his ankle and his lower leg absorbed all the weight, fracturing his lower leg.

Employee was shoveling spillage and received dust in his eyes as he was shoveling.

The employee was working in the chain section of the kiln, when a soft piece of dust fell from the chains. The dust glanced off the side of the employee face allowing dust to get behind employees safety eye wear and into the right eye.

EE was adjusting a kiln shell cooling fan. As the ee started moving the fan, the fan housing rotated and pinched his finger between the fan housing and the frame of the fan.

EE was taking measurements of a guard when he dropped his measuring tape. He bent over to pick up the tape measure and struck his bottom lip on a bearing guard on the end of the screw conveyor, splitting his lower lip.

While getting out of the car for work EE slipped and fell on ice in the gravel parking lot. Due to freezing rain conditions the parking lot was slick. The parking lot had sanding stations and had been sanded.

While sliding a piece of steel off of the welding table one of the iron supporting blocks under the plate steel fell from the table and struck the EE just behind the steel toe on his right foot.

The employee was using a plasma cutter to remove liners from the inside of the kiln. A piece of slag popped bouncing off the kiln shell and the employees welding hood landing in his right ear.

EE was repositioning the slings to release the pan feeder head shaft when one of the slings slipped slightly causing the shaft to move pinching the EE's left thumb between the shaft and the drive sprocket.

Employee was assisting to rebrick the kiln. While handing a brik to another employee another brick fell strking the employee's small finger on the left hand.

EE had soreness in right elbow & reported it to his supervisor. The ee was taken to clinic & diagnosed with tennis elbow. Elastic band & cold compresses used to control inflammation. EE returned to clinic for follow up on 10/21, referred to a physical therapist for ultra sound therapy. EE was given his 1st ultra sound treatment on 10/27.

There was a large push of material into the clinker cooler. The hot clinker is transported to an elevator & to the outside bins. A trip by the motion switch on the elevator that caused the clinker to go to the main clinker elevator where it is dispensed onto the belt. The emergency water sprays were immediatley activated but the hot clinker ignited the main clinker belt.

Employee slipped on ice while entering the plant for work. On 5/1/08 the employee was referred to chiropractic treatment making the accident reportable.

EE was replacing a rubber boot on a inlet spout, while streching boot EE felt pain in right forearm. Went to DR 4/22/08 and EE was enrolled on physical therapy. Making injury reporatable.

Slip and fall on wet floor.

While attempting to tighten a bolt on the cyclone tipping valves, his wrench slipped and his arm came in contact with a sharp edge on the guard.

EE was handling buckets of CKD dust and dropped one on the floor. The lid popped off and dust got in her eyes. EE may have handled too many buckets at one time causing her to drop one.

HAD A STARVE ON CKD FEEDER ON FINISH MILL #4. EMPLOYEE WENT DOWN TO BEAT ON CONE OF SILO TO GET MATERIAL TO FLOW. AS HE BEAT ON THE SILO CONE A 4" PIPE CAP CAME OFF THE ACCESS PORT ON THE SIDE OF THE CONE. THE CKD CONE CAME OUT AND GOT IN EE'S LEFT EYE.

WHILE MOVING 3 & 4" MILL BALLS DOWN SORTING TRAY, A BALL POPPED OUT AND SMASHED EMPLOYEES LEFT RING FINGER. EMPLOYEES HAND WAS ON SAFETY RAIL

EE WAS STRIPPING INSULATION OFF OF TECH CABLE WITH UTILITY KNIFE, AND CUT HAND. HAND WAS GLOVED AT TIME OF INCIDENT.

EE was changing out acetylene bottle. Smashed his finger between bottle and wall. After ee went home at night finger started to bother him. He went to clinic and had finger nail drained.

EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING AND HAD JUST TOUCHED THE OUTSIDE DOORK NOB WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INSIDE THE BUILDING WAS PUSHING THE DOOR OUTWARD. THE DOOR KNOB STRUCK HER THUMB.

Employee was removing the top door on the #2 finish mill elevator and the bottom door fell on the top of his left foot.

EE WAS LOOSING BOLT ON KILN FEED PUMP. ANOTHER EE WAS USING PRY BAR TO SEPARATE THE RUNNER; THE PRY BAR SLIPPED PINCHING RT PINKY FINGER BETWEEN PULLEY AND BELT.

WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING WITH A BAR IT SLIPPED AND HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON A PIECE OF METAL FRAMEWORK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS IN THE PLANT YARD, TRIPPED AND FELL INJURING L SHOULDER. PARTIAL TEAR TO ROTATOR CUFF. TREATMENT - PHYSICAL THERAPY.

EE WAS LIFTING A VIBRATOR TO PLACE ON A RAILCAR HE WAS UNLOADING AND NOTICED BACK PAIN ON 10/08.THE FOLLOWING DAY HE WAS USING A SHOVEL DURING CLEAN-UP ON THE CLINKER COOLER AND FELT PAIN AGA IN. THAT AFTERNOON THE EE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR, AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT THE NEXT DAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE CLINKER BUILD UP.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE DUST DUMP. THERE WERE HEAVY WINDS AT THE TIME. EVEN THOUGH EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SIDE SHIELDS, MATERIAL GOT IN HIS EYE.

EE WAS STANDING BY DOOR ON WEST SIDE OF FINISH MILL #4. A SHOVEL WAS STANDING AT THE DOOR WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE SHOVEL OVER, STRIKING EE IN THE HEAD. THE SHOVEL BOUNCED OFF HER HEAD STR IKING HER ON HER RIGHT THUMB. SHE DID NOT REPORTTHE INCIDENT UNTIL A MONTH LATER. SHE THEN REPORTED SWELLING AND SORENESS IN HER THUMB AND WAS ENCOUNGED TO SEE MEDICAL ATTENTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE DUST ELEVATOR TO CHANGE OUT A REDUCER. THE REDUCER WAS BEING HELD IN PLACE BY A LARGE FORK LIFT. HE WENT TO MOVE FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A METAL BEAM. THE EMPLOYEE VISITED A CHIROPRACTORTHE NEXR DAY DUE TO A HEADACHE FROM HITTING HIS HEAD.

EE WAS SUPERVISING THE BRICKING JOB INSIDE OF THE KILN. WHILE INSPECTING AN AREA OF NEW BRICK HE STEPPED OFF OF A BRICK (ABOUT 10") ONTO THE KILN SHELL AND STEPPED ON A DISC SHAPED MAGNET THAT HAD BEEN LEFT ON THE METAL KILN SHELL. HIS ANKLE TWISTED AND HE FELL. ANKLE WAS EXAMINED 4 DAYS LATER. X-RAYS REVEALED NO FRACTURE OR DISLOCATION. NO MEDICATION PRESCRIBED. REHAB. EXERCISES.

EMPLOYEE FIRST NOTICED A NUMBNESS IN HANDS WHEN WORKING IN THE PACKHOUSE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. HE AGAIN REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO HIS CURRENT SUPERVISOR IN FEB. WHILE WORKING ON A CRUSHER JOB BUT D ID NOT FILE A REPORT. THE TINGLING AND NUMBNESS IS MOST NOTICIBLE IN HIS RIGHT ARM AND HAND AND IS WORSE AT NIGHT. HE WENT TO A DOCTOR ON MAR. 8 & HAS BEEN OFF WORK DUE TO UNRELATED ILLNESS.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST DRIVEN A PIN IN ON THE TABLE AT THE CRUSHER. HE TURNED AROUND TO LEAVE AND HEHIT HIS HEAD ON A LOW OVERHEAD 4-INCH I-BEAM. THIS RESULTED IN PAIN IN HIS NECK. HE REQUESTED TREATMENT FROM A CHIROPRACTOR AND PLANNED ON SEEING ONE ON OCTOBER 6TH. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARINGHIS HARD HAT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

EE HAD BEEN HELPING LOAD SACKS OF CEMENT ONTO PALLETS FROM A CONVEYOR SYSTEM. AS HE WAS REACHINGFOR ONE BAG, HE STUCK HIS FINGER INTO A SPRING ON THE CONVEYOR CAUSING A SMALL AREA OF SKIN TO B E TORN LOOSE. HE WASHED & BANDAGED THE WOUND BUTCONCERNED BECAUSE HE HAD NOT HAD A TETNUS SHOT FOR A LONG TIME HE WENT TO THE E.R. BECAUSE HIS REGULAR DOCTOR DID NOT HAVE ANY TETNUS SHOTS.

EE HAD BEEN EMPTYING 55 GALLON BARRELS CONTAINING VARIOUS TYPES OF GARBAGE AT SEVERAL AREAS IN THE PLANT. HE WAS HELPING TO LIFT THE BARRELS INTO A GARBAGE DUMPSTER AND AT TIMES HE WAS LIFTING BY HIMSELF. THE EE WENT TO THE DR. ON THE 4TH DAY AFTER THE INCIDENT AND WAS TOLD IT COULD BE A HERNIA OR AN INFECTION. ON 9-6, HE WAS DIAGNOSED W/ A MUISCLE TO THE LOWER ABDOME & GIVEN MEDIC

EE WAS OPERATING THE TRACKMOBILE TO MOVE RAIL CARS. AFTER CHANGING A SWITCH ON THE TRACKS, HE STARTED DOWN A TRACK AND THOUGHT HE HAD ENOUGH CLEARANCE TO PASS BY A RAIL CAR ON THE ADJACENT TRA CK. THE FRONT OF THE TRACKMOBILE STRUCK THE EDGEOF THE RAIL CAR. THE EE DID NOT REQUEST MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL AUGUST 17. THERE WAS NO TREATMENT BY THE DR. THE EE S KNEE STARTED TO BOTHER HI

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS A ROOF AREA AFTER OBTAINING A CLINKER SAMPLE AND SLIPPED ON A WET SURFACE THAT ALSO HAD SMALL CLINKER PARTICLES ON IT. HE FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. THE EMPLO YEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL DECEMBER 4, 2001.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE CRUSHER TO REMOVE A PLUG OF ROCK. A GRATING HAS BEEN REMOVED IN ORDER TO ACCESS AN INSPECTION DOOR ON THE TOP OF THE CRUSHER. AFTER REPLACING THE INSPECTION DOOR, THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE DOOR AND ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE DIRT FROM AROUND THE HINGES. HE STEPPED BACKWARD AND RIGHT LEG WENT THROUGH A GAPBETWEEN THE DOOR AND GRATING. THIGH & BACK STRAI

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 4" GRINDER ON A PIECE OF METAL WHEN A METAL PARTICLE FLEW BETWEEN HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. AN EXAM BY THE DR. THE NEXT DAY FOUND A METAL FRAGMENT IN THE CORNEAL AREA. THE FRAGMENT AND SOME RUST WERE REMOVED AND ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT WAS APPLIED.

EE WAS OPERATING THE KOMATSU LOADER IN THE QUARRY. HE HAD PICKED UP A LARGE BOULDER IN THE BUCKET WHICH WAS TOO HEAVY FOR THE LOADER TO LIFT. THE LOADER TIPPED FORWARD AND ALTHOUGH HE HAD HIS SEATBELT ON, HIS LEFT KNEE WAS FORCED INTO THE STEERING COLUMN, CAUSING A DEEP BRUISE NEAR THE KNEECAP. THE DR. EXAMINE THE KNEE ON JUNE 7TH, AND RECOMMENDED SEVERAL DAYS OFF ALONG WITH ANTI-I

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE QUARRY DRILL TO A NEW LOCATION. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING WHILE MOVING THE DRILL IN ORDER TO SEE BETTER. THE DRILL DROPPED UNEXPECTEDLY AND CAUSED HIS BODY WEIGHT T O BE SHIFTED TO THE LEFT LEG. THE EMPLOYEE NOTICED PAIN AFTERWARD AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT ON 5/30/01. HE STARTED SEEING A CHIROPRACTOR ON JUNE 6TH BUT THE CO. WAS NOT INFORMED UNTIL JUNE 20

EE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE #9 WABCO HAUL TRUCK REPLACING A ROCK BAR. AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB, WHICH INVOLVED LIFTING AND USING TOOLS TO REPLACE THE BAR, HE NOTICED PAIN IN THE RIGHT GROIN ARE A. HE VISITED A DR. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA. NO MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS PROVIDED BEYOND THE DIAGNOSIS. THE EE REPORTED SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 5TH.

EMPLOYEE WAS REARRANGING CLINKER COOLER SIDE FORMS AND PLATES ON A WOOD PALLET. ONE OF THE UNITSSLIPPED AND CAUGHT HER MIDDLE RIGHT AND RING FINGER. THE MIDDLE FINGER WAS SMASHED AND LACERATED . AN X-RAY REVEALED A FRACTURE IN THE BONE AT THE END OF THE FINGER. THE LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE REPORTED ON 5/22/01 THAT HE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING NUMBNESS IN FINGERTIPS & TINGLING IN WRISTS& HANDS RIGHT & LEFT. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE 4/30/01 HE CHOSE AT THAT TIME TO NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT. ON 1/23/02 HE REQUESTED MED ATTENTION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON 1 WRIST 3/25 & THE OTHER OTHER WRIST WILL OPERATED ON SOMETIME IN MAY 2002

EE HAD CARRIED APPROX 35 LB OF TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT UP SEVERAL FLIGHTS OF STAIRS TO WORK ON THE KILN EXIT ANALYZER. WHEN HE CAME IN FOR LUNCH HE REPORTED HIS BACK HURT BUT DID NOT REPORT IT AS WORK RELATED. THE EE HAD SURGERY SEVERAL DAYS LATER FOR A RUPTURED DISK. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT AS WORK REALTED ON 5-9-01.

THE EE WAS IN THE WELDING TRUCK AND HAD MOVED IT TO THE BACK OF THE SHOP BUILDING. AS HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON SOMETHING AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK. HE RECEIVED CHIR OPRACTIC TREATMENT THE FOLLOWING DAY.

THE EMPLOYEE AND A CO-WORKER WERE CHANGING OUT ADRIVE BELT ON A DUST COLLECTOR FAN. ALL EQUIPMENT WAS PROPERLY LOCKED OUT AND THEY WERE TURNING THE FAN BY HAND TO SEE IF BELT LOOKED OK. THE EM PLOYEE WAS NOT AWARE OF WHERE HIS HAND WAS AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE BELT PULLEY. HE VISITEDTHE DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY AND FOUND HE HAD BROKEN THE FINGER. HE IS CURRENTLY ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE WA500 KOMATSU LOADER. HE HAD ONLY ONE HAND ON THE LADDER AND ONE OF HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF A LADDER RUNG. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND HEARD SOMETHING PO P IN HIS WRIST. THE EE REPORTED TH INCIDENT ON THE 18TH AND RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT ON THE 19TH. THE DOCTOR GAVE HIM A WRIST BRACE TO WEAR TO AID IN HEALING.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN DRIVING TRUCK IN THE QUARRY AND DUMPING ROCK INTO THE CRUSHER. WHEN THE CRUSHER PLUGGED, HE ATTEMPTED TO BAR OUT LARGE ROCK. THE ROCK SLIPPED AND PULLED DOEN HARD ON THE BAR. HE HUNG ON TO PICKER HANDLE AND WAS PULLED FORWARD. THE FORCE EXERTED ON THE HANDLE DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER.

EE WAS HELPING TO FIX A BROKEN HAND RAIL ON THE KILN ACCESS RAMP. THE METAL PIPE RAIL SLIPPED AND THE BROKEN END OF THE PIPE HIT THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION APPROX. 2 INCHES IN LENGTH. THE EE WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY CLINIC AND RECEIVED 7 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND. NO GLOVES WERE BEING WORN AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

ON DEC 15, 2000 EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER HAD BEEN BOTHERING HIM ON AND OFF SINCE SUMMER. THIS WAS THE FIRST REPORT OF ANY PROBLEM. HE ALSO STATED IT SEEMED TO BOTHER HIM MORE AFTER STACKING CEMENT SACKS. THE EMPLOYEE VISITED A DOCTOR ON DECEMBER 27, 2000 AND WAS GIVEN EXERCISES TO DO TO RELIEVE HIS SHOULDER DISCOMFORT.

EE IS NOT SURE OF WHEN OR HOW METAL FRAGMENT GOT INTO EYE. HE FELT DISCOMFORT ON AND OFF AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY REDNESS. ONLY BLURRED VISION IN THE RIGHT EYE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE INCID ENT OCCURRED ON DEC 11,2000. IT WAS REPORTED ON DEC 14TH. THE EE WENT TO A DR ON DEC 15TH AND HAD A METAL FRAGMENT REMOVED. THE VISIT TO THE DR WAS REPORTED ON DEC 20, 2000.

EE WAS WALKING TO HIS CAR IN THE EE PARKING LOT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE AND SNOW THAT COVERED THE DIRT PARKING LOT. HE FELL A SECOND TIME WHEN HE FIRST ATTEMPTED TO GET UP. THE EE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR LATER THE SAME DAY FOR TREATMENT.THE EE FELL ON HIS BACK THE FIRST TIME AND FELL ON HIS KNEES AND ELBOWS THE SECOND TIME.

EE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL DEC. 6TH THAT HE CONSIDERED THE 11/16/00 INCIDENT TO BE WORK RELATED. ON 11/16/00 THE EE REPORTED FEELING SOMETHING IN HIS EYE AND COULD NOT WASH IT OUT AND COULD NOT R ECALL ANY SPECIFIC TIME WHEN SOMETHING WENT IN THE EYE. THE OBJECT APPEARED TO BE A WHITE ROUND OBJECT ON THE EDGE OF THE EYELID. ON 12/7/00 EE SOMETHING ENTERED HIS EYE WALKING PAST COOLER.

EE WAS ORGANIZING PARTS & SUPPLIES IN THE OLD DRYER BUILDING. SHE WAS STANDING ON A PALLET THAT WAS SITTING ON THE FLOOR. ONE OF THE BOARDS IN THE PALLET BROKE & SHE FELL TO THE GROUND. SHE REPORTED BRUISING & MINOR CONTUSIONS WITH DISCOMFORT IN HER LEFT FOOT, WRIST, LOWER BACK, RIGHT SHOULDER & LEFT HAND. AN X-RAY SHOWED A CRACKED BONE IN HER LEFT FOOT WHICH WILL REQUIRE A CAST.

EE WAS WORKING WITH HIS CREW TO REPAIR THE MAIN CLINKER ELEVATOR. SOMETIME WHILE USING A 3-TON CHAIN HOIST. HE APPARENTLY STRAINED HIS UPPER BACK. BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES. HE HAD BEEN REAC HING OVERHEAD AND PULLING HARD. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 10-28-00. THE EE DID NOT SEE A DR UNTIL 11-6-00 AND MISSED HIS FIRST SHIFT OF WORK ON 11-8-00.

EE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO PERFORM CLEAN-UP WORK IN THE PLANT. THIS INVOLVED SHOVELING PILES OF CEMENT. CLINKER AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIAL ON TOP OF THE CLINKER SILO FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS ON OCT 23RD. HE REPORTED THAT HIS LEFT ARM WAS SWOLLEN ON MONDAY AND BECAME MORE PAINFUL ON TURESDAY WHEN HE DID MORE SHOVELING. HE INDICATED THAT HE WAS REACHING OUT FURTHER THAN NORMAL WITH A LOADED SHOV

EE WAS BLOWING OFF MATERIAL FROM THE #2 CEMENT PUMP. APPARENTLY, MATERIAL FROM THE PUMP WAS BLOWN INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THE EE WENT TOTHE DOCTOR AFTER WORK AND HAD A FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM TH E RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING NEAR ONE OF THE FINISH MILLS AND HAD JUST CHANGED A SCREEN FILTER; WHEN SHE STOOD UP, SHE HIT HER LOWER BACK ON SOME OVERHEAD CONDUIT. SHE REPORTED FEELING PAIN THAT EVEN ING (9/11/00) AND REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 9/14/00. ANTICIPATED TIME OFF IS TWO WORKING DAYS.

AT 845 AN UNPLANNED EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN THE COAL SILO DUST COLLECTOR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT INCLUDED. A ACCESS DOOR WAS BLOWN OFF OF THE COAL SCREW AND DAMAGED A HANDRA IL WHEN IT LANDED ON A LOWER LEVEL ROOF: THE BAGS OF THE DUST COLLECTOR WERE BURNED AS WERE SEVERAL CARDBOARD BOXES STORED NEAR THE DUST COLLECTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE MACHINE SHOP, LIFTING A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER THAT WAS NEEDED FOR CRUSHER REPAIR. THE CYLINDER WAS BEING LIFTED FROM THE FLOOR TO A TABLE APPROX WAIST HIGH. THE EMPLOY EE TWISTED HIS BACK AS HE LIFTED.

AN UNPLANNED EXPLOSION OCCURRED AT 0835 IN THE COAL ELEVATOR. ABOUT 3 MIN. PRIOR TO THE EXPLOSION , THE DUST COLLECTOR WAS DUMPED (ROUTINE PROCEDURE) INTO THE ELEVATOR. IT IS BELIEVED THAT SMO LDERING SYNCOAL FINES CREATED ENOUGH HEAT THAT ALONG WITH OTHER CONDITIONS BEING JUST RIGHT AN IGNITION OF THE SYNCOAL DUST OCCURED IN THE ELEGVATOR SHAFT. THERE WAS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, BUT NO

EE WAS HELPING TO LOAD A RAIL CAR WITH MILL GRINIDNG BALLS. THE BARRELS OF BALLS WERE ATTACHED TO A FORK LIFT WITH A BARREL CLAMP. HE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH A CLAMP CLOSED WITH HIS FOOT AND SLIPPED OFF THE CLAMP. HE FELL AGAINST THE 50 GALLON BARREL AND FRACTURED THE LEFT FIBULA. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT OR REPORT THE INCIDENT UNTIL 6-29-00. THE DR TOLD HIM HE COULD RETURN IMME

EMPLOYEE WAS IN HIS WELDING SHOP USING A GRINDERON THE DSM SCREEN HOUSING; SPARKS FROM GRINDING LANDED ON HIS JEANS & MATERIAL CAUGHT FIRE. HE IMMEDIATELY EXTINGUISHED FLAME & NOTICED A BURN THE SIZE OF A QUARTER TO 50 CENT PIECE; NO TREATMENT WAS GIVEN AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. ANINFECTION DEVELOPED AND MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS OBTAINED ON 6/1/2000.

EE WAS USING AN AIR CHISEL IN THE DUST COLLECTOR TO BREAK UP A MATERIAL BUILDUP. ALTHOUGH THE EE WAS WEARING DUST GOGLES, FINE DUST PARTICLE PASSED THROUGH LEAKS IN THE GOGGLES AND SCRATCHED T HE CORNEA OF THE RIGHT EYE. THE EE VISITED THE DOCTOR ON 5/9/00 AND WAS GIVEN MEDICATED DRIPS. SHE MISSED ONE SHIFT OF WORK.

ON APRIL 10, 2000. EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HIS RIGHT ARM AND ELBOW WERE SORE. THE EMPLOYEE VISITED A DR ON 4-14-2000 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TENNIS ELBOW. HE HAS BEEN GIVEN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATION, EXERCISES, AND AN ELBOW BRACE. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON WORK DUTIES. THE LIKELY CAUSE IS FROM REPETITIVE LIFTING AND PLACING OF CEMENT SACKS ONTO WOOD PALLETS.

EE WAS ASSISTING A WELDER ON THE #2 COMPARTMENT FAN PROJECT. HE WAS BENT OVER THE FAN TO HELP HODL A PART IN PLACE AND APPARENTLY TWISTED WRONG,. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK A SHORT TIME LATER AN D TAKEN TO DR. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A MUSCLE SPASM AND GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR PAIN AND A MUSCLE RELAXANT.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A METAL BAR TO KNOCK DOWN A BUILD UP OF MATERIAL IN THE NUMBER 1 CLINKER FEEDER. THE EMPLOYEE HAS HAD TROUBLE LIFTING HIS ARM ABOVE THE SHOULDER LEVEL SINCE THE DEC INCIDENT

EE WAS WORKING AT HOLNAM CEMENT PLANT IN TRIDENT, AND WHILE AIR ARCING ON THE CRUSHER, DIRT, DUST, ETC. BLEW UP INTO HIS EYE AND FACE. A FEW HOURS LATER, HE NOTICED INFLAMATION IN HIS EYE, AND LATER HIS FACE.

EE HAD JUST FINISHED TURNING OFF THE FEED CHUTE FROM THE #7 ROCK BIN AND WAS GETTING BACK INTO HIS QUARRY HAUL TRUCK. HE TWISTED HIS BODY WHILE GETTING INTO THE TRUCK AND FELT WHAT HE CALLED A "TWINGE" IN HIS BACK. HE SOUGHT CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT LATER THE SAME DAY.

THE MAIN CLINKER ELEVATOR WAS PLUGGED AND EE WAS HELPING TO DIG OUT THE MATERIAL. THE RAW DUST (WHICH IS VERY ALKALINE) FLUSHED OUT OF THE ELEVATOR AND FLOODED HIS FACE AND UPPER BODY. HE USED THE EYE WASH AND CHANGED CLOTHES. THE IRRITATION FROM THE DUST IN HIS EYES WAS CHECKED BY AN OPTHAMOLOGIST. SHE RECOMMENDED HE TAKE ONE DAY OFF TO HELP HIS SYMPTOMS IMPROVE. NO RX WAS ISSUED

EE HAD BEEN WORKING ON A SUMP PUMP WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A PILE OF WET STONE DEBRIS. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL AGAINST A WALL WHERE HE HIT HIS RIGHT HAND AND WRIST. SUPERVISOR'S REPORT WAS TURNED I N ON 8-6-99. EE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A WRIST SPRAIN AND WAS GIVEN A WRIST SPLINT TO WEAR AS NEEDED.

EE WAS WALKING BY THE CLINKER COOLERS A GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST IN THE AREA & SOME ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION. A RX WAS ISSUED BY ANEYE DR. EE HAD NORMAL DAYS OFF 7/9 & 10 & ON VAC ATION 7/11-7/15

EE WAS OPERATING THE QUARRY DOZER & WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY MOVING A LARGE BOULDER. HE STATED THAT HE PULLED HARD ON ONE OF THE CONTROL LEVELS& FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SIDE. A MED EXAM ON MON., 7/5 INDICATED TISSUE WAS TORN AWAY FROMHIS RIBS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. ESTIMATED TIME OFF IS 4 WKS

EE REPORTED ON JULY 2 AND HE HAD VISITED A DR ON JUNE 23RD FOR A PAIN IN HIS LEFT ELBOW. HE CAN NOT ATTRIBUTE THE PAIN TO ANY ONE INCIDENT OR TIME. THE DISCOMFORT OCCURRED OVER A PERIOD OF TIM E. HE RECEIVED AN INJECTION OF CORTISONE ON JULY7TH AND WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK. THE DR HAS A TENTATIVE RELEASE DATE JULY 19TH.

ON 6/10 EE WAS USING A GRINDER TO SMOOTH A PIECEOF METAL. A FRAGMENT OF METAL APPARENTLY HIT HISFACE & WENT BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS YEYE. THE EE DID NOT REQUEST TO SEE A DR UNTIL 7/2/99 THE DIAGNOSIS WAS CONJUCTIVITIS & A RX WAS GIVEN FOR MEDICATION. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED PRIOR TO JULY 2ND

EE WAS WORKING ON THE CLINKER COOLER AND REMOVING A COOLER ARM BEARING. ON JULY 7TH, NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED THAT THE EE HAD BEEN VISITING A CHIROPRACTOR SINCE MID-MAY FOR A BACK STRAIN.

ON 4-16-99, EE FILLE DOUT AN INCIDENT REPORT WITH HIS SUPERVISOR COMPLAINING OF WRIST NUMBNESS. HE HAD ALREADY BEEN SEEN BY A DR. THE DR BELIEVES THAT THE DISCOMFORT IS FROM CARPAL TUNNEL AN D WORK RELATED. THE EMPLOYEE IS UNDERGOING SURGERY ON HIS WRIST ON 4-27-99. THE WORK RELATEDNESS IS NOT CLEAR.

EE WAS PERFORMING LUBRICATION DUTIES ON THE RAW MILL JOURNAL BEARING. WHILE REPLAICNG THE LUBE LIFT PUMP, SHE STEPPED OFF A SHORT STEP STOOL AND TWISTED HER KNEE. SHE ALSO REPORTED FEELING A P OP IN HER LEFT KNEE. THE KNEE CAUSED DISCOMFORT AND A REQUEST WAS MADE ON NOV 16 TO SEE A DR. THE DR TOLD THE EE TO TAKE TYLENOL AND STAY OFF WORK UNTIL 12-1-98.

EE STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE GETTING IN OR OUT OF ELECTRSTATIC PRECIPITATOR DURING REPAIR WORK. EE HAD A CHECK UP WITH A CHIROPRACTOR ON 10-6-98. THE COMPANY WAS INFORMED ON 11-4-98 THAT EE HA D STARTED CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS ON 10-15-98.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE RAW MILL CHANGING OUT SCREENS WHILE LIFTING ON A CENTER DISCHARGE SCREEN WITH PRY BAR, THE BAR SLIPPED OFF OF THE SCREEN & STRUCK THE EE JUST ABOVE THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE RESULTING LACERATION REQUIRED 3 STITCHES

EE WAS WASHING OUT THE BACK OF A 35 TON HAUL TRUCK USING AN 1 1/2 INCH FIRE HOSE. AS HE TURNED TO WALK TO THE WATER SHUT-OFF VALVE HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. DR WAS NOT SEEN UNTIL SEPT 17, 1998. NO TREATMENT WAS PROVIDED. ON 11-16-98THE EE RETURNED TO THE DR DUE TO CONTINUED PAIN. THE DR AT THAT POINT RECOMMENDED SURGERY, SCHEDULED FOR DEC 8, 1998. THE EE REAMINS AT WORK UNT

ON 6-25-98, THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A VALVE ON THE #1 SLURRY TANK. HE REPORTED THAT THE VALVE WAS HARD TO OPEN AND THAT HE STRAINED HIS LOWER LEFT BACK.

EE HAD PARKED HIS WABCO HAUL TRUCK NEAR THE QUARRY GARAGE TO TAKE A MEAL BREAK. AS HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE VEHICLE, HIS RIGHT HEEL CAME IN CONTACT WITH A ROCK OR PIECE OF CLINKER WHICH CAUSED HIS ANKLE TO TWIST. THE RESULTING INJURY WAS A SEVERY SPRAIN. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING DAY. RETURN TO WORK DATE NOT DETERMINED.

EE REPORTED ON MAY 29TH THAT HIS WRISTS WERE SORE AFTER WORKING SEVERAL WEEKS IN THE PACKHOUSE LOADING CEMENT SACKS ONTO PALLETS. THE EE HAD BEEN WRAPPING HIS WRIST WITH A ELASTIC BANDAGE. HE VISITED HIS PHYSICIAN ON JUNE 3RD OR 4TH AND WASDIAGNOSED WITH TENDONITIS. THE DR GAVE HIM AN ELASTIC WRIST SUPPORT TO WEAR WHEN WORKING. THIS COULD BE AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.

THE EE WAS AT THE BULKSTATION CHECKING THE COOLING WATER TANK. THIS REQUIRED CLIMBING A SHORT LADDER. WHILE STANDING ON THE LADDER AND CHECKING THE TANK WATER TEMPERATURE, THE LADDER SLIPPED. HE GRABBED THE LADDER AND HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE LADDER AND THE TANK. THE THUMB NAIL WAS TORN. THE DR DID NOT REMOVE THE NAIL BUT DID GIVE THE EE A TETANUS SHOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR THE #3 FINISH MILL. A CO-WORKER STATED THAT HE HOOKED UP THE AIR SUPPLY LINE AND THEN PUSHED THE ACTIVATION BUTTON. WHEN THE SYSTEM WAS ACTIV ATED THE AIR SUPPLY HOSE CAME LOOSE(APPROX 1/2" DIA.) AND WHIPPED SIDEWAYS. THE HOSE STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON HER SAFETY GLASSES, RIGHT SIDE. PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS WERE PROVIDED BY THE DR.

EE WAS REMOVING AN ANGLE IRON BRACE WITH A CUTTING TORCH AND A HAMMER. WHEN HE HIT THE BRACE WITH THE HAMMER, THE BRACE FLIPPED AND STRUCK THE EE JUST ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE. HE RECEIVED 6 STITCH ES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EE WAS ASSISTING WITHTHE LOADING OF GRINDING BALLS INTO THE RAW MILL. WHILE HELPING TO POSITION THE BALL FEED CHUTE, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK ON THE LEFT SIDE. EE WAS INFORMED ON MAY 7 THAT HE HAS HAD REPEATED TREATMENTS WITH A CHIROPRACTOR.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN A HURRY. WHILE WALKING TO THE OFFICE SHE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF CLINKER NEAR THE CLINKER SILOS AND FELL, INJURING HER LEFT ELBOW AND SHOULDER. SHE ALSO NOTED PAIN IN HER NEC K ADN BACK AND ONE ANKLE. THE DR. RECOMMENDED LIGHT DUTY FOR A FEW DAYS AND PUT THE ARM IN A SLING OR IMMOBILIZATION.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE CLINKER COOLER. WHILE PULLING ON A PIECE OF METAL AT THE END OF THE COOLER GRATE, HE REPORTED THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK. THE INJURY REPORT WAS FILED ON DEC 18, 1997 & THE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED ON JAN 20, 1998 THAT THE EE HAD PURSUED TREATMENT BY A CHIROPRACTOR.

EMPLOYEE NOTICED THAT HIS FINGERS WERE SORE FR NO APPARENT REASON IN 1996. ATTEMPTS WERE MADE BY HIS DOCTOR TO DETERMINE IF MEDICATION WAS THE CAUSE. A DIAGNOSIS OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME WAS MADE ON 11-18-97 AND THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED IT TOHOLNAM ON 12-10-97. DOCTOR WANTS TO PERFORM SURGER IN 1998.

EE WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE DUTIES IN THE PACKHOUSE. WHILE GOING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS, HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A LOW OVERHEAD PIPE. HE DECIDED TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND W AS EVALUATED BY A PHYSICAN S ASSISTANT ON SEPT 25TH HE WAS GIVEN A MUSCLE RELAXANT BUT A SECOND VISIT WAS NECESSARY AND WILL PROBABLY BE ON OCT 6TH.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE WELDING SHOP. AS HE WALKED BETWEEN A WORK TABLE & A PIECE OF STATIONARY EQUIPMENT, HE TRIPPED OVER A PIECE OF APPROX 1/2" TUBING WHICH HAD BEEN LEFT ON THE FLOOR. HE FELL FORWARD ONTO A RACK FOR STORING SHORT PIECS OF METAL & STRUCK HIS CHIN. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION WHICH THEN REQUIRED 7 STITCHES.

ELECTRICAL POWER WAS SPORADIC DUE TO HIGH GROUND WATER IN THE PLANT AREA. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESET AN AK BREAKER WHEN A BLLUE FLASH OCCURED IN THE ELECTRIC CABINET. HE PULLE DAWA Y AND SPRAINED HTE SECOND FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND AT THE KNUCKLE JOINT. HE VISITED THE DR THEFOLLOWING WEEK AND WAS GIVEN AN INJECTION TO HLEP THE HEALING.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON OVERTIME SHIFT DURING A KILN REPAIR JOB. EE WAS HANDING BRICKS UP TO THE MEN ON THE BRICKING PLATFORM WHEN ONE OF THE BRICKS FELL AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT HAND, FIRST F INGER CAUSING A LACERATION AND CONTUUSIONS. THE RESULTING CUTS REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.

EE WAS WORKING ON A MAINTENANCE PROJECT TO REPAIR THE CLINKER COOLER. WHILE MOVING A COOLER DRAG RETURN ROLL INTO POSITION HE STRAINED HIS BACK.ON 6/15 EE VISITED A CHIROPRACTOR. THE PAIN HAD NOT IMPROVED THE FOLLOWING DAY AND THE ORIGINAL CHIROPRACTOR WAS NOT AVAILABLE SO EE MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH ANOTHER.

EE WAS USING THE YALE FORKLIFT TO MOVE PALLETS OF CHAIN FROM THE STOREROOM TO A VILLAGE GARAGE. WHILE CROSSING THE MAIN LINE RAIL ROAD TRACK MRL ONE FORK STRUCK A HIGH POINT AND THE EE WAS THR OWN FORWARD AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. THE EE WAS NOT WEARING THE SEAT BELT. DR RECOMMENDED AT LEAST 5 DAYS OFF FROM WORK. A PHYSICAL EXAM DID NOT OCCUR EE REQUEST UNTIL 6-2-97.

EE WAS WORKING ON A FRONT END LOADER. HE HAD REMOVED A COVER OVER THE ENGINE & STARTED TO FEEL A TIGHTNESS IN HIS BACK MUSCLES BETWEEN THE SHOLDER BLADES. UPON EXAM BY THE PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTAN T, IT WS DIAGNOSED AS A MUSCLE SPASM. THE EE WASGIVEN A MUSCLE RELAXANT MEDICATION & COULD NOT RETURN TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY DUE TO THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE MEDICINE.

EE WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE WALK THROUGH OF PLANT. WHILE WALKING ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE PACKHOUSE HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE. HE REPORTED THIS RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO HIS NECK AND BACK.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE PHY TEST LAB. HE WAS REMOVING CUBE MOLDS FROM A CABINET. AS HE STEPPED BACK FROM THE CABINET, HE CAUGHT THE TOE OF ONE FOOT ON THE HEEL OF HIS OTHER FOOT WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TRIP & FALL. HE ATTEMPTED TO BREAK HIS FALL WITH HIS RIGHT ARM. A DR EXAMINED HIM ON 11/5 BUTPROVIDED NO TREATMENT AT THAT TIME. CO WAS NOTIFIED ON 11/11 SURGERY WOULD BE NEEDED.

EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP RAILROAD TIE & HAD A SUDDEN SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. IT WAS COLD AND WINDY THAT DAY. THE ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE MINE EQUIPMENT, EE DID NOT BREAK COMPLIANCE, NOR WAS TH E ACCIDENT ATTRIBUTED TO PPE ITEMS. WORKING IN THE COLD MAY HAVE ATTRIBUTED TO THE INJURY.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 35 TON HAUL TRUCK TO TAKE A CEMENT KILN DUST TO A DUMP SITE. WHEN HSI TRUCK HAD BEEN OBSERVED A THE DUST DUMP FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WITH NO APPARENT MOVEMENT THE S HIFT SUPERVISOR AND SHIFT REPAIR PERSON WENT TO CHECK TO SITUATION. THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN A CONCIOUS BUT CONFUSED STATE COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAIN HE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 60'FROM HIS TRUCK. THE EMP

CHEMICAL/CONCRETE BURN TO BOTH LEGS.

EE HAD COMPLETED HER SHIFT AND WAS LEAVING THE PLANT. INSTEAD OF USING THE ESTABLISHED RAIL CROSSING, THE EE CROSSED THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT RUN BETWEEN THE PACKHOUSE YARD AREA AND THE MAIN O FFICE PARKING AREA. WHILE STEPPING OVER ONE OF THE TRACKS, THE EE STRIPPED AND FELL. HER LEFT SIDE HIT ONE OF THE RAILS. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 6-20-96.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING A METAL PLATE IN THE FEED PIPE TO THE RAW MILL. A PORT-A-POWER WAS BEING USED TO HOLD THE PLATE IN PLACE. THE TOP END OF THE PORT-A-POWER SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION & STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREHEAD JUST ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE. THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF CONCUSSION

THE EMPLOYEE HAD MOVED SIX RAIL CARS INTO POSITION AT THE BULK LOADING STATION. HE WAS JOGGING ALONG SIDE THE CARS, HEADING TO THE END CAR TO SET THE BRAKE. AS HE PASSED THE 5TH CAR, HE JUMPED OVER A PILE OF MATERIAL (DIRT) AND RIGHT FOOT LANDED ON AN UNEVEN SURFACE. THIS CAUSED THE FOOT TO TWIST SIDEWAYS WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ANKLE

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH REPAIR ON THE RAW MILL. AS HIS TWO CO-WORKERS LIFTED A STEEL PLATE, WHICH WEIGHED APPROX. 200 LB., THE INJURED WORKER REACHED FOR A LIGHT CORD TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY. HIS THIRD FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND WAS STRUCK BY THE PLATE. AN X-RAY REVEALVED A FRACTURE ON HIS FINGER BONE.

EE HAD LEFT HIS QUARRY HAUL TRUCK WHILE DUMPING A LOAD OF ROCK AND WAS CLEANING UP SOME SPILLED ROCK BY USING A SHOVEL. WHILE LIFTING THE SHOVEL, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK WHICH THEN CA USED DISCOMFORT WHEN TAKING A BREATH. A DR S EXAM THAT MORNING GAVE A DIAGNOSIS OF MSUCLE STRAIN AND THE DR RECOMMENDED SEVERAL DAYS OF BED REST.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF 1" THICK STEEL FROM A LOW TO A HIGHER TABLE IN ORDER TO CUT THE STEEL SLAB. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HIM LIFT. HE TWISTED HIS BODY WHILE MOVING THE METAL PIECE AND FELT A TWINGE IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE EMPLOYEE SOUGHT CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT THE NEXT DAY AND IS TAKING OVER-THE-COUNTER PAIN PILLS. THE CHIRO ALSO INSTRUCTE DHIM TO WEAR A BACK SUP

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE AND STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A HEAVY OBJECT. EMPLOYEE REPORTED THE INJURY ON 10-16-95 AND SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT LATER THAT DAY. THE DR. PRESCRIBED A PAIN MEDICATION.

EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER CARRY AN EMPTY 55 GALLON DRUM UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS. HER RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF ONE OF THE STEPS AND SHE FELT A SHARP PAIN. DR TREATMENT WAS GIVEN ON THE 18TH. X RAYS RE VEALED A FRACTURE OF THE 5TH METATARSAL OF THE RIGHT FOOT. EE DID NOT RETURN TO WORK ON SEPT 21, BY DR RECOMMENDATION, AND IS EXPECTED TO BE OFF FROM 2 TO 3 WEEKS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE ROCK CRUSHER. HE HAD CUT A SECITON FO STEEL (APPROX 70LB) AND REMOVE DIT FROM THE CRUSHER. AS HE CARRIE D IT TO THE EDGE OF THE WORK PLATFORM TO DROP IN THE SCRAP PILE, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CHIRO TREATMETN THE NEXT DAY AND IS SCHEDULED FOR SEVERAL MORE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A PROJECT AT THE KILN WALKWAY THE OBJECT BEING WELDED WAS OVERHEAD THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED EYE IRRITATION & SWELLING AROUND THE EYE BY THE END OF THE SHIFT THE NEXT DA Y HE WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR & IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A VERY TINY PIECE OF HOT MATERIAL HAD ENTERE4D HIS EYE IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS ENTERED HIS EYE WHILE CHIPPING OFF HOT SLAG FROM A WELDED AR

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A LARGE INSPECTION DOOR ON A FINISH MILL ELEVATOR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.THE EMPLOYEE SOUGHT CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT ON JUNE 29,1995.

EE WAS PLACING CEMENT SACKS ON TO PALLETS INSIDE OF A RAIL CAR. AFTER PLACING ONE OF THE SACKS, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. THE INJURY WAS REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON MAY 25,1995 AND HE ALSO V ISITED A CHIROPRACTOR ON THE DAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS REATTACHING A HANDLE TO A PORT-A-POWER UNIT. AS HE WAS PUSHING THE HANDLE INTO PLACE, HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED AND STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE WOOD BENCH WHERE THE WORK WAS BEING PERFORME D. A SLIVER OF WOOD APPROX. 1/8" WIDE BY 1" LONG WAS FORCED UNDER THE NAIL OF THE 3RD FINGER AND UP TO THE FIRST KNUCKLE. THE SLIVER WAS REMOVED AT A LOCAL CLINIC AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN A

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SKID-STEER LOADER TO DUMP A BARREL OF GRINDING BALLS INTO THE BALL SORTER. THE LOADER TIPPED FORWARD; THE CHAIN SECURING THE BARREL SLIPPED OFF AND THE LOADER TIPPED B ACK ON TO THE REAR WHEELS. THIS MOTION FORCED THE EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE OPERATOR'S SEAT. HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN AND SOUGHT CHIROPRATIC CARE ON MAY 10, 1995.

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKIG NORMAL ROUND OF THE PLANT OT CHECK ON MAINTENANCE ITEMS. AS HE WAS WALKING BY THE #2 COOLE RFAN, HE STEPPE DON A WET SPOT THAT WAS SLICK FROM CEMENT DUST UNDERNEATH THE WAT ER. THIS CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND AS HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF, HE TWISTED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 5-26-95. THE COMPANY WAS INFORME DO THE TREATMEN ON 5-31-95.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A VIBRATOR TO LOOSEN A TIPPING VALVE AT THE PRECIPITATOR. THE VALVE WEIGHT CAME OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT HAND RESULTINGIN SWELLING OF THE HAND. HE REPORTED THE INJURY ON MAY 1 AND ALSO SCHEDULED A DR'S APPOINTMENT. THE RESULTING DIAGNOSIS WAS A SMALL FRACTURE NEAR THE KNUCKLE OF THE INDEX FINGER.

EMP WAS WORKING IN THE TRANSFER TUNNEL AREA OF THE SHIPPING DEPT.HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A LOW OVERHEAD AREA WHICH CAUSED PAIN IN HIS NECK AND BACK. EMP DID NOT REPORT THAT HE HAD OBTAINED MEDIC AL TREATMENT. EMPLOYER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DOCTOR VISITS ON 6-13-95 WHEN THE CLINIC CALLED AND ASKED WHY THE BILLS HAD BEEN DENIED FOR PAYMENTBILLS HAD BEEN SENT TO PRIOR CARRIER.

EE WAS WORKING AT THE CRUSHER. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A LOW OVERHEAD OBJECT, WHICH RESULTED IN NECK AND BACK PAIN. THE INJURY WAS REPORTED ON 4-3-95,AND CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT WAS GIVEN ON 4-6- 95.

EE HAD JUST OBTAINED A SLURRY SAMPLE AT THE SLURRY TANK AND WAS DESCENDING THE STAIRWAY. A HEAVY SNOW FALL DURING THE NIGHT HAD CAUSED AN ACCUMMULATION OF ICE AND SNOW ON THE STEPS. THE EE HEA L SLIPPED OFF OF ONE STEP AND LANDED ON THE NEXTONE DOWN. THE REPORTED ON 3-6-95.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH REPAIRS ON A BUCKET ELEVATOR AT THE PACKHOUSE. HE REPORTED A STRAIN TO HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING SOME OF THE ELEVATOR CHAIN. ON FEB 6 HE REPORTED HE HAD SEEN A CHIROP RACTOR ON THE 4TH. THE DR. TREATMENT INVOLVED ANADJUSTMENT AND OTHER THERAPY.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A GAS TORCH IN SIDE OF THE KILN HOOD. DUE TO A PRESSURE DIFFERENCE HOT DUSTFROM INSIDE THE KILN BLEW OUT OF THE ACCESS PORTAND GOT BEHIND THE EMPLOYEE'S SAFETY GLASSES. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS SOUGHT ON 1-6-95.

THE EE WAS MEASURING FOR AN INSIDE HANDRAIL AT A NEW WORK PLATFORM NEAR THE COAL DIXIE MILL. THERE WAS AN OPENING IN THE FLOOR GRATING THE AREA WAS ROPE OFF WHICH THE EE KNEW ABOUT AND HAD BEE N REMINDED ABOUT THAT MORNING. WHILE TAKING THE MEASUREMENT, HE WALKED BACKWARD AND STEPPED INTO THE OPENING. HIS RIGHT LEG WENT INTO THE HOLD AND HIS BACK STRUCK AN I BEAM CAUSING A BRUISED

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A GALLON JUG OF GERMICIDAL DETERGENT FROM A LOCKER THE JUG FELL & SOME OF THE LIQUID SPLASHED UP INTO HER FACE & WENT UNDER HER SAFETY GLASSSES & INTO HER EYE TREATMENT W AS OBTAINED FROM AN OPTHOMOLOGIST ON JUNE 14 A PRESCRIPTION WAS ISSUED

EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING GARPHITE TO A KILN TIRE THE EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY EXPERIENCED DEHYDRATION FROM THE HOT TEMPERATURES & NOT DRINKING ADEQUATE LIQUIDS ON JUNE 7 THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO A DOC FOR AN EYE PROBLEM WHICH SHE ALLEGDES IS RELATED THE MAY 20 INCIDENT THE DOC PRESCRIBED MEDICATION FOR THE EYE PROBLEM

WHILE HELPING TO HANG CHAIN SECTIONS IN THE KILN, THE EE NOTICED A PERSISTENT TINGLE IN HIS HANDS, ESPECIALLY THE RIGHT HAND. THE PHYSICIAN S EXAM ON 4-5-94 INDICATED A CUMMULATIVE TRAUMA DISO RDER. WRIST BRACES WERE ISSUED TO THE EE.

EE WAS SUPERVISING THE INSTALLATION OF CHAIN INSIDE OF THE KILN. WHILE WALKING THRU THE CHAIN SECTION, HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE FORMED BY SOME OF THE CHAIN. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND AS HE FELL, H YP0EREXTENDED HIS RIGHT KNEE. DR TREATMENT WAS NOT OBTAINED UNTIL 4-27-94. EE IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON MAY 26 NO WORK HAS BEEN MISSED NOR HAVE ANY CHANGES BEEN MADE TO HIS WORK DUTIES.

EE REPORTED A HAND INJURY WHILE REMOVING A ROCK BUILD UP IN THE CRUSHER HOPPER ON JAN 15 1994 HIS FIRST MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS ON MARCH 22 THE DR LISTED MEDICAL TREAMTNE BEING FOR A SHOULDER ST RAIN. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS ISSUED.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TABLE SAW & HAD JUST SHUT SAW OFF WHEN HE REACHED ACCROSS BLADE BEFORE IT HAD STOPPED TURNING. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB. SEVEN STITCHES WERE REQUIRED .

EMPLOYEE WAS SEATED AT HER DESK IN THE MAIN OFFICE. A CO-WORKER CAME BEHIND HER AND UNEXPECTIDLY JERKED THE CHAI BACKWARD. THIS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE'S HEAD TO SNAP BACK WHICH RESULTED IN WHIPLA SH TYPE STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CEMENT OFF OF THE TRACKMOBLE. HE STEPPED ON TOP OF THE FRONT WHEEL OF THE MACHINE IN ORDER TO REACH THE FRONT PORTION OF THE HOOD & THE TIRE ROTATED WHICH CAUSED HIM TO F ALL. HIS LEFT SHOULDER HIT THE HOOD AS HE FELL. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 11-4-93 & IS CURRENTLY TAKING PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS.

EE WAS STANDING ON A WOODEN LADDER WHICH PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE CLINKER ELEVATOR DUST COLLECTOR HOPPER. THE BOTTOM LEFT PORTION OF THE LADDER BROKE. THE EE CAUGHT HIMSELF ON THE EDGE OF THE HO PPER WITH HIS LEFT ARM RESULTING IN A DEEP BRUISE. DR. RECOMMENDED SEVERAL DAYS OFF THE HELP REDUCE SWELLING.

EE WAS WORKING ON A DUST COLLECTOR. AS HE STARTED TO STAND UP, HIS HEAD STRUCK AN OVERHEAD METAL STRUCTURE CAUSING PAIN IN HIS NECK. THE EE HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK NOR HAS HE BEEN RESTRICTED I N JOB DUTIES. CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT, HOWEVER, WAS EXTENDED THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE OF THE CLINKER COOLER ON A REPAIR PROJECT. HE SLIPPED, FELL AND STRUCK HIS BACK AND LEFT SHOULDER ON A COOLER DRAG CHAIN. NO REQUEST FOR DOCTOR TREATMENT WAS MADE U NTIL 4/2/93. AN INJECTION WAS GIVEN TO RELAX BRUISED MUSCLES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE PLANT YARD WHEN SHE APPARENTLY STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK OR PIECE OF CEMENT CLINKER. THIS RESULTED IN PAIN IN THE HEEL OF HER RIGHT FOOT. INITIAL TREATMENT WAS FI RST AID. HOWEVER, ON APRIL 30, 1993, SHE WAS REFERED TO ANOTHER PHYSICIAN AND RECEIVED A CORTISONE INJECTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT OF MILL BUILDING.SHE APPARENTLY SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF CEMENT CLINKER & FELL.SPRAIN WAS ALSO SUSTAINED TO THE LEFT ANKLE.IMMEDIATE FIRST AID WAS GIVEN IN THE FORM OF I CE PACKS AND ELEVATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE CAR COUPLER OF THE TRACKMOBILE. WHILE USING A CROW BAR, THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIS THIRD FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND WAS FORCED AGAINST A METAL PART ON THE TRACKMOBILE. TH E RESULTING LACERATION REQUIRED ABOUT 10 STITCHES.

EE DEVELOPED A SORE NECK AFTER FILLING A SET OF FAN BEARINGS WITH OIL FROM A 5 GALLON BUCKET. EE WAS SENT TO THE CHIROPRACTOR AND WILL HAVE SUBSEQENT VISITS.

EMPLOYEE HIT HEAD ON OVERHEAD PIECE OF COOLER DUST COLLECTOR WHILE WALKING INSIDE. HIS HEAD SNAPPED BACK CAUSING PAIN TO THE NEKC. EMPLOYEE HAS MADE AN INITIAL VISIT TO THE CHIROPRACTOR AND WILL NEEDS A FOLLOW-UP VISIT.

EMPL STRAINED BACK SOMETIME IN EARLY MARCH WHILE LOADING BLAST HOLES OR WORKING ON THE DRILL.ACCIDENT NOT REPORTED UNTIL 3-27-92.THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TREATMENTS BY A CHIROPRACTOR.

CARRYING BUCKETS STRAINED BACK

EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING THE TONGUE OF A PORTABLE COMPRESSOR TO HOOK TO A TRUCK. THE EE WENT TO THE CHIROPRACTOR ON 2-24-92.

EE WAS WORKING ON NEW CO SIGN NEAR THE PLANT ENTRANCE. A PARTICLE OF DUST OR OTHER SUBSTANCE ENTERED HIS EYE. THE EYE WAS WASHED OUT AT THE PLANT AND THE EE REQUIESTED A DR EXAM THE FOLLOWING DAY THE DR REMOVED A SMALL FOREIGN BODY.

EMPL WORKING NEAR THE PRECIPITATORS WELDING ON A 5" AIR LINE.WAS STANDING ON 8' STEP LADDER.CHANGED POSITION OF ONE FOOT AND MISSED THE STEP ON THE LADDER WHICH CAUSED HIM AND THE LADDER TO FA LL.EMPL WAS EXAMINED & RELEASED BY A P.A. BUT P ERSISTENT HEADACHES PROMPTED HIM TO SEEK FURTHER MEDICAL EVALUATION IN LATE JANUARY.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE CRUSHER ROTOR. WHILE MOVING THE ROTOR, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE REQUESTED CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO BEGIN THE WORK DAY AND WAS WALKING ACROSS THE PLANT YARD TO THE LUNCH ROOM WHERE WORK ASSIGNMENTS AREA GIVEN. SHE APPARENTLY SLIPPED ON SOME ICY PAVEMENT AND TWISTED HER ANKLE. EMPLOYEE IS ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL AT LEAST 1-9-92.

EMPL HELPING WITH INSTALLATION OF CATTLE GUARD ON SHALE QUARRY ROAD.LIFTING 8' IRON RAIL,SLIPPED ON ICE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT WAS REQUESTED FOLLOWING DAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING RAILCARS LOADED WITH COAL HE WAS USING A BAR TO BREAK UP COAL CHUNKS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR HOPPER & FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK THE SERVICES OF A CHIROPRACTOR WERE REQUESTED TWO DAYS LATER

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKIGN WITH A BRICKING CREW INSIDE OF THE KILN. WHILE KNEELING, HE FELT A "POP" IN HIS KNEE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REQUEST TO RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 10-25-91.

EMPL WAS LOADING SCRAP MATERIAL INTO BOX OF DUMP TRUCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK. EMPL WAS TREATED BY CHIROPRACTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER WELDER LIFT A SHEET OF 10 GUAGE STEEL ON TO A WORK BENCH WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 4" PORTABLE GRINDER WHILE WORKING ON THE FAN MOTOR BASE FOR THE #1 ROCK SILO DUST COLLECTOR. A METAL FRAGMENT ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE AND WAS REMOVED BY A PHYSICIANS ASSIST ANT TWO DAYS LATER ON 5-15-91.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE KILN FLOOR & STANDING ON A STOOL APPROX 12 INCHES HIGH HE SLIPPED OFF OF THE STOOL & TWISTED HIS KNEE THE EMPLOYEE HAD SURGERY ON THIS KNEE APPROX 5 YEARS AGO FOR N ON-WORK RELATED RESAONS EMPLOYEE IS RECEIVING FURTHER EVALUATION BY AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING NORMAL OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE WORK WHILE CROSSING THE RAIL ROAD TRACKS IN THE PLANT YARD HE SLIPPED ON SOME SNOW & ICE THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL ON TO HIS BACK THE EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS FOR A FEW SECONDS EMPLOYEE AGREED TO A DOC EXAM ON APRIL 15 1991

THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WELDING ON A REAX TANK GUARD AT THE SHOP. AS HE REACHED FOR A TOOL, HE TRIPPED ON A FOOT STOOL. IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP HIS FALL, HE GRABBED A HOT PART OF THE RAILING WHE RE HE HAD BEEN WELDING WHICH RESULTED IN A SECOND DEGREE BURN TO THE PALM AND SEVERAL FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS INVOLVED IN ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. HE LIFTED WRONG AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND BACK. HE REQUESTED CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING MAINTENANCE SHOP LOCATED IN OLD SHOP BUILDING AS HE WALKED THROUGH AN AREA WHERE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING HE WAS STRUCK IN THE RT TEMPLE BY A STATIONARY CHAIN-FALL HOO K DOC DIAGNOSED A SLIGHT CONCUSION

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE CRAWL AIR DRILL FROM ONE LOCATION IN THE QUARRY TO ANOTHER. THE VIBRATION FROM THE DRILL AS IT WAS BEING MOVED APPARENTLY RESULTED IN LOWER BACK PAIN. THE EMPLOOYEE S OUGHT CHORPRACTIC TREATMENT THREE DAYS LATER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE WILFLEY PUMP AT THE SLURRY TANKS EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE FRAME ON THE PUMP WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE PUMP & LET IT DROP INJURED EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A DEEP LACERATION AS THE UNIT FELL CUT REQUIREDFOUR STITCHES