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While doing clean up around a dust elevator choke up, some lime dust got into his boots causing lime burns to both of his ankles.

Some lime slid down his boot causing a chemical burn to his ankles.

Employee was manually closing top lid of rail car.

Employee was holding a metal inspection cap in his hand. The cap slipped out of his hand and struck the employee's steel toed boot top. The employee's small toe on his right foot was struck and the small toe was broken.

Employee was lifting the door to the service elevator at the firing floor level. Some lime fell from above his head and into his eyes around his safety glasses. He washed out his eyes, but became increasingly uncomfortable and was taken to the clinic for treatment.

Employee was trying to lift a bearing grease cover to take a temp. check. The cover did not open and he applied more force, resulting in a tendon rupture to his left biceps at the elbow.

Employee was lifting a hatch lid on a railroad car. The hatch lid was heavy and the gravity force of it caused a severe strain to the employee's right wrist ligaments causing a bone in his wrist to fracture.

Employee was attempting to lift a heavy component without sufficient help or use of a proper lifting device. He stated that when he turned with the heavy load he felt pain in his lower back muscles.

EE WAS HOLDING AN ELECTRONIC SENSOR IN PLACE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE PULLING A DRIVE BELT ON ANOTHER PART OF THE MACHINE WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HIS RIGHT HAND CAUGHT IN BETWEEN TWO SURFACES AND HE RECIEVED A LACERATION ON THE BACK OF HIS HAND. HE RECIEVED 6 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE LACERATION AND THERE WAS NO IMPAIRMENT RESULTING

Employee was dragging a water hose up an inclined walkway. He stumbled and felt a pain in his lower back.

EMPLOYEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH POWDERED LIME AND RECEIVED BURNS TO HIS FOREARMS.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING A HEAVY METAL PLATE, CARRYING IT WITH ANOTHER CO-WORKER. INJURED EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED AND THE LOAD HE WAS CARRYING SHIFTED. AS HE MOVED TO KEEP FROM FALLING HE RECEIVED A SEVERE MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

Employee was walking down stairs holding a bearing housing (150 lbs.) not wearing work gloves. The bearing housing slipped from his hands and fell a short distance, striking his left foot.

EE WAS SUPPORTING A HEAVY COUPLING WHILE ANOTHER EE ASSISTED. THE OTHER EE LOST GRIP OF THE CONE HE WAS HOLDING AND IT HIT THE FIRST EE S HAND CRUSHING HIS RIGHT HAND RESULTING IN BROKEN LITTL E FINGER. FINGER REQUIRED SURGERY AND A PIN TO REPAIR.

TIME OF INJURY IS UNKNOWN. SOMETIME DURING HIS SHIFT APPARENTLY GOT LIME IN HIS BOOT WHICH CAUSED TWO DIME SIZED BURNS THAT WERE DIAGNOSED AS THIRD DEGREE BY A DR VISIT ON 8/20/03. THE INJURY WAS REPORTED ON 8/18/03. THE INJURY WAS REPORTED ON 8/18/03. WHEN THE BURN DID NOT HEAL PROPERLY, THE EE WAS TAKEN TO THE DR. EE WAS RELEASED TO MODIFIED DUTY.

INJURED WAS WORKING REMOVING A SHEAVE ON THE PRIMARY SCREEN OF THE SECONDARY CRUSHER. WHILE REMOVING THE SHEAVE, THE SHEAVE FELL ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER TIP CAUSING AN OPEN WOUND THAT REQUIR ED SEVEN SUTURES TO CLOSE. INJURED WAS RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY AFTER TREATMENT.

INJURED WORKER STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE PULLINGIDLERS OUT OF THICK MUD ON UNEVEN TERRAIN.

LEFT FOOT GOT STUCK IN MUD AND INJURED WORKER FELT POP IN KNEE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET FOOT UNSTUCK. HE THEN REMOVED FOOT FROM MUD AND LOST BALANCE CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE KNEE AGAINST ROCKS.

SOMETIME DURING THE SHIFT (2400-0800) FELT "SOMETHING" IN HIS RIGHT EYE. THINKS IT HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS DOING CLEANUP. A MICROSCOPIC FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED FROM HIS RIGHT EYE ON 6-8-01. RET URNED TO REGULAR DUTY.

WHILE LOWERING A 1"X8" X4' STEEL PLANT ONTO ANOTHER STEEL PLANT, THE STEEL PLATE IT WAS BEEING LOWERED ONTO "BOUNCED UP" CATCHING THE INJURED'S FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO STEEL PLATES CAUSING LACE RATION THAT NEEDED FOUR SUTURES. RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY BY CO. DR. AFTER TREATMENT.