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Shift Operator tweaked EE's left shoulder as EE placed the door on the 1115 drag cover
An employee was working on removing a bearing cap to inspect the bearing on "B Elevator" when EE came into contact with a damaged metal seal on the side of the bearing head shaft. While removing a piece of the damaged metal, a sharp edge cut through EE's heavy duty glove into EE's left pinky finger resulting in 4 stitches.
The employee had finished repairs to the Preblend Stammler system immediately prior to the injury, which occurred when employee was walking down the stairs with tools/equipment. The employee stepped down from the top step with employee's right leg, and as soon as employee put pressure on employee's leg employee felt employee's knee "pop".
The employee was troubleshooting the flop gate control arm on a FK pump. The employee's finger became pinched between the pivot arm and flop gate, causing a laceration on their right hand (5th finger).
The Employee was helping to install new gudgeon bolts on the 1143 screw. While doing so it is necessary to use the drive belts and pulleys to align the screw for bolt insertion. In the process of doing this the screw backlashed and employee's right hand pinky finger was caught between the belt and pulley tearing a gash in the tip, requiring stitches.
The employee bent over and picked up a small (34lb) refrigerator and threw it into the dumpster. While throwing it in he felt a pain in the left side of his back and his leg.
The employee walked into an area that was inundated with dust to try and put a 4" cap back on to the pant leg of silo 29N. The force of the material coming through a 4" opening knocked off his dust mask and safety glasses, causing a scratch to his left eye and difficulty breathing.
The injured is a Temporary Laborer. While pulling pipe for the vac truck apart, the plastic pipe bounced and hit the Temp employee in the mouth, cutting his lip and requiring stitches.
The injured is not an employee of Lehigh Northeast Cement Company. On the above date and time a contractor truck driver injured his left ring finger. The driver was lifting the batching station platform using the safety rail; his finger was pinched between the safety bar and the platform beam causing fractured finger requiring stitches.
The employee was replacing a large hydraulic cylinder and relative hoses in the clinker cooler compartment 5/6. Upon completion of work employee noticed minor "tingling" and pain located in left shoulder.
The employee was working in a warm location and sweat was running down his face into his eyes. He wiped his face off to remove the sweat. He went home at end of shift but it did not seem to be bothering him. He woke up early in the morning with pain in his eye. We took him to an eye doctor the next morning. They found a tiny piece of steel and removed it.
While disassembling a FK Compressor oil bath filter, employee caught his right wrist on the wire mesh of the filter causing a laceration to his right wrist, resulting in sutures being needed.
The employee was tightening bolts on the Stone Stamper when he felt a sharp pain and burning in right shoulder.
The employee was sorting balls, moved the portable magnet 3'x 6" W x 2.5" thick, grasped the edge of the magnet with his right thumb being on the bottom of the magnet. Employee rotated the magnet toward himself and the magnetic force pulled it down on its bottom edge pinching employee's thumb between the magnet and the frame of the ball sorter.
Employee alleges he was pulling on and twisting a 6" vacuum hose to straighten it out prior to loading it onto the skidsteer, at which time employee alleges feeling a pulling sensation on the right side of his back.
The employee was entering the electric shop doorway carrying a UPS, weighing approximately 40lbs. The UPS slipped from the employee's hands and landed on his right foot.
The employee was assisting in moving the sample splitter table using a plastic pallet. It got stuck in the doorway. The employee pushed on the table legs, and his right hand got caught between the metal plate on the table leg and the door frame, causing an amputation to the distal phalanx of the ring finger and a laceration to the index finger.
Employee alleges that during the operation of replacing 2 screen plates (50lbs. each), he felt a twinge of pain in neck and left arm, which resulted in further treatment.
The employee was removing and replacing grizzly bars from the cooler at the clinker breaker. The employee felt pain in his left shoulder. This was not previously reported as the employee did not seek medical attention utill 12/1/08.
The employee pulled on the hopper to latch it and felt something pop in his left shoulder
Employee was removing the separator fan housing when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
The employee lifted a bucket with chains in it, felt pain in back
The employee was performing his regular duties when he felt a twinge in his left shoulder.
The employee was replacing Roller Mill Roll bearing cover; weld on pick eye broke and caused cover to strike employee on left forehead, causing a laceration and contusion to forehead.
The employee was removing a temporary cable from under the kiln. The employee twisted and felt a pain in his back.
The employee was dumping cement bags into a hopper. While dumping the bags the employee strained his left wrist and forearm.
The employee was loosening the knuckle on a line blind valve to make a bin change. While changing the bin the employee felt a twinge in his lower back.
The employee was opening Elevator A boot door to complete a mechanical repair, when fine dust material flushed out of the door and entered boot, causing a burn to the left foot/ankle.
The employee was working on the bucket elevator. While lifting bucket elevator with chain fall the employee allegedly felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder.
The employee was changing the hammer vavle on the south line. The valve spun and the employee reached out to grab it - it came to a stop against the pipe wedging the employees finger, causing a laceration to left index finger.
The employee was breaking open a cement bag, when his arm hit a sharp edge on the saddle that the bags sit in when loading - causing a laceration to his lower right arm.
The employee was removing a clogged 6" line from the Fast Vac (vacuum truck). While lifting on the line, the employee felt a sudden pain in the lower right side of his abdomen that traveled down to the groin area. Note: Injury became a lost time 6/1/05 due to hernia surgery on 6/1/05.
The employee was cleaning up dust in the elevator pit. While cleaning, some of the dust got into his boot (the employee was wearing half socks), causing a burn to the inside of the right ankle.
The employee was helping to remove the 1935 drag chain. Not realizing the chain was caught on a piece of angle iron, the employee looked into the opening on the west end of the Polycom to see what the chain was catching on. As the employee did this he leaned his hand on the chain and it came loose, striking his right thumb.
This employee is not on the payroll of Glens Falls Lehigh Cement. He is employed through Keena Temp Agency. The employee was shoveling material into a 5 gallon bucket, when he felt a sharp pain in his left leg/groin area.
The employee felt a sharp pain in his right groin area while lifting an Oxygen bottle to put it into the bottle rack on the truck.
GROSS ELECTRIC WAS PULLING OUT A DAMAGED ELECTRICAL CABLE FOR THE 904 CONVEYOR BELT. DURING THE PULL, THE DAMAGED CABLE BROKE & SNAPPED BACK OUT OF THE CONDUIT AT THE TAIL END OF THE 904 BELT, HITTING GROSS ELECTRIC EE THAT WAS MONITORING THE CABLE PULL.
EE was checking the 903 belt as it was off track & having problems with the north tail pulley bearing. When he put his hand to the bottom of the guard to feel for heat, the next thing he knew something grabbed his finger. The EE thinks the zero speed paddle caught his fingerr & pinched it against the guard, causing a laceration to the middle finger of his right hand.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 953 BELT. AS HE PULLED ON THE BELT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER ON THE LOADER WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ARM.
THE EE WAS REMOVING CHECK VALVE FROM SILO 51 PURGE AIR LINE, WHEN CEMENT DUST CAME BACK INTO HIS FACE, UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
THE EE WAS ON TOP OF THE #1 MILL PULLING THE DOOR OUT WITH STRAPS ATTACHED. AS THE DOOR WAS BEING LIFTED BY THE CRANE, A BOLT ON THE DOOR CAUGHTON THE MILL. THE CRANE CONTINUED LIFTING, THE ST RAP STETCHED AND SNAPPED, AND CLEVIS RELEASED UNDER PRESSURE, STRIKING THE EE'S LEFT HAND.
WHILE BLOWING OUT THE SEPARATOR, THE EMPLOYEE GOT DUST/ FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE. NOTE: 8/21/03 WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED OF INJURY.
THE EE BENT DOWN TO UNLOCK SWITCH GEAR: LIFTED UP ON SWITCH TO RELEASE LOCK, AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN MIDDLE LOWER BACK.
THE EE WAS LIFTING BROKEN CEMENT BAGS OUT OF THE HOPPER THAT IS USED FOR WASTE CEMENT, AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE OF NECK.
THE EE STATES THAT HE HAD COME IN FOR AN EXTRA DAY OF WORK, AND WAS CLEANING UP ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CONVEYER BELT. THEY WERE USING THE FAST TRAC TRUCK AND A CHIPPING BAR TO PRY UP ON MATER IAL. THE EE ALLEGEDLY STOOD UP AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A METAL CROSS BEAM, JAMMING HIS HEAD DOWN INTO HIS NECK.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A 1/4" STEELCOVER FROM THE PALLETIZER. THE COVER SLIPPED OFF THE LEDGE AND PINCHED THE EE'S RIGHT MIDDLE ANDINDEX FINGER AGAINST THE RAILING, CAUSING A CUT TO THE MIDDLE FINGER AND A SCRAPE TO THE INDEX FINGER.
THE EE WAS SWEEPING THE BURNER FLOOR. THE EE ALLEGEDLY TURNED TO THE RIGHT WHILE SWEEPING & ALLEGEDLY FELT SOMETHING PULL ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. NOTE: THIS EE HAS A PRE-EXISTING HERNIA ON HIS RIGHT SIDE, WHICH IS NOT WORK RELATED.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOVELING MATERIAL UP IN THE FINISH MILL. THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY PICKED UP A SCOOP OF MATERIAL, TURNED AROUND TO PUT IT IN THE BOBCAT AND ALLEGEDLY FELT A PULL IN HI S LOWER LEFT BACK AND LEG. *NOTE: THE EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON HIS OWN WITHOUT EMPLOYER'S KNOWLEDGE. 4/3/03 WAS THE FIRST TIME EMPLOYER WAS INFORMED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION AND THAT
THE EE WAS CLOSING THE QUARRY GATE UPON LEAVING FOR THE DAY. WHEN CLOSING THE GATE, THE TOP HINGE CAME APART ALLOWING THE GATE TO FALL. THE GATE STRUCK THE EE'S LEFT HAND, AND BARB WIRE ON THE GATE CUT HIS LEFT FINGER. THE GATE ALSO STRUCK THE EE'S LEFT ARM AND LEFT SIDE OF BACK, CAUSING SOME SCRAPES.