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Employee was using tapping tool to tap threads in a coupling. He was using a crescent wrench to apply motive force instead of supplied T-wrench. When he applied force the tap shattered and his right hand, which was guiding the tap, made contact with the sharp edge of the shattered tap, resulting in a laceration that required 6 stitches.

Employee was using a car stop as a hammer to move a rail car door slide back onto the slide rail. When the employee struck the door slide, the car stop ricocheted and hit the employee's safety glasses, resulting in a laceration under right eye on right cheek, which required 5 stitches.

Shippers were installing Seabulk liner into a container which requires removal of two tie-off studs. The studs have to be removed partially with a grinding tool and then complete removal with hammer. When he struck the studs, the hammer bounced back, hitting employee in left corner of mouth and left side of face.

EE WAS TIGHTING BOLTS IN THE BOTTOM BEARING OF A BAUER MILL WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN RIGHT GROIN AREA AND FELT A SMALL KNOT IN THAT AREA. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 12/01/2004 AND WAS RELEASED TO REGULAR WORK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BOX CUTTER KNIFE TO CUT A PLASTIC TIE OFF OF A PALLET OF MATERIAL. HE WAS HOLDING THE PLASTIC ABOVE THE TIE WITH HIS LEFT HAND, CUTTING WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TOWARDS HIS LT. HAND. THE BOX CUTTER SLIPPED OFF THE TIE, STRIKING HIS LT.WRIST, RESULTING IN A LACERATION. 6 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

REMOVING NUT FROM BOTTOM OF SHAFT. STRUCK WRENCH HANDLE WITH HAMMER AND HIT RAIL.

EE WAS REMOVING A FEED TUBE FROM #1 MAGNET WHILE IN A SEATED POSITION AND USING A 24" PIPE WRENCH. AS HE PULLED HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK AND DOWN HIS RIGHT LEG. WORK COMP PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED HIM AS HAVING MUSCLE STRAIN TO LOWER BACK. HE WAS GIVEN AN INJECTION, 2 PRESCRIPTIONSAND PLACED ON RESTRICTION AND NO LIFTING OVER 40 LBS.

MECHANIC PUTTING TEETH IN BUCKET OF BACKHOE, HITTING PINS WITH HAMMER AND METAL SHATTERED WITH A SLIVER HITTING HIM IN THE FRONT MID NECK AREA. STITCHES REQUIRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REPLACE THE SEAL & BEARING HOUSING ON THE PUMP. HE WAS REMOVING THE CARBON RETAINER RINGS ON THE SEAL USING A CHISEL & HAMMER. WHILE HITTING THE CHISEL WITH THE HAMMER HE STRUCK HIS LEFT RING FINGER & FRACTURED THE DISTAL PHALANGE.

HE WAS CALLED TO PLANT 4 BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH A DIVERTER VALVE TO E3. THE VALVE WAS PLUGGED WITH PRODUCT. EMPLOYEE, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM OPERATOR, WAS TRYING TO PRY VALVE AROUND WHEN BAR SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT ELBOW ON NEARBY PIPING.

EE'S RIGHT RING FINGER WAS LACERATED WHEN THE BAR HE WAS USING TO CLEAN LUMPS OUT OF A BAUER MADE CONTACT WITH A COVER. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO ER BY CO-WORKER & HAD SURGICAL REPAIR ON 8/29/02. FINGER WAS FRACTURED IN 2 PLACES.

EE REMOVING EASEOUT STUD ON WEST ROLLER MILL WITH 18" CRESENT WRENCH. WHEN BROKE LOOSE HE JAMMED 2ND/3RD FINGER ON ROLLER MILL HOUSING.

EE WAS SWEEPING FLOOR WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE. WITH OTHER EE ASSISTANCE, EE FLUSHED HIS EYE WITH WASH BOTTLE THEN AN EYEWASH. HE REPORTED CONTINUED DISCOMFORT THE FOLLOWING DAY. HE WAS CHECKED BY AN OPTHAMOLOGIST AND A PREVENTIVE ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIBED FOR MILD CORNEAL ABRASION WAS GIVEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN PACKING NUT ON SOUTH PLUNGER. FACKING NUT POPPED UP OUT OF BOX AND SLUNGER YOKE ASSEMBLY MASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST WRENCH HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DIE PLATE ON EXTRUDER WHEN HE USED A WRENCH TO LOOSEN THE NUTS THAT HOLD THE DIE PLATE. AS HE PULLED UPWARD ON THE WRENCH,HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS T AKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR EXAMINATION.

TAKING APART VALVE - PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE SLIPPED FROM ROPE AND DROPPED ON RIGHT WRIST.

DRIVING RAILROAD SPIKE WITH A HAMMER AND STRAINED LEFT LOWER BACK.

AREA LEADER EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES IN PRYING CLAY OFF THE SIDES OF THE 2D DRYER FEED TANK. THE EMPLOYEE MOVED HIS HAND AS THE OPERATOR WAS COMING BACK DOWN WITH A SLEDGE HA MMER TO STRIKE THE TIP OF THE PRY BAR. OPERATOR STRUCK OVER EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER. IN TURN, EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A SEVERE LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO BEND A BRACKET TO ITS CORRECT ANGLE FOR MOUNTING A GUARD OVER AN EXISTING SPEED SWITCH WHEN THE BRACKET SLIPPED AND THE HAMMER STRUCK AND SEVERELY LACERATED HIS LEFT RING FINGER.

EE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE SHEAVE FROM BLUGER. SHAFT ABOVE BROKE LOOSE AND EE LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS WRACKED BETWEEN WRENCH AND CONCRETE FLOOR.

EE CUT THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE MICA FROM THE MICA SPOUT OF THE BAGGING UNIT. THE BAGGER FILL SPOUT CLOGGED AND THE EE BEGAN PROBING THE SPOUT WITH A LENGTH OF M ETAL ROD. THE ROD SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT PALM.

EE CUTTING 2-1/2" RUBBER HOSE WIRE EMBEDDED. WHEN CUTTING THROUGH WIRE SNAPPED CAUSING HOSE TO ROLL & WIRE STRIKING EE OF LEFT WRIST, CUTTING EE, 6 STITCHES WERE NEEDE TO CLOSE WOUND.

EE CUT INTO AN ACID LINE. SUFFERED ACID BURNS TO NECK.

PUNCHING CLAY FROM EXTRUDER, JERKED ROD OUT OF CLAY AND HIT HIMSELF IN THE MOUTH WHICH CHIPPED HIS TOOTH AND CUT LIP.

GOING TO UNSTOP CHUTE GOIGN TO FLASH DRYER #5. INSPECTION DOOR HAD A BAND TO HOLD DOOR TIGHT. USED SIDE CUTTERS TO CUT BAND WHEN HE CUT HAND. HE WAS ALSO PULLING ON IT, CAME ACROSS RIGHT MIDDL E FINGER CUTTING FINGER.

THE MECHANIC EXPERIENCE CUT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH A KNIFE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A SHORT SECTION OF RUBBER HYDRAULIC HOSE FROM A SMALL KING NIPPLE TYPE CONNECTOR.

WHILE PUNCHING DOWN PELLETS WITH A ROD, HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER.

HIT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER W/ HAMMER AS HE WAS WORKING ON THE EXTRUDER, INFECTION (SERIOUS)SET IN.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSEMBLING METAL TABLE WITH 3/8" DRIVE RATCHET AND WRENCH. WHILE TIGHTENING A BOLT THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT HEAD CAUSING HIS HAND TO HIT HTE EDGE OF THE TABLE LEG, CUTTING THE BASE OF HIS LEFT THUMB WHICH REQUIRED 3 SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING GREASE LINE WITH KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER - STITCHES.

TACKING UP A WALL AND BULL PIN CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIM IN KNEE.

EMPLOYEE LIFTING SAND LINE WITH BAR AND SPRAINED LEFT LOWER BACK.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE POWER SCREEN THE EMPLOYEE PICKED UP DRAW BAR AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN WRIST.

EE WAS STANDING IN WRONG POSITION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CUT A SMALL OAK TREE. THE BLADE WENT COMPLETELY THRU THE TREE STRIKING EE ON THE FRONT OF HIS LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A KLEIN SAFETY KNIFE TO MODIFY OLD FLOURESCENTTUBE BOX FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAFELY TRANSPORTING OLD 4' TUBES. HE LOST CONTROL OF KNIFE, BUMPING TOP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON BL ADE CAUSING 3/4' CUT.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING 55# BAGS OF MICA FROM A TRAILER. WHEN HE PULLED A BAG OFF A STACK WITH A HOOK, THE BAG FELL PULLING HIS ARM. WHEN HE FAILED TO RELEASE THE HOOK. THE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF DISCOMFORT IN HIS SHOULDER & WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE COMPANY DOCTOR. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A SPRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN RIGHT SIDE BY A GEAR HE WAS LIFTING WITH A CHAIN HOIST CAUSING BRUISE TO RIGHT RIB CAGE AND HIP.

PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE THIGH, CUTTING THROUGH HIS PANTS AND INTO HIS LEFT LEG.

EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON WET SURFACE WHILE SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND SUSTAINED A LOW BACK STRAIN. THIS CASE DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 5-18-93 WHEN EE WAS PLACED ON A PRESCRIPTION AS A R ESULT OF SUBSEQENT MEDICAL VISIT.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTING TO START AN A-93 CENTRIFUGE WHEN HE SUSTAINED AN INCOMPLETE AMPUTATION OF HIS LEFT RING FINGER. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH MECHANISM TO FREE-UP THE ROTATING ASSEMBLY PRIO R TO STARTING THE MOTOR WHEN THE WRENCH HUNG, THE MOMENTIM OF THE ROTATTING ASSEMBLY PINDED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE CNETRIFUGE AND THE HANDLE OF THE WRENCH MECHANISM.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PAIR OF SCRISSORS TO OPEN SOME BOXES WHEN THE SCRISSOR SLIPPED AND PUNCTURED THE INSIDE OF HER LEFT ARM WHICH REQUIRED TWO SUTURES.

WHILE REMOVING A HANDLE FROMA A LOCK WRENCH EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED AND STRUCK A CHUTE AND WAS INITIALLY DIAGNOSED WITH A BRUISE OF RIGHT HAND. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED PAIN COMPLAINT AND FURTHER DI AGNOSTIC TESTING REVEALED A SMALL AVULSED FRAGMENT OFF OF THE DISTALRADIAL MC HEAD AREA AND UNDERWENT SURGERY ON 12-30-92.

MECHANIC CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER CUTTING RUBBER HOSE OFF WATER LINE FEEDING THE NEW SCRUBBER FOR #1 & #2 FILTER BLUNGER.

EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A SEVERE BRUISE OF HER LEFT HAND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHOCK A FLATCAR WITH A CARJACK. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE RELEASED, HER LEFT HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE JACK HANDLE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE FLAT.

CHANGING BLADES LOWERED WITH CHAIN HOIST THE RACK SLIPPED CAUGHT PINNED EMP R FOURTH FINGER

EMPLOYEE'S LEFT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN OCK HANDLE AND THE SIDE OF A LOCK HOUSING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK UP LUMPS OF KAOLIN IN 26 SILO USING AN EXTENSION BAR. HE FRACTURED HIS LEFT D ISTAL END OF FINGER.

USING AIR JACK, IT SLIPPED STRUCK HIM IN THE L RIB CAGE L LEG AND HAND

RE MOVING BRAKE DRUM IT DROPPED MASHING FINGER BETWEEN DRUM AND AXLE HOUSING

CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER ON METAL WHILE WORKING ON DIVERTER VALVE CUTTING IT

HOLDING BOLT IN PLACE WHILE OTHER EMP TIGHTEN IT