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Changing a bearing using a come along. The bearing jerked, which in turn jerked the arm of the employee. Causing pain to EE's right shoulder.

Replacing the dog bones on VSC 5040. 2 person job. One was holding the bolt with a crescent wrench while the other was using a ratchet to tighten the bolt down. The wrench caught and pinched the Millwrights finger between the wrench handle and the framework, cutting EE's right index finger. Took employee to Urgent Care Clinic where EE received 10 stitches.

Employee was changing a bucket tooth. The employee struck the tooth with a hammer and a piece of the tooth come off and struck them in the lower chest.

A bearing was being tapped into place on a head pulley shaft using a hammer and a chisel when a small portion of the chisel cutting edge chipped off striking an employee 6 feet away in the right chest. The piece was removed requiring two stitches to close the wound.

Employee was stripping wire for main feed when his hand slipped and the knife struck his thumb resulting in two stitches.

While cutting up cardboard boxes to place in the recycling bin the associate cut his left hand with a utility knife. The resulting injury required three stitches to close the wound.

While cutting banding off of a pallet of bags with a utility knife the employee's hand slipped causing a cut requiring three stitches on his left hand fore finger.

The associate was using a pipe wrench to assemble a 2.5" water line for the plant water truck. When he applied pressure to the wrench it slipped off the threads causing his fingers to strike the back of the truck while still holding the wrench resulting in a fracture to his finger and lacerations.

The injured ee was opening a rail car door. He pulled on a large steel bar he was using & felt a pain in the groin area. He went home. Went to ER & discovered a heart flutter. Then they discovered 2 pre-existing hernias. They also noticed a twisted testicle. Surgery was performed to correct everything. Notified on 11/6/06 of surgery on the testicle & is charged as a LTA.

The injured ee was working on a cooler. He was taking off the guide rings for the timing belt sheave. He put a screw driver in behind the ring. The screw driver sliped and cut finger on the guide ring. He recieved stitches to his left hand-ring finger.

THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 4-15-03. WAS NOTIFIED ON 4-21-03 THAT THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE INDIVIDUAL BELIEVES IT HAPPENED WHILE BRUSHING/SCRUBING TESTING SCREENS VIGOROUSLY. SHE EXPERIENCED SEVERE CRAMPING WHILE PERFORMING THIS TASK. SHE DID SOMETHING TO HER MUSCLE OR NERVE IN HER LEFT UPPER BACK. SHE IS ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

THE INJURED WAS ON A BAGGING PLACING BAGS ON SPOUTS. HE STARTED A CONVEYOR CHAIN AND IT BECAME STUCK. HE SHUT THE POWER OFF AND USED A CROW BAR TO BACK THE CONVEYOR UP THE BAR SLIPPED. HIS HAN D FELL INTO A SHARP PBJECT AND CUT INTO THE TOP SIDE BEHIND THE LITTLE FINGER. HE RECEIVED 3 STITCHES AND WAS ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

THE EE WAS SHOVELING SAND-HE WAS USING ONLY HIS LEFT HAND TO PUSH THE SHOVEL INTO A PILE OF SAND- THEN PULL THE SHOVEL BACK WHEN IT WAS FULL AND DISPOSE OF IT. ON THE 3RD PUSH ON THE SHOVEL HE RAMMED HIS LEFT HAND INTO A GUARD WHICH HAD A SHARP EDGE CULLING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER HE RECEIVED 5 STITCHES AND A TETANUS SHOT.

INDIVIDUAL WAS USING A SHOVEL TO POKE A RUBBER SHIELD IN PLACE WHEN THE SHOVEL MISSED THE RUBBER SHILED. HIS LEFT HAND CAME DOWN AND LANDED ON EXPANDED METAL. HE CUT HIS LEFT THUMB AND RECEIVE D 7 STITCHES AS OF TODAYS DATE STITCHES HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND THERE WERE NO RESTRICTIONS.

THE EE WAS CLOSING THE BOTTOM DOOR ON A COVD HOPPER RAIL ROAD CAR. THE DOOR NEEDED TO BE CLOSED TO INSERT THE LOCKOUT & SEAL. HE WAS USING 80-100 LB BAR TO CLOSE THE DOOR ON THE RAIL CAR. WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BAR. THE DOOR CLOSED& WHEN PRESSURE WAS RELEASED THE BAR CAME UP & PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN CAR & BAR. HE WAS ON RESTRICTED DUTY 3/14/97. ON 3/20/97 WENT TO WORK

TWO EE WORKING ON A CONVEYOR ONE ON EACH SIDE. ONE EE WAS PULLING ON SLACK END OF CHAIN FROM COME A LONG TO CLEAR IT OF CONVEYOR FRAME. HE W. PULLED CHAIN FROM ABOVE WHICH FORCED INJURED HAND INTO THE END OF THE SHAFT CREATING A DEEP LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 3 STITCHES. THE NEXT DAY HE HAD BLOOD POISONING AND WAS HOSPTIAL FOR 4 DAYS.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING THE BOTTOM DOORS ON RAIL CARS. THE INJURED PLACED A LONG STEEL BAR IN THE KNUCKLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. THE DOOR WAS FROZEN SHUT-ALL THE INJUREDS WEIGHT WAS ON THE BAR. THE BA R SLIPPED OUT OF THE KNUCKLE. THE INJURED FELL TO THE R.R. TRACKS-SMASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR & RAILROAD TRACKS. THE GROUND WAS FROZEN & LOTS OF ICE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A COMBINATION WRENCH TO LOOSEN BOLT. THE OPEN END SLIPPED AND THE EMPLOYEE'S THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND TRUNION BASE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRIPPING WIRE WITH A POCKET KNIFE AND SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT HAND.

INDIVIDUAL WAS CUTTING SHIM STOCK WITH PAIR OF TIN SNIPS. TIN SNIPS SLID OFF SHIM STOCK & SHIM STOCK SLID TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER & CUT IT AT SECOND JOINT. INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED 4 STITCHES TO RIGH T INDEX FINGER. NO RESTRICTED DUTY. WOUND WAS TOBE KEPT CLEAN & DRY STITCH REMOVAL IN 10 DAYS.

MECHANIC WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION BENT OVER WHILE PULLING HARD ON WRENCHES TO LOOSEN MOTOR BOLTS, AND FELT A STRAIN ON HIS BACK. HE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR FOR TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON PIPE WRENCH TO LOOSEN PIPE JOINTS. INJURED BACK BY REMOVING OLD PIPE AT THE DRYER TRAPS.