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Employee's right index finger was lacerated when he struck the edge of the housing flange that he was drilling. He received 4 stitches.

EE was using a cutting torch to cut a roller out of the southwest bin belt when he cut through the center shaft causing the grease inside to catch fire. The fire, grease spewed on his left arm and when the roller fell out it hit his right arm causing burns on both arms.

Employee was changing the shim packs in a coupling and had to cut the bolts off. He was driving out the bolts when a sliver broke off and hit his right shoulder. May 24, 2004, he went to doctor to get sliver removed from his shoulder. Reclassified 5/25/04 from FA to MT due to medical treatment on 5/24/04.

Employee was cleaning the PDS tank with the backhoe. Material fell and splashed in employee's right eye. Employee was provided a prescription.

EE WAS BREAKING DOWN A 12' 600# POYAM VALVE USING A 1'DRIVE IMPACT TO BREAK THE NUTS. WHEN HE BROKE THE STUFFING BOX NUT, IT SPUN OFF FASTER THAT NORMAL AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE I MPACT AND THE VALVE YOKE.

EE WAS PUMPING #2 TRAY CAUSTIC TO #2 SECONDARY USING THE NORTH HOSE LIQUOR PUMP & JUMPING TO #2 TRAY FEED LINE. WHILE THE NORTH HOSE LIQUOR PUMP WAS STILL RUNNING, HE DISCONNECTED THE AIR SUPP LY TO THE CLARKSON VALVE ON THE ST MANIFOLD BEFORE OPENING THE GATE VALVES TO THE LINE, CAUSING PRESSURE TO BUILD UP & BLOW A GASKET IN THE INSPECTION WINDOW COVER. HOT CAUSTIC SPRAYED ON HIM

HYDRO CHEM EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A HIGH PRESSURE HYDROBLASTING "ROTOJET" BY HANDLING A 15' 1" PIPE ATTACHED TO THE ROTOJET. THE ROTOJET WAS UNDER PRESSURE WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTIN G TO DISLODGE THE ROTOR ARMS INSIDE THE DIGESTER BY MOVING THE PIPING OUTSIDE THE DIGESTER. THE ROTOR ARMS DISLODGED CAUSING HIGH PRESSURE WATER AND BAUXITE MATERIAL TO SPRAY OUT OF A MANWAY

BLOW BAR SLIPPED FROM BRACKET AND HE REACHED TO GRAB THE BLOW BAR (AUTOMATIC REFLEX) FROM FALLING AND HE SMASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER IN BETWEEN BLOW BARS.

EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN A MOTOR TO ATTACH A FOOTBALL TAG. THE DRILL BIT BROKE AND THE JAGGED EDGE LEFT IN DRILL MOTOR SLICED HIS FINGER.

EE WAS FINISHED WITH JOB TASK AND RETURNED THE WAND TO THE RACK. WHEN EE TURNED THE STEAM OFF THE LINE HAMMERED. THE WAND JUMPED OFF OF RACK & STRUCK THE EE ON THE BACK OF THE CALF & THIGH.

IN PREPARATION TO BEGIN WELDING, EE LAID HIS ELECTRODE HOLDER ON PLATFORM GRATING. HE WAS IN PROCESS OF CONNECTING THE OPPOSITE END OF THE WELDING WHIP TO THE WELDING LEAD. WHEN THE WHIP MALE END MADE INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE LEAD FEMALE END, A SPARK FLASH OCCURRED & CAUSED A BURN TO EE'S FINGER. EE WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE ELECTRODE HOLDER WAS GROUNDED TO THE GRATING.

EE REPORTED HE WAS EXPERIENCING EYE IRRITATION THAT HE ATTRIBUTED TO WELDING FLASH BURN. HE WORKED MONDAY & TUESDAY DAY SHIFTS IN SECTION II PERFORMING INTERMITTENT SMALL WELDING JOBS. HE WORK ED OVERTIME IN THE POWER HOUSE ON A WELDING JOB MONDAY 3-11 SHIFT. HE SAID HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC EVENT BUT THAT HIS EYE BECAME IRRITATED SLIGHTLY ON THE 21ST & MORE SEVERE TODAY.

WHILE SNAD BLASTING A METAL PLATE ON THE BLASTING TABLE, EE WAS HOLDING THE BLASTING HOSE WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE METAL PLATE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN HIS RIGHT ARM CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ABRASIVE BLASTING. HE WAS WEARING A PAPER SUIT INSTEAD OF THE COVERALLS PURCHASED FOR ABRASIVE BLASTING.

EE WAS USING IMPACT WRENCH TO REMOVE STUDS FROM BOTTOM FLANGE ON #4 FLASH TANK LEVEL CONTROL VALVE. IMPACT WRENCH WAS BEING UTILIZED ABOVE HEAD LEVEL IN THE VERTICAL POSITION. AS EE WAS REMOVI NG STUDS HE STATED HE FELT SOMETHING "GIV" IN HIS ELBOW. HE HAD TO RELEASE THE WRENCH IMMEDIATELY. EE STATES HIS ELBOW, ARM AND HAND HAVE A LOSS OF STRENGTH. EE WAS WEARING ALL REQUIRED PE AT

EE HAD BEEN AROUND WELDING AND DUST ALL DAY AND HIS EYES FELT IRRITATED.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON NO.4 CYCLONE WHEN A PIECE OF HOT SLAG POPPED LOOSE AND BURNED HIM ON HIS NECK.

EE WAS IN THE SHOP CUTTING A 4"PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. A PIECE FELL OUT OF THE BACK OF THE CART, BOUNCED OFF THE FLOOR AND STRUCK HIS LITTLE TOE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A WELDING TEST AND FELT BURNING THROUGH HIS GLOVE. HE CONTINUED TO WELD UNTIL HE HAD COMPLETED HIS ASSIGNMENT.

EE USING AN IMPACT WAS REMOVING A NUT. AS HE PULLED THE IMPACT AWAY FROM THE STUD IT SPUN OFF THE LAST THREAD & OUT OF THE SOCKET STRIKING HIS UPPER LIP, LACERATING IT & BREAKING A TOOTH.

SISSOR LIFT WAS BEING DRIVEN INTO UNTIL-EE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON HAND RAIL AND WHILE IN TRAVEL THE HANDRAIL STRUCK A 45 DEGREE STEEL MEMBER WHICH CAUSED HIS MIDDLE FINGER TO GET PINCHED BETWEEN THE TWO HANDRAILS.

ATTENDING WELDING SCHOOL, HE BEGAN TO FEEL EYE IRRITATION IN BOTH EYES AROUND NOON.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A 14" PIPE AND HE WENT TO TURN THE PIPE OVER SO HE COULD GRIND THE BOTTOM. HE HELD THE GRINDER WITH ONE HAND WITH THE AUTO. BUTTON ON AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN PIPE, THE GRIN DER STRUCK HIS KNEE AND CAUSED THE LACERATION 1 1/2" LONG AND 3/4 " DEEP CUT.

LEAK IN TORCH-1ST DEGREE BURN

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A LIFT WITH THE BOOM TRUCK. LIFTING A PIECE OF PIPE 40 ' LONG 6" DIAMETER, WHILE ROTATING THE PIPE THE LOAD SWUNG IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BOOM TRUCK OPERATOR. HE PUT HIS H AND OUT TO STOP THE SWING OF THE PIPE. THE OPERATOR HAD HIS THUMB ON HIS RIGHTHAND JAMMED BETWEEN PIPE AND HANDRAIL OF TRUCK.

EE WAS CRACKING A CONCRETE SLAB WITH A #90 JACKHAMMER WHEN IT ALLEDEDLY STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT, NEAR THE MIDDLE TOE. EE WAS EXAMINED BY A DR XRAYED AND DIAGNOSED AS ONLY CONTUSION FI RST AID CASE. ON RE EXAM OF INJURY DUE TO PERISTANT PAIN 11-30-99, A FRACTURE OF THE MIDDLE TOE R FOOT WAS DIAGNOSED. BECAUSE OF CONFLICTING EUDENCE, INVESTIGATION AS TO THE VALIDITY OF A WOR

EE WAS USING A POWER GUN TO OPEN A VALVE THAT WAS NOT FASTENED DOWN TO THE TABLE SECURELY. THE U-BOLT WAS NOT FASTENED DOWN. THE POWER GUN JUMPED UP AND SMASHED MY RIGHT PINKY FINGER AGAINST T HE U-BOLT AND POWER GUN.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING THE TRY-RETENTION TANK AND AS EMPLOYEE USED THE WATER HOSE AND AIR LANCE TO UNPLUG THE BOTTOM, HOT CAUSTIC LIQUOR SPLASHED ON RIGHT FOREARM.

EE HAD NO IDEA AS TO HOW THE CAUSTIC SOLUTION GOT ON HIS SHOULDER. IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE PACKING DRIPPING FROM TANK 71 FROM THE DRAW OFF VALVE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSERT A PACKING STUD INTO A STEAM PUMP AND GOT BUMP BY THE SHAFT, SMASHING HIS FINGER.

GRINDING ON SCRAP EXHAUST FOR REMOVEL TO DUMPSTER WHEN STOPPED GRINDING PULLED FACE OFF AND FELT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE SHOULDER HAVE TILTED HEAD FORWARD TO REMOVE FACE SHIELD. RD TO REMOVE FACE SHIELD.

SEVERAL EE'S WERE ASSIGNED TO ERECT SCAFFOLD ON THE BURNER DECK AT THE POWERHOUSE. A VERTICAL LEG OF THE SCAFFOLD HAD TO BE PLACED BETWEEN EXISTING PIPES & BEAMS. A 3' LEG WAS PLACED OVER THE MALE END OF A 10'LEG, THEN RAISED INTO PLACE. ONCE IN PLACE, THE NOW 13'LEG HAD TO BE SET OVER ASCREW JACK SCAFFOLD LEVLING BASE. 1 OF THESE COUMPOUN LEGS HAD BEEN COMPLTED & 2ND ONE WAS BEING

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF PIPE WITH BAND SAW, SAW SLIPPED CUTTING FINGER.

EE WAS ASSIGNED TO REPAIR A LEAK ON A TRANSFER PUMP. USING A CHERRY PICKER TO MOVE THE DRAIN VALVE, IT BECAME LODGED ON A PIPE SUPPORT, IN MOVING THE CHERRY PICKER TO DISLODGE THE VALVE, THE D RAIN PIPE CAME FREE AND BEGAN TO SWING. RAISING HAND TO PROTECT HIMSELF, THE PIPE CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND JAMMING IT BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE VALVE.

HE WAS ASSIGNED TO MACHINE AND INJECTION PUMP HEAD. WHILE ATTACHING THE CHOKER CABLE TO THE CRANE TO LIFT THE PUMP HEAD, THE CRANE CONTROL CABLE HOOKED THE FAN BRACKET. THIS BRACKET HAD A POOR WELD AND THE PIECE OF METAL FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE WITH A GLANCING BLOW TO HIS HEAD.

EMPLOYEE HAD BURNED A PIECE OF 1/4" PLATE IRON FROM A IPE ON THE DOCK. HIS OB WAS TO STRAIGHTEN THE PIECE OF METAL AND REPLACE. JUST WHEN HE COMPLETED THE BURN, THE PLATE IRON FLIPPED STRICK ING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT FOREARM.

EMP WAS WASHING A GEAR BOX FULL OF GREAS USING ASTEAM CLEANER, NOT USING A FACE SHIELD SPLASH BACK WAS HITTING EMP IN FACE AREA. EMP WAS NOT SURE IF GREASE HAD GOTTEN IN EAR. ON 8-8-96 EMP'S E AR STARTED HURTING. WHEN REPORTED TO MEDICAL TO HAVE EAR CHECKED, GREASE AND SECOND DEGREE BURNSWERE NOTED IN THE INNER EAR.

EMP WAS BENDING DOWN TO PICK UP A MEASURING TAPEHE WAS HOLDING A GRINDER IN HIS LEFT HAND. WHILEIN THE BENDING POSITION, FINGER HIT TRIGGER OF GRINDER. GRINDER MOVED TOWARD EMP STRIKING HIM IN ABDOMEN. GRINDER OPERATED PROPERLY & EMP WAS WEARING PROPER WORK CLOTHES, INCLUDING A LONG SLEEVED SHIRT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING A MOTORIZED VEHICLE GATE HOLDING THE TOP OF THE GATE IT STARTED TO MOVE & SMASHED THE 1ST 2 FINGERS ON HIS HAND

EE WAS WELDING ON AN A FRAME DESIGNED TO HOLD A ROLL OF CABLE. THE FRAME WAS IN A STANDING POSITION BEING SUPPORTED BY TWO CHAIN FALLS USING MYLON CHOKERS. THE CHOKER SLIPPED OUT OF THE HOOK A ND THE FRAME FELL TO THE FLOOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A WELD BETWEEN TWO PIPES AND GRINDING STEEL, WHEN HE BEGAN TO FEEL IRRITATION IN BOTH EYES.

EE WAS WORKING PLACING THE LID ON THE STARCH TANK. THIS LID IS A FLATING ROOF AND WAS SUSPENDED FROM A CRANE. THE LID TILTED AND THE EE ATTEMPTED TO LEVEL THE LID BY STEPPING ON IT. THE LID WE NT DOWN CAUSING A MUSCLE PULL.

EE WAS DE-SCALING A VESSEL WHEN THE AIR GUN HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND FELL. EE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH THE UNIT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH TO CLOSE A VALVE. WRENCH JAMMED TIP OF FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH HANDLE AND VALVE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN THE AREA. OLD FILTER CLOTHES WERE TIED TOGETHER WITH A ROPE AND WAS BEING LIFTED BY A CRANE. THE USED CLOTH WAS IMPREGNATED WITH ORE AND CAUSTIC AND WATER AND WAS BEIN G TRANSPORTED TO A DEMPSTER BUCKET ON THE EAST END OF THE PRESS FLOOR. A CO-WORKER WAS OPERATING THE CRANE; THE ROPE BROKE, THE FILTER CLOTHS FELL TO THE DECK, SPLASHING H2O AND NAO.

EE WAS USING A AIDE GRINDER TO GRIND THE INSIDE OF A PIPE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND MONOGOGGLES GRINDER HIT A BURR INSIDE THE PIPE CAUSING THE GRINDER TO KICK BACK.

EE WAS RODDING OUT AN INSTRUMENT TAP ON A PRESS. HE WAS USING THE FORWARD AND REVERSE ACTION ON THE DRILL. WHILE THE DRILL WAS IN REVERSE, THE TAP UNSCREWED, SPLASHING HOT WATER AND CAUSTIC.

INJURED & CO-WORKER WEE FITTING UP A COVER TO A CHAIN GUARD. BOTH PIECES HAD BOLT HOLES DRILLED IN THEM BUT WHEN THE COVER PLATE WAS PLACED ON ATHE GUARD, THE BOLT HOLES DID NOT ALIGN. ON THE 34TH HOLE, THE DRILL BIT JAMMED, THE DRILL MOTORROTATED VIOLENTLY & TWISTED IN INJURED'S HAND & HIS MIDDLE FINGER CAUSING THE INJURY.

EE WAS WORKING A GEAR VALVE WITH AN AIR OPERATED IMPACT GUN WHILE REMOVING GUN FROM VALVE HE SMASHED HIS FINER BETWEEN THE TWO

EMPL WELDING YESTERDAY AND BELIEVED IT TO BE A POSSIBLE FLASH BURN.BEGAN TO FEEL IRRITATION IN RIGHT EYE LATE YESTERDAY 5-28-92.

DE-SCALING A LINE IN DIGESTION, TRAPPED CAUSTIC AND PRESSURE BEHIND A SCALE PLUG ERUPTED SPLASHING ON EMPLOYEE.