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While grinding in the RM area, the employee felt a particle in EE's eye; however, EE was wearing proper PPE, including glasses and a face shield. Safety officers removed a small particle from the eye and, to ensure the employee was taken to the clinic, used vibrating tools to remove the rust. The employee returned to work after the clinic.

Contractor was puttting beams in clinker cooler when rigging slipped causing beam to slip and and smash EE's left pinky

While grinding there was paint and metal particles that blew into EE's eye, EE was wearing foam lined glasses and also a face shield. Wind from the west 21MPH at the time of the incident.

While cutting and welding on a manlift, an employee developed lower back pain. After notifying their foreman and resting, they sought medical attention. A safety representative escorted them to a clinic, where a physician diagnosed a lower back sprain. Employee was prescribed medication and stretching exercises

EE was giving signals by radio to the crane operator, gave command to "hold it" 3 different time and the crane continued to boom up. The brace that was rigged and to be connected had too much pressure, was being held with spud wrench, flung the brace around and struck EE inside the right forearm causing a 5"2" laceration.

EE was lubing up a "Pile Shackle" as preventative maintenance, the pin was in the "out" position and the pin was dislodged. EE held the pile shackle with EE's left hand to keep it stable and was greasing with EE's right hand, the pin pinched EE's nail off and also part of the tip of the pointer finger.

Employee was gouging in a mill. Wearing required PPE. After gouging employee felt an irritation in left eye. Employee flushed eye. The irritation went away. Employee returned to work with no concern. The irritation returned and employee talked to supervisor. Suprvisor took to DR. Dr prescribed ointment and eyedrops.

Contractor pushed left thumb into a wire wheel on a pedestal grinder while cleaning bolts. The flesh was removed from thumb.

Employee placed left hand in pinch point and index finger received laceration.

While employee was cutting a piece of metal on the shear his finger got smashed in between metal plate and shear deck.

On 8/30/2011 at approximately 1:15 pm welder repairman was cutting a piece of metal on the shear, employee marked the metal plate were it needed to be cut, then pushed plate into place to make cut, moved hands slightly out of the way and pressed on foot pedal to cut the plate. As the plate cut employees left index finger was smashed between plate and shear deck.

Employee was attempting to remove a liner bolt from a raw mill. Employee reached down to remove the bolt, an employee on the outside of mill tried to lossen the nut that was holding the bolt with an impact wrench. EE let go but bolt had already turned. The spin of the bolt cut the employee on the inside of the right index finger and palm.

Employee was air/arcing in the finish mill (B) and cement dust was blown up from the air/arc and got into employee's eyes.

We were pulling out the slide gate out of #4 cooler fan on K-2. I was laying down on the catwalk so I could put the bolts in to hold the slide. The fan started while we were securing the gate. That's when a cloud of high pressure dust hit me in the face and eyes. I tried to flush my eyes 3 times before going to see the eye doctor. (Prescription medication was given.)

On 11/20/106 EE was working on A-Mill's dust collector changing bags. While he was in the dust collector cement dust got in EE's left eye. He tried to clean the cement out with company eye wash solution his eye continued to get more aggravated and he requested to see an optometrist. The optometrist cleaned his eye out and gave him a rx medication for his eye.

On (11/20/2006) employee was working on A-Mill's dust collector changing bags. While he was in the dust collector cement dust got in his left eye. He tried to clean the cement out with company eye wash solution. His eye continued to get more aggravated & he requested to see an optometrist. The optometrist cleaned his eye out & gave him a prescription medication for his eye.

EE WAS REMOVING CHUNKS INSIDE OF A PREHEATER TOWER VESSEL USING AN AIR LANCE. EE PINCHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE AIR LANCE AND THE EDGE OF TOWER PORT. FINGER WAS X-RAYED AT LOCAL H OSPITAL AND DETERMINED THAT EE HAD BROKEN A BONE CHIP FROM THE END OF HIS FINGER AND STITCHES WERE USED TO CLOSE A LACERATION.

EE HAD A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. EE DID NOT INFORM HIS SUPERVISOR OR COMPLETE AN INJURY REPORT. ON A LATER DATE HIS EYE WAS IRRITATED & HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE EYE EXAMINED. EE INFO RMED DOCTOR THAT INJURY OCCURRED AT WORK. DOCTOR REMOVED A METAL PARTICLE & PRESCRIBED MEDICATION. MCC CONTESTED CASE AS TO WHETHER INJURY OCCURRED AT WORK. WTO W/C DETERMINED ON 8/4/03 THIS

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR A BLOCKAGE WITH AN AIR LANCE. WHEN MATERIAL WAS DISCHARGED IT BLEW OUT AND INTO HIS FACE. DUST ENTERED EYES AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO REMOVE IT WITH MATERIALS AT PLANT. EYES WERE FLUSHED AT LOCAL HOSPITAL AND EMPLOYEE WAS PRESCRIBED AN ANTIBIOTIC TO PREVENT INFECTION.

EE HAD OPENED A PORT ON THE PREHEATER TOWERE TO CHECK FOR BUILD UP IN SIDE OF MACHINERY. HE WAS STARTING TO BECOME BLOCKED. AN AIR CONNER NEED THE OPENING WAS DISCHARGED IN AN ATEMPT TO REMOVE BUILT UP MATERIAL. THE HOT MATERIAL LOOSENED BYTHE AIR CONNEN WAS FLUSHED OUT OF THE HOLE ONTO THE EE S WRIST AND CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS. EE WAS WEARING HIS PPE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDE

EE WAS MACHINING A METAL SHAFT ON A LATHE. AS EE WAS REMOVING A METAL CUTTING FROM THE LATHE BY PULLING IT AWAY FROM THE ROTATING PARTS OF THE LATHE WITH HIS LEFT HAND THE METAL CUTTING SLIPPE D THRU HIS HAND SLICING THRU THE LEATHER GLOVE HE WAS WEARING AND LACERATED HIS LEFT THUMB. EE BANDAGED THUMB AND FINISHED HIS WORKSHIFT. THAT EVENING HE HAD HIS THUMB EXAMINED BY HIS DR. AND

EE WAS WELDING OVERHEAD WHEN A SPARK OR PIECE OF SLAQG ENTERED EAR AND BURNED EAR DRUM. EE WAS DIAGNOSED ON 9-22 AFTER SEEING PHYSICIAN. EE WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE ONE WEEKS VACATION WEEK OF 8-2 5 AND WILL RETURN TO WORK ON 10-2-00.

EE WAS POKING THE TOWER WITH AN AIR LANCE AND HAD NOT ESTABLISHED A POKE HOLE BEFORE TURNING THE AIR ON. THIS CAUSED THE HOT KILN FEED TO BLOW BACK INTO EE, RESULTING IN 2ND/3RD DEGREE BURNS T O NECK & CHEST AREA. WHEN EE TURNED HIS HEAD THEHOT MATERIAL BLEW UNDER HIS FACE SHIELD.

EE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER A PERIOR OF HEAVY LIFTING AND JACKHAMMERING WHILE HELPINGTO CLEAN A TOWER PUG

OPERATING A SCRAPER HIT A BUMP WRONG AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN BACK.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS UNPLUGGING TOWER, STAGE I VESSEL WAS PULGGED, & WAS NOT COMPLETELY DRESSED. THE AIR LANCE FROM BELOW BLEW MATERIAL INTO HIS EYES.

WITNESS #1 STATES "I WAS CLEANING OFF THE TOP OF B-MILL CEMENT COOLER. I WAS THEN INTERUPTED BY INJURED. WHEN I LOOKED TO SEE WHO IT WAS I PUT THE AIRLANCE INTO THE DUST AND IT THEN BLEW BACK INTO OUR EYES". PPE IN USE

THE EMPLOYEE STATES "I WAS CLEANING OFF THE TOP OF B-MILL CEMENT COOLER. I WAS THEN INTERUPTED BY C0-WORKER. WHEN I LOOKED UP TO SEE WHO IT WAS I PUT THE AIR LANCE INTO THE DUST AND IT BLEW BA CK INTO OUR EYES."

EE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS OPERATING A DOZER AND TURNED IN HIS SEAT TO LOOK OVER HIS SHOULDER AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. THIS INCIDENT IS BEING CONTESTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TORCH TO DEFROST VALVE ON COMPRESSED AIR TANK. VALVE WAS CONNECTED TO PORTABLE ALCOHOL TANK USED TO INJECT ALCOHOL INTO COMPRESSED AIR TANK TO THAW OUT LINES. WHEN PORTABL E ALCOHOL TANK WAS DISCONNECTED FROM COMPRESSOR TANK THERE WAS A FLASH THAT BURNED EMPLOYEE'S FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING HOLE IN AM AIRLOCK. EMPLOYEE STUCK FINGER INTO HOLE WITHOUT LOOKING OUT MOTOR. TIP OF FINGER WAS CUT OFF ABOVE FINGERNAIL.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXPOSED TO AN ARC REFLECTION FROM OTHERS WELDING INSIDE A TANK (HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES) AND RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO HIS EYES.

EE SAID HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING WIRE. THIS INJURY IS BEING QUESTIONED. IT WAS NOT REPORTED ON THE DAY OF THE INJURY. IT MAY NOT BE JOB RELATED.

WHILE REMOVING A 15' SECTION OF STAINLESS STEEL DUCT, ONE END SLIPPED, THEN SWUNG AROUND AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISTRACTED FROM THE OPERATION OF A SMALL PORTABLE HAND GRINDER AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE TOOL'S BLADE AND GUARD.HE RECEIVED LACERATIONS/CUTS AND LOST HIS FINGER NAIL.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING GUAGE KILN GUN TO SHOOT COALING OUT OF SPRAY TOWER. ONE OF THE SLUGS FRAMGEMNTED AND RICOCHAD BACK. FRAGMEN WENT THRU GLOVE INTO FATTY PART HAND, REQUIRING CLENA UP AND FE W SSTITCHES. GUAGE WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR THIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING JACK HAMMER WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS HE TRIED TO CATCH IT CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING JACK HAMMER WHEN AIR HOSE BROKE ON JACK HAMMER, THE AIR CAUSED DUST IN AREA TO CIRCULATE AND EYES AND HOSE WERE DUSTED CAUSING IRRITATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING THE WINCH WITH TWO TAG LINES TO LOWER TIN IN PLACE,THE CABLE GOT TANGLED.THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GET THE CABLE LOOSE,ONE OF THE TAG LINES CAME LOOSE,WRAPPING THE CABLE AROUND THE EMPLOYEES FINGER.

BENT OVER AIR SLIDE CUTTING ANGLE IRON WENT TO GET UP AND FELT PULL LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE CLINKER COOLER.FRAFT FROM COOLER BLEW FOREIGN BODY INTO LEFT EYE.EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE EYE EQUIPMENT-GOGGLES AND FACE SHIELD.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HAND GRINDER INT HE LOECHE MILL IN CLOSE QUARTERS. HAND GRINDER BECAME ENTANGLED IN CORD CUASING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE CONTROL OF GRINDER. GRINDER STRUCK EMPLOYEES IN CORN ER OF MOUTH LEFT SIDE. CUTS REQURIED STITCHES. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK FULL DUTY THE NEXT DAY.

PREHEAT TOWER RECEIVES RAW MATERIAL FROM GRINDER -TYPE CRUSHER AND IT FLOWS,GRAVITY FED INTO KILN AS IT GOES THROUGH THIS PREHEAT TOWER IT SOMETIMES CAKES ON THE WALLS AND PLUGS THE FEED OF RA W MATERIAL TO KILN.EMPL UNPLUGGING THIS 1200 DEG F MATERIAL WHEN IT FLOWED OUT HOLE ONTO HIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GRINDER INSIDE A KILN THE DAY BEFORE HE NOTICED SOME EYE IRRITATION. AFTER EYE CONDITION WORSENED, EMPLOYEE VISITING A DOCTOR WHO REMOVED SOME METAL PIECES FROM HIS EYE. H E ALSO RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION.

EMPLOYEE CUT HIS FINGER ON A PIECE OF METAL THAT HE HAD BEEN CUTTING WITH A BAND SAW.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGDLY SUFFERED MINER BURNS ON NECK AND BACK IN ADDITION TO BRUISED BACK AND KNEE WAS WORKING WHEN AN UNLATCHED PORT HILE CAME OPEN, SPILLING HOT MATERIAL ON EMPLOYEE AND CAUSING HI M TO FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE NOSE BY A FLYING ROCK WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE CLEANING. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A BROKEN NOSE.

EMPL RECD MINOR BURNS TO FOREHEAD,NECK,EARS WHEN HOT MATERIAL BLEW BACK INTO FACE.EMPL LANCING OUT PREHEAT TOWER.

UNPLUGGING PREHEAT TOWER WHEN HOT KILN FEED BLEW BETWEEN CUFFS ON GLOVES AND CUFFS ON JACKET. REC. SEVERAL BURNS ON BOTH HANDS.

EMPL WAS UNTANGLING CABLE ON A CRANE WHEN TEH SLACK WAS PULLED ON THE CABLE THE EMPL FINGERS WERE PULLED INTO A SHEAVE THE EMPL SUFFERED A BREADK AND LACERATIONS ON THE RING FINGER OF HIS L H AND