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A 12 foot air lance was being run down #2 kiln feed pipe to unplug choke.

EE was cutting t-Bolts our of #2 cooler and hot slag got down shirt sleeve. Minor burn on right wrist.

Employee was blowing flu's at waste heat with a crooked lance. Employee did not inform supervisor or office of x-rays. Did not know it was reportable until hospital sent bill for x-ray taken.

Employee uses airlance to blow dirt from boilers. Also uses rebar to break caked on dirt. He states there is a lot of hand, wrist & shoulder movement to this task. This task is required every day. Employee was given medication first. Then Dr. decided he needed thearpy. That was done on 10-12-04. Reported as soon as it became reportable.

Employee was changing brass on the rolls on # 3 Kiln. He picked up a 1 1/2" impact to tighten the bolts. Felt a pain in shoulder. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REQUEST MEDICAL ATTNETION UNTIL 5/5/04. AT THAT TIME HE WAS SENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE COMPANY DOCTOR.

EE IS BREAKING IN ON KILN OILER, DURING THIS TIME RINGS WERE BEING SHOT IN THE BACK OF #4 KILN. AFTER FIRST SHOT DUST THAT HAD SETTLED ON OVERHEAD PIPES FELL INTO THE EYE OF EE.

EE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE WORK ON #4 KILN (GIRTH GEAR). HE WAS REAMING HOLES 8 HOURS A DAY FOR 3 DAYS. DURING THIS TIME HIS LAST TWO FINGERS ON LEFT HAND BEGAN TO BECOME NUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD COKE RAILCARS. WHEN THE CAR WAS EMPTY HE WAS TO UNHOOK THE CHAIN CONNECTING THE CAR SHAKER TO RAILCAR. HE DID NOT DO SO AND WHEN THE HOIST WAS LIFTED AND CAR STARTE D TO MOVE THE TENSION ON THE CHAIN CAUSED IT TO SNAP AND SWING IN HIS DIRECTION AND COME IN CONTACT WITH HIS LEFT ARM, FACE, AND RIBS.

EE WAS BLOWING OFF CLOTHING AFTER A JOB. EE WAS USING AN APPROVED AIRLINE. A PIECE OF DEBRIS LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS PLACING JACK & STAND UNDER #2 KILN TIRE. A FAN WAS CIRCULATING AIR IN THE WORK AREA WHEN CLINKER DUST WAS BLOWN INTO EE'S RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS BLOWING DUST OFF OVERHEAD DUCT WORK. HE WAS WEARING FACE SHIELD & SAFETY GLASSES. DUST HAD ACCUMULATED ON BILL OF HARD HAT. WHEN HE LOOKED UP, THE DUST FROM BILL FELL UNDER FACE SHIELD, BEHIND GLASSES AND INTO EYE.

EE WAS USING AN AIRLANCE THAT IS REINFORCED BY REBAR ON BOTH SIDES OF LANCE. HE WAS USING THIS LANCE TO POKE HOLES IN THE DIRT BUILDUP ON BOILER. AS HE WAS PERFORMING THIS TASK HE FELT A POPPI NG IN HIS BACK. MIDSECTION. THE AREA HE WAS WORKING ON WAS A LITTLE LOWER THAN HIS KNEES.

EE STATES HE WAS KNEELING/SITTING IN AN AWKWARD POSITION TO WELD A CRACK ON NO. 4 KILN. HE TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING GREAT PAIN.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOOTING A BALL IN #4 COLLER. THE BLASTERS WERE SHUT OFF AS WELL AS THE FAN. HOWEVER, WHEN INSPECTION DOOR WAS OPENED CLINKER DUST PUFFED BACK IN HIS FACE, GETTING INT

EE WAS REMOVING CASTABLE FROM AROUND THE BLASTERNOZZLES IN THE COOLERS USING A SMALL JACKHAMMER. JACKHAMMER BIT GOT STUCK BETWEEN THE CASTABLES AND A CASTABLE ANCHOR. WHEN HE TRIED TO PULL TH E JACKHAMMER OUT HE HURT HIS NECK AND DOWN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES.

EE WAS STANDING ON THIRD RUNG OF LADDER. HE WAS CUTTING WITH A TORCH. THE TORCH BACKFIRED AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE. TRYING TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE HE GRABBED AHOLD OF THE LADDER AND HURT HIS RIGH T SHOULDER.

EE WAS CUTTING JACK BOLT LOOSE FROM OLD MOTOR BASE AT RAW FAN. CRANE WAS HOOKED TO BASE WITH TENSION APPLIED. WHEN BASE POPPED LOOSE IT STRUCK EE ON LEFT CHEEK.

ON 10/27/77, EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SUPERHEAT TUBES WITH A 10' LANCE WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 20 POUNDS WHEN HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER BUT THOUGHT IT WOULD PASS. ON 11/11/99, WHEN PER FORMING THE SAME DUTY, HE EXPEREINCED THE SAME SENSATION AGAIN AND NUMBMESS ENSUED. NUMBNESS THEN MOVED DOWN TO LEFT ELBOW AND ABOVE WRIST. REQUESTED TO SEE COMPANY DOCTOR ON 11/16/99.

EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT METAL SIDE OF OLD #2 DRYER BACKHOUSING HOOD OUT WHEN SLAG POPPED OFF AND GOT IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS WEARING GOGGLES AND SAFETY GLASSES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER WORKERS BURNING OVERHEAD AND A SLAG FELL INTO BOOT ON EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HEAD SHAFTS ON MACHINE SHOP DRILL PRESS WHEN HIS BACK PAIN STARTED. IT GOTPROGRESSIVELY WORSE. HE REPORTED INJURY TO SUPERVISOR ON 08/30/99 BUT DID NOT REQUEST TO SEE THE COMPANY DOCTOR UNTIL 09/03/99. ON RETURN VISIT OF 09/07/99, EMPLOYEE WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS CLEANING DIRT OUT OF SOUTH BOILER BY BLOWING DIRT THROUGH A BLOW HOLE DOWN THROUGH BOTTOM HOPPER USING AN AIR LANCE. HOT DIRT SHOT OUT OF BLOW HOLE AND BURNED EE ON THE RIGHT FOREARM.

EE WAS JACKHAMMERING HARD CRUST IN #8 HOPPER BAY. FOREIGN PARTICLES GOT IN EYES CAUSING IRRITATION. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS MOVING A LARGE SHAFT USING AN OVERHEAD CRANE WHEN HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE HANDLING THE SHAFT.

EE WAS CLEANING OFF TOP OF #2 COOLER BY USING LANCE TO BLOW DIRT. SPACE TO BLOW DIRT WAS LIMITED & DIRT GOT INTO EE'S EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES

EE AND TWO COWORKERS WERE CLEANING OUT #3/4 KILN ELEVATOR PIT BY JACKHAMMERING AND LIFTING MATERIAL FROM PIT USING ROP PULLEY. MEN WERE ROTATING JACKHAMMERING, PULLING THE BUCKETS UP, LOADING WHEELBARROW AND WHEELING IT OUT. EE CAME OUT OF 15' PIT, SAT DOWN TO REST AND WHEN HE GOT UP EH COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN OUT.

EMPLOYEE WAS APPROACHING #1 COOLER DISCHARGE SLIDE TP BLOW IT DOWN. AS #1 KILN STARTED UP A PUFF OF HOT DUST AND AIR BLEW INTO EMPLOYEE'S FACE. HE WAS WEARING ALL PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMEN T.

EE WAS BLOWING FLUES AT WASTE HEAT USING AN AIR LANCE. A PIECE OF HOT DIRT CAME OUT OF THE BOILER, HIT HIS RIGHT CHEEK, AND A PIECE BOUNCED UP UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE. EE WEN T TO LOCAL OPTOMETRIST WHO PRESCRIBED A PRESCRIPTION, MAKING THIS REPORTABLE.

EE WAS LIGHTING A WELDING TORCH WHEN OXYGEN HOSE RUPTURED RESULTING IN AN EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE.

HE WAS WORKING ON WILDEN PUMP, PRESSURE BUILT UP ON FUEL LINE AND IT BLEW OFF, CAUSING HAZARDOUS WASTE FUEL TO GO ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE, IN RIGHT EAR AND LEFT EYE.

DEBRIS BLEW INTO BOTH EYES WHILE UNPLUGGING VENTURIE.

CHECKING VENTURIE FOR MATERIAL CLOG AND MATERIAL BLEW BACK AND GOT INTO RIGHT EYE.

WAS CHECKIGN VENTUREIE FOR PLUGS WHEN MATERIAL WAS BLOW BACK AND RECEIVED DEBRE IN LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING BEARING BOXES UNDER #2 KILN FRONT BEARINGS. HE REMOVED LID WHEN DUST BLEW AROUND GETTING IN HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARIGN SAFETY GLASSES. ON TEH FRONT BEARINGS FANS BL OW AIR TO HELP KEEP BEARINGS COOL.

EE WAS CAPPING HAMMERS IN BEDESHI CRUSHER BY WELDING. WHEN HE WAS IN CRUSHER HE TURNED TO SIDE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMP WAS STARTING GARDNER-DENVER AIR COMPRESSOR OPENING PRESSURE VALVE TO LET AIR INTO SYSTEM. WHEN HE REACHED TO OPEN VALVE WITH LEFT HAND THE 2" FEEDER AIR HOSE FROM COMPRESSOR BLEW OFF OF TH E PIPE FITTING THAT IT WAS MOUNTED ON. STRUCK EMP ON SAFETY GLASSES, ON RIGHT EAR AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SUPERHEATS WITH AN AIR LANCE. HE WENT TO PULL LANCE OUT QUICKLY. THE LANCE CAME BACK AND HIT THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE, CUTTING IT. EMPLOYEE COMPLETED CLEANING THE SUPERHEAT S AND WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT HOSPITAL TO HAVE CUT LOOKED AT. REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.

#4 KILN WAS BEING BROUGHT ON LINE BURNERMAN STARTED FEED SCREWS FROM CONTROL ROOM INJURED WAS ON 2ND FLOOR & SAW SCREWS WERENT ON BURNERMAN TRIED SCREW AGAIN WENT HALF A TURN THEN STOPPED INJU RED FOUND FEED PIPE PLUGGED BLEW IT OUT & BURNERMAN TRIED SCREWS AGAIN SCREW TURNED ABOUT 20 REVOLUTIONS & FEED PIPE WAS FULL AGAIN INJURED STARTED BLOWING FEED PIPE AGAIN WHEN HE HAD HOT DUS

EE WAS USING A STRAIGHT LANCE TO CLEAN SUPERHEATS. LANCE STUCK IN BUILDUP. EE PULLED LANCE OUT, HURTING HIS BACK. HE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS. WENT CO. DR. REC'D OMT WHICH MAKES THIS REP ORTABLE.

HE WAS GRINDING OFF A WELD ON PLATE STEEL ON WEST GRINDING ROLL IN ROLLER MILL USING A FULL SIZE PORTABLE GRINDER WITH A DISC TYPE GRINDING WHEEL. WELD WAS 1/2" FROM STEEL WALL OF ROLLER MILL. DISC ON GRINDER CAUGHT THE INSIDE WALL AND THE ROTATION BUCKED THE DISC AND GRINDER INTO HIS UPPER LEFT THIGH, CAUSING A LACERATION ON FRONT SIDE OF THIGH.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING FEED PIPE AND #4 KILN FEED SCREWS BY BLOWING THE PIPE OUT.HE WAS SQUATTING DOWN ON TOP OF FEED SCREWS WITH AIR LANCE ALMOST ALL THE WAY THROUGH.WHEN HE STARTED PULLING LANCE OUT RAW KILN FEED BLEW OUT COVERING HIM.HEHAD SHIRT SLEEVES DOWN AND A G=FACE SHIELD PART WAY DOWN.

WHLE EMPLOYEE WAS VACUUM CLEANING THE CLINKER CRANE CABINETS THHE VACUUM CLEANER BLEW DUSST INTO HIS FACE. THE EMPLOYEE LATER ON IN THE DAY FELT HIS NOSE SORE AND THE NEXT DAY HE FOUND HIS F ACE SWOLLEN AND STEADILY GETTING WORSE. REQUESTED TO SEE CO. DR 3-29-95 WHO DIAGNOSED SINUS INFECTION INFECTION MAKING THIS REPORTABLE AS INFECTION FROM AN INJURY.

FINISH DC DISCHARGE SCREW WAS NOT RUNNING. WHEN TURNED ON FOUND DISCHARGE PIPES PLUGGED WITH MATERIAL. HAD CLEARED LOWER PORTION OF THE PIPE. WENT TO ANOTHER SECTION OF PIPES TO CLEAN AND HAD MATERIAL FLOWING WHEN IT LODGE AGAINS. USED A 3# HAMMER TO DISLODGE OBSTRUCTION IN PIPE. MATERIAL THEN FLUSHED OUT AN INSPECTION HOLE STRIKING EE IN THE FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING OIL ON FRONT TIRE OF #2 KILN. FAN RUNNING TO KEEP BEARINGS COOL ON FRONT TIRE BLEW CLINKER DUST IN EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE. HE RINSED EYE OUT WITH EYE WASH. ON MARCH 1 WHEN E MPLOYEE WOKE, EYE FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS IN IT. WENT TO DR. WHO DIAGNOSED CHEMICAL EXPOSURE - SECONDARY INFECTION AND GAVE PRESCRIPTION WHICH MAKES THIS REPORTABLE.

EE WAS BENT OVER BLOWING ON SOUTH BOILER WITH CROOKED LANCE. LANCE CAUGHT ON BUILD UP. EE SAID IT FELT LIKE HIS BACK SNAPPED. EE WENT TO COMPNAY DR 1-17-95 WHO PERFORMED OMT MAKING THIS REPORT ABLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING CROOKED LANCE TO BLOW FLUES AT SOUTH BOILER WHEN HE INSERTED LANCE IN OPENING HE SAID HE FELT A BUILDUP & PUSHED AGAINST WHEN THE BUILDUP GAVE WAY HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BAC K

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING HOLE IN PIPE SO HOUSING PULLERS COULD ROD OUT PIPE WHEN HOT DUST SHOT OUT BURNING RIGHT ARM. EMPLOYEE FAILED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS IN CASE HOT DUST FLUSHED. HE ALSO WAS NO T WEARING LONG SLEEVED SHIRT.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE CONCRETE ABOVE DOOR IN OLD TUBE MILL BUILDING. HE WAS MAKING THE DOORWAY HIGHER TO ALLOW FORK LIFT TRUCK ACCESS TO BUILDING. HE HAD HIS ARMS OVER HI S HEAD TO REACH TOP OF DOOR. HE FELT A MUSCLE PULL BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES.

EE WAS REMOVING SLAG FROM A 2 INCH PIPE WITH A GRINDER. BLADE ON GRINDER BROKE, KICKING GRINDER HANDLE INTO EE S RIB CAGE.

EMPL.WAS BLOWING SUPER HEATS BY USING CURVED AIR LANCE TO CLEAN BETWEEN THE TUBES. TO CLEAN THEY INJECT A CUREVED AIR LANCE DOWN BETWEEN THE TUBES & PULL UP TO REMOVE BUILDUP OFF TUBES. HE JER KED UP TO BREAK LOOSE MATERIAL & SUFFERED LOWER BACK PAIN.