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THE EE WAS SQUARING A 6 INCH CHANNEL IRON WITH A 6 INCH I BEAM, THE I BEAM FELL ON THE EE'S RIGHT HAND HIS RIGHT SECOND AND THIRD FINGERS WERE CUT.
EE WAS CLEANING IN UNIT #9 TRENCH WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A SMALL BOULDER IN THE WALKWAY. HE SPRAINEDHIS LEFT ANKLE. EE TRANSFERED TO ANOTHER JOB. ON1/29/98 HIS ANKLE WORSENED AND THE DR TOOK HIM OFF WORK. HE BECAME LOST TIME ON 1/30/98.
WHEN MUCKING SALT, A BOULDER ROLLED DOWN & HIT THE BUCKET, PICKING THE BACK OF THE MACHINE OFF THE GROUND & JOLTING THE OPERATOR OUT OF SEAT & HIS NECK & BACK WERE INJURED.
EE WAS HITTING A SHIFT WITH A HAMMER. A CHIP STRUCK HIM IN THE THIGH. THE EE RECEIVED STITCHES.
WHILE RIDING IN THE CAGE, THE HOISTMAN OVER TRAVELLED AND THE AUTOMATIC STOP BROUGHT THE CAG EOCCUPANTS TO THEIR KNEES.
EE AND OTHER AND ANOTHER WERE POWDERING AT 29 (1100' LEVEL) WHEN THEY WERE UP IN THE AIR. HE FELT A RIGHT WING SHIFT AND HE SLIPPED UNDER THE GUARD CHAIN THAT WAS HUNG ACROSS THE OPENING. HE F ELL APPROX. 17 FT TO THE FLOOR ONTO SOME CUTTER SHAVINGS CUSHIONING HIS FALL. HE SAID HE WAS LOADING CAP 6 AT THE TIME.
WHILE WORKING INTHE SHAFT, THE EE'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SKIP & HAND RAIL. SEVERAL FINGERS WERE FRACTURED.
AT APPROX 3AM ON 1/22/97 THE BARGE LOADER NOTIFIED THE HOIST OPERATOR THERE WERE SPARKS ON THE HEADFRAME. THE HOISTMAN STOPPED THE HOIST & CALLED THE PRODUCTION ENGINEER TO THE MINE. THE NORTH SHEAVE HAD DROPPED SEVERAL FEET.
EE FELL FROM CAT 769 HAUL TRUCK AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING IT. WHEN HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS TESTED 4 HOURS LATER, IT WAS 028.
EE JUMPED FROM A BARGE ONTO THE BARGE DOCK AND FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK. HE CONTINUED WORKING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
WHILE WALKING ON A BARGE, EE TRIPPED AND INJURED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE REMOVED GUARD FROM BELT AND REACHED ACROSS TO CLEAN ROLLER. HIS CAP LAMP CAUGHT ON V-BELT AND JERKED HIM AROUND. HE BROKE HIS UPPER LEFT ARM.
WHILE IN THE MINE. THE INJURED EE WAS FOLLOWING BEHIND A CAT FRONT END LOADER.WHEN IT WENT THRU A VENTILATION CURTAIN. THE CAT BACKED UP AND RAN OVER THE GO CART OPERATOR.
WHEN THE STANDARD PRODUCTION SHOT WAS TAKEN BETWEEN EVENING AND GRAVEYARD SHIFT, A BLOWOUT OCCURRED. GAS READINGS ON THE AREA MONITORS WERE AT THE MAX OF 3.9%. THE BLOWOUT OCCURRED IN A FACE N OT BROKEN THROUGH. 2 SHIFTS OF WORKS WERE LOST.
IN THE UNDERGROUND MILL THE C-1 CONVEYOR BELT CAUGHT FIRE. THE CREW WAS EVACUATED WITHIN 15 MINS. THE MINE RESCUE TEAM ENTERED THE MINE AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. NO INJURIES RESULTED. DAMAGE WAS T O 1 CONVEYOR.
WHILE LIFTING A 14 TON SKIP, THE LOADING DOOR OPENED UP. THE SKIP WAS LOCATED NEAR THE SHAFT. THE SKIP WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS OLD AND THE LATCH MECHANISM MALFUNCTIONED.
WHILE GRINDING ON A TANK, THE EMPLOYEE CUT HIS FINGER ON A STEEL ANGLE IRON.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 LB BAGS OF SALT ON PALLETS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS PALLETIZING TRAYS AND 12/5 LB BALES OF SALT. EMPLOYEE TURNED TO PUT A TRAY ON PALLET AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND HIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN EVAPORATOR #2 CRIMPING THE UNDERNEATH SIDE OF TUBES.HE WAS WORKING ON A 15' LADDER.THE TOP OF THE LADDER SLID ALONG THE WALL OF THE EVAPORATOR.CRIMPING TOOL FOLLOWED,ST RIKING EMPLOYEE ON HEAD.EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A WRIST STRAIN/SPRAIN,BRUISE AND CONTUSION TO WRIST AND HEAD AND WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY BY PHYSICIAN.
EE WAS REMOVING PLYWOOD FROM PRODUCT IN LOADING OF A RAILCAR. SPLINTER ENTERD THE LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND NEAR THE NAIL ON TOP OF FINGER. EE REMOVED SPLINTER, FINGER BECAME ABCESSED. WENT T O DR. ON 9-1-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON STOOLE WHEN LEG BRACE ON STOOL BROKE, TIPPING TOOL AND CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO FLOOR. EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HERSELF WITH LEFT HAND WHEN SHE FELL, SEVERELY BRUISING LEFT H AND. ARM BRACE WAS PRESCRIBED BY DR, AND EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.
EE PUSHED START BUTTON FOR THE AGITATOR. THE BREAKER BLEW, TRIPPING MAIN PANEL BREAKER. EE PULLED FUSES TO CONTROL POWER TRANSFORMER. ANOTHER EE RESET MAIN BREAKER. EE STARTED TO PUT FUSES BAC K IN PANEL. AS HE WAS PUSHING THEM IN, THERE WASA LARGE ARC AND FIREBALL, BURNING HIS LEFT HAND. 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT HAND.
EE WAS PLACING PALLET ON TURNTABLE AT BLOCK PRESS. EE TWISTING INSTEAD OF MOVING FEET. THE PALLET WAS EMPTY.
THIS EMPLOYEE INADVERTENTLY STRUCK HIS HAND WHILE UNCHOKING BRIDGED MATERIAL. HE CRACKED A BONE IN HIS WRIST. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT BELIEVED, AT FIRST, TO BE REPORTABLE AS NO BONE WAS ACTUALLY BROKEN.
EE WAS CLEANING A BEAM OVERHEAD ON 2ND FLOOR OF MILL. SHE WAS WORKING FROM A STEP LADDER 6 FT HIGH WITH ONE FOOT ON LADDER AND THE OTHER FOOT ON A 2X8 STRINGER NAILED TO THE WALL. ABOUT 3 FT B ELOW HER WAS A COUNTER WITH A SINK. AS A RESULT OF THE LADDER SHIFTING OR HER OTHER FOOT SLIPPING OFF THE STRINGER, SHE FELL TO THE COUNTER WITH HER RIGHT FOOT LANDING ALONG THE FRONT WALL OF
EE WAS RUNNING 50 LB. BRINE BLOCKS AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STACKING A BLOCK WHEN THE PALLET BROKE UNDER HIS WEIGHT WHEN HE STEPPED ON IT. HIS LEFT KNEE HIT THE SALT BLOCK, AND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE. EE RECEIVED MEDCIAL TREATMENT ON 6-1-94 AND PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED A LEG BRACE AND EE WAS PUT ON LIGHT DUTY AND REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPOEDIC PHYSICIAN.
EMPLOYEE CANNOT GIVE A SPECIFIC INJURY/ACCIDENT DATE. EMPLOYEE SAID HE HAD SEEN A PHYSICIAN AND WOULD POSSIBLE NEED HERNIA SURGERY. HERNIA SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON 6-9-94. EMPLOYEE HAD PREVIOU SLY BEEN SCHEDULED FOR VACATION FOR THIS TIME PERIOD.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO CLEAN OUT A BOX CAR AT DOOR 6. WHIE STANDING, HIS LEG GAVE OUT ON HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON KNEE. EMPLOYEE IS DIABETIC AND HAS BEEN UNDER DR'S CARE FOR SOME NER VE TROUBLE FOR SOME NERVE TROUBLE FROM SAME RIGHT LEG. BRUISED KNEE DURING FALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO HOIST A PLATFORM FRAMETO A LOCATION 12 FT ABOVE. WHILE ATTACHING THE RIGGING TO THE FRAME, THE FRAME SHIFTED AND A CORNER OF THE FRAME CAUGHT ON THE FILTER WHEEL WHICH WAS ROTATING ADJACENT TO THE EMPLOYEE'S WORK AREA. THE FILTER WHEEL PULLED THE FRAME UP AND DOWNWARD TOWARD THE FLOOR. AS A RESULT THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ANKLE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FLO
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING OVERHEAD INTO CEMENT, PUT TING IN ANGLE IRON. WHEN HE PULLED THE DRILL OUT OF THE HOLE, SOMETHING FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYEIT BECAME IRRITATED AND HE WENT TO THE DR. 3-19- 94. HE PRESCRIBED PAIN MEDICATION AND PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS.
WHILE WORKING IN THE MINE THIS MECHANIC DROPPED A STEEL SUBASSEMBLY ON HIS HAND AND CRACKED A BONE. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT, AT FIRST BELIEVED TO BE REPORTABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP 50 LB BAG THAT FELL OFF MIMA STRETCH WRAPPER. ALSO, SHE WAS PUTTING PLYWOOD SHEETS ON FINISHED LOADS OF PELLETS. SHE APPARENTLY RE-AGGRAVATED A PREVIOUS RITHT SHOULDER INJURY/SURGERY. PREVIOUS INJURY HAD OCCURRED 8/15/92. SHE ALSO HAD BEEN OPERATING FORKLIFT IN REVERSE.
INITIAL COMPLAINT WAS OF SOMETHING IN RT EYE SECONDARY COMPLAINT WAS SORENESS IN MUSCLE OF UPPER TR ARM EMPLOYEE FIRST SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 12-21-93 EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN USING PUSH HOE TO CLEAN SCALE & SALT OFF THE WALLS IN #3 EVAPORATOR HE HAD HIS EYE FLUSHED OUT & WAS PRESCRIBED A WRIST SPLINT & PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY BECAUSE OF STRAIN TO ARM
EMPLOYEE HAD BACK INJURY 7/1/85 WHICH RESULTED IN LOST TIME. HE STATES HE HAS CONTINUED BACK PROBLEMS OFF & ON SINCE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE HAS REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT SINCE ORIGINAL ACCIDENT. HE DENIED MEDICAL TREATMENT IN PAST 2 YRS. UNTIL 5 MONTHS AGO HAD STRESS THERAPY & AN ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT ABOUT 9 MOS. AGO. NO SPECIFIC ACTIVITY TRIGGERED BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CARBOARD RINGS FROM UNDERNEATH THE RECUTTER MACHINE WITHOUT EQUIPMENT LOCKED OUTBUT STOPPED BY ELECTRIC EYES. WHEN MACHINE STARTED UP WHEN ELECTRIC EYES CLEARED, HIS HAN D WAS PULLED INTO IDLER SPROCKET OF THE CHAIN OPERATING THE PUSH ON ARM. AS A RESULT, HIS FINGERS ON HAND RIGHT WERE AMPUTATED BETWEEN THE IDLER SPROCKET AND THE CHAIN.
EMPLOYEE RUNS LABELER MACHINE ON THE CAN LINE. HOT MELT GLUE AND OIL MIXTURE IN FRONT OF LABELER GETS ON BOTTOM OF SHOES, CAUSING SLIPPERY SURFACE. EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN STAIRS AT NORTH EAST EXIT FROM CAN LINE AND SLIPPED ON THE 4TH STAIR AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. FIRST SAW DOCTOR 12-23-93. NO LOST TIME OR LIGHT DUTY AT THAT TIME. EMPLOYEE HAD SURGERY ON RIGHT KNEE 1-31-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A WEDGED CAP BETWEEN SEAT CHAIN & RAIL SUPPORT BLADE WITH RIGHT HAND. AS EMPLOYEE REACHED TO REMOVE CAP LOOKED AWAY. DURING LOOKING AWAY FINGER GOT TOO CLOSE TO SEAT CH AIN & FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN MOVING SEAT CHAIN OR CAUGHT BETWEEN SEAT CHAIN & RAIL SUPPORT BLADE ADJACENT TO SEAT CHAIN. LACERATION SUSTAINED TO MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE TOLD SUPERVISOR HIS BACK WAS SORE ON 10/26/93, BUT HE THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO WATERBED BECAUSE HIS BACK DID NOT BOTHER HIM AT WORK. ON 10/27/93 AND 10/28/93, EMPLOYEE SACKED ON THE AUTO MATIC LINE WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE MANUAL PALLETIZING OF BAGS. EMPLOYEE WAS SCHEDULED (NORMAL DAYS OFF) OFF ON 10/29 AND 10/30. HE WAS SCHEDULED TO WORK 10/31/93, BUT CALLED IN SICK. ON 11/1 S
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND TURNED WHILE HE WAS MOVING. THE NEXT DAY HE FELT SORE.
HITTING STEEL W/ SLEDGE HAMMER & A SLIVER OF STEEL BROKE OFF & EMBEDDED IN LEG & GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK PALLETIZING 50 LB BAGS. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTIION UNTIL 8-26-93/
EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER A DESK TO OBSERVE SOME PAPER WORK WITH A CO-WORKER WHEN HE FELT HIS BACK POP.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GRAB A TAIL END OF STRETCH WRAP WHEN PALLET MOVING ON LIVE ROLLERS ROLLED OVER HIS MIDDLE FINGER, LEFT HAND. MIDDLE FINGER, LEFT HAND WAS FRACTURED AND LACERATED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE CASEER IN THE CAN LINE BACK OVER TO RUN REGULAR CASES AFTER RUNNING 12 PACKS (HALF CASES) WHEN HE WAS SETTING THE BLANK ADJUSTMENT BRACKET IN PLACE IT BECAME STUCK HE MOVED IT BACK & FORTH TO FREE IT & IT CAME LOOSE & FELL ON HIS FOURTH FINGER LEFT HAND PINNING FINGER BETWEEN TWO BRACKETS EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE OF DISTAL PHALANYX FOURTH FINGER LEFT
EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN A STAIRWAY & HE SLIPPED IN TRYING TO KEEP FROM FALLING HE GRABBED FOR THE HANDRAILS HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED OFF THE HANDRAIL & AS A RESULT HIS LEFT FOREARM CAME INTO CON TACT WITH A METAL NUT ON A PVC TREADED ADAPTER WHICH LACERATED HIS FOREARM & REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE
EMPLOYEE WAS RESTACKING 50# BAGS. AS HE WAS PULLING THE BAG FROM THE STACK OF BAGS HE FELT A PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK.
ON 6/15/93 WAS NOTIFIED BY PHYSICIAN THAT EMPLOYEE WAS ALLEGING THAT AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT, 11/30/92, SHE HAD RECURRENT TRAUMA TO HER LEFT HAND. SHE STATED SHE HITS THE METAL RAILS AND SCREW S PROJECTING FROM THE MACHINE AS SHE INSPECTS CANS. IN ADDITION, SHE REPORTED THAT AT THE END OF SEPT. 1992, THE CASER WAS CHANGED AT WORK AND SHE HAD TO USE ONE HAND TO DO HER WORK, WHICH AL
RAIL CAR DOOR WAS STUCK AND WOULD NOT MOVE. EE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE TRYING TO GET DOOR UNSTUCK BY ROCKING DOOR. THE DOOR CAME FREE ALL AT ONCE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR STRUCK THE TOP OF EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT, BRUISING FOOT. FOOT SWELLED AND EMPLOYEE COULD NOT GET SAFETY SHOE ON, SO WAS GIVEN TRAINING (LIGHT DUTY) THE FOLLOWING DAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CAT 990 FRONT END LOADER. HIS HAND SLIPPED & HE CUT HIS FINGER. INJURY BECAME MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 8/24/93.