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EE WAS WORKING ON THE RAIL CREW CLOSING THE AIR BREAK SYSTEM WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED WHILE TURNING A VALVE. WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED HIS BODY PUSHED FORWARD ONTO THE KNUCKLE OF THE CAR INJURING HIS RIBS. ALTHOUGH THE INJURY OCCURRED ON THE 19TH, HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THE WEEK. HE DIDN'T MISS WORK UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND WDI WASN'T NOTIFIED OF THE SITUATION UNTIL 8/26/03.

EE WAS CLEANING UP STONE IN THE "OLD TUNNEL" USING A SHOVEL. WHILE SHOVELING STONE FROM THE FLOOR AND PLACING IT BACK ONTO A CONVEYOR HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS STOMACH. HE HAS RETURNED TO WORK WITHOUT MISSING ANY TIME BUT WITH RESTRICTIONS. HE WILL REQUIRE AN OPERATION TO FIX THE HERNIA IN THE FUTURE.

EE FIRST INJURED HIS LEG WHILE CHANGING ROLLERS ON A STACKING CONVEYOR WHEN HE WALKED INTO THE NEW ROLLER THAT WAS BEING MADE READY TO BE REPLACED. HE COMPOUNDED THE INJURY LATER AT 10:00 P.M. WHEN HE BUMPED THE SAME LEG ON THE C500 CRUSHER WHILE PUTTING ON SIDING.

EE WAS CUTTING A GUARD SUPPORT WITH CUTTING TORCH WHEN HE GRABBED THE HOT ANGLE SUPPORT THAT HE HAD JUST CUT WITH HIS HAND. HE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY.

SOMETIME DURING HIS SHIFT HE GOT A FLAKE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. HE WORKS OUTSIDE ON THE RAILCREW & IT WAS A VERY WINDY DAY. HE IS NOT SURE WHEN THE FLAKE BECAME LODGED. IT HAD TO HE REMOVED BY A DOCTOR.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE #2 BIN, KNEELING ON THE 304 CHUTE, LIFTING GRIPSTRUT TO PLACE UP FOR A WALKWAY. HIS SUPERVISOR WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INJURY UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, JANUARY 30, HE DID NOT GO FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL MONDAY, JANUARY 3

EE WAS WORKING IN OUR 'OLD TUNNEL' PICKING UP ROCKS THAT HAD FALLEN OFF THE TUNNEL CONVEYOR. AS HE PICKED UP A LARGE ROCK OFF OF THE FLOOR TO PLACE IT BACK ONTO THE IDOL BELT HE STRAINED HIS L OWER BACK. HE HAD HAD A PREEXISTING BACK PROBLEM THAT ORIGINATED FROM A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN OCT 2001. LIFTING OF THE ROCK FURTHER AGGRAVATED HIS CONDITION. LOST TIME DID NOT OCCUR TILL 12/17

A MAINTENANCE CREW WAS WORKING UNDER THE PRIMARYCRUSHER FIXING A SUPPORT BEAM WHICH REQUIRED ATTENTION. EE WAS STANDING ON A HORIZONTAL BEAM 2' OFF THE FLOOR. AS HE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE BEAM HE SCRAPPED OR LACERATED HIS LEG ON THE BEAM.

WHILE CLOSING THE DOORS ON AN OPEN-TOP HOPPER RAILCAR HE STEPPED INTO AN ANIMAL HOLE CAUSING HIM TO TRIP, LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL. IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK HIS FALL CAUSED HIM TO SPRAIN HIS S HOULDER ON IMPACT.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE SHOP ATTEMPTING TO SEPARATE A COUPLER FOR #59 LOCOMOTIVE WITH A HAMMER AND A CHISEL. NORMALLY THIS COUPLER SEPARATES QUITE EASILY, HOWEVER, HE HAD NOT REMOVED ALL OF THE BOLTS HOLDING IT TOGETHER. HE FIRST DROVE THE CHISEL INTO THE COUPLER WITHOUT SUCCESS, THEN HE PRIED ON IT, AND AS HE MOVED AROUND THE COUPLER CHISEL, UNDER PRESSURE SHOT OUT AND HIT HIM IN TH

WHILE PERFORMING HIS REGULAR DUTY OF INSPECTING RAIL CAR DOORS, EE USED AN UNORTHODOX AND UNSAFE PROCEDURE TO CONDUCT HIS TASK. HE STATED THAT WHILE WORKING IN THE DARK, HE HAD PLACED HIS FLAS H LIGHT IN HIS MOUTH TO HOLD IT WHILE HE INSPECTED THE CAR DOORS. HE THEN SAID HE SLIPPED AND FELL, CAUSING THE FLASHLIGHT TO HIT THE CAR, DAMAGING HIS TEETH AND INJURING HIS SHOULDER AS HE A

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO EXTRACT A HAUL TRUCK THAT HAD GOTTEN STUCK IN THE MUD. HE INJURED HIMSELF WHEN HE LIFTED A CABLE, THAT WAS GOING TO BE USED, THE WRONG WAY.

EE WAS DESCENDING FROM A 35 TON HAUL TRUCK; AS HE BEGAN TO TURN HIMSELF AROUND TO GO DOWN THE STEPS, HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM. HOLDING ONTO THE RAILING CAUSED HIS BODY TO SLAM INTO THE STEPS (WHERE THE INJURY OCCURRED) AT WHICH POINT HE LET GO OF THE HAND RAIL AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

EE WAS SHOVELING SAND OUT OF THE BOX ABOVE THE ISC-82 CRUSHER. THE SAND WAS WET AND PACKED AND BECAUSE HE WAS REACHING OVER THE GUARD RAIL TO PERFORM THIS TASK HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS FOREAR M. ALTHOUGH THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 4/19, THE COMPANY WAS NOT NOTIFIED THAT HE HAD OBTAINED MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 5/2/.

EE WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB IN TRAILER LIGHT AND THE BULB BROKE IN HIS HAND.

WHILE PERFORMING HIS REGULAR DUTIES CLOSING DOORS ON AGGREGATE HOPPER CARS HE STRAINED HIS BACK. THE ACTION INVOLVED INCLOSING THE DOORS REQUIRES THAQT THE DOOR AND LOCK BE PRIED USING A 12# S TEEK BAR. THE PRYING ACTION CAUSED THE INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE LEVER TO OPEN S.57 STORAGE BIN WHEN THE GATE JAMMED, JERKING HIS BACK. ON 08/02/99, HE SWITCHED JOBS AND PRECLUDED THATTHE CONSTANT SITTING AND BOUNCING IN A NEW LOADE R IRRITATED HIS LOWER BACK AND CAUSED PAIN TO RUN DOWN HIS LEG. IN 1994, EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A SIMILIAR LUMBAR STRAIN WHILE DRIVING A TRUCK WHICH INDICATES A REPORTABLE PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.

EE WAS WORKING BEHIND THE WELD SHOP REPAIRING A SAND SCREW. AS HE PICKED-UP A 10# PLATE FOR THE SCREW SOMETHING SNAPPED AT THE BASE OF HIS THUMB.

THE MAINTANCE CREW WAS IN THE MILL CHANING A SCREEN ON 2 SCREEN. EE WAS LIFTING A 1.5 INCH SCREEN TO THE TOP DECK WHEN HE FELT HIS RIGHT ELBOW POP WHICH CAUSED HIM TO DROP THE SCREEN.

AS HE WAS PERFORMING HIS REGULAR DUTY OF BRINGING IN EMPTY RAIL CARS, AN OVER THE HIGHWAY (BROKER) TRUCK HAD PULLED UP AND STOPPED ON THE TRACK. SEEING THIS, HE TRIED TO WAVE THE DRIVER OFF BU T COULD NOT GET HIS ATTENTION SO HE JUMPED OFF THE RAIL CAR HE WAS RIDING AND SIGNALED THE LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR TO STOP. HE TWISTED HIS LEG WHEN HE JUMPED OFF OF THE CAR. HE WAS NOT WEARING TH

EE WAS UNPLUGGING A ROCK BOX WHEN 2 ROCKS FELL BFROM THE BOX. THEFIRST STONE HIT HIM ON THE BACK CAUSING HIM TO LEAN FORWARD; THE SECOND ROCK STRUCK HIS HAND AS HE HAD GRIPPED THE SHELF OF THE ROCK BOX AS A RESULT OF THE FIRST STONE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE SCREEN CLOTH ON #2 SCREEN'S TOP DECK TO MAKE #4 AGGREGATE.AS HE WORKED WITH THE SCREEN CLOTH HE PULLED HIS LOWER BACK, WHE HE PULLED THE CLOTH UPON TO THE TOP IF THE DECK OF THE SCREEN. EMPLOYEE MISSED WORK ON THE6TH. AND CAMETO WORK ON THE 7TH BUT COULD ONLY WORK FOR 1 1/2 HOURS BEFORE HE HA DTO CLOCK OUT. HE HAS BEEN OFF WORK SINCE THEN.IS SCH. RTW 8-11

EE WAS GRINDING WELDS OFF OF A TRUCK APRON WHEN SPARKS STRUCK THE BED AND BOUNCED UP UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES. THE SPECK OF METAL BECAME IMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMP WAS WORKING IN SHOP SERVICING A LOADER. AS HE PULLED OIL HOSE OVER TO LOADER HE STEPPED ON SOME GREASE AND OIL ON FLOOR WHICH CAUSED HIM TO SLIP, LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL BACKWARDS INTO

HE WAS CLIMBING UP THE SIDE OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER'S FEEDER WHEN HE LEANED HIS BODY AND FELL AGAINST A STEEL BEAM, WHICH IMPACTED HIS LOWER RIGHT RIBS. THIS OCCURRED 3-26-97. HE THEN HAD HIMSE LF CHECKED OUT AND RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO TIME LOST. AFTER SOME TIME THE SORENESS PERSISTED SO HE HAD HIS DR RE-EXAMINE HIM 5-5-97 TO DISCOVER HE HAD CONTRACTED PLEURISY AND WOULD MISS WORK

WHILE WORKING IN THE SHOP ON A GEAR THAT WAS LAYING ON BLOCKS, HE STEPPED OFF BACKWARDS ANDSLIPPED ON A PIECE OF METAL.

THE WATER RECOVERY TROUGH HAD BEEN BORKEN BY EE TRUCK CAB PROTECTOR. MAINTENANCE CUT THE PIECE FROM THE MILL. EE WAS DRAGGING THE TROUGH FROM UNDER THE MILL WHEN THE ANGLE IRON EE WAS PULLIN G BROKE LOOSE CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS. EE PUT RIGHT ARM BACK TO BREAK FALL, BUT IMPACT JAMMED HIS SHOULDER, AS HE HIT THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A COMPANY PICKUP TRUCK, SETTING IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK LEANING BACK AGAINST THE FENDER WELL OF THE TRUCK BED WITH HIS ARMS RESTING ON THE SIDE OF THE BED. THE TRUCK DR OVE OVER A BUMP WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN OFF THE TRUCK BED. AS THIS HAPPENED HE HIT HIS BACK ON THE FENDER WELL THUS INJURING HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A ROTOR ON A CRUSHER BY USING A PRYBAR. AS HE PRIED ON THE BAR IT SLIPPED. THE SUDDEN SLIP CAUSED HIM TO SHIFT HIS WEIGHT HIS WEIGHT ON HIS LEG ULTIMATELY BRE AKING HIS ANKLE. WHEN HIS ANKLE BROKE HE LOST HIS BALANCE, FELL BACK ONTO THE CONVEYOR HE WAS STANDING ON AND THEN TO THE GROUND.

EE WAS PUTTING BOLT SIN THE BACK OF #1 SCREEN IN THE MILL WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST AND STEEL PARTICLES INTO HIS FACE. THE DUST BLEW AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE.

EE WAS CUTTING TREES WITH A CHAIN SAW & CLEARING BRUSH AWAY FROM POWER LINES & CONVEYORS HE STATED THAT HE MUST HAVE BEEN USING MUSCLES THAT HE NORMALY DIDNT USE & AS A RESULT STRAINED HIS BAC K SOMETIME DURING THE DAYS

INJURED WAS RIDING ON A RAILCAR AS THEY WERE TAKING THEM OUT OF THE QUARRY YARD TO BE HOOKED ONTO OTHER LOADED CARS AND MADE READY TO SHIP. WHEN THEY APPROACHED THE STATIONARY CARS HE STEPPED OFF OF THE RAILCAR HE WAS ON TO SIGNAL THE LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR TO STOP IN ORDER TO CONNECT THE CARS. HE STEPPED DOWN HE SPRAINED HIS KNEE. ALTHOUGH THE INJURY OCCURED ON THE 8TH

DUE TO FEDERAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL GUARDRAILS AROUND THE CATWALKS ON ALL OF OUR LATE MODEL OFF ROAD TRUCKS WE USED MSHA APPROVED WEBBING TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE EE WHILE EXITING THE TRUCK GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN THIS WEBBING CAUSING HIM TO FALL HE CAUGHT HIMSELF AS HE FELL CAUSING THE INJURY DIAGNOSIS WAS NOT PERFORMED UNTIL APRIL 14 1995

INJURED WAS WORKING ON THE AIR COMPRESSOR OF # 59 LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF THE PLATFORM SPRAINING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

THE DRIVER OF A 35 TON STORAGE TRUCK WAS CLIMBING OUT OF HIS TRUCK TO LOAD IT FROM UNDER THE MILL WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED HE DID MANAGE TO HOLD ONTO THE RAILING HOWEVER THE SLIP CAUSED HIM TO S TRIKE HIS RT HIP AGAINST THE TRUCK STEP AFTER STRIKING THE STEP & CONTINUING TO HOLD ONTO THE HAND RAIL HE SWUNG OUT AWAY FROM THE T RUCK HITTING HIS BACK AGAINST THE TRUCK BED

EE WAS HELPING MOVE THE ELECTRIC SHOVEL WHEN IT SWUNG AROUND TOO FAST CAUSING HIM TO JUMP OFF THE CABLE CRADDLE. WHEN HE LANDED HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EE OVER TURNED A HAUL TRUCK WHILE DUMPING A LOAD OF SAND OVER A 20FT WORKING STOCKPILE FACE HE FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION & FOR SOME UNKNOWN RESAON ATTEMPTED TO DUMP HIS INITIAL LOAD 6FT FROM THE EDGE OF THE PILE WITHOUT FIRST INSPECTING THE AREA WHICH IS THECOMPANIES PRACISE FORTUNATELY HE REDUCED HIS DEGREE OF INJURY BY THE USE OF HIS SEATBELT TRUCK WAS TOT

HE WAS OPERATING THE LOCAMOTIVE WHEN HE APPROACHED A SET OF CARS THE LOCAMOTIVE FAILED TO STOP IN TIME CAUSING IT TO SLAM INTO THE CARS. AT THE TIME OF IMPACT HIS THUMB BECAME LODGED BETWEEN TWO SLIDDING METAL-FRAMED GLASS WINDOWS. THIS TORE OR SEVERLLY CUT HIS RIGHT THUBM. UNPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON OF THE TWO AIR VALAVES USED TO SET THE LOCAMOTIVE'S BRAKE WAS NOT IN THE ID

EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS ON THE TELSMITH AND SEVERAL SMALL STONES WERE ON THEM WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ONE AND FELL. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK WITH THE EDGE OF A STEEL STEP JABBING HIM ON HIS LOW ER BACK. HE TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR THAT THE PAIN INHIS BACK INCREASED AFTER A FEW DAYS AND THAT IS WHEN HE NOTIFIED US THAT HE WAS GOING TO A DOCTOR.

EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRIKE A LATCH ON A RAILROAD CAR DOOR TO CLOSE IT WHEN THE BAR HE WAS USING RICOCHETED OFF THE CAR STRIKING HIS HEAD WHICH WAS PROTECTED BY SAFETY GLASSES & A HARD HAT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE BAR DROVE THE SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS EYEBROW CAUSING A LCAERATION ABOVE HIS EYE WHICH REQUIRED TWO STICHES.

EE WAS SPOTTING TRUCKS WHILE WE WERE STRIPPING DIRT AS HE SPOTTED ONE & WALKING IN THE MUD HE STEPPED ON A 3IN STONE WHICH CAUSED HIS KNEE TO TWIST

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF A LOADER, AS HE STEPPED ON THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS FOOT ON A SMALL ROCK. WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE ROCK HIS FOOT TWISTED UNDER HIM AND HE THOUGHT HE HEARD HIS ANKLE CRACK.

HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING AND CHECKING THE INSIDE OF SOME RAILROAD HOPPER-CARS FOR FOREIGN MATERIAL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HE FELL DIRECTLY ON HIS ANKLE WHICH RESULTED IN A FRACTURE . THE OTHER RAILCREW MEMBERS GOT OUT OF THE HOPPERCAR THROUGH THE BOTTOM DOORS OF THE RAILCAR.

ON WEDNESDAY MORNING DURING A NORMAL PRODUCTION DAY, AN AGGREGATE BIN (100 TON) FELL FROM THE MILL STRUCTURE. WHILE THERE WERE EMPLOYEES WORKING CLOSE IN THE AREA, NO ONE WAS HURT OR INJURED. THE AGGREGATE BIN WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL MILL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1950. THIS BIN HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. ALL OTHER ORIGINAL BINS BUT TWO HAVE BEEN REPLACED THROUGH THE YEARS.

INJURED HAS CONTRACTED CARPAL TUNNEL IN BOTH HANDS FROM YEARS OF WORK OPERATING TRUCKS AND OTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT.THE SYMPTOM FIRST APPEARED IN FEBRUARY OF 1992 BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED UNTIL 06 1 992.

MAINTENANCE CREW WAS MOVING A NEW CONVEYOR WITH COME-ALONG INTO PLACE WHEN THEY SET IT DOWN TO REPOSITION THE CABLE I NAME STEPPED INTO A PINCH POINT HIS RT KNEE GOT PINCHED BETWEEN CONVEYOR & A GUARDRAIL

EE WAS LAYING ON HIS BACK PUTTING A FLY WHEEL ON A ONE TONE TRUCK WHEN A METAL BACKING PLATE SLIPPED FROM BEHIND THE FLY WHEEL STRIKING HIM ON THE FOREHEAD.

WE WERE MOVING THE ELCTRIC SHOVEL & IT WAS NECESSARY TO PUT THE ELECTRIC TRAIL CABLE OVER A LOADER BUCKET TO MOVE IT AS HE LIFTED THE CABLE HE FELT HIS SHOULDER PULL IT WASNT UNTIL T HE EN OF OCT THA T I NAME THOUGHT IT NECESSARY TO RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THIS INJURY

INJURED WAS UNDER THE TRUCK SCALE PLATFORM FLUSHING OUT A SUMP PUMP.HE CRAWLED UNDER THE MAIN BEAM WHEN THE TOP OF CONCRETE DECK CAUSED HIM TO INJURED HIS KNEE BY THE CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT OF HI S KNEE ON THE CONCRETE.

EE AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE ATTACHING A HOSE TO AN OVERHEAD AUGER WHEN SOME "AN" FELL IN HIS EYE CAUSING HIM TO LET GO OF THE HOSE. EE WASN'T PREPARED AS THE HOSE FELL STRICKING HIM AND CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. HE PUT HIS RIGHT HAND OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF CAUSING A SPRAIN. BOTH EE AND OTHER EMPLOYEE ARE CONTRACT BLASTERS EMPLOYED BY TECHNICAL EXPLOSIVES CO.