LEHIGH PORTLAND CEMENT CO., BUFF Metal/Non-Metal

THE FIRE WS TAKEN OUT OF TH KILN AT 7:45 AM ON JANUARY 15. AT 3:45 PM. THE INJURED AND ANOTHER SUPERVISOR ENTERED THE KILN FOR INSPECTION. AT 6:00 PM THE INJJRED PERSON AND THE CREW ENTERED THE KILN FOR REPAIRS. THE JOB WAS COMPLETED AT 11:30 PM. AFTERWARD THE INJURED TOOK A SHOWER AND NOTICED A BLISTER ON HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE MOVED NUMBEROUS 94# BAGS OF CEMENT FROM PACKING LINE TO SCALE. TOLD SUPERVISOR HIS BACK HURT. SENT TO HOSPITAL NEXT MORNING. EMPLOYE ESTATED HE WAS WEARING BACK BRACE.

SHARP EDGE ON ELECTICAL PANEL BEING INSTALLED. WHILE DRILLING HOLES IN PANEL BACK OF HAND BRUSHED BOX EDGE CUTTING SAME.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START THE CASE UNILOADER. HE PUSHED UP THE CAB TO WORK ON THE WIRES. THE CAB FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM CAUSING A BRUISE.

WORKERS WERE SEPARATING THE WASTE GAS BLEEDER FLUE FROM THE 1 PRECIPATOR BY USE OF CUTTING TORCHES. BEFORE SEPARATION WAS COMPLETE SUPPORT STRUCTURE UNDER GAS FLUE COLLASPED ON ONE END. EE SUF FERED INJURIES WHEN REFRACTORY FROM THE COLLAPSING FLUE FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEGS.

WORKERS WERE SEPARATING THE WASTE GAS BLEEDER FLUE FROM THE #1 PRECIPATOR BY USE OF CUTTING TORCHES. BEFORE SEPARATION WAS COMPLETE SUPPORT STRUCTURE UNDER FLUE COLLASPED ON ONE END. EE SUFFER ED INJURIES WHEN HE JUMPED FROM EXISTING LADDER ONTO THE TOP OF FLUE.

EE, WITH OTHERS, WAS RESETTING STARTER ON FINISH MILL. FUSES WERE PULLED TO TAKE OUT STARTER. ONCE RESET, STARTER WAS RE-ENERGIZED AND STARTER BLEW UP, BLOWING OPEN BOTH DOORS AND VIEWING WIND OW. FUSES WERE NOT PUT BACK IN PROPERLY.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING MATERIAL LOOSE ON TOP OF RDC-1. A SECTION OF MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE AND THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PRY BAR AND A BEAM.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE BOLT OUT OF PLACE A PIECE OF THE HAMMER FLEW OFF EMBEDDING IN EE S ARM.

EE ALLEDGES AS HE WAS EXITING HIS CAR TO GO TO AMSHA YEARLY REFRESHER TRAINING, SOME FORIEGN OBJECT BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A 4 YARD LOADER TO MOVE SNOW. HE WAS TRAVELING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS WHENTHE BUCKET HIT ONE OF THE TRACKS THROWING HIM FORWARD IN THE SEAT. CAUSING HIM TO BITE HIS TONGUE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SEAT BELT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING A MANHOLE COVER BACK INTO ITS SLOT. THE EMPLOYEES WERE LOWERING THE COVER INTO PLACE & IT CAUGHT ONE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS CAUSING A LACERATION.

EE WAS LOADING CEMENT BAGS ON PALLET. HE TOOK ON E BAG OFF THE LINE TURNED AND LEANED OVER TO PUT BAG ON PALLET WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BAGS IN DUST COLLECTOR. WHEN HE FINISHED AS HE PUT THE DOOR BACK IN PLACE HE HAD TO LIFT UP THE DOOR TO FIT IN THE SLOT. HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS UP BACK WHEN HE LIFTED THE DOOR INTO PLACE.

EMPOYEE WAS REMOVING OXYGEN CYLINDER FROM WELDING BUGGY. HE STRAINED HIS BACK IN THE PROCESS.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING SEWER COVER BACK INTO PLACEWHEN COVER WAS ROLLED INTO THE WELL IT FITS IN THE COVER SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT FOOT. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED TETANUS SHOT AS MEDICAL TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ADJUSTABLE TAKE UP ASSEMBLY FROM TAIL OF KBE-1. EMPLOYEES WERE PULLING ASSEMBLY OFF THE SHAFT. THE ASSEMBLY AND BEARING HOUSING CAME OFF, BUT NOT THE INNER RACE. THE EMPL OYEE TRIED TO PREVENT THE ASSEMBLY AND HOUSING FROM FALLING TO THE GROUND. THE WEIGHT OF THE ASSEMBLY CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO STRAIN HIS BACK (LOWER).

EE WAS WALKING DOWN HALLWAY THERE IS A SLANTED PORTION OF HALLWAY SHE FELL STRIKING HERE LEFT KNEE ON FLOOR BREAKING KNEE CAP.

EE WAS WALKING TO WASH HOUSE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF ICE. EE DID NOT FALL TO THE GROUND BUT STRAINED LOWER BACK MUSCLE WHEN HE SLIPPED.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A SHOVEL BLADE. THE HANDLE CAME UP AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN GROIN. EMPLOYEE'S LAST DAY WORKED WAS THE 8TH. HE TREATED SELF WITH HEATING PAN AND SAID HE FELT BETTER. HE RETURN ED TO WORK ON 13TH & COMPLAINED OF PAIN & WAS SENT TO DOCTOR. DIAGNOSIS WAS CONTUSION NOT HERNIA. HE WAS PUT ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL 10/19/92.

EE WAS CLEANING ROAD. HE HIT CROSSING GUARD WITH RAKE AND IT FELL OFF AS HE TRIED TO REPLACE ON SUPPORT, THE WHOLE STRUCTURE SHIFTED HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT THIGH.

EMPLOYEE STARTED FEELING PAIN IN HIS LEFT ANKLE AROUND 10:30AM. THERE WAS NO SINGEL EPISODIC INCIDENT WHICH TRIGGERED THE PAIN. THE PAIN GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. AROUND 3PM HE WAS TAKEN TO OUR COMPANY DOCTOR WHO APPLIED DIATHERMY TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A WHEEL BARROW LOADE WITH MATERIAL. SHE PINCHED HER LEFT HAND'S MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE WHEEL BARROW AND A HAND RAILING.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO TAKE A SAMPLE. THE SLIDE WAS LOCKED OUT AND SHE NEEDED HELP TO OPEN THE SLIDE. SHE WAS TALKINGTO ONE EMPLOYEE WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CALLED FROM BEHIND. AS SHE TURNED SHE TRIPPED OVER THE AIR SLIDE FALLING TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HER RIGHT ELBOW.

INJ SELF CLOSING DOOR OF RAIL CAR LIFTING PUSHING SHOVING VALVE ON PALLET

THE HOT DUST HOPPER UNDER THE KILN PREHEATER HAD PARTIALLY FILLED WITH HOT DUST. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A BROKEN DRIVE SHAFT THAT CONTROLS THE TWO TIPPING VALVES UNDER THE HOPPER. UNDER NORMAL OPE RATING CONDITION THIS HOT DUST FALLS. INTO A SCREW CONVEYOR AND IS RECYCLED. THE VALVES WOR4K IN TANDUM ONE OPEN ONE CLOSED TO CREATE AN AIR LOCK AND PREVENT THE OVERLOADING OF THE SCREW CONV

THE INJURED AND TWO FELLOW REPAIRMEN WERE ASSIGNED THE TASK OF CHANGING THE BEARING ON #1 KILN ROLL. THIS TASK REQUIRES THE USE OF TWO 200 TON JACKS. THE JACKS WEIGH 2-300 LBS. BOTH JACKS MUST BE MANUALLY PLACED UNDER THE KILN SHELL. WHILE PLACING THE JACKS THE INJURED FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. THAT NIGHT THE EMPLOYEE HAD DIFFICULTY SLEEPING, BECAUSE OF BACK PAIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO TH

MOVING PLATFORM TO CHANGE HIS WORK STATION, MOVING STATION THE INJ PULLE D MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK

HE INJURED, A LAB TECHINICIAN, WAS WASHING OFF A COUNTERTOP USING A PLASTIC DISHPAN (APPROX. 8" X 15" X 3") 1/3 FULL OF WATER AND SOAP. INJURED PICKED UP DISHPAN AND TURNED TO DISPOSE DIRTY W ATER, SUDDENLY FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

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EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR LANCE TO CLEAN THE BOTTOM OF THE PRECIPITATOR HOPPER. THE COUPLING BETWEEN THE LANCE AND THE AIR HOSE CAME APART ALTHOUGH THE COUPLING WAS WIRED. THE AIR HOSE WHIPPED AROUND WIDLY STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD ABOVE THE LEFT EAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING REFACTORY MATERIAL FROM RPTARY DRYER.AFTER BREAKING UP MATERIAL WITH AN AIR HAMMER EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE MATERIAL OUT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

INJURED WAS LEAVING THE CONTROL ROOM. AT THE OUTER DOOR HE STOPPED TO CONVERSE WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE HINGED SIDE OF THE DOOR. THE DOOR CLOSED ON THE NAIL PART OF HIS LEFT RING FINGER.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE USING A HAMMER AND CHISEL TO WEDGE APART A LINK IN A DRIVE SCHAIN THE CHAIN WAS ON EQUIPMENT THE INJURED EMPLOYEE HELD HIS HAND UNDER THE SELECTED LINK TO CATCH THE PIECE B EING REMOVED WHILE THE OTHER STRUCK THE CHISEL THE CHISEL SLIPPED OFF OF THE PIN DOWN TO THE INJURED EMPLOYEES LEFT SMALL FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION THE LACERATION REQUIRED SIX STITCHES

INJURED WAS INSIDE BLL MILL HELPING REMOVE A SCREEN. GRINDING MEDIA HAD BEEN REMOVED. SOME MEDIA CAME LOOSE ONCE THE SCREEN WAS DISMANTLED. INJURED APPARENTLY STEPPED ON A GRINDING BALL TWI STING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

CLINKER BVREAKER WAS JAMMED FROM LUMPS TWO EMPLOYEES WERE SENT THERE TO BREAK UP THE LUMPS BREAKER IS ELEVATED WITH MULTI-TIER PLATFORMS AROUND THE HINGED COVER EMPLOYEE HAD SET UP AIR HAMMER HOSE & BOARD SCAFFOLD FOR FOOTING AT THE BREAKER HE HAD CLIMBED DOWN TO TURN THE AIR SUPPLY ON FOR THE BREAKER UPON RETURNING TO THE JOB HE CLIMBED UP TO SCAFFOLD & PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE BO

THE INJURED, A PACKER, ROUTINELY LIFTS 94 POUND BAGS OF CEMENT FROM A BELT CONVEYOR AND STACKS THEM ON A WOODEN PALLET. ON ONE OF THE FIRST BAGS THAT DAY HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK BUT C ONTUNED WORKING. THE BACK PAIN INCREASED THROUGH OUT THE DAY UNTIL AT APPROX. 1:00PM HE COULD NOT WORK ANY LONGER.

INJURED WAS WAL5ING FROM PLANT TO AN ANCILLARY MAINTENANCE BUILDING. GROUND WAS ICY & WET. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE WALKING LANDING ON BACK.

ELECTRICIANS WE9E DOING SOME NEW INSTALLATION IN A COVERED CONVEYOR AREA. THE INJURED WAS ATTEMTPTING TO STRIP A CABLE OF ITS JACKET TO REVEAL THE INNER WIRES. WHILE HOLDING THE CABLE IN HIS L EFT HAND HE USE8 A KNIFE TO SPLIT THE JACKET PULLING THE KNIFE TOWARD HIM. THE KNIFE CUT HIS L THUMB, REQUIRING 4 STITCHES

THEY POSITIONED3THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF THE BOX AN UNEXPECTED EXPLOSION OCCURRED. A BREAKER BOX BELOW THE ONE THEY WERE LOOKING AT BLEW UP CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH EMPLOYEES

THEY POSITIONED3THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF THE BOX AND UNEXPECTED EXPLOSION OCCURRED. A BREAKER BOX BELOW THE ONE THEY WERE LOOKING AT BLEW UP CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH EMPLOYEES

THE INJURED WAS3WLAKING NEAR A CLINKER DRAG CONVEYOR. HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF CLINKER WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE IS BALANCE AND FALL AGAINST THE BOX CONTAINING THE DRAG.

INJURED AND FEL5OW EMPLOYEE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF REVERSING THE DISCHARGE FILLER PIPE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR. AS THE PIPE FLIPPED DOWN THE INJURED S HAND WAS CAUGHT BY THE RESTRAINING C HAIN, LACERATIN1 HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER. SIX SUTURES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.

INJ IS MAINTENA3CE MAN.REPAIRING A DUST COLLECTOR.IN PREPARATION FOR ASSISTANCE TO RAISE TOP ROACK THE INSURED ENTERED THE COLLECTOR AND ATTEMPTED TO FLIP RACK 180 DEGREE TO ITS NORMAL SUSPEND ED POSITION.WHI5E FLIPPING 150 LB RACK STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

OTHER WAS REPLA7ING THE COUPLING ON CLINKER BREAKER ZERO SPEED SWITCH. OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OFF THE COVER OF THE CLINKER CONVEYOR IN ORDER TO REPOSTION COVER. BECAUSE OF THE DUST STIRRE D UP I,NAME HAD3OTHER EMPLOYEE TO STOP CLEANING. WHEN ZERO SPPED SWITCH WAS INSTALLED AND CLINKER BREAKER RUNNING, I,NAME PROCEEDED FROM THE WEST SIDE OF DRAG CONVEYOR TO THE EAST SIDE, TO TE

INJURED WAS ASSIGNED THE TASK OF MAKING A KEY 1IN X 1 1/2 IN X 7 IN HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING A PIECE OF KEY STOCK FROM THE MACHINES VISE THE VISE WAS POSITIONED CLOSE TO THE MILL CUTT ER HE USED A SLIDING MOTION WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO REMOVE THE UNWANTED STOCK AS HE SLID THE STOCK OUT OF THE VISE HIS THUMB CONTACTED THE BLADE END OF THE CUTTER CAUSING A LACERATION

THE INJURED & HIS PACKING PARTNER WERE IN T HE PROCESS OF PALLETIZING 14 PALLETS ON A FLATBED SEMI-TRAILER. THE CANVASSES & TIE-DOWN CHAINS WERE NOT MOVED FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE REQUIRED A REA. THE INJURED HAD STOPPED THE CONVEYOR SYSTEM &3 BEGAN MOVING TOWARD THE REQUIRED AREA. THE %*%*%* MOVING TOWARD THE CANVASSES WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PILE OF TIE-DOWN CHAINS. THE PILE OF CHA

I.NAME WAS GIVEN THE ASSIGNMENT OF CUTTING & DRESSING SOEM METAL SHIMS USED TO LEVEL A COMPRESSOR. THE SHIMD WERE CUT BY HAND TORCH TO T HE DIMENSIONS. THE INJURED HAD JUST FINISHED DRESSING THE SHIMS WITH THE GRINDING WHEEL & WAS INSPECTING THE EDGES TO INSURE ALL ROUGH SPOTS & SLAG WERE REMOVED. HE RAN HIS THUMB DOWN THE EDGE SLICING IT ON A SHARP CORNER. 4 STITCHES WERE REQ

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TURN FOREMAN SHOOTING RING OUT OF KILN.HEAD NOT COMPLETELY GUARDED BY SHIELD ON GUN WHEN PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIM ABOVE SAFETY GLASSES CAUSING SMALL LACERATION.AFTER HEALING,LUMP DISCOVERED A ND DIAGNOSED AS LEAD.

INJURED WAS SEND TO MDC 3 DUST COLLECTOR TO MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS AND ADJUSTMENTS THE DUST COLLECTOR IS LOCATED OUTSIDE, ON TOP OF THE LUMNITE PLANT ROOF. THE INJURED EMPLOYEES INSPECTION REV REVEALED THAT THE RODS ON THREE OF THE DAMPER CONTROL VALVES WERE DISCONNECTED. AS HE SQUATTED TO PERFORM THE REAPRIS, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM SNAPPING HIS ANKLE.

DURING SHUTDOWN PERIOD INJURED AND ONE OTHER ELECTRICIAN WERE ASSIGNED TO THE MOTOR CONTROL CENTER TO CLEAN AND INSPECT STARTERS IN THE PELLETIZER DISTRIBUTION CENTER. STARTER DISTRIBUTION CEN TER WAS NOT DE-ENERGIZED BECAUSE LIGHT STARTERS FOR ENTIRE PLANT ARE ON THE SAME BRE AKER. INJURED ATTEMPTED TO TIGHTEN SCREWS ON THE PHASE CONNECTOR WHEN SCREWDRIVER WENT TO GROUND CAUSING A

THERE WERE 2 EMPLOYEES AT DISCHARGE END OF BELT INSIDE SEMITRAILER PALLETIZING NAGS CREW LEADER WAS POSITIONED AT END OF STATIONARY BELT OR DISCHARGE POINT STRAIGHTENING BAGS AS THEY FELL ON T O POWER-CURVE POWER-CURVE WAS NOT CENTERED PROPERLY WHICH CAUSES THE BAGS TO FALL OFF BELT IT THEY ARENT STRAIGHTENED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM & NORMAL WAY TO CORRECT IT IS TO SLIDE POWER-CUR