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BRUISED RT ELBO4. WAS PICKING UP SUPPLIES AT ONE OF LONE STARS SUPPLIERS & BUMPED ELBOW ON SIDE OF COMPANIES PICKUP TRUCK. DUE TO PREVIOUS INJURY TO SAME ELBOW APPROX 10 YEARS AGO ATTENDING PHYSICIAN RECOM4ENDED SURGERY. INJURED DIDN'T HAVE SURGERY UNTIL 6-29-87 AS AN OUTPATIENT NO TIME LOST.
TRUCK DRIVER WA8 ATTEMPTING TO GBET OUT OF CAB OF GMC TANDAM DUMP TRUCK TRIPPED & WAS ABLE TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HAND HOLD ON THE SIDE OF TRUCK WITH ONE HAND HOWEVER THE TWISTING OF HIS BODY CAUSED PAIN IN 5OW BACK MUSCLES
A MALE EMPLOYEE3WAS HELPING THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES TO LIFT A LARGE INTERMEDIATE GEAR FROM A DRIVE REDUCER AT THE KILN DRIVE PIER.(EST WEIGHT 300 LBS)AFTER LIFTING,THE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PA IN IN UPPER ARE5 OF BACK.
WAS SHOVELING S1ILLED CLINKERS UNDER A CLINKER COOLER WAS NECESSARY TO BEND OVER DUE TO LOW HEAD ROOM AS EMPLOYEE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER COOLER BUMPED HEAD ON SOME OF T HE METAL FRAME WORK OF COOLER 3
INJ WAS WALKING3TOWARDS WATER FOUNTAIN IN MACHINE SHOP AREA AND TRIPPED ON THE WELDING PROTECTIVE SCREEN LEG BRUISING FRONT PART OF INJUREDS LEFT LEG WHEN IT STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE FRAME WORK OF THE SCREEN I3J CONTINUED HIS REGULAR DUTIES UNTIL 7 23 86 WHEN HE SAW DR AND DR REQUIRED HIM TO TAKE OFF A FEW DAYS
INJURED WAS REM2VING HEAVY WOODEN PALLET FROMA FLAT TRAILER AS HE TURNED TO THROW PALLET OFF TO THE GROUND THE PALLET SLIPPED MASHING 2ND FINGER LEFT HAND AGAINST THE BULK HEAD OF TRAILER
INJURED WAS REP5ACING GRATES IN A CLINKER COOKER, THE GRATE BEING DIFFICULT TO GO IN PLACE, THE INJURED REACHED FOR THE CORNER OF THE GRATE TO TWIST IN PLACE; GRATE SLIPPED IN PLACE MASHING SE COND FINGER ON 9IGHT HAND. GRATES WEIGH APPROX. 50 TO 60 LBS EACH. (RECEIVED FRACTURE TO 3RD DISTAL PHALANGES H.)
REMOVING AND REPLACING RUBBER PADS AT THE #2 KILN TIRE ON ROTARY KILN THE INJ WAS USING AN AIR ARC TO BURN THE OLD METAL PADS OFF THE WELD NEW PADS IN PLACE A SPARK OF SLAG FLEW ON TO THE BAC OF THE INJUREDS CLOTHING UNAWARE WHAT HAD HAPPENED DUE TO SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING UNTIL HE FELT THE HEAT HE RECEIVED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS
INJURED HAD JUST FINISHED ALIGNING THE BELT ON A 24" CONVEYOR BELT. WHILE WATCHING THE BELT TO SEE IF BELT WAS ALIGNED PROPERLY; INJURED NOTICED AN IDLER ROLL NOT TURNING. INJURED STRUCK THE R OLL WITH HIS MACHINIST HAMMER; ROLL FREED UP SUDDENLY, BELT CAUGHT THE HAMMER, PULLED HAMMER INTO ROLLS, EVIDENTLY HAMMER HANDLE MASHED LEFT HAND AGAINST THE METAL FRAME WORK OF CONVEYOR, CAU