Cosmos Cement Co. Pittsburgh: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A RAG TO WIPE OIL FROM THE BODY OF A COMPRESSOR. THE SUCTION FROM THE FAN CAUSED THE RAG TO BE DRAWN INTO A SMALL AREA BETWEEN THE GUARD AND THE FAN MOUNTING. THE FAN BL ADE THEN CONTACTED HIS FINGER CAUSING THE INJURYWHICH REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.

EE'S FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE RUNG OF A LADDER. WHEN HIS FOOT CONTACTED THE GROUND, HE INJURED HIS HEEL.

EE REMOVED A PORT TO CHECVK FOR MATERIAL FLOW IN AN AIRSLIDE. CEMENT SPILLED FROM THE AIRSLIDE AND ENTERED HIS EYES.

WORKER WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP FROM A SUPPORT WALL WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN. EE STARTED TO LOSE TIME ON 4/24/01

EE WAS WALKING AROUND A DUST COLLECTOR. AS HE STOOD STRAIGHT UP HE STRUCK A SUPPORT WITH HIS HARD HAT HE WAS WEARING. THE JOLT INJURED HIS NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG A SLIGHTLY INCLINED SECTION OF CATWALK WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH TO FREE A PUMP RUNNER. WHEN THE RUNNER BROKE FREE, THE RESULTING JOLT INJURED EMPLOYEE'S SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM A LADDER TO AN ANGLE BRACE. THE BRACE WELDS FAILED AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX 5' TO THE GRATING FLOOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP A SET OF 3 CONCRETE STEPS WHEN HIS FOOT STRUCK THE TOP STEP RISER CAUSING HIM TO TRIP.

EE WAS SWINGING A HAMMER WHEN IT BOUNCED BACK FROM THE WORK AND STRUCK HIM THE FOREHEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE BOTTOM RUNG.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO REMOVE CEMENT FROM AN OVERHEAD SCREW CONVEYOR. AS HE STRUCK THE CASING WITH THE END OF THE BAR, HE FELT A BURN- ING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN. THIS INJURY WAS DETERMINED WORK-RELATED ON 5/2/2000.

WHLE LIFTING A DEFLECTOR PLATE EE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS KNEE. HE LIFTED THE BOX DOOR6" OFF THE GROUND AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

SLIPPED FROM THE SECOND RUNG OF A LADDER FROM THE GROUND.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM A CEMENT PAKER. THE INJ EE GAVE INSTRUCTIONTO A FELLOW EE TO TURN THE IMPELLER BY HAND HIS HAND WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE IMPELLER & WAS CAU GHT BETWEEN THE IMPELLER & THE HOUSING

ELEVATOR BUCKET FELL ON EE'S HAND AS IT WAS BEING REMOVED

AS EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT HE SLIPPED AND INJURED HIS KNEE.

EE MISSED THE SPOUT AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PLACE A CEMENT BAG ON TO A PACKER TO BE FILLED. THE FLOW OF CEMENT SPLASHED INTO HIS EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A BOLT. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM, HITTING HIS LOWER LIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXPOSED TO CEMENT DUST WHILE WORKING INSIDE A DUST COLLECTOR.

EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER. AS HE TURNED HIS HEAD TO LOOK TO THE REAR HIS HEAD STRUCK THE HANDLE OF THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHICH WAS MOUNTEDF IN THE CAB. THIS LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE WAS SWINGING A 10# SLEDGE HAMMER. HE MISSED THE WORK DURING A SWING AND HIS ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND A STEEL RAIL WRIST REQUIRED SPLINT

EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS ANKLE AS HE STEPPED FROM A LADDER. THIS INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE WHEN HE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A SMALL GEAR BOX (75 LBS) WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN

WHILE LIFTING A HEAVY TOOL THE INJURED EE FELT ABURNING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW. MEDICAL ATTENTION DID NOT START UNTIL 1-6-98.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A STEEL BALL APPORX. 1 1\2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND INJURED HIS ANKLE.

THE EE WAS INJURED WHE HE WAS STRUCK BY A 2.5" AIR PIPE. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BLEED THE AIR LINE, ALONG WITH A FELLOW EE, BY USING A BALL VALVE, THAT WAS INSTALLED IN THE SYSTEM. WHEN THE VALV E WAS OPENED THE FORCE OF THE ESCAPING AIR CAUSED THE PIPE TO TURN & UNTHREAD FROM THE FLANGE, THEN STRIKE THE EE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A 2 1/2" AIR PIPE. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BLEED THE AIR LINE, ALONG WITH A FELLOW EMPLOYEE, BY USING A BALL VALVE THAT WAS INSTALLED IN THE SYSTEM. WHEN THE VALVE WAS OPENED THE FORCE OF THE ESCAPING AIR CAUSED THE PIPE TO TURN AND UNTHREAD FROM THE FLANGE THEN STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AN ELEVATOR GATE WHEN HE INJURED BACK. BECAME REPORTABLE WHEN MEDICAL TREATMENT STARTED 10-22-97.

EE WAS SQUATTING TO SERVICE A BEARING WHEN HE FELT PAIN.

EE WAS USING A STEEL BAR AND SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE A MATERIAL BUILDUP FROM AN ELEVATOR FEED CHUTE. THE SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED, THE EE'S FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE BAR . FRACTURE WAS DIAGNOSED ON 9-18-97.

EE WAS USING A PORTABLE GRINDER WHEN IT KICKED BACK AND PUSHED HIS HAND INTO THE WORK CAUSING THE INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS A CONCRETE FLOOR WHEN HIS FOOT ROLLED TO THE SIDE CAUSING THE INJURY.

EMPLOYEE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SHARP WALL OF THE DUST COLLECTOR AND A CARTRIDGE THAT HE WAS REMOVING.

EE'S FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A STEEL BAR, WHICH HE WAS USING TO OPEN RAILCAR DOORS, AND THE GROUND.

EE WAS LIFTING A BEARING USING A HOIST WHEN THE BEARING BECAME JAMMED. IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO FREE IT HIS FINGER WAS INJURED WHEN THE BEARING FELL.

EE WAS STANDING IN THICK SLURRY. WHEN HE TURNED AND ATTEMPTED TO WALK, HIS FOOT WAS HELD IN PLACE. BECAME REPORTABLE 5-19-97, WHEN EE ENTERED HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY.

EE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING LINER CONES FROM AN AIR SEPARATOR.

SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL.

EE WAS MOVING A PALLET BY HAND WHEN A REDUCER FELL FROM THE PALLET CAUSING THE INJURY.

TWISTED ANKLE AS HE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF A LADDER WHICH HE DECENDED. EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO STEP AROUND EQUIPMENT THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR AT THE BASE OF THE LADDER.

A TWO POUND SLEDGE HAMMER FELL APPROX 3' FROM A LEDGE & STRUCK THE EE IN THE FOOT.

EE FELL INTO A HOLE IN A GRATING WALKWAY

EMP LOST FOOTING AND SLID DOWN AN INCLINED SURFACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN OXYACETYLENE UNIT WHEN ONEOF HIS GLOVES CAUGHT FIRE.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AS HE STOOD ON A MATERIAL PILE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EE WAS POSITIONING A 1/2" X 2 1/2" X 20' LENGTH OF BAR STOCK FOR CUTTING. THE STOCK SLID OFF OF ITS SUPPORTS PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT AND THE SAW TABLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A SILO EXTRACTION GATE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF WRENCH CAUSED PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW. WAS REPORTABLE ON 8-21-96 WHEN HE RECEIVEDPHYSICAL THERAPY.

EE WAS USING 110V 1/2" DRILL WHICH AGGRAVATED AN EXISTING ELBOW CONDITION.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING DOWN A SET OF STEPS. ONE STAIR TREAD WAS BENT.

EE WAS STANDING ON A PLANK INSIDE A ROTARY CEMENT KILN. ANOTHER WORKER BUMPED THE PLANK CAUSING THE INJURED EE TO FALL.

EE WAS INSPECTING AN AIR OPERATED AIRSLIDE GATE WHEN IT CLOSED. HIS FINGERS WERE INJURED AS THE GATE WAS CLOSING.

HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT AND BENT BACK BETWEEN TWO HANDRAIL SECTIONS AS HE SLID HIS HAND ALONG THE TIP HANDRAIL WHILE WALKING. THIS INJURY TURNED INT MEDICAL WHICH REQUIRED REPORTING ON 4-4-96. E MP REQUIRED PHYSICAL THERAPY.

EE WAS REPAIRING A DUST COLLECTOR. AS HE STEPPED UP APPROX. 18" TO THE TOP STRUCTURE, HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

EMPLOYEE FLEL APPROX 3' WHEN A PIECE OF GRATING SLIPPED FORM UNDER HIS FEET.

EE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE A FROZEN BUILD UP OF MATEIRAL IN A CHUTE. WHEN THE JACKHAMMER BECAME STUCK IN THE FROZEN MATERIAL THE EE INJURED HIS HAND IN AN ATTEMPT TO FREE IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A MATERIAL BUILD UP. FROM A CHUTE WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LOWER LIP WITH A STEEL BAR.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS USING A FORKLIFT TO INSTALL A MOTOR WHEN THE FORKS SHIFTED SUDDENLY AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FORK AND THE MOTOR.

EE SLIPPED AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER. ALLOF HIS WEIGHT WAS TRANSFERRED TO HIS RIGHT ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO THREAD A PIPE WHNE THE PIPE REST FELL AND INJURED HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE REMOVED PART ON NR SLIDE CEMENT THEN BLEW INTO HIS EYES

TWO EE'S WERE ATTEMPTING TO SPOT A TRAVELING TRIPPER CONVEYOR. THE INJURED EE TRIPPED CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRIPPER WHEEL AND THE RAIL.

EE BUMPED LEFT KNEE WHILE ENTERING A MAN BASKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN HCI SOLUTION WHEN SOME OF THE SOLUTION SPLASHED IN HIS EYE

EMPLOYEE BELIEVES THAT HERECEIVED A WELD FLASH BURN FROM ANOTHER WELDING OPERATION THAT WAS NEARBY HIS WORK AREA

EMPLOYEE CARRIED A BEARING & PLACED IT ON A WORK TABLE. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES LATER HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE PAIN CONTINUED TO INCREASE DAY BY DAY. ON 4/5/95 HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION & WAS GIVEN RESTRICTED DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY A METAL PLATE THAT WAS PUSHED BY A FORKLIFT.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO STRIKE A STEEL CEMENT SILO CONE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

RE INJURY

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP A SET OF STEPS WHEN HER FOOT SLIPPED. SHE STRUCK HER KNEE ON A STEP.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A CLEAN-OUT DOOR ON A MATERIAL BUCKET ELEVATOR CHUTE THE DOOR WAS HEAVER THAN IT APPEARED THE EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED AS HE TRIED TO CONTROL IT DURING REMOVAL

EMPLOYEE FELL ON TOP OF A TANKER TRUCK AS HE STEPPED FROM A WALKWAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN.

EE SLIPPED AND HE WAS CLIMBING A SET OF STAIRS TO THE TOP OF A CEMENT BARGE. HIS LEG WAS LACERATED WHEN IT HIT THE STEP BELOW.

EMPLOYEE REINJURED HIMSELF. CO TRIED TO CONNECT IT TO OLD INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO STRIKE A DRIFT PIN WHEN HE MISSED THE PIN AND STRUCK HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING AN ELECTRICLA BREAKER WHEN HIS FINGER WAS LACERATED AS IT CONTACTED A SHARP PIECE OF METAL.

AS EMPLOYE EWAS WORKING FOREIGN MATERIAL ENTERED HIS EYE.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 15" ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FEEL PAIN IN THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIN WITH A SET OF LOCKING PLIERS. AS A FELLOW EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER THE PIN CAME FREE INJURING THE EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A SECTION OF 3/4" FLEXIBLE AIR HOSE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE COVERED SURFACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS WHEN HE SLIPPED, FELL AND SPRAINED HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE MOTOR FROM A SLUFFY TRANSFER PUMP WHEN THE PUMP SHIFTED CAUSING HIM TO JUMP TO THE GROUND. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED HE FELT A JOLT IN HIS ARM, FOLLOWED BY PAIN. HE JUMPED APPROXIMATELY 40". EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR. 1-10-94.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A 30IN BAR TO LOOSEN THE BOTTOM LUG OF A SILO VALVE WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING A LARGE SECTION OF FABRICATED METAL WHEN IT MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY & CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN IT & A CONCRETE WALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH TO INSTALL A BOLT AND NUT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING AN ABRASION. FINGER LATER BECAME INFECTED WHICH THEN MADE IT REPORTABLE.

POKING MATERIAL BUILD-UP IN A STORAGE BIN TO GET MATERIAL TO FLOW. WAS REPEATEDLY USING A 3/4" ROD TO POKE WITH.

SLIPPED ON CLINKER WHICH WAS ON THE FLOOR AND INJURED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE/DOCTOR CLAIMS NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.

A CONVEYOR ROLL WAS DROPPED FROM ABOVE BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A BEARING CAP AND WALKWAY.

EE INJURED UPPER BACK SHOULDERS REMOVING CEMENT BASS FROM A CONVEYOR MEDICAL ATTENTION GIVEN 8-20-93.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON A STEEL BAR TO OPEN A SILO GATE WHEN HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED FROM THE BAR THIS JOLT CAUSED A DULL PAIN TO BE FELT IN HIS NECK ON 07-19-93 HE WENT TO A DOC & WAS GIVEN RES TRICTED DUTY

MATERIAL FELL FROM ABOVE AND ENTERED EMPLOYEE'S EYE.

FELT PAIN IN BACK WHILE LIFTING A BEAM IN THE CLINKER COOLER. TREATMENT NOT RECEIVED UNTIL 10/91- NOT DETERMINED WORK RELATED UNTIL 11/91. 5/25/93 PLEASE BE ADVISED THE INJURED IS AGAIN OFF W ORK DUE THE SAME INJURY. DAYS AWAY FROM WORK WILL START ON 5/17/93. 7/23/93 HE RETURNED TO WORK AT FULL CAPACITY AT HIS REGULAR JOB ON 7/19/93. HE MISSED AN ADDITIONAL 50 DAYS 5/17-7/19-93.

EMPLOYEE TOSSED AN ELEVATOR BUCKET BEHIND HIM FOLLOWING REMOVAL THE CEMENT THAT REMAINED IN THE BUCKET SPLASHED INTO HIS EYE

FELLOW EMPLOYEE INADVERTENTLY TRIPPED THE FREE WHEEL DEVICE ON A SMALL HOIST. A SEAL WHICH WAS BEING HELD IN PLACE FELL STRIKING INJURED EMPLOYEE IN THE ARM.

WORKER FELL FROM A LADDER APPROXIMATELY 45' TO A CONCRETE SURFACE BELOW WHICH WAS COVERED WITH ABOUT 1" OF DIRT AND DUST. THE LADDER WAS PLACED ON A WALKWAY & BEING USED TO WORK FROM & GAIN AC CESS TO A ROTARY CEMENT KILM. THIS WORKER WAS A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SWITCHING CEMENT TRANFER LINES BY HAND. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SILO BAR AND THE CEMENT TRANSFER LINE WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED FROM THE KNUCKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PUMP FROM A CRATE. HE LACERATED HIS WRIST AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE THE WOODEN CRATE FROM UNDER THE PUMP WHICH WAS RASIED. THE INJURY WAS CAUSED BY A PROTRUDING NAI L HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING AN OXYACE TYLENE UNIT INTO PLACE WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN IT & A STEEL DUCT

EMPLOYEE WAS SQUATTING DOWN TO PICK UP A PIECE OF SHELVING WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS KNEES.

LIFTING AN ENGINE LEVER ON THE FRONT END LOADER HE FELT PAIN IN RT ARM

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TOOLS FROM THE TOOL BOX WHEN THE LID CAME DOWN ON HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING A CRIBBING BLOCK WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BLOCK & A HANDRAIL A MOBILE CRANE WAS BEING USED TO LIFT THE BLOCKS INTO POSITION FINGER WAS LACERATED

EMPL REMOVING 6" FLEXIBLE HOSE FROM A DUST COLLECTOR. WHEN REMOVING ONE END OF HOSE EMPL INJURECD BACK TRYING TO HOLD IT. UNKNOWN TO EMPL THE HOSE WAS FILLED WITH PRODUCT CAUSING IT TO BE HEAV Y. INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE ON 9-2-92 WHEN DR RECOMMENDED LIGHT DUTY.

EMPLOYEE UNKNOWINGLY STEPPED ONTO AN UNSECURED STEEL ACCESS LADDER, SLIPPING AND FALLING 4'0". THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURED TAIL BONE AND ABRASIONS TO THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM.

EMPL HAD JUST CLIMBED ONTO A MOBILE CRANE TO HAND THE OPERATOR A PORTABLE RADIO.TURNED TO DISMOUNT THE CRANE AND SLIPPED TO GROUND BELOW A DISTANCE OF 6'.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING AN OIL DRUM USING A DRUM DOLLY WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS WELDING A MATERIAL CHUTE WHICH HE WAS FABRICATING. AS HE STOOD UP HE STRUCK A GUARDED LIGHT FIXTURE WITH THE TOP OF HIS HARD HAT AND JAMMED HIS NECK. EE REQUIRED TREATMENT FROM CHIROPRA CTOR.

EMPLOYEE STRUCK FINGER WITH A HAMMER. PARONYCHIA (INFECTOIN) LATER SET IN.

AN OXYCEMLENE HOSE CAUGHT FIRE WHEN A HOT CHUNK OF METAL CAME IN CONTACT WITH IT. THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO PINCH OFF THE HOSE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAME AND HIS HAND WAS BURNT. DBRIDEMENT OF SKI N WAS NECESSARY.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A BAR IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

BUMPED KNEE WHILE WORKING-NO SYMTOMS UNTIL LATER-MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 06-30-92 WHEN FLUID WAS DRAINED FROM KNEE.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO EXINGUISH A SMALL FIRE THAT HAD OCCURRED AROUND THE OXYGEN HOSE WITH HIS HAND WHILE WEARING A CLOTH GLOVE. THE OXYGEN CAUSED THE GLOVE FINGER AND THUMB TO BURN AT A FAST RATE CAUSING THIS INJURY.

CARP TUNNEL L WRIST BLOCKED SPLINT APPLIED

FELT PAIN IN BACK WHILE LIFTING BEAM IN CLINKER COOLER. TREATMENT NOT RECEIVED UNTIL 10/91 NOT DETERMINED WORK RELATED UNTIL NOV, 1991.

LUBRICATING USING MANUAL GREASE GUN ELBOW STRUCK DRAG SM LACER

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING LUMPS FROM A SCREEN INSIDE A VERTICAL CHUTE AT THE BULK LOADING STATION. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FROM A BENCH HE WAS STANDING ON.

USING HAMMER TO STRAIGHTEN A PC OF METAL HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE WORK AND STRUCK HIS FINGER

EE UNKNOWINGLY DISCONNECTED A PRESSURIZED AIR LINE AT A CHICAGO COUPLING. FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS BLOWN IN TO THE SKIN OF BOTH FOREARMS.

KILN BACK STOP NOT WORKING ENGINE CLUTCH TO RUN AT HIGH RPM IN REVERSE IT STRUCK CASING PC OF IT HIT EMP

EMPL USING A HOIST,BUMPED ELBOW ON NEARBY STRUCTURE.EMPL WAS AWAY 2 DAYS NOT AUTHORIZED BY DR.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN OXYACETYLENE UNIT AND RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS WHEN THE FLAME OF THE TORCH BURNED THE BACK OF HIS HAND DUE TO A DEFECTIVE GLOVE HE WAS WEARING.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP A SET OF STAIRS, HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS SHOULER ON THE HANDRAIL.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING OXYACETYLENE UNIT WHEN HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING STEEL BAR TOOL TO CHANGE SILO VALVES.AS HE PULLED ON BAR HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPL USING PRTABLE GRINDER.AIR MOVEMENT CREATED BY A CODING FAN CAUSED SMALL PIECE OF METAL TO ENTER EYE EVEN THOUGH WEARING A SHIELD.DELAY IN REPORTING THIS DUE TO PROBLEMS CONTACTING TREATIN G DR THEN CONFERENCE WITH MSHA DIST SUPV.

HE WAS LIFTING A BRICK ONTO THE BRICK ARCH. PLUNGER LOST AIR AND BRICK CAME DOWN ON FINGER.

EMPLOYEE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A BRICK AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS WAYUP WITH ONE AND THEY COLLIDED.

PULLING ON BAR TIGHTEN A SILO BOLT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN KNEE

OXYACETYLENE TORCH WAS KNOCKED FROM INJURED EMPLOYEE'S HAND AS BUCKET ELEVATOR WAS BEING REPAIRED. TORCH FLAME CAUSED 2ND DEGREE BURN TO EMPLOYEE'S LEG.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DRILL PRESS AND HOLDING A FLANGE, WHICH HE WAS DRILLING, WITH HIS LEFT HAND. WHILE DRILLING ONE OF THE HOLES IN THE FLANGE, THE BIT JAMMED CAUSING THE WORK TO SPIN CATCHING THE EMPLOYEE'S GLOVE AND INJURING HIS FINGER.

GEAR BOX SLIPPED ON RIGGING STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING LINER PLATES INSIDE A FINISH GRINDING MILL WHEN HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PLATES

PULLING UP ON BAR FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK

EMPLOYEE REAGRIVATED OLD INJURY BY MOVING HEAVY OBJECT. HE SUFFERED A RESIDUAL STRAIN OF THE RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE WORKING TO INSTALL LINER PLATES AT A LARGE GRINDING MILL. MUSCLE RELAXING DRUG S WERE PERSCRIBED BY THE PHYSICIAN.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A LIGHT BULB IN AN EXTENSION LIGTHT WHEN THE BULB BROKE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING, SLIPPED ON ICE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE ANKLE BY A STEEL BALL THAT WAS PROPELLED WHEN IT WAS RUN OVER BY A FORKLIFT TIRE

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO CUT THROUGH A MATERIAL BELT WHEN THE LOCKING MECHANISM ON THE KNIFE FAILED CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

EMPL WAS USING AN OXYGEN ACETYLENE UNIT TO BURN THROUGH A STEEL CABLE HE FAILED TO HOLD CABE AFTER BURNING THROUGH AND THE HOT END CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS THIGH

AS EMPLOYEE WAS DECENDING A LADDER GREASE ON BOTTOM OF HIS SHOE CONTRIBUTED TO A SLIP FROM THE LADDER WHICH INJURED HIS LEFT SHOULDER

INJURED EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A 55 GALLON DRUM WHEN HE RECEIVED LACERATIONS TO HIS 2ND 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS OF HIS R HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT GASKET MATERIAL WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING AN INCISION IN THE RIGHT THIGH

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON LOOSE GRAVEL AS HE STEPPED ON A BARGE GUNNEL. THE FALL RESULTED IN A SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPL REMOVING CABLES FROM OVERHEAD CRANE BUCKET CABLE STRUK LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND CAUSING SIMPLE DISLOCATION.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN A SEPARATOR SLIDE THAT WAS IN PLACE THE WELD BROKE CAUSING THE SLIDE TO STRIKE HIM IN THE FACE HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE LOWER LIP REQUIRING 3 SUTURES

DUST ENTERED EY9S WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A MATERIAL BLOCKAGE

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING A LADDER,TURNED AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE.

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 IN THE ACT OF MOVING 2 FULL RAILROAD HOPPER CARS IN POSITION FOR UNLOADING.AS THE CARS MOVED DOWN THE TRACK WITH THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BRAKE PLATFORM, HIS ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE3RAIL CAR AND THE CAR SHAKER THAT WAS SUSPENDED ABOVE THE TRACK.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS3STEPPING DOWN ONE STEP, HE SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING HIS BACK.

INJURED EMPLOYE9 SLIPPED ON A GRINDING BALL THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

AS TWO EMPLOYEE8 WERE MANUALLY LIFTING A FEEDER TO PLACE IT ON TWO STANDS, IT FELL LANDING ON THE TOP OF THE INJURED EMPLOYEE S FOOT.

EMPL USING RATC2ET WHEN MECHANISM SLIPPED AND RATCHET HANDLE HIT UPPER LIP.DIRT WAS FOUND INSIDE RATCHET MECHANISM WHICH CAUSED SLIPPAGE.EMPL RECD LACERATION TO UPPER LIP WHICH REQ SUTURES.

WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS DRAGGING AND LIFTING A 4" FEXIBLE HOSE, HE FELT A PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS LOWER BACK

AS EE REACHED T2 REMOVE A FROZEN MATERIAL LUMP FROM THE BELT OF A FEED-O-WEIGHT THE BELT STARTED CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE MATERIAL LUMP & THE FEED-O-WEIGHT STRUCTURE. EE RECEIVED AN ABRAS ION TO THE BACK3OF THE LEFT AHND REQUIRING 2 SUTURES.

3 ELECTRICIANS INCL INJ EMPL WERE CHANGING HOLDING LINE CABLES ON OVERHEAD CRANE.THE OPERATOR WA INSTRUCTED BY ELEC WHO WERE STANDING ON TOP OF BUCKET TO TAKE SLACK OUT OF 2ND HOLDING LINE PRI OR TO ATTACHMENT TO EQUILIZER BAR.THE OPERATOR AFTER TAKING SLACK OUT CONTINUED TO HOIST CAUSING EQUILIZER BAR TO PINCH EMPL FOOT.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING A FORKLIFT OPERATOR STACKING PALLETS HE STEPPED ON ONE OF THE PALLETS THE SLAT BROKE CAUSING A SCRAPE ON HIS LEFT SHIN WHICH LATER BECAME INFECTED

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING A BREAKER SWITCH DOOR WHEN THE 440 VOLT LINE FLASHED CAUSING BURNS TO HIS FACE AND HAND

INJ EMPL STANDING BESIDE SCAFFOLD OBSERVING MEN REMOVING OVERHEAD MATERIAL WITH AIR HAMMER.CHUNK OF MATERIAL FELL AND BOUNCED OFF SCAFFOLD AND STRUCK EMPL ON CHIN.CUT ON CHIN REQ 3 SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO REMOVE A BEARING RACE FROM A PUMP HOUSING. WHEN THE BEARING RACE WAS STRUCK WITH THE HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL WAS PROPELLED FROM THE WORK SURFACE STRIKING HIS AR M. THE CUT FROM THE MTEAL REQUIRED ONE (1) SUTURE TO CLOSE.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A TEFLON LINER INSIDE A CHUTE WHILE A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE THROUGH THE LINER FROM THE OUTSIDE. AS THE DRILL BIT PENETRATED THROUGH THE TEFLON L INER IT LACERATED THE EMPLOYEE\S HAND.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LUBRICATING AN OVERHEAD CRANE BUCKET WHEN HIS THUMB BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN A WIRE ROPE ON A SHEEVE WHEEL AFTER THE EMPLOYEE FREED HIS THUMB HE SLIPPED FROM TH E BUCKET AND FELL APPROX 5 FT HE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK AND SHOULDER

...SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER MISSED TARGET AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST AREA.SUSTAINED MUSCLE INJURY IN WRIST AREA.