LIMESTONE DUST CORP.Metal/Nonmetal

Employee was walking stumbled and fell sideways 14 feet from a step over ladder they had traversed landing on their right side with pain on that side and shoulder 911 was called and the employee was transported to Hospital.

EE was using EE's personal knife to remove a band from a stack of bags. In cutting the strap the force used the knife to continue on toward the EE left forearm causing a laceration. EE was taken to a local urgent care facility were the wound was treated and stitches applied. EE may return to work tomorrow.

Employee was dropping off a loaded trailer in the truck parking lot. While cranking the dollies on the trailer down, a bee landed on the employee's right side. This resulted in the employee being strung by the bee and the employee having to self administer an Epipen as employee is allergic to bee venom.

Forklift came into to remove pallet of product, causing the pallet to shift which resulted in the bags of product twisting the employee's left knee.

While walking on an elevated walkway employee did not observe that an access opening in the grating was open and subsequently stepped through it causing a contusion to his lower leg.

Employee was operating a machine that fills polypropylene bags with pulverized limestone when his left hand got caught in one of the straps attached to the bag, as the forklift operator was backing out with the pallet that the bag was sitting on resulting in the employee's left arm being pulled causing a strain to the machine operator's left shoulder.

Employee was leaving plant to go on a break, employee stepped backwards to speak to a fellow employee and in doing so tripped and fell into a nearby railing.

During the installation of a blower for #1 Sly the injured was checking the direction of the rollers when his right index finger was sucked into the rollers resulting in a deep laceration.

while working on the belt line, employee was picking up a bag of dust when another bag fell striking his hand and pushed it into the belt causing an avulsion of the nail right hand ring finger.

While removing lug nuts from a tire, the socket employee using came free when struck with a sledgehammer traveling backwards striking employee's face and mouth.

In attempt to remove a 50 lb bag from the production line, the bag tilted over forcing employee's right hand and wrist to be strained.

While replacing a brake chamber on a commercial truck, the employee unsafely attempted to disassemble the factory sealed portion of the brake chamber. The spring pressure discharged the brake chamber causing pieces of the spring to strike the employee over his left eye, causing a very deep laceration.

While shoveling excess gravel debris, employee injured elbow.

Employee tripped over wooden crib block on a concrete floor causing his left knee to strike the floor.

Employee on lunch break wiped his left eye with the sleeve of his clothing and dust from the sleeve entered his left eye allegedly scratching it

(Worker breached safety barrier and fell 4 feet to warehouse floor.) A roll of plastic covers was being installed with a forklift. EE was positioned inside a safety perimeter attempting to position the locks on the shaft of the roll. For whatever reason he exited the safety perimeter and fell off the elevated work area about 4 feet to the warehouse floor.

Employee was tightening straps on truck for load, hands were wet from snow, hands slipped off strap bar and bar flew up and hit him in chin. Employee was using a DOT approved strap bar.

Employee was taking bags off the belt line, his gloved finger was pulled down into a small hole at the end of the line.

Employee was crawling under a bin and twisted his left knee.

Employee disregarded safety proceedures and labels by staying on forklift and attempting to release reclaim bin lever instead of dismounting and releasing the lever. The safety cage and fork assembly came down trapping right arm between cage and release lever.

Employee was going down the steps into the pit and a bolt had fallen and gotten lodged in the step and he did not see it and stepped on the bolt and twisted his ankle.

Employee was stacking 40lb bags and a bag fell and he bent to pick up the bag and hit his left eye on the pallet.

Employee was stacking dust on pallet and a 50 lb bag of dust came off assembly, employee caught bag and went to swing it onto the pallet and tripped and caught self with left arm.

Employee was using a lady slipper bar and was jabbing it between the belt and metal platform and the lady slipper bar slipped thru with his left pinky going thru also. Was told not to by co-worker.

Employee was placing a 50 lb bag of dust on a pallet and while placing bag on pallet, his elbow popped.

Employee was pushing a hose clamp up on a hose with a screw driver and screw driver slipped hitting him in the right eye.

Employee left premises for lunch. Upon returning and still on break he was talking to other employees and he fell face forward hitting his face on the conrete.

Employee was stacking dust, picked up bag and next bag came off belt line and landed on bag that EE was picking up and shoved his right hand 2 fingers between the belt and metal plate.

Operator speeding on forklift, hit concrete slab, swerved, overcorrected and forklift went up on side at 35 degree angle and came to rest against pallet of product.

Pulling a 21' joint of 4"" black iron pipe with an electric wench. The start/stop switch stuck and pulled pipe against right hand. Caught right hand between pipe and steps.

Forklift flipped over and cage may have caught employees foot. Employee also told that he hurt his foot at home when truck ran over it.

EE picked up a mill bar to turn mill and experienced pain in his back.

EE was pulling a pallet off of a stack of 8 high pallets, when a pallet fell off and hit the side of his right foot behind the steel toe of his safety boot.

EE was moving a barrel of fluid, causing pain in his abdomen.

Went to grab a bag of dust and left hand slid under belt.

Employee moved behind the rear wheel of clark crane just before the operator moved backward and crane wheel caught the right foot on the edge.

Employee was shoveling up dust when right hand hit scales lacerating right knuckle on index finger.

Employee jumped off of truck being tarped and left arm got entangled in life line attached to safety harness.

Employee stated that he had a toothache and was going to the emergency room. When he got to the emergency room he told them that he got hit with a fork lift. He did not report this to his supervisor and the fork lift operator stated that he knew nothing about the incident. We fill this report with prejudice and that the indicient was not reported to supervisory personnell.

A top sheet failed to cut off completely. Employee opened the gate to the restricted area, overrode the electrical safety switch by blocking it off and proceeded to dislodge the top sheet while the machine was operating. The top sheet dispenser returned trapping his arm and shoulder against the metal structure.

Working on truck frame, trying to remove bolts-hit right knee with hammer.

Employee was stacking dust - had knee against plate/platform. Platform was hit with endloader, causing plate to strike right knee.

Employee thought a pallet was going to fall and grabbed pallet stubbing thumb.

Employee stepped up on trunion - foot slipped and hit knee.

Employee stepped on a 2x4x3' that was lying on floor.

EE tried to avoid bag hitting the ground when it came off the belt line. He caught the bag with his left hand, turned left to put the bag on the pallet, pulled back muscle.

Was stacking 50lb bags of mine safety dust, had two pallets stuck together, one fell and he was turning to lay a 50lb bag down and he fell over the pallet.

Employee was assisting with exhaust on tractor #67 and exhaust fell hitting his right hand.

EE was grinding pipe on compressor-grinder kicked back and hit left knee.

Employee loading 50 lb bag mine safety dust on pallet and got pain his right shoulder.

Employee fell between stack of pallets & #2 super sack machine.

Employee running 50 lb bag dust went to move one bag, had pain in left shoulder.

50lb bag of dust busted & was going down belt line, EE tried to remove bag & caugt right hand in conveyor.

Using slade bar on a roller in the plant. The bar slipped.

Empty pallet fell on right hand

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP 50 LB. BAG OFF FLOOR, ATTEMPTING TO STACK IT ON TOP OF 9-HIGH PALLET LOAD (STRAINED GROIN).

Was unloading trailer with forklift. Had set pallet of dust on trailer & was backing away from truck, then proceded forward, glanced at trailer & ran into concrete pier.

TOP SHEET DISPENSER HAD A PIECE OF PLASTIC HANGING FROM CLAMP. EMPLOYEE PULLED IT OFF AND ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST TOP SHEET ROLL WHEN CLAMP CAUGHT HIS ARM AND HELD HIM UNTIL IT COULD BE MANUALLY BE RELEASED.

Forklift operator was putting tarp on top of loaded trailer. Tarp was heavier than usual because of rain and mud. He twisted his left wrist.

Was loading dump truck #121 with 920 loader got in #121 to park on back lot. When exiting #121 stepped out and missed step.

Employee was attempting to straighten up bags on conveyor belt and caught his left hand in the belt.

WHILE CLEANING WALKWAY ON AUTOSTACKER, 2ND EE PICKED UP A BUSTED BAG OF ROCK DUST FROM WALKWAY AND DROPPED TO FLOOR BENEATH, UNAWARE THAT EE HAD WALKED UNDER. THE BAG OF DUST HIT EE IN BACK

Was carrying tarp on trailer & stepped on rock that was on trailer causing injury to left foot.

CHANGING PLOW ON #2 MILL, EE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG.

Was using grinder on mill roll, the grinding wheel shattered and hit left hand causing injury to middle finger.

Was using cutting torch on dye ring in the #2 mill when left glove blew off & burnt left hand.

Employee, attempting to free stuck pallet, laid a bar on top of pallet, pallet came free, bar fell off hitting right foot.

EE WAS WORKING ON TRK #73 DEAD ABLE, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AXLE WITH FORKLIFT ASSISTANCE ADN BLOCK OF WOOD. HIS LEFT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT WITH WOOD BLOCK.

OPERATING SUPER SACK MACHINE - CAUGHT RIGHT ARM UNDER BAG - PULLING ARM UNDER BAG.

WAS UNHOOKING AIRLINE ON #123 TRACTOR, WHEN GRATE CAUGHT BOOT CAUSING EE TO FALL BACKWARDS LANDING ON LEFT ARM.