Arvonia Metal/Non-Metal

EE was walking out the door on the kiln deck when dust blew into his right eye. EE did have safety glasses on. EE flushed the eye. Eye continued to bother EE until he went to doctor on 10/18/10. Diagnosed with corneal abrasion and conjunctivitis. EE put on light duty until 10/20/10. EE job is considered light duty so no changes in duty will take place.

Injured employee was cutting up a tree that fell down for firewood. The tree had poison ivy on it and the employee the next day started to show signs of poison ivy. Employee went to doctor on 10/10/08 and received a shot.

Injured employee was helping to fix a feed chute in kiln. Injured employee took off safety glasses and looked around chute. Another employee was using the torch to clean the area before cutting and blew dust towards the injured employee. Dust got in the injured employee's eyes.

Employee was tightening screen bolts when she stepped through a hole in between the two screens in the catwalk. Employee's right leg went through an approximate 10 inch diameter hole up to her thigh. Employee recieved a puncture in the thigh that required 17 stitches. Employee is on restricted duty for 3 days.

Employee was hooking up a truck when the pressure in the line forced the cap off spraying product in his face.

The employee was cutting a hole in the belt so we could put a rope through it to pull the belt together. He was holding the belt with his left hand and cutting it with a knife in his right hand when the belt slipped and the employee cut his left hand with the knife. The employee required five (5) stitches in his left hand.

The kiln deck was being washed down and another employee was starting down the stairs, slipped and caught himself. When this happened the employee dislocated his shoulder.

Employee was performing normal duties. Brass coating on forks of forklift was damaged. He was repairing when incident occurred. Employee rotated the forks to the vertical position and was using a hammer to knock the brass coating back into place. The pin holding the top fork came out causing that fork to fall and catch employee's finger between the two forks.

A contractor was working on some demolition work at the mine site. He was standing on a catwalk with handrails cutting loose the bottom of the catwalk from a hopper. He cut both of the supports to the catwalk and fell approximately 23 feet. He showed signs of a leg injury and the hospital confirmed a broken femur and pelvis.

ANGLE ERECTION CLIPS PROTRUDED ONTO WALKING AREA OF CAT WALK CAUSING A TRIP HAZARD. EE HUNG HIS BOOT ON ANGLE AND FELL, CUTTING KNEE. FIVE (5) STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

EE TOLD DRIVER THEY WERE FINISHED UNLOADING BUT TO WAIT BEFORE HE PULLED OFF SO THAT HE COULD PUT THE LOAD LOCKS BACK ON THE TRAILER. EE WALKED ONT TRAILER, PUT LOAD LOCK ON, TURNED TO WALK OU T AND DRIVER PULLED AWAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL RIGHT KNEE TWISTED WITH POSSIBLE LIGAMENT DAMAGE.

EE WAS CAUGHT OFF BALANCE WHILE USING HIGH PRESSURE HOSE. HE FELL WHEN HE STEPPED ON CLINKER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OFF EXCESS MATERIAL ON TOP OF TAIL PULLEY GUARD. HE PICKED UP FROZEN PIECE OF MATERIAL OVER HANDRAIL AND A PIECE BROKE OFF FALLING ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, BRUISING IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN HOPPER AND HIS WEIGHT LANDED WRONG AND LEFT KNEE JUMPED OUT OF JOINT.

EE HEARD A CHANGE IN KILN AND HURRIED TO CORRECTTHE PROBLEM BEFORE IT SHUT OFF. EE TRIPPED ON TOP STEP NEXT TO #8 KILN AND BRUISED LT. ELBOW. INITIALLY UNREPORTABLE & BECAME REPORTABLE DUE TO DR. SENDING HIM TO A NEUROLOGIST.

EE WAS REMOVING A BRAKE CONVERTER. HE HAD TO REMOVE AN AIR LINE ON THE TOP. HE HAD TO STAND ON THE MUFFLER OF THE TRUCK. WHEN HE WENT TO LOWER HIMSELF DOWN, HE GRABBED THE RESEVOIR & THE CAP C AME OFF IN HIS HAND & HE FELL BACKWARDS ON HIS BACK & HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TRANSMISSION MOUNT.

EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING KILN #8 WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. HE HAD THE SAME FEELING ON THE 28TH AND ALSO THE 29TH. HE REPORTED IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR. THE EMP LOYEE IS CURRENTLY WORKING. NO LOST TIME TO DATETHE EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE A EARLY INGUINAL HERNIA. HAS DOCTORS APPT ON 12-6-01.

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED LADDER OF RAIL CAR, HAND SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACKWARDS HITTING ELBOW ON CROSSBAR SUPPORT ON THE WAY TO THE GROUND. FELL ABOUT 5'. ENTIRE BLOW OF FORCE WENT TO RIGHT ELBOW. BRUISED RIGHT ELBOW.

EE WAS REACHING ACROSS PIPE TO GET SOME ABSORBENT MATERIAL AND SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING THE PIPE AND INJURING HIS RIGHT SIDE.

EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING ON THE RING AND FELT A BURNING IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. TWO WEEKS LATER HE FELT A LUMP AND NEEDED TO SEE HIS DOCTOR. HAS AN INGUINAL HERNIA.

EE WAS WELDING ON #8 KILN DECK WHEN ANOTHER EE WAS WELDING ABOVE HIM & A HOT PIECE OF SLAG FELLIN HIS LEFT EAR CANAL. BURN IN LEFT EAR CANAL

EE SLIPPED ON ICE & TURNED LEFT ANKLE UNDER BODY. SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE

EE WAS DESCENDING 7 RAW FEED CONVEYOR, HUNG FOOT IN RUNG OF LADDER AND FELL.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING PIN IN A CHAIN. A PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF PIN AND WENT IN INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON RAIL CAR. WHEN HE PULLED HIMSELF UP, THE FIRST STEP HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HIT THE LOWER STEP. HE BROKE HIS LEFT ARM.

EE WAS LIFTING STEEL PLATE TO PUT IN CHUTE AND SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE. (WET FROM RAIN)EE FELL FORWARD AND HIT HIS MOUTH ON THE CROSS BRACE, CHIPPING TWO TEETH.,

EE WAS CLEANING THE WALL OF THE KILN WITH THE BAR. BAR SLIPPED CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR& ANGLE IRON WHICH SUPPORTS KILN NOZZEL. CUT FINGER.

EMPLOYEE PULLED BACK MUSCLES WHILE BARRING THE KILN WHILE TRYING TO GET RING OUT OF UPPER PORTION OF #8 KILN.

EE, TO GET INTO RAW CRUSHER CONTROL SHED, WALKEDAROUND FEED AREA TO FEEDER. CATWALKS ON SIDE NEAR WHERE HE PARKS HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR PURPOSES OF REMOVING CRUSHER FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE. EARLY MORNING COLD LEFT ROCK FROSTY & SLIPPERY. EE'S FOOT SLIPPED TO THE RIGHT & HE FELL INTO THE FEEDER, LANDING ON LEFT WRIST. IMPAIRMENT MINIMAL TO NONE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING METAL FOR WELDER TO TACK. SAFETY GLASSES WERE NOT TINTED ENOUGH FOR WELDING FLASH.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BEARING WITH HAMMER AND PUNCH. A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF END OF PUNCH, FROM BEARING END, AND ENTERED LEFT THIGH. SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND WITH PIECE OF METAL IN IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL FOR ANOTHER MAN TO WELD & A HOT PIECE OF SLAG METAL FELL DOWN INTO HIS SHOE BURNING HIS LEFT FOOT.

CLIMBED UP ON THE TANKER TO TAKE THE SAMPLE. HE WAS WEARING GLASSES AND A RESPIRATOR, THE MATERIAL WAS HEATED AND GIVING OFF VAPORS. THE VAPORS CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS EYES CAUSING SEVERE IRR ATATION.

WAS CARRING A SCRAP PIECE OF PLATE OUTSIDE TO SCRAP BOX. THERE WAS A PIECE OF 1/8 INCH CLATE LAYING ON THE FORKS OF THE FORK LIFT, WHEN WALKING BY THE EDGE OF THE METAL PLATE ON THE FORKLIFT W HICH HAD A RAZOR EDGE CUTTING MY LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE CAP. I HAD TO RECEIVED 4 STITCHES.

UNLOADING TWO WHEEL RIMS FROM TRUCK AND PINCHED HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.

GRINDING CYLINDER HELD DOWN WITH EMERY WHEEL, WEARING WELDING SHIELD WITH CLEAR LENS BUT WIND BLEW METAL INTO LEFT EYE.

WASHING OFF KILN PLATFORM, REWINDING HOSE AND HOSE CLAMP CUT RIGHT THUMB CAUSING LACERATION ON RIGHT THUMB, REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

DUST PIPE SEPARATED TRYING TO GET OUT OF WAY OF DUST TURNED & HIT ANOTHER PIPE GLASSES (SAFETY) HAD DUST ON THEM

ATTEMPTING TO MOVE PIECE OF METAL, METAL SLIPPED STRIKING LEFT LEG. LEFT LEG HAD LACERATION AND BRUISED.

ADDING AIR IN TIRE, TIRE RIM BROKE STRIKING RIGHT HAND AND LEG. BROKE NUCKLE OF MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WITH LACERATION, BRUISED RIGHT LEG, LEFT ARM & LEG. TIRE WAS INFLATED AND ON TRUCK.

UNKNOWN CAUSES 5T THIS TIME

SITTING ON TOP 2F #8 KILN USING A LARGE 7 IN GRINDER COMPLETED GRINDING RELEASED TRIGGER ON GRINDER SIT IT DOWN ON KILN, WHEEL WAS STILL SPINING MOVEMENT OF WHEEL CAUSED GRINDER TO MOVE ALONG METAL UNTIL IT 7AME IN CONTACT WITH RT KNEE

PIECE OF ANGLE 3RON FELL HITTING RT HAND CUTTING KNUCKLE

REMOVING REAR E3D FROM PICKUP TRUCK WHEN SPILLED GAS CAUGHT FIRE BURNING HANDS AND LEFT THIGH

CHANGING SCREEN8 ON BLOCK SIDE, CHAIN HOIST GOT SLACK CAUGHT SMALL FINGER NEAR THUMB ON RIGHT HAND CUTTING END OF FINGER.

BAR SLIPPED AND3CAUGHT FINGER IN HAND RAIL WHILE WORKING ON COOLER, CRUSHED END OF SMALL FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

USING ELECTRIC 2AND GRINDER IT BECAME INTANGLED IN CORD CAUSING GRINDER TO KICK HITTING HIM ON KNEE

DRILLING HOLE I3 COPPER PIPE, BROOK LOOSE FROM VICE CUTTING EDGE OF PIPE, ROUGH EDGE OF PIPE CUT LEFT HAND.

WAS USING GRIND3NG MACHINE CUT MACHINE OFF & REMOVED SAFETY GOGGLES & WIND BLEW FOREIGN OBJECT INTO EYE.

WELDING WELDERS3FLASH IN RIGHT EYE.

RAIN WASHED GUL5Y IN ROAD, TURNED ANKLE AND FELL SKINED LEFT KNEE LATER BECAME INFECTED.

REMOVING TOP FROM CAN OF WELDING RODS TOP SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT WRIST.

FINGER SLIPPED THROUGH GUARD & WAS NIPPED BY FAN.

FELL ON STEPS

CUTTING GRASS IN APPLE ORCHARD WHEEL OF TRACTOR FELL INTO HOLE JURKING STEERING WHEEL THROWING EMPLOYEE FROM TRACTOR.