Cobb Mine Metal/Non-Metal

EE was crushing clay when a piece of grit got in his eye. He was unable to get grit out and his eye became swoole & red. He went to Dr. who said he had scratched his cornea. The Dr. bandaged the eye and advised the EE to take one day off work.

Track hoe operator was positioning track hoe to load clay trucks. Unknown to the operator, employee arrived at the pit and approached track hoe from the blind side. Hoe operator swung bucket around and struck employee in the upper back and shoulder knocking him to the ground.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A PLATFORM PUNCHING OUT THE CLAY HOPPER WHICH HAD GOTTEN CLOGGED WITH WET CLAY. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND TOSSED UP A LUMP OF CLAY TO GET HIS ATTENTION. THE LUMP OF CLAY S TRUCK HIS LEFT EYE. HE RINSED HIS EYE WITH WATER AND COMPLETED HIS SHIFT. HE DID NOT TELL HIS SUPERVISOR. THE EYE BECAME MORE IRRITATED OVER THE WEEKEND. HE SAW A DOCTOR ON 9/15.

EE WAS CLEANING THE DRAG CHAIN WHEN HE SLIPPED, CAUSING HIS FOOT TO SLIDE UNDER THE CHAIN. THIS CAUSED A COMPRESSION INJURY TOHIS LEFT FOOT.

EE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL AND WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. METAL PARTICLES SOMEHOW BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS RT EYE. HE WENT TO A HOSPITAL ER LATER THAT DAY AND WAS REFERRED TO AN OPTOMETRI ST WHO REMOVED THE METAL PARTICLES.

EMPLOYEE HIT HIS LEFT ARM WITH A HAMMER WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK ON A MILL. THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, HIS FOREARM SWELLED AND BECAME PAINFUL. HE WENT TO A HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. DOCTOR GAVE HIM AN INJECTION,PRESCRIPTION,SPLINT AND A SLING.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE LONG CHAIN WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THEY WERE USING IRON BARS FOR THIS JOB. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE DROPPED HIS IRON BAR ANDHIT EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS ASKED IF HE WANTED TO SEE A DOCTOR AND HE DECLINED. ON 08/03/99, EMPLOYEE TOLD THE COMPANY PRESIDENT THATHE WAS HAVING BACK PAIN WHICH HE FELT WAS DUE TOTHE ACCIDENT. HE SAQW THE DOCTOR ON 08/03/99.

EE FELL ON PLANT GROUND, HITTING HIS HEAD AND CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.

EE WAS TRYING TO MOVE AN OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE CART WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM WHER E THE DR. PRESCRIBED PAIN MEDICATION AND ONE DAYS REST.

EE WAS REMOVING ROLL FROM DRYER. CAUGHT ROUGHT EDGE OF ROLL ON HIS LEFT HAND WHICH MADE A GASH IN HIS PALM. INJURY REQURIED STITCHES (LESS THAN10)

EMPLOYEEW AS WASHING A BACKHOE,. HE WA DISLODGING A CLUMP OF DIRT WITH HIS FOOT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE BACKHOE, CUTTING HTE TOP FRONT OF HIS HEAD. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE L OCAL HOPSITAL EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE THE WOUND WAS STITCHED AND HE WAS RELEASED.

EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTYING A DUMP TRUCK AT THE COMPANY LANDFILL WHEN THE EARTH UNDER THE TRUCK SHIFTED, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO TILT OVER ON ITS SIDE. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A MODERATELY SEVERE CUT TO THE LOWER BACK PART OF HIS HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN AN AREA WHERE MACHINE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE. A SLIVER OF METAL HIT HIM IN THE ARM, CAUSING A SMALL CUT. HE WAS TAKEN TO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A TETANU S SHOT AND ONE STITCH.

THERE WAS WELDING GOIN ON IN THE EMPLOYEE'S AREA. ALTHOUGH THE EMLPLOYEE WAS NOT ASSIGNED TO HELP WITH THE WELDING, HE APPARENTLY WATCHED SOME OF IT WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR AND SUFFERED MI NOR EYE BURN FROM THE WELDING FLASH. EMPLOYEE WAWARE UNTIL EMPLOYEE'S FATHER REPORTED THAT HE HAD TAKEN EMPLOYEE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT DURING HTE NIGHT OF 5-7-90.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE MOTOR FRAM EOF A 6" PUMP POURING WATER INTO THE RADIATOR OF THE PUMP. HE TURNED AROUND WITH THE BUCKET IN HIS HAND. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE FRAME AND HE FE LL, STRIKING HIS LEFT SIDE UNDER HIS ARM. HE WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR, WHO X-RAYED HIM AND RELEASED HIM TO RETURN TO WORK. HOWEVER, THE NEXT DAY, HE TELEPHONE HIS SUPERVISOR TO SAY THAT HE WAS

EMPLOYEE LEFT WORK ON 8-16-89 TO SEE THE DOCTOR ABOUT BACK PAIN HE HAD BEEN HAVING. AT NO TIME DID HE REPORT ANY ACCIDENT OR INJURY. HE HAD BACK SURGERY ON OR ABOUT 8-21-89. WE DID NOT KNOW TH AT EMPLOYEE CONSIDERED HIS BACK PROBLEMS WORK RELATED UNTIL WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HIS LAWYER REQUESTING US TO FILE A WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION CLAIM ON HIS BEHALF.

EMPL WAS REPAIRING A SCREW CONVEYOR IN THE PLANT HE PICKED UP A 2" PIN TO PUT IN PLACE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK THE NEXT MORNING HE HAD CONSIDERABLE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK BUT FELT BETTER A FTER HE HAD BEEN UP A WHILE AND DECIDED TO REPORT TO WORK ON 4-14-89 HE AGAIN AWOKE IN PAIN AND DECIDED TO GOTO THE DR

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BAGS OF CLAY FROM ROLLER SKATE CONVEYOR. HE REACHED OUT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO STOP A BAG AND THE BAG HIT HIS THUMB AND JAMMED IT BACK INTO AN UNNATURAL POSTION.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF DRY CLAY ELVATOR INTO A SMALL HOLE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. THE DOCTOR CLASSIFED HIS INJURY AS A ANKLE SPRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AN OFFICE CHAIR AND THE CHAIR FELL ON HER FOOT. THE FOOT WAS BRUISED BUT THE SKIN WAS NOT BROKEN.

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM A RAILROAD CR, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON RAILROAD CAR LADDER AND BANGED HIS RIGHT SHIN ON THE LADDER.SKIN WS BROKEN, BUT NO STITCHES WERE NECESSARY.

UPON STEPPING 2UT OF HIS DUMP TRUCK EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL SCRAPING HIS RIGHT SHIN. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL 2 1 88 WHEN THE WOUND BECAME INFECTED.

EMPLOYEE LIFTED3A HEAVY METAL BAR AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK HE PUT THE BAR DOWN AND TOLD HIS SHIFT SUPERVISOR THAT HE PULLED HIS BACK BUT HD DID NOT INDICATE THAT THE INJURY WAS SERIOUS AN D HE FINISHED H3S SHIFT WHEN HE REPORTED TO WORK ON 8-31-87 HE SAID HIS BACK WAS STILL HURTING AND WAS SENT TO THE DR

EMPL CLOSING RR3CAR DOOR,SLIPPED AND FELL OFF CAR,BRUISING RIGHT HIP.

EMPL BEATING OU7 DUST COLLECTOR WITH IRON PIPE.HIT RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND WITH PIPE.

EMP SLIPPED AND3FELL ONFLOOR, AGGRAVATING AN EXISTING BACK CONDITION. EMP DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 05 19 87. HE LEFT WORK AT 8 PM ON 05 20 87 BECAUSE OF BACK PAIN. HE RETURNED TO WORK 0 05 21 87 DOCTOR3HAS RESTRICTED HIM TO LIGHT WORK UNTIL 05 27 87

BEATING CLAY OU7 OF ELEVATOR CUPS WITH HAMMER,EMPL STRUCK 2 MIDDLE FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND WITH HAMMER.

EMPLOYEE WAS FE9DING CLAY ONTO CHAIN IN DRYING DEPARTMENT. HE TURNED AROUND TO ACTIVATE STOP START BOTTON, A LARGE LUMP OF CLAY FELL FROM BUILT UP PILE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MAINTENANCE FOREMAN I.NAME CHANGE CONTACTS AT CRUSHER AT UPPER PLANT MAIN ELECTRICAL SWITCH HAD BEEN PULLED EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN HE MADE CONTACT W ITH THE BOX THEY WERE WORKING ON

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A V-BELT ON KICKER BELT IS LOCATED IN AN AREA THAT IS NOT READILY ACCESSIBLE EMPLOYEE HAD TO PULL HIMSELF UP TO CROSSOVER A PIPE THUS CAUSING A STRAIN OON THE NECK

EE WAS HELPING TO DO REPAIR WORK ON DOZER. LIFTED UP ON TRACK OF DOZER & HURT BACK PULLED MUSCLE.

WILLIAM LEFT WORK AT 4:00 AM JUNE 14. HE DID NOT TELL HIS SUPERVISOR. HE WENT TO HIS RESIDENCE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. HE REPRTED HE AHAD HIM SO HE WENT HOME. SEE DR GARNER IN GORDON GA JUNE 16 RETURNE TO WORK JUNE 21.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A POWER CURVE CONVEYOR INTO A BOXCAR FOR LOADING HE MASHED MIDDLE TWO FINGERS ON RT HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS FEEDING CLAY ONTO A CHAIN AT A LOWER PLANT, HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A CHAIN BOARD AND HURT HIS BACK JUST ABOVE THE HIP. HE DIDNT TELL ANYONE UNTIL AFTER THE SHIFT WAS OVER