Dalton Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was dumping empty bags into an outside trash dumper when the wind blew some residue from the bags into his face. He got some material in his left eye. He flushed the eye and when he returned to work the next morning it was red and irritated. He was carried to a walk-in clinic where a doctor examined his eye.

Employee was operating bobcat on unlevel ground which turned over on its side. The employee was wearing a seatbelt, but his elbow hit a piece of metal causing a cut. The employee was taken to a local walk-in clinic where he received stitches and medication. The doctor released the employee to return to work the same day for regular duty with no time off due to this injury.

Employee was sitting in the breakroom and stood up. When he started walking he felt pain in the upper part of his right leg. As he walked the pain worsened. He was taken to the emergency room and diagnosed with a strain/sprain to the muscle in his leg.

Employee was tightening a section of 3" conduit and felt a "pop" in his left hand, followed by a burning sensation. When he awoke the next morning his hand was swollen. He then reported the incident and sought treatment at the local emergency room.

EE was tightening clamp on waterhose with a screwdriver. Screwdriver slipped jabbing into left hand palm.

DESCENDING STEPS IN AMICAL MILL ROOM, FOOT SLIPPED, TEAM MEMBER FELL AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND ON METAL ENCLOSURE, CUTTING GASH IN LEFT PALM.

Changing a blow line from 1 pipe to another. There was no air pressure on the line when the accident occurred. The line slipped off the pipe, whipped around and hit EE in the face. EE has a deviated septum; will have open nasal reduction surgery 08/10/04.

EE FELL OFF LADDER & CAME TO REST OVER DOOR OF BOTTOM DUMP RAIL CAR. EE WAS INSIDE CAR AT TIME OF INCIDENT, INSPECTING SAME. WHILE IN THIS POSITION, HIS FOOT WAS IN THE AREA OF THE DOOR, WHICH WAS CONCURRENTLY BEING CLOSED FROM OUTSIDE OF COMPARTMENT. UPON BEING ALERTED, OTHER EMPLOYEES OPENED DOOR & HE EXITED RAIL CAR.

EE COLLAPSED WHILE STANDING IN THE MILL CONTROL ROOM AS HIS MORNING SHIFT WAS BEGINNING. HE WAS CONVERSING AND GAVE NO INDICATION OF DISTRESS WHEN HE COLLAPSED. ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE WERE UNSUCCE SSFUL AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HAMILTON COUNTY EMERGENCY ROOM. CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A BLOOD CLOT IN HIS LUNGS.

EE WAS OPERATING A PNEUMATIC HAMMER ON CEMENT. FLYING DEBRIS WAS ABLE TO ENTER RT EYE DESPITE EE HAVING ON SAFETY GLASSES

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING METAL WITH POWER GRINDING WHEEL WHEN A PIECE OF METAL SEPERATED AND FLEW UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES ENTERING HIS RIGHT EYE.TREATED AND RELEASED FROM MED CENTER E.R. NO PERMANENT DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT.

EE WAS USING A SPRAYER ATTACHED TO A HOSE. A DILUTED ACID SOLUTION WAS BEING USED TO CLEAN ALUMINUM PARTS ON A DUMP BED TRAILER. WHILE SO ENGAGED, A HOSE CAME OFF THE SPRAY DEVICE CAUSING THE DILUTED ACID SOLUTION TO SPRAY UPWARDS AND HITTING THE EE IN THE FACE. SOME OF THE ACID FOUND ITS WAY UNDER THE SAFETY GLASSES HE WAS WEARING AND ENTERED HIS EYES.

EE WAS WALKING ON ELEVATED STEEL DECKING AND STEPPED THRU HOLE THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD DUCT WORK THRU IT. EE INJURED LT LEG AND KNEE. NO FRACTURES DETECTED, BUT ANOTHER ORTHO EXAM REQUIRED FOR POSSIBLE LIGAMENT DAMAGE.

EE WAS ROTATING A SCREW HOUSING WITH HIS ARMS ELEVATED ABOVE HIS HEAD AND WHILE DOING SO HE FELTMUSCLES IN HIS UPPER LEFT BACK AND LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK PULL. EE STATES HE HAS MODERATE DISCOMFORT IN THE AREA. HE INDICATED THAT THE SCREW HOUSING HAD RESIDUAL MATERIAL IN IT AND THAT THIS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ITS WEIGHT AND IFFICULTY IN BEING ROTATED.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL HI-PRESSURE PLUG IN BOTTOM OF TRACTOR BLOWER, IN THE DARK & IN AN ATTEMPT TO INSERT PLUG STUCK INDEX FINGER, L HAND, INTO PLUG HOLE WHERE IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HOL E LIP & BLOWER ROTOR, AMPUTATING TIP. HE HAD SHUT DOWN TRACTOR & BLOWER & BLED AIR FROM FRUEHAUF TANK. HE FAILED TO REALIZE THAT LINE FROM TANK TO BAG HOUSE, WITH TRACTOR BLOWER DOWN, CAUSED

TEAM MEMBER WAS INSTALLING V BELTS & WHILE ROLLING BELTS TO ANOTHER NOTCH WITH RIGHT HAND HE DID NOT PAY ATTENTION AND ALLOWED LEFT INDEX FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND SHEIVE RESULTING IN A TWO STITCH CUT.

TEAM MEMBER WAS REACHING TO REMOVE EYE BOLT FROM CABLE EYE. AS HE GRASPED EYE BOLT HIS & CO-WORKERS MOVEMENT CAUSED MAN LIFT BASKET TO SHIFT JUST ENOUGH TO STRIKE LOWER PORTION OF EYE BOLT PI NCHING RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BOLT HEAD & CABLE EYE. CUT TO INDEX FINGERREQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.

TEAM MEMBER WAS ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE IF BELT TENSION WAS CAUSE OF SCREW NOT TURNING, AND HAD GIVEN VERBAL INSTRUCTION TO OTHER TEAM MEMBER TO START/STOP SCREW, WHILE OBSERVING BELTS, WHEN H E GRABBED BELTS TO CHECK TENSION. DRIVE RESTARTED PINCHING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN BELTS AND DRIVE SHIEVE.

PNEUMATIC HOSE CONNECTION CAME APART AT QUICK CONNECT AND STRUCK TEAM MEMBER ON TOP OF LEFT WRIST AND CUTHIM UNDER LEFT ARM AT ARM PIT AS IT FELL.

HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE EMPTYING OUT A MILL DUST COLLECTOR. THE HOPPER WAS FILLING UP AND HE MOVED QUICKLY TO HELP SHUT THE DOOR BEFORE THE HOPPER SPILLED OVER. THERE WAS DUST ON THE FLOO R, AS HE TURNED HE SLIPPED, TWISTING HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A BOX TO GET OTHER BOXES DOWN OFF A HIGH SELF. BECAME UNBALANCED AND FELL. STRUCK LEFT HAND ON A CABINET DOOR CORNER WHEN TRYING TO STOP FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 2400 LB BAG TO PLACE ON PALLET AND HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST ON FORK LIFT, SPRAYING HYDRAULIC FLUID INTO FACE AND EYES. BURNING & IRRITATING LEFT EYE.

54736YEE WAS PLACING A WET SCREEN INTO OVEN TO DRY, WHEN HE HIT HIS FINGER AGAINST AREA WHERE INSULATION HAD WORN AWAY ON THE DOOR, CUTTING HIS KNUCKLE ON SHARP EDGE OF METAL.

EMPL BAGGING AND THE PRODUCT WAS STICKING TO THE SIDE WALLS OF BINS.CLIMBED SUPPORT STRUCTURE TO TAP SIDE OF BIN.LEFT HAMMER ON BIN RAIL.TRIED TO GET THE HAMMER AND SLIPPED AND HIT LEG ON BAG HOLDER.CUT ON LEFT LEG BELOW KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A SAMPLE OUT OF A JUMBO BAG WHEN HE STEPPED OFF TOP OF THE BAG HIS FOOT BECAME TANGLED IN LIFT STRAP & HE FELL TO THE FLOOR CONTUSION & BRUISE OF LEFT KNEE

HELPING REPLACE ROTOR FELT SHARP PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER TO CRACK OPEN AN AREA OF CONCRETE WHICH NEEDED REPAIRING WHEN LIFTING HAMMER TO MOVE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RT MIDDLE BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 LB. BAGS ONTO PALLETS, HURT LOW RIGHT BACK. ACUTE LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO RESTROOM. AFTER HE ENTERED THE RESTROOM, THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF WATER, ONE FOOT FROM THE DOOR. HE SLIPPED AND FELL. WHILE FALLING, HE GRABBED ONE OF THE SINKS, AND HIT HIS BACK ON THE OTHER SINK.

WHILE OPENING R5ILCAR DOORS,EMPLOYEE SLIPPED,LANDING HIS LEFT HAND ON THE PRY BAR USED IN OPENING THE DOORS.FRACTURE,CARPAL NAVICULAR LEFT WRIST.