Elco Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Mechanic moving a classifier from its housing when it got hung on a vertical I-beam on the lifting eyehole as it twisted coming out of the housing. Mechanic placed their hand on the motor to push away from the beam. Space was too tight for a pushstick. The lifting chain shifted as twisted and caught right thumb between the motor and chain. 6 stitches.

Moving rocks by hand and smashed thumb between two rocks. Fractured thumb

Mechanic was crawling out of under packers at 4Spout when feet got tangled up in each other. EE fell from packer platform on hands and knees approximately 30" from packer platform to concrete floor below onto L knee. EE reports no pain and no injury other than a 2" knot above L knee. Mobility is not restricted. EE does not want to go to ER or leave work.

EE was attempting to swing a suspended load that had been hung up. EE pushed on the load and it popped loose and trapped R hand between I-beam and load causing laceration.

Reportable hearing loss from audiogram. *After sending EE to a second audiologist and an ENT specialist, results came back without a reportable hearing loss.

EE was placing a fan blade on the maintenance shop table when it slipped and dropped causing a laceration to EE's index finger on EE's left hand. After removing the fan blade from the motor shaft, EE removed EE's gloves to take a break but then decided to sit the fan blade on the table to get it off the floor.

The employee was trying to get a valve closed using a dead blow hammer, when EE felt pain in EE's right shoulder.

The employee was descending a ladder when the right foot slipped on the rung. The employee was able to catch themselves with their upper body. A short time after, the employee felt pain in the lower back and right leg.

The employee was recycling 50 lb bags of material when ee felt a pop in right elbow. Initial treatment was using over the counter anti-inflammatory medicine. EE was seen by the company doctor on 4/4/16 and given a cortisone treatment.

EE was clearing dust from photo eye the Fuji Robot. After cleaning photo ee noticed a bag that was not completely at the end of the line which would cause a problem when robot picked up bag. He then proceeded to step down to move the bag to the appropriate place, but when he took the 1st step with his right foot he stepped on a bolt sticking out of the ground, which he did not see.

The employee was moving pallets to prepare for bagging. He picked up a pallet by hand & felt a prick to his left hand ring finger. EE removed his glove & found a small dark object just under the skin, which he removed. EE continued to work & within an hour his finger & hand were swollen. He was taken to the ER for treatment & had a follow up with a hand specialist the next day.

A chest x-ray taken during 2006 for Unimin's medical surveillance program was interpreted by a NIOSH Certified B-Reader as normal. The 2006 chest x-ray was recently re-studied by 3 different NIOSH Certified B-Readers for an industrial sand epidemiology study & found to have radiographic indications of occupational lung disease with a median profusion classification of 1/0.

The EE placed his body against the safety chain at the north loading dock door & leaned out of the opening to look south in order to determine if there were any trucks waiting to be loaded. The bolt at the chain anchor point broke, & the EE was pitched forward out the loading dock door opening. HE traveled downward approximately 4', landing on his feet in an upright position.

EE was retrieving a garden hose from the well pump house and was reaching for the water hose spigot when he encountered the snake. The snake struck at him, causing him to jump back to avoid being bitten. The employee landed awkwardly on his left leg and fell to the ground. Upon attempting to stand, he experienced severe pain in his left knee. The result was a patella fracture.

On January 21, the employee was exiting the building through an overhead garage door. He opened the door with the controls and stopped the door just above his head. As he was walking through the door, it began to close and hit the employee on the hard hat, neck, and shoulder. The employee did not seek medical attention until February 17 and dr prescribed light duty for L shoulder.

Dust inhalation.

The employee claims injury from repetitive motion of using a sledgehammer to break rocks over a period of several years, resulting in carpal tunnel syndrome.

EE was descending a vertical ladder when his foot slipped off a ladder rung. The ee had his hands on the outer frame of the ladder and was able to catch himself before hitting the ground. The ladder is approx 10 feet in height and the ee slid approx 5 feet before catching himself. The ladder is exposed to weather, and it was raining at the time of the incident.

The employee was placing a bulk bag on the bagging arm when material fell into his eye.

The employee was trying to unplug a pipe by striking it with a sledgehammer. When he hit the pipe the hammer twisted causing injury to the employee's right wrist and elbow.

The employee was balancing a 4' x 4' x 1/4" sheet of steel on edge, when the steel became off centered and twisted, causing the employee to lose his grasp. The steel plate fell forward across the top of his right foot causing his injury.

Employee was setting a pallet on the floor for placement of a mini-bulk bag, when he turned and twisted his right knee.

Employee was separating and loading 20' sections of 1" sch 40 steel pipe on to the forks of forklift, when he felt a burning sensation in his right elbow.

Employee had descended a ladder when he tripped over a piece of conduit channeling welded to the top of the bin. Employee fell to the bin top flooring injuring his left wrist, both shoulders, and collarbone.

Employee was leaving the supply building, carrying a box of ice melt on his right shoulder, when he slipped on a patch of ice. The slip caused the box to move across his shoulder, at which time he felt something move in his right shoulder.

Employee was lining up the bolt holes of a crusher bar when his finger got caught between the crusher bar and the impact plate.

Employee was removing an oversized silica rock from the grizzly feeder. As he turned to throw the rock out he felt something pull in his right shoulder.

Employee was exiting a control platform and when stepping from the single step to the concrete floor his right ankle turned underneath him causing him to collapse to the floor.

Employee was trying to free a sheave from a shaft with a porta-power and a hammer. During the process the porta-power broke free and struck him in the forehead.

Employee was getting on a forklift when e struck his head on the roll bar (rops), EE was wearing a hard hat.

Shift in audiometric testing noted in L ear.

After replacing the splice on a short conveyor, the EE was completing adjustments to center the belt. The guarding had been removed and the EE inadvertently came into contact with a return idler which caught his arm between the idler and the belt. A co-worker was able to free his arm and the EE sustained a minor strain the his arm resulting in restrictive duties.

Employee was using a jackhammer, which was dropped. He smashed his 5th digit between the chute and the jackhammer causing a minor fracture at the tip of his finger. Did not result in any impairment or restrictions.

Employee was carrying a rock that was too large for one person to carry, when he tripped & fell against a wall. The fall resulted in a deep bruise in the lower back, this caused the employee to be placed on modified duties.

Employee was performing arc welding near a highly reflective surface. Welding flash was being reflected off this surface through the back of his welding helmet/shield & was able to strike both of his eyes causing a welding arc flashburn. Employee sought medical attn. & was instructed to avoid work for four days.

Employee was cleaning a rare earth magnet used to capture nuts and bolts from a product stream. While the employee was handling the magnet, it was magnetically attracted to its mount which caught two fingers of his left hand between the magnet and its mount, causing a fracture and laceration to his pinkie finger and amputation of the tip of his left ring finger.

Ee was working below a mechanic that was working above him on a ladder and had dust fall behind his safety glasses from above entering his left eye. First aid eye wash was used but failed to remove all of the dust. EE caused eye irritation as he rubbed his eye. His eye became infection requiring antibiotic and ee was placed on restricted duty to avoid dusty condition.

Shift in audiometric testing noted in R ear.

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH LIFTING WITH A HOIST AND THE PULLING ACTION ON THE ROPE CAUSED A MINOR STRAIN TO EE RIGHT SHOULDER, DUE TO PERSISTANT PAIN, EE WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION AND PLACED ON RESTRICTIVE DUTY AND PHYSICAL THERAPY

EE WAS ASCENDING LADDER. AS HE REACHED UP TO GRAB THE NEXT RUNG WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO PULL HIMSELF UP, HE FELT PAIN IN THE AREA OF HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. PERSISTENT PAIN, SO EE WAS TAKEN 1/5/05 FOR MEDICAL EVAL. WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A STRAIN IN HIS SHOULDER/ROTATOR CUFF. THE EE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTIVE DUTY & PROVIDED MEDICATION. AWAITING RESULTS OF MRI.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH CHANGING A VALVE THAT WEIGHED 70 LBS. THE EE WAS HELPING LIFT & SUPPORT THE VALVE WHEN HE OVEREXERTED CAUSING A MINOR MUSCLE STRAIN IN HIS LT. SHOULDER. BECAUSE OF PERSISTENT PAIN, HE REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 8/18/04 WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED & PROVIDED MEDICATION & PLACED ON RESTRICTIVE DUTY.

Ee was assisting in maintenance work by helping lift an 80-pound valve. During the lifting task, the ee apparently strained his elbow. Due to persistent pain, the ee was taken for medical evaluation on 10/8/04 when he was diagnosed with tendonitis in his elbow and provided medication and placed on restrictive duty.

EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING A SECTION OF 4 INCH STEEL PIPE. THE INJURED EE GOT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIPE AND A HANDRAIL THEY WERE LIFTING THE PIPE OVER. THE INJURED EE SUFFERED A CONTUSION AND BONE FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF THE FINGER. SUTURES WERE APPLIED AND THE EE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTIVE DUTY.

EE WAS DESCENDING STEPS & WHEN HE REACHED THE BOTTOM STEP HE TWISTED HIS KNEE CAUSING TENDON STRAIN. EE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTIVE DUTY & PROVIDED MEDICATION.

EE WAS WALKING TOO CLOSE TO A WOODEN PALLET LYING ON THE FLOOR WHEN HE STUBBED HIS TOE ON ITS EDGE CAUSING A MINOR STRAIN TO A TENDON IN HIS ANKLE. EE WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED AND PROVIDED A PAIN AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATION AND RELEASED WITH NO FOLLOW-UP.

EE WAS CLEANING CRUSHED ROCK FROM A PLUGGED CHUTE AND THE ROCK HAD ACCUMLATED ONT HE CRUSHER DECK AND SURROUNDING WALKWAY. EE STEPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK, SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO THE WALKWAY STRIKIN G HIS BACK ON ONE OF THE ROCKS CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS LOWER BACK THE EE WAS TAKEN FOR A MEDICAL EVALUATION, PROVIDED MEDICATION AND WAS PLACED ON MODIFIED DUTIES.

EE WAS STRIKING PRODUCT TANK WITH SMALL SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSEN MATERIAL, WHICH ACTION CAUSED A MINOR LOWER BACK STRAIN. DUE TO PERSISTANT PAIN, EE WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL ATTN. 9/23/03. EE WAS PROVIDED MEDICATION & RETURNED TO WORK.

Shift in audiometric testing noted in R ear.

EE WAS CUTTING 4 INCH ANGLE IRON WITH BAND SAW. SMALL PIECE OF METAL BECAME BOUND AT THE END OF THE CUT AND WAS THROWN TOWARD THE EE, STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT KNEE CAUSING A CONTUSION. BECAUS E OF PERSISTENT PAIN, EE WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION ON 10/1/02. THE EE WAS PROVIDED ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATION AND ALLOWED TO RETURN TO DUTIES.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CATCH A 50 LB PRODUCT BAG THAT WAS FALLING FROM THE TOP OF A PALLETIZED LOAD OF PRODUCT BAGS. THE 50# BAG WAS TOO HEAVY FOR THE EE TO CONTROL, AND AS HE GRABBED THE FALLIN G BAG. ITS WEIGHT WHEN HE CAUGHT IT CAUSED A MU SCLES STRAIN TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER. DUE TO PERSISTANT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER, THE EE WAS TAKEN FOR A MEDICAL EVALUATION ON APRIL 23, 2002. WHERE H

EE WAS DRIVING FORKLIFT ACROSS DOCK PLATE @ TRUCK LOADING DOCKS. THE TRUCK THAT WAS BEING LOADED WAS UNEVEN, CREATING A 2" RISE. WHEN THE FRONT WHEELS OF FORKLIFT HIT RISE, FORKLIFT STOPPED SU DDENLY, CAUSING EE TO LUNGE FORWARD & SUFFER LOWER BACK STRAIN. HE WAS WEARING SEATBELT. DUE TO PERSISTANT PAIN HE WAS TAKEN FOR MED ATTN 3/25/02. DIAGNOSED W/MINOR BACK STRAIN GIVEN MEDICATI

EE WAS LIFTING AND PLACING A STEEL PIPE THROUGH AN OPENING IN A WALL. THE WEIGHT OF THE PIPE AND AWKWARD POSITION THE WORKER WAS IN CAUSED A MINOR MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS LEFT FOREARM. THE EE WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 2/5/02 DUE TO PERSISTENT PAIN. EE WAS PROVIDED MEDICATION AND ALLOWED TO RETURN TO WORK WITH 40 POUND LIFTING RESTRICTION.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A 50 LB BAG OF PRODUCT FROM A CONVEYOR BELT BY PULLING A LIFTING THE BAG. THIS LIFTING AND PULLING MOTION CAUSED THE EE TO STRAIN HIS LEFT FOREARM. THE EE DID NOT S EEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 10-11-01 AFTER PERSISTANT PAIN IN HIS ARM. HE WAS PRESCRIBED MEDICATION AND AN ARM BRACE AND CONTINUE TO PERFORM HIS JOB.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 50 POUND WOOD PALLET WHICH CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER LEFT ARM. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PERSISTENT PAIN AND WAS PROVIDED MEDICAL SERVICES ON 8-27-01. EMPLOY EE WAS PRESCRIBED AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATION AND PLACED ON RESTRICTIVE DUTY. WORK PROCEDURES CALL FOR THE EMPLOYEE TO USE A FORKLIFT TO MOVE PALLETS.

ON 5-30-01 EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A VALVE THAT HAD NOT BEEN OPENED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE VALVE WAS STUCK AND EMPLOYEE EXERTED EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO OPEN VALVE. DUE TO PERSISTENT PAIN , EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL SERVICES 6-20-01, AND DIAGNOSED WITH A MINOR MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS LOWER ARM.

EE WAS TRYING TO MOV A PALLET OF PRODUCT BY PUSHING AGAINST IT CAUSING A MINOR BACK STRAIN. THE EE WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 4-5-01 BECAUSE OF PERSISTENT PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A MINOR BACK STRAIN. THE EE WAS PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY AND MEDICATION.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT ROLL OF POLY FILM AND PLACE IN DISPENSER WHEN HE STRAINED A MUSCLE INHIS LOWER BACK. EE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY AND PROVIDED MEDICATION.

EE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE TURNING CORNER WHILE WALKING ALONG WALKWAY CONSTRUCTED OF STEEL GRATING. THE SPRAIN RESLUTED IN RESTRICTIVE DUTIES.

THE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR WAS TROUBLESHOOTING A NEW INSTALLATION OF A BAG PLACER MECHANISM ON A BAG FILLING MACHINE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO LIMIT SWITCHES AND RELAYS DURING INSTALLATION OF THE EQUIPMENT. AS HE MANUALLY REMOVED A FILLED BAG FROM THE BAGGER SPOUT, THE BAG PLACER UNEXPECTEDLY MOVED AND STRUCK THE SUPERVISOR ON THE ARM CAUSING A MINOR BACK STRAIN.

WHILE EE WAS OPERATING THE FOUR SPOUT BAGGER HISLEFT LEG WAS STRUCK BY A FILLED BAG AS IT WAS BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE BAGGER TO TAKE AWAY CONVEYOR LOCATED BELOW THE OPERATOR

EE WAS LIFTING THE ACCESS DOOR TO THE DRYER WHICH CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS RIGHT WRIST DUE TO OVER EXERTION, RESULTING IN RESTRICTIVED DUTIES.

EE'S FOOT SLIPPED WHILE ASCENDING THE LADDER TO THE PALLETIZER, CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND CATCH HIMSELF ON THE RUNG OF THE LADDER. THE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS LEFT WRIST DURI NG THIS MANEUVER.

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING DOWN TO PICK UP STACK OF EMPTY PAPER BAGS, AS HE BENT OVER, HE NOTICED PAIN IN HIS BACK. EVALUATION INDICATES A RUPTURED DISC. EMPLOYEE OFF FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR TWO WEEKS.

EMPLOYEE HAD SILICA DUST GET INTO HIS EYE WHILE WORKING ON DUST PIPE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. HE RUBBED HIS EYE WHICH CAUSED A SCRATCH TO THE EYE REQUIRING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG BE ADMINISTERED.

BEARINGS ON THE SLIDING SEAT TROLLEY WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY CAUSING THE WORKERS TO USE THEIR LEGS MORE EXTENSIVELY THAT NORMAL TO MOVE THE SEAT BACK AND FORTH TO ACCESS ALL BAGGER SPOUTS. T HE ADDITIONAL THRUST NEEDED TO MOVE THE SEAT CAUSED THE WORKERS RIGHT KNEE TO DEVELOP TENDONITIS. EE WORK DUTIES WERE MODIFIED IN ORDER TO USE 2 SPOUTS NOT 4, ELIMINATING NEED TO MOVE SEAT.

EMPLOYEE WAS INCORRECTLY TWISTING WHILE LIFTING 50 POUND PRODUCT BAGS WHICH CAUSED A LOW BACK STRAIN. EE WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM NEXT DAY AFTER COMPLAINTS OF LOW BACK PAIN. EE WAS GIVEN AN TI-IMFLAMMATORY MEDICATION AND RETURNED TO WORK PERFORMING NORMAL DUTIES.

EE HAD GONE TO TOP OF BULK TRUCK TO CLOSE HATCHES. THE CUSTOMER TRUCK DRIVER PULLED AWAY FROM THE BULK TRUCK LOADING AREA BEFORE THE EE EXPECTED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE DECK OF THE TRUCK. T HE EE WAS CONNECTED TO FALL PROTECTION DEVICE AND WHEN THE SLACK RAN OUT, THE EE WAS DRAGGED ALONG THE TOP OF THE TRUCK UNTIL THE DRIVER WAS ALERTED TO THE PROBLEMN AND STOPPED HIS TRUCK.

WHILE STRAIGHTENING A BAG ONT HE PALLETIZER LOWERATOR, THE EMPLOYEE TIWSTED HIS KNEE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE, ALONG WITH A BURNING SENSATION FROM THE FRONT AROUND TO THE BACK OF HIS KNEE. BECAUSE OF PERSISTANT PAIN, THE EMPLOYEE WENT TOT HE EMERGGENCY ROOM FOR DIAGANOSIS AND TREATMENT.

A PROTRUDING NAIL ON A WOODEN PALLET CAUSED IT TO GET JAMMED IN THE PALLETIZER. THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A STEEL BAR TO PRY THE PALLET LOOSE. AFTER HE UNJAMMED THE PALLET WITH THE STEEL PR Y BAR BY LIFTING THE PALLET SEVERAL TIMES, HE NOTICED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT (RESTRICTED) DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP A SPILL IN THE WAREHOUSE WITH A SHOVEL. HE SAID THAT AS HE WAS STRAIGTENING UP TO PUT A SHOVEL FULL OF SILICA IN THE HOPPER, HE FELT A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LLOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SHOOT A MOUSE IN THE BOILER ROOM WITH A PELLET GUN AND THE GUN DISCHARGED HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT HAND WHERE THE BB LODGED IN HIS HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE THE BB WAS REMOVED.

EE WAS MANUALLY ADJUSTING THE SHUTTERS ON THE AIR CLASSIFIER. AS HE BENT OVER TO PULL ON THE SHUTTER HANDLE, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A MUSCLE STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS PLACED ON A RESTRICTION OF NO STAIR CLIMBING FOR 3 DAYS.

EE WAS WELDING A COVER PLATE ABOVE S-1SCREEN DRIVE SHAFT. HE HAD TO GO INSIDE OF MACHINE TO DO THIS. THERE IS UNEVEN FOOTING INSIDE OF THE SCREEN. EE WAS STANDING WITH EACH FOOT ON TOP OF TW O LIFTTING LUGS FOR SUPPORT. THE NEXT DAY HE WAS COMPLAINING OF HIS FOOT AND THIGH HURTING. AFTER CONTINUED PAIN IN HIS THIGH EMPLOYEE AS TAKEN TO DR AND DIAGNOSED WITH MUSCLE STRAIN AND WAS

EE WAS LIFTING 50 POUND BAGS OF PRODUCT WHICH CAUSED A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK RESULTING IN RESTRICTED DUTY ACTIVITIES.

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED LOWER BACK STRAIN FROM REPETITIVE LIFTING AND PLACING 50 POUND BAGS ONTO WOOD PALLETS.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING AND STACKING 50 POUND PRODUCT BAGS ONTO WOODEN PALLET. EMPLOYEE WAS ASSINGNED TO LIGHT DUTY.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST MOUNTED FORKLIFT THAT WAS CARRYING A LOAD THAT OBSTRUCTED HIS VIEW AND STARTED MOVING FORWARD. A SECOND FORKLIFT THAT WAS TRAVELING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION STOPPED IN FRONT OF THE FIRST FORKLIFT EXPECTING THE FIRST FORKLIFT TO BACK UP. THE FIRST FORKLIFT DRIVEN BY THE INJURED EMPLOYEE STARTED AHEAD AND COLLIDED WITH THE FIRST. THE JAR OF THE IMPACT CAUSED A MUSCLE

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT & MOVE A 3/4 HP ELECTRIC MOTOR WEIGHING APPROX 30 POUNDS WHEN HE LIFTED THE MOTOR HE FELT A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHICH WAS DIAGNOSED AS A MUSCLE STRAI N HE HAS BEEN PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY

WORKER WAS ROLLING A THREE (3) FOOT AUGER & HOUSING TO POSITION ITSOTHAT IT COULD BE PICKED UP WITH A FORKLIFT AS ITBEGAN TO MOVE HIS LEFT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT & PINCHED CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A ROLL OF PLASTIC BAGS WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 50 LBS. WHEN HE STRAINED AN ABDOMINAL MUSCLE. HE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY ON 11-29-94.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 180 LB. PIECE OF PIPE WITH A CABLE HOIST. AS HE WAS LETTING OUT SLACK, THE LATCH STUCK OPEN ALLOWING THE PIPE TO FALL UNTIL THE SLACK RAN OUT. WHEN IT STOPPED, THE PIPE SWUNG AROUND STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK CAUSING A BRUISE. DUT TO PERSISTENT PAIN, THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO A DOCTOR AND WAS PLACED ON A 25# WEIGHT RESTRICTION. EMP ABLE TO PERF NORM

WORKER WAS REMOVING ACCESS DOOR FROM POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT(CYCLONE). THE 50 POUND DOOR BECAME LODGED IN THE FRAME AND AS THE WORKER ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE THE DOOR, IT CAME FREE AN FELL APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET TO THE GROUND STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH BEHIND HIS STEEL TOE OFTHIS BOOT. THIS RESULTED IN A CONTUSION TO HIS

WORKER WAS LIFTING40-45 POUND WOODEN PALLETS AN D PLACING INTO THE MAGAZINE AT AN AUTOMATIC BAG PALLETIZER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A MINOR BACK STRAIN ADN PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

EE DEVELOPED RADIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN 1985 INDICATING POSSIBLE SILICOSIS. THIS CONDITION BECAME KNOWN BY PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THIS CO AND APPARENTLY HAD NOT BEEN REPORTED. THIS EE CONTINUES TO WO RK WITH NO RESTRICTION.S

WORKER WAS TRANSPORTING PALLET OF PRODUCT ALONG SLOW MOVING CONVEYOR TO THE STENCILLING AREA.AS THE PALLET WAS MOVING ALONG BELT,IT BEGAN TO SWAY CAUSING A BAG TO FALL OFF.THE WORKER STEPPED O NTO THE MOVING BELT TO CTACH THE BAG AND PLACED HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE PALLET AND THE BELT.AS THE BELT CROSSED OVER THE IDLER AT THE LOCATION OF HIS FOOT,THE PALLET CAUGHT HIS FOOT

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING FLANGE OFF BEAM & BEAM SLIPPED INTO PLACE MASHING EMPLOYEES THUMB

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING 50 LB. PRODUCT BAGS ON PALLETS. THIS REQUIRED LIFTING, TURNING AND PLACING THE BAG ON THE FLOOR HEIGHT PALLET. DURING THE PLACEMENT OF ONE OF THE BAGS, HE NOTICED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WORKED SEVERAL DAYS AND DECIDED TO SEEK HELP FROM A CHIROPRACTOR, WHO PLACED HIM ON LIGHT DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A 35 LB PALLET FROM A STACK OF PALLETS. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE PALLET FROM THE 5 FOOT HIGH STACK, HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WORKED SEVERAL DAY S UNTIL THE PAIN GOT WORSE AND WAS LATER PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM DUST COLLECTOR AFTER CLEANING WHEN HE SLIPPED AND WHEN HE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL,HIS THUMB BECAME HYPEREXTENDED CAUSING THE INSIDE TENDON TO BECOME DETACHED.THIS HAD TO BE SURGICALLY RECONNECTED.THE EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO REGUALR WORK DUTIES.

LIFTING 50 POUND BAGS OF PROJECT FROM PALLET WHEN HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN UPPER ARCH OF BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A FROZEN FLOP GATE BY STRICKING IT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE HAMMER SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND AS HE RECHED TO CATCH THE HAMMER, HE SUSTAINED A LOWER BACK STRAI N.

WORKER DESCENDING STEP OF LOADER.WHEN HE REACHED GROUND FROM BOTTOM STEP HE TWISTED HIS KNEE CAUSING MINOR STRAIN COMPLICATED BY DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS.

WORKER WAS DISCHARGING MATERIAL FROM A 100 POUND BAG WHEN THE BAG SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THE PALLET. THE WORKER REACHED TO GRAB THE BAG, CAUSING A MUSCLE STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE WORKER WO RKED SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE HE LOST TIME FROM THE INJURY.

EMPLOYEE HAD EXPOSURE TO QUARTZ (SILICA) DUST OVER A 21 YEAR PERIOD RESULTING IN THE CONTRACTION OF SILICOSIS. THE EXTENT OF IMPAIRMENT IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.

WORKER WAS REACHING INTO THE PALLET MAGAZINE OF AN AUTOMATIC BAG PALLETIZER TO RETRIEVE A SAMPLING PROBE THAT HAD FALLEN INTO THE MAGAZINE JUST AS THE WORKER GRABBEDF THE PROBE THE WOOD PALLT ETS SHIFTED AND CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PALLET AND THE FLOOR OF THE MAGAZINE CAUSING A LACERATION ON THE FINGER TIP REQUIREN 4 SUTURES

CLEANING UP A PILE OF SPILLED SILICA ROCK WITH A SHOVEL. WHNE THE EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER TO LIFT THE SCOOP, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

WORKER WAS SUPERVISING A WELDING JOB AND RECEIVED WEDLERS FLASH TO EYES FROM INDIRECT EXPOSURE TO THE WELDING ARC.

WORKER IGNORED ESTABLISHED SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR GAINING ACCESS TO AN ELECTRIC PHOTO EYE SWITCH ON AN AUTOMATIC BAG PALLETIZER.SAFE ACCESS WAS PROVIDED TO THIS SWITCH,BUT WORKER CLIMBED OVER E QUIPMENT INSTEAD AND SLIPPED CAUSINF A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

WORKER ALLEDGED HE STRAINED HIS BACK ON 2-20-88 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT BEARING HOUSING, BUT ID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT UNTIL 2-24-88 AND DIDN'T SEE A CHIROPRACTOR UNTIL 2-26-88. WORKER WAS O OFF FOR 5 DAYS AND RETURNED ON 3-2-88.

WORKER WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE INSIDE OF MILL DURING COLD WEATHER (20 DEGREES) WITHOUTO TAKING A BREAK THE COLD CONDITIONS CAUSED A MINOR CASE OF FROSTBITE TO THE WORKERS RT FOURTH TOE

WORKER WAS ATTE4PTING TO PERFORM MAINTANCE ON THE SLIDING SEAT OF A FINISH PRODUCT BAG FILLER. AS THE WORKER WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE SEAT FROM ITS ROLLERS, THE SEAT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AN D FELL ON HIS L0T FOOT, BEHIND THE STEEL INSERT OF HIS SAFTEY BOOT STRICKING HIS SMALL TOE CAUSING A FRACTURE.

WORKER WAS REMO5ING A 50# FILLED BAG OF PRODUCT FROM A CHAIN BELT IN ORDER TO PLACE ON A PALLET WHEN HIS THUMB BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE B ELT CAUISNG A CUT REQUIRING 2 STITCHES & PARTIAL LOS S OF THE THUMB3NAIL. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED WORK.

WORKER WAS ATTE4PTING TO STEP DOWN FROM A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE WET FLOOR CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL CAUSING BRUISE AND STRAIN ON HIS BACK AND LEFT ARM.

WORKER ALLEGEDL2 HURT HIS BACK WHEN HE BACKED INTO A PIECE OF METAL BRACING WHILE CLEANING IN THE CRUSHER BLDG.THIS CAUSED A STRAIN TO HIS BACK

WORKER WAS CLEA3ING UP SPILLED MATERIAL WITH A SHOVEL WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP SHOVEL FULL OF MATERIAL. THIS CAUSED A LOW BACK STRAIN

THE BAG FILLER 4ORKER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT FILLING WITH THE PROPER AMOUNT OF PRODUCT. THE WORKER WAS REMOVING BAG FROM THE BAGGING MACHINE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

THE CAUSE OF TH3S CONDITION IS NOT KNOWN.THIS FROM IS BEING SUBMITTED AS DIRECTED BY MSHA FOR PRECAUTIONARY REASONS.

WORKER WAS WLAK3NG THRU THE M ILL & SLIPPED ON WET FLOORS & STRUCK A METAL VALVE LOCATED APPROX 4' OFF THE GROUND WITH HIS SHOULDER. THIS RESULTED IN A SEVERE BRUISE WITH SWELLING. THIS WORKER WAS PLACED ON 3LIGHT DUTY WHILE THE INJURY HEALS.

WORKER HAD INTE9NAL HEMORRHOIDS WHICH BECAME PROLAPSED-STRAINING WHILE LIFTING 50 LB BAGS OF SILICA.THE PROLAPSED HEMORRHOIDS WERE LANCED FOR DRAINAGE.NO DISABILITY RESULTED FROM MINOR SURGERY

WORKER WAS FILL3NG 50 POUND BAGS OF SILICA AT A BAGGING STATION WHEN HIS LWOER BACK BEGAN TO HURT. THE WORKER CONSULTED A DOCTOR-4 DAYS LATER WAS RELEASED FOR FULL DUTIES THE NEXT DAY.

WORKER WAS INSE9TING A BULK LOADING FILL PIPE INTO PORT ON TRUCK WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK FROM OVEREXERTION THIS IS A JOB REQUIRING ASSISTANCE BUT WORKER ATTEMPTED IT ALONE

WORKER REPORTED3TO HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HIS LEG BEGAN HURTING WHILE HE WAS FILLING 50 LB BAGS ON A BAGGING MACHINE THIS PAIN WAS DIAGNOSED AS A MUSCLE STRAIN

CLEAN UP WORKER3WAS CLEANING UP RESIN FROM A WATER SOFTENER THAT HAD BEEN DUMPED OUTSIDE ON THE GROUND. THE WORKER LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE SLIPPERY MATERIAL AND FELL TO ONE KNEE CAUSING A MINO R BACK STRAIN. 7HE WORKDER WAS ADVISED TO STAY OFF WORK FOR A WEEK AT WHICH TIME HE WAS RELEASED.

WORKER WAS HITT3NG CHUTE WITH HAMMER TO DISLODGE PRODUCT AS HE STRUCK THE METAL OBJECT SMALL FRAGMENTS OF METAL FLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT EYE.

WORKER WAS TRIMING EXCESS CARDBOARD FROM A PALLET WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CUT THE WORKERS LEFT THUMB REQUIRING SUTURES.

STACKING 50 LB BAGS ONTO WOODEN PALLETS WHEN TURNING AND PLACING OF BAGS CAUSED MINOR BACK STRAIN IN LOWER BACK RESULTING IN BEING MOVED TO COOUPATION ENTAILING LIGHT DUTY.

WORKER WAS STACKING 50# BAGS ONTO A PALLET AT T HE BAG FILLER STATION. AS WORKER WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN UP AFTER PLACING A FILLED BAG HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT IN THE LOWER PART.

WORKER WAS CHANGING THE ROLLERS ON A BELT CONVEYOR. AS HE TURNED TO PICK UP ROLLER LOCATED BEHIND HIM WORKER LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL OFF END OF WALKWAY ABOUT 3\ ONTO FLOOR. HE SUSTAINED A MIN OR CUT & BRUISED RT HIP.

THIS IS AN ALLEDGED INJURY OF HIS RT WRIST CAUSED BY REMOVING 50# BAGS FROM BAG FILLER. THE INJURY RESULTED IN A BRUISED WRIST.

WORKERS ALLEDGEDLY INJURED HIS BACK WHILE REMOVING 50# BAGS FROM BAG FILLER & PLACING THEM ON PALLETS. NO INJURY WAS DETECTED BY EXAMINATION AT HOSPITAL.

WORKER ALLEDGEDLY RECEIVED INJURY OF LOWER BACK WHILE DRIVING TOWMOTOR.

WORKER WAS PLACING EMPTY BAGS ONTO BAG FILLER EACH WEIGHING APPROX 1#. THIS REPETITION OF MOTION CAUSED HIS RT HAND TO SWELL. THE INJURY WAS DIANOSED AS TENDONITIS.

WORKER ALLEDGEDLY INJURED BACK WHILE GETTING OFF OF FORKLIFT. THE INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS MUSCLE SPASM.

WORKER WAS FILLING BATTERIES WITH WATER & TRIPPED OVER TAILS OF PROTECTIVE APRON, CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST A WOODEN PALLET. THIS FALL CAUSED A BRUISE TO LOWER BACK MUSCLES.

WORKER WAS CLIMBING UP A CHUTE TO UNCLOG FEED PIPE FOR BAG FILLER. HIS FEET WERE WET & SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGINST BEAM & BRUISE HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

WORKER WAS PLACING 48 INCH CARD BOARD SHEETS IN AUTOMATIC PALLETIZER MAGAZINE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

WORKER WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE BEARING RACE BY STRIKING IT WITH HAMMER CAUSING A PIECE OF METAL TO BREAK OFF AND PENETRATING WORKERS HAND

WORKER STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE REMOVING 50 POUND BAGS FROM BAG FILLING BAGGER

WORKER WAS PLACING METAL STRAPS IN DOORWAY OF RAILROAD BOXCAR TO HELP SECURE PALLETIZED LOADS. WHILE HE WAS PULLING ON THE ONE INCH METAL STR AP WITH HIS BARE HAND, THE STRAP SLIPPED IN HIS HAND CAUSING A SMALL CUT REQUIRING SEVERAL STITCHES

WORKER WAS STACKING FILLED 50 POUND BAGS ON PALLETS. THESE BAGS ARE FILLED ON BAGGING MACHINE AND ONCE FILLED ARE REMOVED BY HAND AND PLACED ON PALLETS. THIS ACTION CAUSED WORKER TO DEVELOP A SORE BACK WITH NO APPARENT DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT.

WORKER WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A 50 LB BAG ON A WOODEN PALLET WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER PALLET CUASING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK CAUSING MINOR MUSCLE PULL.

WORKER WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON CAT 930 END LOADER WHEN HIS FOOTING SLIPPED CAUSING A FALL TO THE GROUND BRUSING HIS BACK UPON IMPACT.

WORKER WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE DOOR ON LOADED RAIL CAR BY PULLING ON IT DUE TO OVER EXERTION WORKER REUPTURED RIGHT BECIPS.

WORKER WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB UP LADDER ON FRONT END LOADER. AS HE RAISED HIS LEG TO REACH RUNG ON LADDER, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

WORKER ATTEMPTED TO LIFT DOCK PLATE ON TRUCK LOADING DOCK & STRAINED HIS BACK.

WORKER WAS BREAKING LARGE CHUNKS OF ROCK WITH SLEDGEHAMMER AND CAUSED BACK STRAIN

WORKER WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SMALL BEARING FROM SHAFT BY STRIKING IT WITH A HAMMER WHEN HE HIT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH THE HAMMER CAUSING A FRACTURE ON END OF THUMB

WORKER STEPPED INTO PATH OF TOWMOTOR IN WAREHOUSE & SUSTAINED BRUISED NAKLE.

WORKER WAS SHOVELING WATSE MATERIAL & TWISED HIS KNEE CAUSING TEMPORARY STRAIN.

WORKER WAS HAND STACKING 50 LB BAGS ON PALLETS WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING A MINOR STRAIN TO LOWER PORTION OF BACK