Elizabethtown Metal/Non-Metal

EE MECHANIC WAS PUTTING PUMP ON AIR COMPRESSOR OF 275 MICH. LOADER- WHILE CLIMBING DOWN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON RIGHT SIDE- EE'S WIFE PICKED HIMUP AT QUARRY- WENT TO ACUTE CARE FOR MEDICAL TRE ATMENT. FRACTURED SHOULDER FRACTURED ELBOW. EE IS TAKING PHYSICAL THEAPY.

EE WAS MOVING WELDER. LATER THAT NIGHT HE WAS INPAIN SO HE WENT TO DOCTOR & WAS TOLD HE HAD HAD A HERNIA FOR SOME TIME. DUE FOR SURGERY ON 1/30.

EE HAD BATTERY DROPPED ON RIGHT FOOT. EE DID NOT CHOOSE YTO GO TO DOCTORS, BUT SAID HE WOULD THAT NIGHT IF NEEDED TOO. EE WENT TO DOCTORS ON MORNING OF 8-31. EE HAD SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE. HE WAS NOT PUT OFF WORK-BUT ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL 9=1=00, HE WAS TO RETURN TO REGULAR DUTY.

EMPLOYEE RECALLS HE WAS BURSTING ON ROCK AND REMEMBERS PULLING HAMMER BACK; HAMMER HIT THE ROCK AND SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE HEAD (INSIDE CAB OF ROCK BREAKER). THE NEXT THING HE REMEMBERED HE WAS AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE. (OTHER EMPLOYEES SAID THEY DIDN'T SEE ACCIDENT.) HE WALKED TO SHOP SEEMING TO BE IN INCOHERENT STATE OF MIND. MGR CHECKED EQUIPMENT, FOUND 3" ROCK 1" THICK IN CAB.

EE LEFT HIS WORKPLACE AT NOON STATING THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING. NEXT MORNING THE DR. AT ER CALLED OFFICE INFORMING THEM HE HAD COME IN CLAINING BACK INJURY FROM WORK. HE STATED EE HAD UPPER B ACK MUSCLE SPRAIN, BUT HAD NO REASON TO STAY OFF WORK. NO LIFTING OVER 15#. NO TWISTING OR BENDING.

EMPLOYEE DID NOT SHOW UP FOR WORK 03-22-00. CO-WORKERS TOLD OFFICE MANAGER THEY THOUGHT EMPLOYEE HAD INJURED HIS FOOT. SHE CALLED EMPLOYEE AT HOME-HE STATED THAT ROCK LODGED IN HOPPER-WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK LOOSE-ROCK ROLLED OVER LEFT FOOT. OFFICE MANAGER TOLD EMPLOYEE TO GO TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT HARDIN MEMORIAL AND HAVE HIS FOOT CHECKED OUT. HOSPITAL STATED HE HAD CONTUSI

EE LEFT WORK AT QUITING TIME 8-8-98. DIDN'T SHOW 8-10-98 OR 8-11-98. WAS CALLED 8-11-98. EE SAID EQUIP. IN BAD SHAPE & WAS TWISTING HIS NECK & BACK TOO MUCH. TOO MUCH AGGRAVATION FOR LOW PAY, NO BENEFITS. 8-8-98 SIGNED UP FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. CANCELED CLAIM & SIGNED UP FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMP. HAD NEVER WENT TO DR. BEFORE THIS WITH NECK OR BACK.

PUTTING MOTOR BACK IN LOADER, EE'S GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN CHAIN LINK, MOTOR SHIFTED, SMASHING EE'S LEFT THUMB.

EE HAD REMOVED HARD HAT WHILE STANDING ON GREOUND LOOKING STRAIGHT UP ATTEMPTING TO PUT AIR IN AIR BAGS ON SCREEN SHAKER AND AN APPROX. 3" ROCK HIT HIM IN HEAD.

V-BELT STOPPED DUE TO ROCK IN TAIL SECTION LEAVING BEAT LOADED. SUPERINTENDENT & 3 OTHER WORKERSCLEANED TAIL SECTION. BELT WAS RESTARTED & RUN CLEAN, THEN SHUT BACK OFF. MEANWHILE ROCK FELL BA CK INTO TAIL SECTION. EE WAVED TO PLANT OPERATORWHO DID NOT SEE HIM. THINKING HIS WAVE SEEN, HE PROCEEDED TO REACH UP THROUGH TAIL WHEEL TO CLEAN BELT. OPERATOR PROCEEDED TO TURN BELT ON.

SLIPPED ON ICE & FELL. EMPLOYER NOTIFIED 1/9/95.

WHILE FILLING TRACKHOE WITH HYDRAULIC OIL THE HOOD CAME DOWN & CAUGHT EE'S ELBOW RESULTING IN 8 STITCHES WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.

EE WAS IN CRUSHER BIN HELPING TO CLEAN IT OUT WHEN HE OVEREXTENDED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

IT WAS RAINING, THE EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING THE YARD IN HIS JEEP WHEN HE LOST CONTROL & ROLLED IT OVER SMASHING HIS LEFT FOOT.

MAN SLIPPED OFF STEP OF 35 TON EUK GETTING OUT STEP WAS WET HIS BACK WAS BRUISED NO WORK LOST

I NAME WAS CHECKING TO SEE HOW MUCH ROCK WAS LEFT IN THE HOLE WHEN HE TRIPPED & FELL ABOUT 5FT ONTO A ROCK & BROKE HIS RIB