Findlay Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Employees were trying to remove a crusher breaker plate by welding a lifting eye on the plate and attaching a come-a-long to pull it out. They put tension on the lifting eye and after a few minutes the eye released from the plate and struck one of the employees on the left cheek.

While closing the right side window of 988G loader, finger was pinched in the closing mechanism causing laceration to the left hand pinky finger. This injury is reportable because the miner received stitches.

Slipped on ice and fractured left fibula

The operator was removing a piece of steel that was plugging a chute. After retrieving it right foot slipped causing left knee to buckle.

Employee claims hit head on a chute while pulling a hose across the floor. This claim was disputed by the employer. Ohio BWC recently ruled this injury was work related. Notification was received by employer on July 15.

Employee was using a shovel to clean the tunnel when he felt pain in his groin area.

The employee was walking along the catwalk along C-7 conveyor when the last section of Gripstrut catwalk slipped out from under his feet causing him to fall about 9 feet to the ground. The section of catwalk was not bolted down.

Employee was driving a pin out of a conveyor when he struck his left thumb with the hammer. Injury was a fracture of the left thumb.

Employee was cleaning a screen rail when a piece of steel flaked off and imbedded itself in his hand.

Employee was drilling a 1/2 inch hole in a conveyor frame. The drill "caught" as it exited the steel and the torque from the drill twisted his right hand. Injury is fractures of F-3 & F-4.

Employee was struck by a piece of bearing housing after striking it with a hammer. Injury was a cut lip and chipped tooth.

Employee felt pain in lower abdomen after lifting a screen panel. Result was strain of the lower abdomen.

Employee was greasing a tail-pulley of a conveyor. While in a squatting position, he twisted and felt a pain in his left knee.

Pinched his thumb between two wear-plates while repairing chutes. The employee did not seek medical attention until July 8, 2008 after pain developed where the thumbnail is growing.

Employee was cutting a piece of HDPE with a circular saw. He reached under the HDPE to see how close to the sawhorse he was with the saw and his finger came in contact with the rotating saw blade.

Stepping over rocks when he tripped and fell.

Employee was descending a ladder from the welder platform when the heel of his shoe caught, causing him to fall about 3 feet.

Employee was dismounting a front-end loader and twisted his knee. This accident is reportable due to lost work days begnning 9/16/05.

Walking on uneven ground, employee slipped and fell, injuring his back.

Employee is unsure of his activity that resulted in a hernia.This incident was reported to Management on 8/1/05. Surgery is scheduled for 8/19/05.

Employee was changing hammer on drill. The hammer started to fall and he tried to catch it, pinching his finger between the hammer and drill frame.

Employee was removing derailers from storage shelf when he struck his upper arm on shelf, resulting in a strain of the upper arm. This accident became reportable on 7/12/05, when lost time occurred.

CUTTING STEEL WITH TORCH. BLOW BACK SHOWERED FACE WITH SLAG AND A PIECE GOT INTO HIS EYE.

Stepped up on to the counterweight bracket. His foot slipped off and he caught himself with his left arm causing a muscle strain.

WAS CRAWLING OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A "POP" & SHARP PAIN IN HIS RT. FOOT.

RECEIVED "FLASH BURN" OF BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.

STRAINED MUSCLE IN ARM WHILE SHOVELING. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 6/17/03.

GETTING OUT OF TRUCK AND FOOT SLIPPED ON ROCK, TWISTING HIS KNEE.

SETTING UP THE AUTOMATIC WELDER & PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK. LOST TIME BEGAN 5/29/02. NOT REPORTABLE BEFORE THIS DATE.

WALKING FROM TRUCK TO SHOP, TRIPPED ON ROCK AND CAUGHT HIMSELF W3ITH HIS RIGHT HAND.

WALKING ON SCREEN LOST FOOTING AND FELL BACKWARDS INJURING LEFT WRIST.

JUMPED FROM CONVEYOR FRAME TO CATWALK & TWISTED ANKLE.

FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER WHILE SHOVELING.

CARRYING SHOVEL FULL OF STONE, HIT CONVEYOR TRIP CORD SWITCH, JERKED ARM & SHOULDER.

PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN WEAR PLATE AND BIN WALL WHILE WORKING ON BIN.

DROPPED A ROCK ON FINGER WHILE CLEANING OUT THE CRUSHER.

REMOVING FEEDER GATE FROM C-37 TUNNEL AND STRUCK LEG ON CONVEYER FRAME.

LIFTING 5 GALLON BUCKET OF STONE WHEN FELT PAIN IN BACK.

PUSHING FENDER ON WITH 4X4 AND BOBCAT LOADER, 4X4 ROLLED OVER, CATCHING RIGHT THUMB, REMOVING NAIL FROM THUMB.

USING AUTOMATIC WELDER IN CRUSHER, ENTERED CRUSHER WHILE WELDER STILL ON CAUSING FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES. EE WAS USING PROTECTIVE GOGGLES AT THE TIME. DID NOT REALIZE INJURY TILL END OF SHIFT , WENT TO HOSPITAL. MEDICAL CARE INCLUDED DROPS FOR THE EYES.

REMOVING LOWER BALL JOINT ON PICKUP TRUC USING BOTHE HANDS ON WRENCH TO LOOSEN NUT FELT A SNAP IN LEFT WRIST. WRIST BECAME SWOLLEN. MEDICAL TREATMENT INCLUDED USE OF A UNIVERSAL WRIST SPLINT.

STEPPED UP ON RAIL FRAME (APPROX 1-2;) TO GET METAL OFF BELT, SLIPPED AND FELL.

CHANGING OLD BROOM ON SWEEPER, THREW BROOM IN DUMPSTER. BROOM CAUGHT EDGE AND MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

SHOVELING STONE FELT A MUSCLE PULL IN HAND SWELLED NEXT DAY, BECAME STIFF WENT TO DR 10-6-97.

DIRECTED A TRUCK BACKWARDS, BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN TRUCK & PRIMARY CRUSHER LADDER SAFETY ENCLOSURE.

WAS DUMPING OIL DRAIN PAN WITH APPROX 10 GALLONS OF OIL. FELT MUSCLE PULL IN GROIN AREA. DIAGNOSIS WAS HERNIA. SURGICALLY REPAIRED 8/15/97, MEDICAL TREATMENT NOT SOUGHT UNTIL 8/4/97.

WHILE CRAWLING TO NEXT POINT TORCH PASSED OVER WRIST CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURN.

FLASH BURNED BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING. [NOT DETERMINED AS AN ACCIDENT UNTIL 12/20/93]

WHILE FILLING A SPEED REDUCER HE SLIPPED ON SPILLED OIL FELL APPROX FOUR FEET & TURNED HIS LEFT ANKLE

EE WAS USING A GRINDER AT THE MAINTENANCE SHOP AND DUST ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING PAST A WORK AREA WHEN A STEEL PART FELL FROM VISE & STRUCK HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS RT FOOT

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING PRIMARY CRUSHER AND WHILE DOING CLEAN UP WORK, A ROCK FLEW FROM THE CRUSHER AND STRUCK HIM IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD.

STRAINED BACK WHILE CHANGING TIRE ON TRUCK

AS EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING OUT OF THE DRUM OF A READY-MIX TRUCK, HE HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF A FIN INSIDE THE DRUM WHEN A PIECE OF CONCRETE FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE DRUM STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND. TH E INDEX FINGER WAS PARTIALLY AMPUTATED AND THE MIDDLE FINGER WAS BADLY FRACTURED.

EMPLOYEE INJURED BACK WHILE LIFTING A BATTERY INTO A READY-MIX TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BOBCAT SKID LOADER AND RAN OVER A ROCK, THE FRONT END OF LOADER TIPPED UP AND THEN BACK DOWN CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROLL CAGE AND JAMMING HIS NECK.

TAKING OFF THE CATWALK, IT FELL ON L EYEBROW AREA

SLIPPED OFF CAB STEP OF READY MIX TRUCK AND HIT HAND ON SADDLE OF TANK AND BROKE RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

I WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE CRUSHER ON A LADDER WHEN THE LADDER TURNED SIDEWAYS ON ME & I FELL ON MY RT SHOULDER & BRUISE IT WITH A CONTUSION

CLEANING READY MIX TRUCK; CHUTE BECAME STUCK WHEN CONVEYOR TRUCK MOVED MAKING CHUTE FALL DEAD CENTER OF HEAD.

CLEANING CONVEYOR WITH HAMMER TO REMOVE READY MIX.HAMMER SLIPPED INTO TAIL PULLEY,PULLED HAND INTO PULLEY CUTTING LEFT HAND AT INDEX FINGER.

CLOSING DOOR WITH PRY BAR SPRAINED BACK

PRYING ON A BREAKER PLATE AT A CRUSHER WITH A LARGE BOLT WHICH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE, INJURING HIS LIP AND 2 TEETH.

ATTEMTING TO SET EMERGENCY BRAKE AND HIT LITTLE FINGER LEFT HAND LACERATING FINGER.

I WAS HAULING READY MIX CONCRETE. WHEN I BATCHED OUT I GOT SOME CONCRETE DUST IN MY RIGHT EYE. THE WIND BLEW IT IN.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING RAILROAD TIES WITH ANOTHER PERSON.HE TWISTED HIS WRIST AS THE OTHER EMPLOYEE SET THE TIE DOWN.

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN MOTOR VEHICLE WAS IN ACCIDENT AND EMPLOYEE HURT.

WAS POSITIONING CABLE OVER FACE OF MINE. CABLE CAUSED STONE TO FALL FROM LEDGE FROM ABOVE.

CLIMBING LADDER TO THE TOP STUMBLED AT TOP AND JAMMED HARD HAT AGAINST HANDRAIL. THIS CAUSED STRAIN OF UPPER BACK BONE.