Henry County Mines Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS PUSHING ON PLASTIC HANDLE TO RELEASE DOOR LATCH, HANDLE BROKE OFF, LACERATING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

EE WAS LOADING BAGS OF CHEMICAL WITH A FORKLIFT, WHEN SOME TRASH BLEW UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE.

54736YEE WAS CARRYING A PORTABLE WATER PUMP TO ANOTHER LOCATION WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPL DISMOUNTING FROM PAYLOADER TO CHECK ON BELT LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON GROUND BREAKING LEFT LEG IN 2 PLACES.

WIND WAS BLOWING DUST AROUND & IT BLEW INTO EMPL'S EYES. HE USED EYE WASH AT MILL BUT SAID EYES BURNED ALL WEEKEND. DR SAID IT CAUSED EYES TO BE INFLAMMED.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING FORKLIFT BETWEEN 2 STACKS OF PALLETS WITH HIS FOOT STICKING OUT SIDE OF FORKLIFT. HIS FOOT STRUCK ONE OF THE PALLETS, CAUSING HIS KNEE TO BE TWISTED. IT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, WHEN HE CALLED IN, SAYING HIS KNEE HAD SWOLLEN, AND HE HAD GONE TO THE DOCTOR.

K-T DUMP TRUCK DRIVER DUMPED LOAD OF CLAY LEAVING BED IN UP POSITION WHEN DRIVING OFF.PULLED DOWN POWER LINE ON CAB OF TRUCK.AFTER CAUTIONING DRIVER TO STAY IN TRUCK,I.NAME PULLED 2 SWITCHES T O CUT OFF POWER TO LINE.FORGOT THIS WIRE CAME DIRECTLY FROM TRANSFORMER.REMOVED WIRE NOT KNOWING TRUCK BED HAD BROKEN INSULATION OF WIRE-THIS WAS THE PART HE TOOK HOLD OF.

NEW BAGGING EQUIMPENT HAD BEE INSTALLED AND WAS BEING STARTED UP. APINCH POINT WAS OBSERVED, SO EQUIMPENT WAS STOPPED, BU TWA NOT LOCKED OUT. EMPLOYEES ATTENTION WAS MEMENTARILY DISTRACTED T O A MINOR ADJUSTMENT OF CONVEYOR SLIDE PLATES. DURING THIS ADJUSTMENTS, EMPLOYEE PLACED FOOT IN PINCH-POINT THEN HEMOVED WOOD PALLET IN ORDER TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT. THIS PLACED PALLET IN PATH O

EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISTING IN STALLATION OF NEW RIPPER THEETH WHICH WOULD NOT FIT SO THEY WERE RE-INSTALLING OLD TOOTH. HE STRUCK TOOTH WITH SLEDGE TO MAKE IT FIT, AND A SLIVER OF STEEL APPROX HA LF INCH LONG BO5E OFF AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT CHEEK.

EMP WAS BAGGING3CLAY WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENASATION IN RIGHT HAND. LATER, HE NOTICED A KNOW THERE WHERE IT HAD BEEN BURNING. IT WAS DIRST DIAGNOSED AS TENDON IRRITATION BUT WHEN IT DID NO RESPOND TO MEDI7ATION, IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS CYST AND WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED FROM HAND 11 16 87 EMP WORKED FULL TIME UNTIL THEN

EMPLOYEE STOPPE8 MACHINE TO TAKE A BREAK.JUST AS HE OPENED DOOR A GUST OF WIND BLEW SAND IN HIS EYE.HE USED EYE WASH,AND THOUGHT IT WAS ALL RIGHT.HOWEVER IT STARTED BOTHERING HIM AND HE WENT T O DOCTOR. 3

HE WAS DRILLING3FOR CLAY USING DRILL AUGERS. THE AUGER WAS OUT OF THE GROUND AND HE WAS PREPARING TO TAKE THE AUGER AROUND TO THE SIDE OF THE DRILL TRUCK. THE CABLE CAUGHT ON PLATE CAUSING THE AUGER TO KICK 6ACK, HITTING HIM IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS MOUTH, CUTTING HIS FACE AND KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. HE RECEIVED A KNOT ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE AND SCRATCHES ON HIS BACK ALSO B

EMPL PAINTING C2VER OF RADIO IN OFFICE WHEN IT STARTED TO SLIP FROM HAND.HE CAUGHT IT AND SHARP EDGE CUT PALM OF HAND REQ 2 STITCHES.

EE WAS PICKING UP A MOTOR GUARD WHIC SLIPPED FORM HIS H AND. THE SHARP EDGE ON IE CUT HIS HAND WHILE HE WAS PICKING IT UP. THE CUT REQUIRED 2 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON PLATFORM BETWEEN BOX CAR & MILL BUILDING STACKING BAGS OF CLAY IN DOORWAY OF CAR HE HIT HIS HAND ON CONVEYOR HITTING A NERVE IN HIS HAND THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL OFF PLATFORM BACKWARDS CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON NATURAL GAS LINE

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING D-8 AND MISTEPPED CAUSING HIM TO DROP ABOUT 14 AND LAND HARD JARRING HIS BACK HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN OPERATING THE DOZER ON EXTREMELY KOUGH GROUND WHICH HAD PITCHED HI M AND FORTH A GREAT AMOUNT.

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG THE PAYLOADER TO LOAD CLAY ON THE INTERPLANT TRUCK. HE HAD THE BUCKET DOWN TO SCOOP UP CLAY FROM A CONCRETE FLOOR, WHICH HAS AN ELEVATION OF APPROX. 2 INCHES AT THE POINT. THE BUCKET HIT3THE ELEVATED CONCRETE, WHICH CAUSED EMPLOYEES NECK TO BE JERKED, DAMAGING A NERVE IN HIS NECK AND SHOULDER.

WHILE PICKING UP WATER PUMP HOSE, STRAINED BACK