LANCASTER PLANT E Metal/Non-Metal

DIAGNOSED BY DOCTOR AS HAVING CARPAL TUNNEL IN BOTH WRISTS. EMPLOYEE ALLEGES INJURY TO BE CAUSED BY REPETITIVE MOTION OF OPERATING CONTROLS OF EQUIPMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELTING WHEN THE TOOL SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOREARM, RESULTING IN LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.

GRINIDNG ON METAL FEEDER WHEN EE REMOVED SAFETY GOGGLES, A PIECE OF METAL BLEW INTO LEFT EYE.

EE STOOD UP TO EXIT EQUIPMENT AND FELT HIS LOWERBACK START TO ACHE.

EE WAS REPAIRING A HOLE IN A 10 INCH DIA RUBBER WATERLINE. EE BENT OVER TO WORK ON RUBBERLINE. HE PICKED UP A SECTION OF THE HOSE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.

EE WAS REMOVING SCREEN CLOTH FROM SCREEN. CLOTH CAUGHT ON PANEL TAILGATE. EE TIPPED SCREEN AND DROPPED IT ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER (LACERATION)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE FEED DISTRIBUTION TO SECONDARY CRUSHER BY CLOSING A FLOP GATE. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS PINCHED WHEN HE WAS CLOSING THE GATE BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE STOP.

EE WAS WALKING ON GRAVEL GROUND AND ROLLED HIS LEFT ANKLE BY STEPPING ON A LARGE ROCK. HE SPRAINED THE ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK AND NECK VERTABRAE #3AND 5. EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS LYING ON THE GROUND UNDER MACHINE LIFTING DRIVE LINE BACK INTO THEMACHINE,(PUSHING AND PULLING).

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DRAGLINE. HE DEVELOPED A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

SMASHED RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER WHILE EXTRACTING ROCK FROM CHUTE.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXPERIENCING CHEST PAIN UPON ARRIVAL TO WORK. EMPLOYEE LEFT WORK UN-ANNOUCED. LATER THAT DAY I LOCATED EMPLOYEE AT HOSPITAL.

EE HAD A HOLE IN HIS PANTS NEAR THE TOP OF BOOT ON RT FOOT. HIS LEG WAS POSITIONED IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWED A SMALL PIECE OF METAL HE WAS TRIMMING TO ENTER HIS BOOT WHICH WAS UNLOACED THRU THE HOLE IN HIS PANTS.

CLEARING A ACONVEYOR BELT OF MATERIAL BY SHOVELING-PULLED MUSCLE IN NECK. WE CALLED AMBULANCE ATAPPROXIMATELY 4:50PM BECAUSE EE WAS COMPLAINING OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH & LEFT ARM PAIN. TAKEN TO SISTERS HOSPITAL & RELEASED.

THE INJURED WAS STEPPING OUT OF OUR CONTROL TRAILER ON MINE PROPERTY THERE WAS STONES LYING ON THE CONCRETE PAD UNDER THIS TRAILER AS HE STEPPED DOWN FROM TRAILR TO THE PAD HIS LEFT OOT STEPPE D ON A STONE THUS CAUSED HIS LEFT KNEE TO TWIST HIM TO FALL

OPERATOR ALLEGES THAT WINDOW OF CAT HOE FELL ONTO TOP OF HEAD WHILE EXCAVATING WASH OUT PIT, IN CONCRETE DIVISION. THE OPERATOR WORKED THE REST OF THE DAY, WENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL THE END OF THE WORKDAY ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY.

LABORER USED A GAS DRIVEN PUMP TO REMOVE WATER FROM A SURGE TUNNEL. HE WORKED IN TUNNEL WHILE PUMP WAS RUNNING. LABORER FELT HIMSELF GETTING DIZZY AND TURNED OFF FEED TO CONVEYOR BELT. PLANT O PERATOR WENT TO INVESTIGATE WHY MATERIAL FLOW STOPPED AND FOUND LABORER OUTSIDE THE TUNNEL.

OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE AND OVERSIZE PIECE OF CONCRETE WEDGED IN PORTABLE CRUSHER WHENN HE PUSHED ON THE PRY BAR WRONG AND PINCHED A NERVE IN HIS NECK.

THIS WAS AN ALLEDGED RECURRANCE OF AN INJURY ALLEGED ON 6-22-94 OF A TRAPELINE MUSCLE STRAIN WHILE OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER. OPERATOR WAS MOVING FURNITURE THAT WEEKEND AND CLAMING HE HURT HIS NECK DRIVING OVER A ROCK IN HE PIT HAULROAD HE CLAIMS THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED 2-24-94 IN ANOTHER PIT.

EE LIFTED A CONVEYOR ROLLER APPROX. 50 LBS WHILE CLEANIER UP AN AREA AROUND HE WAS PLANT. HE AGGRAVATION AN INJURY THAT FIRST OCCURON MANY YEARS AGO BEFORE WORKING FOR RING HILL. HE HURT HIS L OWER BACK ON 7-29-94 AND LEFT WORK DUE TO PAIN 8-12-94.

EE WAS PULLING CONCRETE WITH BOARD AND ALLEGED PULLED HIS BACK. THIS WAS A REOCCURENCE OF AN INJURY FROM ATC RIDING, SKIING AND A TRAFFIC INCIDENT EARLIER THIS YEAR. EE HAD HELP AS THERE WERE 2 MEN ON THE BOARD AND 2 MENT PULLING CONCRETE WITH SHOVELS. ALSO EE MADE NO COMMENT AT TIME OF INCIDENT TO FOREMAN ON SITE.

MAN WAS SHOVELING EXCESS SAND ONTO CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE TORE HIS RIGHT LIGMATIC MUSCLE.

OPERATOR WAS USING EXCESSIVE SPEED IN YARD. EXPLAINED THA THE WENT OVER A BUMP AND FELT A PAIN DEVELOPE IN HIS BACK.

PLANT OPERATOR LIFTED A 30 LB HIS ESTIMATION ROCK FROM A SPOT IT WEDGED ON THE PRIMARY SHAKER SCROW WHEN HE LIFTED HIP ROCK HE REPORTS HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. THIS TURNED O UT TO BE A HERNIA.

WHILE STRIKING ROCK LODGED IN ROLLER AND BELT-ROLLER FREED UP & SUCKED IN HAMMER AND OPERATORS ARM.

A BELT SLIMS WAS USED TO LOWER A CRUSHER PLATE INTO POSITION FOR MOUNTING THE PLATE SLIPPED WHEN THE INSTALLER TWISTED IT TO LINE IT UP FOR MOUNTING AFTER SLIPPING THE PLATE FELL APPROX 6IN BR EAKING THE RING FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND

OPERATOR WAS HAMMERING OVERSIZE ROCKS THROUGH RAILS OF HOPPER HAMMER BOUNCED OFF ROCK & HANDLE OF HAMMER STRUCK OPERATOR IN SHIN (RT) OPERATOR CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 08-23-90 HE CAME IN WITH A DOC EXCUSEFROM WORK ON 08-02-90

INJURED WAS DECENDING FLIGHT OF FIVE STAIRS, MISSED FOOTING, FELL TO THE GROUND AND SPRAINED BACK.