Mercer Lime & Stone Company Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Individual was clearing blockage from the exit of the hydrator near the exhaust stack when hot hydrate material let loose and sprayed across both his arms. Hot material caused burns to both his arms. It was not determined until 11/30/15 that his injury was such that he could not return to work.

While bagging Hydrate lime a 50# bag split at top forcing lime into employee's mouth. Individual cleared debris from mouth and continued working. Two days later individual had ulcers in mouth and went to doctor for treatment.

Employee was changing propane bottle on forklift when bottle slipped out of his hand causing hand to strike roll bar. Individual fractured 5th metacarpal. Individual did not report incident for 3 days.

While performing routine job on M-4 stone conveyor employee bumped safety switch shutting down conveyor. Employee quickly turned to re-set switch and allegedly twisted his left knee. Employee worked without restrictions until 6/19/14 when he went in for Orthoscopic surgery.

Employee was removing storage silo lid to measure contents and got lime in his left eye. Process was running to that silo making it positive in pressure forcing dust out the opening and under bottom of his safety glasses.

While removing an empty oil drum off storage rack employee allegedly sprained lower back and hip.

Employee was pulling on bar trying to move switch. Bar slipped and employee fell backwards hitting his head on wall of shanty. When he fell he jerked his head and his hardhat fell off.

While carrying 3 rotary kiln fire brick, employee tripped and fell smashing his finger between the brick and the kiln.

Employee went up stairs to take a chain off door to close, lime fell from the door and received lime on face and in both eyes

Employee was working on coal mill blower and slipped going after tools and twisted his knee. Mercer Lime was notified on April 1 that he would be going to physical therapy.

Employee was turning and twisting wheel at bottom of #1 Chemical bin and felt a pull when exerting turning the wheel.

Employee was trying to shutdown the panel board for the premix screw because lime was blowing out of the screw. Lime blew into his right eye.

Employee was lifting a motor to replace it, when he felt pain in his lower pack and hips.

Employee was handing shells to employee shooting kiln and lime from his hard hat accumulated and blew into his eye.

Employee was walking through plant and slipped on ice and snow and fell.

Employee was pushing the ash ring when he pulled muscles in his lower back.

Employee was taking pop cans to container, stepped on cover of man hole. The cover came off and employee fell into man hole.

Employee was bagging lime and he tapped the bag and the bag ripped and lime blew in his eye, causing lime burns.

Employee was pulling klinkers and experienced pain in lower back and down both legs

Employee was cleaning volume box on hydrator. His right leg slipped and left knee buckled, causing pain and swelling.

Employee was lifting a drum and the drum slipped catching his finger between the drum and a fire extinguisher box

Employee was cleaning a scrubber, he had his arm around a water pipe and the ladder he was standing on slipped, causing strain to the left shoulder

Employee was finished loading a truck and started down the ladder and his left hand lost its grip, causing his left knee to strike a ring on the ladder.

Employee was pulling klinkers when the puller stopped, it hit the steel plate holding up the door. This caused a jolt and strain the the body.

Employee was seperating east water in order to hook up bypass. He used a hammer to get coupling apart, when he swung the hammer the coupling came apart and came down about 2 1/2 ft, hitting him on the middle left finger.

When using an industrial kiln gun to shoot ash ring in the kiln a shell exploded injuring the right eye. As a result of the injury the employee lost his right eye.

Pulling klinkers, he felt severe pain in shoulder and neck.

Pulling klinkers from the kiln, he strained back.

Employee was running the chemical bagger and got his hand caught between two full bags of lime as they were dropping onto the belt.

Employee was pulling klinkers and pulled his left arm muscles. This was not reported earlier because he did not seek medical attn or miss any work until March 18, 2008

Employee was walking down a ramp behind coal building and slipped and fell on snow and ice, landing on his left hip. This accident was not reportable until 10/17/08.

Employee tripped over a grinder that was laying on the floor.

Cleaning scrubber and hit left elbow on side of scrubber. Employee worked from date of accident until 12/2/07. Last day worked 12/2/07.

Pulling klinkers he pulled a muscle between shoulders and neck.

Pulling clinkers and felt pulling in his lower back. Sprain/strain to the lower back.

Employee was walking to payloader and slipped on ice and fell onto his back.

Filling Bags and moving pallets onto scales. Felt pain in his neck and back

Employee slipped on wet step while crossing car to empty car.

Cleaning snub pulley, caught bar hitting his and face.

Picking up a broken bag and stepped on bag, spraying lime under his safety glasses into right eye.

Helping to pull merrick stone belt through roller. Note: this accident was not reported earlier because we did not know that surgery would be involved, or any lost time.

Employee was putting a piece of steel onto a stack of steel, and it rolled back off stack and onto his foot.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A FAN HOUSING AND SPRAINED HIS WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE STONE ROOM & WAS MOVING A WHEELBARROW TO EMPTY IT & STEPPED ON A STONE & TWISTED HIS KNEE.

PULLING KLINDERS FROM THE KILN AND STRAINED LOWER BACK. REPORT NOT FILED EARLIER BECAUSE EE WAS NOT OFF WORK UNTIL NOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A CAGE AND THE CAGE FELL, COMING TO A SUDDEN STOP AND HE JAMMED BOTH WRISTS AND HIT ELBOW.

EE WAS REMOVING ASH KLINKERS FROM KILN GRATE USING PULLER PROVIDED WHEN HE PULLED OR STRAINED HIS MUSCLE IN MIDDLE OF BACK.

EE WAS SHOVELING LIME FROM A ROOF & PULLED OR STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.

E WAS CLEANING BAGHOUSE PIPE ON SECOND FLOOR, STEPPED BACKWARDS OFF PLATFORM & FELL DOWN THE STEPS.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING NEW SHAFT & SPROCKET UP TO TOP OF ELEVATOR AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS CLEANING UP LIME IN AN ELEVATOR PIT. HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS CLEANING OUT DEMISTER CONE WITH A SLEDGE HAMEER. CONE FELL TOWARDS EE WHILE HE WAS SWINGING HAMMER, PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN CONE AND SLEDGE HAMMER.

EE WAS TAKING NUTS OFF A BOLT AND LOST GRIP WITHPIPE WRENCH, HE WAS USING A PIPE FOR EXTENTION FOR LEVERAGE AND WHEN HE LOST GRIP ON BOLT, PIPESTRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD.

EE WAS POKING OUT ANALYZER PIPE AND A PAIN WENT UP RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A LEVER TO RELEASE RAILROD CAR BRAKE AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.

EE WAS WORKING OFF A WOODEN LADDER, WHEN THE 4TH RUNG BROKE. HE FELL THROUGH TO TOP OF PRE MIX XCREEN.

HIT HIS HEAD ON A STEEL PIPE WHILE GOING UP TO GET BIN MEASUREMENT.

BAGGING LIME AND LIME BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

PUTTING A ROOF BACK OVER WEST FAN AND PULLED HIS LOWER BACK.

BAGGING LIME ADD BAG BLEW UP AND RECEIVED LIME IN HIS EYE.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE COAL MILL AND TRYING TO SET A PIECE OF PIPE. THE PIPE WAS WEDGED AND SPRUNG FREE HITTING HIM.

EE WAS CLEANING WEST SCRUBBER & A PIECE OF DEBRIS CAME LOOSE & FELL HITTING HIS FOREARM CAUSING VERY BAD BRUISE

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON SCOOP TO DUMP DUST AT DUST BIN WHEN HE PULLED LOWER BACK CAUSING A SPRAIN/STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SCRUBBER ABD AGGRAVATED HIS SHOULDERS CAUSING PAIN IN BOTH SHOULDERS.

EE WAS RUNNING A JACK HAMMER ON THE ASH RING AND EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FORKLIFT AND MOVING BAGS WHEN FORKLIFT HIT A POTHOLE AND JARRED HIS BACK.

EE WAS LOADING A TRUCK WITH THE PAYLOADER AND LOADER BOUNCED BACK AND HIT A SLUDGE PILE, JOLTING HIM AND CAUSING BACK INJURY.

EE WAS BAGGING LIME AND A BAG SLIPPED AND HE PULLED HIS BACK WHILE CATCHING THE BAG, CAUSING A STRAIN TO THE BACK.

WORKING WITH A CUTTING TORCH. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HANDED HIM A LIT TORCH AND IT FELL ON HIS ARM. SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRAPHITING THE KILN AND JUMPED OFF THE PIER, JARRING HIS BACK.

EE WAS REPAIRING A GEAR REDUCER AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER SMASHING IT.

EE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER, CLEANING THE SCRUBBER.

BAGGING LIME AND PINCH ON TUBE ON BAGGER EXPLODED AND BLEW LIME INTO BOTH EYES CAUSING LIME BURNS TO BOTH EYES.

EE WAS WALKING TO THE SCALE ROOM TO PUNCH OUT AND SLIPPED ON SNOW AND FELL AND A RUPTURE RESULTED. NOTE: THIS REPORT WAS NOT FILED EARLIER BECAUSE EE DID NOT GET MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 5/26/9 8 NO LOSS TIME UNTIL 5/27/98

EE WAS STEPPING FROM CAB OF HIGHLIFT & SLIPPED OFF THE FENDER PULLED HIS LOWER BACK. **EE WORKED FROM THE TIME OF HIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 1/21/98, THEN HIS DR. TOLD HIM NOT TO WORK UNTIL FURTHER TR EATMENT.

GETTING OUT OF HIGHLIFT AND SLIPPED ON LADDER.

EE WAS LIFTING A BOX OF SHELLS ONTO PAYLOADER BUCKET AND HIS BACK WENT OUT WHILE LIFTING.

OPERATING HYDRATOR, SLIPPED ON WET LIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER WORKING ON A WATER PUMP.

EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING LIME AND WAS REMOVING BAG WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

PULLED BACK MUSCLE WHILE SWEEPING UNDER PLATFORM IN BASEMENT.

EE WAS PULLING KLINKERS FROM KILN AND PULLED HIS BACK.

EE WAS WORKING WITH SPUD BAR INSIDE KILN, HE PULLED ON BAR TO LOOSEN ASH AND STEPPED BAKC, AND BROKE HIS RIGHT FIBIA.

HIS LEFT KNEE POPPED WHILE PULLING KILINDERS, CHIPPING KNEE.

EMP WAS CLEANING THE DEMISTOR WHILE IN A BASKET AND HURT HIS LOWER ABDOMINAL AREA. THIS ACCIDENTWAS NOT REPORTED AT TIME OF ACCIDENT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LOSS OF TIME OR MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTI L NOW.

CLEANING WATER LINES AND A PIECE OF 8" PIPE FELL OFF FORKLIFT AND ONTO HIS FOOT.

STEPPING DOWN AT LOAD OUT SYSTEM AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

BAGGING LIME AND HE HURT HIS BACK.

EE WAS LOADING A TRUCK, PULLED HIS BACK WHILE REMOVING A CHUTE FROM THE TRUCK.

EE WAS BAGGING LIME & PULLED HIS BACK.

EE WAS LIFTING A ELECTRICAL STARTER. LUMBAR STRAIN TO THE BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP AN EMBANKMENT WHEN HE PULLED A LEG MUSCLE.

WALKING DOWN STEPS AND PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.

BAGGING LIME AND SLIPPED ON BELTING, SPRAINING BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THRU LOAD OUT SYSTEM AND TRIPPED OVER A PIECE OF ANGLE .

TESTING LIME IN THE LAB AND TRIPPED OVER A BOX ON THE FLOOR - FRACTURE TO THE WRIST.

CLEANING DUCT WORK, PIECE OF SLUDGE LIME FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE ENCK, RECEIVED CERVICAL STRAIN TO THE NECK.

PUTTING SHROUD ON FAN AND IT MOVED PINNING HIS ARM AGAINST THE FAN WALL.

THERE WAS A FINES SPILL & EMPLOYEE WENT DOWN STAIRS TO STOP SPILL & FELL ON STAIRS. BRUISING HIS LEFT ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING SCREEN CLOTH DOWN THE STEPS & PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK

OPENING GATE ON #9 BIN & CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN HANDLE & GUARD ON ACTUATOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON PLATFORM BARRING LUMP OF STONE FROM CAR, ANOTHER LUMP FELL OUT AND HIT BAR, IN WHICH BAR HIT TOP OF RIGHT FOOT. CAUSING A BROKEN RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING STONE AT M4 & M5 TRANSFER AND PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK AND NECK.

HE WAS TURNING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH, THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS EYE ON THE HOUSING, RECEIVED A LACERATION TO THE RIGHT EYELID REQUIRING 2 STITCHES.

WALKING ACROSS OLD SEPERATOR FOR #1 DYDRATER, FELL & HIT KNEE.

PULLED BACK MUSCLES WHILE CLEANING PREMIX SCREW ON HYDRATOR.

CLEANING M4 TUNNEL, SHOVELING STONE AND PULLED HIS BACK, BACK STRAIN.

RECEIVED LIME IN EYES WHILE GRINDING A SAMPLE OF LIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING MUD IN M4 TUNNEL AN PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A DOOR ON THE WEST FAN AND RUPTURED HIS NAVEL.

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO CLEAN SCRUBBER AND PULL MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER ON A RAILROAD CAR HIS HAND SLIPPED & HE FELL OFF LADDER THE COMPANY WAS NOT MADE AWARE THAT THIS WAS A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT UNTIL 04-06-92

EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING LIME AND PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

PULLING KLINKERS FROM KILN AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK WHILE CARRYING A MOTOR UP STEPS.

EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING LIME AND LIME BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

CLIMBING A LADDER TO LOAD FINES TRUCK AND HIT HIS HEAD ON DUST PIPE.JAMMED HIS NECK.THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON 11-18-91 AND THE COMPANY WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 12-05-91.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THRU THE PLANT AND SLIPPED ONT HE ICE AND FELL. RECEIVED TORN LIGAMENTS TO THE LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM. THIS IS A RECURRING ACCIDENT, FIRST REPORTED ON 2-17-91.

LOADING SCRAP BY HAND INTO BUCKET OF PAYLOADER,RESULTING IN LUMBAR SPRAIN TO BACK.

SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE CLEANING TAILING PIT, RESULTING IN SEPARTION OF JOINT IN THE RIGHT HAND.

CLIMBING LADDER & HIT HEAD ON PIPE.

BAGGING LIME PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK STRAIN TO BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING KLINKERS FROM THE KILN AND PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK RESULTING IN A MUSCLE STRAIN.

EE WAS BAGGING LIME AND LIME BLEW INTO HIS MOUTH CAUSING LIME BURNS TO HIS MOUTH.

EE WAS LOADING A TNAK TRUCK AND PULLED HIS BACK RESULTING A LUMBAR RADICULOTHATHY.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A BAG OF LIME DOWN ON A PALELT AND PULLED HIS BACK.

EMPL WALKING THROUGH PLANT,SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL.RECD TORN LIGAMENTS TO LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM.

EMPL CLEANING COUNTERWEIGHT ON M4,BAR SLIPPED HIT HIM ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE CAUSING LACERATION REQ STITCHES.

EE WAS CLIMBING UP INTO THE PAYLOADER AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE GROUND, RECEIVING A SPRAIN TO THE RIGHT ELBOW AND RIGHT KNEE.

WORKING ON AIR DRYER AND DIRT GOT IN EYE WHEN AIR LINE CAME APART.

CLEANING OUT TOP OF DEMISTOR AND PIECES OF LIME HIT IN THE EYE CAUSING BLURRED VISION.

BAGGING LIME,PULLED BAG OFF BAGGER AND LIME BLEW IN EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PLANT AND SLIPPED IN THE MUD PULLED MUSCLES AND SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

BAGGING LIME AND BAG DROPPED FROM CHUTE AND LIME BLEW IN EYES.

EMPLOYEE FELL FROM A LADDER WHILE MAKING REPAIRS AND STOVED AND BRUISED HIS FINGER.THIS ACCIDENT ORIGINALLY HAPPENED ON 07-16-90 AND EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 07-20-90 WE THOUGHT AT TIME THIS WAS AN UNREPORTABLE ACCIDENT.HIS FHIS FIRST DAY FROM WORK WAS 07-30-90.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE FORKLIFT, LOADING A FLATBED TRUCK, HE GOT HIS HAND CUAGHT IN THE CHAIN ON THE FORKLIFT, HE CUT AND BROKE THREE FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND. REOCURRANCE: LOSS TIME ST ARTED ON 6-11-90. FIRST INJURY 8-12-88.

CHANGE CABLE AT UNLOADING STATION, HOLDING BAR OTHER EMP HIT HAND WITH HA MMER

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING A PIECE OF STEEL. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND AT THE SAME TIME THE WELD BROKE ON A PIECE OF STEEL HITTING HIM ON THE NOSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING LIME WHEN THE BAG BLEW OPEN, RECEIVING LIME BURNS TO THE LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A JACKHAMMER & PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK

EMPL PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK OF LEG WHEN HE JUMPED OFF CONVEYOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING RAIL CAR & SLIPPED & FELL FROM CAR HE TWISTED HIS RT.ANKLE

EMPL WAS OPERATING THE FORKLIFT LOADING A FLATBED TRUCK HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE CHAIN ON THE FORKLIFT HE CUT AND BROKE THREE FINGERS ON R HAND

EMP WAS GETTING OUT OF THE PAYLOADER AND PULLE DMUSCLES IN RT LEG OR BACK CAUSING NUMBNESS TO RT LEG

EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 ON THE LADDER OF PAYLOADER HITING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST THE LOADER,BRUISED AND PULLED MUSCLES OF THE SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING DOWN THE STEPS FROM BIN,M HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP, TWISTING HIS LEFT LEG.

A BAR ON THE SC9UBBER SLIPPED AND PINNED HIS HAND, A BAD SPRAIN TO THE RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE RECEIV9D LIME BURNS TO BOTH EYES WHILE BAGGING LIME, THE BAG BLEW UP.

EMP WAS CLEANIN1 PULLEY ON ML, HIS HAND SLIPPED AND SCRAPED ON THE PULLEY BROKEN RIGHT HAND

ACABLE BROKE ON3RAILROAD PULLER AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE KNEE, RESULT IS A BROKEN KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A MOTOR OUT OF THE HI-LIFT BUCKET AND THE MOTOR SLID ONTO HIS ANKLE

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE DRAGLINE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE TRACKS CAUSING ACUTE LOW BACK STRAIN & CONTUSION OF THE LOWER ABDOMWNT