THORNTON PLANT: 107 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE WATER TRUCK WHEN THE DOOR STOP STRAP BROKE CAUSING HIM TO STEP DOWN BEFORE HE WAS READY. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE AS A RESULT

Ee was cleaning between impact rollers on feeder with a bar when his bar get caught between the roller and hopper above. his hand got caught between the bar and the roller cutting his hand betwen his thumb and forefinger.

EE WAS DRIVING A COMPANY PICK UP WHEN IT OVERHEATED. THE EE STOPPED THE VECHICLE AND STARTED TO REMOVE THE RADIATOR CAP. THE EE THEN CLOSED THE CAP AND THEN REOPENED IT AND RECIEVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS ARM BETWEEN HIS WRIST AND ELBOW ON HIS RIGHT ARM.

EE WAS ASSISTING CONTRACT MECHANIC REMOVE CLUTCH HOUSING FROM EL-JAY VSI CRUSHER. MECHANIC WAS HOISTING HOUSING WITH LIFTING STRAP USING TRUCK CRANE. AS HOUSING CAME OUT EE HAD HAND ON LIFTING STRAP & THE HOUSING SHIFTED PINCHING EE'S LEFT HAND BETWEEN STRAP & SHEAVES ON CLUTCH HOUSING. INJURY WAS CONTUSION TO LEFT HAND REQUIRING MODIFIED WORK RESTRICTIONS. NO LOST TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SCREEN BEARING HOUSING HOLDING A WRENCH WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING WRENCH WITH HAMMER. EMPLOYEE WITH HAMMER MISSED, HIT COUNTERWEIGHT & HAMMER BOUNCED ONTO INJURED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LITTLE FINGER, BRUISING IT. NO FRACTURE BUT REQUIRED SPLINT & RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS DIRECTING WORK ON A CONVEYER BELT AND TOLD ANOTHER EE TO STRIKE THE TOP OF THE ARM OF A "SIDE KICK" WITH A HAMMER TO FREE IT UP. THE OTHER EE IMMEDIATELY STRUCK WITH THE HAMMER BUT HIT THE OTHER EE'S RIGHT RING FINGER, CAUSING A FRACTURE AT THE END OF THE FINGER.

NO DIRECT CAUSE OR INJURY. NECK STARTED GETTING STIFF AND AT SHIFTENED TIME HAD PAINS, IN LEFT SIDE OF HEAD, NEAR EAR. WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC AND DIAGNOSED WITH BRACHIAL NURITIS OR RADICULITS NOS PULLED MUSCLE OR PINCHED NERVE.

EE WAS PICKING MUD OFF CONVEYOR BELT AND HIS RIGHT HAND BEGAN BOTHERING HIM FROM PICKING MUD. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST AND SLIGHT CONTUSION.

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF A CONVEYOR FRAME. HE PUT HIS FOOT DOWN WRONG & TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

PULLING BELT WITH 1 1/2 TON COMEALONG WHEN D-RING COMEALONG WAS ATTACHED TO TO BROKE FROM STEEL WALL STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

CUTTING PIECE OF RUBBER, SLIPPED CUT RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS CLEANING OUT BUTLER FEEDER ROCK WAS CAUGHT UNDER FEED CONTROL GATE EE FREED ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN ROCK CLEARED THE GATE THE WEIGHTOF THE MATERIAL ON GATE CAUSED GATE TO SPRING BACK HITTING EE IN FINGER

STRAIN TO RIGHT WRIST. PHYSICIAN STATED THAT INJURY WAS CUMULATIVE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

EPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING MAINLIEN CONVEYOR-HE WAS CROSSING OVER A DEADMAN CABLE HOLDING F-1 CONV. FEEDING MAINLINE CONV. TURNED HIS HEAD INTO A HANGING HEAD SECTION GUARD MOUNTED ON F-1 CONV.

EE WAS SHOVELING AROUND A CONVEYOR THAT WAS GUARDED. GUARD HAD BEEN BENT BY ROCK HITTING IT WHICH WAS NOT NOTICED BY EE. EE'S THUMB WAS CUT BY GUARD WHILE SHOVELING.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON WINTER PLANT REPAIRS. TEMP WAS IN SINGLE DIGITS. EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EXPOSURE TO LEFT AND RIGHT HAND. ALL EMPLOYEES WERE GIVEN OPTION OF GOING HOME RATHER THAN WORKING IN COLD. EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED EMPLOYERS OF PROBLEM ON 2-5-96 AND EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO CLINIC AND TREATED FOR COLD EXPOSURE.

EE WAS OPERATING BACKHOE ON STEEP GRADE. DOOR ON BACKHOE WAS HELD OPEN WITH WIRE. DOOR CAME LOOSE FROM WIRE AND SLAMMED ON EE'S LEFT HAND THAT HE WAS BRACING HIMSELF WITH ON DOOR JAM. DOOR BRO KE A SMALL BONE IN EE'S LEFT HAND. DOOR LATCH WAS FIXED IMMEDIATELY THE SAME DAY. THIS WAS A BORROWED BACKHOE WHICH HAD JUST ARRIVED ON SITE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING ROLLER ON CONVEYOR. HE TURNED AND BENT DOWN, PICKED UP NEW ROLLER AND PULLED MUSCLE. HE HAS A LOWER RIGHT BACK SPRAIN.

EMLOYEE WAS REPAIRING BEARING ON DRIVE LIEN OF LAODER. EMPLOYEE HAD DRIVE LINE IN HAND AND LET IT SLIP DROPPING ON DIFFERNTIAL WITH HIS MIDDLE RIGHT FINGE RIN BETWEEN. EMPLOYEE CUT MIDDLE RI GHT FINGER, REQUIRING SIX STITHCES. EMPLOYEE HAD GREASE AND OILED ON HIS HANDS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO SLIPPING AND THE ACCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING INTO SCALEHOUSE AND TRIPPE DUP A STEP, STRIKING UNDER SIDEOF TOE ON METAL STEP. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SANDALS. UNDERSIDE OF LEFT BIG TOE REQUIRED 6 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING ADJ ON TAIL PULLY TO REPAIR A SPLICE HE WAS PUSHING DOWN ON WRENCH WHENSOCKET SLIPPED OFF NUT & HE STRUCK HIS LEFT SMALL FINGER ON TAIL PULLY GUARD EMPLOYEE HAD LACERATI ON ON LEFT SMALL FINGER REQUIRING 6 STITCHES

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT SHE TRIED TO OPEN SMALL WINDOW IT JAMMED & STRAINED HER ARM

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BELT SPLICE ON CONVEYOR EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING EDGE OF BELTING WITH BELT KNIFE IN RT HAND & CUT LEFT WRIST WITH KNIFE IN PROCESS CUT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES ON LEFT WRIST

EKMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN CATWALK OF SURGE STACKER WITH HIS HANDS FULL OF TOOLS. EMPLOYEE STUMBLED AND FELLA GAINST HANDRAIL PINCHING HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN HANDRAILA ND TOOLS HE WAS C ARRYING. EMPLOYEE SLIGHTLY FRACTURED (2 CHIPS) THE END OF HIS LEFT RING FINGER.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ADJUSTING CRUSHER A INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON LEFT SMALL FINGER BY WEDGE AFTER OTHER EMPLOYEE STRUCK WEDGE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. THE LEFT SMALL FINGER WAS FRACTURED.

EE & EE WERE OPERATING LOADERS IN THE PIT FEEDING MATERIAL INTO THE ALLIS CHALMERS FEEDER SAVERAL LARGE CHUNKS OF FROZEN MATERIAL PLUGGED THE FEEDER & EE GOT OFF HIS LOADER TO DISLODGE THE MAT ERIAL EE WITH THE FEEDER STILL RUNNING PROCEEDEDTO UNPLUG THE MATERIAL NORMALY A SLEDGE HAMMER IS USED IN THE PROCESS BUT THE HANDLE WAS BROKEN SO EE GRABBED A ROCK & BEGAN TO HAMMER WEDGE PL

INJURED WAS UNHOOKING A FLAT BED TRAILER FROM A PIECKUP TRUCK. WHEN HE STEPPED OFF FROM THE TRAILER HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

STRAINED RT SHOULDER WHILE PULLING ON TORQUE WRENCH

OPER NEW CAT FRONT END LOADER WITH SEAT BACK

EE WAS RUNNING NEW 980 F CAT LOADER WITH A SEAT BACK THAT WOULD NOT STAY IN POSITION IT MOVED BETWEEN THE 3 ADJUSTMENTS PARTS WERE ORDEREA EE RAN THE LOADER 6 HRS AND CALLED THE NEXT AM WITH A SORE STIFF NECK. HE ALLEDGES THIS WAS CAUSED BYTHE TILTINY SEAT BACK.

55061S HELPING MOVE A CONVEYOR DRIVE SECTION HE TRIPPED OVER A SAFETY CORD ON A 3INCH HIGH BELT HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT SIDE HITTING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS REPLACING A GUARD AFTER DOING CLEAN UP. THE BOARD SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN CHIN.

HE WAS PRYING ON ABAR WHEN IT SLIPPED AND HIS ELBOW HIT A STEEL PIPE. HE TOLD ME AT 3:30 (END OF SHIFT) THAT HE HIT HIS ELBOW BUT DID NOT NEED ANY MEDICAL ATTETNION. HE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK WITH NO TORUBLE BUT ON 2-25-91. HE SAIDE HIS ELBOW WAS SORE AND HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR.

I NAME WAS CARR2ING WATER BOTTLE FOR COOLER ON SHOULDER AND HIT STEEL BEAM. BREAKING BOTTLE AND CUTTING RIGHT SHOULDER. I NAME SRIGHT SHOULDER NEEDED STITCHES.