CEMEX INC.Mining Incidents in 2003

INJURED WAS WALKING FROM VAC TRUCK TO CEMENT SILO. HE ENCOUNTERED A BUGGY PLACE AND HIS FOOT SUNK AND STOPPED, EE'S MOTION CAUSED KNEE TO TWIST.

EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF A 753 BOBCAT SKID LOADER.HIS LEFT FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO BOLTS ON THE BOBCAT BUCKET. AS A RESULT, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. AFTER MONTHS OF PAIN, HE WENT FOR MEDI CAL EVALUATION AND IT WAS DETERMINED HE HAD TORNCARTILAGE IN HIS KNEE. ON 2-24-04, HE WENT OFF ON A LOST TIME ACCIDENT TO HAVE CORRECTIVE SURGERY.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CAGES FROM DUST COLLECTOR WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT BICEP PULLING ON CAGES.

EE WAS POKING OUT A BUILDUP OF MATERIAL IN THE TOWER. A CHUNK OF BUILDUP HIT THE POKE BAR CAUSING IT TO JERK SIDEWAYS AND HIT EE IN THE LEFT CHEEK.

EMPLOYEE POKING A MATERIAL WITH BAR. MATERIAL FELL ONTO OPPOSITE END OF BAR CAUSING A SEESAW EFFECT. EMPLOYEES END CAME UP AND HIT HIM IN THE NOSE & FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS ALONG THE 200 CONVEYOR. ON THE SECOND STEP SHE SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN SEVEN STEPS TO THE LANDING BELOW.

EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING DOOR ON FINISH MILL COMPARTMENT USING OVERHEAD CRANE AND 1/2 INCH CABLE WITH 3/4 TON CHAIN FALL TO PLACE DOOR. CABLE BROKE WHILE SEATING THE DOOR AND THE CABLE WHIPPE D AROUND STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND.

OPERATOR FAILURE TO DEENERGIZE EQUIPMENT BEFORE INSPECTION AND FAILURE TO KEEP FROM HARMS WAY. STRUCK RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST RETURN ROLLER.

THE EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSPECTING THE SWIRL CHAMBER DISCHARGE. HE OPENED A 6 INCH PORT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SWIRL CHAMBER DISCHARGE. AS HE OPENED THE PORT COVER, AN AIR CANNON FIRED AND HOT KILN DUST BLEW INTO HIS FACE AND UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

ON ABOUT MAY 28, 2003, THE EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS REMOVING A PACKED BAG THAT HAD FALLEN OFF A PALLET WHILE ON THE PALLETIZER PALLET LIFT. HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK WHEN REACHING OVER TO PICK UP THE BAG. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT ON JUNE 12 BECAUSE HIS BACK STILL BOTHERED HIM. FALLEN BAGS WILL NO LONGER BE REMOVED BUT CUT OPEN & CONTENTS SPILLED FOR CLEANUP. DEC. 8 WAS FIRST LOST DAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING SILO MEASUREMENTS. SHE MEASURED #8 STONE SILO WITH A DROP CORD AND HAD REMOVED THE CORD FROM THE SILO. SHE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP THE CORD AND WHEN SHE TURNED TO PLACE IT ON ITS HANGER, HER LOWER LEFT BACK WENT OUT. SHE WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK ON HER NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT. THUS, ON 5/22/03, IT BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

WHILE WALKING ON 3RD FLOOR BETWEEN #2 AND #3 MILL, EE RAISED HEAD AND STRUCK HEAD ON BEAM, CAUSING NECK TO JAM. EE WAS WEARING HARD HAT. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL DR TOOK HIM OFF WORK STARTIN G JUNE 17, 03.

REPAIRMEN WERE REPLACING SUPPORT BARS IN #1 CINKER COOLER. THE COOLER GRATES HAD BEEN REMOVED SO THAT THE SUPPORT BARS COULD BE REPLACED, RESHIMMED, AND PROPERLY ALIGNED. INJURED EE WAS WALK ING ATOP SUPPORT BARS WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE, TEARING CARTILAGE IN THE PROCESS. WENT OFF ON 5-19-03 AS LTA.

EE HAD SHUTDOWN AND LOCKED OUT PALLETIZER TO CLEAN PHOTOELECTRIC EYES AND TO ADJUST A HEAT LAMP ON AN AIR CYLINDER. UPON CLIMBING ATOP THE PALLETIZER CONVEYOR BELT, HIS FOOT (LEFT) CAUGHT ONTO THE SPLICE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. BOTH KNEES STRUCK THE CONVEYOR BELT MOTOR & HIS RT. SHOULDER STRUCK THE CONVEYOR. HE WENT OFF WORK 6/6/03 FOR SURGERY ON HIS LT. KNEE.

EE WAS LIFTING A WIRE SPOOL. AFTER LIFTING THE WIRE SPOOL, HE NOTICED A LUMP ON HIS ABDOMEN AT HIS BELLY BUTTON. UPON EXAM BY A DR., IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE HAD A HERNIA. HE WENT OFF FOR SURGERY 5/5/03.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM A CONCRETE PIER AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

SLIPPED ON SNOW COVERED ICY STEP IN PACKHOUSE AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE. CONTINUED HIS WORK DUTY TILL 4/25/03. WAS EVALUATED BY ORTHOPEDIC DOCTOR. KNEE REQUIRED SURGERY FOR CARTILEDGE DAMAGE. WENT OFF WORK 4-28-03.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE DISASSEMBLING A PORTABLE SCAFFOLDING. THEY HAD REMOVED THE SIDE BRACING TO LOWER A SECTION OF SCAFFOLDING WHEN IT SWUNG DOWN & STRUCK THE INJURED'S RIGHT SHOULDER, BRUISING IT. HE WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK FOR HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT & BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING PREHEATER ELEVATOR THAT HAD STOPPED ABOUT 6 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR LEVEL. HE STEPPED DOWN AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE PULLING 20 LB KEROSENE HEATER ON WHEELS ACROSS ROAD (INSIDE PLANT) THROUGH MUD, SNOW & ICE. HE SLIPPED TWISTING HIS RIGHT SIDE CAUSING PAIN IN RIB AREA ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

WHILE CARRYING A BUCKET OF OIL HE SLIPPED ON STAIRS WHICH WERE WET FROM MELTED SNOW. HE TWISTED AS HE FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT HIP. HE CONTINUED TO WORK. THE NEXT MORNING HE HAD A KNOT ON HIS HI P WHICH WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL SURGERY ON 2/17/04.

EE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK.

EE WAS WORKING ON A CEMENT AIRSLIDE CONVEYOR. THIS IS AN AIR ASSISTED GRAVITY CONVEYOR FOR FINISHED CEMENT PRODUCT. WHEN HE REMOVED A COVER ON THE AIRSLIDE, THE MATERIAL INSIDE PURGED OUT ON TO HIM COVERING HIS FACE AND EYES WITH MATERIAL AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN ONTO THE STEEL PLATFORM WHERE HE WAS STANDING ON A 4 FT LADDER.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM GATOR, TWISTING LEFT KNEE.

EE HAD BEEN WORKING IN THE RAW MILL SEPARATOR. THE JOB INVOLVED MOVING SEVERAL LARGE PIECES THAT COMPOSE THE UPPER TABLE. EACH PIECE APPX. 250 LBS. PIECES HAD TO BE MOVED ON ELEVATOR THEN OFF ON 7TH FLOOR. CO-WORKER WAS ASSISTING. EE ALSO DID OTHER WORK. AS HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF SEPARATOR, HE FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER. NEXT WEEK HE WORKED IN LAB. OCTOBER 20TH HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICT

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT A CONVEYOR BELT AND WAS PULLING ON THE BELT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER & NECK.

EE LIFTED A JACKHAMMER AND FELT PAIN IN ABDOMEN.

WALKING DOWN ROCKY SLOPE TO A WATER VALVE. SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS MEASURING THE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHWALL IN FIERSTEIN QUARRY FOR TEST DRILLING. THE WEIGHT ON THE END OF THE TAPE MEASURE GOT STUCK. THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWALL TO F REE THE TAPE MEASURE. THE SURFACE WHERE HE WAS STANDING GAVE WAY AND HE FELL ABOUT 15'. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING FALL PROTECTION.

LACERATED RIGHT HAND ACROSS THE PALM AND RIGHT INDEX FINGER. HE WAS MEASURING BEAM ABOVE PULLEY WHILE BELT WAS MOVING WHEN THE TAPE MEASURE GOT CAUGHT IN PULLEY GRABBING HIS HAND AND CUTTING I T TO THE BONE. HE HAS TO HAVE SURGERY TO REPAIR NERVE DAMAGE.

EE WAS OBSERVING ANOTHER EE WORK, HE BENT DOWN TO CHECK THE PROGRESS OF THE EE AND WHEN HE TRIED TO STAND UP, HE COULDN'T. WAS PUT ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL 4/21/03 THEN WAS TAKEN OFF WORK. THIS WAS FIRST DAY OF LOST TIME.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING COVER FOR COAL ROLL REMOVAL. ONE WENT TO THE MAINTENANCE SHOP TO GET A SLING FOR LIFTING THE COVER. WHILE HE WAS GONE, THE EMPLOYEE REMOVED THE BOLTS FROM THE COVER AND TURNED AROUND TO PICK UP SOMETHING. THE COVER CAME LOOSE HITTING HIM IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE CALF. SCRAPES & SORENESS LATER DIAGNOSED AS A TEAR BY THE TREATING DOCTOR.

WALKING INSIDE COOLER ROOM ON WESTSIDE. TURNED EAST AT THE SOUTH END OF THE COOLER & WAS PASSING THE METAL ELEVATED PLATFORM WHEN BOTH FEET WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM, HE LANDED ON THE CONCRETE WITH HIS LEFT ELBOW STRIKING FIRST.

CONNECTING CHICAGO FITTINGS - IT WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION, FELT MUSCLE PULL ON RIGHT ARM. CONTINUED WORKING FOR 4 DAYS - FELT NEED TO SEEK TREATMENT. AIR WAS NOT RUNNING AT TIME OF INJURY.

EE WAS USING A SHOVEL TO CLEAN SPILLED CLINKER AND SUSTAINED A ROTATOR CLUFF INJURY IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS ROLLING TANK CART OVER FROZEN GROUND AND TWISTED ANKLE WHICH WAS LATER TO BE FOUND FRACTURED.

STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK WHILE WALKING ACROSS CONCRETE FLOOR. SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE. *EMPLOYEE HAS HAD TWO SURGERIES TO DATE.*

THE EE WAS WALKING TO HIS CAR FROM THE BATH HOUSE WHEN HE FELL ON A WALKWAY THAT HAD SNOW & ICE ON IT. HE HIT HIS RT. SHOULDER. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER & NECK. THE EE DID NOT SEE K MEDICAL ATTN. UNTIL 12/29/03 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

SHOVELING CLINKER OFF FLOOR IN THE BOTTOM OF A-FRAME TO #6 BELT WHEN HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK.

EE WAS HANDING A PRY BAR TO A CO-WORKER WHEN HE FELT WEAKNESS IN HIS FOREARM & ELBOW.

EE WAS USING A KNIFE TO ENLARGE A HOLE IN ORDER TO INSTALL A HOSE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT EE'S LEFT PALM.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING & TRANSPORTING JACKHAMMER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

THE EE IS UNSURE OF WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED. THE ONLY THING HE CAN THINK OF IS WHEN HE LIFTED A FEW CEMENT BAGS (94 LBS) OFF OF THE GAP PLATE TO THE CATWALK.

WHILE USING A 3 TON CHAIN FALL, EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE CHAIN. WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPPED, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EE ON A CEMENT AIRSLIDE CONVEYER. WHEN THE EE'S REMOVED A COVER ON THE AIRSLIDE, THEY WERE HIT WITH A QUICK BURST OF MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THE AIRSLIDE. THE EE'S EYES WERE FILLED WITH FINISHED CEMENT PRODUCT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A HEAVY INSPECTION DOOR TO A BUCKET ELEVATOR. WHILE HE WAS PUSHING THE DOOR, HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE STEPPED DOWN FROM 32"" BELT CONVEYER STRUCTURETO WALKWAY. RIGHT KNEE OF DESCENDING LEG BUCKLED, OUTWARD CAUSING IMMEDIATE PAIN. AS A RESULT OF LOSS OF SUPPORT OF DESCENDING LEG, LOWER RIGH T RIB CAGE WAS IMPACTED ON HAND RAIL CAUSING MORE PAIN.

AT THE END OF THE SHIFT EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE AFTER GETTING INTO HIS PRIVATE VEHICLE. HE SLID UNDER HIS TRUCK AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

WAS SHOVELING IN THE COOLER ROOM AND HIS WRIST WAS GETTING SORE. HE KEPT WORKING. ON 11-22-03 HE REPORTED IT TO PRODUCTION LEADER & SUGGESTED HE REPORT TO HIS SUPERVISOR.

EE WAS LIFTING A MASONRY BAG (70 LBS) OFF THE INCLINE CONVEYOR THAT WAS TURNED SIDEWAYS WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOWING THE LAWN ON A RIDING MOWER WHEN HE STRUCK A LOW-LYING BRANCH WITH HIS HEAD. THIS CAUSED SOME DISCOMFORT IN THE NECK OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING MUD OFF THE RAILING AT 129-4 BELT. HIS BAR GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE BELT CAUSING THE BELT TO FLIP THE BAR AROUND SMASHING HIS HAND AGAINST THE GUARD RAIL.

EE WAS ENTERNAL CAB OF 40 TON TRUCK WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED FROM THE HAND HOLD. EE S LEFT HAND REMINDED THE HAND HOLD AND ARM WAS TWISTED AS HIS MOMENTION PULLED HIM AWAY FROM EQUIPMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS WHICH REQUIRED HIM TO REACH ABOVE HIS HEAD & PULL THE WRENCH. EMPLOYEE SUFFERRED A STRAINED ABDOMINAL MUSCLE.

PICKING UP GRINDER AT WORK - FELT PULL IN LEFT ELBOW. EE PUT ON LIGHT DUTY 10/17/03 AND PHYSICAL THERAPY.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO TURN COUPLING ON ROLLER MILL MOTOR. THE BAR HUNG AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BAR AND BOTTOM OF COUPLING GUARD.

WHILE LIFTING A SECTION OF CONVEYING SCREW, EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A THORASIC MUSCLE STRAIN.

EE WAS MONITORING THE CLEANING PROCESS OF A LARGE DUCT. MATERIAL FELL DOWN INSIDE THE DUCT. CREATING A VIBRATION THAT DISLODGED SOME MATERIAL BUILD-UP ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DUCT. THE MATERIAL FELL STRIKING THE EE ON THE BACK OF THE NECK AND UPPER SHOULDER AREA.

EE LIFTED A DUST COLLECTOR FRAME OFF THE FLOOR TO UNHOOK THE CRANE. WHEN LIFTING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN. HE DISMISSED AS NOTHING SERIOUS AND DID NOT REPORT IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER IN TIGHT QUARTERS WITH LOW CLEARANCE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

THE EE WAS CHANGING FILTERS THROUGHOUT THE PLANT. WHEN HE EXITED THE 8TH FLOOR SUBSTATION, HE TRIPPED ON AN AIR HOSE IN THE DOORWAY. AS A RESULT, HE SUFFERED A STRETCHED ACL INT HE LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON OIL SPILL. INJURED RIGHT UPPER ARM AND SHOULDER.

EE WAS PUTTING A PIECE OF METAL INTO A BANDSAW. THE END OF METAL WAS RESTING ON A ROLLER STAND. WHEN EE MOVED METAL IT TIPPED THE STAND OVER AND METAL. FELL ON TOP OF FOOT. NOTE: ORIGNAL X RAY SHOWED NO FRACTURE-X RAY ON SHOWED FRACTURE ON 6-9-03.

FAILURE TO LOWER DUMP BED ON 773 HAUL TRUCK, RESULTING IN HITTING ALMASCHOOL BRIDGE. INJURY CAUSED BY SAFETY GLASSES CUTTING HIS NOSE DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON TOP OF SILO, WHEN HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A SECTION OF LOW LEVEL CONDUIT.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A NEW HEAD DRUM ON A CONVEYOR BELT. OBJECT WAS HEAVY & REQUIRED WORKING IN TIGHT QUARTERS.

EE WAS WORKING IN 924 BAG HOUSE HE SUSTAINED SLIGHT CEMENT BURN TO BOTH WRISTS.

EE WAS WORKING ON AN ELECTRIC MOTOR ON A PLATFORM AT THE INLET OF A RAW GRINDING MILL. THE EE TURNED AROUND TO EXIT THE PLATFORM AND TRIPPED OVER MATERIALS IN THE WORK AREA. AS HE FELL HE PUT HIS RT. HAND OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF AND CAUGHT HIMSELF AND CAUGHT HIS FIFTH FINGER ON THE WALL BESIDE HIM.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE COUPLING WHICH REQUIRED HIM TO LIE ON HIS SIDE WHILE PUTTING EQUIPMENT IN PLACE. EE STRAINED HIS HIP AND LEG.

EE WAS WALKING AROUND THE CORNER OF QUARRY SHOP. HE DID NOT SEE THE TONGUE OF THE WELDER AND TRIPPED OVER IT, CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS SHOULDER. THE LIGHT IN THIS AREA WAS DEFECTIVE AND HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON MATERIAL ON THE GROUND AND FELL INTO A NEARBY WALL. INJURY REPORTED IMMEDIATELY & TREATED AS FIRST AID INJURY. THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE DISCOMFORT AND DESIRED T O SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 1/14/04 - BECAME REPORTABLE ON 1/19/04.

EE WAS LOADING SHOTGUN SHELLS INTO A SINGLE SHOT KILN GUN. ANOTHER EE WAS FIRING THE GUN. HE HAD PLACED A SHELL INTO THE FIRING CHAMBER WHEN THE OTHER EE CLOSED THE FIRING MECHANISM BEFORE H IS FINGER WAS OUT OF THE WAY. HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER TIP WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE SHELL AND THE FIRING MECHANISM. IT WAS CUT AND REQUIRED 3 SUTURES.

HIGH WINDS, EMPLOYEE OPENED A DOOR, WIND CAUGHT IT AND SLAMMED IT SHUT CATCHING EMPLOYEES FINGER.

EE WAS REACHING FOR A RAW MILL PRODUCT BOTTLE AND KNOCKED A KILN FEED JAR ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. THE LID CAME OFF RELEASING DUST INTO HIS EYES. HE RINSED HIS EYES AT THE EYEWASH STATION, A ND AFTER HIS SHIFT, HE WAS DRIVEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THEY FLUSHED HIS EYES AGAIN AND WAS GIVEN ANTIBIOTIC DROPS.

THE WIND WAS BLOWING AT SPEEDS CLOSE TO 30 MPH THIS PARTICULAR DAY. CEMENT DUST BLEW UNDERNEATH EE'S SAFETY GLASSES & INTO IS EYES.

EE WAS GRINDING A STEEL HINGE IN THE PACKHOUSE SEALE. HE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES & GOGGLES. THE NEXT DAY HIS EYE WAS IRRITATED. HE WAS SENT TO AN OPTHAMOLOGIST TO HAVE HIS EYE EXAMINED. THE DR. REMOVED A PIECE OF METAL FROM HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE REMOVED THE CAP FROM AN INSPECTION COVER ON A CEMENT AIRSLIDE. THE MATERIAL PURGED OUT OF THE OPENING AND GOT IN HIS EYES.

EE WAS REPAIRING A BROKEN TOOTH ON A LOADER BUCKET. REPAIRS INVOLVED BURNING, GRINDING, & WELDING. A SLIVER OF METAL BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES & A FACE SHI ELD WHILE DOING THE REPAIRS. THE METAL WAS REMOVED BY A DR. AT THE E.R.

EE WAS CUTTING OPEN A PALLET WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND MADE A SMALL PUNCTURE TO HER FOREARM.

THE EE WAS CLEANING UP ON THE PREHEATER. HE WAS PUTTING MATERIAL INTO THE OFFICE DOOR. DUST WAS DISTRIBUTED EITHER BY THE PREHEATER PUFFING OR BY CLEANUP ACTIVITY. THE DUST UNDER THE EE'S FACE SHIELD AND SAFETY GLASSES INTO LEFT EYE.

EE WAS CLOSING INSPECTION DOORS ON A PREHEATER TOWER USING A SLEDGEHAMMER. THE DOOR & THE LATCH WERE EXPOSED. THE EE TRIED TO STOP THE SWING BUT WAS UNABLE. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT AGAINST THE LATCH CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION TO HIS RT.INDEX FINGER.

BREAKING OFF FLEXCO BOLTS WITH BREAKER BAR AND HEARD POP IN LEFT ELBOW. ARM STARTED HURTING AFTERWARDS.

TORCHING (CUTTING) BOLTS FROM FINISH MILL BUCKET ELEVATOR CHAIN, A PIECE OF HOT METAL FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE CATWALK WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF THE BELT STRIKING HIS LEFT CHEEK.

EE WAS WORKING ON A MOTOR, USING A BUMP BAR, THE BAR SLIPPED AND SMASHED RT. PINKY FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR & COUPLING ON THE MOTOR. SMASHED TIP OF FINGER AND CUT TIP OPEN REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.

THE EE WAS MOVING A FEEDER BLOCK WITH A PIPE. HE SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS LEFT FOURTH FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE FEEDER BLOCK. HE SUSTAINED A CONTUSION.

EE STUCK AN AIR LANCE IN A DISCHARGE PIPE FROM CEMENT SILO (SILO HAS 4 DISCHARGE PIPES). HE NOTICED CEMENT BLOWING OUT OF ANOTHER PIPE. THE CEMENT STOPPED BLOWING AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PLU G THE HOLE, THE CEMENT STARTED SPEWING AND WENT AROUND HIS GLASSES INTO HIS LT. EYE.

WHILE PULLING AN OIL PAN FROM UNDER THE KILN TRUNION, THE PAN STUCK. EE PULLED HARDER, THE PAN LET LOOSE & PINCHED EE'S FINGERS BETWEEN THE PAN & THE CONCRETE FLOOR.

THE INJ EE STUCK HIS RIGHT HAND THRU A 6"" INSPECTION PORTAL LOCATED ABOVE A SLAT FEEDER TO DISLODGE BRIDGED OVER COAL. WHEN HE DISLODGED THE COAL A LARGE FLAT ROCK FELL WITH THE COAL & STRUCK HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. THE FINGER WAS CUT & 4 STITCHES WERE NECESSARY. THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER ALSO REC'D A HAIRLINE FRACTURE

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AT CRUSHER AND RECEIVED FLASBURN TO EYES AND SLIVERS OF METAL. EMPLOYEE WAS USING PROPER PPE. HE WAS SENT TO THE EYE DOCTOR WHO GAVE HIM PRESCRIPTIONS FOR EYE DROPS.

SUPERVISOR ASSISTING WORKER REPLACING BOLTS IN THE DRIVE SHAFT OF A SCEW CONVEYER. WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT, HIT HOLD ON CONVEYER SCREW. FRACTURED RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS CARRYING A 2'X3'X1/4 SHEET OF STEEL FROM THE METAL SHEAR WHEN THE EDGE OF THE STEEL CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS RIGHT WRIST CAUSING LACERATION. REQUIRED 3 STITCHES

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING NORMAL DAILY DUTIES OF TYPING, FILING, AND STOCKING OFFICE SUPPLIES. SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER RIGHT WRIST AS SHE WAS MOVING SOME BOXES. LATER IN THE EVENING THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE SWELLING IN THE WRIST ALONG WITH A BURNING SENSATION.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE MAINTENANCE MAKING GUARDS.THERE WERE 3 OTHER EE'S WORKING IN THE SAME AREA. THEY WERE ALL WELDING BURNING AND GRINDING. EE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS SENT TO AN EYE SPECIALIST AND A SLIVER OF METAL WAS REMOVED FROM HIS EYE.

WHILE LIFTING A GUIDE RAIL, WITH 4 OTHERS, HE LOST HIS FOOTING. INJURY WAS REPORTED ON 5/22/03; HOWEVER, HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 6/13/03.

WHILE HOLDING LARGE PIECE OF METAL, BEING MOVED WITH A HOIST CHAIN MOVED PINNING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN CHAIN AND METAL CAUSING INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER TO BE LACERATED. GLOVES WERE WORN; HOWEVER ANGLE OF CHAIN AND METAL CREATED UNDUE PRESSURE ON THE CHAIN WHEN IT WAS ACTIVATED.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A RETURN ROLL FROM #3 COOLER SMALL DRAG CONVEYER. THERE WAS NOT MUCH WORKING CLEARANCE. THE ROLL WEIGHED ABOUT 60 LBS. IT FELL AND PINCHED THE EE'S FINGER (LEFT FOREFINGE R) BETWEEEN THE ROLL AND THE EDGE OF A STEEL PLATE. HIS FINGER WAS LACEATED AND FRACTURED.

CARRYING 100 LB. BAGS OF SAND UP 2 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS, ON HIS RT. SHOULDER. INJURY WAS REPORTED ON 5/4/03; HOWEVER, HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 6/9/03.

WHILE THE EE WAS WORKING ON A GRATE, HE DROPPED A BAR, THAT BOUNCED UP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHIN. THIS IS A LACERATION TO HIS CHIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS TORCHING A PIECE OF STEEL AND A PIECE OF HOT SLAG WENT INTO LEFT EAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HEAT SHILED WITH A 1/2"" DRILL WHEN THE DRILL BIT STUCK IN THE MATERIAL HE WAS DRILLING. THE DRILL CONTINUED TO ROTATE, CAUSING THE EE TO TWIST HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. THE EE HAS BEEN SENT TO THERAPY TO REHABILITATE HIS SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN #1 CLINKER COOLER IN THE AIR CHAMBER COMPARTMENT WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. MATERIAL FELL FROM OVERHEAD. HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND A PIECE O F METAL WAS REMOVED THAT WAS EMBEDDED IN HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

CHANGING OUT IDLER WHEEL ON THE AXLE INSIDE COOLER. PUT KNEE BAR IN HOLE TO SEPARATE WHEEL, IT BROKE LOOSE AND THE SHARP END OF THE KNEE BAR WENT INTO HIS HAND.

EE TACK WELDING WEARING WELDERS JACKET BUT NOT GLOVES. SLAG FELL INTO SLEEVE. EE HAD SHIRT WITH POLYESTER LINING, CAUGHT ON FIRE. 1ST & 2ND DEG.BURNS TO FOREARM.

REMOVING STAND UNDER AIRSLIDE FROZEN TO THE GROUND. TRYING TO BEAT IT FREE - HIT 4TH FINGER ON LEFT HAND REQUIRED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET FROM THE GROUND ON A LADDER. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG AN AIRSLIDE. WHEN THE MATERIAL BEGAN TO FLOW, HE WAS OVERCOME BY DUST AND IN AN EFFORT TO GET AWAY, HE JUMPED DOWN AND AWAY FROM THE LADDER. IN DOING SO, HE STRUCK HIS UPPER BODY AGAINST SOME WATER PIPES.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EE HAD JACKED A BROKEN BEARING FOR F166 DRAG BACK IN PLACE. THE OTHER EE HAD GONE TO GET A BLOCK OF WOOD TO HOLD THE BEARING IN PLACE. A PIECE OF METAL THAT TH EY HAD JACKED AGAINST CAME OUT AND STRUCK EE IN THE FACE.

EE WAS APPLYING LUBRICANT TO THE SURFACE OF A KILN TIRE THE AREA WAS HOT AND THE EE WAS OVERXPOSED TO THE HEAT. HE EXPERIENCED DIZZINESS AND FATIGUE. HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE AREA AND TREATED F OR HEAT EXHAUSTION.

EE STEPPED ON PIECE OF ROLLER BEARING ON MAINTENANCE SHOP FLOOR. THIS CAUSED HIS ANKLE TO ROLL & HE FELL TO THE FLOOR. ANKLE SWOLLEN SO DR. WAS UNABLE TO X-RAY. FOOT PLACED IN AIR SPLINT. EE ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ABOVE THE COAL MILL AT THE COAL INLET DUCT. HE WAS BENT OVER IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. AS HE TRIED TO STAND UP STRAIGHT HE FELL ONTO HIS KNEES IN PAIN.

EE WAS MOPPING WET FLOOR IN CONTROL ROOM. FLOOR WAS WET BECAUSE ROOF WAS LEAKING. WHILE MOPPING FLOOR A 2' BY 4' CEILING TILE SOAKED WITH WATER FELL OUT OF THE CEILING STRIKING THE EE IN THE H EAD AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE FLOOR. THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN A BACK INJURY TO THE EE. HE WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.