Holcim US IncMining Incidents in 2002

AN EXPLOSION OF THE COAL FEED SYSTEM HAPPENED APPROX. 45-50 MINUTES AFTER STARTUP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE PROCESS EQUIPMENT. SUSPECTED MECHANICAL FAILURE OF AIR DAMPERS WHICH IMPACTED COAL FEED SYSTEM.

FOREMAN (EE) PULLING ON RELEASE LEVER FOR WORKING BOOM ON 4100 TOWER CRANE. WORKING BOOM DID NOT RELEASE AND OPERATOR PUT POWER ON HOIST. TOWER THEN COLLAPSED.

EE WAS WORKING ON PREHEATER PLUG UP WHEN HOT MATERIAL BLEW OUT A POKE HOLE AND HIT HIM 6'AWAY WHERE HE WAS STANDING. THE HOT MATERIAL HIT HIM IN THE FACE CAUSING 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE FACE AND RT. EAR. EE WAS TAKEN TO USA BURN CENTER BY AMBULANCE. RELEASED FROM HOSIPITAL ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29TH.

EE WAS WORKING ON PREHEATER PLUG UP WHEN HOT MATERIAL BLEW OUT OF A POKE HOLE & HIT HIM SIX FEET AWAY WHERE HE WAS STANDING. THE HOT MATERIAL HIT HIM IN THE FACE CAUSING 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE FACE & RIGHT EAR. EE WAS TAKEN TO USA BURN CENTER BY AMBULANCE. RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL TUESDAY DECEMBER 3RD.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS USING PRY BAR TO PRY UP ON KILN PROBES AT THE MID-KILN AREA IN ORDER TO ALIGN BOLTS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. DID NOT SEE DR. UNTIL 11-25-02, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK. RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO RESTRICTIONS ON 12-02-02.

WHEN EE WAS DESENDING A LADDER, HE STEPPED OFF THINKING HE WAS ON THE BOTTOM RUNG. HE WAS NOT IN FACT ON THE THE BOTTOM RUNG CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND. HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, IN JURING IT. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSP. BY HIS SUPERVISOR TO CHECK. THE INITIAL DIAG. WAS A BRUISE.UPON FOLLOW UP EXAM AND MRI ON 11-20-02 HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED ACUTE ROTOR CUFF. ON MODIFIED DUTY

EE SUSTAINED MULTIPLE MUSCLE STRAINS AND SEVERAL ABRASIONS DUE TO JUMPING OUT OF A MOVING PICKUP TRUCK AND THE TRUCK DOOR RIDING UP OVER HIM.

EE WAS LIFTING A VIBRATOR TO PLACE ON A RAILCAR HE WAS UNLOADING AND NOTICED BACK PAIN ON 10/08.THE FOLLOWING DAY HE WAS USING A SHOVEL DURING CLEAN-UP ON THE CLINKER COOLER AND FELT PAIN AGA IN. THAT AFTERNOON THE EE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR, AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT THE NEXT DAY.

EE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN A BOLT ON THE 980 LOADER USING A SOCKET AND 4' CHEATER BAR. THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE JARRING THE EE. THE CHEATER BAR HIT THE BUMPER OF THE LOADER CAUSING A SUDDEN STOP, WHI CH AGAIN JARRED THE EE.

INDIVIDUAL WAS WASHING OUT THE BACK OF A CEMENT TRUCK WHEN HE FELL FROM THE TRUCK BRUISING HIS BACK.

THE GATE ON #4 BIN FAILED TO CLOSE. I WENT TO 2ND FLOOR TO CLOSE THE STEER HORN ABOVE THE GATE. MY FINGER GOT SMASHED BY THE COUNTER WEIGHT AND THE ARM ON STEER HORN.

EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER HOPPER USING A PORTA POWER HYDRAULIC JACK AND SHAFT TO PUSH METAL SKIRTING TOGETHER AT GRIZZLY FEEDER IN ORDER TO REPAIR A CRACK IN THE METAL. THE JACK AND SHAFT BUCKLED AND THE SHAFT STRUCK EE, CUTTING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AND STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOOT. CUT REQUIRED SUTURES. EE WAS UNABLE TO WORK FROM 9/4/02 UNTIL RELEASED 9/11/02.

EE WAS USING A CHIPPING HAMMER TO BREAK UP A MATERIAL PLUG (GYPSUM) IN THE CHUTE ABOVE THE VIBRATING FEEDER AT MILL SILO #4. WHEN THE FREED MATERIAL FLUSHED, IT PUSHED THE HAMMER INTO HIS CHIN , CAUSING A LACERATION. EE WENT TO ER FOR XRAY (NEGATIVE), BUTTERFLY BANDAGE AND TETANUS SHOT. HE THEN HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION RESULTING IN CELLULITIS OF ARM FROM SHOT. HE LOST TIME BEGINNIN

INDIVIDUAL WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET A TRANSITION BOX WHEN IT HUNG UP ONT HE GRATING. WHEN IT SWUNG FREE IT MASHED INDIVIDUALS HAND AGAINST A STEEL COLMN.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE DUST DUMP. THERE WERE HEAVY WINDS AT THE TIME. EVEN THOUGH EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SIDE SHIELDS, MATERIAL GOT IN HIS EYE.

CEMENT SPILLED ON SCALE AND EE WAS SHOVELING CEMENT TO CLEAN UP. EE WAS SHOVELING THE MATERIAL IMPROPERLY.

WAS JACK HAMMERING FEED SHELF KILN WENT A LITTLE POSATIVE AND HOT MEAL WAS COMING OUT JUMPED OUT OF THE OF KILN DISCHARGE AND TWISTED MY LOWER BACK.

EE WAS STANDING BY DOOR ON WEST SIDE OF FINISH MILL #4. A SHOVEL WAS STANDING AT THE DOOR WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE SHOVEL OVER, STRIKING EE IN THE HEAD. THE SHOVEL BOUNCED OFF HER HEAD STR IKING HER ON HER RIGHT THUMB. SHE DID NOT REPORTTHE INCIDENT UNTIL A MONTH LATER. SHE THEN REPORTED SWELLING AND SORENESS IN HER THUMB AND WAS ENCOUNGED TO SEE MEDICAL ATTENTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO THE EAST WIDE DOOR OF THE MILL AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS BENDING DOWN TO GO UNDER ROPED OFF AREA WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK, PAIN AND STIFFNESS SET IN TO LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK.

EE WAS CLEANING SILO FROM BELOW WHEN LARGE DUST PILE FELL IN EE'S FACE.

EE WAS USING SLEDGEHAMMER TO BREAK MATERIAL BLOCKING CEMENT MILL FEED CHUTE. EE WAS WORKING INA BENT OVER POSITION DURING WORK ACTIVITIES.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A 3"" SLURRY HOSE WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LEFT CALF MUSCLE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO DOCTOR AND TOLD TO STAY OFF LEG FOR 1 WEEK AT WHICH TIME HE WOULD BE CHECKED AGAIN . CAN NOT PERFORM LIGHT DUTY, PER DOCTOR.

MAN WAS CUTTING UP 35' STEEL TRUSS FOR SCRAP. FORKLIFT WAS HOLDING THE TRUSS WHILE HE CUT IT. HE CUT THROUGH THE TRUSS & THE BOTTOM HALF FELL ON THE OUTSIDE OF HIS RIGHT ANKLE. FORKLIFT OPERAT OR RAISED THE TRUSS OFF HIM SO HE COULD REMOVE HIS LEG. THE MAN HAS A COMPLETE FRACTURE OF MEDIAL MALLEOLUS WITH SOME DISPLACEMENT. ORTHOPEDIC REFERRAL WAS GIVEN. HE WILL NEED SURGERY.

EE WAS LIFTING THE ELEVATOR DOOR AND THE DOOR STUCK CAUSING THE EE TO STRAIN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.NOTE - EE WAS OPERATED ON 8-2-02, LOST TIME STARTED 8-2-02.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A KNOCK WRENCH WHILE ANOTHER EE HIT THE WRENCH WITH A HAMMER. THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE WRENCH HITTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT KNEE.

EE CLAIMS THAT REPEATEDLY LIFTING HEAVY STEEL PLATE MILL LINERS FROM THEIR CRATE & SETTING THEM IN PLACE INSIDE CEMENT MILL #2 EXACERBATED A PRE-EXISTING HERNIATED DISK IN LOWER BACK. ON 2/26

AFTER LIFTING COVER OFF 10"" DRIVE, INJURED NOTED A PAINFUL LUMP NEAR HIS BELLY BUTTON. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY TREATED AS A NON-OCCUPATIONAL INJURY. IT WAS LATER REPORTED AS A RESULT OF WORK.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING AN ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TROLLEY STAGE AND ELECTRICAL BOX. EMPLOYEE HAD ASKED THAT THE TROLLEY BE MOVED SO HE COULD CHECK AMPS WH ILE THE TROLLEY WAS IN OPERATION SO HE COULD CHECK THE LOAD HE HAD ON THE TRANSFORMER. HIS FOOT WAS BROKEN IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES.

EE WAS REMOVING A NUT FROM A SPARE 4160 VAC SWITCH GEAR TO REPAIR THE GANTRY CRANE 4160 VAC SWITCH GEAR HE WAS REPAIRING. WHILE REMOVING THE NUTTHE CABINET FLASHED CAUSING 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO HIS FACE AND 1ST,2ND,& 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LT. FOREARM. THE EE WAS WEARING HIS HARD HAT ANDSAFETY GLASSES, WHICH PREVENTED FURTHER INJURY. EE DID NOT MAKE CONTACT WITH THE 4160 VAC.

INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE LIFTING 24 VOLT BATTERY FROM BED OF PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED CARRYING BATTERYAPPROX 6-8 FT BEFORE PLACING IT ON SHELF FOR STO RAGE IN BUILDING. HE DID NOT SEE COMPANY PHYSICIAN UNTIL 3-25-02, WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY ON 4-1-02, THEN TAKEN OFF WORK 4-4-02 WHEN MRIREVEALED HERNIATED DISC AT L4-L5.

WHILE CUTTING HAND RAIL, INJURED CRAWLED OUT TO REACH IT BEWCAUSE IT GOT HUNG UP ON I-BEAM. WHEN THE END OF THE RAIL BROKE OFF, INJURED TWISTED HIS WRIST.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE ROTARY CEMENT KILN USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT APPROX3'-6' ENDS OFF OF CHAIN HANGING INSIDE OF KILN. HE WAS CUTTING THE CHAIN WHEN ANOTHER PIECE OF C HAIN FELL, STRIKING HIM ON HIS HEAD (WEARING HARD HAT) AND KNOCKING HIM DOWN. HIS RIGHT HIP STRUCK A PEDESTAL INSIDE THE KILN. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CONCUSSION AND POSSIBLE NECK INJURY.

WHILE CUTTING WOOD FOR A CORE BOX, THE EE CUT HIS FINGERS WITH THE SAW.

WHILE USING A 90 LB JACK HAMMER, INJURED'D RIGHT ELBOW STARTED TO HURT.

EE WAS PUSHING SCREEN PLATES INTO PLACE, PLATE WAS SUSPENDED BY ELECTRIC HOIST. PLATE FELL ON EE'S LEFT FOOT, SUSPECT ROLLOUT OF CHOCKER ON HOIST HOOK. HOIST HOOK DID HAVE A SAFETY LATCH. EE SUSTAINED SEVERE BRUISE ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

EE WAS REPLACING AIR LINES ON AGITATOR IN SOUTH SLURRY BASIN NEXT TO THE MAST. A DRIED PIECE OF CLAY FELL FROM THE MAST OVERHEAD WHERE EE WAS WORKING AND STRUCK THE EE ON THE RT. HAND.

AFTER LIFTING PALLET, INJURED FELT PAIN IN GROIN.

WHILE CLIMBING IN SEPARATOR, INJURED STEPPED ON SPECIAL CHAIR AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE WALKING ON CATWALK, INJURED HIT TOP OF HEAD ON BEAM BY COAL/COKE HOPPERS. WAS KNOCKED OUT,BUT DOESN'T KNOW HOW LONG.

WHILE CARRYING 2, 5 GALLON CANS OF OIL, INJURED FELT BURNING SENSATION IN RT. INNER KNEE.

EE WAS AIR CHISELING MATERIAL BUILDING AT THE DISCHARGE END OF CEMENT MILL #1. AS MATERIAL WAS BROKEN UP, AIRBORNE DUST WAS GENERATED. THIS DUST WAS CAPTURED IN THE MECHANICAL AIRFLOW & IMPACT ED THE EE IN THE FACE. AS A RESULT, IT BECAME CAUGHT IN HIS LEFT EYE.

EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CLINKER COOLER WHEN HE SAT AGAINST THE HOT BIT CAUSING HIM TO MOVE QUICKLY TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. EE'S KNEE CONTINUED TO BE SORE MONDAY A.M. SO HE REPORTED INCIDENT TO SUPERVISOR. EE WAS SENT TO DOCTOR AND PLACED ON FIVE DAYS LIGHT DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING ON THE BOTTOM OF A HOPPER & THE NEXT MORNING HIS SHOULDER WAS SORE. HE REPORTED TO ACTING SUPERVISOR APRIL 3 WHO REPORTED IT TO ME. I DISCUSSED WITH EMPLOYEE THE SAME DAY & ASKED HIM TO SCHEDULE A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT. ON5/6/03 SENT EMPLOYEE TO DOCTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TRUCK WASHER WITH AIR HOIST WHEN HIS LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WASHER AND THE FALL PROTECTION CAGE. HIS HAND WAS ON THE TRUCK WASHER AND HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS INJURED. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR WHERE HIS FINGER RECEIVED 14 STITCHES.

EE WAS THROWING WHOLE TIRES ON THE CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE FELT HIS WRIST POP. EE DID NOT GO TO THE DR. UNTIL 9-16-02, RESTRICTED WORK DAYS STARTED 9-17-02.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE CLINKER BUILD UP.

OPERATOR BAGGING MACHINE, BAG BLEW OFF, EE REACHED TO GRAB BAG, ROLLERS CAUGHT HAND & PULLED INTO ROLLER ASSEMBLY.

EE WAS UNPLUGGING TIRES FROM THE #2 ELEVATOR, WHEN A TIRE HANGING FROM ANOTHER HOOK ABOVE HIM FELL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THE TIRE CAUSED HIS HEAD TO PUSH FORWARD CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS LIP ON THE HANDRAIL.

WHILE TRYING YO OPEN DOOR ON HOPPER, INJURED TWISTED BACK.

WAS WORKING FROM A MANLIFT WHEN THE HYDRAULICS WENT OUT AND THE BUCKET FELL ON TOP OF A MILL JARRING THE EMPLOYEE. THERE WAS PAIN FELT IN THE MID TO LOWER BACK WHEN IT HIT.

THE EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS & HIS VISION WAS IMPAIRED FROM THE FALLING DUST PARTICLES. THE EE MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP & FELL, BRUISING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

WHILE CARRYING TAIL PULLEY TO #13 SILO BELT, INJURED FELL IN SILO HOLE: COVER HAD BEEN TAKEN OFF OF IT FOR CLEANING.

WHILE BENDING OVER DRILLING, THE EE STARTED TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS REMOVING A DUST COLLECTOR MOTOR & TWISTED CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN. ON 6/13/02 HE REPORTED INCIDENT & WAS SENT TO DOCTOR WHO PRESCRIBED A MUSCLE RELAXER & RESTRICTED HIS LIFTING/BENDING.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A CONCRETE FORM UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND THE FORM SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE COLLAR BONE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING CEMENT SILO #2 THROUGH A MANHOLE TO PERFORM NECESSARY MAINTENANCE WHEN DUST CIRCULATING INSIDE THE SILO GOT IN HIS EYES AND HE LOST FOOTING. HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF MANHOLE AND HE PULLED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF. EE SAW DOCTOR ON 4-12-02 AND WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

EE ATTEMPTED TO PULL LOOSE PIECE OF SKIRTING FROM CONVEYOR WHEN THE SKIRTING WAS PULLED INTO THE CONVEYOR, PULLING THE EE'S HAND INTO THE CONVEYOR.

THE EE WAS INSTALLING A 5"" HOLESAW INTO A 24 VOLT CORDLESS DRILL. THE DRILL SLIPPED IN HIS HAND AND THE EE HIT THE TRIGGER AND CUT HIS LEFT PALM.

EE TWISTED BAKC WHILE LIFTING AND DUMPING 55 GAL. GARBAGE CAN INTO SW DUMPSTER IN MAINTENANCE SHOP. GARBAGE CAN WEIGHED APPROX. 50-75 LBS. DIAGNOSED WITH ACUT STRAIN AND MUSCLE SPASMS LUMBAR/T HORACIC SPINE, EE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

THE EE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS ONT HE CORE DRILLING MACHINE AND THE MACHINE FELL OVER AND HIT HIS SHOULDER.

WHILE TAKING SAMPLES AT THE MILL BUILDING, INJURED STEPPED ON SOMETHING, TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE.

THE EE WAS ASSISTING IN REMOVING BROKEN LIFTERS AND WASHING RAW MATERIAL FROM THE DRYER APPRON FEEDER WHEN MATERIAL FLUSHED OUT AND HE WAS PULLED ONTO THE PILE OF LIFTERS THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED AND STACKED TO THE SIDE. WHEN THE EE FELL OVER THE PILE IT BRUISED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CORE AND THE DRILL SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND.

WHEN CLIMBING STATIONARY LADDER AT C15 CONVEYOR BELT, EMPLOYEE STRUCK HEAD ON 2"" OVERHEAD PIPING WHEN HE WENT TO CLIMB ONTO LADDER PLATFORM. HE SAW A PHYSICIAN ON 2/26/02 & WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STRAIN & MUSCLE SPASM OF CERVICAL/THORACIC SPINE & WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION UPON PARTICLE CONTACTING EYE WHEN CHIPPING SLAG WITH NEEDLE GUN.

EE STEPPED FROM 4"" PALLET ONTO THE FLOOR AND FELT A POP IN HIS FOOT.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PRODUCTION HELPER LIFT A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF 4"" BY 7"" STEEL SHIMS ONTO BACK OF TOW MOTOR, WHEN HE SMASHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE BUCKET A ND THE TOW MOTOR. BUCKET WEIGHED APPROX 100-125 LBS. THIS CAUSED A 90% AVULSION OF THE FINGERTIPON HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. EMPLOYEE PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

CLEANING FLANGES ON FK PUMP ON #1 MILL IN A SQUAT POSITION. WHERE FINISHED AND STARTED TO STAND UP-HIT HEAD ON OVERHEAD PIPE.

EE WAS WALKING FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SITE BUILDING AND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE IN A POT HOLE.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING BRICKERS INSIDE ROTARY CEMENT KILN WITH INSTALLATION OF KILN BRICK. HE HAD BEEN THROWING BRICK FOR A WHILE WHEN HIS LEFT WRISTS STARTED TO SWELL. D IAGNOSED BY PHYSICIAN ON 1/16/02 TO BE TENDONITIS OF THE LEFT WRIST AND FOREARM, THE EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY. RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY ON 1/21/02.

EE WAS TRYING TO GET A STRUCTURAL MEMBER OUTSIDE THE #1 RM BUILDING INTO FRONT END LOADER BUCKET. AS HE WAS TWISTING MEMBER BACK & FORTH, FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN BEAM HE WAS HOLDING & EXIST ING VERTICAL MEMBER.

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN LADDER, INJURED STEPPED ON ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON RIGHT WRIST AND RIGHT LUMBAR REGION. \ Y

WHILE OPERATING A 10 YARD ENDLOADER IN THE SHALEQUARRY, THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN BACK AS THE EE MADE A TURN, AND THE KNOB ON THE STEERING WHEEL KNOCKED EE LEFT INDEX FINGER OUT OF SOCKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE RAW MILL AT CEMENT PLANT AND USING A PNEUMATIC JACKHAMMER AND CHISEL TO KNOCK THE OLD LIFTER LOOSE INSIDE THE MILL. WHILE BEATING ON THE LIFTER A PIECE OF METAL CHI PPED OFF, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREHEAD BETWEEN HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND HARD HAT (ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE). EMPLOYEE SAW DOCTOR ON 12/23/02 AT WHICH TIME A 1/4"" PIECE OF EMBEDDED METAL WAS

INDIVIDUAL WAS OPERATING AN IMPACT WRENCH WHEN A FOREIGN BODY ENTERED HIS LT EYE.

INDIVIDUAL WAS THROWING A ROPE TO AN UPPER ELEVATION WHEN THE CRESCENT WRENCH ATTACHED TO HIS SAFETY HARNESS HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

INDIVIDUAL BEGAN TO HAVE EYE PAIN LATE ONE EVENING AFTER EXAMINATION THE NEXT DAY WE FOUND A PARTICLE IN HIS EYE. HE HAD BEEN GRINDING THE DAY BEFORE.

WHILE WORKING AT THE CRUSHER BELT, INJURED STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED LEFT HIP.

INDIVIUAL WAS MOVING GRATING WHEN SOMEONE PUSHED THE SHEET AND MASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE STRUCTUAL STEEL.

INDIVIDUAL WAS MOVING HIS GUNITE GUN WHEN HE WALKED INTO A SCAFFOLD BRACE WHICH CUT HIS EYE- BROW

WHILE PUSHING LIME CHIPS UP NEW RAMP WITH LOADER, INJURED BACKED INTO HOLE WHILE GOING DOWN HILL AND JARRED BACK.

EE WAS REMOVING A COOLING TUBE FROM A KILN TRUNION TO LOOK FOR BLOCKAGE. ONCE REMOVED HOT WATER SPRAYED FROM TUBE ONTO THE EE'S ABDOMEN AND LEFTHAND. THE HOT WATER CONTACT RESULTED IN 2ND DEGR EE BURNS TO THE EE.

EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT ENDLOADER AND PUSHING UP THE ROCK STOKPILE AFTER TRUCKS HAD DUMPED THEIR LOADS WHEN A ROCK ROLLED DOWN BEHIND A TIRE OF THE ENDLOADER. WHEN THE MACHINE BACKED OVER THE ROCK, IT CAUSED THE EE TO BE BOUNCED AROUND AND JARRED HIS NECK. PHYSICIAN ADMINISTERED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENTS.

EE WAS USING AN AIR CHIPPING HAMMER TO REMOVE CEMENT CLINKER BUILDUP OFF THE BACK OF AN ENDLOADER BUCKET, WHEN A PIECE OF CLINKER FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. (EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH S IDE SHIELDS.) EE WENT TO ER, WHERE EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED.

EE WAS REMOVING CLINKER FROM CLINKER COOLER. THE EE'S GOGLES CAME APART CAUSING LOOSE DUST TO ENTRER R EYE.

A PIECE OF STEEL LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

WHILE PREPARING TO LOAD HOLES WITH EXPLOSIVES IN QUARRY, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MOVING THE TRIPOD FROM ONE SIDE OF THE POWDER TRUCK TO THE OTHER. HE RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATION

EMPLOYEE WAS USING TIN SNIPS TO CUT A PIECE OF SHEETMETAL TO INSTALL SOME PIPING AND WRIST (RIGHT SIDE) CAUGHT A SQUARE PIECE ON THE SHEETMETAL CAUSING A CUT. MEDICAL ATTENTION - ONE STITCH WA S USED TO CLOSE CUT.

EE WAS CLOSING A STORAGE DOME DOOR AND WAS ENGULFED WITH CEMENT.

EE WAS WORKING INSIDE PRIMARY CRUSHER HOPPER TO REMOVE MATERIAL FROM HOPPER WHICH CAUSED A PLUG IN THE FEEDER. DURING THIS OPERATION, A PIECE OF UNCRUSHED LIMESTONE FELL ONTO THE EE'S LEFT HAN D. EE HAD THE HOPPER LOCKED OUT DURING THIS OPERATION.

INDIVIDUAL WAS GRINDING A WELD ON HANDRAIL WHEN A PIECE OF METAL ENTERED HIS EYE.

EE WAS CUTTING DUCT TAPE OFF A CHAIN HOIST WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED PUNCTURED THE BASE OF HIS LT. THUMB.

WHILE STEPPING OFF LADDER OF LOADER, INJURED TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

WHILE REPAIRING GUARD, EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON EXPANDED METAL MATERIAL. REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

INDIVIDUAL WAS MOVING UNDER A MAGNETIC DRILL WHEN IT FELL CUTTING HIS SCALP.

EE WAS REMOVING SHORT AIRSLIDE, THE AIRSLIDE WAS FULL OF CEMENT WHEN REMOVED. EE HAD CEMENT DUST FALL INTO HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE TEETH FROM LOADER BUCKET, INJURED FELT PIECE OF METAL ENTER LEFT LEG.

EE WAS WORKING OFF STEP LADDER WHEN MATERIAL ABOVE STARTED FALLING, EE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND BENDING HIS THUMB BACK.

WHILE PUTTING SKIRTING ON BACK AND SIDES OF STREET SWEEPER, INJURED JAMMED LEFT THUMB BY PRESSING TOO HARD.

INDIVIDUAL WAS HELPING MOVE CRANE MATS (DUNAGE) WHEN HE MASHED SEVERAL FINGERS BETWEEN THE HEAVY WOODEN TIMBERS.

INDIVIDUAL HIT HIS THUMB WITH A SIX POUND HAMMER FRACTURING THE TIP.

EE WAS SHUTTING OFF THE COOLING WATER TO THE DRESSOR COMPRESSOR IN THE MILL MOTOR ROOM. HE STEPPED FROM THE PALLETS SUPPORTING THE COOLING FAN TO THE FLOOR, STEPPED ON THE EDGE OF A 2X4 LYING ON THE FLOOR AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

INDIVIDUAL WAS WORKING WITH A GRINDER WHEN IT HIT HIS THUMB CUTTING IT.

WHILE DOING MAINTENANCE ON A BUCKET ELEVATOR, EE FELT A POP IN LT. SHOULDER.

HOLCIM EXPERIENCED AN UNPLANNED EXPLOSION IN WHICH A SUPERVISOR WAS HIT BY A PIECE OF FLYING DEBRIS CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS HEAD & EAR

INDIVIDUAL WAS MOVING ELECTRIC WIRE WITHA LEVER HOIST WHEN THE RIGGING CAME LOOSE AND FELL ON HIM CUTTING HIS HEAD.

EE WAS CUTTING A TIP OFF A TUBE OF CAULK WITH BELT KNIFE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED & ENTERED HIS RIGHT THIGH.

EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF TRUCK FOR BREAKTIME, SHE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HER R KNEE ON THE STEP.

INDIVIDUAL WAS PULLING/PLACING ELECTRICAL CABLE IN A STORAGE BLDG WHEN HE MASHED HIS HAND/THUMB AGAINST THE BLDG.

EE WAS CHANGING A STARTER ON THE 1990 GMC PICK-UP, WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT FELL IN HIS LEFT EYE. THE EE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. PRESCRIPTIONS WERE GIVEN.

EE WAS EXITING SHIPPING SILO ELEVATOR AND WHEN HE CLOSED THE DOOR SOME LOOSE CEMENT DUST WENT INTO HIS EYES.

SAMPLING PORT DISCONNECTED FROM TANK STORING HAZ WASTE DERIVED FUEL. IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP MATERIAL FLOW, EMPLOYEE WAS CONTACTED WITH WASTE FUEL.

EE WAS MOVING STRUCTUAL STEEL BY HAND WHEN TWO PIECES CAME TOGETHER AND MASHED HIS FINGER. 4 STITCHES.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS HELPING TO SORT KILN BRICK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROUND OBJECT. IT ROLLED UNDER HIS RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE & STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK & HIP. *EE DI D NOT SEE PHYSICIAN UNTIL 5/20/02 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS GIVEN AN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT

EE WAS LIFTING A ROLL OF PALLET COVERS WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE AND INJURED EMPLOYEE WERE REMOVING MOTOR FROM MOUNT. EE HIT PRYBAR WITH HAMMER AND A PIECE OF PRYBAR BROKE OFF AND HIT OTHER EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT HAND.

A HAND HELD GRINDER CAUGHT IN THE MATERIAL AND KICKED BACK STRIKING INDIVIDUAL ON FACE SHIELD AND SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE TASK AND MILL LINE LIFTING EYE BROKE UNDER PRESSURE OF LIFTING DEVICE. BROKEN PART IMPACTED EAR AND LEG CAUSING LACERATION TO L EAR AND CONTUSION TO L LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASCENDING STAIRS AND MISS-STEPPED. SHE REACHED TO GRAB HANDRAIL AND JAMMED HER HAND BETWEEN RING AND SMALL FINGER CAUSING FRACTURE IN BONE BEHIND SMALL FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE DUST ELEVATOR TO CHANGE OUT A REDUCER. THE REDUCER WAS BEING HELD IN PLACE BY A LARGE FORK LIFT. HE WENT TO MOVE FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A METAL BEAM. THE EMPLOYEE VISITED A CHIROPRACTORTHE NEXR DAY DUE TO A HEADACHE FROM HITTING HIS HEAD.

EE WAS REMOVING FIRE BRICK FROM THE KILN DURING PLANT OUTAGE WITH AN 8 GAUGE INDUSTRIAL GUN. THEBRICK HE WAS SHOOTING WAS 55FT. INTO THE KILN. APIECE OF BRICK OR FRAGMENT OF SOME KIND FLEW BAC K, WENT BETWEEN THE BARREL ON THE GUN AND THE SHIELD. THE FLYING OBJECT STRUCK THE EE'S SAFETYGLASSES BREAKING THE RIGHT LENSE. EE WAS SENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM TO BE CHECKED OUT.

EE WAS SUPERVISING THE BRICKING JOB INSIDE OF THE KILN. WHILE INSPECTING AN AREA OF NEW BRICK HE STEPPED OFF OF A BRICK (ABOUT 10"") ONTO THE KILN SHELL AND STEPPED ON A DISC SHAPED MAGNET THAT HAD BEEN LEFT ON THE METAL KILN SHELL. HIS ANKLE TWISTED AND HE FELL. ANKLE WAS EXAMINED 4 DAYS LATER. X-RAYS REVEALED NO FRACTURE OR DISLOCATION. NO MEDICATION PRESCRIBED. REHAB. EXERCISES.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING FELLOW MAINTENANCE MAN REPAIR HOPPER SCREW INSIDE KILN #1 BAGHOUSE SCREW COMPARTMENT. STANDING OUTSIDE OF COMPARTMENT AT ACCESS DOOR PASSING TOOLS/PART, CKD FROM AREA BE ING PULLED INTO THE COMPARTMENT BY ID FAN WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. SAFTEY GLASSES WERE ON.

INDIVIDUAL WAS REFUELING A DOUBLE DRUM ROLLING TAMPER WHEN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT LID FELL ON HIS HAND CUTTING IT.

EE WAS HITTING THE SIDE OF THE MATERIAL HOPPER WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE HOPPER.

WHILE ASSISTING REPAIR CREW WORKING ON STACKER CONVEYER HEAD SHAFT, INJURED'S THUMBS STARTED TO ACHE. NEXT MORNING WAS VERY SWOLLEN AND STIFF.

EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED FROM THE BOLT HEAD AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE MOUTH.

EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE ON LADDERS REMOVING A LANCE FROM A KILN BURNER PIPE, USING PORTABLE SADDLE. THE LANCE SLID OUT OF THE SADDLE, KNOCKING EE OFF THE LADDER AND BOUNCING ON HIS RIGHT LEG. I T CAUSED A BRUISE TO HIS RIGHT ANKLE. THE LANCE WEIGHED LEG. IT CAUSED A BRUISE TO HIS RIGHT ANKLE. THE LANCE WEIGHTED APPROX. 200 LB HE WENT TO THE DR AND DIAGNOSED WITH CONTUSION TO R ANKLE

EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF PICKUP TRUCK AT QUARRY ROCK CRUSHER PAD. HE MAD 2-3 STEPS BACKWARD AND TRIPPED OVER A 2' X 2' ROCK, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACKWARD ONTO TAILBONE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE OPERATOR CAB DOOR WHEN THE LEVER BROKE & IMPALED HIS RT HAND.

WHILE REMOVING LARGE AIRSLIDE SECTION FROM BLENDER, AIRSLIDE SHIFTED (FELL) AND TORE-SLICED EE'SLEFT THUMB. REQUIRED APPROX 15 STITCHES TO REPAIR LACERATION.

EE WAS CUTTING A 6"" PLASTIC BOX WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUT NO BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND.

TRACTOR TRAILER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OFFLOADING MATERIAL (CLINKER), WHEN TRAILER LOAD SHIFTED SUDDENLY, CAUSING TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURN. *DOGHOUSE PORTION OF TRAILER, BELIEVE TRAILER WAS LOA DED TOO HEAVY BY LOADER OPERATOR.

WHILE REMOVING FORMS FROM A CONCRETE WALL, THIS INDIVIDUAL LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL AGAINST ANOTHER FORM. HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW FRACTURING THE HUMERUS.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP MILLING SCREENS AND HIS TWO FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCREEN AND THE CEMENT MILL LINER.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING CONTRACT LABOR AND MAKING AN INSPECTION OF THE KILN CHAIN SYSTEM REPAIR. HE WAS INSIDE THE ROTARY KILN AND WALKING THROUGH THE 4 START CHAIN SYST EM WHEN HE STEPPED ON A CHAIN. IT ROLLED OVER, CAUSING HIS RIGHT FOOT TO SLIP OFF OF IT. HIS RIGHT KNEE TWISTED AS HIS FOOT LANDED ON OTHER CHAIN, CAUSING STRAIN OF HIS RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE IN THE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE, INJURED WAS STRUCK IN UPPER LEFT KNEE CAP BY A FULL CAN OF POPTHAT WAS THROWN FROM THE OTHER ROOM.

INDIVIDUAL WAS STRUCK ON THE FOREARM BY A WRENCH WHICH FELL OUT OF THE PREHEATER BUILDING.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING ON 15 FOOT 2"" BY 12"" BOARD WHILE INSTALLING SCAFFOLDING AT CEMENT COOLER GRATES DURING KILN SHUTDOWN. PHYSICIAN TREATED WITH OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREAT MENT.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN OPERATING W-20 BRICK PEELER INSIDE CEMENT KILN. HE GOT OFF THE MACHINE AND WAS WALKING AROUND IT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND WRENCHED HIS UPPER BACK.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A WALL PLATE ALONG #4 CLINKER COOLER DRIVE. WHEN HE PULLED THE PIECE OF METAL OFF THE WALL, CLINKER DUST FLUSHED INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

WHILE LIFTING AT #2 KILN TIRE, INJURED STRAINED RIGHT ELBOW.

EE WAS REPAIRING A KILN CAMERA WHEN HE GOT TOO HOT.

EMPLOYEE FIRST NOTICED A NUMBNESS IN HANDS WHEN WORKING IN THE PACKHOUSE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. HE AGAIN REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO HIS CURRENT SUPERVISOR IN FEB. WHILE WORKING ON A CRUSHER JOB BUT D ID NOT FILE A REPORT. THE TINGLING AND NUMBNESS IS MOST NOTICIBLE IN HIS RIGHT ARM AND HAND AND IS WORSE AT NIGHT. HE WENT TO A DOCTOR ON MAR. 8 & HAS BEEN OFF WORK DUE TO UNRELATED ILLNESS.

EMPLOYEE HAS DONE CHIP DRILLING IN THE QUARRY FOR 10 YEARS. HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SOME PERMANENT DAMAGE TO HIS LUNGS FROM SILICOSIS INHALATION. X-RAYS POSITIVE; TAKING PRESCRIPTION MEDS.

WHILE PULLING ON A CONSTRUCTION HOSE THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING CEMENT FROM RAIL CARS. HE REMOVED UNDER A CAR TO REMOVE A SHOVEL AND DISTURBED THE SEAL BOOT CAUSING CEMENT DUST TO SPLASH IN EYES. CLEANED EYES AND FACE AT PLANT THEN C HECKED AT HOSPITAL SOME SCRATCHES OBSERVED.