Holcim US IncMining Incidents in 2003

THE MAN WAS INSPECTING DUCT INSIDE OF #3 RAW MILL SEPARATOR, WAS WEARING FULL FALL PROTECTION DEVICES AND HAD FOLLOWED CSE RULES. HE INADVERTENTLY SLID FROM A HORIZONTAL RUN INTO A VERTICALLY SLOPING RUN OF CHUTE. HIS FALL PROTECTION PREVENTED INJURY, BUT HE COULDN'T PULL HIMSELF UP THE SAFETY ROPE. NO INJURY WAS INCURRED. TRAPPED FOR APPROX 1 HR.

EE NEEDED AN OXYGEN CYLINDER AND THERE WAS NO FORKLIFT, CART, OR CAGE AVAILABLE AT THE TIME. EE WAS IN A HURRY SO HE LIFTED THE CYLINDER OUT OF STORAGE RACK. WHEN HE LIFTED THE CYLINDER HE FEL T A PAIN AND BURNING IN GROIN AREA.

RAINY WEATHER CAUSED GROUND LEVEL CONCRETE SURFACE TO BECOME WET AND SLIPPERY. WHILE WALKING ON THIS SLIPPERY CONCRETE SURFACE, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL, INJURING HIS ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE REPAIR WORK ON A LOWER DAMPER OF THE RAW MILL BY-PASS DUCT (EQUIP #423LD3). EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTALY STEPPED INTO A PILE OF HOT DUST MATERIAL, CAUSING BURN TO T OP OF LEFT FOOT. EMPLOYEE DID NOT THINK THIS MATERIAL WOULD BE HOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE INJURY BECAUSE THIS SYSTEM WAS SHUT DOWN SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE.

CAVE IN OF EXCAVATION.

EE WAS CLEANING BULL VALVE AT PARK WASHER STATION. BOOK END COPY WERE REMOVED FROM BALL VALVE. PRESSURE HAD BUILT UP BEHIND SEAL ON BALL VALVE EVEN WORK CAPS REMOVED EE OPENED VALVE WHILE CLEA NING WITH SOLVENT. SOLVENT AND SMALL PIECE OF METAL SPLASHED EE IN FACE EYES.

EE WAS REMOVING REFRACTORY FROM KILN #1, AS BRICK WAS REMOVED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RING, THE TOP COLLAPSED ON TOP OF EE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOWER DOORS TO LOGWASHER VIA HAND WINCH. WHILE PERFORMING THIS FUNCTION, THE WINCH HANDLE SPUN AROUND & STRUCK THE EE IN THE FACE

EE WAS VACUUMING DUST FROM BAGHOUSE COMPARTMENT WHILE VACUUMING EE WAS STRUCK BY STATIC ELECTRICITY BUILD-UP IN HOSE OF VACUUM TRUCK.

EE WAS CHECKING A PLUGGED LINE WHEN ANOTHER EE RECONNECTED AND ADDED AIR TO THE LINE. CEMENT KILN WAS FORCED THROUGH THE LINE AND UNDER EE'S SAFETY GLASSES CAUSING FOREIGN BODY AND CHEMICAL & BURNS TO BOTH EYES AND NOSE.

THE INJURED EE REMOVED A PLYWOOD SHEET COVERING A HOLE IN THE THIRD FLOOR GRATING OF THE RAW MILL SILO BLDG TO RETRIEVE A BURNING TORCH. AFTER RETRIEVING THE TORCH HE FORGOT THE REPLACE THE PL YWOOD COVERING AND FELL THRU THE OPENING A MINUTE OR TWO LATER.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE PUSHING ON THE DOOR HANDLE OF THE DUST MIXER IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE DOOR AFTER CLEANING THE MIXER. MRI REVEALED HERNIATED DISC AT L5-S1. STARTED LOSING TIME FROM WORK ON 12/8/03.

EE WAS CHECK SILO DISTRIPUTION SETUP AT THE TOP OF CUSTOMER SILO. WHEN HE TRAVELED DOWN ELEVATOR TO THE GROUND FLOOR THE ELEVATOR DOOR BECAME STUCK. EE EITHER PANICKED OR BECAME ANGRY AND KICK ED THE DOOR. AFTER INJURING HIMSELF HE CONTACTED ANOTHER EE WHO TOLD HIM HOW TO OPEN THE DOOR.

EMPLOYEE FELT BURNING SENSATION IN RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE USING PIPE WRENCH TO REMOVE A PIPE EXTRACTOR THAT WAS STUCK IN A 1"" PIECE OF PIPE. HE WAS HOLDING THE PIPE IN A VISE AT THE TIME. HE AGGRAVATED THE SHOULDER AGAIN ON 8-16 WHILE MOVING A WINCH ON A DOLLY. HE BEGAN LOSING TIME ON 8-13-03. MRI WAS NEGATIVE. INJURY DIAGNOSED AS RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN.

EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO HIS HAUL TRUCK & FELL APPROXIMATELY 10' TO THE GROUND LANDING ON RIGHT SIDE. WHY ACCIDENT OCCURRED IS STILL BEING REVIEWED. EE COULD NOT REMEMBER CLEARLY WHAT HAPPENE D. INJURY OCCURRED TO SHOULDER, SIDE & HEAD. EE IS OFF WORK DUE TO SHOULDER INJURY AND OBSERVATION.

TWO WORKERS WERE MOVING RAILROAD TIES IN THE QUARRY. THEY HAD UNLOADED ONE TIE & AS THEY WERE UNLOADING ANOTHER INJURED TRIPPED ON THE PREVIOUSLY UNLOADED TIE & DROPPED THE ONE HE WAS CARRYING ON HIS LEG.

EE WAS REMOVING REFRACTORY FROM KILN #1, AS BRICK WAS REMOVED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RING, THE TOP COLLAPSED ON TOP OF EE.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS EXITING A BULLDOZER USING THE FIXED HANDRAIL. EE STATES THAT HE LOST HIS GRIP W/RIGHT HAND AND WHEN HE GRABBED THE HOLD W/HIS LEFT HAND HE INJURED HIS SHOULDER. EE STATES THAT HE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY PAIN AT THE TIME AND ONLY AFTER HE WENT HOME DID HE EXPERIENCE ANY PAIN.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A VALVE ON THE SLURRY TANK. HE PUT HIS WEIGHT ON THE WRENCH. HE SLIPPED AND HIS ARM GOT CAUGHT ON ANOTHER VALVE, PULLING HIS ARM BEHIND HIS BACK. HIS ARM WAS BROKEN.

EE WAS MOVING 55 GALLON DRUMS WITH FORKLIFT ATTACHMENT. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PLACE A DRUM ON THE FLOOR AND RELEASE IT, THE EE'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ATTACHMENT & THE 55 GALLON DRUM.

WHILE WALKING DOWN KILN CONTROL STAIRS, INJURED STEPPED SIDEWAYS ON RIGHT FOOT, FELT POP IN RIGHT ANKLE. X-RAYS TAKEN; COLD PACKS INTERMITTENTLY 1-2 DAYS; SEDENTARY WORK RESTRICTIONS.

EE WAS STANDING ON GROUND AND REACHED UP TO SET THE BRAKE ON A RAIL CAR. THE REACHEING ACTION CAUSED HIS LEFT SHOULDER TO DISLOCATE. NOTE EE REPORTS THAT HE HAS HAD SHOULDER DISLOCATE 2 YEARS AGO DUE TO A FIGHT AND AGAIN LAST YEAR IN ANOTHER NON-WORK RELATED EVENT. HE WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED TO LIGHT DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE THE CEMENT KILN SHROUD CLEANING THE MID-KILN AREA DURING SHUTDOWN. HE WAS ATTACHED TO A ROPE AND HE LOST HIS FOOTING AS HE CLIMBED OUT OF THE SHROUD AT BREAK. AS HE FELL @ 4 FEET, HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND STRUCK HIS LEFT WRIST ON THE METAL SHROUD AND BENT HIS WRIST BACKWARD. HE DID NOT SEE DR UNTIL 12/2/03 & WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY UNTIL HE SAW SPECIALIS

EE HAD BEEN CLEANING UP A CEMENT SPILL WITH A SHOVEL AND AT TIMES A VACUUM. HE STATES THAT HE BEGAN TO NOTICE PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN ON HIS WAY HOME. HE WAS SENT FOR AN EVALUATION THE MORNING OF 10-21-03 AND RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR ONE WEEK.

SLOWLY KNEE WENT FROM FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE TO PAIN AFTER A COURSE OF A WEEK OR SO ASSESSMENT FROM CCOM-HAMSTRING TENDONITIS & MILD KNEE STRAIN. REPETITIVE MOTION FROM CLIMBING LADDERS WHILE L OADING RAIL CARS. RESTRICTED TO NO CLIMBING, LIMITED KNEELING, LIMITED SQUATTING, LIMITED TO LIFTING, CARRYING, PUSHING & PULLING OF 20 LBS. UNSURE OF INTENSITY OF INJURY UNTIL EVALUATION BY

EMPLOYEE HAD OPENED INSPECTION PLATE AT ALKALI BY-PASS FLAPPER VALVE TO CHECK FOR BLOCKAGE. HOT MATERIAL FELL INTO THE SCROW WHICH FEEDS THIS VALVE AND FLUSHED THROUGH CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE H IT WITH DUST. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED MINOR BURNS TO FACE AND NECK, HOWEVER BOTH FOREARMS HAD RECEIVED 1ST & SOME 2ND DEGREE BURNS. EE WAS TREATED & DID RETURN TO WORK RESTRICTED AWAY FROM HOT AREA

EE WAS PREPARING TO REPAIR A BROKEN COUPLING ON THE WASTE DUST MIXER AND WAS USING A HAND HELD SHOVEL TO SCOOP GREASE & DIRT FROM UNDER THE GEARBOX PRIOR TO WORK ON THE COUPLING. WHEN HE BENT DOWN TO LIFT UP A SHOVEL FULL OF GREASE/DIRT, HE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE SOUGHT CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS & WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY ON 10/13/03.

EE STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A 16 LB SLEDGEHAMMER AS HE TIGHTENED UP A TOP DOOR LATCH ON THE DOOR TO THE FRONT OF THE KILN HOOD. THE FINGER WAS CLEANED AND DRESSED AND EE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL 10/17/03.

EE WAS ASKED TO SHOVEL CLINKER OUT OF KILN BASEMENT AND PUT SLINKER IN WHEELBARROW. EE REPORTED THAT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHEN THE WHEELBARROW WAS ABOUT HALF FULL. HE SAID HE DID N OT TWIST OR DO ANYTHING THAT HE KNOWS OF TO CAUSE THE INJURY.

WHILE WORKING ON DUST COLLECTOR DRIVE, INJURED GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN PULLEY - PINCHING 3RD FINGER OF RIGHT HAND. WAS REPLACING BELTS. STITCHES. DR. EXCUSE - ""NO RIGHT HAND DUTIES THIS WEEK.""

EE WAS INSIDE #1 RAW MILL GEAR WEBBING(VERY CONFINED AREA) TIGHTENING DISCHARGE BOLTS WITH A 2 1/2"" COMBINATION WRENCH. STRAINED TENDONS IN ELBOW. NO LOST TIME. EE REQUESTED MEDICAL ATTN. 9/5/ 03.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A FORKLIFT BOOM INTO THE BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK. HE DID NOT KNOW ANOTHER EE HAD BEEN USING A CUTTING TORCH ON THE BOOM. HE GRABBED THE HOT BOOM WITH HIS BARE HAND TO SLIDE IT BACK INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND SUFFERED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE PALM AND FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY ON 8-15-03.

WHILE REMOVING CLASP FROM AIR HOSE, INJURED HEARD RUSH OF AIR THROUGH HOSE CAUSING HOSE TO WHIP AROUND, HITTING HIM IN MOUTH AND BACK. X-RAYS TAKEN, 2 LB. WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, STITCHES (MOUTH)

EE WAS BAGGING TYPE 1 CEMENT WHEN BAG STARTED TO FALL OUT OF SEQUENCE. EE REACHED DOWN TO CATCH IT AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

EE SUFFERED SERIOUS SKIN IRRITATION WHEN HE CAME INTO EXTENDED CONTACT WITH CEMENT KILN DUST. CEMENT KILN DUST (CKD) IS A HIGH ALKALINE MATERIAL THAT CAUSES SKIN IRRITATION AND SOMETIMES SKIN BURNS IF THE SKIN IS NOT WASHED ON A REGULAR BASIS.

EE WAS WELDING ON AN ENDLOADER BUCKET OUTSIDE THE MOBILE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE WAS WEARING DARK GLASSES WITH A WELDING HOOD & HAD WELDING SHIELDS UP AS WELL AS A TARP TO BLOCK THE SUNLIGHT. HI S EYES LATER BECAME IRRITATED & EE SAW DR ON 6/19/03. DIAGNOSIS WAS KERATITIS (FLASH BURN)TO BOTH EYES & DR RX'D EYE DROPS & ADVISED NO WORK ON 6/19/03 EE . EE RET'D TO WORK 6/20/03

EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING PRE-HEATER ELEVATOR COMING TOWARDS OFFICE, STEPPED OFF CONCRETE TO GROUND AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE CLEANING UP FINE CLINKER DUST, INJURED GOT FOREIGN MATERIAL IN BOTH EYES. RESTRICTED WORK/HOME. EYE PATCH. NO OPERATION OF HAZARDOUS EQUIPMENT. PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS. NOT DOING HIS OWN JOB.

FOREIGN PARTICLE ENTERED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE SOMETIME DURING THE DAY, POSSIBLY WHILE DRILLING ANCHOR HOLES INTO A CONCRETE WALL TO HANG PICTURES IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOBBY. EYE START ED BOTHERING HIM THE EVENING OF 3/28/03. HE DID NOT SEE A PHYSICIAN UNTIL 4/1/03 AT WHICH TIME A CORNEAL ABRASION WAS NOTED AND PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED.

LOWERING RAMP INTO THE KILN- COME ALONG HANDLE SWUNG AROUND AND STRUCK EE RIGHT HAND AND CRACKEDA BONE.

WHILE OILING, INJURED TURNED AROUND AND STEPPED ON A SHOVEL WHICH WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR, CAUSING A DISLOCATION OF THE RIGHT KNEE CAP.

EE EXPERIENCED NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT ARM AFTER USING PRY BAR TO JAB & BREAK UP LUMP OF MATERIALIN THE COAL CRUSHER AT CEMENT PLANT. HE & ANOTHER EE ALSO LIFTED MATERIAL FROM CRUSHER APPROX 20-3-LBS, DIAGNOSED WITH MUSCLE STRAIN LEFT ARM EE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY

EE WAS INSTALLING FLOOR GRATING BY THE SCALPING SCREEN WITH ANOTHER EE AND WHILE TRYING TO PLACE A PIECE OF GRATING WHEN SOMETHING IN HIS SHOULDER SNAPPED.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE 3RD FLOOR OF SILO 35 AT THE SURGE BIN LEVEL. THE EMPLOYEE FINISHED HIS WORK AND HEADED TO CHECK THE INSPECTION DOOR ON THE OUTSIDE. EMPLOYEE STARTED UP THE STAIRS, HIS RIGHT FOOT GOT CAUGHT-UP BETWEEN THE GAP OF THE FIRST AND SECOND STAIRS. HE FELL FORWARD PUTTING HIS HANDS IN FRONT OF HIM, MOSTLY FALLING ON HIS RIGHT ARM.

EE WAS INSIDE CEMENT KILN DURING SHUTDOWN STAGING BRICK AND ASSISTING BRICKLAYERS. HE WAS USING A PALLET TO STAND ON, AND WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE PALLET, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT A PIECE OF PLASTIC HOSE. SHE HAD PLACED THE PLASTIC HOSE ON HER KNEE AND WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND THE EE CUT HER RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BARRELLS OF OIL AROUND FOR THE KILN GEAR REDUCERS OIL REPLACEMENT AND THAT NIGHT HIS BACK BEGAN TO BOTHER HIM.

WHILE LIFTING ELEVATOR BUCKET, INJURED REPORTS BACK PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE DOZER AT THE QUARRY, INJURED FELL HURTING RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE PULLING CHUNKS OFF CLAY BELT, INJURED FELT A POP IN RIGHT SHOULDER. FIRST TO DOCTOR 1-5-04 LIGHT RESTRICTED DUTY WORK/HOME, HEAT WRAPS, PHYSICAL THERAPY. DOING OWN JOB - NOT MODIFIED.

WHEN EMPLOYEE CLOSED THE ROOF DOOR ON SECTION 1A ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR, A CHAIN LINK FELL BETWEEN THE DOOR AND DOOR FRAME, PUTTING THE DOOR IN A BIND. EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER PULLING THE DOOR BACK OPEN. HE DID NOT SEE A PHYSICIAN UNTIL 12/18/03. INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE ON 12/23/03 WHEN DOCTOR ADMINISTERED AN INJECTION.

EE WAS LOOSING BOLT ON KILN FEED PUMP. ANOTHER EE WAS USING PRY BAR TO SEPARATE THE RUNNER; THE PRY BAR SLIPPED PINCHING RT PINKY FINGER BETWEEN PULLEY AND BELT.

WHILE EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT BY PULLING THE WRENCH TOWARD HIMSELF, THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION IN HIS FOREHEAD.

WHILE WALKING UNDER #3 KILN COOLER, INJURED HIT TOP OF HEAD ON BEAM AND JAMMED NECK. HARD HAT WAS WORN. NOV 12, 2003 FIRST TO DR NO RESTRICTIONS, AND NO MEDS. NOW HAVING MORE PAIN, SEEN BY DR AGAIN MEDS PRESCRIBED, HEAT WRAPS, ALSO THERAPY FOR THE NECK.

EE WAS MOVING A 54 LB COOLER GRATE INT HE PLANT STOREROOM. SHE LIFTED IT SLIGHTLY FELT SOME PAIN AND PUT IF BACK DOWN. SHE NOTIFIED HER SUPERVISOR ON 11-13-03 OF BACK DISCOMFORT AND WAS SENT T O PHYSICIAN THAT DATE. SHE RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

WHILE SQUATTING DOWN TO CLEAN TAIL PULLEY, INJURED FELT POP IN LEFT KNEE WHILE STANDING UP. *FIRST TO DR 12-16-03 *X-RAYS TAKEN *MRI SCHEDULED.

EE WAS BAGGING MASONRY CEMENT, THE BAG BROKE AND MASONRY WENT UNDER THE EE'S SAFETY GLASSES CAUSING ABRASION AND BURNS. EE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM, HAD EYE FLUSHED AND RX'S GIVEN - WAS NOT TAKE N OFF OF WORK. COMPANY IS NOW REQUIRING SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE SHIELD TO BE WORN DURING BAGGING.

EE STRAINED HIS NECK WHILE MOVING OFFICE DESKS AND FILE CABINETS FROM ONE OFFICE TO ANOTHER IN THE PLANT'S ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING. HE WAS USING A TWO-WHEELED DOLLY. SAW DOCTOR FOR OSTE OPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

EE STRAINED LOWER BACK LIFTING A BUCKET OF MORTOR (APPROX 50 LBS) WHILE HE WAS CLEANING UP THE CEMENT KILN BURNER FLOOR AREA FOLLOWING KILN SHUTDOWN. EE HAS RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE T REATMENT BY PHYSICIAN ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

EE WAS ASSISTING MAINTENANCE WITH CHANGE OUT OF GRATES IN CEMENT CLINKER COOLER. MECHANIC HANDED EE GRATES THROUGH DOORWAY OF COOLER, EE CAUGHT BOOT ON STEP GRATING AND FELL SIDEWAYS ONTO LEFT KNEE, DROPPING GRATES ON RIGHT THIGH & STRAINING BACK. SHE SAW PHYSICIAN FOR THE FIRST TIME ON 10/9/03 & HAS RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

EE WAS USING A 4 1/2 INCH GRINDER WITH A WIRE WHEEL. HE WAS CLEANING AN ELEVATOR DOOR. MATERIAL SETTLED ON THE RIM OF FACE SHIELD AND WHEN HE LOOKED UP MATERIAL SLID OFF THE SHIELD INTO HIS FA CE. EE WAS WEARING FACE SHIELD AND SAFETY GLASSES AT TIME OF INCIDENT. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. TRASH IN RIGHT EYE- EYE SCRATCHED.

EE HAD BEEN OPERATING A 4600 MANITOWOC CRANE IN THE LIMESTONE QUARRY. WHEN HE WENT TO DISMOUNT THE MACHINE AT BREAK TIME, HE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL AND IT BROKE LOOSE. THIS CAUSED THE EE TO SLIP . HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BEFORE FALLING, BUT TWISTED HIS BACK. HE WAS SENT TO PHYSICIAN AND TREATED WITH OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATION ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

EE WAS CLEANING OUT DISCHARGE HOPPER. MATEIRAL BROKE FREE AND PINNED HAND AGAINST HOPPER WALL EE SUSTAINED FRACTURE TO RIGHT PINKY FINGER.

WHILE WORKING AT #4 FINISH MILL, INJURED FELT WIND BLOW DUST IN LEFT EYE.

WHILE REPLACING DRIVE SPROCKET, DUST BLEW IN LEFT EYE. THIS IS A VERY HIGH DUST ENVIROMENT.

WHILE WALKING BY FAN, INJURED BUMPED FAN GUARD, CAUSING CUT IN RIGHT FOREARM. A PIECE OF METAL WAS STICKING FROM THE GUARD, HAS BEEN RESOLVED.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN OPERATING A 10 YARD ENDLOADER THAT HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE ""SOFT SHIFT"". THIS CAUSED THE MACHINE TO JERK MORE THAN NORMAL WHEN SHIFTING FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE AND VICE VERSA. OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS, THIS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE'S BACK TO HURT. HE SAW PHYSICIAN ON 9/15/03 AND RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

WHILE GRINDING OFF PIPE NIPPLE, INJURED WAS CUT ON LEFT HAND FROM GRINDING WHEEL BRAKING.

EE WAS PICKING UP A 4 FT PIECE OF 5"" I-BEAM WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EE. WHEN LOADING I-BEAM ONTO VEHICLE, EE FELT A PINCH IN LOWER BACK.

EE TWISTED BACK WHILE CLEARING WHOLE TIRE SYSTEM.

WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING WITH A BAR IT SLIPPED AND HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON A PIECE OF METAL FRAMEWORK.

WHILE WALKING FROM THE ELEVATOR TO THE CEMENT SILO CHUTE HE WAS REPAIRING . WIND BLEW A FOREIGN OBJECT INTO EE LEFT EYE. SAW PHYSICIAN ON 8-7-03. EYE WAS NUMBED, FOREIGN BODY REMOVED AND EYE DROPS PRESCRIBED.

WHILE TAKING VIBRATION READINGS, INJURED RECEIVED AIR BORN DUST IN LEFT EYE. PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS.

TWO REPAIRMEN WERE USING PRY BARS TO RAISE A TAIL PULLY SHAFT. ONE REPAIRMAN LOST HIS GRIP CAUSING THE WEIGHT TO TRANSFER ON THE BAR THE OTHER WAS HOLDING. THE WEIGHT CAUSED HIS BAR TO LIFT FO RCING HIS HAND TO STRIKE THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE. THIS IMPACT CAUSED PART OF HIS #11 TOOTH TO BREAK OFF. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THIS TOOTH CAPPED.

EE WAS GREASING A BULLDOZER AND LOST FOOTING ON THE TRACK ON WHICH HE WAS STANDING. THE TRACKS HAD WET CLAY AND HE SLIPPED WHEN GREASING THE MACHINE. HIS HARD HAT CAME OFF AND HIS HEAD HIT THE MACHINE PUTTING A SMALL CUT ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

EE WAS ACTING AS WELDER'S WATCHMAN AT THE RAW MILL DISCHARGE CHUTE. WHEN HE WENT TO STEP OUT OF THE AREA WHERE HE WAS WORKING, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF ANGLE IRON AND HE CUT HIS LOWER LEFT LEG. THERE WAS AN APPROX. 3' STEP DOWN INT HIS AREA.THE 3"" LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES CLOSURE.

EE WAS WELDING ON AN ENDLOADER BUCKET OUTSIDE THE MOBILE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE WAS WEARING DARK GLASSES WITH A WELDING HOOD AND HAD WELDING SHIELDS UP, AS WELL AS TARP TO BLOCK SUNLIGHT. EYES B ECAME IRRITATED AND EE SAW PHYSICIAN ON 6-20-03.DIAGNOSIS WAS FLASH BURN AND EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED.

EE WAS WELDING ON AN ENDLOADER BUCKET OUTSIDE THE MOBILE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE WAS WEARING DARK GLASSES WITH A WELDING HOOD AND HAD WELDING SHIELDS UP, AS WELL AS TARP TO BLOCK SUNLIGHT. LEFT E YE BECAME IRRITATED AND EE SAW PHSICIAN ON 6-20-03. DIAGNOSIS WAS FLASH BURN AND EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED.

WHILE MOVING LARGE SPROCKETS, INJURED'S LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TWO SPROCKETS. SPLINT TO LITTLE FINGER. RETURNED TO REGULAR JOB, WITH RESTRICTIONS.

EE WAS OPERATING HOLCIM'S HAND HELD GRINDER WHILE KNEELING. UPON STANDING, EE'S HEEL OF WORK BOOT GOT CAUGHT IN GRATING HE WAS STANDING ON, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO STUMBLE CAUSING GRINDER TO CONTA CT LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS RAISING THE WASH UNIT UP & OUT OF A TANKER TRUCK. THE CHAIN HOIST CAUGHT HIS GLOVE, PULLING HIS HAND INTO THE CHAIN. HE IMMEDIATELY REVERSED THE CHAIN DIRECTION TO RELEASE HIS HAND. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND INDEX FINGER. LACERATION REQUIRED 3 STITCHES TO CLOSE.

A PALLET WAS ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF EMPTY PALLET LIFT. EE LEANED OVER TO SLIDE PALLET BACK AS THE PALLET FORKS CAUGHT A PALLET ON THE BOTTOM OF THE STACK THAT HAD A BROKEN BOARD. THIS SHOOK THE STACK CAUSING THE TOP PALLET TO SLIDE OFF CATCHING HIM ON THE LEFT EAR.

INDIVIDUAL WAS USING A RAZOR KNIFE TO STRIP INSULATION FROM WIRE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND AND PALM.

ON SUNDAY MAY 25TH EE WAS WORKING IN CLINKER COOLER AND GOT CLINKER DUST IN EYES. OFF MAY 26TH. MAY 27TH EE S RIGHT EYE LID FELT IRRITATED SO HE WAS SENT TO THE DR. THE DR SAW NOTHING IN HIS E YE AND PRESCRIBED DROPS FOR IRRITATION. MAY 28THIRRITATION HAD CLEARED UP.

EE GOT DUST HIS IN HIS LEFT WHILE CHECKING THE SHAKER PAN ON CONVEYOR BELT B-17. HE WAS IN THE B-17 TUNNEL AT THE TIME, WHERE THERE WAS EXCESSIVE CEMENT DUST IN THE AIR. PHYSICIAN REMOVED FOR EIGN BODY AND PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.

ALIGNING GRATES IN THE UNDERCOOLER COMPARTMENTS,DUST FELL OFF RAILS ONTO EE'S FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BY HAND WITH ONE OTHER PERSON A SECTION OF HANDRAIL AND TWISTED THE WRONG WAY WHEN LIFTING UP. THIS RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK.

PULLING ON BELT TRYING TO FEED TOWARDS SECTOR GATE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS UPPER RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT 05/29/03. FOLLOWED WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY TO RIGHT SHOULDER. R EPORTED ON ""QUARTERLY REPORT"" FAILED TO FILE 7000-1.

INDIVIDUAL WAS COMING DOWN STAIRS WHEN HE MISSEDA STEP AND JAMMED HIS THUMB ON THE HANDRAIL.

DUST PARTICLES FELL INTO EYE WHEN LIFTING FACE SHIELD.

WHILE CHECKING FOR ROCKS ON DRYER DISCHARGE, INJURED OPENED DOOR TO REMOVE ROCKS AND ONE FELL AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT. STEEL TOW SHOES WERE WORN. *AFTER GOING HOME AND TAKING OFF STEE L TOE SHOES - FOOT BEGAN TO SWELL AND HURT. EMPLOYEE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM TO HAVE CHECKED. X-RAYS SHOW NO BROKEN BONES, MEDS GIVEN.

REMOVING EQUIPMENT OUT OF KILN. LARGE PIECE OF KILN COATING WEIGHING APPROX 150 LBS FELL FROM TOP OF KILN & HIT EE ON HEAD & RIGHT SHOULDER. FORCE OF BLOW KNOCKED EE TO FLOOR INTO SOME HOT MAT ERIAL.

EE WAS OPERATING HOUGH ENDLOADER AT CEMENT CLINKER SOME RECLAIM AREA. WHILE DISMOUNTING MACHINE AT BREAK TIME, HE SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM RUNG OF ENDLOADER LADDER AND STRUCK HIS RT. SHIN ON THE METAL STEP, RESULTING IN 3""X 4""HEMATOMA. INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE ON 5/22/03 WHEN DR. HAD TO DRAIN HEMATOMA DUE TO INFECTION.

EE WAS PREPARING TO UNLOAD A BARGE WITH A CRANE AT THE WEST DOCK OF BARGE UNLOADING. WHILE CLIMBING UP THE ENTRANCE LADDER OF THE CRANE, SHE STRAINED HER LEFT SHOULDER AND CERVICAL SPINE. SHE WAS GIVEN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING UNDER KILN TIRE #2 AIR ARCING WELD OFF OF THE KILN SHELL IN ORDER TO REPLACE WITH NEW BLOCKS. HE STEPPED UP ON A BUCKET TO GET CLOSER TO HIS JOB. THE BUCKET SLIPPED OUT F ROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL ON HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 4/14/03, WHEN HE WAS GIVEN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

EE WAS OPENING THE EAST SIDE PLATE ON THE FK HOPPER. WHEN THE DOOR CAME OFF, CEMENT DUSTED OUT, GETTING INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HIS EYE WAS SCRATCHED.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SPILLBACK (DUST) WITH CASE SKIDLOADER AND DUST GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE CUTTING RUBBER GASKET THAT LAID ALONG THE RAIL LOAD-OUT SHED TRUCKS. THE KNIFE WAS CAUGHT ON SOMETHING, SO HE PULLED & THE KNIFE RELEASE &SLIPPED TOWARD HIM, WHEN IT DID, THAT'S WHEN THE KNIFE CUT HIS THUMB

EE WAS CHECKING GREASE FITTINGS IN THE #1 COMPARTMENT OF THE #2 COOLER. ON HIS WAY OUT HE TURNEDAROUND HITTING A PIPE BRACKET CUTTING HIS RT.THUMB.

WHILE DESCENDING THE LADDER ON THE HAUL TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING IN THE QUARRY, THE EE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK AT THE BOTTOM STEP. HE WAS STILL HOLDING ON TO THE HANDRAIL AT THE TIME. HE SAW DR. ON 3/18/03, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS GIVEN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

EE WAS PERFORMING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON LAWN MOWER. PRIOR TO RETURNING THE MOWER'S HOOD TO IT'S ORIGINAL CLOSED POSITION, HOOD FELL CATCHING HIS THUMB BETWEEN MOWER'S HOOD AND FRAME.

THE EE GOT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER CAUGHT WHILE HE WAS PUTTING PAPER TOWEL AROUND THE DOOR LATCH OF THE 50 TON CAT. TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING, SO THAT THE LOOSE DOOR WOULD SHUT TIGHTER. THIS RESULT ED IN AN AVULSION LACERATION TO THE RIGHT RING FINGER THAT REQUIRED 3 SUTURES.

WHILE TRYING TO KNOCK OUT BEARING, INJURED HIT LEFT THUMB WITH HAMMER.

INDIVIDUAL WAS PULLING WIRE IN A CABLE TRAY WHEN SHE LOST HER BALANCE AND STEPPED AWKWARDLY TO THE FLOOR(APPROX 2 FEET).

EE WAS OPENING THE MANDOOR ON A SCRUBBER VESSEL THAT HE THOUGHT WAS EMPTY. THE VESSEL ACTUALLY CONTAINED A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER. WHEN THE DOOR WAS OPENED. THE WATER RUSHED OUT COVERING THE EE AND KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.

WHILE CRAWLING OVER THE B-13 CONVEYOR BELT AT THE CROSS-OVER POINT, EMPLOYEE STRUCK AN OVERHEAD CABLE TRAY WITH HIS HARD HAT, JAMMING HIS NECK. HEAD ROOD IS 20-24 INCHES AS YOU CRAWL THROUGH. INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE ON 2/6/03 WHEN PHYSICIAN ADMINISTERED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

EE WAS WORKING UNDERNEATH THE SOUTH AUMUND CONVEYOR CLEANING DEBRIS (HARDENED CEMENT CLINKER) FROM UNDER BELT. HE WAS REACHING UNDER THE CONVEYOR TO REMOVE SOME LOOSE MATERIAL WHEN A JACKHAMME R BEING OPERATED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR STRUCK HIS HAND & FRACTURED THE END OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 1/20/03.

EE WAS PULLING A LOOSE WELDING LEAD FROM A ZOOMBOOM BASKET TO COIL UP AND MOVE TO DIFFERENT LOCATION OF WORK. HE YANKED THE LEAD INSTEAD OF REMOVING IT PROPERLY. THE FEMALE CONNECTOR HIT EE IN HIS MOUTH CAUSING A CHIP ON THE LT. FRONT TOOTH.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS IN THE PLANT YARD, TRIPPED AND FELL INJURING L SHOULDER. PARTIAL TEAR TO ROTATOR CUFF. TREATMENT - PHYSICAL THERAPY.

EE WAS GRINDING ON THE COAL MILL DOOR WHEN THE GRINDER STIRRED UP DUST IRRITATING BOTH EYES. EE RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION 1/13/03.

GRINDER WAS HANDED DOWN FROM ONE EE TO ANOTHER WHILE GRINDING DISC WAS STILL MOVING. WHEN EE GRABBED THE HANDLE IT WAS LOOSE AND THE GRINDER SUNG AROUND AND PUT A 5 CM LACERATION ON RT. FOREAR M.

IT WAS A EXTREMELY HOT HUMID DAY WITH NO BREEZE BLOWING. EE HAD JUST FINISHED SHOVELING STONE FOR 45 MINUTES EE WENT TO GET A DRINK OF GATORADE WHEN FAINTED & COLLASPED. EE WAS TALKING THE HOS PITAL AND WAS TREATED FOR HEAT STRESS.

CONTRACTOR EE WAS TURNING MOTOR SHEAVE AND PULLEY BY HAND TO ADJUST EQUIPMENT POSITION. POWER WAS LOCKED OFF. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND SHEAVE WHEEL. RT. INDEX FINGER CUT.

EE DROVE THROUGH PLANT PARTS WAREHOUSE ON A THREE WHEEL BICYCLE AS HE EXITED WAREHOUSE A TRUCK WAS IN ROADWAY SO EE TURNED TO AVOID TRUCK CAUSING BICYCLE TO COME UP ON 2 WHEELS. HIS HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND A PORTABLE LOADING RAMP IN THE AREA.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING GUZZLER (MACHINE THAT SUCKS UP DUST) AT #4 FINISH MILL INFEED, HE STEPPED ON A STEEL MILL BALL AND FELL DOWN ON LEFT KNEE. HE WAS ON GROUND LEVEL CONCRETE FLOOR WITH BOTH FEET ON FLOOR WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. EMPLOYEE WAS EXPERIENCED AND WEARING PROPER P.P.E AT THE TIME.

EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON SYNTHETIC GYPSUM CONVEYER, EE STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK, STONE, PIECE OF METAL CAUSING EE TO SPRAIN HIS RIGHT ANKLE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY BOOTS.

TESTING FOR VOLTAGE ON A RECENTLY INSTALLED MOTOR CONTROL CENTER. EE PLACED METER PROBES ON CONNECTING TERMINALS AT THIS POINT THERE WAS A LARGE ELECTRICAL ARC. THIS BURNED EE'S HAND & FACE.

WHILE USING GUZZLER TO SUCK UP DEBRIS ON AN INCLINE INSIDE #3 KILN COOLER, INJURED'S LEFT ARM BECAME STUCK IN THE HOSE UP TO HER SHOULDER. START STOP SWITCH DID NOT WORK, TRUCK HAS NO IN LINE RELEIF.