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EE WAS USING SHOVEL TO CLEAN SAND FROM UNDERNEATH CONVEYOR BELT RESULTING IN HERNIA
EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONING AIR JACK UNDER THE KILN IN ORDER TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
WINDBLOWN MATERIAL FLEW IN EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN PIT TUNNEL & WIND BLOWN FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED EMPLOYEES EYE RESULTING IN SEVERE IRRITATION
EMPL USING 1/2"RATCHET WRENCH TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE.APPLY PRESSURE TO WRENCH,IT BROKE CAUSING ARM TO JERK.EMPL DIDNT REALIZE ARM WAS INJURED,DIDNT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 9-29-91.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE LID FROM LARGE CONTAINER OF LUBE GREASE WHEN LID SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TOP OF DRUM AND LID.
EMPL DESCEMDING METAL STAIRS LEADING FROM COAL MILL TO GROUND LEVEL.EMPL SLIPPED,STUMBLED AND STRUCK KNEE AGAINST METAL STANCHION.
EE WAS USING HAMMER TO CLEAN MATERIAL FROM SCREEN. HAMMER BOUNCED BACK FROM FLEXIBLE SURFACE OF SCREEN AND STRUCK EE ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK AND WIND BLEW SAND INTO BOTH EYES.EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK.LATER REQUIRED TREATMENT ON 07-09-90 WITH LOST TIME STARTING ON 07-09-90.
EE WAS USING SHOVEL TO CLEAN UP MATERIAL IN PIT TUNNEL WHEN FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW IN EYE.
SWEEPING FLOOR IN WELDING ROOM, EXPOSED TO FLASH FROM WELDING MACHINE
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING V-BELTS ON ROLLER CRUSHER MACHINE FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN V-BELT & SHEAVE RESULTING IN LACERATION TO TIP OF FIRST FINGER ON LEFT HAND REQUIRING 10 STICHES
EMPLOYEE APPEARS TO HAVE GOTTEN WINDBLOWN GRANDULOR MATERIAL IN EYE WHICH LODGED BEHIND THE EYEBALL EMPLOYEE REQUIRED HOSPITALIZATION FOR SURGERY TO EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PIECE OF REBAR STEEL TO DISLODGE COAL FROM NO.1 COAL MILL AIR LOCK. THE REPATATIVE MOTION AND OVERERTION RESULTED IN A MUSCLE STRAIN TO THE LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DUMP TRUCK HAULING MATERAIL FROM PIT TO PROCESSING PLANT.ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED OVER CENTER LINE IN ROAD CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO RUN OFF ROAD IN ORDER TO AVOID COLLISION.EM PLOYEES TRUCK OVERTURNED RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEE AND SMALL AMOUNT TO DAMAGE TO DUMP TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED AN ALLERGICE REACTION TO UNKNOWN SUBSTONCE, EITHER ON OR OFF THE JOB. APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN OF THE INGESTION TYPE OF EXPOSURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS POURING OIL FROM A DRUM INTO A BUCKET. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, MAKING AN AWKWARD MOVE, AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPL WAS PICKING UP A SECTION OF TRIPLE LINK KILN DRIVE CHAIN THE CHAIN SWILVERLS AND CAUGHT EMPLS FINGER BETWEEN LINKS EMPLS DISABILITY STATRED ON 2-18-89
EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE USING STEEL ROD TO CLEAN OUT NO.2 COOLER WHICH HAD BECOME CLOGGED WITH CLINKERS. THE STEEL ROD STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AS HE FELL DOWN RESULTING IN LACERTION REQUIRING SIX SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING UP AT LAVATORY AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST SHARP EDGE OF BROKEN AREA OF LAVAORTY. THIS CAUSED A SMALL LACERATION WHICH BECAME SERIOUSLY INFECTED AND SWOLLEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A SCREEN AT THE SPLITTER PLANT WITH A HOOK THE HOOK CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARDS AND STRUCK HIS BACK AGAINST AN ANGLE IRON CROSS MEMBER BRACE EMPLOYEE WAS EXAMINED BY PHYSICIAN XRAYS
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN HIS NORMAL DUTIES AS A MAINTENANCE MECH. AT SOME UNKNOWN TIME DURING HIS SHIFT, A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS EYE WHICH LATER CAUSED AN IRRITATION TO THE EYE.
EMPL INSTALLING ELEC SHUT-OFF ON CONVEYOR BELT IN CLINKER TUNNEL.EMPL HAD TEMPORARILY REMOVED HARD HAT TO LOOK UNDERNEATH CONVEYOR FRAME.WHEN HE RAISED UP HE STRUCK TOP OF HEAD ON A SHARP META L EDGE OF CONVEYOR FRAME WIPER.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS CARRYING MACHINERY PARTS UP THE INCLINE CONVEYOR BELT CATWALK AND OVER-EXERTED HIMSELF. HE LATER STARTED EXPERINCING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HIP AND LEG. IT APPEARS THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAS A PINCHED NERVE AND SURGERY WILL BE REQUIRED. THE ORIGIN OF THE EMPLOYEE'S CONDITION HAS ONLY RECENTLY BECOME KNOWN TO HIS EMPLOYER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSDS PLANT YARD WHEN THE WIND BLEW FOREIGN OBJECT IN RT.EYE OBJECT BECAME IMBEDDED & REQUIRED REMOVAL BY PHYSICIAN
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A WOOD SCAFFOLD PERFOMRING MAINTENANCE WHEN A 2X4 BROKE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT SIDE STRUCK BROKEN 2X4 RESULTING IN BRUISE TO SIDE. EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE WORK (NO LOST TIME) LATER REQUIRED MINOR MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 2/29/88. PHYSICIAN ADMINSTERED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING ON HANDRAIL. HOT SLAG FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE S BOOT RESULTING IN 2ND AND 3 RD DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING A GUARD ON THE CONVEYOR BELT LINE. THE GUARD FELL AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS RIGHT LEG RESULTING IN A BRUISE TO SIDE OF LEG.
EE TOSSED A STE9L SHIM TO WELDER ON TOP OF KILN. SHIM HAD A JAGGED EDGE WHICH LACERATED UNDERSIDE OF EES LT THUMB REQUIRING 5 SUTURES.
APPROX. 3 HRS A0TER REPORTING TO WORK EMPLOYEE STARTED HAVING CHEST PAIN AND WAS TAKEN TO HOPSITAL EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING NORMAL DUTIES AS ENDLOADER OP THIS IS NON STRENOUS JOB AND WEATHER CO NDITIONS WERE I8EAL COOL AND DRY. THIS WOULD NOT APPEAR TO BE JOB RELATED ILLNESS AND IS BEING REPORTED ONLY BECAUSE OF MSHA REGULATIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS A1PLYING GREASE TO NO.1 KILN WHEN OIL SPLASHED BACK INTO BOTH EYES.
EE WAS MOVING A3PIECE OF PLYWOOD. HE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE PLYWOOD & DROPPED IN ONTO HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING A HOLE IN A PIECE OF COPPER TUBING. THE DRILL BIT HUNG IN THE TUBING WHICH PULLED THE WELDING LEED AROUND HIS HAND AND SNATCHED IT INTO THE DRILL BIT WHICH CAUSED A 2 INC H LACERATION ON3THE RIGHT M IDDLE FINGER AND AN ABRASION OF THE RISK RING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON RADIATOR HOSE CONNECTION.EMPLOYEE HAND CAME INTO CONTEST WITH ENGINE FAN BLADE RESULTING IN FRACTURE & LACERATIONS TO THUMB AND THREE FINGERS OF L LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN KILN STEPS. HE APPARENTLY MADE AN AWARWARD STEP CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA.
EMP WAS ADJUSTING HOIST FRICTION ON DRAGLINE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING EMP TO STRIKE HIS ARM AGAINST METAL BRACE
INJURED EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE USING A SECTION OF PIPE TO LIFT CONVEYOR BELT OTHER EMPLOYEE PUSHED ON PIPE CATCHING EMPLOYEE HAND BETWEEN END OF PIPE AND CONVEYOR FRAME.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON PIECE OF CLAY MACHINE TO GROUND, DISTANCE OF APPROX 5 FEET
EE WAS CLEANING OUT AREA SURROUNDING THE #1 TAIL PULLEY. AS HE PROCEEDED TO STEP AWAY FROM THE AREA HE TURNED HIS ANKLE & FELL.