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Employee was handling bales of hay while doing a seeding project and got a pain in his right shoulder.
THE EE WAS SHAKING CRUSHED PCC LIME THROUGH AN 1/8" SIEVE WHEN A PIECE OF LIME GOT INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. THE DR. THINKS A PIECE OF LIME GOT CAUGHT IN IS EYEBROW AND FELL BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
THE EE WAS CLEANING OUT LUMPS IN NORTH ROCK DUSTPACKER WITH A STEEL ROD WHEN THE ROD KICKED BACK INTO HIS HANDS CAUSING A PUNTURE WOUND
THE EE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER AT THE WEST END OF THE PLANT WHEN HE CAME AND COMPLAINED ABOUT HEARTBURN TYPE SYMPTOMS AND MINOR DISOREINTATION.HE SAID THERE WERE FUMES IN THE LOADER AND IT SM ELLED LIKE BRAKE FLUID. IT WAS FOUND THAT GREASERAGS NEXT TO CLEANER RAGS WERE THE CAUSE OF THESMELL. I DID NOT FIND OUT THAT THIS WAS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT UNTIL 1-30-98.
THE EE WAS WALKING TO THE TRUCK FOR TOOLS, WHEN HE STEPPED INTO WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS SOLID LIME, BUT WAS ACTUALLY 18" OF LIME. THE LIME GOT INTO HIS BOOT & CAUSED BLISTERS & REDNESS ON HIS LEFT LEG.
WHILE STRIKING EHE COUPLER WITH A HAMMER ON #5 COLLECTOR SPRAY LINES, THE HAMMER STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE COLLECTOR, DEFLECTING THE SWING WHICH MISSED THE COUPLER & HIT THE EE'S OTHER HAND.
EE WAS WORKING WITH TWO TOHER EES DRIVING A ROD INTO A PIPE IN THE RAKE TANK. THE ROD GOT FAST ON THE CENTER OF THE RAKE PLOW. THE RAKE STARTED TO PULL THE ROD INTO THE TANK. EE WENT INTO THE OLD PUMPHOUSE TO TURN THE RAKE OFF. AS HE TURNEDTHE CORNER SOMETHING HAPPENED IN HIS CALF, IT WAS AS IF HE WAS HIT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE.
WHEN THE EE WAS WALKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE "B"PAN, COMING OUTOF THE TUNNEL, WHEN HE STEPPEDINTO THE WATER SUMP HOLE, WHICH SOMEONE LEFT THECOVER OFF OF, AND FELL TO THE FLOOR
EE WAS BUILDING A WORK PLATFORM AT BIG BLUE COLLECTOR. LIFTING OF ANGLE IRON AND TWISTING AT SAME TIME.
EE WAS POUNDING A WEDGE INTO DOG ON COLLECTOR WHEN THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT HIS THUMB.
EMPLOYEE HAND CLIMBED UP THE STEPS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF STEP OF THE P & H CRANE AND WAS MOVING AOUND THE MUFFLER TO GET UP TOT HE MAIN WINCH. HE LOST HIS BALANCE ADNGRABBED HOLD OF THE MUFFLER TO STOP HIS FALL. THE MUFFLER CAM EOFF AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT ARM BROKE A WINDOW AND HIS RIGHT SIDE HIT THE LEDGE BELOW THE WINDOW OF THE WELDING SHOP.
EE WAS WALKING AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE COAL HOPPER WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON GRATING AND CUT HIS LEFT SHIN.
EE WAS BAGGING 80 LB BAGS OF ROCKDUST.WHEN HE LIFTED A BAG HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND GROIN AREA.
THE EE WAS PICKING UP DIFFERENT SIZES OF METAL PLATES AND THROWING THEM ALONG SIDE THE HOSE OF THE SYMONS CRUSHER SMOETHING ON THE STEEL PLATE CAUGHT THE GLOVE ON HIS RIGHT HAND SMASHING HIS F INGER BETWEEN THE PLATE AND THE EDGE OF THE CRUSHER BASE.
THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON MUD AT THE PUMPHOUSE-HE FELL AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE
WHILE HELPING SCALE DOWN SOME SCALE RING, WE WERE BARRING OVERHEAD AND SOME DUST CAME DOWN AND HIT THE SIDE OF MY GLASSES THEN GOING INTO HIS EYE.
WHILE REMOVING LOCK NUTS, THE NUT BROKE LOOSE & THE WRENCH SMASHED HIS THUMB AGAINST THE FEEDER CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING SEVEN [7] STITCHES IN HIS RIGHT THUMB.
EE WAS GOING UP THE STEPS AND ALIPPED AND HIT HIS SHIN, CAUSING BROKEN BLOOD VESSELS.
EE SLIPPED ON SNOWY GRATING AND FELL ON HIS RT SHOULDER, CAUSING SORNESS AND LIMITED MOVEMENT. SHOULDER CONTURSION, RC STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 POUND BAG SON A PALLET WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER MIDDLE BACK. CAUSING AN ACUTE STRAIN OF HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A BOARD PLATFORM PUTTING THE CAP ON A COLLECTOR PIPE. AS HE STEPPED OFF THE PLATFORM, A BOARD SHIFTED AND ROLLED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNE E IN THE FALL CAUSING A BAD SPRAIN AND SWELLING.THE KNEE HAD TO BE DRAINED.
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS TRESTLE TO FORMER MINE OFFICE, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE RAILING CAUSING A CONTUSION AND SWELLING OF THE ELBOW.
EE WAS POUNDING A LIME BUNKER TO KEEP THE MATERIAL MOVING WHEN HE HIT HIS RIGHT THUMB ON THE SIDE OF THE BUNKER CAUSING A STOVED THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING REPAIRS AROUND A CHIMNEY ON A BUILD UP ROOF (COVERED WITH GRAVEL) AND HE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES ON THE GRAVEL WHEN HE FELT PRONOUNCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT KKNEE, RESULTING IN A BRUISE AND HYDRORCHROSIS.
EE WAS ASSISTING A MECHANIC PUT UP SUPPORTS FOR A WALKWAY. HE TURNED AROUND TO PICK UP A BRACE AND CUT HIS RT FOREARM ON A SUPPORT THAT HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED. THE CUT WAS ABOUT 2 IN LONG AND 1/8 IN DEEP. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
EE WAS OPERATING 35 TON TEREX QUARRY TRUCK. WHEN HE PULLED ON THE RETARDER HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS RT WRIST. HE SPRAINED HIS WRIST. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 7-10-95.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE FRONT END LOADER. HE STOPPED LOADER AND GOT OUT TO TALK TO A TRUCK DRIVER. WHEN HE WENT TO CLIMB BACK IN HIS FEET WERE MUDDY AND HE SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER CLIMBING IN CAUSING HIM TO WRENCH HIS BACK. HE HAD A PAIN IN HIS LOWER MIDDLE BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS BRICKING A KILN. HE WAS LIFTING AND INSTALLING BRICK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ARM. HE FELT A PAIN AND DEVELOPED SWELLING IN THE ARM. HE IS TEMPORARILY REQUIRED TO WEAR A WRIST BRACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCINDING STEPS AT #5 COLLECTOR TOWER WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE BOTTOM STEP HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE STONES ON THE GROUND CAUSING A SPRAIN OF HIS RIGHT ANKLE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDI CAL ATTENTION UNTIL 6-14-95.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE TIRE OF THE JLG TO PUT OIL IN THE ENGINE HE DID NOT NOTICE THAT THETIRE WAS NOT TOUCHING THE GROUND & THE TIRE ROLLED & MADE HIM FALL TO THE GROUND DAUSING A CONTU SION OF HIS RT THIGH & CHEST
EMPLOYEE WAS POURING OIL INTO A TRUNION OF #5 KILN THE TRUNION BEARING WAS OVERHEATED & THEBEARING TEMPERATURE WAS HIGH ENOUGH TO IGNITE THE OIL FIRE FLASHED OUT & BURNED BOTH ARMS CAUSING FIR ST & SECOND DEGREE BURNS
EE WAS BAGGING 80 ROCK DUST BAGS. WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PULL A BAG OFF THE MACHINE HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER MIDDLE BACK.
EE WAS ADJUSTING AND TRAINING A LIGHT OVERHEAD WHEN HE FELT A PAIN N HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM THE PLANT TO THE LABORATORY CARRYING LIME SAMPLE BUCKETS WHEN SHE SLIPPED IN THE SNOW LANDING ON HER BACK ON TOP OF A SAMLE BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS RESUPPLYING HYDRATE LIME BAGS TO THE BAGGING STATION AS HE TURNED AROUND TO COME DOWN SOME STEPS HE GOT TANGLED UP IN HIS OWN FEET, LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL TO THE FLOOR. AS HE FEL L HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF & IN DOING SO INJURED HIS RIGHT WRIST.
EE WAS PULLING ON A BAR TO TURNA PIPE ELBOW FITTING WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE EE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON A PIPE CAUSING A BRUISE, SWELLING AND CONTUSION.
EE WAS BAGGING 80LB BAGS OF LIME, WHEN HE MOVED THE BAG HE TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME AT THE COMPUTER KEYBOARD DOING DATA ENTRY. WHEN SHE WOKE UP ON SAT 8-27-94 SHE COMPLAINED OF SWELLING & PAIN PLUS TINGLING SENSATION IN RIGHT ARM, WRIST AND HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND THE WARE ROOM END OF A BAG CONVEYOR WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET LIME AND FELL, INJURING HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A BUCKET OF CERAMIC CASTING WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HIS KNEE REQUIRING SEVERAL STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLIN G A COVER ON A COOLER TUBE ON THE KILN A JACK WAS USED TO LIFT COVER INTO POSITION WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION & PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN CVER & ANOTHER COOLER TUBE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HELPED HIM TO MOVE COOLER TUBE COVER SO HIS HAND COULD BE REMOVED HE HAD CUTS & BRUISES OF THE RT HAND NEEDING STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD 3/8" X 10' STEEL GUARD LINER FROM TRUCK AND LEANING IT AGAINST OUTSIDE WALL OF WAREHOUSE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN INHIS BACK.
ELMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE SIDE STRAP ON ACONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS HAND AND FINGERS. HE DID NOT DECIDE HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 7-19-94 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE AND COWORKER WERE CLEANING MUD BUILUP OFF OF SOME SUPPORT BEAMS. THEY WERE USING HEAVY STEEL BARS. WHEN THIS EE STRETCHED OUT WITH THE BAR HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING HYDRATE BAGGING MACHINE. ONE OF THE BAGS ON THE MACHINE EXPLODED AND LIME BLEW UP UNDER HIS FACE SHIELD AND HELMET AND BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING A LIME BURN IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAINING A COVNEYOR BELT WHEN THE TAKE-UP ADJUSTING BOLT BROKE NAD CAUSE DHIS FINGERS TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN THE TAKE UP PULLEY AND A BEAM, CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE FRACTURED AND C RUSHED.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 80# BAGS OF ROCKDUST WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM THE PARKING LOT TO HIS WORK AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL BECAUSE OF THE NEW SNOWFALL INJURING HIS SHULDER & BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A STONE CHUTE. WHEN PULLINGON WRENCH HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE DECLINED IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. ON 8/29 HE REPORTED OFF BECAUSE OF HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO MOVE A TAIL PULLEY FROM A CONVEYOR WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN. IT WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA.