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THE FILING OF THIS REPORT IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS AN ADMISSION BY THE COMPANY THAT AN OCCUPATIONAL RESPIRATORY DISEASE OR ILLNESS HAS OCCURREDSILICOSIS.

CHUTE CAME UNHOOKED AND THE CHAIN HOOK CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE SAND THAT WAS BLOCKING A DOORWAY, HE SHOVELLED ABOUT FIVE WHEELBARROW LOADS TOWARDS THE END HE HAD TO LEAN IN TO GET TO THE SAND AND THEN TURN TO THROW I T INTO THE WHEELBARROW THIS APPARANTLY PUT UNDO STRAIN ON HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AIR CHISEL AND HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE END OF THE GUN, CATCHING HIS FINGER IN THE PROCESS.

HE WAS TRYING TO MOVE TOP SIX PALLETS THAT HAD SLID HALFWAY OFF A TWENTY STACK PALLET. WHEN HE CLIMBED UP ON ONE SIDE, THREE PEOPLE FROM THE OTHER SIDE GAVE THE PALLETS A SHOVE. HIS FINGERS GO T CAUGHT IN BETWEEN, SMASHING ONE AND BREAKING ONE.

EE WAS REASSEMBLING A BROKEN SANDLINE IN QUARRY. WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON FLANGES, HE SLIPPED AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA.

EMPLOYEE REMOVED DOOR FROM SCRUBBER AND ALLEGEDLY PULLED HIS BACK WHILE LAYING IT DOWN. LOST TIME DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL 2/5/96.

EE WAS CHANGING A PROPANE TANK ON A FORKLIFT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CHANGING PUMP ASSEMBLY USING ONLY LIFT AND CARRY METHODS. THE ASSEMBLY PINCHED THE EE'S RT HAND WHILE BEING SET IN THE PUMP.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON BREAK, EATING LUNCH. HE WAS CUTTING ASAUSAGE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND. FOUR STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN QUARRY CHECKING PUMPS. STEPPED ON A PALLET AT END OF WALKWAY. PALLET FLIPPED UP CAUSING HIM TO FALL STRIKING CHEST ON 12" PLASTIC LINE.

EE SLIPPED ON ICE ON TOP OF RAILROAD HOPPER AND ALLEGEDLY HURT HIS BACK HIP.

WHILE LOADING 25 WEIGHTS ON A BAGGING MACHINE. EE FELT A TIGHTNESS IN HIS LOWERED BACK.

EE WELDED A STAINLESS STEEL PLATE APPROX. 18" X 18" ON THE FLOOR OF THE #1 SPRAY DRYER PENTHOUSE, A ROOM APPROX. 15' X 15'. EE DID NOT PROPERLY VENTILATE THE AREA AND WAS NOT WEARING BREATHING PROTECTION.

EMP WAS WORKING OFF A LADDER APPROX 10-12' PUTTING A COVER ON THE SCREW. EMP DID NOT HAVE A SAFETY BELT OR LINE. THE LADDER WAS NOT SECURED AND THE FEET ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER WERE NOT PO SITIONED PROPERLY, CAUSING THE LADDER TO SLIDE OUT FROM UNDER THE EMP.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE BOTTOM DOOR ON A RAIL CAR. THE DOOR WAS HARD TO CLOSE AND HE WAS USING A LONG TRACK BAR TO PULL THE DOOR CLOSED. WHILE PULLING ON THE BAR, HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CUTTING EXPANDED METAL AND CUT HIS INDEX FINGER ON THE EDGE OF THE METAL. STICHES WERE REQUIRED FOUR.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING ON THE GRATING BY THE DREDGE PUMP TO TIGHTEN THE BOTTOM CASING BOLTS. HE WAS PUSHING THE WRENCH IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN IS NECK. HEAT PADS AND MEDICATION WERE REQUIRED TO RELIEVE THE STIFFNESS.

EE WAS INSTALLING 6B BLOWER MOTOR WHEN IT SLIPPED, PINCHING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND THE FRAME.

INJURED INSPECTING AN EXHAUST VALVE FOR THE MICROSIZER WHEN A SECTION OF PIPING THAT WAS TEMPORARILY SUPPORTED DROPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

ALLEGED PROBLEM WITH HEARING LOSS

ALLEGED EXPOSURE TO SILICA DUST, EGOGENOUS METALPARTICLES.

WHILE EE WAS LOADING THE SCRAPER, HE TWISTED TO LOOK BEHIND HIM. HIS NECK WAS STRAINED. A SIMILAR INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 9-28-95. ON 11-14-95 THE EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING THE SCRAPER IN THE MI NE WHEN THE FRONT TIRE DROPPED INTO A HOLE JARRING HIM RESULTING IN LOWER BACK PAIN & AGGRAVATING THE ORIGINAL INJURY.

A TRESSPASSER'S BODY WAS FOUND FLOATING IN A POND ON U.S. SILICA PROPERTY. AN AUTOPSY SHOWS DEATH DUE TO DROWNING. WOMAN WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE ENTERD THE POND VIA A PUBLIC ACCESS ROAD WHICH BOR DERS THE POND.

EE WAS WORKING ON A PUMP. HE WAS MANHANDLING THE PUMP SHELL HALF AN DREBUILDING THE PUMP. HE FELT TIGHT IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE TRYING TO MOVE A SAND CAR BY USING A RAIL CAR JACK. EE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE HAS LOWER BACK PAIN WHILE STANDING OR SITTING. PAIN ALLEGEDLY BEGAN APPROX TWO MONTHS AGO AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. EMPLOYEEWAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY ON 8-8-95, EMPLOYE E WAS PLACED ON INACTIVE STATUS FOR THREE MONTHSPER THE ATTENDING DR.

EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE LIFTING THE BACK OF 5 X 5 PUMP HOUSING. AFTER COMPLETING A MAINTENANCE TASK, HE FELT A PULLING PAIN IN HIS BACK.

AS EE WAS MOVING THE DILUTE CLAY BOX THAT HA DBEEN CUT LOOSE, HE FLE T APIEC EOF METAL STICK INTO HIS LEFT FOREFINGER. HE GOT THE METAL OUT BUT THE NEXT MORNIGN WHEN HE WOKE UP, HIS FINGER WA S SEVERELY SWOLLEN ANDPAINFUL. THE TWO DAYS MISSED IN #30 INCLUDED VISITS TO THE DR.

THE FILING OF THIS REPORT IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS AN ADMISSION BY THE COMPANY THAT AN OCCUPATIONAL RESPIRATORY DISEASE OR ILLNESS HAD OCCURRED.

EE WAS CUTTING EXPANDED METAL WHEN HE PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND WITH A FRESH CUT. TWO SUTURES REQUIRED.

AS EE WAS CLIMBING DOZER TRACKS TO FUEL DOZER, HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF THE DOZER. HE HIT HIS LEGS ON TRACKS AND FELL TO THE GROUND ACROSS A HARD ROAD BERM O F DIRT HITTING ON HIS LEFT SIDE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A NAIL PULLER TO REMOVE NAILS FROM SIGN BOARDS. NAILS WERE AT HEAD HEIGHT. NAIL HEAD BROKE OFF AND PULLER STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN UPPER LIP.

INJURED WAS DESCENDING STEPS ON LARGE LOADER ANDSLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM STEP. WHEN HE WAS DOING THIS, HE SPRAINED/TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. FOLLOWING THIS, HE FOUND IT PAINFUL TO PUT ANY WEIGHT ON THAT KNEE. DR. AT EMERGENCY ROOM, J.C. BLAIR HOSPITAL, APPLIED AIR SPLINT AND RECOMMENDED LIGHT DUTY FOR ABOUT A WEEK. NO LOST TIME.

EE WAS COMING DOWN STAIRS IN MINUSIL DEPARTMENT & SLIPPED ON STEPS, HE CAUGHT HIMSELF ON HANDRAIL WITH UPPER ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BEHIND THE SHOP WHEN HIS RT FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN A WATER HOSE CAUSING HIM TO TRIP HIS RT FOOT BANGED AGAINST THE WELDING TRAILER

EE TRIPPED OVER A LOG. STITCHED RT THIGH.

WHILE CLOSING THE TOP DOOR ON A TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FORCE THE DOOR DOWN AND IT CLOSED RAPIDLY, MASHING HIS FINGER.

PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A RAILCAR TO UNJAM A DOOR WHEN HE STRAINED HIS STOMACH.

RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON TRACK GETTING ON DOZER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A DRILL BIT WITH A DRILLCHUCK. THE CHUCK SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK THE BIT WITH HIS FINGERS. HE CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER REQUIRING FOUR STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP ROTARY FEEDER AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK AND SIDE.

EE WAS REMOVING PEBBLE ELEVATOR TAIL SPROCKET OUT OF HOUSING AND FELT SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER BACK POP.

THIS EMPLOYEE IS A TRUCK DRIVER IN THE MINING AREA ON THIS DATE HE WAS NOT DRIVING TRUCK & WAS ASKED TO SHOVEL SOME SAND DURING HIS SHIFT NO COMPLAINTS WERE MADE BUT AFTER HE GOT HOME HE EXPER IENCED HAND PAIN THE DIAGNOSIS AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM WAS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME/SPRAIN WRIST WE DO NOT CONSIDER THIS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT TO REPORT

EMPLOYEE SAT IN A CHAIR MISSING ACASTER AND FELL BACK. HIT HIS HEAD.

EE WAS INSTALLING PEBBLE HOSE TO #5 AND #6 PEBBLE BIN. THE HOSE WAS ON A CART. ANOTHER EE WAS PULLING AND THIS EE WAS PUSHING. EE;S BACK STARTED HURTING.