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ON 3-29-98 EMPLOYEE GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS LEFT EYE WHILE WORKING IN THE MILL (SOURCE OF FOREIGN BODY UNKNOWN. HE WASHED OUT THE EYE AND FELT THAT IT WAS REMOVED. HOWEVER, THE NEXT DAY, HIS EYE WAS STILL IRRITATED AND HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION TO HAVE A METAL PARTICL REMOVED AND A RUST RING REMOVED.

EE WAS STOCKING BOLTER; WHILE LOADING GLUE BOX ON BOLTER BY THE STRAPS, THE BACK STRAP BROKE & HE REACHED DOWN TO CATCH THE GLUE BOX, STRAINING HIS MUSCLES IN THE MIDDLE & LOWER BACK.

EMP WAS WASHING A LOADER FILTER. PLACED WASHER BETWEEN LEGS AND BENT OVER TO TURN THE HOSE OFF (CHICAGO FITTING CONNECTOR) AND WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT CAUSED HIM TO TWIST, STRAINING LOWER BACK.

WHIILE TAKING APART A EFFREY MINER HEAD, HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS SMASHED IN THE EXTENSIONN STOP WHILE IT WAS BEING REMOVED BY A FORKLIFT CHAIN.

WHILE EE WAS HITCHING A TRAILER TO AN ENSIGN, HIS MIDDLE LEFT FINGER WAS SMASHED, REQUIRING SUTURES.

EE WAS TAKING DOWN VENTILATION TUBING, WHEN A SECTION OF THE TUBING FELL, STRIKING LEFT KNEE, CAUSING SWELLING AND PAIN. PLEASE NOTE THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED LATE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LOST T IME UNTIL HE SAW HIS DR ON SEPT 4TH.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING HEAVY PIPE FOR WATER LINE ON UNEVEN GROUND WHEN HE DEVELOPED PAIN IN THE RIGHT HIP AND LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A ROLL OF MINING CABLE (WEIGHT APPROX. 4000LB.) FROM A TRUCK IN THE WAREHOUSE. AS IT ROLLED OUT OF THE TRUCK, IT ROLLED OVER HER LEFT FOOT, CAUSING FRACTURES IN THE SMA LL TOE AND LACERTAIONS UNDER THE TOES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE SWACO SCREEN FOR HOLES. FLUID RUNNIGN INTO THE SCREEN SPLASHED INTO EYES, CAUUSING CHEMICAL BURN IN LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING CONCRETE RUBBLE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A PIECE OF METAL BY CUTTING IT FROM THE THROAT OF THE MINING MACHINE, WHEN THE METAL STRUCK HIM, FRACTURING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

FELLOW EMPLOYEE THREW A BIT CAN LID LIKE A FRISBEE & HIT PATIENT IN THE MOUTH WITH THE LID CAUSING A LIP LACERATION & SUTURES

EE WAS TWISTING A 15 KV LINE PLUG APART WHEN BACK STRAIN OCCURRED.

PICKING UP IMPACT WRENCH (15#), TURNED TOWARD LINE WITH IT AND FELT MUSCLE PULL.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN CAUSTIC LOADOUT, WHEN APPARENTLY SOME CAUSTIC DUST GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE, CAUSING SEVERE CHEMICAL BURNS.

A 12 INCH DRISCO PIPE GOT HUNG ON AN ELBOW. WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT FLEW PAST EMPLOYEE AND HIT HIM AS IT RECOILED. THE MINE OPERATOR BECAME AWARE ON 3-1-95 THAT THE INJURY CAUSED RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY ON 2-14-95.

REMOVING A HOSE FROM A TRAILER--THE JACK BROKE AND TRAILER FELL ON FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BOXCARS FOR LOADING HE WAS SWEEPING UP HEAVILY SCENTED CAT LITTER WHEN HE BECAME EXTREMELYNAUSEATED & LIGHTHEADED HE WENT HOME & HIS WIFE TOOK HIM TO THE DOC WHO DIAGNOSE D AN ALLERGIC REACTION LATER THAT EVENING THE EMPLOYEE BROKE OUT IN A RASH WHICH KEPT HIM UP MOST OF THE NIGHT SO THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK THE NEXT DAY

PICKING UP TRUNION PIN TO PUT IN THE 2550, MASHED FINGER.

WORKING TO UNPLUG HOT CYCLONE. HOT ROCK CAM EOUT MANWAY.

EE WAS UNSCREWING A 2 INCH, 10 FT LONG LENGTH OF CONDUIT USED TO HOLD UP A LIGHT. A CONDUIT FITTING LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE PIPE BROKE. THE PIPE WITH A PART OF THE FITTING STILL ATTACHED, L ANDED ON THE EE S FOOT JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE THE PIPE AND FITTING PENETRATED THE BOOT AND FOOT, BREAKING TWO TOES AND COMING OUT THE BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT.

WHILE WORKING IN THE SURFACE MACHINE SHOP, THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT EYE. METAL FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. ORIGIN OF THE FOREIGN BODY IS UNCERTAIN. THERE HAD BEEN GRINDING BEING DONE IN THE SHOP, BUT NOT ATTHE TIME THE PAIN IN THE RIGHT EYE WAS FELT. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES ALL DAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISCONNECTING COMBINATION HOSE FROM SULFURIC ACID TANK EAR WHEN AIR PRESSURE FORCED AND TO EXCAPE IN MUST FORM WHICH WENT UPUNDER HIS ACID SAFETY LOAD AND BURNED HIS FALL AROUND H IS EYES NOSE, FOREHEAD, AND EYE LIDS.

INJURED BENT OVER TO PICK UP A CARBURETOR FROM THE SHOP FLOOR. HE GOT A CATCH IN THE LOWER BACK AS HE STRAINTENED UP.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A CROUCHED POSITION REPLACING A BELT GUARD. HE WAS WEDGED INBETWEEN THE BELTGUARD AND A HANDRAIL. HE TWISTED TO RAISE UP AND HIS LEFT KNEE POPPED LOUDLY.

CLOSING FEED GATES. HAD TO STRAIN TO LOCK GATES.

INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF WASHING OUT A BIRD CENTRIFUGE. BY MISTAKE THE OPENED A HOT LIQUOR VALVE WITH AN OPEN ENDED LINE INSTEAD OF THE WATER VALVE. THE HOT LIQUOR FLOWED OUT OF OPEN END LI NE & DOWN ONTO THE INJURED EMPLOYEES SHOULDER. CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO SHOULDER.

PUTTING BELT GUARD ON, GUARD SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE.

EE WAS PUSHING UP ON OVERHEAD MINE CABLE WHICH WAS USPENDED BY CABLE HANGERS WHEN SEVERAL OF THE HANGERS FAILED CAUSING THE WEIGHT OF THE CABLE TO FALL ON HER ARMS, HYPEREXTENDING BOTH WRISTS. RESULTED IN MUSCLE STRAINS IN ARM, SHOULDERS, AND NECK.

EE STEPPED OFF OF THE TRACKMOBILE ONTO A RISE IN THE BLACKTOP AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

BENT DOWN TO MOVE GUARD - HIT HEAD & SHOULDER ON VALVE.

PROPREL RIVIM ROLLED & TRAPED LEFT FOOT NEXT TO PROPREL WALL BREAKING EMPLOYEE'S ANKLE.

PICKED UP A 3 INCH SHAFT AND SET IT DOWN. EMPLOYEE IN A SQUATTING POSITION TO PUT BOLTS ON. WENT TO STAND UP AND FELT SEVERE PAIN IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A STEAM VALVE DURING PROCESS OF TESTING SAFETY VALVES ON BOILER..WHEN A STEAM LEAK DEVELOPED FROM PACKING. THIS CAUSED VALVE HANDLE TO HEAT UP CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON THE PALMAR SURFACES OF HANDS.

MOVING RAILS USING RAIL CLAMP AND BACKHOE. WHEN LIFTED RAIL UP WITH BACKHOE, RAIL WAS CAUGHT AT ONE END AND IT SNAPPED BACK AND STRUCK WORKER WHO WAS STANDING APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AWAY.

EXCESSIVE WORK PAST 3 WEEKS, HAD A BACK ACHE. WOKE UP 3/30 WITH PAIN IN LEFT HIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING LARGE SUBMERSIBLE PUMP FROM BACK OF CHEVROLET S-10 PICKUP & TWISTED SPRAINED BACK.

CHANGING SCALPING SCREEN AND MASHING LEFT MIDDLE FINGER RESULTING IN A FRACTURE.

EE WAS HELPING LIFT THE DRILL POWER CABLE. THIS CABLE MUST BE LIFTED ABOVE YOUR HEAD IN ORDER TO ANCHOR IT TO THE MINE ROOF.

HOOKING TRACTOR TO DISK,FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN CENTER ARM AND DISK.

FILLING IN A HOLE IN TRAILER PARKING AREA WITH A SHOVEL FELT PULL IN LOWER RIGHT BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A FORKLIFT WHEN A HOOK HANGING THE STAMLER CABLE BROKE THE CABLE HIT HIM ON THE HARDHAT HE COMPLAINED OF SOME NECK STIFFNESS AT THE TIME BUT DID NOT SEE A DOC UNTIL 03-14-92 CO MPLAINING OF DIZZINESS & HEADCHE

I.NAME BAGGING PRODUCT.PICKED UP BAG AND TURNED TO PUT BAG ON PALLET WHEN PAIN HIT.

WASHING A CONVEYOR BELT ON HANDS & KNEES STOOD UP FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK

HE WAS CARRYING A SELF-ALIGN TROUGHING ROLL FOR A CONVEYOR. HE BUMPED HIS KNEE ON THE ROLLER WHILE CARRYING IT.

REACHED IN BACK OF TRUCK TO GET A BUCKET, HIT LEFT ELBOW ON SIDE ON TRUCK.

MOVING PC OF METAL FLOOR GRATING STRAINED LOWERBACK

I NAME WAS WALKING ON CATWALK/DECK AREA VELOW THE PRODUCT DUST COLLECTOR HE LOOKED UP & DUST FALLING FROM ABOVE ENTERED EYE HE WAS WEARING ALL SAFETY EQUIPMENT INCLUDING SAFETY GLASSES DUST WE NT BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES DUST WAS 18%CONTEN T

OPENED PIECE OF ELECTRICAL SWITCH GEAR. STOP DID NOT CATCH, CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN GEAR AND LATCHING MECHANISM.

I NAME BENT OVER TO OPEN THE OVERHEAD DOOR AT THE DOME THE DOOR WAS STUCK & WHEN HE TRIED TO PULL UP HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK