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EE WAS WORKING AT SANDBLASTING PAD, SNADBLASTING A SET OF TRUCK PLATFORM STEPS. THE FORKLIFT TRUCK WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME AND HE TURNED THE PLATFORM AROUND BY HAND SO HE COULD SANDBLAST THE BACK SIDE. AS HE DID SO, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS SEEN BY A DR AT SOLIMBIA, NO. ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP ON 6-17-96 AND STARTED TO LOSE TIME AFTER THAT, THUS THE INJURY BECAME REPORTAB
EE HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE PLANT FIRE TRUCK PUMPING SYSTEM, INSTALLING NEW PIPING AND VALVES. AS HE WAS CLIMBING UP ON THE FIR TRUCK, HE FELT A PULL IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA. HE HAS SINCE BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A RIGHT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INGUINAL HERNIA AND A LEFT INTERNAL INGUINAL HERNIA.
THE TECHNICIAN WAS TAKING A RUBBER STRAP OFF OF A TARP THAT WAS COVERING A FEED WAGON. THE STRAPBROKE & SPRUNG TOWARDS HIM HITTING HIM IN THE UPPER LIP.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK ON 08-24-95 WHEN HE DUMPED A 50 LB BAG OF SAND INTO A PHYSICAL TESTER MACHINE HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY HE SAW HIS PERSONAL PHYSICIAN ON 08-28 & W AS DISABLED AT THAT TIME HE INFORMED HIS SUPERVIOR OF THE DISABILITY BUT DID NOT MENTION IT WAS WORK RELATED HE RETURNED TO WORK ON SEPT 10 HE NOW INSISTS THE INJURY WAS WORK RELATE & THEREFO
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING IN AND OUT OF COOLER COMPARTMENTS AND LIFTING PARTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DRIVE SPROCKET IN THE CLINKER COOLER, AND HE STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE AS HE DI D SO. THIS DID NOT BECOME REOPRTABLE UNTIL A REPORT WAS RECEIVED AT THE PLANT ON 9-19-95 FOLLOWING HIS VISIT TO THE COLUMBIA ORTHOPEDIC GROUP ON 9-18 WHEN HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
THE EE WAS CLEANING AN AREA UNDER A TAIL PULLEY WITH A SHOVEL. HE WAS SHOVELING A HEAVY TARRY TYPE MATERIAL AND WAS TWISTING AS HE SHOVELED. HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS WORKING AT COAL UNLOADING STATION OVER THE HOPPER AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING THE DOOR ON A RAILROAD CAR CONTAINING GYPSUM. AS HE OPENED THE CAR DOOR, WHICH WAS SPRING LOADED. IT BOUNCED BACK AND STRUCK THE LITTLE FINGER OF HISRT HAND, CAUSING A STRAIN TO A LIGAMENT IN HIS FINGER.
THE MAINTENANCE TECHNICAN WAS UNDER A PIECE OF MOBILE EQUIPMENT DOING SOME ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND WAS LOOKING UP FROM THE GROUND. SOME RUST FELL OFF THE EQUIP AND FELL INTO HIS EYES. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT DID NOT FEEL LIKEHE NEEDED GOGGLES.
EE WAS WORKING ON PRIMARY WOBBLER BAR IN THE MACHINE SHOP AND ALLEGES THAT AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP A SPROCKET HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. THIS WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL MAY 18 AFTER HE HAD SOUGH T MEDICAL TREATMENT ON MAY 16.
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS LIFTING A GUARD OFF OF A GRINDING UNIT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK WHICH LATER WAS DETERMINED TO BE A PULLED BACK MUSCLE
EE WAS WORKING AT PRIMARY CRUSHE RINSTALLING NEW HAMMERS. HE HAD JUST UNHOOKED A CABLE FROM A NEW HAMMER THAT HAD BEEN LOWERED DOWN TO THE CRUSHER. WHEN HE RAISED UP, HE STRUCK THE SIDE OF H IS HARD HAT AGAINST A 6-INCH CHANNEL ABOVE HIM THAT HAD BEEN PLCED THERE TO SLIDE THE HAMMER BOLT OUT AND IN POSITION FOR THE CHANGE-OUT OF HAMMERS. HE SUFFERED A CONCUSSION.
EE WAS WORKING AT DISCHARGE CHUTE OF 2-B LIMESTONE BELT, PREPAREING TO INSTALL NEW LINER IN THE CHUTES. AS HE LIFTED LINERS INTO PLACE TO BE BOLTED ONTO THE SIDES OF THE CHUTE HE STRAINED A MS UCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG THE THROAT OF THE BALL MILL WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED ALLOWING WASTE FUELS TO GO INSIDE HIS GLOVE.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WORE A PAIR OF BOOTS AFTER THE LEATHER IN THE BACK OF THE HEEL WAS GONE. THIS ALLOWED THE OUTIDE LEATHER OF THE BOOT OTO RUB ABLISTER ON HIS HEEL. HE CONTINUED TO WEAR THE BOOTS UNTIL THE BLISTERS BROKE AND HIS ANKLE BECAME INFECTED. WHEN HE REPORTED THIS TO HIS SUPERVISOR HE WAS SENT TO THE COMPANY AND WAS GIVEN MEDICINE AND TIME OFF TO HEAL.
PIECE OF STEEL COLUMN FELL OVER AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK AND SHOULDERS.
INJURED WAS TAKING EMPTY SOLID FUEL WAGON TO PREP ROOM TO BE REFILLED. AS HE REMOVED HIS RESPIRATOR AND WAS PUTTIN GHIS SAFETY GLASSES ON, SOMETHING BLEW INTO HIS EYE.
INJURED WAS R EMOVING CEMENT FROM FULLER COOLER & GOT CEMENT IN HIS EYES (INJURED WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME)
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE KILN USING A SHIM DRIVER TO KEY BRICK BEING PLACED IN THE KILN.THESHANK ON THE DRIVER BROKE,THE HEAD CAME OFF AND THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS STRUCK BY THE SHAFT, CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE DIGITAL NERVE.
EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN A FLATBED TRUCK TO THE OLD STOREHOUSE TO OBTAIN A 3-TON CHAIN FALL TO USE IN CHANGING LINERS IN NO.2 FINISH MILL. AS HE LIFTED THE CHAIN FALL ONTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK, IT SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP AND MASHED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN IT AND THE TRUCK BED. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WS UNPACKING A CAST REDUCER FROM A BOX THAT HAD BEEN RECEIVED AT THE STOREHOUSE. A HE LIFTED THE PIECE FROM THE BOX AND TURNE DTO THE SIDE, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE SUFFERED A LUMBAR STRAIN TO HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED A STEEL PLATE INTO PLACE IN ORDER TO WELD IT ONTO A DOZER BLADE. HE INCURRED A LUMBAR STRAIN TO HIS BACK AS HE LIFTED THE STEEL PLATE.
WHILE ROLLING TIRES TO A STORAGE AREA, INJURED SUFFERRED A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS BENDING OVER HOOKING UP 3" CHEMICAL LINE TO LOWER VALVE OF WASTE FUEL TRUCK.
INJURED WAS ASSISTING FLOW OF MATERIAL FROM SOLID FUEL HOPPER BY USE OF A FLAT HOE.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED METAL TABLE AT MACHINE SHOP TO MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION & STRAINED HIS BACK AS HE DID SO THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 12-30-93 WHEN HE SEEN A PHYSICIAN & THEN BEGAN LOSING TIME DIAGNOSIS WAS STRAIN TOLOWER BACK
INJURED SCRAPED HAND ON PIECE OF WIRE ON AUGER OF SOLID FUEL WAGON WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG MATERIAL FLOW.
INJURED WAS ASSIGNED TO HS NORMAL INSPECTIO ROUTINE. HE WAS UNAWARE OF DOING ANYTHNG DURING THE DAY TO CAUSE THE INJURY, BUT NOTICED THE PAIN IAT APPROXIMATELY 3PM.
EE AND 3 COWORKERS WERE ASSIGNED TO CHANGE HAMMERS IN SECONDAY CRUSHER. EE WAS IN PROCESS OF REMOVING A USED HAMMER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TONGUE OF AIR COMPRESSOR IN ORDER TO HOOK IT UP TO THE 966 LOADER. AS HE DID SO, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE INCURRED STRAINED MUSCLES AND LIGAMENTS IN THE LUMBER AREA OF HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ENROUTE TO THE WATER PUMPHOUSE TO CHECK A PUMP. HE HAD TO CLIMB OVER A SANDBAG LEVEE TO GET TO THE LOCATION. HE SLIPPED AS HE CLIMBED OVER THE BAGS, AND AS HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS HAND HE BENT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER TO THE SIDE. THIS DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 9-17-93 WHEN A LMB SPLINT WAS APPLIED TO HIS FINGER.
EE WAS CLEANING KILN BEARING HOUSINGS, USING RAGS SOAKED WITH MINERAL SPIRITS TO WASH THEM OUT. SHE INADVERTENTLY SPILLED SOME OF THE MINERAL SPIRITS ON HER JEANS, WHICH CAUSED A SECOND DEGREE BURN TO HER RIGHT THIGH.
EE WAS IN THE ELECTRONICS SHOP WORKING ON KILN TACHOMETER ON TOP OF A BENCH IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM HE PICKED UP THE TACHOMETER BENT OVER AND SET IT ON THE FLOOR. AS HE DID SO HE SUFFERED A LUMBAR SPARIAN TO HIS BACK.
EE COMING DOWN SCAFFOLDING IN ROTARY KILN KILN CHAIN PUSHED HIM INTO PLANK CAUSING A CHIPPED TOOTH.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE RAW MILL REPLACING BROKEN MILL LIFTER HE WAS BENDING OVER LIFTING & POSITIONING LIFTER FOR INSTALLATION WHEN HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING TRACKMOBILE MOVING RAILCARS. THE MOTOR OVERHEATED AND HE PARKED IT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE RADIATOR CAP TO CHECK THE FLUID LEVEL. WHEN HE D ID SO, STEAM FROM THE RADIATOR ESCAPED AND CAUSED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LEFT ARM AND LEFT SIDE OF HIS CHEST.
54736YEE WAS IN PROCESS OF TAKING DOWN A CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND THE STOREROOM OIL CAGE WHEN HE REMOVED THE SUPPORT WIRES THE FENCE CURLED & STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A LACERAT 96500
WHILE A MFR FUEL UNLOADING TECHNICIAN WAS HOOKING UP A TRUCK TO BE UNLOADED, THE HOSE SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND LANDED ON THE TRUCK DRIVER'S FOOT. THE TRUCK DRIVER IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF MFR B UT THAT OF A FUEL TRANSPORTER AND GENERATOR. THE TRUCK DRIVER SAID THAT SHE WAS WEARING STEEL TOED SHOES, BUT SHE ONLY OCCASIONALLY DELIVERS HERE.
M & E REPAIRMAN WAS WALKING DOWN A WALKWAY AT THE CEMENT STOCKHOUSE.NOTICED A PRY BAR ON THE WALKWAY THAT MIGHT TRIP SOMEONE.PICKED UP THE BAR AND FELT A PULLING IN ABDOMEN.EXAM REVEALED -HAD SUFFERED A HERNIA.
STACKING BUCKETS STRAINED UPPER ARM
STOREHOUSE ATTENDANT WAS ASSISTING THE DRIVER OF A DELIVERY VEHICLE IN UNLOADING A CRATE OF MATERIAL FROM THE TRUCK. THE DRIVER LET THE CRATE SLIP AND AS IT FELL THE STOREHOUSE ATTENDANT JERKE D BACK AND WRENCHED HIS BACK, CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS ASSISGNED TO ATTACH A FABRICATED STEEL LADDER TO THE PLATFORM AT THE TOP OF KBE-2 CLINKER ELVATOR. LADDER WAS HANGING IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION, SUPPORTED BY A SET OF CHAINFALLS EE LEANED OVER PLATFORM HANDRAIL AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE LADDER INTO POSITION TO BE WELDED, AND AS HE DID SO HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS ASSIGNED TO DISMANTLE A DUST COLLECTOR THAT IS NO LONGER USED THAT WAS LOICATED ON TOP OF THE CLINKER SILOS. IN PROCESS OF DOING THIS A PIECE OF SCRAP METAL FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS R IGHT LEG, CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO STOCKHOUSE NO 6 TO CLEAR A BINDICATOR ALARM HE REMOVED A 2-INCH PLUG IN THE AIR-SLIDE UNDER THE BINDICATOR TO LOOK AT THE BINDICATOR PADDLE AS HE REMOVED THE PLUG CEMENT B LEW OUT OF THE PLUG HOLE INTO HIS RT EYE RESULTING IN A SMALL CHEMICAL BURN TO HIS EYE
LAB FOREMAN AT SUPPLEMENTAL FUELS LAB,CAPPING DISPOSABLE CULTURE TUBE WITH PLASTIC CAP.AS SHE PRESSED CAP IN PLACE THE GLASS TUBE SHATTERED CUTTING THUMB AND MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO INSPECT LIMIT SWITCHES FOR MBC 4 FLOP GATE HE WAS REACHING OUT GRASPING THE GATE HANDLE & MOVING THE FLOP GATE BACK & FORTH MANUALLY & APPARENTLY STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE DOING SO
EE HAD LEFT FINISH MILL WHERE HE HAD BEEN REPLACING LINERS IN THE MILL. AS HE WAS TAKING OFF HIS WELDING HOOD, HIS CUTTING GLASSES SLIPPED DOWN OFF HIS HARD HAT, SNAPPED BACK AND THE LOWER EDG E STRUCK HIS LEFT EYE, CAUSING A CENTRAL CORNEALABRASION.
EMPL WAS WORKING IN KILN ON BRICK SCAFFOLD WITH BRICK CREW RELINING KILN. HE WAS WORKING FROM SIDE OF SCAFFOLD WHICH REQUIRED HIM TO USE LEFT HAND TO LIFT LAY & KEY BRICK. EMPL REPORTED AT END OF SHIFT THAT LEFT WRIST WAS SORE. DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 11/8 WHEN HE WENT TO DR & RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION.
WELDERS WERE FINISHING JOB OF WIDENING SIDE OF QUONSET HUT REPAIR SHOP DOORS. FELLOW EMPLOYEE HAD PREVIOUSLY WELDED ON TOP OF DOOR, USING A LADDER TO REACH IT AND FAILED TO REMOVE THE LADDER. AS INJURED FINISHED WELDING ON BOTTOM OF DOOR, HE PUSHED IT SHUT TO CHECK THE ALIGNMENT AND AS HE DID SO, A RING ON THE DOOR CAUGHT THE LADDER AND IT FELL OVER ON HIM, STRIKING HIM ON HIS HARD
EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS KNEE AGAINST HANDRAIL ON THE SIDE OF THE DOOR AND AS HE WAS GETTING INTO THE ROTARY DRILL CAB.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT STOREHOUSE PUTTING AWAY SUPPLIES SHE LIFTED A BOX WEIGHING APPROX 50POUNDS ONTO A SHELF AT ABOUT EYE LEVEL SHE FAILED TO POSITION BOX SOLIDLY ON THE SHELF & IT FELL STRIKING HE R ON THE LEFT ARM & SHOULDER SHE INCURRED A SOFTTISSUE INJURY TO THE LEFT SHOULDER THIS INJURY DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL SPET 25 WHEN SHE COMPLAINED OF PAIN WAS TAKEN TO A PHYSICIAN & R