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EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE LOWER DECK SCREEN ON THE SCRUBBER SCREEN WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN BENDING OVER THEN STRAIGHTENING BACKUP AND TWISTING.

EE WAS LOADING CLCINE IN 2500LB SUPERSACKS. HE WAS MOVING A PALLET ONTO THE PLATFORM FOR THE NEXT SACK WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOW ABDOMINAL AREA AND RIGHT LEG. WE SENT HIM TO THE DR AND UP ON EXAMINATION THE MEDICAL FINDING WERE CALCIUM DEPOSITS IN HIS HIP AND TENDINITIS. BY LIFTTING THE PALLETS HE AGGRAVATED THE PROBLEM.

A BEARING HOUSING WAS BEING REMOVED FROM A SIMPLICITY SCREEN UNIT. EMPLOYEE WAS CRADLING THE UNIT WITH HIS ARMS AND HANDS WHEN THE BEARING CAME OFF THE SHAFT SUDDENLY. EMPLOYEE'S HAND AND FING ERS STRUCK A PART OF THE ELECTRICAL BOX ON THE MOTOR THAT DRIVES THE SCREEN UNIT.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A SPROCKET ON MAIN LIME SCREW WHEN HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS LIFTING AN EXTENSION LADDER & FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT SIDE LOWER ABDOMEN, HE ALSO HAD THE FLUE AT THE SAME TIME. HE THOUGHT IT TO BE THE FLUE. LATER, THE FLUE WENT AWAY, TH E BURNING SENSATION DIDN'T. BURNING SENSATION WORSENED. HAD OUT PATIENT SURGERY ON 5/6/98.

INSTALLING HYRALIC PUMP ON 988 LOADER WITH OVERHEAD HOIST. REMOVED HOIST & STRAP WHEN PUMP WAS STABED INTO MOTOR, PUMP SLIPPED, TRAPING LEFT HAND BETWEEN PUMP AND FRAME SMASHING MIDDLE AND IN DEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND. SUTURES WERE USED TO CLOSE CUT ON LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

WHILE REPLACING A STEEL CROSS BRACE INTO THE FLUX MILL, EE FEL A PULL IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS TAKDING SAMPLES OF MATERIAL WHEN HE STRAINED LOW BACK AREA. WHILE SHOVLEING MATERIAL OFF 4 SCALE STRAINED LOW BACK.

SMASHED LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BOLT STUB ON LIFT TOP BARGE AND LIFTING CLEVIS. EE WAS CLIMBING UP TO THE ROOF OF THE BARGE VIA THE ACCESS LADDER. HE REACHED UP AND GRABBED THE LADDER, AS HE PUT HIS WEIGHT ON THE CLEVIS AS HE WAS STEPING TO THE TOP OF THE BARGE, THE CLEVISPIVITED-SMASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT AND THE BOLT.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A RAILCAR INTO THE GRIZZLEY. THE BOTTOM GATE WAS HARD TO OPEN, SO HE KEPT PUSHING AND PULLING ON IT CAUSING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

WHILE LOADING BAG WITH LIME FINES, BAG RIPPED OPEN AND SPILLED LIME FINES.

BAGS OF LIME WERE FALLING OFF PALLETS. EE WENT TO PUUSH THE TOP BAG BACK UP ON A BALLET WHEN HE FLET A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE LOOKED UP AND GOT LIME IN HIS EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORE AT THE TIME.

EE WAS INSTALLING A COVER ON A CONVEYOR. HE HAD TO PULL HARD ON THE FLEXIBLE METAL COVER TO GET IT IN PLACE. THE OTHER END, OPPOSITE THE END HE WAS PULLING, CAME LOOSE, CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS ELBOW.

EE WAS CHANGING KILNS FROM OIL BCK TO GAS. THE OIL DRAIN CAN WAS UNDER THE SPOUT. HE REACHED TO GET THE CAN AND SCRAPED HIS ARM ON THE PIPE, ( LIKE HE HAD DONE A HUNDRED TIMES BEFORE). IT WAS SO INSIGNIFICANT IT WASN'NT EVEN CUT, MORE OF A SCRAPE. EE DIDN'T BOTHER WITH IT. BY EVENING HE HAD 103 DEGREE FEVER. WENT TO THE DR, THEN TO THE HOSPITAL, THEN SURGERY TO REMOVE A STAPH INFEC

STEEL BEANS WERE STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. EE WAS MOVING THE TOP BEAM WHEN IT ROLLED AND CAUGHT THE END OF THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND. IT PINCHED THE FLESH ON THE END OF HIS FINGE R CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SEVERAL STITCHES TO CLOSE.

LIFTING DOOR AND REPLACING DOOR ON #1 DUST MODULE.

EMP WAS PICKING UP A GUARD AND REPLACING. WHEN EMP PICKED UP GUARD EMP LOST HIS BALANCE AND SHIFTING WEIGHT OF GUARD CAUSED A BACK STRAIN.,

EMPLOYEE HIT ACESS DOOR TO BALL MILL WITH HEAD. RESULTED IN CUT BESIDE RIGHT EYE. REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.

EE WAS PERFORMING CLEAN-UP DUTIES. EE PICKED UP A SMALL MACHINE GUARD TO LOAD INTO A BOBCAT BUCKET. THE GUARD CLOSED ON HIS FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION.

3 METAL FORMS FOR CONCRETE WERE BEING HELD IN A VERTICAL POSITION FOR CLEANING BY A STAND MADE OF REBAR. WHEN EE WALKED BY THE FLOOR MOVED DOWN A LITTLE AND CAUSED THE FORMS TO FALL. THE COR NER OF ONE OF THE FORMS HIT EE JUST ABOVE THE LEFT ANKLE AND GOUGED THE LEG FOR AOBUT 3".

WHILE PULLING A GREASE HOSE ON THE SERVICE TRUCK HE STRAINED RIGHT HIP LOW BACK .

EMP WAS MOVING TABLE ON ROLLERS, TO ANOTHER LOCATION, WHEN HE MASHED HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN ANOTHER METAL TABLE.

THE KILN HOISTING SCREEN WOULD NOT START AND HE WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE WHY. HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE V-BELT AND THE SHEAVE. HIS LEFT RING FINGER WAS CUT, RESULTING IN TWO SUTURES.

EE WAS REMOVING INSPECTION DOOR TO CHECK FOR PLUGGED CHUTE. WHEN INSPECTION DOOR WAS REMOVED, METAL CHUTE PLATE ABOVE DOOR ALSO SLID DOWN. BOLTSHAD BEEN LEFT OUT OF CHUTE PLATE. EE JUMPED OUT OF WAY RESULTING IN POSSIBLE GROIN MUSCLE PULL.

EMPLOYEE THREW HIS BACK OUT LIFTING ITEMS.

EE WAS ASSISTING OTHER EMPLOYEES TO ALIGN A SECTION OF GRIP STRUT INTO PLACE, WHEN SECTION WENT INTO PLACE IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE GRIP STRUT AND THE ANKLE IN WHICH IT BELONGED.

EE WAS LIFTING FORK ON FORKLIFT WITH ANOTHER EE, WHEN THE FORK SLIPPED OUT OF OTHER EE'S HANDS. EE HAD ALL OF THE WEIGHT ON HIMSELF.

EE WAS WORKING ON 4 ID FAN DAMPER, WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM ABOVE HITTING AND CUTTING HIS RIGHT THUMB, WHICH REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES.

EE WAS RUNNING TO JUMP ON A RAILCAR THAT WAS ROLLING DOWN THE TRACK. HE GOT ON THE CAR, SET THE HAND BRAKE AT WHICH TILME HE STARTED ATO HAVE AIN IN THE LOWER BACK.

ACCIDENTLY GOT FINGER UNDER LID OF GANG BOX.

EMP WAS THROWING AWAY A METAL CAN THAT HAD A HOLE PUNCHED IN SIDE WITH RAGGED EDGE ON IT, WHICH CUT EMP INSIDE LEFT FOREARM.

EE WAS PUTTING AWAY A WATER FILTER WHEN HE MISSED THE HOOK ON WHICH INT WAS STORED, HE TRIED TO CATCHIT AND CUT HIS HAND ON A HOSE CLAMP.

INJURED WAS STANDING ON HOT COAL MATERIAL INSIDE OF KILN, ATTEMPTING TO TEAR DOWN A COAL RING. HOT MATERIAL BURNT THE BOTTOM OF HIS FEET. INJURED DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 9-13-95. WAS AU THORIZED TO BE OFF WORK AS OF 9-14-95.

EE WAS SETTING A PORTABLE TANK INSIDE THE BED OF A DUMP TRUCK TO USE AS A TEMPORARY WATER TRUCK HE HAD CLAMPED THE FRAME WORK TO THE BED SO HE COULD BOLT DOWN THE TANK CRAWLING AROUND HE BUMPE D HIS HEAD REQUIRING A COUPLE OF STITCHES

INJURED WAS USING A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE TO CLEAN ROCK ACCUMULATION FROM THE AREA AROUND THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. A CENTER HUB BURSTED OFF OF A SHEAVE CAUSING THE SHEAVE TO GO THROUGH THE GUARD AND HIT THE INJURED ON THE LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CENTERING CONE FROM THE FLOOR TOTHE TABLE ONT EH NORTH SIDE OF THE SHOP WHEN HE FELT A PULL ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. THE CENTERIN GCONE WEIGHS 90 LBS. AND THE TABLE IS 34 INCHES HIGH.

EE WAS CUTTING OFF EXCESS FLASHING ON HOPPERS. WHEN HE MOVED, HIS LEFT FOREARM WAS CAUGHT BY A PIECE OF FLASHING.

EMPLOYE EWAS UNPLUGING MATERIAL BUILDUP IN SNAKE FLUE AREA. HE WAS USING WATER SPRAY WHEN MATERIAL TURNE DLOSE COMING OUT OF THHE DOOR STRICKIG EMPLOYEE AT KNEE LEVEL BURNING HIS KNEES ON BOT H LEGS WITH HOT MATERIALS.

EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE MOVING A PIECE OF REBAR, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS STANDING ON A REBAR MAT, HE LOST HIS FOOTING, SHIFTING ALL THE WEIGHT ONTO HIS LEFT SIDE, CAUSING A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK TO PU LL.

EE WAS LIFTING A CROSS TIE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK

EE REPORTED THIS INJURY TO THIS OFFICE 5-10-95. HE STATED HE HAD BEEN HURTING FOR ABOUT A MONTH. HE DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE INJURY HAPPENED FOR SURE. HE DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE INJURY HAPPENED, B UT HE FELT IT WAS HERE AT WORK.

EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING HOLES USING SHOVEL, WHEN HE TURNED WRONG AND SLIPPED A DISC IN HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A ROCK TRUCK FROM UNDERNEATH A KILN THAT BRICKS WERE BEING THROWN INTO. AS HE APPROACHED THE TRUCK A BRICK HIT THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND STRUCK HIS ARM.

THE DRAIN IN FRONT OF MAINTENACNE WHSE WAS PLUGGED DUE TO ALL THE FLOODING. INJURED ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE RUBBLE & WAS STUCK IN THE LEFT HAND WITH A SLIVER WHICH REQUIRED REMOVAL BY A DR.

EE WAS SHOVELING LIME STONE MATERIAL. STRAINED LOWER BACK. A BACK BRACE WAS BEING USED.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING FLUE DUST FROM THE BINS TO THE WASTE FLUE DUST DUMP. AFTER DUMPING THE LOAD, HE WAS SECURING THE TAILGATE BY CLOSING THE BINDERS, WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED FROM THE HANDLE, RE LEASING THE PRESSURE OF THE HANDLE AND ALLOWING IT TO HIT HIM ABOVE HIS MOUTH. THE RESULT OF THE BLOW WAS AN APPROXIMATELY 1/2" CUT REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

WHILE PUTTING UP BAGS, EMPLOYEE TWISTED FORE FINGER & FELT PAIN BELOW THUMB.

USING LEFT FOOT TO BRUSH SNOW & ICE OFF A MANHOLE COVER & SPRAINED LEFT KNEE, RESULTING IN TRESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY.

EE CARRIED BUCKETS OF LIME SAMPLES TO DUMPTSTER OUTSIDE OF BLDG., LIFTED BUCKETS UP AND DUMPED THEM INTO THE DUMPSTER.