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REMOVING 7TH BOTTLE OXYGEN FROM 8TH BOTTLE RACK AT FINISH MILL OTIS ELEVATOR. 8TH BOTTLE WAS NOTSECURE TOPPED OVER & STRUCK AGAINST BOTTLE EE WAS IN PROCESS OF REMOVING SMASHING HIS 2 MID LE FINGERS ON LEFT HAND
EE WAS REBAGING THE HIGH BANK SMALL DUST COLLECTOR PULLING OUT BAG CAGES WHEN HE FELT A PULL/STRAIN IN HIS RIGHT WRIST
WHILE GUIDING KILN HOOD PLATFORM BEAMS INTO THEIR POCKETS, FELT SOMETHING SNAP IN HIS LOWER BACK. PAIN NOT TOO BAD FOR THE REST OF THE SHIFT. NEXT MORNING HE COULD BARELY MOVE.
KILN 2 DRIVE PIER DOOR JAMMED. PUSHED DOOR TOO CLOSE AND FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME.
SUCKING OUT BAGHOUSE #2, HOPPER #3, BRIDGED OVER MATERIAL DUMPED & LEFT LOOSE CAUSING HOT KILN FEED TO COME IN CONTACT WITH LEFT WRIST. HE HAD 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS.
CARRIED VIBRATOR UP THE STAIRS TO BAGHOUSE 2 AND PLACED IT ON THE BEAM BY HOPPER 2. RELOCATE HIMSELF TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OPENING AND LIFTED IT OFF THE BEAM. FELT A "POP" IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A 3" PISTON CYLINDER. PULLING THE CYLINDER OFF BY HAND, HE WAS TWISTING & PULLING ON THE CYLINDER. WHEN THE CYLINDER WAS AT THE END OF THE PISTON, THE CYLINDER JUMPED F REE AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE LIP; HE HAD SUTURE REMOVAL ONE WEEK LATER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN #1 KILN I.D. FAN PREPARING THE FAN FOR BUILDUP WELDING. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN HE WAS SHOWERING/WASHING DIRT FROM HIS FACE HE RUBBED DIRT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE TRIED USING BAR TO REMOVE A MANHOLE COVER AND DISLODGED IT BUT COULD NOT MOVE IT. PROCEEDED TO LIFT, PULL AND SLIDE COVER BY HAND USING HANDLES ON IT.
EE WAS WORKING WITH A CREW MOVING A LARGE HEAVY ELECTRICAL CABLE. NOTICED DISCOMFORT IN THE LEFT SHOULDER AT THE TIME DUE TO EXERTION.
EE WAS WORKING ON COAL MILL REBUILD. TRYING TO TAKE TOP OFF. WAS LIFTING BLOCKING STEEL 125 LBS AND HE FELT BACK STARTING TO HURT.