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The injured employee was carrying a guard up a stairway. EE raised one end up an felt pain to right shoulder.
Employee was attempting to install a coiled spring into a collar that holds a bit of a small jackhammer. EE almost had the spring inserted, but was having a problem with the spring going in all the way. EE removed right hand glove to push the spring into place. The spring embedded into finger.
Employee was shoveling off fly ash from the top of 1 and 2 dust tank. The employee alleged that something popped in their lower back when they lifted a shovel of material.
The injured an another employee was replacing the bearing on the drag chain sprocket. The sprocket was suspended, as they was positioning the sprocket into place. The sprocket moved forward wedging the injured employee's thumb between the sprocket and drag chain compartment.
Employee went to the warehouse to get a wire cloth screen. He pulled the screen from the rack. He leaned the screen against the trailer. He was lifting the screen lost his grip, the screen was falling toward him. He reached quickly to catch the screen. He felt a pop slight burning between his shoulders.
Employee was washing material off the concrete in the 5/6/7 discharge conveyor area. Something got into his eye.
The injured employee used his left arm grabbing the steering wheel to mount the rubber tired tractor. He felt a sharp pain when he pull himself up.
Employee stepped out of the 3&4 control room onto the #4 side kiln firing deck. Upon stepping, some grit blew into his eye. He stepped back into the control room and removed his safety glasses, then rubbed his eye. The grit scratched his eye when he rubbed it.
Employee was squatting down washing underneath the tail pulley on the 3 deck screen conveyor. When he raised up he felt a pop in his lower back. He had tingling to his groin and both legs.
Employee was cleaning up after a maintenance job on the # 6 baghouse. He had bent down to grab the welding and ground leads and a cutting torch. As he proceeded to move forward and began to stand up, he rammed his head into an air pressure receiver pipe that was in clear view.
EE and another ee where changing the oxygen bottle on a portable welder trailer. The other ee set his end of the tank onto the trailer. As ee lifted his end to stand the tank upright, the other end slipped of the trailer, jerking ee left shoulder.
The employee was helping another employee carry a woven wire screen. As they were setting the screen down, the edge of the screen rubbed the injured employee's elbow cutting him approximately four inches.
EE was washing down some material when a rock, approximately 12" x 8", slid into the EE's left foot. At the time, the EE said it was fine. On 9/14/2011, the EE complained of pain in his foot, he went to the doctor and the doctor said he had a bruise. The doctor told him to prop his foot up occasionally while at work, restricting his duty, thereby making the incident reportable.
Employee's were working inside the #2 Kiln cooler system. The employee that was injured had his arm over one of the cooler flight, he was tightening the bolts that holds the cooler flight in place. Another employee placed a cooler plate onto the flight and pushed in into employee's left hand.
The EE had gathered a five gallon bucket of stalite material and emptied a five gallon bucket of coal. Minutes later he was walking to the EE's break room and felt a pain to his chest area and he developed a cold sweat. He thought he was having a heart attack.
EE's were working on the 6 and 8 "middle deck" of the three deck screening tower installing new screens. The EE that was injured was intending to use an electric impat wrench to tighten the 3/4 inch bolts that holds the screens in place. The other EE tossed an electrical extention cord to the EE which was injured when one end of the cord struck him at his upper lip.
Employee closed the sliding glass door on the 20 ton crane. A small piece of foreign material got into his right eye. He rubbed his eye which most likely embedded the material.
The ee was helping load a section of kiln shell onto a truck. One ee threw over a rope to pull over a chain to secure the load but the rope got hung. The injured ee jumped to get rope, hit hand on side of kiln shell, and lacerated three fingers on right hand, requiring four (4) stitches in one finger.
EE was working with another EE replacing the oil into the outside trunion roller on the #9 kiln. EE's job was to fill a 5 gallon bucket with oil, then hand it to the other EE which would pour the oil into the kilns trunion roller. Another EE that had been operating crane, left the cranes pulley block, head high, allowing EE to make contact with the cranes pulley block.
Employee was operating a rubber tired front-end loader. He felt sweat about to run into his eye, so he wiped his eye area with his shirt sleeve which had dirt/grime, and some dry lime dust on it. He immediately felt his eye start to burn. The he said he rubbed it which by doing this scratched his eye.
Our EE was inspecting the lower pier trunion rollers on the #4 Rotary Kiln. He alleged an approimately 60 lb metal heat shield that was propped against the handrail, fell against him, knocking him to the walkspace. As he pushed the hot metal shield off of him, it caused him a lumbar strain.
Employee was dumping a load of coal from approx. 30 gallon drum into a front end rubber tired loader bucket. He pushed the drum into the loader bucket then reached and pulled it out. This is when he believed he strained his chest area.
Two EE's were sent to change some screens. One EE left to get tools and the injured EE decided to go ahead and begin pulling out old screens, without waiting for help. The EE felt a pull in his back. EE continued to work, but went out on lost time 4/15/2008 and accident became reportable.
Employee was operating a Cub Cadet tractor. He traveled underneath a coal conveyor, a piece of foreign material got inside of his safety glasses and entered into his left eye. He rubbed his eye imbedding the foreing material.
EE was attempting to lift up an approximately 4x8 sheet of flat steel plate with a 2x4 board. As he began to left the steel, he twisted and felt a burning sensation in his lower back. **On June 22nd the physician put ee on restricted duty for a lumbar strain.**
EE was welding in the #1 kiln, there were some metal angle braces welded inside of the kiln where he was working. He leaned over to remove some slag, his welding shield started to fall off his head. He raised his head backward, when he did he hit his head on the metal braces.
EE was washing off the #5 kiln concrete firing deck. A piece of flat bar metal was leaned up against the kilns doors. Vibratioin caused the metal to fall and strike EE on his upper right calf.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING FLYASH WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF LIME INTO A FRONT END LOADER BUCKET. THE MATERIAL CAME OUT OF THE STORAGE TANK ALL AT ONE TIME CAUSING THE ASH TO SPLASH OUT OF THE LOADER BUCKET. SOME OF THE MATERIAL GOT INTO EE'S RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE SHOVELED LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE (STARLITE) APPROX. 30 - 35 POUNDS INTO A FIVE GALLON BUCKET. HE REACHED OVER & PICKED THE BUCKET UP TO PUT IT INTO THE BACK OF THE GOLF CART. WHEN HE LIFTED THE BUCKET HE FELT LIKE HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS HOLDING A HAND RAIL STANDARD (ANGLE) AND USING A LEVEL TO LEVEL THE STANDARD SO THE OTHER EMPLOYEE COULD WELD IT. WHEN HE LOOKED AWAY A PIECE OF RUST SHOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE AND WAS NOT AWARE THAT IT WAS IMBEDDED TO HIS EYE
The EE was working on a dust auger. The auger contained fly ash and hydrated lime. During this task the lime material got in his boot and blistered his ankle. A couple of days later it got a little infected.
EE WAS SHOVELING CASTABLE FROM A MORTAR PAN. AS HE WAS SHOVELING HE WAS TWISTING WITH THE CASTABLE MATERIAL PUTTING IT INTO BUCKETS SO IT COULD BE CARRIED INTO THE KILN. AS HE WAS DOING THIS TASK HE FELT HIS BACK POP.
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING A BEARING ON A CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY. WHILE LIFTING ONE SIDE OF THE PULLEY ONE OF THEM FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN A CROUCH POSITION. WHEN EMPLOYEE STOOD UP, HE CUT HIS ARM ON A SHARP EDGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING 2 OTHER MEN REMOVE A TAIL PULLEY. THE TWO MEN LIFTED THEIR END OF THE PULLEY CAUSING THE WEIGHT TO SHIFT, HURTING THE OTHER EMPLOYEE'SM BACK. BACK INJURY WAS LISTED AS A L UMBAR STRAIN.
EE WAS TRYING TO POSITION THE METAL BAND FOR THECLOTH SEAL ON THE FEED END OF THE #1 KILN, THE BAND SHIFTED SUDDENLY & CUT HIS LEFT EYE BROW SLIGHTLY 2 STITCHES