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January 29, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED THE OVERHEAD DOOR INSIDE OF FINISH MILL TO CHANGE A BUCKET OF #3 TRAP. WHEN OPENING THE DOOR HE FELT A PULL IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

January 24, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INJURED EE WAS DOING ROUTINE REPAIRS IN DUSTY ENVIRONMENT. SKIN CAME INTO CONTACT WITH AIRBORNE DUST, CAUSING CEMENT DERMATITIS.

January 22, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING FORKS OF A FORKLIFT TOGETHER, EE STUCK HIS FINGER IN A PINCH AREA & LACERATED RT. MIDDLE FINGER.

January 17, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EE STATES HE WAS PULLING ON A CHAIN FALL CHAIN WHILE LOOKING UP DUST FELL FROMT HE BEAM GETTING ON HIS HARD HAT. FACE AND SAFETY GLASSES GETTING INTO HIS EYE.

January 17, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING AROUND SCAFFOLD ON CONDITIONING TOWER, TWISTED BACK RESULTING IN LOWER BACK PAIN.

December 17, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE STATES HE WAS PUSHING ON THE AIR SLIDE CHUTE WEIGHING ABOUT 400LBS., WITH 2 OTHER EE'S. THE CHUTE ON CONCRETE SLID ACCROSS DECK OF DAY SILO,PINCHING HIS FINGERS BETWEEN CHUTE AND CONCRETE WALL OF SILO. FX AND SUTURES & PX.

December 5, 2001 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING BRICK IN KILN, PUTTINGIN THE SECOND TO LAST ROW ON TOP USING THE PNEUMATIC BRICK RING. THEY HAD POSITIONED THE RING INA WAY THAT WAS NOT NORMAL SO THEY COULD LEAVE RO OM FOR THE CUT ROW OF BRICK. WHEN ALL THE BRICK IN THIS ROW WERE INSTALLED THE OPERATOR HOLLEREDCLEAR & THEN REMOVED THE BRICK. ONE BRICK FELL &STRUCK PLATFORM, BOUNCED & STRUCK EE'S FACE.

December 3, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

NEW FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO CLOSECAB DOOR. HE FORGOT HE HAD LATCHED THE DOOR OPENSO IT COULD NOT CLOSE. WHEN HE PULLED AGAINST THE IMMOVABLE OBJECT, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK O N LEFT SIDE. THIS WAS REPORTED 5 DAYS AFTER INCIDENT.

November 20, 2001 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ALONG D-53 BELT HE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM THE FLOOR TO THE BELT WHICH IS ABOUT SHOULDER HIGH. HE FELT A TUGIN THE AREA OF HIS L. BREAST. DURING THE EVE.HRS THE EMPLOYEE FELT THAT THIS AREA WAS GETTING TIGHTER AND UPON RETURNING TO WORK ON 11-20-01 HE REQUESTED A CHECK BY A DR.

November 19, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EE STATES AS HE WAS GOING UP A SET OF STAIRS, THERE WAS SCAFFOLD BRACK RUNNING HORIZONTALLY AT HEAD LEVEL AND I WALKED INTO IT. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION PRESCRIBED.

November 13, 2001 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS UNLOADING RAILCARS HE LOOKED UNDER THE CAR TO SEE IF IT WAS EMPTY WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS L. EYE. EE THOUGHT IT WAS DUST AND TRIED TO FLUSH IT FROM HIS EYE. THE NEXT DAY HE WENT TO THE DR. WERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS A METAL SLIVER AND IT WAS REMOVED.

November 7, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS INSPECTING A SCREW CONVEYOR WHICH WAS SHUT DOWN. HE MISHANDLED THE COVER AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN IT AND THE HOUSING. HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WAS LACERATED, REQUIRING SEVEN SUTURES.

October 31, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE SHAKING OUT STEEL ONE PIECE SLIPPED OFF THE FORKS OF THE LULL. THE PIECE THEN STRUCK HIS LEG. DID NOT REPORT IT RIGHT AWAY. REPORTED 11/5/01. WENT TO CLINIC INFECTION NEE DED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.

October 30, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING COAL MINE DECK UP. OPERATOR WAS LOADING SOME GANG BOXES. DID NOT SECURE THE BOXES. ONE BOX CAME OFF OF THE FORKS TIPPING OVER AND FALLING ON HIS LEG.

October 25, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATES HE PICKED UP THE END OF A PIECE OF PIPE WEIGHING ABOUT 200#. FELT A TWINGE IN GROIN AREA. REPORTED INCIDENT THE NEXT DAY. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AFTER DR.'S VISIT.

October 24, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS PERFORMING HOUSKEEPING. HE WAS PULLING A SIX-FOOT LONG PIECE OF STEEL ANGLE IRON FROM UNDER A BELT CONVEYOR. ONE END OF THE METAL STRUCK AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT SHIN. SOME DAYS LAT ER, THE WOUND BECAME INFECTED AND HE WAS TREATED WITH PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE.

October 11, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE DID NOT DO HIS MORNING STRETCHES BEFOREBEGINNING WORK. EMPLOYEE STATES HE RAISED HIS TOOL BUCKET TO HIS SHOULDER BY THE STRAP.IN PLACING THE STRAP TO HIS SHOULDER HE CLAIMS HE FELT A TWINGLE. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.

October 4, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HANDING UP SCAFFOLD MATERIAL, TWISTED AS HE WENT TO GET MORE MATERIAL, RATHER THAN FACING HIS WORK AS HE TWISTED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

September 22, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTING TO POSITION DUMPSTER SO HE COULD LOAD IT ON THE ELEVATOR. DUMPSTER HAD SCAFFOLD POLES IN IT. AS HE LOADED IT BY BACKING IT UP HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCAFFOLD POL E AND THE CYCLONE.

August 28, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED SQUATTED TO OPERATE AN ELECTRICAL BREAKER IN A MOTOR CONTROL CENTER. UNDER HIS FEET WEREWIRES & ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. HE TORE CARTILAGE IN HIS RIGHT KNEE; DIAGNOSED NOV. 16, 2001. SURGERY IN DECEMBER.

August 24, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EATING LUNCH ON THE DECK OF THE TOOL CRIB HE FELT SOMETHING GET INTO HIS EYE. HE RUBBED ITSCRATCHING HIS EYE NEEDING A PRESCRIPTION TO HELP HEAL IT.

August 24, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS USING A CHAINFALL & AN EYEBOLT TO LIFT A HOPPER SECION WEIGHING APPROX 750 PDS. THE WEIGHT OF THE HOPPER SECTION BROKE THE EYEBOLT, THE EE WAS INJURED WHEN THE HOPPER SECT FELL ON HIM

August 15, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING OUT A HOPPER AND STRUCK RIGHT RING FINGER AGAINST METAL ANGLE IRON OPENING A WOUND THAT WAS A PRE-EXISTING INJURY. CUT REQUIRED TWO STITCHES.

August 3, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE TRYING TO ROLL A PIECE OF DUCTWORK UP AND IT ROLLED OVER, PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN PIPE AND A SHARP EDGE OF A PIECE OF CHANNEL.

August 1, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS PUTTING CABLE TRAY ONTO SCISSOR LIFT. CABLE TRAY BEGAN TO FALL AND EE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH IT STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK.

July 25, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

KILN WAS DOWN. EE ENTERED KILN TO MAKE SURE KILNWAS IN CORRECT POSITION FOR MEN TO WORK ON IT. STEPPED INTO HOT KILN FEED, NOT REALIZING IT HAD NOT COOLED SUFFICIENTLY, AND BURNED BOTH FEET.

July 20, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING A KEEPER PIN FROM A CABLE REEL THE PIN SUDDENLY CAME OUT AND THE EE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE CHEST.

July 20, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS LEAVING FLYASH SLIO, WENT THROUGH MANHOLE OPENING RAISED UP TO SOON, HIT BACK OF HEAD, ON EDGE OF OPENING.

July 19, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SOME PIPE INTO PLACE IN THE CLEVIS HANGERS WHEN HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS NECK AND SHOULDER AREA. FIRST AID ONLY AT FIRST, THIS BECAME A REPORTABLE ON 7-27-01 ON A FOLLOW UP BECAUSE A PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED.

July 19, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE PULLING CABLE THRU TRAY, EE WAS THROWING PULL ROPE AND HIT ELBOW ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. CONTUSION TO RT. ELBOW.

July 6, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SWINGING A PIECE OF GRATING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT TO PUT IN PLACE, LEFT 5TH DIGIT WAS PINCHED AS EMPLOYEE TRIED TO PUT IT DOWN. X-RAYS CONFIRMED FX A 5TH DIGIT. RX GIVEN FOR PAIN.

June 27, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP TO PULL WIRE THE EMPLOYEE STATES PULLING SOMETHING IN HIS CHEST OVER REACHING FOR THE PECKER HEAD USED TO PULL CABLE. ( A PRESCRIPTION WAS WRITTEN FOR PAIN.)

June 26, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STATED THAT AREA WAS SLIGHTLY PAINFULL DURING WEEKEND AT HOM. IT WORSENED YESTERDAY & TODAY. AT 1400 CAME TO SUPERVIOR & WE TOOK HIM IN FOR AN EVALUATION.

June 24, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS RE-BRICKING THE KILN AND SLIPPED WHILE INSTALLING A BRICK. THE BRICK PINCHED THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER CAUSING IT TO FRACTURE AT THE FINGER TIP.

June 19, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HELPING DIRECT THE PLACEMENT OF BEAMS ON TRAILER. HE DIRECTED THE OPERATOR TO FLIP BEAM ON ITS SIDE. THE BEAM SLIPPED OFF FORKS LANDING ON THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT. 7-23- 01 BECAME A REPORTABLE FRACTURE.

June 7, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EES WORKING ON ELEVATED AREAS NEED TO NOTIFIY EES WORKING BELOW BEFORE LOWERING TOOLS IN AREA. THE EE YELLED, STARTLING THE MAN ON THE GROUND. LOST HIS BALANCE, STEPPED BACK, SLICING HIS ARM O N A BRACKET.

May 14, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

WAS ADJUSTING THE FORKS ON LOADER AND PUSHED THEM PAST THE LOCKING GROOVE, CAUSING FORKS TO COME OFF AND FALL TO THE GROUND, STICKING TOE.

May 10, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A COMPRESSED AIR HOSE. IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND THE END STRUCK HIM ON THE UPPER LIP. ONE SUTURE WAS USED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.

May 9, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE HEAT SHIELDS ON PALLET WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE, EE WILL BE ON MODIFIED DUTY FOR 13 DAYS AND WILL BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY IN TASKS PERFORMED.

May 7, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

THE MAN LIFT HAS BACK WHEELS THAT NEED TO BE LOCKED IN PLACE BEFORE LEANING IT BACK AND PUSHING IT AROUND LIKE A DOLLEY. UNSAFE PRACTICES - THE EMPLOYEES WERE WRITTEN UP.

May 7, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING IN THE COURSE OF HIS WORK DUTIES.HE REPORTED HE STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

May 7, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS MOVING A LARGE PIECE OF STEEL WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS BACK. ON A FOLLOW UP VISIT ON 5-15-01, THIS BECAME A REPORTABLE WHEN HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN/MUSCLE RE LAXER.

April 24, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED AND CO WORKER WERE REINSTALLING RAW MILL PRECIPITATOR PLATE. IT FELL STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT FOREARM. HIS ARM WAS LACERATED, REQUIRING 5 SUTURES.

April 10, 2001 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS WORKING THE KILN HANDING BRICK TO THE BRICK LAYERS WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHTSHOULDER AREA.

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