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EE WAS LIFTING HOOD UP ON BLASTERS TRACTOR WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING SLIP IN LOWER BACK EE MISSED NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT FIRST DAY OFF 9/17/98
EE WAS USING WATER HOSE TO WASH LIME OUT OF A PLUGGED SCREW. THE LIME/WATER MIX BECAME TRAPPED AND HEATED UNTIL IT RELEASED BY BLOWING BACK WITH PRESSURE WHEN THE WATER HOSE WAS SPAYED INTO IT . HE GOT LIME IN BOTH EYS AND LIME BURNS ON CHEST AND ARMS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING DUST OUT OF #5 BAGHOUSE SOME OF THE DUST GOT ON HIS RIGHT LEG AND CAUSED CHEMICAL BURN AROUND THE TOP OF HIS BOOT. WENT TO DR. 4-2-98.
EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING DUST OUT A #5 BAGHOUSE. HE GOT SOME OF THE DUST ON HIS LEGS CAUSING A CHEMICAL BURN TO HIS LEGS.
EE WAS USING A SHOVEL TO CLEAN UP SOME MATERIAL HE WAS SHOVELING ONTO A BELT HE WAS HAVING TO TWIST TO DO THE JOB. HE SAID HIS RIGHT SHOULDER STARTED TO HURT HIM.
EE WAS HIRED WITH A KNOW, DIAGNOSED HERNIA THAT WAS FOUND DURING PRE EMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL. ADA REGULATIONS PROHIBITS NOT HIRING FOR SUCH SITUATIONS. HE WAS PUT TO WORK WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS WITH HIS HERNIA. HE SET A DATE TO GET IT FIXED & BEFORE HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR SURGERY, THE HERNIA DROPPED. HE IS NOW OFF WORK. HE LEFT WORK ON 1/19/98. THIS IS A PREEXISTING CONDITION.
EE HAD CHECKED THE ID BEARINGS ON THE FAN WHEN HE CAME BACK DOWN THE LADDER HE SAID HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS PULLING ON A WATERHOSE IN A COOLING TUNNEL, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND DISLOCATED HIS KNEE. EE DOD NOT LOSE TIME UNTIL 3-24-98, WHEN HE HAD SURGERY ON THE KNEE. FIRST DAY LOST 3-24-98.
EE WAS OPERNING A WATER VALVE ON A 6 INCH STEEL WATER LINE, WHEN THE LINE BLEW APART AT THE VICTOLIC FITTING INSIDE A FIRE SPRINKLER CONTROL BLDG. WHEN THE LINE BLEW IT PINNED THE EE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE BLDG. HIS INJURIES WERE A BRUISED LEFT HAND AND A FRACTURE IN HIS LEFT RING FINGER.
EMP REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP AN OPEN WELDING CONTAINER. IT HAD SHARP EDGES ON IT AND IT CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE WAREHOUSE UNDERGROUND. WHEN SHE GOT A PART OUT OF THE BIN, SHE STEPPED BACK AND TRUNED AND HURT HER RIGHT KNEE. DID NOT SEE DR. UNTIL 10-1-97.
EE WAS CLEANING OUT PRIMARY DUST SCREW, WHEN HE GOT LIME DUST IN LEFT EYE. PHYSICIAN TREATED EYE AND EE RECEIVED MEDICATION BEYOND SINGLE DOSE.
EE WAS TRYING TO PULL A 6' PIECE OF DRILL STEEL OUT OF THE CRUSHER FEEDER BOX. WHILE PULLING ON THE DRILL STEEL SHE SAID THAT SHE HURT HER BACK
EMP WENT TO OPEN THE SLIDE CHUTE ON #6 LIME TANKAND WHEN HE DID HE JERKED ON THE SLIDE AND WHEN IT DID NOT MOVE BECAUSE IT WAS STUCK HE STRAINEDHIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EE WAS HELPING SLIDE A BELT ROLLER THRU A HANDRAIL, WHEN THE ROLLER FLIPPED UP AND CAUGHT EE'S THUMB BETWEEN ROLLER AND HANDRAIL.
EE WAS HELPING LOAD A FLIGHT BAR, WEIGHING APPRO260 LBS ONT A TRACTOR, WHEN HE FELT A BURNING] PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA. DR DIAGNOSED IT ASA RIGHT INGENAL HERNEA. EE DID NOT REPORT ACC UNTIL 10/01/96. EE IS PRESENTLY WORKING RESTRICTED DUTY PENDING SCHEDULING SURGERY ON 10/08/96. AND WHEN THIS ACCIDENT WILL BECOME A LOT TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BATTERY IN A GRADALL SCALER. WHEN HE SET IT UP ON THE SCALER HE FLT PAIN IN HIS CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A TOOL BOX OFF OF THE BACK OF A TRACTOR IT WOULD WEIGH ABOUT 50#. HE TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE THOUGHT THAT WAS WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.
THE EE WAS WORKING ON GEAR REDUCER, CLEANING UP TOP COVER WITHA SPRAY CAN OF BRAKE CLEANER WHEN A MIST OF IT GOT IN HIS EYES.
CARRYING TWO FIVE GALLON BUCKETS OF LIMESTONE SAMPLES FROM LAB TO BACK ROOM. BUCKETS WEIGHED 30 LBS AND 53 LBS. FELT PULL IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A GUARD ON A BELT. WHEN HE LIFTED IT HE FELT SOME PAIN IN THE ABDOMEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A GREASE PUMP INTO A BARREL OF GREASE. HE SAID WHEN HE PUT THE GREASE PUMP IN THE BARREL HE FELT SOME PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING COAL MILL LINERS FROMONE PALLET TO ANOTHER PALLET FOR SHIPMENT. HE SAID HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN LOWER ABDOMINAL AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING SOME SHIMS AROUND A SHAFT AND HE CUT 2 FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND STITCHES IN FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE SAID BEING EXPOSED TO AMMONIA NITRATE CAUSED A RASH ON HER BODY. TRANSFERRED BACK TO OLD JOB ON SURFACE.
A WOODEN PALLET WITH TWO LAYERS OF 5O# LIME HYDRATE BAGS WAS NOT IN PROPER ALIGNMENT INSIDE PALLETIZER. EMPLOYEE LEANED FORWARD AND PULLED SIDEWAYS ON THE PALLET. REPORTED HTAT HE PULLED MUSCL E IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN SCREEN BUILDING AREA, LIME DUST WAS FLOATING IN AIR. EMPLOYEE GOT IT IN BOTH EYES.
EMPLOYEE THREW A LANYARD OVER A GIRT, CAUSING LIME DUST TO BLOW IN BOTH EYES.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF RESETTING THE FIRE SYSTEM IN THE TRANSFER BUILDING. WHILE CHANGING A PIPE IN THE FIRE SYSTEM BUILDING, HE REACHED AROUND THE PIPE AND SUDDENLY FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS WORKING INSIDE OF A DUST COLLECTOR CHANGING THE BAGS. HE SAID HE BUMPED SOMETHING AND KNOCKED DOWN SOME DUST, AND IT GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE TRIED TO LIFT A BOX WHICH CONTAINED AN ELECTRIC CHAIN HOIST CAUSING R/O HERNIA.
EE WAS WORKING ON A BRUCK ON 2 KILN. HE WAS TAKING OFF OF A BRICK CONVEYOR. THE BRUICK WEIGHT IS ABOUT 30 LBS. HE SAID THAT THE BRUICK SLID OUT OF HIS HAND AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT KNEE.
EE OPENED THE DOOR ON THE SIDE OF 4 KILN TO RAKE SOME COATING OFF OF THE GRATING. SHE SAID AS SHE TURNED AROUND SHE HIT HER LEFT KNEE ON THE CORNER OF THE HANDRAIL AND BRUISED IT.
EE WAS WORKING ON A DOWN HOLE DRILL. HE WAS BREAKING COUPELING LOOSE FROM THE STRIKER BAY AND A PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT LEG.
THE EMPLOYEE AND OTHERS WERE INSTALLING BRICK IN #3 KILN USING A PLYWOOD BRICK RIG. THE BRICK RIG HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY MODIFIED CAUSING IT TO LEAN AS THE TOP ROW OF BRICK WAS BEING INSTALLED. T HE EMPLOYEE REACHED UP TO PREVENT THE RIG FROM FALLING WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE PUT IN A STRAIN CAUSING A LOW BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE INJURED LOWER BACKWHILE LIFTING CONVEYOR IDLERS ONTO CONVEYOR IDLERS APPROXIMATE WEIGHT 90 LBS
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING UP GREASE HOSE END, IT FLIPPED UP AND HIT HIS TOOTH.
WHILE DRIFING A PIECE OF CHUTE INTO POSITION, THE EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING THE PIECE INTO POSITION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AROUND TRANSFER TOWER #1 KILN WAS HOT CAUSING HIM TO SWEAT & EMPLOYEE HAD LIME ON ARMS SWETING LIME ON ARMS CAUSED 2ND DEGREE BURN ON LEFT ARM (WRIST AREA)
EE WAS WORKING ON DUST COLLECTOR, WHEN ANOTHER EE BUMPED A PIPE ABOVE THE 1ST EE, CAUSING LIME DUST TO FALL ON HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE SLURRY SYSTEM IN 85 SOUTH AND 25 EAST. SHE WAS WORKING IN HIGH PH WATER. HER RIGHT RUBBER BOOT HAD A HOLE IN IT AND SHE GOT HER RIGHT FOOT AND ANKLE BURNED.
INHALE HYDROGEN SUPLHIDE VAPOR FROM WATER WHILE CHEKCING WATER AT DRILLSITE AT HOLE 2 ON 17 WEST.
INHALED HYDROGEN SUOLPHIDE VAPOR FROM WATER WHILE CHECKING WATER AT DRILL SITE AT HOLE #2 ON 17 WEST
EE WAS WORKING IN #3 KILN, ON A BRICK JOB. SHE WAS LIFTING THE BRICK OVER THE NOSE DAM. THE BRICK WEIGHED ABOUT 30 LBS. SHE SAID THAT SHE STRAINED HER RT WRIST.
IRON WORKERS WERE PULLING DDOWN ON FOULED SLIDE LADDER. EE REACHED HIS LEG THROUGH HANDRAIL TO HEP SHAKE THE LADDER DOWN. WHEN THE IRON WORKER GOT OFF THE LADDER. THE COUNTERWEIGHT PULLED T HE LADDER BACKK UP. HIS LEG WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LADDER AND ANDRAL TWISTING ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING AN INSPECTION DOOR OFF THE #4 KILN COAL ELEVATOR. WHEN HE PULLED THE DOOR OPEN IT SWUNG OPEN AND CAUGHT HIS RING FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE LADDER ON THE SIDE OF THE ELEVATOR. THIS RESULTED IN A SEVERE LACERATION. HE WAS CARRIED TO THE COMPANY DOCTOR WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND SENT HOME FOR FURTHER MEDICAL FOLLOW-UP.
EE WAS LOADING RAIL CAR OUT OF #4 LIME TANK. WHILE OBTAINING SAMPLE LIME DUST GOT IN BOTH EYES, CAUSING LIME BURN IN BOTH EYES. EE WENT TO THE LB AND GOT HIS EYES WASHED OUT , THEN TO SHELBY M EDICAL CENTER FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. EE WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING 2 CARDBOARD BOXES CONTAINING 4 1-GAL. CANS OF LIME SAMPLES. SHE LIFTED THEM AND WAS CARRYING THEM ABOUT 40 FEET TO THE WEIGH TABLE. THE TOTAL WEIGHT WAS ABOUT 30 POUNDS. SHE SAID SHE FELT A TIRED PRESSURE BUT NO PAIN. 2ND EXAM REVEALS A RUPTURED L5-S1 DISK. NO CERTAINTY BY EMPLOYEE UNTIL NOW THAT THIS IS WORK RELATED. MEDICAL EXAMS RELATE INJURY TO CARYING BOX
EE WAS CLEANING IN THE COOLING TUNNEL IT WAS WET SHE WAS WEARING LEATHER BOOTS THE GOT WATER SOAKED AND SHE RECEIVED A LIME BURN TO BOTH FEET.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. WHEN EMPLOYEE LOOKED UP TO CHECK OTHER'S POSITION, LIME FROM OTHER'S FEET WENT INTO EMPLOYEE'S FACE. WHEN HE REMOVED HIS GLASSES TO CLEAN HIS FACE OFF, LIME WENT INTO HIS EYES.