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Operator was doing maintenance on mill and losing bolt and felt pop in back.
Operator was assisting maintenance on Mill 19 reel chain that had broke. Couldn't get chain on rotary splitter. Operator came up on steps to hold splitter to position to install. Maintenance employee walked down steps to get tools. Operator stated he was rotating rotary splitter to position & it bound up and he had sharp pain in back.
Temporary employee handling pallets received splinter in right middle finger on Tuesday 03/18. First-aid conducted to remove splinter. On Friday 03/21 employee complained that finger was swollen and painful, employee was sent in for medical evaluation. A piece of the splinter was found remaining in finger, employee was prescribed antibiotic and work restriction.
Felt twinge in back during manual bagging
Employee was helping to move a steel plate when the plate fell on his left foot, landing just behind the steel toe. He suffered a cut and bruise on the top of his foot.
Employee was shoveling material from screen deck. After shoveling felt pain in left hip. Went to doctor about it on 04/09/2013. was diagnosed with acute lumbar strain.
Employee was loading truck at Silo 33. Employee lowered load out chute into hole. Chute contacted lip of the hole rather than going down into it. Employee reached down with his left hand and pulled on chute to allow it in the hole. The steel rings of the chute pinched the employees left palm resulting in laceration approximately 2 inches long. First Aid was administered.
Employee sustained a lower back muscle strain while lifting a 50lbs. bag of product
Shipping operator was closing latch on bulk pneumatic truck hatch and caught end of left middle finger under latch, resulting in non-displaced fracture of finger tip bone.
Employee was dumping a hopper into a dumpster. Employee triggered the release with his hand while standing next to the hopper. The hopper tilted forward to dump and bounced back. When the hopper came back, the employee's finger was pinched between the hopper frame and tow motor. The employee's finger-tip was broken and lacerated. The finger required 7 stitches to close the wound.
A mechanic was changing the front tire on a 15 ton Ford dump truck. The mechanic removed the bad tire and leaned the tire against a hand rail. As the mechanic walked away from the tire, it fell and struck the mechanic in the back of the leg. This caused the mechanic to fall backwards, towards the falling tire. The incident resulted in a broken leg.
Gasket failed and hot water spewed onto employee, causing burns to side of face, neck, and abdomen. Employee had skin grafted to small area on abdomen and some area of abdomen scraped.
While cleaning and servicing a Great Western Screen, the employee put his hand down the discharge sock (17") and his finger impacted an airlock. The employee lost the fleshy front tip of his middle finger. The employee was taken to the hospital and treated for the wound. The employee failed to follow the documented company policy for Lock-Out/Tag-Out and was terminated.
While employee was bagging 50 # bags of material at bagging station he strain stomach muscle.
Laceration of wrist - small cut.
Employee was pushing on a pallet that had stopped short of the end of the roll conveyor. Employee's stomach muscles were in a condition which allowed this last act of pushing a pallet to cause employee to be diagnosed with a hernia.
Disconnecting union on a 2" water line that was connected to a 4" water line that was being supported by the 2"line. When the 2"line came apart,the pipe dropped causing the pipe hangers on the 4"line to break allowing the line to come down and rest on top of employees head. during a follow up visit on 2/10/06, it was determined by the dr that dr therapy was needed at this time.
EE was bending over frame of truck drilling out broken bolts, and installing ekc couplings. When he stood up straight he felt pain in lower back.
Mechanic was removing tape from a stainless steel clamp that was on a rubber hose. When he pulled the tape from the clamp, the end that was protruding from the clamp caught between his arm and glove and cut him on the inside wrist on his right arm. He was treated at McDuffie Hospital and received 7 stitches.
Employee started shoveling at Belt 2 head pulley at the crusher. Approximately 45 minutes into the job felt shooting pain from left rib side to right side with shortness of breath. Employee stood there waiting for the pain to go away. Employee started shoveling again and felt the same pain again.
Open fracture 5th finger right hand requiring stitches to close wound. Finger mashed by tailgate on bob-tail 17 yard dump truck. No lost time.
EE was running the M200 bag station and was also training a new employee on the bagging process. EE had placed about 12 bags on the pallet and was up to layer #5 of the pallet when he felt a sharp pain in his chest just below his sternum. (Note the bags weigh 50 lbs. each). (Physician's diagnosis was back strain.)
Employee was changing out an airlock when the airlock came loose and fell on his right arm.
EE was opening hatches on bulk trailer when he felt burning in right knee. EE was determined to have a torn meniscus on 12-21-04. Surgery performed on 1-5-05.
EE PRESSURE TESTED A TANK CAR & FOUND A FAULTY DISC ASSEMBLY; HE REMOVED THE OLD ASSEMBLY, BUT FAILED TO BLEED PRESSURE OFF THE CAR; THE RUPTURE DISC ASSEMBLY BLEW OFF, STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE.
EE WAS CHANGING TIRE ON BACKHOE. HE ROLLED IN THE SPARE AND STARTED TO REMOVE BAD TIRE. TIRE FELL ON LEFT HAND. HIS MIDDLE FINGER WAS SPLIT AND REQUIRED 9 STITCHES.
OPERATOR WAS REMOVING A WATER HOSE THAT WAS WEDGED IN PLACE ON A DRAG BOX TO FLUSH SCREEN DRAIN. WHEN THE OPERATOR WENT TO REMOVE THE HOSE, THE CHAIN JUMPED AND THE DRAG CAUGHT A HOLD OF OPERA TOR'S GLOVE AND PULLED THE OPERATOR'S HAND BETWEEN THE DRAG AND THE SIDE WALL OF THE DRAG-BOX, CRUSHING AND BREAKING TWO FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.
WHILE CHANGING A DRILL BIT KELLEY BUSHING FELL 2-FEET AND HIT EE'S LEFT THUMB BREAKING BONE. KELLEY BUSHING WEIGH'S ESTIMATED 40 POUNDS. EE'S HAND WAS ON THE TURNTABLE WHEN BUSHING HIT IT.
EE HAD CLEANED OUT ELEVATOR ROCK CHUTE AND TURNED THE ELEVATOR BACK ON THE ENSURE THE PIPE WAS CLEAR. ONCE THE CHUTE WAS CONFIRMED TO BE CLEAN, THE COVER WAS LOWERED BACK INTO PLACE AND APPREN TLY THE CORNER OF THE LID CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ELEVATOR BUCKET CAUSING THE COVER TO KICK BACK OPEN. THE KICKBACK OF THE LID STRUCK THE EE ON THE JAW AREA.
EE WAS HANDLING A 50 LB BAG OF PRODUCT AT NO. 2 BAGGER IN THE PLANT WAREHOUSE. AS EE WAS POSITIONING THE BAG ON A PLATFORM SHE FELT A SHARP PAININ HER RIGHT SHOULDER, ARM AND CHEST. FIRST AID WAS PROVIDED BY PLANT PERSONNEL. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED ON 2-19-03
MAINTENANCE ON FEEDER - STEEL PLATE SHIFTED CAUSING PINCHED FINGERTIPS.
EE WAS WORKING IN ANALYSIS LAB. HE WAS TOWEL DRYING A 100 ML-GRADUATED CYLINDER (GLASS) FOR WEIGHING CLAY SOLIDS. THE CYLINDER BROKE IN EE'S HAND, CUTTING HIM ON HIS LT. HAND BETWEEN HIS INDEX FINGER AND THUMB. HE RECEIVED 6 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
EE WENT TO TELL ANOTHER EE SOMETHING AS HE WAS CHANGING THE TIRE ON THE MOTOR GRADER. WHEN EE TURNED TO WALK OFF, THE LOCK RING ON THE TIRE CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIM.
CLAY BUILT UP IN CHUTE OF SCREW CONVEYOR & WHILE CLEANING OUT CHUTE WITH A T-BAR TOOL. EE HIT HAND ONFLIGHT OF SCREW CAUSING LACERATIONS AND BROKEN BONES TO INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAN D. SCREW CONVEYOR WAS LOCKED AND TAGGED OUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING ABOUT 30 LOBS OF TOOLS UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS ABOUT 15 FT IN LENGTH TO GET TO THE BLUNGER CATWALK. HE HANDED THE TOOLS DOWN TO A CO-WORKER INSIDE THE BLUNGER. HE THEN CLIM BED DOWN INTO THE BLUNGER AND BEGAN SETTING UP HIS TOOLS. A SHORT TIME LATER HE FELT PAIN IN HIS CHEST AND LEFT SHOULDER.
EE BELIEVED HE HAD LOCATED HYDRAULIC OIL LEAK. EE PLACED BARE HAND ON UNSUSPECTED LINE, PULLING IT AWAY FROM SUSPECTED LINE. EE ASKED OPERATOR TO PRESSURIZE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO POSITIVELY IDEN TIFY LEAK. UNFORTUNATELY, EE'S INDEX FINGER WAS PLACED PRECISELY ABOVE A PINHOLE LEAK. AT OVER 2,000 PSI, THE PINHOLE LEAK PIERCED EE'S FINGER & INSTANTLY FILLED IT W/HYDRAULIC FLUID.
EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE UNLOAD A SHEET OF FLOOR GRADING (36" WIDE X 20' LONG) OFF THE BED OF A PALLET TRUCK. EE LOST CONTROL OF THE GRADING WITH HIS LEFT ARM AND THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE GRADI NG CAME OFF THE TRUCK AND, ACCORDING TO EE, HIS RIGHT ARM ABSORBED THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE GRADING. THE OTHER EE STILL HAD HIS END OF THE GRADING SUPPORTED. EE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT UNTI
EE WAS CHANGING OUT A 8' FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB.HE WAS TRYING TO PUSH THE COMPRESSION END OF THE BULB IN, BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT. THE BULB BROKE &CUT THROUGH THE EE'S GLOVE CUTTING HIS RT. THUMB . HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL TO RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT. HE RECEIVED 5 STITCHES TO HIS THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS REINSTALLING A DISCHARGE ROLL USING A TOW MOTOR TO MANEUVER IT. ANOTHER EE WAS OPERATING ANOTHER TOW MOTOR TO GUIDE AND SUPPORT ROLL. AN ADDITIONAL TOW MOTOR WAS USED TO STABILIZE ROLL. ROLL HIT EE'T TOE MOTOR. IN THE PROCESS,HE PUT HIS HAND UP ON CAGE OF TOW MOTOR AND HIS HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH SHARP EDGE OF ROLL. IT CUT HIS HAND.
AFTER DUMPING A LOAD OF ROCK IN HOPPER A ROCK WAS BETWEEN TAILGATE AND BED. THE DRIVER TRIED TO KNOCK THE ROCK OUT. WHEN IT FELL OUT HIS FINGER TOP WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TAILGATE AND BED, BREAKIN G BONE IN TIP OF FINGER.
CHEMICAL BURN ON RIGHT FOREARM. INTERIOR OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WAS INADVERTANTLY CONTAMINATED BY CHEMICALS WHICH HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO RUBBER GLOVES. EE PLACED PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ONTO SELF WHI LE WEARING CONTAMINATED GLOVES. WHILE PLACING THE CLOTHING ON, THE INTERIOR OF CLOTHING WAS CONTAMINATED BY THE GLOVES THUS TRANSFERRING THE CHEMICAL TO FOREARM.
EE WAS REMVONG SHAFT BEARING HOUSING FROM SCREENWHEN SHAFT SLIPEED CATCHING EE'S HAND BETWEEN ELECTRICAL PANEL & END OF SHAFT EE HAD HIS HAND ON END OF SHAFT TO HELP GUIDE IT OUT INJURY REQU IRED 5 STITCHES T
EE WAS TRYING TO GET GROUND LIMESTONE MATERIAL OUT OF AIR SLIDE UNDER TANK 1 AT PACKAGING PLT. HE WAS PRYING ON A VALVE ARM ON AIR SLIDE WHEN PIPE SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE LIP. UPPER LIP WAS LACERATED AND REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING HOUSEKEEPING IN AREA OF #7 BAGGER. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE STEPPED UP ONTO FORKLIFT AND SAT DOWN. THERE IS NO STEP ON FORKLIFT AND SEAT CUSHION IS DETERIORATED AND WORN. THE HIGH STEP AND HARD SEAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO EMPLOYEE'S BACK STRAIN.
WHILE CHANING THE MECHANICAL SEAL ON THE EVAPORATOR SECOND EFFECT PUMP AND REMOVING THE BEARING HOUSING, THE EE S INDEX FINGER WAS MASHED.
UNKNOWN - POSSIBLE ILLNESS RELATED TO NATURAL CAUSES. PENDING DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS.
EE REMOVED GUARD FROM HAMMER MILL, SETTING IT ON THE PLATFORM. LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN GUARD AND BOLT EXTENDING FROM THE MILL.