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Employee was bagging 25lb bags at the Rotex #1 bagger system. They experienced lower back pain and was diagnosed with a lower back strain.

IE was filling bags at bagging station and moving to conveyor. The following morning EE reported soreness in EE's right shoulder. Sent IE to clinic and diagnosed with right trapezius muscle strain.

Employee exited the forklift from the right side where the controls are located. EE struck knee on the dash creating a small laceration on the left knee.

Employee struck finger on angle iron while clearing a jam in the AC Mill system. Employee sustained a sprained finger on left middle finger.

Employee was changing a screen associated with a small hammermill when EE felt a pull in groin. EE did not report it nor seek medical attention for the injury. On 8/27/19 EE reported EE was diagnosed with a hernia which EE feels was associated with the pull EE felt during the screen change.

Employee was removing material from an elevator and sustained a muscle strain in lower neck/upper back area.

Employee was emptying drums of trash. The employee attempted to lift a drum that was too heavy for one person. EE felt a pull in EE's back but refused any treatment. Over the weekend on 8/26-8/27, EE began to have pain in EE's back and was treated on 8/27/17. No diagnosis available as of 8/30/17.

Employee was handling material. While attempting to lift material to a platform, some material shifted and began to fall. The employee reached to catch the material injuring their left arm.

Employee was opening a maintenance trailer door. The hinges on the door failed causing the door to fall. Employee attempted to catch the falling door and suffered a strain in employee's left groin area. The employee waited until 6/12/17 to seek medical attention at which time employee was put on a 25 lb lifting restriction.

Employee was filling and stacking 50lb bags on a wooden pallet. The pallet was only 28 inches high at the time. The employee sustained a rotator cuff sprain.

Employee was stacking 50 lb bags on pallets. employee felt pain in left shoulder as the shift progressed. Employee waited 2 days to seek medical treatment.

Employee was lifting a wooden pallet stacking board off of a set of double stacked pallets. Dirt on top of the board slid when the board was tilted and fell behind the employees' safety glasses. A piece of dirt lodged under EE's eyelid and had to be removed by a Dr.

Employee was re-inserting the side rails into the slots on the bed of the truck when the rail slipped and lacerated and fractured his middle finger on the left hand during the fall.

IE and another EE were lifting the Rotex screen lid when the lid slipped from the grip of IE creating strain on his lower back and leg.

Changing Derrick Screens when lid to screen system fell hitting the employee's left hand

Employee was stacking 50 # bags of product onto a pallet. Employee stated that he had turned wrong to place the bag on pallet and had a sharp pain in his right shoulder blade that went to his neck and shoulder with temporary loss of breath and face/arms and hands were tingling.

Employee was assisting in changing a screen on a rotex screen frame. As the old screen was being removed from the frame, it unexpectedly rolled up and a frayed wire from the screen slid up behind his safety glasses and caught him in the left eye.

EE was cutting pieces off of a roll of foll and feeding them into the crusher. He tried to reposition the roll and it rolled off of the pallets and landed against his knees pinning him against the wall. Another EE helped him life the roll off of his knees. EE felt something in his back pull when they were lifting the roll.

Employee was untangling the hose on a Shrink Wrap Gun. While he was untangling it the gun slid off of a pallet of material, swung on the hose and struck him on the right knee.`

Employee was lifting a 50# bag of carbon to dump into the blender feed bin. He lost grip of the bag with his right hand so all of the weight was supported by his left hand. He felt a pull in his left arm. Later that night he continued to have discomfort in his left arm. He went to the doctor for evaluation.

Employee was cutting sheets of plywood into 42" x 48" sheets for stacking boards. He would cut several pieces and then move them 3 at a time and stack them on a pallet a couple of feet away. This project was completed early in the shift. Later in the shift he reported that he had discomfort in his groin area to the shift supervisor.

EE was stacking 50# bags in the Pellet Plant. He got pain in his left elbow. He could not continue to stack bags. After he reported the injury he told another EE that he started having pain in his elbow the previous Friday when he was operating the 101 packer in the plant.

EE was filling sacks of pellets in the pellet plant. He was hanging the empty sacks on sack rack in the pellet plant. he said he got pain in his right shoulder that continued to worsen throughout the shift. It eventually got so bad he could not continue working. EE had reported some pain in shoulder to the shift foreman earlier in the shift and said having pain for a month.

EE was plugging a 480v plug into a receptacle and a thin sliver of metal lodged in his right palm. EE removed the metal but the following morning his right hand and forearm were very swollen. He went to the hospital for treatment.

EE was lifting a 50 lb. bag to stack on a pallet. He felt a pop in his right shoulder.

Employee noticed pain in his right knee before his break at 6:10 pm. When he went back to work after the break he stooped over to stenciling a sack of material and felt a pop in his right knee. After that he had excruciating pain in the knee.

EE & co-worker were re-wrapping 3787 material that's stored outside. The sacks had some water & material lying on top. When EE lifted a strap some water w/material in it dumped off top of sack onto his rt thigh. He felt the material burn his leg immediately. He flushed leg w/water immediately. When he removed his pants at end of shift he realized the burn/irritation to his thigh.

EE was stacking empty wood pallets by hand. The pallets were wet. A pallet slid off the top of the stack and hit his right lower leg just above the boot. The leg was not treated until 3/2/10 when he noticed black and blue at his ankle. We sent him to the company doctor to get it checked out. He was allowed to return to work with no restrictions.

EE was dumping sacks of AG711 in the pellet plant. He raised a sack over the dumping bin and the sack tore allowing the load to fall. As it fell, it pushed his right arm under the sack and pinned his arm between the sack and the safety rack.

EE was removing a wad of thread from the sewing machine at the main plant. He pulled the thread trhough the sewing machine and extended his arm to the left. When he did, he reached behind a bag kicker panel as it was returning and his hand was pinched between the panel and the back of the kicker.

Injured was stacking 50# bags on a pallet. When he lifted one of the bags he said he felt pain in his left shoulder and neck. He said he has pain when he turns his head.

Employee was lowering a steel plate from above him. It slipped through his hands and hit something causing it to strike him in the mouth which resulted in 2 chipped teeth.

Employee was stacking 50 lb bags at the turntable in the main warehouse. When he picked up a bag from the turntable he felt a pop in his right elbow area. He continued stacking bags for the rest of the day. The next day he complained of pain in the right elbow and went to the hospital for evaluation.

Employee was changing the grate at the end of the Rotary Dryer. He had removed all of the bolts. The grate normally stays in place when the bolts are removed. This time it came loose and fell striking him in the nose and upper lip.

EE reached down to pick up an empty pallet with his left hand, when he lifted the pallet, he felt pain in his left arm. He said the pallet was heavy because it had ice frozen to it.

Employee was trying to untie the string on the dumping spout on the bottom of a super sack. While he was pulling on the string his hand slipped off the string and he hit his right elbow on the edge of the metal dumping bin.

EE had opened a 5 gallan bucke of roof coating. He started to pick it up & his foot slipped. When the bucket hit the ground the roof coating splashed out of the bucket & hit EE in the face & head. The pain went under his hard hat & safety glassses.

EE was cleaning the maitenance shop & he stood the 20" elevator sprocket upright to clean around it. He then mvoed a piece of steel & bumped the sprocket causing it to fall and hit side of right leg below knee. It peeled some skin off down to his boot.

Employee had removed the bucket from a skid loader to repair it. He had the bucket on a wooden pallet. He had put a block under the bucket so he could get his fingers under it to re-position it. When he was moving the bucket he thought it was over the block of wood but it was not. His fingers got smashed between the bucket and the pallet resulting in a broken finger.

Employee was stacking 50# bags of pulverized carbon. When he tried to push a corner of a bag in to straighten the bag his thumb got caught on the bag and dislocated his thumb. He told his shift foreman that he is double jointed. This may have contributed to the injury.

EE was emptying a sack of material into a bin. When he reached under the saftey rack to cut the strings one of the lifting loops broke and the sack dropped, this forced EE's head into the edge of the bin. He had a small but deep cut on his neck that required 2 stitches.

Employee was reaching over the dumping bin to shake the last of the material out of a sack. The bottom of his rib cage got caught on the lip on the front of the dumping bin. Surface conditions were slippery because of graphite dust in the area.

EE were lifting the lid off of the #1 rotex screen. He felt a pinch in his back.

EE WAS BAGGING MATERIAL ON THE 101 PACKER AND HAND STACKING THE 50 LB. BAGS ON A PALLET. HE SAID HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN THIS LOWER BACK. AFTER THAT, BOTH SIDES OF HIS LOWER BACK HURT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT A PNEUMATIC HOSE TO A PNEUMATIC CONVEYOR. HE WAS TRYING TO ALIGN THE HOSE WITH THE CONNECTOR BY FORCEFULLY BENDING AND PULLING THE HOSE TOWARD HIMSELF. THE HOSE CONNECTOR SLIPPED OUT OF THE SOCKET AND SWUNG OVER AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS SAFETY GLASSES WHICH CUT THE LEFT EYEBROW.

EE WAS STACKING 50-LB. BAGS WHEN HE HAD PAIN IN HIS ARMS.

EE WAS CHANGING A 4" ROLLER ON THE PALLET TURNER AND THE ROLLER BEGAN TO FALL. HE TRIED TO CATCH THE ROLLER WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LEFT HAND & ARM WHICH INCREASED OVER THE WEEKEND.

Stacking 50# bags on a pallet. Left elbow dislocated when he threw a bag on the pallet.

Employee was tearing apart wooden crates containing graphite chunks. A nail sticking out of one of the crates punctured his left leg.

EE was closing an old water valve above his head. When he turned the handle rust fell into his right eye.