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February 10, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE PORTABLE LIGHTING. THE CABLE BROKE AND HINGED SECTION OF POLE FELL STRIKING EE ON RT. SHOULDER.

December 17, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CARRYING COILS OF WIRE THRU CLINKER TUNNEL. AREA IS VERY TIGHT AND MANY EVERABILITY IS DIFFICULT . EE SUFFERED BACK STRAIN.

October 21, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WORKS LOADING BARGES. HE WAS POSITIONING MIMSELF TO THROW A ROPE TO ANOTHER BARGE, WHEN THE ROPE CAUGHT ON A CLEAT OF THE BARGE. THE RESULT WAS A SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.

July 24, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING A DAMPER INTO PLACE INSIDE A DUST COLLECTOR. THE AREA WAS TIGHT CAUSING EE TO WORK IN AWKWARD POSITION.

June 28, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMAKING KILN RAMPS AND CLOSING HIID WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP HAMMER & STRAINED BACK.

March 21, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BANDING AIR HOSES TO CLAMPS WHEN BAND BROKE, BAND AND BRANDER STRUCK UPPER LIP.

March 9, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING HEAVY LINER IN PLACE ON PRF-6 CONVEYOR.

February 19, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CARRYING TO TOOL BOX UP STEPS OF MILL BUILDING AND STRAINED BACK.

February 19, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BAGS FROM DUST COLLECTOR, REMOVING BAGS REQUIRED A TWISTING MOTION AND EMPLYOEE INJURED BACK AND SHOULDER.

December 23, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING REMOVING LARGE FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM CLAY CONVEYOR EE WAS RESTING HIS HAND ON RAILING WHEN LARGE CHUNK OF MATERIAL ROLLED OFF PINCHING HIS FINGER AGAINST RAIL

December 22, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING LARGE CHUNK OF CLAY FROM CONVEYORBELT WHEN HE PULLED OR STRAINED A BACK MUSCLE

October 9, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by falling object

CONTRACT EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP CATWALK ALONG CONVEYOR BELT. A ROCK FELL FROM A CONVEYOR OVERHEAD AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT.

August 22, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE REMOVED A PORT TO CHECVK FOR MATERIAL FLOW IN AN AIRSLIDE. CEMENT SPILLED FROM THE AIRSLIDE AND ENTERED HIS EYES.

August 21, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP FROM A SUPPORT WALL WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN. EE STARTED TO LOSE TIME ON 4/24/01

July 15, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING FORMS (METAL) FROM STAGE 4 CYCLONE, FORM WAS NOT FULLY SECURED TO ROPE, CAME LOOSE WHEN PULLING OUT OF VESSEL, FORM FELL TO BOTTOM OF CYCLONE, EE USED HANDS TO PROTECT HIMSELF, SEVERE LACERATION ON PALM OF LEFT HAND.

July 11, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING IN BAGHOUSE CHECKING DUST COLLECTOR BAGS. WHILE OPENING & CLOSING DOORS TO BAGHOUSE, EE STRAINED BACK.

July 11, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EE WAS HOLDING A REBAR DOWEL IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION WHILE IT WAS BEING TIED DOWN. WHILE THIS PARTICULAR DOWEL WAS BEING SECURED, ANOTHER DOWEL WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TIED DO WN BROKE FREE FROM THE METAL WIRES SECURING IT. IT SPRANG UPWARD STRIKING EE IN THE MOUTH AND UPPER RIGHT CHEEK AREA OF HIS FACE. INJURED SUFFERED LACERATION TO UPPER LIP, BROKEN AND LOOSEN T

June 7, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT AND HAD GOTTEN OFF AND ON ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ON THIS DAY. WHEN STEPPING DOWN FROM FORKLIFT EE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

May 25, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO POSITION WELDER ONTO A FORKLIFT WHEN HE STRAINED BACK MUSCLES.

May 23, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING DOWN ATTEMPTING TO TERMINATE GROUND WIRES TO A GROUND BOSS AT AN EXISTING MCC. AN EXISTING GROUND WIRE WAS TOUCHED AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS.

May 8, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN BREAK DOWN OF CRANE, AS HE WAS FEEDING LOAD LINE BACK THROUGH HEAD BLOCK SHEAVES, HIS GLOVES BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN THE LOAD LINE AND SHEAVES PULLING HIS HAND FINGERS INTO SHEAVES.

May 3, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE LARGE ROCK FROM GYPSUM BIN RICK ROLLED PINCHING EMLOYEES LEFT HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND SIDE OF BIN.

April 26, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EE SKINNED THE CUTICLE OF RIGHT THUMB WHILE REBUILDING A PUMP SCREW. DUST & CLEANING SOLVENT ENTERED THE EXPOSED AREA, CAUSING AN INFECTION.

April 24, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS TAKING MEASUREMENTS FOR INST TUBING. ANOTHER EE WORKING ON AN UPPER FLOOR DROPPED AN 8" X 8" X 3/4 STEEL PLATE. IT STRUCK INJURED EE ON HARD CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED SUTURES.

April 11, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 70 TON HYDRAULIC CRANE. HE HAD LOWERED THE BOOM TO STOW THE JIB AND GOT OUT OF THE CRANE CAB. WHILE THE RIGGERS WERE GETTING TOOLS TO REMOVE JIB, THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE MULTI PART BLOCK AND REACHED UP. AS HE STEPPED DOWN FROM MAIN BLOCK HIS INDEX FINGER BECAME PINNED UNDER D RING ON JIB PIN, HE WAS USING A HAND HOLD. HE FRACTURED TIP OF BOTH BOTH FINGERS

February 1, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHLE LIFTING A DEFLECTOR PLATE EE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK

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