EE WAS REPLACING SKIRT RUBBER EAST SIDE ON CLINKER RECLAIMER SHED. AS HE WENT OVER THE BELT HE HIT HIS LEG ON AN IDLER. DR PUT HIM ON LIGHT DUTY ON 6/3/98 WHICH MADE THS A REPORTABLE INJURY.
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Showing 50 of 65DUST AND TRASH FELL FROM ABOVE. MINOR EYE INJURY.
EE WAS MOVING AN A FRAME THAT WEIGHED 150 LBS. WITH NO HELP AND CREATED A HERNIA IN HIS LWER RIGHT ABDOMEN.
EE HAD REMOVED DEFLATED TIRE FROM PICKUP TRUCK AND WAS CARRYING IT ACROSS QUARRY SHOP YARD WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT BACK AND HIP. MEDICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED STRAINED MUSCLE IN LEFT HIP.
EE SPRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE TURNING A WHEEL TO ADJUST THE GRIT SEPARATOR.
EE WAS HOLDING TO THE BALL BUCKET THAT HAD AN ARM ON TOP, ANOTHER EE WAS PULLING A DRUM FROM THIS BUCKET WHEN THE ARM ROLLED BACK CATCHING HIS RIGHT THUMB AND MASHING IT SEVERELY.
HE WAS STACKING EMPTY 55 GAL DRUMS. THE DRUM HE WAS PICKING UP TO STACK SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS 4TH FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST ANOTHER DRUM. THIS RESULTED IN A CUT TO HIS FINGER THAT REQU IRED 2 SUTURES. X-RAY NEGATIVE FOR FRACTURE.
DISMANTLING ROLLER MILL, PIECE OF ROLLER MILL CAME LOOSE, FELL APPROX 5' & STRUCK INJURED ON RIGHT FOOT. "ARMY" BREAK ON RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS REPLACING SPRING ON TIRE STOP GATE WHEN THE CYLINDER MOUNTING BRACKET BROKE ALLOWING HIS RIGHT HAND TO BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN GATE ACTUATING ARM AND ROLLER. PALM OF RIGHT HAND WAS LACERA TED REQUIRING STITCHES
BASED ON AN INTERNAL AUDIT, THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT. PICKING UP A SCREW DRIVE HE HURT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
INJURED WAS WORKING INSIDE NO. 5 KILN CLINKER COOLER REMOVING HOT MATERIALS. HOT DUST FELL INTO HIS RIGHT GLOVE CAUSING 2 DEGREE BURNS TO BACK OF HAND.
HAND HOLDING FUEL NOZZLE SLIPPED FROM MICH 475 LOADER LADDER. WHILE PULLING HOSE BACK TO GRAB LADDER HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
BASED ON INTERNAL AUDIT, THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.
INJURED AND FELLOW EMPLOYEE WERE REMOVING 6' SECTION OF 16" SORCE CONVEYOR FROM SILO BASEMENT THRU WINDOW OPENING. INJURED'S LEFT SMALL FINGER BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN SCREW FLIGHT ADN WINDOW FRAME CAUSIN LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 5' STITCHES.
HE WAS HELPING I.NAME REMOVE AND BREAK UP MATERIAL IN DUMPER CHUTE. HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHILE DOING THIS. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND WAS GIVEN PAIN PILL AND MUSCLE RELAXER.
EE WAS REMOVING SCRAP METAL FROM MACHINE SHOP WHEN THE SHARP EDGE OF BANDING MATERIAL STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND, CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
INJURED AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE RELOCATING A PORTABLE SCAFFOLD BY SLIDING IT ACROSS FLOOR OF PREHEATER TOWER.INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE SCAFFOLD AND WHEN IT MOVED HIS RIGHT FOOT BEC AME CAUGHT BETWEEN ANGLE IRON CROSS BRACE AND FLOOR,CAUSING CONTUSION OF RT FOOT.
EE WAS CLEANING BUILD UP MATAERIAL OFF CAR COUPLER FOR TRACKMOBILE, LEFT HAND STRUCK COTTER KEY FOR CYLINDER PIN, PUTTING 2" LACERATION ON BACK OF LEFT HAND.
EE WAS CLEANING OUT DRUMS, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK MUSCLE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK. THE PAIN PERSISTED INTO THE EVENING. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR THE NEXT MORNING & WAS TREATED FOR MID BACK MU SCLE SPASM. RETURNED TO WORK 11/21 WILTH LIGHT DUTY FOR 1 WEEK.
INJURED WAS REPLACING NO. 6 FINISH MILL DOOR WHEN DOOR SLIPPED CAUSING HIS LEFT LARGE FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME RESULTING IN LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.
INJURED WAS ROLLIGN AIR HOSE ONO HOSE REEL. HE FAILED TO NOTICE THAT A PIECE OF KEY STEEL HA DBEEN STOVED IN ALOCATION WHERE HIS HAND WOULD STRIK IT WHEN HE TRNE DHTE CRANK, AND CONSEQUENTLY HIS LEFT THUMB WAS STRUCK AGAINST THE KEY STEEL CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING 4 STITHCES.
INJURED & FELLOWORKERS WERE REMOVING ECCENTRIC ARM FROM CLINKER COOLER HORIZONTAL GRATE DRIVE THE 42IN DRIVE SPROCKET HAD SHIFTED & WAS PLACING PRESSURE ON INSIDE OF ECCENTRIC ARM & WHEN INJU RED ATTEMPTED TO FREE WEDGED DRIVE CHAIN THE ARMFLEW OFF STRIKING HIM IN FACE & CAUSING SEVERE FRACTURE OF FACIAL BONES & SKULL
INJURED WAS REMOVING A SOLENOID VALVE FROM AN AIR LINE WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS NOT UNDER PRESSURE WHEN CONNECTION BETWEEN VALVE & AIR LINE WAS BROKEN PARTICLES OF METAL WERE BLOWN INTO R 4TH & 5T H L 3RD/4TH 5TH FINGER
INJURED WAS REMOVING AIR FILTER FROM FRONT END LOADER WHILE PULLING ON THE BOLTER HIS HAND SLIPPED & LEFT THUMB WAS LACERA TED ON SHARP METAL R EQUIRED FOUR(4) STITCHES
INJURED & FELLOW EMPLOYEE WERE ALIGNING HOLES IN BOTTOM OF HOIST CYLINDER WITH HOLES IN MOUNTING BRACKET OF AVERLING BARFORD 50 TON HAUL TRUCK HOIST CYLINDER MOVED SUDDENLY & CAUGHT INJUREDS LEFT 3C/FINGERK IN PINCH POINT RESUL TING IN AMPUTION OF APPROXIMATELY 50% OF FIRST JOINT
INJURED WAS PLACING LARGE BRASS BEARING HALF ONTO WOODEN PALLET. THE HALF HE WAS MOVING SLIPPED AND HIS RIGHT LARGE FINGER WAS MASHED AGAINST ANOTHER BEARING HALF CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING 2 SUTURES.
HURT LEFT SHOULDER CLEANING JUNK MOTORS FROM TEH MOTOR STORAGE BUILDING.
INJURED WAS REMOVING LINER FROM INSIDE OF NO. 6 FINISH MILL DOOR. A SECTION OF LINER FELL AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT BEHIND STEEL CAP OF SAFETY SHOE CAUSING TRAUMA TO DOVSUM OF FOOT.
WHIE INSPECTING A SYSTANK THAT HAD RECEIEVED A PUNTURE, HE HIT HIS RIGHT EAR ON A RAISED SHAR BLADE.
EE AND COWORKERS WERE REMOVING SECTION #5 FM AIRSLIDE. EE WAS HOLDING ONE END WHILE COWORKERS WERE LOWERING THE OTHER END TO FLOOR. THEY ALLOWED THEIR END TO FALL CAUSING END EE WAS HOLDING TO SLIP FROM HIS GRASP AND FALL ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT, STRIKING BEHIND STEEL TOE CAP AND FRACTURING HIS LEFT MIDDLE TOE.
INJURED WAS STANDING ON WASH HOUSE AT END OF SHIFT WHEN CO-WORKER THREW SHORTLENGTH OF RUBBER TUBING AT HIM. INJURED FELL BACKWARDS AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON CONCRETE FLOOR.
EE & FELLOW EES WERE INSTALLING CENTER SECTION OF DRYER BURNER INTO OUTER SECTION. THE CENTER SECTION BECAME WEDGED AND WHEN EE PALCED HIS HAND IN A PINCH POINT WHILE REMOVING INSULATION IT FE LL & CAUGHT HIS LEFT LARGE FINGER CAUSING SEVER LACERATION TO END OF FINGER.
EE WA USING HAND SHOVEL TO REMOVE SPILLED COAL FROM UNDER DRYER COAL BELT. HE FELT SORENESS IN RT. ELBOW APPARENTLY CAUSED FROM TWISTING MOTION WHILE SHOVELING.
INJURED AND FELLOW WORKERS WERE MOVING HEAVY SWITCH GEAR ON BURNER FLOOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT LOWER BACK.
HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE PLATE FROM AIR SEPARATOR AND DROPPED IT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE PLATE WAS 1/4" THICK, 20" WIDE AND 5' LONG.
INJURED WAS DESCENDING LADDER WITH HEAVY OBJECT IN HIS LEFT HAND OBJECT WAS TOO HEAVY AND CAUSED HIM TO SUTTER PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS GIVEN ON 6-14-93.
INJURED REPLACED BUCKET ELEVATOR DOOR AND LATER EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER WAS SEEN BY DR ON 6-19-93 FOR STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.
INJURED WAS WORKING IN FINES DRAG AREA OF CLINKER COOLER WHEN DUST ENTERED OTH EYES CAUSING ABRASION TO BOTH EYES.
INJURED HAD USED TORCH TO CUT SECTION OF ELEVATOR CHAIN TO B E REMOVED FROM DRYER ELEVATOR WHEN HE PUSHED ON SECTION BEING REMOVED TO MAKE IT FALL OUT OF PLACE HIS LEFT HAND BECAME CAUGHT AGAI NST EDGE OF ELEVATOR CAUSING LACERATION TO BACK OF LEFT LARGE FINGER.
INJURED AND FELLOW EE WERE HOLDING PIECE OF METAL IN PLACE SO IT COULD BE WELDED. METAL SLIPPED FROM THEIR GRASP AND STRUCK INJURED CAUSING TWO TEETH TO BE CHIPPED.
95149ED WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN NO 2 FM MOTOR ROTOR BY PULLING UP ON COOLING FINS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT LOWER BACK.
CHANGING ROLLER MILL CYLINDER. WHEN COUPLING BOLTS WERE REMOVED SHAFT DROPPED DOWN AND CAUGHT INJURED'S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN SHAFT AND ROLLER MILL HOUSING CAUSING HAND TO BE BRUISED.
PUSHING CONCRETE MIXER FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
INJURED WAS REMOVING SPARE TIRE FROM UNDER PICK UP TRUCK. WHILE PERFORMING THIS HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT OF MECHANISM WHICH HOLD TIRE IN PLACE CAUSING LACERATION.
INJURED WAS PLACING A LADDER IN THE CLINKER COOLER THROAT WHEN HOT DUST FELL FROM ABOVE CAUSING BURNS TO HIS RT. EAR AND RT. FOREARM.
WHILE WORKING INSIDE TRUCK UNLOADING TIRES TO BE BURNED LARGE TIRE FELL FROM STACK & STRUCK INJURED ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE UNDER RIGHT EYE.
WHILE REMOVING SCRAPER FROM TRIPPER BELT INJURED ALLOWED OUTSIDE END TO FALL DOWN CAUSING END HE WAS GRASPING TO SWING UP & CATCH HAND BETWEEN SCRAPER & CONDUIT CAUSING LACERATION TO RIGHT RIN G FINGER.
ON TUES 4/16/91 EMPL REPORTED TO PLAT FIRST AID THAT HE HAD INJURED LEFT SHOULDER ON SUN 4/14/91 WHILE HE & ANOTHER EMPL WERE HANDLING ANGLE IRON ON 6/27/91 HE REPORTED THAT SHOULDER WAS HURTI NG & RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 7/18/91 FOR STRAINED MUSCLES.
INJURED WAS THROWING ELECTRIC SWITCH-TOP OF SWITCH HANDLE BROKE OFF CAUSING INJUREDS LEFT HAND TO STRIKE AGAINST STUB OF HANDLE CAUSING LACERATION
LIFTING CONDUIT TO CONDUIT STRAP-STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.