EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON LEVEL CONCRETE SURFACE. HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT HEEL AREA & IN AREA AROUND GROIN (LEFT SIDE) JUST BELOW WAIST.
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Showing all 31EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WORKING ON TAKE UP ON THE GETMAN MANLIFT ALL OF HIS SHIFT. EMPLOYEE FIRST FELT DISCOMFORT TO HIS LOWER BACK WHEN DESCENDING FROM MANLIFT.
LANDING A LOAD OF METAL ROOFING ONTO PREHEATER DECK, WHILE SWINGING LOAD IN, GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN LOAD AND HANDRAIL. STITCHES.
LAB TECHNICIAN WAS TAKING KILN SAMPLES CARRYING SAMPLE BUCKETS. PROCEEDED TO SET BUCKETS DOWN, EE WAS IN A TWISTED POSITION CAUSING STRAIN LUMBAR REGION, PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON TO SLOPE CAR WHEN SHE FELT PAIN SHOOT DOWN HER RIGHT LEG AND LOWER BACK.
EE WAS LIFTING A SET OF PORTABLE TORCHES WEIGHING 20 LBS. WAS TWISTING TO PUT ON TRACTOR.
STRUCK BY A FALLING ROCK. A ROCK FELL ON EE'S HEAD OFF OF THE FACE.
CUT/PUNCTURE/SCRA EE WAS GETTING OUT OF 11022 SCALER AND HE WAS HOLDING HIS HAND UP TO THE WINDOW TO KEEP THE DOOR FROM SLAMMING AND HE GOT A PIECE OF GLASS IN HIS HAND.
STRAIN OR INJURY BY PUMP STARTED TO SHIFT FROM FLOOR JACK AND EMPLOYEE CAUGHT TO KEEP FROM FALLING. LONGER THAN 40 HOUR RESTRICTION-LOST TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPOSITIONING KILN COVER. COVER BECAME OVER-BALANCED. THE COVER FELL TRAPPING EMPLOYEE'S LEGS BETWEEN COVER AND KILN. EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AND TRANSFERRED TO HOS PITAL. NO BROKEN BONES ONLY CONTUSIONS.
REMOVING COUPLING FROM OXYGEN ANALYZER WHEN IT FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT ARM.
EE WAS TRYING TO POSITION TIRE FOR LINEUP ON STUDS WHEN STUDS SHIFTED CAUSING A TWISTING MOTION TO BACK, STRAINING IT.
EE WAS CARRYING A CHUTE DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS OLD CHUTE WHICH WAS REPLACED.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO UNPLUG A AIRLINE. EE REMOVED LINE FROM HYDRATED LIME BIN. THE LINE WAS PLUGGED WITH MATERIAL THAT WAS IN THE LINE CAME LOOSE RESULTING IN THE EMPLOYEE GETTING LARGE AMOUNT OF LIME DUST IN EYES.
REOCCURRENCE OF OLD BACK INJURY. EE WAS POURING CONCRETE, TWISTED HIS BACK, FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 2 WKS.
EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER TIED A ROPE AROUND THE TIP OF THE TIRE ON 36026 FORKLIFT AND SECURED THE MAST ON 36025. AS CO-WORKER WAS PULLING THE TIRE BACK, THE ROPE BROKE AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE L EFT SIDE OF THE NECK AND UPPER CHEST AREA.
EE WAS USING A 90LB JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE BRICKS FROM #3 KILN ANOTHER EE WAS HELPING HIM THE 2 WERE TRYING TO REMOVE THE BRICKS ON THE SIDE UP ABOUT 3-4 FT FROM THE BOTTOM. THE JACKHAMMER WEN T THRU THE BRICKS AND HIT THE OUTER SHELL (STEELAND SKIDED DOWN EE TRIED TO HOLD ONTO THE HAMMERRATHER THAN LETTING IT DROP IN THE PROCESS HIS FINGER STRUCK A BRICK
EE WAS BENT OVER PULLING WHICH CAUSED STRAIN TO LOWER BACK. ACCIDENT REVERTS BACK TO INJURY ON 1-29-95.
PICKING UP CLUTCH & RACINE PUMP ASSEMBLY EE BACKED POPPED. RESTRICTED DUTY
EE WAS WALKING BETWEEN SILO 13 & 14 WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE BACK GUARD ON A LADDER
EE WAS REMOVING DRIVE SHEAVE FROM ROCK SCREEN. SHEAVE CAME OFF SHAFT AND MASHED LEFT THUMB. STITCHES WERE GIVEN TO CLOSE WOUND.
EE STATED HE WAS TIEING THE BENCH IN AND HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT. HE STATES THAT THERE WS NOT ONE SPECIFIC ACT THAT CAUSED IT TO HURT. THIS ACCIDENT WAS REPORTABLE DUE TO THE FACT EE RECEIVED RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 3 DAYS.
EE WAS AYTTEMPTING TO CLEAN OUT CLOGGED MATERIAL ON THE "TORRIT" DUST COLLECTOR ATOP #6 PRODUCT BIN AREA. EE DROPPED A SCREWDRIVER INTO THE BIN AND REACHED INSIDE IN AN EFFORT TO RETRIEVE THE SCREWDRIVER AND AT THIS POINT THE ROTARY FEEDER CAUGHT HIS FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING #3 COAL HOPPER AND WHILE HEWAS MANUEVERING TO GET TO HOPPER, LIME DUST FELLFROM THE FLOOR ABOVE. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE PATCHES WERE PUT OVER BOTH EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO DISLODGE A PIECE OF METAL WHICH WAS STUCK IN THE CRUSHER. FELLOW EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE BAR WHICH CAUSED THE METAL TO JUMP CAUSING THE BAR TO STRIKE AGAINST THE #1 EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB.
EE WAS CLEANING THE FEED CHUTE ON #3 DUST SLURRY, DUST FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK, GOT HOT, AND EXPLODED BACK UP THROUGH THE FEED CHUTE, AND THEN AGAINST EE RIGHT SIDE OF FACE AND RIGHT AR M. RESTRICTED DUTY FROM JOB CLASS BEGINING 7-30-00
EMPLOYEE WAS INVOLVED WITH PUTTING A SPLICE IN BELT 89-806; THE TEMPERATURE IN THE TUBE WAS HOT & THE DUST WAS BAD AND CAUSED BURNS TO HIS LEGS AROUND THE TOP OF HIS BOOTS & THE TOP PART OF HI S LEGS.
EMPLOYEE ON 5-31-00 WAS PUSHING BEAM INTO PLACE OVER GRATES, EXPERIENCED PAIN TO GROIN AREA. AT THIS POINT AND TIME EMPLOYEE REPORT ONLY. EMPLOYEE HAD A INGUINAL HERNIA.
SUBJECT WAS WALKING TO AN ELEVATOR CARRING A TOOL BOX. WHILE WALKING THROUGH A NARROW WALKWAYHE TURNED SIDEWAYS AND FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
STRAIN OR INJURY BY PICKING UP A BOX OF DYNAMITE AND FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK AREA. RESTRICTED DUTY FROM JOB CLASS BEGINNING ON 5-31-2000.
EE WAS REMOVING FAN FROM BAGHOUSE WHEN HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN FAN AND THE DOOR. HE RECEIVED A SMASHED END OF THE FINGER. THE INJURY REQUIRED STITCHES, MAKING THIS REPORT ABLE.