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UNHANGING ROCK IN JAW WITH PRY BAR. DROPPED PRYBAR. WHEN PICKING UP PRY BAR, CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN BAR AND METAL WALL. BROKE MIDDLE FINGER ON RT HAND AT JOINT. WENT TO ER AT LIVINGSTON COUNTY HO SPITAL. FINGER PLACED IN SPLINT.
EE WAS HOLDING PIN FOR SLEDGE HAMMER OPERATOR HE MISSED PIN HITTING EE ON RIGHT WRIST Y
THE EE WAS CLEANING OUT GRIZZLY BARS W/ A SLEDGEHAMMER WHILE SWINGING THE HAMMER THE EE STRAINEDHIS BACK
EE WAS TRYING TO BREAK LARGE ROCKS WHICH PLUGGED THE #1 JAW CRUSHER. WHILE HE WAS STRIKING THE ROCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW UP STRIKING HIS ARM. THE ROCK CUT HIS ARM REQUIRIN G 5 STITCHES.
EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO ALIGN HOLES IN GRAVEL CHUTE THE BAR SLIPPED AND CAUSED HIM TO BANG HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST I BEAM.
EE WAS HOLDING A PIN WHILE COWORKER WAS HITTING IT WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. THE PIN WAS MISALIGNED AND EE WAS TRYING TO ADJUST IT WHILE COWORKER WAS SWINGING AND COWORKER COULD NOT STOP MASHING EE 'S THUMB BETWEEN THE PIN AND A BEARING.
EMP WAS USING KNIFE TO CUT HOLES IN CONVEYOR BELT. BLADE FOLDED AND CUT INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO BREAK A ROCK LODGED IN THE CRUSHER. A ROCK FELL TOWARD THE EMPLOYEE. HE PUT HIS HANDS UP AND HIS HEAD DOWN TO SHIELD HIS FACE. THE ROCK WENT OVER HIS HEAD AND FELL ON HI S HARD HAT AND NECK. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENTHE WAS ASKED IF HE WAS HURT & IF HE NEEDED TO SEE A SR. HE INSISTED THAT HE WAS FINE & RETURNED TO WORK. SAW A DR. 2-20-97 & BEGAN LOSING TIME.
EE WAS WORKING ON A DRIBBLE CHUTE, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HIT BOTTOM OF CHUTE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER, HE MASHED LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE AND BOTTOM OF CHUTE. THE MASHED FINGER REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.
EE WAS CHANGING A FLAT TIRE ON THE JCB LIFT. HE WAS USING A METAL BAR TO ROTATE THE TIRE, WHEN HE LIFTED THE METAL BAR HE SAID HE FELT SOME PAININ HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE SAID THAT SHE TWISTED WHILE PULLING ON A CHAIN-PULL ON THE 201 MAGNET AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HE RLEFT GROIN AREA. ACCIDENT REPORTED TO ME ON 11-18-96.
EE WAS USING A KNIFE TO CUT THE OUTER JACKET ON A CABLE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND IT CUT HIS LEFT KNEE 4 STICHES.
THEY WERE USING A JACKHAMMER TO BREAK LOOSE SOME CONCRETE NEEDING MOVED FROM A SCRUBBER PIPELINE DITCH. THE JACKHAMMER BECAME JAMMED IN THE CONCRETE. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE TRYING TO FREE IT FROM THE CONCRETE. HE WAS PULLING ON THE HORIZONTAL JACKHAMMER AND I.NAME WAS USING SLEDGEHAMMER. AFTER HITTIGN THE BOTTOM OF THE JACKHAMMER SEVERAL TIMES, I.NAME MISSED AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD WI
EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO GET A BIT OFF OF THE DRILL STEEL. AFTER HE FINISHED HE SAID HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS NECK. EE CALLED ON 7-25-96 AND SAID HE WOULD BE OFF DUE TO THE 5-17-96 ACCI DENT FIRST DAY MISSED 7-8-96.
EE WAS SHOVELING ON A BELT AND HE HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON A DOOR FACING NO MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME. ON 5-31-96 EE WENT TO DR BECAUSE OF A KNOT ON HIS ELBOW AND HAD IT REMOVED.
EE WAS CUTTING SHIRT RUBBER WITH AN UTILITY KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB RESULTING IN THREE STITCHES.
NEAR THE END OF THE SHIFT, THE KEEPER BOLT ON THE CAT 950 F LOADER TILT CYLINDER KNUCKLE PIN WAS LOOSE. EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE COAL PILE WHEN HE NOTICED IT BEING LOOSE AND HE USED AN ADJUSTABLE W RENCH TO TIGHTEN THE BOLT. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH CHIPPING A JAW TOOTH.
EE WAS SHOVELING LIMEDUST AT THE 805 BELT AND HE STEPPED IN SOME DUST OVER SHOE TOP AND GOT IT ON HIS FEET CAUSING LIME BURNS ON HIS FEET.
EE WAS STADNING ON A WORK PLATFORM USING A 8 BL SLEDGE HAMMER TO UNSTOP A CHUTE. WHEN SHE FINISHED HER JOB SHE TOLD THE SUPERVIOSR THAT SHE HAD A PAIN IN THE LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT SIDE OF CHE ST. 10 DAYS RESTRICTED DUTY.
PRY BAR SLIPPED ALLOWING; VICTIMS FINGER TO BE PINCHED VICTIM WNWLIMWS XXISWNR HPPWNWS ON 09-26-95 HE REPORTED TO WORK ON 10-02-9 5 WITH A SLIP FROM THE HOSPITAL DATED 10-01-9 5 HE SAID HIS FI NGERS DIDNT SWELL UP UNTIL 4 DAYS AFTER ACCIDENT
A HELPER WAS BOLTING UP A PIECE OF CG CHANNEL. ON ONE END OF THE CHANNEL. THE HELPER DID NOT PUT A NUT ON THE BOLT AND WE HE WENT TO PRY THE OTHER END THE PIECE OF CHANNEL JUMPED OUT AND FELL APPROX. 15 FT STRIKING THE EE BELOW ON HIS LEG.
EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT A PIECE OF PLASTIC HE WAS CUTTING TOWARD HIMSELF THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ABDOMEN 3 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO THROW A STONE GATE IT WOULD NOT MOVE SO HE TOOK A SLEDGE HAMMER AND HIT ON THE LEVER IT BROKE OFF AND HIT HIM ON THELEFT ARM.
SUPERVISOR WAS SHOOTING ASH RING OUT OF OUR NO. 2 KILN WITH AN 8 GA. KILN GUN WHEN SOME LEAD FRAGMENTS FLEW BACK & HIT HIS IN THE RIGHT LOWER PART OF HIS FACE. HE WAS CARRIED TO SHELBY MEDICAL CENTER WHERE THEY REMOVED THREE PIECES OF LEAD INSERTED SIX SUTURES.
EE WAS WORKING INSIDE BUILDING, WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OUTSIDE OF SAME BUILDING. EMPLOYEE OUTSIDE HIT SIDING WITH A BEATER CAUSING EXCESS LIME INSIDE TO FALL ONTO EE FACE. LIME C OVERED HIS FACE AND GOT INTOHIS EYES AFTER FLUSHING MEDICAL ATTENTION NEEDED ON LEFT EYE.
EE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMEMR WHEN HIS FINGE RWAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND A PEICE OF CHANNEL IRON.
EE WAS USING A BELT KNIFE TO CUT A PIECE OF RUBBER OFF THE PIT BELT. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND THE POINT OF THE KNIFE PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE THUMBE AND INDEX FINGER. EE WAS TAKEN TO T HE HOSPITAL AND WAS SUTURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A BOLT. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF BOLT. THE EMPLOYEE FELL FORWARD. HE USED RIGHT ARM TO CATCH HIMSELF FROM FALLING. HIS RIGHT SHOULDER BECAME DISLODGED F ROM PLACE. TOOK EMPLOYEE TO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE THEY RESET HIS SHOULDER BACK INTO PLACE.
EMPLOYEE SAID WHEN HE SET HIS TOOL BOX ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT GROIN. THE TOOL BOX WEIGHED ABOUT 40 LBS. WORKMAN'S COMP HONORED THIS CASE ON 1/12/95.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A CHAIN HOIST WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GET THE CHAIN UNSTUCK. ALL AT ONCE THE CHAIN BROKE LOOSE AND CAUGHT THE LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND AND PULLED THE FINGER NAIL ALMOST OFF. TOOK EMPLOYEE TO ST LUKE HOSP EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE THEY REMOVE THE NAIL ON LEFT HAND (LITTLE FINGER).
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WIRE BRUSH TO CLEAN BOLTS ON THE IRON TO GET READY FOR PAINTING. AS HE WAS BRUSHING THE BOLTS WITH A WIRE BRUSH HIS KNUCKLE ON RING FINGER STRUCK THE HEAD ON BOLT AND CUT IT OPEN. EMPLOYEE CAME TO FIRST AID AND HAD CLEANED W/PEROXIDE AND BANDAGED. ON 11-19-94 EMPLOYEE CAME TO OFFICE HIS HAND SWELLED UP. TOOK HIM TO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SCALING BAR TO SCALE THE ROOF IN 88 NORTH. HE SCALED DOWN A PIECE OF LOOSE WHICH HIT A CABLE & CAUSED IT TO FALL. THE CABLE HIT HIM ON THE SHOULD CAUSING PAIN IN NECK & SH OULDER.
EE WAS USING A SLEEVER BAR TO PRY A CHANNEL OVER FOR CONNECTION PURPOSES WHEN BAR SLIPPED STRICKING EE IN FACE. AFTER EVALLIATION OF CUT, IT WAS DECIDED MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NEEDED. CIGANED C UT WITH ANTISEPTIC PUT BUTTERFLY BANDAGES ON FACE AND TRANSPORTED BY COMPANY VEHICLE TO ST LUKES EAST.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE DRAIN PLUG FROM A 100 TON HAUL TRUCK TRANSMISSION. THE WRENCH HE WAS USING BROKE CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL AGAINST THE DRAIN BARREL. EMPLOYEE HIT HIS ELBOWS AGAINST THE BARREL WHEN HE FELL. HE IS SUFFERING INFLAMATION AND SWELLING TO HIS LEFT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A DRIFT PIN. WHILE SWINGING UPWARD EMPLOYEE MISSED DRIFT PIN WITH HAMMER AND HIT ELBOW (RIGHT) ON THE IRON. HIS RIGHT ELBOW WAS CRACKED.
EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT A PIECE OF SEAL TIGHT CABLE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT LEG, THIS REQUIRED 2 STITCHES.
EE WAS CUTTING VICTAULIC SEAL I NT WO WITH A UT ILITY KNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT H IS RT LEG A NEW BLADE HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED IN THE KNIFE
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC CHANGE FILTERS IN THE CLARK SWEEPER. HE STARTED TO CUT A PLASTIC STRAP OFF OF THE FILTER BOX AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT 2 FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THI S REQUIRED 8 STITCHES TOTAL.
LIFTING STEEL PLATE USING A HOIST BUT AREA IS CONFINED AND RESTRICTED.
EE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT WITH A KNIFE. THEKNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING EE ON LOWER LEFT LEG.
HIT CROSS BEAM WHICH SUPPORTS CATWALK & HANDRAIL IN SILO 3 FEEDER SEVEN CAUSING LIME DUST TO ENTER EYES HE WAS SHOVELING NEAR THE LADDER END OF THE #7 FEEDER PLATFORM THE L5 BELT WAS NOT RUNNI NG SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN BUT WERE NOT SUFFICIENT PROTECTION I THIS AREA HE HIT THE CROSS BEAM WITH THE SHOVEL HANDLE
INJURED EE WAS USING AN EIGHT POUND SLEDGE HAMMER TRYING TO DISLODGE A PIECE OF METAL PLATE HE HAD JUST CUT. THE HANDLE BROKE, STRIKING HIM BELOW THE RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING B&O WHILE ANOTHER WAS HITTING IT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. THEY WERE KNOCKING NUTS OFF BOLTS ON A FAN SPIDER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL HIT EMPLOYEE HOLDING THE B&O IN RIGHT ARM. THE PIECE OF METAL WENT IN HIS ARM JUST ABOVE THE WRIST AND LODGED IN THE BONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HYDRAULIC JACK TO PUSH A PIN OUT OF A LOADER BUCKET WHEN THE HOSE CONNECTOR CAME LOOSE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RT LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A PLUGGED DISCHARGE CHUTE FILLED WITH LIMESTONE ROCK. WHILE DOING SO, SOME OF THE MATERIAL FELL, STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED TWO BROKEN FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THE MIDDLE FINGER AND THE RING FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND WERE BOTH FRACTURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING SCREEN CLOTH ON 8X20. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 3/4" DRIVE RATCHET TO TIGHTEN J-BOLTS. EMPLOYEE'S SOCKET SLIPPED OFF NUT, HITTING FINGER ON J-BOLT BELOW ONE HE WAS TIGHTENIN G.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A RUBBER SKIRT FOR THE 532 BELT. WHILE CUTTING THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THE INSIDE OF HIS LEFT KNEE. THREE STICHES WAS REQURIED.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO POSITION A ELECTRIC MOTOR IN A SPEED REDUCER
HE WAS OBSERVING TO EMPLOYEES TRYING TO REMOVE A ROLLER PIN ON A CAT FORKLIFT. THEY WERE USING A PIN DRIVER AND SLEDGE HAMMER TO HIT IT WITH. HE WAS STANDING ABOUT 12' AWAY. HE FELT SOMETHING HIT HIM ABOVE THE TOP LIP. A SMALL PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM 3 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN #4 KILN REMOVING COAL RING WITH A PRY BAR WHEN A PIECE OF CLINKER FELL HITTING BOARD HE WAS STANDING ON. THE BOARD BROKE AND THE BAR HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE NOSE LACERA TION.