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EE WAS TIGHTENING A SCREW ON A AIR COMPRESSOR WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN ON HTE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE ALKALI BY PASS AND RESTRICTORS AREA AT THE PREHEATER TOWER STRIKING AN IRON BAR WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. AFTER A FEW HOURS HE BEGAN TO FELL PAIN IN HIS BACK AND RIGHT SH OULDER.
EE WAS CLEANING THE ALKALY BY PASS AT THE PREHEATER TOWER WITH AN IRON BAR. AFTER A WHILE THE BAR SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND WHEN HE TRIED TO GRAB THE BAR HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER AGA INST THE BAR AND THE POTHOLE BOARDER.
EE AND OTHERS WERE OVERTURNING A BUCKET ELEVATORCHAIN WITH STEEL PIPES. SUDDENLY THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND FELL INTO IT'S ORIGINAL POSITION CAUSING HIM BACK PAIN DUE TO THE FORCE AGAINST THE PIPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING AN EXTENSION BOOM ON A FINGERLIFT TO DISLODGE IT WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS REMOVING BRICKS WITH AN IRON BAR AT KILN #6. SUDDENLY HE LOST HIS BLANACE AND FELL TO THE FLOR HITTING HIS LEFT LEG WITH A BRICK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BRICKS AT KILN WITH A CHIPPING HAMMER. AFTER AWHILE HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED FROM THE EQUIPMENT AND ACCIDENTLY HIS LEFT RING FINGER WAS HIT BY THE CHIPPING HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MECHANICAL DUTIES AT BUCKET ELEVATOR #11. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A WHEEL AS LONG AS A PARTNER WAS HITTING THE WHEEL WITH A SLEDE HAMMER. ACCIDENTLY THE SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED FROM THE WHEEL AND HIT EE'S HARD HAT CAUSING HIM A CONTISION AND A SMALL WOUND.
EE WAS PERFORMING CLEANING DUTIES WITH ANIRON BAR ON THE SECOND FLOOR AT THE CRUSHING PLANT. ACCIDENTALLY HE HIT A HANDRAIL WITH HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER CAUSING HIM AN OPEN WOUND.
EE WAS SCRAPING A RAW MILL WALL WITH A SHOVEL. ACCIDENTALLY HE HIT A COLUMN WITH HIS LEFT ELOBW CAUSING PAIN AND INFLAMMATION. THE EE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT ON 2-28-01.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A RAW MILL HYDRAULIC CYLINDER WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. HE WAS USING A 36" WRENCH TO FIX THE CYLINDER. WHILE TIGHTENING A BOLT, THE WRENCJ BROKE AND THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALNCE CAUSING HIM BACK PAIN.
EE WAS DISLODGING A BUILDUP IN THE TRESTRICTOR AREA OF OUR PREHEATER TOWER. HE WAS HOLDING A STEEL BAR WHILE A CO-WORKER WAS HITTING IT WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. DURING ONE OF THE SWINGS IF THE SLEDGEHAMMER, HIS CO-WOKER DIDN'T STRIKE THE BAR SOLIDLY ALLOWIN GTHE SLEDGEHAMMER TO TRAVEL PAST THE END OF THE BAR. WHEN HIS CO-WORKER PULLED THE SLEDGEHAMMER BACK HE NICKED EE'S NOSE.
EE WAS REPAIRING THE COOLING WATER SYSTEM AT CEMENT MILL #11. WHEN HE WAS LOOSENING A NUT THE WRENCH SLIPPED FROM THE NUT CAUSING HIM BACK PAIN AND A RIGHT HAND TRAUMA.
EE WAS REMOVING A PINION FROM A TRANSMISSION SHAFT USING A SLEDGE HAMMER. WHEN HE HIT THE PINION WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL DISLODGED AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT LEG.