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Unchoking a chute with limestone. Jammed right shoulder.
Using a large wrench and it slipped off a nut, momentum caused person to fall on back. After diagnostic visit (07/10) placed on restrictions.
Hammering on a block, the hammer skipped on the edge and ended up hitting the employee's right hand/wrist. Employee did not seek medical attention until 01/20/2025. With this appointment employee was placed on restrictions of 10lbs push/pull, 10lbs carry/lift with right wrist. Employee came back to work after appointment with brace on wrist.
SHOVELING DEBRIS IN & AROUND CHUTE & SMASHED FINGER
EE was removing a thermocouple from the tower using a pipe wrench. The pipe wrench slipped off the thermocouple and pinched left pinky between the pipe wrench and the handrail.
Employee strained right shoulder while operating a come-a-long in an awkward position. Diagnostic treatment until rotator cuff surgery performed on June 22, 2023.
Was tightening bolts when one of the wrenches EE was using slipped off the bolt. The bolts were at eye level and the employee was standing while conducting this work. EE was using an adjustable spud wrench and a box end wrench to tighten bolts. Due to the force and angle, the spud wrench slipped and struck them under right eye.
While rebricking the kiln, a pogo slipped off the brick it was holding causing the brick to fall on the employee's finger.
EE was hitting a stiffener ring on a duct with a 16 pound sledge hammer. The hammer glanced off the ring pinching EE's finger between the ring and the hammer handle. EE was wearing gloves.
Trimming off black expansion material with utility knife and using the knife in an improper manner cutting towards self. Cut through the glove causing a laceration on EE's left hand.
EE was operating a chain hoist while looking up when dust fell from the hoist. Some of the falling dust got around EE's safety glasses and entered EE's right eye causing irritation.
Employee was tightening bolts on expansion joint at the chiller pad. Ratchet slipped and struck employee on EE's right cheek.
Employee was swinging a sledgehammer, when finger was caught between the handle and the manhead pin, resulting in broken finger. Physician prescribed restricted duty.
Employee was swinging sledgehammer to dislodge manhead for Ball Mill, sledgehammer bounced off of manhead. As Employee sought to control the hammer and keep it from falling, they strained a shoulder. Employee did not feel medical attention was necessary until a week later, as discomfort continued. Physician prescribed lifting restrictions and physical therapy.
EE was using heavy pry bar to clean material from clay shredder, when strain occurred. EE did not feel immediately necessary to be evaluated medically. approximately 1 week later, physician diagnosed as thrombosed external hemorrhoid. Procedure performed to drain, employee prescribed restricted duty.
While striking a bar with a hammer a small piece of the bar splintered off of it going into ee left forearm
Employee was chipping slag with a jitter bug. a piece of slag shot up and burned the area between the bridge of the nose and the left eye.
EE was driving shim between refractory bricks, when ee struck thumb with the hammer. Physician treated thumbnail and prescribed antibiotic/anti-inflammatory medication.
Employee was removing a come along from a forklift and set of cribbing. Forklift shifted and employee's right middle finger got lacerated.
EE was lowering a blastline into a column when his left 4th and 5th fingers became caught between the pulley and the rope. This resulted in lacerations to these fingers. The employee's wounds were immediately treated on site and he was then taken to a clinic to be examined. He was diagnosed with a nail avulsion, given 3 stitches, and a tetanus shot. He was then released to work.
The EE was putting the pin gate in on 41WF06 with a hammer. He was in an improper position for the task and hurt his back.
EE was swinging a hammer at a return roller on a belt conveyor and missed it. This caused his hand to in between the roller and conveyor belt.
EE was prying on a door and the pry bar slipped. When the bar slipped it pinched his left index finger in between the pry bar and the kiln hood causing a cut to the tip of his finger.
Employee was holding a pin as his partner was striking pin with hammer. The hammer hit the side of the pin, and struck the employee's hand. Physician prescribed anti-inflammatory medication. Employee was not limited in work duties.
EE was driving a pin into the drive track of the drill. After striking the pin with a hammer a small sliver of metal from the pin entered EE's left hand.
As ee was striking the outside of a chute to clear material inside, the rubberized hammer he was using skidded/slipped off chute, causing employee to strain back. The incident was not reported, the employee continued to work, on 10/18 the employee called in without explanation, and did not work that day. On 10/19, after reporting the incident, physician prescribed limited duty.
Employee was removing seal from kiln trunion housing, when tool being used slipped out of the handle, straining right bicep muscle. Physician prescribed limited use of arm.
EE strained shoulder dislodging buildup with bar. EE requested medical examination approx. 1 1/2 month after incident due to continued discomfort. Physician prescribed anti-inflammatory medication but no restrictions. **EE underwent surgery for continued discomfort on 11/11/10. One lost workday and 60 restricted workdays resulted from this surgery.
EE attempting to move shaft with pipe wrench, which slipped causing EE to twist ankle and injure nose on handrail.
EE struck bearing with hammer causing a metal splinter to be expelled, striking EE and became embedded in forehead. Physician removed splinter.
Employee was cutting skirt rubber with a utility knife. As he was cutting the rubber, he cut through the rubber faster than he anticipated and the knife slipped and cut his lower right thigh just above the knee.
EE was using a sledge hammer to tighten bolts on raw mill drive motor, and reportedly missed target, straining muscle in his back.
EE was cutting rubber hose with pocket knife, when knife slipped off hose and cut right hand. Physician applied 3 stitches.
Employee was pulling on a coupling with a porta-power and was hitting the coupling with a sledge hammer to jar it loose when a piece of the coupling broke loose and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered some contusions on the left side of the face.
Employee was assisting with the retorque of a 1 1/2" Cap screw and re-agrivated and old hernial injury.
Employee strained the lower back using a 60 lb bar to strike the door to #3 ball mill to break the seal so the door could be opened.
EE was attempting to loosen a bolt for the drive mechanism on 34BC08 and strained his right shoulder while pulling on a wrench.
Employee picked up a sledgehammer and knocked out a metal shim under a steel plate. Allegedly a metal shaving ricocheted off & struck employee in the abdomen embedding the fragment of metal.
EE reports that in February or March of 2006, he strained his neck and L shoulder while dislodging oversized material at the Tower A grizzley. EE reported the incident to management on July 27, 2006. the incident is being investigated for compensability.
The employee was installing a split rubber seal on a dust collector door under silo 50. He was cutting the seal material with hisutility knife when it hung up in a corner of the door. He reaced down with his left hand to free it and it came free cutting his left index finger.
While the employee was attempting to clear a choke in the preheater, hot material flushed out of a door burning his legs.
The ee was attempting to clean buildup in a chute with a punch bar. the punch bar slipped resulting in the ee right hand being mashed into the side of the chute. as a result his right fingers were injured.
The employee was attempting to remove an old chain link from a drag. The employee and his partner were using comalongs when the hook came off and hit the employee's thumb.
THE EE WAS REMOVING WOODEN COUPLING PINS FROM COMPRESSOR. THIS JOB REQUIRES DRIVING THE PINS OUT WITH A HAMMER IN TIGHT QUARTERS. HIS HAMMER HIT THE MOTOR NEXT TO THE COMPRESSOR, CREATING A GLANCING BLOW, CAUSING THE HAMMER TO STRIKE THE EE'S LEFT FINGERS.
EE WAS SPLICING A CONVEYOR BELT, CUTTING THE BELT WITH A RAZOR KNIFE. HE WAS CUTTING TOWARD HIMSELF. THE KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF THE BELT & WAS PULLED ACROSS RIGHT KNEE CAUSING A LACERATION ABOVE RIGHT KNEE CAP.
PLACING BURNER PIPE. HELD UP WITH COMEALONG. WENT TO PLACE A BRICK UNDER PIPE. CHOKER ROLLED AND PIPE CAUGHT END OF FINGER CAUSING LACERATION OF FINGER.
OPERATING COMEALONG HEARD POP IN LEFT SHOULDER.