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EMPLOYEES WORKING OVERHEAD SWEPT LIME DUST OFF OF ROOF ONTO INJURED EMPLOYEE COVERING HIM WITH LIME DUST AS A RESULT LIME DUST ENTERED EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A SIDE BOLT ON HIS DRILL EMPLOYEE TOOK A SLEDGE HAMMER AND STARTED RIVING A STEEL CAP INTO PLACE. A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF CAP STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NECK.
EWMPLOYEE WAS USING A METAL PRY BAR TO UNJAM ROCKS ON A CONVEYOR BELT. CAUGHT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND CONVEYOR STRUCTURE MASHING HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TOP FORCE A SOCKET ONTO A RUST NUT. A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF OF SOCKET AND LODGED INTO EMPLOYEE'S ARM.
REFRACTORY BRICK HAD FALLEN OUT OF PREHEATER AT THE CALCIMATIC KILN. THE BRICK WAS LODGED BETWEEN THE ROOF AND FLOOR RESTRICTING ROTATION OF KILN. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 5' X 1" DIAMETER STEEL P RY BAR PUSHED THROUGH AN EIGHT INCH PORTAL OPENING ON SIDE WALL OF KILN TO DISLODGE BRICK. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED OFF BRICKS CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE SIDE/EDGE OF PORTAL WITH LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A BROKEN PIN IN A HEARTH DRIVE AT THE CALCIMATIC KILN. USING A PUNCH AND A BALLPEEN HAMMER TO REMOVE PIN. EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS KNUCKLE WITH THE BALL PEEN HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BOTTOM OF COAL HOPPER USING A 4' LONG BY 1" DIAMETER STEEL BAR. WHILE CLEANING OUT HOPPER EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS LEFT EYE WITH END OF BAR.
AT APPROX 2:50 PM TUESDAY AUGUST 18,1992 INJURED SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO HIS RIGHT HEEL WHILE WORKING AS A MECHANIC ONTHE ROTARY KILN.INJURED WA S WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INSTALLING A NEW WINCH,CABLE AND PULLEY TO THE PREHEATER EVACUATION CHUTE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION A 3/4 INCH CHAIN WAS LOOPED AROUND A PORTION OF THE TRAILING AND GIRDER TO SUPPORT A
TRYING TO JACK EMPTY RAILCAR DOWN TRACK WITH PINCH BAR EMPL EXPERIENCED PAIN IN BACK.
A 8" X 8" WOOD BLOCK WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR-WHEN SUSPENSION WAS LET DOWN FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BLOCK & SUSPENSION.
FREE MOVING ROLLER BECAME LODGED WITH MATERIAL WHEN THE SYSTEM WAS IDLE & MATERIAL BUILT UP IN A CONCENTRATED PLACE A PRY BAR WAS USED TO ROTATE THE ROLLER THE BAR SLIPPED FROM THE EMPLOYEES H AND STRIKING THE TOP OF HIS FOOT