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EE WAS USING METAL RAKE TO REMOVE CHUNKS OF REFRACTORY FROM A CHUTE FROM THE KILN DISCHARGE. HE ACCIDENTALLY DISLODGED THE METAL CHUTE COVER WHICH HIT HIS RIGHT FOREARM, RESULTING IN BRUISES & CONTUSIONS.
USING OPEN END WRENCH TO ADJUST COAL MILL ROLLS. WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER TO HIT A NUT ON THE COAL MILL THE RESULT WAS CONTUSION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER IN NAIL AREA.
TURNHEAD POSITIONING BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS. BAR HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER. EE WAS STANDING ON AN ELEVATED PLATFORM WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE IN A POSITION WHICH ALLOWED THE POSITIONING BAR TO HIT HIS SHOULDER.
WHILE UNPLUGGING THE CRUSHER THE BAR, HE WAS USING HIT THE HAND RAIL AND BOUNCED UP AND HIT THE SIDE OF HIS RIGHT EYEBROW CAUSING A CUT.
PACKING BAGS IN BALE USED KNIFE TO CUT PLASTIC CUT FINGER USED CLOSED WITH SUTURED
HE WAS USING A PRY ROD TO SEPARATE CRACKING ROLLS. PRY ROD SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARD. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BY GRABBING AN ADJACENT HAND RAIL. BY 7:23 HIS BACK STARTED HURTING HIM. ON 7 -25-90 HE TOLD US THAT THE PAIN WAS WORSE.
INJ WAS SWEEPING A CONCRETE FLOR USING A PUSH BROOM WHEN FOREIGN MATERIAL GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO INFLAMATION OF FT. EYE.
USING PUSH BROOM TO SWEEP UNDER A BELT CONVEYOR SCRAPED 2ND FINGER OF RT HAND ON THE FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR I.NAME DID NOT NOTIFY ANY ONE FINGER BECAME SORE HE WAS SENT TO THE DR ON 7-6-88 AT TIME OF NOTIFICATION
I WAS SWINGING A 2LB HAMMER TO BEND SOME METAL & I GLANCED OFF TRHE METAL & STRUCK MYSELF IN THE KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING FINES WHEN PARTICLE GOT INTO RIGHT EYE.
I NAME WAS WORKING UNDER THE PRECEIPITATOR SHOVELING THE FINES SOME ELEMENTS GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WEARING ALL THE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
WAS USING SECTI2N OF RIGID CONDUIT (1/2" APPROX. 6 FT. LONG) TO POKE MOIST CLAY FROM HOPPER OF #1 KILN FEED. HE REPORTED THAT HIS BACK BECAME SORE WHILE PERFORMING THIS TASK.
THE INJURED WAS3USING A SHOVEL TO REMOVE CLAY BUILD-UP FROM THE BUCKET OF A FRONT END LOADER,WHEN A FOREIGN BODY GOT INTI HIS RIGHT EYE.FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED BY DR.ELLIS,CORINTH,MS.NO PERMA NENT DAMAGE RES6LTED.
I NAME OPENED A3CAN OF PAINT WITH A SCREWDRIVER, THE SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND CUT 3 FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND. THE LID WASA PARTIALLY OPEN AND THATS THE PART THAT CUT HIS FINGERS