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WHILE REMOVING METAL BALLS FROM BALL MACHINE A PIECE OF EITHER THE BALL OR THE CHISEL STRUCK EE IN LEFT FOREARM. AT THE TIME THERE WAS MINIMAL BLEEDILNG & ONLY THOUGHT TO BE A LACERATION. ON M AY 12, EE REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR THAT HE THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE SOME METAL IN HIS ARM BECAUSE IT WASN'T GETTING BETTER.

USING 10' SCALING BAR WHEN RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BAR & ROCK.

EE WAS USING SHORT PRY BAR TO FREE JAMMED STONE FROM CHUTE FEED-O-WEIGHT- BAR MASHED FINGER BETWEEN SAFETY BARS OF NO. 2 ELEVATOR PIT.

INJURED USED A STEEL HEADED SLEDGE HAMEMR TO DRIVE A STEEL TUMBLER (STEEL ON STEEL) ON THE TRACK OF THE DRILL. A STEEL FRAGMENT CHIPPED OFF AND EMBEDDED IN THE EMPLOYEES CHEST. SAMLL FRAGMEN T WAS REMOVED BY DR AND EMPLOYEE RELEASED TO FULL DUTY. A STAPLE WAS APPLIED TO THE WOUND SITE.

EMPLOYEE WAS POKING A COAL BIN WHEN HE JERKED HIS ARM BACK HIS RIGHT HAND HIT THE TOP OF A COAL MILL FEEDER. X-RAYS REVEAL A VERY SMALL FARACTURE ON THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER KNUCKLE. EMPLOYEE HAD FINGER SPLINTED & RELEASED TO HIS REGULAR DUTIES AS SUPERVISOR. [FOREMAN]

INJURED WAS USING A PRY BAR TO OPEN A DOOR ON A WASTE ELEVATOR ON A HYDRATOR. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AS HE APPLIED PRESSURE AND LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS HIT AGAINST DOOOR OF THE HYDRATOR.

LEANING OVER SUPPORT BRACKET LOOSENING BEARING SUPPORT BOLTS. MOST BOLTS WERE EXTREMELY TIGHT. ONE BOLT WAS NOT AS TIGHT AS OTHERS AND WHEN HE PUSHED THE BOLT GAVE AND HE WENT FORWARD. AT THAT TIME HE SAID HE FELT A SLIGHT PULL OR POP. HE DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT UNTIL FRIDAY 7-15-94 WHEN HE CALLED OTHER EE AFTER BEING LAID OFF.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAND SAW TO CUT A BROOM STICK WHEN HE GOT A GLOVE HE WAS WEARING CAUGHT IN THE SAW BLADE THE SAW CUT INTO THE TOP OF HIS INDEX & MIDDLE FINGER REQUIRING SUTURES TO CLOSE

EMPLOYEE AND TWO OTHER WORKERS WERE INSTALLING THE TRACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 744 DRILL. INJURED HAS A BAR IN BETWEEN THE TRACK AND THE TUMBLER PART OF THE UNIT. THE UNIT OPERATOR HIT THE BAR CAUSING A CHIP OF METAL TO FLY OFF FROM THE TUMBLER AND STRIKE THE INJURED. THE METAL FRAGMENT BECAME EMBEDDED IN THE LEFT FRONT SIDE OF THE THROAT AND HAD TO BE REMOVED.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRYBAR & SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE OLD BRICK FROM KILN WHEN HIS BACK SLIPPED OUT CAUSING A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING IN FRONT OF THE MOTOR CONTROL CENTER IN THE PACKING DEPARTMENT AND CUTTING SOME INSULATION OFF OF SOME 14 GALLON 6 CONDUCTOR TRAY TABLE. AS HE PULLED THE WIRE WITH HIS RI GHT HAND, HE CAME ACROSS WITH THE LEFT HAND THAT WAS HOLDING THE KNIFE AND LACERATED HIS THIGH WITH THE KNIFE.

INJURED PLACED HIMSELF IN A HAZARDOUS SITUATION BY STADDLING THE ROCK BOX OF THE CRUSHER WHILE WORKING COME-A-LONG TO DRAG JAW DIE OFF OF CRUSHER RAIL,WHEN DIE DISLODGED,BEING SUSPENEDED BY HO IST,IT SWUNG,STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT LEG.

SMALL LACERATION UNDER CHIN REQUIRING THREE SUTURES TO CLOSE, TENUS SHOT GIVEN. EMPLOYEE WAS USING PRY BAR TO DISLODGE A BOULDER THAT WAS LODGED IN A PRIMARY CRUSHER FEEDER HOPPER. THE BOULD ER MOVED SUDDENLY CAUSING THE PRY BAR TO SLIP OUT OF THE EMPLOYEES HAND. THE BAR HIT THE EMPLOYEE UNDER THE CHIN CAUSING THE WOUND.

SCALING BAR STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN HEAD WHILE PRYING ROCK LOOSE FROM ROOF, KNOCKING HARD HAT OFF AND CUTTING 1 1/4" GASH IN HEAD.

#3 APRON CONVEYOR LINK HAD COME APRT AND WEDGED AGAINST THE BRACING AS THE APRON CONVEYOR WAS BEING DRAWN BACK TO FREE THE LINK THE CAHIN OF THE COME-A-LONG BROKE LOOSE AND HIT HAND EMPLOYEE T AKEN TO DOCTOR ON 02-23-89 TO CHECK SWELLING RX GIVEN.

TWO EMPLOYEES WEREE SCALING A HEADING (FACE) IN 11 E #1 MAIN. INJURED WAS ACCIDENTLY STRUCK BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WITH THE SCALING BAR BEHIND THE RIGHT EAR ON THE MASTOID PROCESS CAUSING SWELLI NG.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A WIPER BUSHING WITH PIPE WRENCH WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE BY STRIKING WITH HAMMER. HAMMER HANDLE STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LITTLE FINGER PINCHING IT ON TRUCK CAB. LACERATION TO RIGHT LITTLE FINGER REQUIRING FIVE STITCHES.

I,NAME WAS USING A 12' LONG METAL BAR TO RAKE HOT SCALE FROM THE #2 KILN DISCHARGE GRATES. THE PROCEDURE INVOLVES OPENING A DOOR (APPROX. 2' SQUARE) THEN THRUSTING THE METAL BAR INTO THE DISC HARGE HOOD. NEXT, THE BLUNT END OF THE BAR MUST BE POSITIONED BEHIND THE SCALE AND PULLED OUT THROUGH THE DOOR. AS I,NAME THRUST THE METAL BART THROUGH THE DOOR OPENING, THE BLUNT BAR END HIT

INJURED AND COWORKER ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A COUPLING BOLT INJURED WAS HOLDING BOLT WITH A PRY BAR WHILE COWORKER HIT BAR WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE ARM C AUSING A LACERTION TO THE UPPER R ARM JUST ABOVE THE ELBOW THE LACERATION REQUIRED 5 SUTURES

INJURED WAS STANDING ON A HANDRAIL POKING A TUBING MILL FEED BIN AS HE TURNED HIS BODY HE FELT HIS KNEE POP RECEIVING A STRAINED RIGHT KNEE INJURED TAKEN TO COMPANY DR ON 4-5-88 POSSBILE STRAI ED LIGAMENT DIAGNOSID MEDICATION PRESCRIBED.

INJURED WAS HELPING LIFT A BEARING CAP WITH A CHAIN. HE LEFT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND BEARING TO COMAPN DR. X RAYS NEG MEDICATION PRESCIBED RETURN TO FULL DUTIES.

INJURED WAS USING A POKE BAR TO POKE THE SIDE OF A DUST SPOUT WAS TRYING TO UNCHOKE MATERIAL BUILDING IN SPOUT THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOOK WHERE HE WAS HITTING BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER BET WEEN BAR AND TOP OF MIXER TRUCK CHUTE FORCE OF IMPACT OF BAR ON FINGER CAUSED WOUND WHICH REQUIRED 3 SUTURES TO CLOSE WOUND