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Employee was using pry bar to open inspection door on preheater tower. Pry bar slipped striking employee in knee. (Did not become reportable until employee started to miss work due to surgery on 2/17/10.)
Employee was using shovel and jackhammer to remove hardened buildup inside the clinker cooler when he developed pain in his shoulder. (Did not become reportable until he started to miss work due to surgery on 3/31/11.)
Employee was using steel bar to remove hardened materials when he felt a strain in his shoulder. (Did not become reportable until he started to miss work due to surgery on 5-08-08.)
Employee was standing on a 6' step ladder when the pipe wrench he was using slipped causing him to lose his balance and fall to the floor. (Was less than 5' above floor level.)
Employee was using sledge hammer to drive in bars on slide of 1E clinker tank prior to calibration, when hammer slipped off end of bar, flew from his hands becoming wedged between clinker hut and handrail. Employee fell onto end of hammer handle when he lost his balance.
Yanking a chains when injured person started to complain of lower back pain running down his left leg.
EMPLOYEE CUT HIS HAND WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHILE INSTALLING SKIRT RUBBER ON A CONVEYOR BELT.
WHILE REMOVING INSULATION FROM CONDUCTOR CABLE, THE EE CUT HIS FINGER WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED. (LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.)
EE WAS ASSISTING IN REPAIR OF PRIMARY CRUSHER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN A PRY BAR AND THE PRIMARY CRUSHER ROTOR. (INJURY RESULTED IN NEED FOR 5 STITCHES.)
INJURED AND COWORKERS WERE MOVING CABINETS WHEN HOIST CHAIN CAUGHT ANOTHER CABINET CAUSING IT TO FALL AND STRIKE INJURED EMPLOYEE. (WAS WEARING SAFETY BOOTS WITH METATARSAL PROTECTION).
EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING OVERHEAD TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON MOBILE EQUIPMENT BEING REPAIRED. DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 12/17/02 WHEN INJURED WAS DISABLED BY DOCTOR.
INJURED WAS USING A HAMMER AND CHISEL TO BREAK UP CHUNKS OF HARDENED CEMENT BLOCKING A TRANSFER VALVE WHEN A PIECE OF METAL SHEARED OFF THE CHISEL, STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER LIP.
INJ WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO FREE CEMENT TRANSFER VALVE THAT WAS STUCK. AS HE SWUNG THE HAMMER HE MISSED THE VALVE & STRAINED HIS SHOULDER. DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 4/24/02 WHEN HE STARTED TO MISS WORK DUE TO SURGERY Y
INJURED WAS USING A 20 LB SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE LINERS FROM #1 FINISH MILL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL5-23-01 WHEN HE STARTED MISSING WORK DUE TO SURG ERY.
INJURED WAS HOLDING PIN IN PLACE ON BOOM ARM OF 560 LOADER WHEN A COWORKER ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK HIS FINGER WITH A HAMMER.
EE WAS SECURING TARP ON ROLL OFF BOXES OF WASTE MATERIAL. HE BENT DOWN ON ONE KNEE AND WAS USING A RATCHET TO TIGHTEN DOWN TARP. THE JERKING ACTION OF TIGHTENING, CAUSED HIM TO EXPERIENCE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.