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Employee was using ball puller to remove balls from division screen at the #2 Finish Mill. He got his left thumb caught under the weight and smashed his left thumb. He went to the doctor and was diagnosed with a smashed and fractured thumb. He returned to work on light duty.

Employee was working with the cooler drag chain. While moving a duct it fell over and hit him in the face cutting his bottom lip and the bottom gum inside his mouth. He received 20 stitches and returned to work.

EE was removing bearing housing from screen and shaft. Housing was hanging from a come-along, secured to skirt board. EE was pulling and balancing housing. The housing shifted and EE tried to clear his hands, but was caught by the end of his little finger.

Contributing conditions: Employee was using his personal pocket knife rather than prescribed tool. Damage: Employee received a small cut on his middle finger which required 3 stitches to close the wound.

Another employee was using a 4 lb. hammer to drive rivets through the conveyor belt. Injured tried to move the frame holding the rivets before the other employee was finished hammering. The hammer hit his right hand servering the index finger at the first joint.

Ee was replacing return roller on gravel stacker. He was lying on the channel iron underneath the belting trying to loosen the bracket bolts with wrench. He gave it a sudden jolt to break loose the bolts and felt a pain in his upper right arm.

Employee recieved metal in his eye while tapping on a pump with hammer. Employee was wearing PPE.

Employee was cleaning out a head pully shut with a prybar when the prybar sliped hitting his tooth and chiping it.

EE WAS CUTTING HOSE CLAMP WITH LINEMAN'S PLIERS. HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT HAND. THE HAND BEGAN TO SWELL AND HAD NUMBNESS. HE WAS TREATED BY OUR CO DR AND RETURNED TO WORK ON THE SAME DAY WITH RESTRICTIONS. HE IS NOW ON LIGHT DUTY AND RETURNS FOR A FOLLOW UP APPT WITH THE DR ON MONDAY JAN 26TH.

EE WAS CHANGING BLADE IN BOX KNIFE. HIS HAND SLIPPED. HE CUT IS RIGHT THUMB ON TOP OF THE KNUCKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING CROWN BAR RUBBER. HE WAS USING HIS POCKET KNIFT TO CUT THE RUBBER WHEN HIS KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT THUMB ACROXX THE KNUCKLE - STITCHES REQUIRED.

MINER WAS CUTTING PLASTIC "ZIP" TIES WHICH SECURED A HOSE. HE WAS WEARING LEATHER PALM GLOVES. HOLDING TIE IN LEFT HAND, MINER USED POCKET KNIFE TO CUT TIE LOOSE, CUTTING TOWARDS HAND. KNIFE W ENT THROUGH GLOVE AND CUT HAND AFTER IT HAD CUT TIE. MUSCLE AS WELL AS SKIN CUT.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING CONNECTION FOR HOSE ON SWEEPER HEAD WITH A CHISEL. THE CHISEL SLIPPED & HIT HIM CAUSING A LACERATION ON HIS LOWER LIP. HE RECEIVE 5 STITCHES & RETURNED TO WORK.

EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS HOLDING A BACK-UP WRENCH FOR A CO-WORKER WHO WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS NECK.

EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE USING A COME-A-LONG ON A MOTOR, THE COME -A-LONG FELL HITTING HIM IN THEMOUTH.

EE WAS DIGGING SAND FROM AROUND THE PIPELINE TO REPAIR A HOSE THAT WAS IN THE PIPELINE. HE CUT HIS FINGER ON A SHARP EDGE ON THE PIPLELINE.

EE WAS OVERHAULING THE 990 LOADER ENGINE. EE WORKED A 10 HR. DAY AND LATER THAT NIGHT HIS RIGHT WRIST BEGAN TO ACHE. HE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK IN THE HOPE THAT HIS WRIST WOULD IMPROVE, BUT IT C ONTINUES TO BOTHER HIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SHEEVE ON SPUD CYLINDER. THE WRENCH HAD SLIPPED AND HE CAUGHT HIMSELF ON THE SPUD CYLINDER TO PREVENT FALLING.

MINER WAS TRIMMING AN 8" SLEEVE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. WHILE CUTTING TOWARDS HIMSELF, THE BLADE RAN ACROSS A HOLE IN THE SLEEVE. THE SUDDENT NO RESISTANCE CAUSED EE TO PULL THE BLADE INTO THE A REA NEAR HIS RIGHT KNEE. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION REQUIRING FOUR SUTURES.

EE WAS CLEANING C-34 TRIPPER CHUTE @ APPROX 1:30 A.M. HE HAD BOTH FEET LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHUTE OPENING WITH HIS TOES PROTRUDING INSIDE THE CHUTE & EXPOSED TO FALLING MATERIAL. HE HA D BEGUN CHIPPING ON THE BUILDUP IN THE CHUTE WHEN A LARGE CHUNK FELL ACROSS HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PIN OUT OF A SCREEN WHEN HE HIT HIS THUMB WITH A HAMMER.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A HOOD ON THE DISCHARGE END OF A SHAKER SCREEN TO GET INSIDE THE SCREEN TO DO SOME WORK. THE EE WAS USING A COMEALONG TO MOVE THE HOOD BACK. HE HAD A SMALL CHAIN TO H OLD THE COMEALONG IN PLACE TO MOVE THE HOOD BACK THE SMALL CHAIN BROKE STRIKING THE EE IN THE LOWER RIGHT LEG. THE EE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. EE WAS PLACED ON LT. DUTY

EE WAS REPLAICNG FRAME PIPE IN A SHAKER SCREEN. EE WAS USING COME A LONGS AND A PRY BAR TO MOVE THE PIPE IN PLACE TO BE WELDED THE PRY BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES. THERE IS LIMITED SPACING IN THE SCREEN.

MINER WAS USING A CROWBAR TO PULL NAILS IN DESANDING PLANT. CROWBAR SLIPPED AND RIGHT ELBOW JAMMED INTO NAIL BEHIND HIM. MINER COMPLETED SHIFT & NOTIFIED SUPERVISOR. HE WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC THE NEXT DAY & RELEASED TO REGULAR DUTY. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS HE RETURNED TO CLINIC FOR FLUID BUILD-UP AT INJURED AREA. THE SECOND TIME HE WAS REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST & ARM WAS PUT IN CAST.

EE WAS USING A 2 LB. SLEDGE HAMMER TO GET THE TAIL PULLEY OUT OF THE VARIABLE SPEED BELT. THE END CAME OFF THE HAMMER AND THE MOMENTUM CAUSED HIS FINGER TO HIT THE END OF THE TAIL PULLEY. THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND WAS MASHED & LACERACTED. IT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE MASONARY STACKER, TRYING TO CUT A TIE FROM THE GUARD ON THE TAIL PULLEY. HE USED HIS PERSONAL KNIFE TO DO SO AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND. HE HAD STITCHES PUT IN 3RD & 4TH FING ERS OF LEFT HAND. HE WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK ON THE SAME DAY.

EE WAS HITTING A WRENCH WITH HAMMER, MISSED AND HIT HIS THUMB.

EE WAS ASSISTING MAINTENANCE REMOVING COVER (MANHOLE) ON SCRUBBER #1. EE PULLED OUT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR WHILE MAINTENANCE LOWERED IT WITH A CABLE COME-ALONG. THE COME-ALONG CAME UNHOOKED FROM THE CABLE, PINCHING HIS RT. INDEX FINGER INTHE DOOR.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE USING A CHISEL TO PRY OPEN BEARING HOUSING, THE CHISEL CAME OUT HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE NOSE.

WHILE SPLICING A CONVEYOR BELT THE UTILITY KNIFESLIPPED AND CUT LEFT LEG BELOW KNEE.

EE WAS USING A BAR TO PRY UP A WHEEL AND GOT HISHAND SMASHED BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE WHEEL.

EE WAS WORKING ON A PUMP. THE IMPELLER WAS FULL OF MATERIAL. EE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO WORK THE PUMP BACK & FORTH TO FREE IMPELLER. EE DIDN'T REPORT THIS UNTIL 10/22/01. SAW CHIROPRACTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER WITH A KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM. HE RECEIVED 6 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE CUT.

EE WAS MOVING BARGE WHEN BARGE BECAME ENTANGLED IN ROPE. ROPE THEN WAS PULLED CAUSING TENSION. EE CUT ROPE WITH KNIFE, ROPE BACKLASHED, STRIKING EE IN TOP OF RIGHT HAND.

EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A ROCK WITH A STEEL ROD, HIS HAND GOT SMASHED BETWEEN THE ROD AND THE PULLEY.

EE WAS TIGHTENING CRUSHER WITH CHAIR COMALONG. THE COMEALONG HANDLE KICKED BACK AND HIT HIM ON HIS LEFT ARM. PLANT #112 CRUSHER.

EE WAS PULLING ON HIS POCKET KNIFE TRYING TO CUTTHE STRINGS ON THE DECORATION. THE KNIFE SLIPPED& STUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM REQUIRED STITCHES RETURNED TO FULL DUTY SAME AFTERNOON

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A SCAFFOLD CLAMP WITH A SCAFFOLD RATCHET. THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE WRENCH TOWARDS HIMSELF WITH HIS FACE IN THE LINE OF FIRE. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM ON TH E UPPER LIP REQUIRING 5 SUTURES.

CLOSING DOOR ON RAIL CAR WITH A STEEL BAR. THE BAR TWISTED AND HE FELL ON THE BAR WITH HIS RIGHT SIDE.

EE WAS PLACING A COME-ALONG INTO A DUCT WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND THE COME-ALONG STRUCK THE THUMB.

USING A 3/8" CHAIN TO SECURE IMPELLER CHAIN BROKE CAUSING EE TO FALL & TWIST LEFT KNEE Y

A GLANCING BLOW TO RIGHT RING FINGER. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A SUPPORT IN A CRAMPED AREA WHEN HE WAS HIT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER.

EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK THE ELBOW.

EE RAISED HIS HOOD AFTER DOING A WELD AND BEGAN TO CHIP OVERHEAD WHEN SOMETHING FELL INTO THE EYE.

THE EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF STEEL WIRE. WHEN THE TENSION WAS RELEASED, THE WIRE RETURNED TO THE COILED POSITION AND CUT THE EE'S ARM.

EE & EE WERE ADDING AN 80' SECTION OF PIPE O THE 16" DREDGE DISCHARGE LINE. A 16"X5' FLANGED RUBBER SLEEVE WAS ATTACHED TO THE PIPELINE GOING TO THE DREDGE. THE WINCH CABLEHOOK SLIPPED FROM THE FLANGE ON THE RUBER SLEEVE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD JUST ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE. REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS CHANGING A SK VALVE, HE SUFFERED INJURY TO HIS LEFT HAND.

WORKING ON CRUSHER HOPPER WITH PRYBAR & PRYBAR PUSHED HIS HAND BACKWARDS

ADDING A ROPE CARRYING STRAP TO 5 GAL PLASTIC BUCKET WHEN I WAS CUTTING A HOLE IN IT WITH MY POCKET KNIFE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND I CUT MY RIGHT HAND THUMB.

EE STATES THAT HE REMOVED A KNIFE THEN SET ASIDE TO REMOVE A ROCK. THE KNIFE FELL OVER ONTO HIS FOOT.