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EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SPUD WRENCH TO BREAK A BUTTERFLY VALVE LOOSE WHEN IT MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO CATCH A FINGER BETWEEN THE SPUD WRENCH AND THE HOUSING OF THE RSV. THIS SPLIT THE FINGER OPEN AND IT REQUIRED STITCHES
Employee was swinging an 8lb hammer backhand to fit a piece of flat bar to a pipe. Did not position self properly for the task at hand.
Was clearing chunks off of the top of the hopper with a shovel when product sloughed off and dust blew back into the employee's face and under safety glasses.
Employee was pushing down on pry bar with a closed grip. The pry bar slipped causing the load to fall on top of the pry bar. Due to the closed grip the employee's finger was pinched between the concrete and the pry bar. The pressure caused the tip of the finger to split. Leather gloves were worn.
Miner was using a bar to dislodge build up on the feed shelf of #2 kiln. The miner was attempting to push the built up material off the shelf with the bar and smashed his RH middle finger between the bar and the metal door opening frame.
Employee was hitting the side of a hopper discharge chute with a bar. The employee lost balance and inadvertently smashed his right hand ring finger in-between the bar and chute. Employee received finger contusion/lacerations. Employee received stitches due to the injury.
Removing spitzer from mill with chipping hammer, when a metal fragment came off hammer, penatrating employees right middle finger.
Hammer struck washer & washer broke striking employee in the nose.
Aligning bolt hole with a bar, bar slipped and crushed his left hand between the bar and the clinker breaker housing.
Employee & co-worker were lowering a separator with a rope when it got hung up. Co-worker was dislodging the separator while employee was holding the rope. Employee was not focusing on co-worker's effort when the separator became dislodged. When he noticed the free fall he tried to release the rope but it hung on to his left index finger causing an open wound and dislocated bone.
Employee was stricing a coal hopper bin with a steel bar to unclog a build up. When he struck the bin the bar bounced and struck him on his forehead causing an open wound.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A STEEL DOOR ON THE SHAKER SCREEN WITH A PRY BAR. THE DOOR CAME OFF AND SLID DOWN THE BAR AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING CLINKER DUST INTO WHEELBARROW. THE DUST DRIFTED BEHIND EE'S SAFETY GLASSES AND CONTACTED HIS LEFT EYE. DOCTOR PRESCRIBED AN ANTIBIOTIC EYE DROPS. EE DID NOT REPORT INJUR Y UNTIL 9 AM 1-24-03.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING CHAIN FALLS & LIFTING LINERS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. THE DOCTOR DIAGNOSED A STRAIN OF THE SHOULDER. THE PAIN CONTINUED & THE DOCTOR SENT HIM TO PHYSICAL THERAPY O N 12/3/02 FOR 3 TREATMENTS & PUT HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY UNTIL A MRI COULD BE TAKEN.
EE WAS USING A ROUND BAR TO POKE ON A FEED BIN FEEDER. THERE WAS A CHUNK IN THE FEEDER & WHILE POKING HE HIT THE SIDE OF THE BIN. HIS HAND SWELLED UP & X-RAY WAS TAKEN. HE HAD AN OLD "BOXER" BREAK THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE CRACKED BUT NOT KNOWING HOW.
EE WAS CLOSING BOTTOM COAL CAR DOORS WITH A LONGBAR. WHILE PULLING ON THE BAR IN A BENT OVER POSITION, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE RECEIVED ALUMBAR SPRAIN & HAS PHYSICAL THERAPY 6 TIMES FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS.
EE WAS USING HIS POCKET KNIFE TO CUT A PLASTIC BAND ON A KEYSTONE VALVE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT THE TOP OF HIS THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND. HE HAD TO HAVE 3 STITCHES IN HIS THUMB.
ENJURED EE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH ON A NUT WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLT. THE WRENCH SLIPPED WHILE TIGHTENING THE BOLT AND HIT THE INJURED EE ABOVE THE LEFT EYE. THEY WERE WORKING ON CRUSHER LINERS AND WERE IN CLOSE QUARTERS TO EACH OTHER. THE INJURED EE HAD TO HAVE 3 STITCHES ABOVE THE EYE.