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REPAIRMAN WAS REMOVING SHEAVE FROM BEARING SHAFT OF WILFLEY PUMP. HE WAS HOLDING A WEDGE WHILE DRIVING IT INTO THE SPLIT TO SPREAD THE SHEAVE. HE STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH THE HAMMER H E WAS USING, CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT PRIMARY CRUSHE RAND AWAS ASSIGNED TO BUILD-UP AND HARD-SURFACE CRUSHER HAMMERS. EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLETED WORK ON TWO OUTERMOST HAMMERS INA ROW AND WAS USING A BAR TO RAI SE THE HAMMER BETWEEN THEM SO SHE COULD WORK ON IT. THE BAR SLIPPED OFF HTE HAMEMR AND THHE EMPLOYEE FELL BACK AGAINST THE BREAKER PLATE, BRUSING HER LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT NORTH SIDE OF COOLER, REPLACING THE CRANK ARM ON THE 3RD SECTION OF THE COOLER. AS HE WAS PUTTING THE CHAIN LINKS TOGETHER, A SMALL PIECE OF A LINK CHIPPED OFF & STUCK & EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT NO FINISH MILL USING A 20 POUND SLEDGEHAMMER TO BEAT THE DOOR IN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AS HE WAS SWINGING THE SLEDGEHAMMER HE SUFFERED A STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS UPPER BACK
WHILE SCRAPING CEMENT OUT OF THE DISCHARGE PIPE IN THE FULLER COOLER CEMENT FELL FROM ABOVE ENTERING INJURED EYES
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE MACHINE SHOP AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING 2 SECTIONS OF PIPE APART. HE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH AND AS HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO TURN THE PIPE, THE WRENCH SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO WRENCH HIS NECK AND RESULTING IN A MUSCLE STRAIN.
EMPL WORKING AT COAL UNLOADING STATION,STANDING ON STEPS AND REMOVING COVER OF OUTLET BOX USING A PIPE WRENCH. IT SLIPPED CAUSING EMPL TO SLIP ON STEPS TWISTING BACK,CAUSING A MUSCLE STRAIN TO RIGHT SIDE OF MIDDLE OF BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER USING A RATCHET WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS IN THE SEAL COVER ON THE CRUSHER BEARING.THE RATCHET SLIPPED OFF A BOLT AND HE FELL FORWARD AGAINST THE FLYW HEEL,STRIKING HIS HEAD AND NECK.THIS DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 09-10-93 WHEN A PHYSICIAN RECOMMENDED TIME OFF FROM WORK AND DIAGNOSED THE INJURY AS CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMTPING TO OPEN A DOOR INT EH BOTTOM OF A RAILCAR SO GYPSUM COULD BE UNLOADED FROM IT. HE WAS BENDING OVER, USING A BAR TO MOVE THE CAR DOOR AND AS HE DID SO, HE ALLEGES THAT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, APPARENTLY AGGRAVATING A PREVIOUS INJURY WHICH WAS A BACK STRAIN THAT OCCURRED ON 1-7-92.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A DOOR IN THE BOTTOM OF A RAILCAR SO GYPSUM COULD BE UNLOADED FROM IT.HE WAS BENDING OVER,USING A BAR TO MOVE THE CAR DOOR AND AS HE DID SO,HE ALLEGES THAT HE F ELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK,APPARENTLY A BACK STRAIN.
REPAIRMAN WAS WORKING AT 2 SLURRY TANK USING A TORCH TO HEAT UP A PIECE OF FLAT IRON THAT HAD BEEN BENT FELLOW EE WAS USING A BALL PEEN HAMMER TO STRAIGHTEN THE PIECE OF FLAT IRON. THE HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK THE REPAIRMANS UPPER LIP, CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF CHANGING THE TYPE OF BUCKET ON A BOBCAT LOADER.AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RELEASE THE LATCH PINS,ONE OF THEM STUCK.HE WAS PRYING ON THE PIN WITH A BAR WHEN THE PIN RELE ASED AND THE BUCKET DROPPED,THE EDGE OF IT STRIKING THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FOOT,CAUSING A CONTUSION AND STRAIN TO HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING BEARINGS ON #2 COOLER UNDERGRATE FAN. HE WAS LEANING ACROSS THE COOLER FAN BEARING PEDESTAL PRYING AGAINST A SPOKE IN THE BELT SHEAVE TO ROTATE THE FAN. AS HE DID SO, T HE BAR HE WAS PRYING WITH SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TWRENCH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK. THIS DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL PHYSICAL THERAPY WAS PRESCRIBED BY A PHYSICIAN ON 5-23-91.
EMPL AND COWORKER ASSIGNED TO REPLACE SKIRT ON DISCHARGE OF LBC-2B STONE BELT.HAND WRENCH USED TO LOOSEN & TIGHTEN BOLTS.HAD TO LIFT SKIRT RUBBER AND PULL IT INTO PLACE.INJ AGGRAVATED OLD INJU RY TO LEFT WRIST,DIAG AS VILLONODULAR SYNOVITIS WHICH HAS PRODUCED BENIGN BONE EROSION.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO FABRICATE MOUNTING BRACKETS FOR SLURRY AND WATER LINES. HE HAD ATTEMPTED TO PUNCH A 1/2" HOLE IN 1/2" A.R. IRON PLATE, USING THE IRON WORKER MACHINE. THE PUNCH BROKE O FF AND REMAINED IN THE PLATE. COWORKER WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE BROKEN PUNCH FROM THE PLATE WITH A HAMMER AND A FRAGMENT FLEW OFF THE BORKEN PUNCH AND LODGED IN THE TOP OF THE OTHER EMPLOY
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CEMENT ELEVATOR PIT IN THE MILL ROOM, USING A SHOVEL TO MOVE CEMENT FROM THE PIT UP ONTO THE MILL ROOM FLOOR. AS HE DUMPED THE CEMENT FROM THE SHOVEL, SOME OF IT SPLATTER ED BACK TOWARD HIS FACE AND WENT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPL REPLACING BOLTS IN OUTER EDGE OF VARIABLE VANE FOR 2-D DUST COLLECTOR.TIGHTENING NUT ON BOLT,WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING TWISTED SHOULDER AND UPPER BODY,STRAIN TO RIGHT SHOULDER.
MACHINIST HAD INSTALLED A NEW BEARING ON A C-200 COMPRESSOR AND WAS TIGHTENING THE BEARING LOCK NUT, USING A HAMMER AND BLUNT CHISEL TO COMPLETE THE TIGHTENING PROCESS. AS HE STRUCK THE CHISEL WITH THE HAMMER, A SMALL FLAKE OF STEEL BROKE OFF THE HEAD OF THE CHISEL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT FOREARM, CAUSING A LACERATION AND LODGING IN HIS FOREARM.
EMPL WAS USING RATCHET & SOCKET TO TIGHTEN BOLT ON CLINKER COOLER WHEELS. WRENCH SLIPPED & HE HIT KNUCKLE OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER AGAINST AJACENT BOLT HEAD CAUSING LACERATION. ACCIDENT DID NOT B ECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 11/15 WHEN HE WAS TAKEN TO DR & RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER & DRIFT TO DRIVA A PIN OUT OF THE HINGE ON P&H CRANE BOOM JOB IN ORDER TO MOVE IT TO THE STORED POSITION HE MISSED THE PIN WITH THE HAMMER & STRUCK HIS WRIST A GLAN CING BLOW WITH THE HAMMER CAUSING A BRUISE
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE THE KILN ON A BRICK SCAFFOLD REPLACING BRICK IN THE KILN. HE POINTED AT A BRICK THAT NEEDED A SHIM JUST AS A CO-WORKER WAS IN MID-SWING DRIVING A SHIM. CO-WORKER CO OULD NOT STOP THE SWING AND STRUCK INJURED'S LEFT INDEX FINGER, CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING DUST FROM THE LEDGE AT THE EXIT NOZZLE OF THE PRECIPTIATOR SHE ALLEGES THAT HER CLOTHES HAD BECOME DUST SATURATED FROM THE WORK AND THAT AFTER LEAVING WORK AND BATHING A ND BATHING AT HOME SHE NOTICED A RASH ON HER FACE ARMS AND LEGS.
INJURED HAD SECURED AN OUT TOOL SO THAT REPAIRMAN COULD REMOPVE A BROKEN PIPE FROM AN AIR OPERATED IMPACT WRENCH. HE WAS STANDING AT THE WORKBENCH OBESRVING THE OPERATION WHEN A PARTICLE OF S TEEL SERPARTED FROM THE HEAD OF THE OUT TOOL, CAME ACROSS THE BENCH AND LODGED IN THE INJUREDS LEFT ARM JUST ABOVE THE ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE PUMP IMPELLER, WITH A PIPE WRENCH AND FIVE FOOT PIPE. WHEN IMPELLER BROKE FREE, EMPLOYEE DROPPED PIPE ON FOOT.
INJURED WAS INSIDE NO. 2 FINSH MILL, SECOND COMPARTMENT CLEARING THE DISCHARGE SCREENS. THE SCREENS HAVE SLOTS IN THEM THAT ALLOW SMALL BALLS OD SCRAP TO BECOME LODGED IN THEM. INJURD WAS RE MOVING BALLS WITH PRY BAR WHEN ONE POPPED OUT HITTING HIS ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE OF RAW MILL ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A BROKEN PIECE OF SCREEN BLANK. HE WAS USING A 5 FOOT BAR TO WORK LOOSE THE PIECE OF SCREEN BLANK ON THE SIDE OF THE MILL WHEN IT FELL LOOSE, THE PIECE SLID OFF OTHER SCREENS AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG , CAUSING AN ABRASION AND BRUISE TO HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND LOWER LEG.
WAS USING TORQUE WRENCH TO TORQUE DOWN BOLTS ON ROLL PRESS PULL WRENCH DOWN AND HEARD WRIST POP.
INJURED WAS USING A DRIFT PUNCH & HAMMER TO DRIVE A BROKEN GUDGEON PIN OUT OF THE COUPLING IN SCREW CONVEYOR HE WAS HOLDING THE PUNCH WITH HIS LEDFT HAND & SWINGING THE HAMMER WITH HIS RT.THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE HEAD OF THE PUNCH & STRUCK HIS HAND
EMPLOYEE ASSIGNED TO BUILD-UP CRUSHER HAMMERS WAS WORKING INSIDE CRUSHER, STANDING ON THE ROTOR USING A BAR TO POKE DOWN A PIECE OF STONE WEDGED BETWEEN THE VERTICAL ANGLES JUST BELOW THE WOBB LER. THE STONE, LOOSENED, FELL ABOUT 8 FEET, STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT ANKLE, KNOCKED HIS FEET FROM UNDER HIM, AND AS HE FELL HE LOST HIS HAT AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE ROTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN8IDE OF KILN WHERE MATERIAL WAS BEING KNOCKED OUTWITH JACKHAMMER AND PRYBARS. HE WAS WAITING HIS TURN TO RUN THE JACKHAMMER AND WHEN HE LOOKED UP TO CHECK THE LOCATION OF A LOO SE BRICK, A PI9CE OF RAW FEED AND KILN DUST FLAKED OFF THE OVERHEAD BRUCK AND FELL ONTO HIS FACE, GOING BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG KNIFE TO CUT A PLASTIC TIE WHICH WAS HOLDING A BUNDLE OF AIR LINE TUBES. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CUT THE TIE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF THE TIE AND STABBED THE THUMB OF HIS OTHER HAN D WITH WHICH HE3WAS HOLDING THE BUNDLE OF TUBES.
INJURED WAS TO 1ET FEED STARTED FROM 1B CLINKER TANK. THERE WAS A CHUNK OF HARD CLINKER BLOCKING FLEW OF FEED. INJURED WAS USING A BAR TO PRY ON A CHUNCK WHEN CHUNK CAME LOOSE IT FELL HITTING PRY BAR. THE B5R WENT UP AGAINST THE TANK CATCHING INJURED S HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND TANK. INJURED RECEIVED PINCHED LEFT HAND LACERATION ULNAR SIDE.
INJ DISMANTLING3OLD HAMMERS.INJ SWINGING SLEDGE.HIT HEAD OF SPIKE MALL AND PIECE OF IT SHATTERED AND WAS PROPELLED INTO LEG.
INJ CUTTING OFF3PIECE OF OLD WALL IN COOLER.HIT SLAG WITH HAMMER TO REMOVE IT.SLAG BOUNCED OFF WALL AND WENT BETWEEN T-SHIRT AND SHIRT.INJ RECD 3 SMALL BURNS LOWER ABDOMEN AREA.ONE TREATED AS 2ND DEGREE.EMPL3WEARING ALL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.