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EE was opening a box of welding rods using a self-retracting blade box cutter. While cutting the thick protective plastic covering, EE cut in a direction toward self. During the cutting motion, the knife got caught in the plastic, it became free the pulling motion caused a laceration to the middle joint (knuckle) of EE's left thumb.

While using a pry bar to release a stuck open-top railcar gate latch, employee felt a pop in EE's right shoulder, resulting in medical treatment and work restrictions for a suspected torn rotator cuff.

Flushing material from a hopper made contact with operator's legs, neck, belly, mouth. This material was around 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Improper PPE.

Small finger on the right hand was crushed by steel bar. The utility operator was dislodging a plug and bar caught the rotor feeder slamming his hand against the edge of the hopper. No stitches, no broken bones, just prescription for pain and an antibiotic. No loss time. Returns to work next shift.

Operator was using a 4 foot long pry bar. As operator was prying on the bar, the bar slipped and hit him in the face. Operator sustained a fractured bone on the right side of his nose.

At 10:30am 10/5/2011 in the truck shop, Employee was pulling on a pry bar as he was pulling on bar he felt a strain in his right shoulder.

Employee was cutting the top off a plastic bottle and the utility knife slipped off the bottle hitting employee's right index finger.

Employee was pulling material out from underneath a belt conveyor with use of a metal rake, as he was pulling he felt a strain to his low back.

Cement fell from above getting into employee's eyes.

Pulling on a pry bar, bar slipped employee lost his balance and fell backwards, twisting left ankle,light duty for two days

Employee was drifting a screw conveyor into place with use of a come-long, employee reached down and pushed on the screw to help guide it into place, the screw shifted position, employees right pinky finger got caught between the chain of the come-a-long and the screw. Employee was taken to the hospital , eight stitches were inserted into his right pinky finger.

Employee was cutting a plastic thread protector off of a piece of pipe with a utility knife. Knife slipped off the plastic and cut employee's left index finger.

EE was attempting to open a lid on a 5 gallon bucket. He was cutting the seal for the lid off, pulling downward and toward his body, EE was kneeling at the time. the knife slipped off the plastic seal and punctured his right calf.

EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE A BUSHING INTO PLACE. MISSED TOOL THAT WAS BEING USED TO DRIVE BUSHING INTO PLACE CAUSING HAMMER TO STRIKE THUMB. FINISHED SHIFT, TWO DAYS LATER THUMB WAS STILL SORE/SWOLLEN. EXAMINED BY PHYSICIAN. ON 8/26/05 HE WAS INFORMED BY PHYSICIAN THAT THUMB HAD A FRACTURE

Employee was using a pry bar to clear a blocked hopper. Pry bar rebounded and employee lost control of the hand tool. End of the pry bar ee was holding onto came back and struck ee's face. Impact caused a broken tooth that will be extracted.

EE WAS LOOSENING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED, CAUSING EE TO STRIKE HIS HAND ON THE EDGE OF JACK. EE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER THAT REQUIRED 5 SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EE WAS ASSISTING MOVING A HEAVY ROLLER USING A HOIST AND TROLLEY. THE HOIST TROLLEY IS MOVED USING A CHAIN PULL. IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING ON THE CHAIN PULL EE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS ABDOMEN AR EA. ON 8/5/03 EE STILL HAD PAIN & WENT TO SEE A DOCTOR WHO EXAMINED HIS ABDOMEN & DIAGNOSED A HERNIA. EE UNDERWENT SURGERY TO REPAIR THE HERNIA ON 8/14/03.

EE WAS ROTATING A PIECE OF MACHINERY BY HAND USING PIPE WRENCH AND PIPE TO CLEAR A BLOCKAGE. PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED ON A SHAFT AND TOOL ROTATED DOWNWARD STRIKING EE'S RIGHT KNEE. EE'S KNEE WAS SORE AND X-RAYED AT LOCAL HOSPITAL. EE WAS RELEASED TO LIGHT DUTY AND UNDERWENT PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR A DISLOCATED PATELLA. ON 8-29-03 EE UNDERWENT ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING A DUCT USING A STEEL JACKHAMMER BIT AS A PRY BAR. A CHUNK OF MATRERIAL STRUCK THE END OF THE BIT CAUSING IT TO PIVOT UPWARDS STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S CHIN CAUSING A LACERA TION AND FRACTURE OF HIS JAW BONE.

EE WAS CLEARING A BLOCKAGE OF MATERIAL INT HE CLINKER COOLER USING A METAL PRY BAR. THE LOAD ONT HE END OF THE BAR SHIFTED CAUSING THE BAR TO ROTATE AND FALL. THE EE'S FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEE N THE STEEL BAR AND THE DOOR OPENING INTO THE CLINKER COOLER.

EE WAS ASSISTING ROTATING A PIECE OF MACHINERY BY USING A WIRE ROPE AND A SNATCH BLOCK. THE WIRE CHOKER HOLDING THE SNATCH BLOCK IN PLACE FAILED AND THE PULLEY ASSEMBLY STUCK THE EE'S UPPER RT. THIGH AREA. EE WAS EXAMINED AT LOCAL E.R. THAT DAY AND DIAGNOSED WITH A DEEP CONTUSION & RELEASED TO WORK. EE CONTINUED TO WORK REG.DUTIES NEXT FEW MONTHS. PAIN CONTINUED ISSUED MEDS.

EE WAS REACHING INSIDE A HOUSING FOR A BUCKET ELEVATOR TO ATTACH A HOOK OF A COME-ALONG. THE WINCH PART OF THE COME-ALONG FELL APPROXIMATELY 15' AND STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS HAND. HE SUSTAINED A DEEP LACERATION AND MASHED TENDONS IN THE BACK OF HIS HAND.

EE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH DISASSEMBLING A MOTOR WHEN THE PRESSURE RELEASED SUDDENLY. HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL AGAINST A TOOL IN THE TRUCK SHOP STRIKING HIS LOWER BACK ON A CORNER OF THE MAC HINE. HE HAD HIS BACK EXAMINED AT THE LOCAL E.R.& WAS PRESCRIBED MEDICATION FOR LOWER BACK PAIN.

A FROZEN CHUNK OF MATERIAL BECAME CAUGHT IN THE UNLOADING DOORS OF A RAILCAR. THE EMPLOYEE ENTERED THE CAR TO BREAK UP THE MASS OF MATERIAL USING BARS AND A CHIPPING HAMMER. AS HE WAS WORKING ON THE FROZEN MATERIAL THE CHUNK BROKE INTO TWO PIECES AND SHIFTED. ONE PIECE STRUCK HIS LEG, THE FORCE OF THE BLOW HYPEREXTENDING HIS KNEE. A DOCTOR DIAGNOSED KNEE STRAIN & GAVE MEDICATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS WRENCHING DOORS CLOSED ON RAILCARS USING A 75 LB BAR AND HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER. SHOULDER WAS EXAMINED BY A NURSE PRACTITIONER ON 3-1-02 AND EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A STRAINED MUSCLE AND PRESCRIBED MEDICATION. LIGHT DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUBBER BELTING MATERIAL WITH A RAZOR BLADE KNIFE PULLING BLADE ACROSS THE MATERIAL. AS EMPLOYEE WAS FINISHING HIS CUT THE BLADE SLIPPED OUT OF THE BELTING MATERIAL AND TH E EMPLOYEE CUT HIS LEG BONE AND RIGHT KNEE. LACERATION WAS CLEANED AND CLOSED WITH SUTURES.

THE 8" PIPE FELL OFF OF THE JACK STANDS & HIT HIS SHOULDER.

EE WAS HAMMERING A SLIDE GATE INTO CLOSED POSITION WHEN THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE EDGE OF THE GATE. AS HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE GATE HAND WAS PULLED FORWARD AND LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS SMASHED BE TWEEN HANDLE OF HAMMER AND STTEL SLIDE GATE. EE WAS WEARING GLOVES WHILE USING HAMMER. EE REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOS WOUND AND LOST FINGERNAIL.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING AN ACCESS/ INSPECTION DOOR ON LEVEL 8 OF THE PREHEAT TOWER. HE ATTACHEDA COME-A-LONG TO THE DOOR AND RAISED IT. THE RECESSED IN AND HAS TO BE MANHANDLED TO MANUVER IT. AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE DOOR AWAY FROM THE FRAME. HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WAS PINCHED.

EE WAS IN K-1 COOLER UTILIZING THE GUZZLER TRUCK FOR CLEAN UP PURPOSES. THE GUZZLER HOSE BECAME PLUGGED, HE WENT TO UNPLUGG THE HOSE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE HOSE NEEDED CUT. SO HE POSITION ED THE HOSE ON HIS LEG AND BEGAN CUTTING WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE UTILITY KNIFE WENT THROUGHT THE HOSE INTO HIS LEG RESULTING IN 4 STITCHES TO RIGHT THIGH.