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July 13, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EES WERE ATTEMPTING TO UNCHOKE #2 CLAY SILO BY USING A PRYBAR & HAMMER WHEN EE STRUCK BAR WITH HAMMER A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

July 4, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS SWINGING A 16 LB SLEDGEHAMMER ON AN UNEVEN SURFACE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

January 26, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO OPEN A VALVE TO SILO. WHILE APPLYING SUBSTANTIAL PRESSURE, EE STRAINEDHIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

September 13, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING PRY BAR ATTEMPTING TO UNCHOKE CHUTEWHEN PRY BAR SLIPPED SMASHING FINGER AGAINST CHUTE

July 25, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HANGING REBAR INSIDE DOME...IN MAN-BASKET OF P&H 50 TON CRANE. THE GROUND UNDER CRANES LEFT FRONT OUTRIGGER SUBSIDED AND THE CRANE LURCHED FORWARD, CAUSING BASKET TO EE UP AND DOWN . INJURED STRUCK HIS FACE ON STACK OF REBAR IN BASKET.

July 20, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH TO FREE A PUMP RUNNER. WHEN THE RUNNER BROKE FREE, THE RESULTING JOLT INJURED EMPLOYEE'S SHOULDER.

June 9, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A SLEEVER BAR TO BREAK STEEL BAND ON PALLET. AS BAND BROKE, EE STUCK SELF IN (L) FOREARM WITH SHARP END OF SLEEVER BAR.

June 1, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ADJUSTING KILN BULL GEAR WITH HAMMER WRENCH & 4# HAMMER AND STRUCK LITTLE FINGER WITH HAMMER.

June 1, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS IN SLIP FLANGE OF SCREW CONVEYOR. AS HE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS WITH A WRENCH, THE UPPER CONVEYOR'S WEIGHT SHIFTED, CAUSING THE SLIP FLANGE TO COLLAPSE, PINCHIN G EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.

May 19, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE INSTALLATION OF DUST COLLECTION CHUTE FOR K-1152 AS THE CHUTE WAS BEING LIFTED IT CAME OFF THE COME-ALONG HOOK AND FELL ABOUT 8' TO THE DECK BELOW. AS THE CHUTE FELL, T HE FLANGED END CONTACTED EE'S (L) FOREARM, CAUSING A LACERATION.

May 16, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SWINGING A HAMMER WHEN IT BOUNCED BACK FROM THE WORK AND STRUCK HIM THE FOREHEAD.

February 28, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO REMOVE CEMENT FROM AN OVERHEAD SCREW CONVEYOR. AS HE STRUCK THE CASING WITH THE END OF THE BAR, HE FELT A BURN- ING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN. THIS INJURY WAS DETERMINED WORK-RELATED ON 5/2/2000.

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