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EE WAS DIGGING A HOLE IN THE GROUND USING A PICK& SHOVEL. HE SWUNG THE PICK HARD INTO THE GROUND& HIT A LARGE ROCK, SENDING A VIBRATION UP HIS ARM THAT DISLOCATED HIS ELBOW. THE ARM WAS PULLED BACK IN PLACE BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR, HAD X-RAY, PUT IN SLING FOR 4 DAYS. RETURNED TO WORK, DOING WELL.
OPERATING COME-ALONG GUIDING CHOKERS THAT WERE LIFTING BEARING. HAD HAND ON CHAIN. COME-ALONG CHAIN GOT TIGHT & POPPED, HITTING HAND.
DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS HAMMERING ON F25 SCREW CONVEYOR WITH METAL HAMMER TO TRY TO UNPLUG CONVEYOR WHEN A 1/8" PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF ANDLODGED IN HIS LEFT FOREARM. REQUIRED SURGICAL RE MOVAL BY PHYSICIAN.
WHILE WORKING ON IMPACTOR FEED BELT, INJURED WASUSING WRENCH THAT SLIPPED, PINCHING RIGHT THUMB AND FIRST KNUCKLE BETWEEN WRENCH AND PULLEY.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TIGHTENING BOLT. WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT 2ND EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.
WHILE WORKING ON #3 FINISH GYP VIBRATOR, INJURED GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT SIDE OF NECK. WAS USING HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER AND CHISEL TO BREAK A WELD APART ON A SPLIT COUPLING FOR THE TUGBOAT WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP, PUNCTURED HIS NECK AND LODGED IN THE SKIN NEAR HIS ADAM'S APPLE. PIECE OF METAL WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED ON 6-21-01.
PLUMBING: TIGHTENING A PIECE OF PIPE WHEN THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS HAND, CAUSINGA SMALL CUT.
WHILE LIFTING A PIECE OF STEEL WITH A PRYBAR FOR PLACEMENT, THE PRYBAR SLIPPED AND HIT LEFT ELBOW.
EE WAS WORKING ON ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR RAPPERS. RAPPER HAMMER PLUNGE GOT HUNG UP IN THE LIFTING COIL. WHEN TRYING TO FREE, THE 20 LB HAMMER BECAME FREE AND CAME DOWN AND HIT TIP OF MIDDL E FINGER.
EE CLAIMS THAT WHILE CUTTING WITH A SAWALL, THE SAW KICKED BACK AND THE BLADE PUNCTURED HIS RT. LOWER LIP BELOW THE LIP LINE. THE WOUND WAS 1/2" LONG AND REQUIRED STITCHES.
EE WAS CLEANING OUT SLAG CONVEYOR WITH A BAR. THE MATERIAL BLOCKAGE BROKE THROUGH AND THE WEIGHT OF POKING BAR CARRIED HIS HANDS DOWN. HIS LT. SMALL FINGER WAS CUT ON THE EDGE OF CONVEYOR. HE REFUSED ANY MORE THAN FIRST AID ON THIS DATE, BUT GOT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 4-24-01 DUE TO INFECTION. 2 BUTTERFLY STITCHES WERE THEN APPLIED AFTER CLEANING.
WHILE TRYING TO MOVE GYP THRU SILO, INJURED HIT RIGHT WRIST WITH HAMMER. NOW CAUSING PAIN.
EE WAS USING A BOX BLADE KNIFE TO SPLICE WIRE LEAD. HE CUT THROUGH THE WIRE PULLING THE BLADE TOWARD HIS BODY INSTEAD OF AWAY. THE KNIFE SLICED THROUGHT THE WIRE AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB END JOI NT.
EE WAS SPRAYING WATER ON BOTTOM RAIL CAR DOOR TO STOP LEAKING CEMENT. THE CEMENT SPLATTER GOT IN EYE. HE STATED HE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION.
WHILE USING A TORQUE WRENCH ON WHEELS OF #251 SEMI, WRENCH SLIPPED INJURING RIGHT THUMB.
WHILE OPERATING A SMALL CASE LOADER, EE DUG INTOA PILE AND HIT AN OBSTRUCTION. SEVERAL DAYS LATER HE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER REPEATEDLY. ON2/17 HE COULDN'T WALK AND WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM ON 2/20 HE WENT TO COMPANY DOCTOR & REMAINS OFF WORK WITH MUSCLE SPASMS.
EE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH IN THE SHIPPING MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE FELT A "POP" IN THE KNUCKLE OF HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WHEN HE TIGHTENED A FITTING ON A PIECE OF PIPE WITH THE WRENCH. FINGER LA TER SWELLED. INJURY DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL HE SAW AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST ON 3/7/01 & RECEIVED STERIOD INJECTION OF THE JOINT.
EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING HIS WEIGHT TO A BAR TO CLOSE A RAILCAR DOOR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE'S WEIGHT WAS STILL ON THE BAR. THE BAR FELL ON THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGH T HAND. HIS FINGER WAS MASHED, REQUIRING STITCHES AND THE CUTTING OFF AND REPLACING OF HIS NAIL.THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS FRACTURED.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN DRIVING TRUCK IN THE QUARRY AND DUMPING ROCK INTO THE CRUSHER. WHEN THE CRUSHER PLUGGED, HE ATTEMPTED TO BAR OUT LARGE ROCK. THE ROCK SLIPPED AND PULLED DOEN HARD ON THE BAR. HE HUNG ON TO PICKER HANDLE AND WAS PULLED FORWARD. THE FORCE EXERTED ON THE HANDLE DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO PUNCH BUILD UP OUT OF CHUTE. HIS HANDS WERE COLD AND SLIPPED OFF THE MATERIAL AND WEDGED HIS 2ND AND 3RD FINGERS BETWEEN THE BAR AND METAL FRAME, SEVERED END JOINT OF 3RD FINGER.
REPLACING PICKS ON QUARRY STAMLER FEEDER USING ACOMEALONG TO TURN PICK ASSEMBLY. HOOK ON COMEALONG CAME LOOSE & HIT EE IN FACE
WHILE POKING COAL OUT OF RAIL CAR, INJURED NOTICED SOMETHING POP IN UPPER BACK.
WHILE CLEANING MILL SCREEN WITH JITTER BUG TOOL,INJURED'S RIGHT ELBOW BEGAN TO HURT.
EE WAS WORKING WITH HIS CREW TO REPAIR THE MAIN CLINKER ELEVATOR. SOMETIME WHILE USING A 3-TON CHAIN HOIST. HE APPARENTLY STRAINED HIS UPPER BACK. BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES. HE HAD BEEN REAC HING OVERHEAD AND PULLING HARD. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 10-28-00. THE EE DID NOT SEE A DR UNTIL 11-6-00 AND MISSED HIS FIRST SHIFT OF WORK ON 11-8-00.
WHILE USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO VIBRATE PRODUCT AROUND PLUMBING, INJURED FELT JAM TO RIGHT HAND & WRIST - WHICH HAS GOTTEN WORSE.
EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO STRIK A SHAFT HE MISSED & HIT THE SHAFT WITH HIS RIGHT 1ST FINGER
EE STRAINED LOW BACK AND HIP WHILE STANDING IN SCISSOR LIFT BASKET AND INSTALLING OVERHEAD WATER LINES TO AIR CONDITIONING UNIT ON SECOND FLOOR OF BUILDING. JOB INVOLVED PULLING ON PIPE WRENCH WHILE IN AWKWARD POSITION. EE SAW DR. ON 8-15-00 AND WAS GIVEN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE THERAPY.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING GENERAL LABOR DUTIES, SHOVELING, SWEEPING ETC AND SUFFERED A LUMBAR STRAIN. SAW PHYSICIAN 6-28-00.
LINING UP HOLES FROM WEST #2 KILN FEED PUMP CASE TO DISCHARGE PIPING. USING A 5' PRY BAR TO WEDGE PIPE OVER. PRY BAR SLIPPED FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN PRYBAR AND VALVE STEM ON PIPING.
REPLACING FAN BELTS. EQUIPMENT WAS LOCKED OUT. A 36" PIPE WRENCH WAS USED ON THE SHAFT. DRAFT CAUSED THE FAN TO ROTATE BACKWARDS, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO PULL THE WRE NCH OUT. IT CAUGHT ON THE SHAFT, FLIPPED OVER AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER, UNPLUGGING A HOT CLINKER DUST CHUTE. WHEN THE MATERIAL FLUSHED THE EE COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE WAY. HOT DUST FLOWED ACROSS HIS BOOTS CAUSING 2ND DEGREE B URNS TO THE TOP OF BOTH FEET.
REPLACING BELT ON #1 FM CLINKER FEEDER. HOLDING WEIGH BELT WITH LEFT HAND WHILE CUTTING BELT WITH RAZOR KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING THROUGH LEATHER GLOVE TO LEFT THUMB.
EE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO FREE UP A STUCK ROTARY FEEDER (VALVE) WHEN THE FEEDER BROKE LOOSE HE JAMMED HIS HAND & ARM Y
WHILE POKING HOT CLINKER SAND, INJURED FELT BURNING ON FACE AND NECK AREA.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE LUBE SYSTEM FOR #4 FINISH MILL AT THE DISCHARGE END. HE WAS WORKING OFF A LADDER AND HAD NEED TO USE HIS POCKET KNIFE. HE SET THE KNIFE ON THE MILL TRUNNION. AS HE CLIMBE D DOWN THE LADDER THE KNIFE FELL AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM.
WHILE REMOVING LINERS FROM #4 FINISH MILL, EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO POUND OUT A BOLT. A PIECE OF SHRAPNEL FROM THE BOLT HIT EE IN LEFT HAND. REPORTED AS MINOR CUT TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON 2 -7-00 BUT SWELLED UP AND SENT FOR TREATMENT ON 2-9-00.
REMOVED NUT FROM DRUMMER BOLT-WHILE PUTTING NUT BACK, CONTRACTOR THROUGHT IT WAS A LIFTER BOLT & NEEDED TO BE KNOCKED OFF. HE CAME DOWN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER & HIT FINGER.
EE SUFFERED A CONTUSION TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHILE SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER AGAINST MILL ROOM DOOR BOLT.
REPLACING BOLT ON CAT LOADER. WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT IN MOUTH
EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING AND WAS CUTTING A PIECE FROM A RUBBER STRIP. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG. EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING TOWARDS HIMSELF ANND NOT AWAY FROM HIMSELF.