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El empleado hacia labores de limpieza a traves de un escotilla de la tolva con espacio limitado el material bajo de forma inadvertida y golpeó la herramienta que a su vez golpió al empleado. EE was cleaning a hopper through a hatch with limited space. Material shifted and hit the tool which in turn hit the EE.

Employee was was doing mechanical work, with a transport chain on links with chisel and hammer hand tools when a particle of metal was released that flew and embedded in the lower lip. Medical assistance to the employee was made.

On 1/26/18, employee informs of a severe chest pain. We proceed to transport the employee for medical treatment. On 1/29/18, the employee proceeds to visit EE's personal MD, who recommended work rest. On 2/1/18, employee go to the Emerg room do to continue chest pain, where EE was evaluated and diagnostic muscular sprain work related and was referred to workers compensation.

The shift supervisor went to the iron feeder and noticed that it was clogged and raw material mixed with cement. Then the shift supervisor and the shift mechanic started to hit the material with a spear to break material formations and began to go down. They used a hammer and the spear together. After these work the supervisor began to feel discomfort in his left shoulder.

Employee was sent to unclog the iron hopper. To loosen the material, the employee hit several times the hopper close to the discharge. When he was doing this operation, failed with the hammer and hit one of the ribs of the hopper with the left thumb causing a cut that was required 4 stitches.

Employee was trying to break the plate lock to gain access to their tools because he forgot the keys. During the process, he was using a homemade pipe lance as a bar to pull the plate and break it. He made a strong force and the lance slipped between the door and plate causing the fifth finger to get over the plate edge causing a cut over the nail and finger's body.

Employee was adjusting belt cleaner of conveyor belt #8 head pulley with an adjustable wrench hand tool; the wrench slipped from his hand impacting the base support ribs of the conveyor with his right hand 4th finger tip.

Employee was performing a cleaning process to the high speed crushing mass with a hand tool (twibil) when his left hand was smashed between handtool handle and a door frame.

Employee was removing a tide rod pin from the roller mill hydraulic piston. While holding the nut wrench in position, his coworker struck the wrench with a 20 pound sledge hammer to loosen the nut. With the impact the wrench slipped out, and pinned his left hand third finger against a steel bin.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE HAMMER PLATES FROM THE SECONDARY CRUSHER, WHILE HAMMERING WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DETACH THE PLATES, A METAL PARTICLE OF APPROX. 1mm SNAPPED OFF THE PLATE, IMPACTING EE'S RIGHT LEG. THE METAL FRAGMENT CUT INTO THE SKIN & BECAME EMBEDDED.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING USED WOOD PALLETS FROM THE FIRING FLOOR AREA WITH THE FORKLIFT. ONE OF THE PALLETS WAS CRUSHED AND DAMAGED. AS HE PROCEEDED TO DISMANTLE IT WITH A HAMMER, A PIECE OF NAIL BROKE LOOSE AND IMPACTED HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE. AT THAT MOMENT THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES. THE IMPACT LACERATED THE EYE AND HE REQUIRED SURGERY.

EE WAS REPLACING A BROKEN DRIVE PIN FROM THE BEDECHI CRUSHER FLY WHEEL, THE PIN WAS TOO TIGHT, HE USED A SLEDGEHAMMER AND A FLAT HEAD SCREW DRIVER TO DRIVE IT OUT, ON A SUDDEN STROKE, HE BUSTE D HIS FINGER.