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Employee was using a utility knife to cut nylon straps holding roof bolts. Knife jumped while cutting a strap and cut EE's left leg above the shin bone. Employee received sutures to close the wound.
Employee was assisting shoveling a pile - EE fell into the pile and got lime in eyes. EE went to local medical center to get eyes flushed. Treating physician prescribed EE eye drops.
Employee was welding a patch on the enhanced hydrate blow down line. EE stated EE got something in EE's right eye, and thought it was slag from chipping EE's weld. EE washed out EE's eyes and used eye drops on site before going to a local medical center. At the med center the doctor used a Q-tip to remove a spec from EE's eye and prescribed EE eye drops for a scratch on EE's cornea
EE was trouble shooting high differential pressure on a dust collector. When EE entered the collector EE found a blank with a punch plate instead of a bag. EE used a pair of plyers to try and free the punch plate from the blank, while doing so EE's plyers slipped and hit EE in the mouth breaking a tooth and chipping another
Employee was using a bar working on unplugging a pipe. While working, employee's hand struck employee's helmet-mounted earmuffs and knocked hard hat and safety glasses partially off face. At the same time, an employee one floor above had opened an inspection door, and vibration caused ground lime to fall through grate flooring and into the lower employee's eye.
Employee was attempting to knock debris loose from from a dump chute located above a vibrating feeder on the no.8 kiln. The debris inside broke loose creating a large cloud of lime dust that surrounded the employee. This got into both eyes. Employee was wearing safety glasses with dust seal and respirator which were current requirement.
Lime sat in silo and plugged over the chute. Before starting to load trucks, employee was attempting to unplug discharge chute from Silo 4 by pushing bar into discharge chute. Material gave way, bar pushed into chute and hand hit part of the chute. Contact with chute broke left index finger.
Employee was using a wrench to remove a swivel fitting. The head of the wrench broke and the wrench came back and hit the employee in the face, cutting EE's nose. EE received 5 stitches.
Employee was using a long pipe to tap a hopper of a dust collector to determine how full it was based on sound from tapping. On the first tap, the employee felt a pain in wrist.
Employee unplugging Hydrator, plugged due to power outage. Using pipe wrench to move the first stage of the hydrator, wrench broke. Employee caught self to regain balance, pulling shoulder. Employee was initially seen by doc., returned to work no restrictions. Follow up visit identified weakness, determined to be from tear in rotator cuff. Employee had surgery on 1/9/2019.
Employee removing sensor from transmission using prybar. Prybar slipped, employee hit hand, resulting in laceration on finger.
Employee was using 2 hammers to drive rail anchors into railroad track. When employee struck the hammers together a shard of steel came off and pierced right leg below the knee.
Employee was raking coating from Kiln #6. EE used a long metal rake. EE shoulder felt sore, ee reported it to supervisor on 10/24/2017, but did not want to seek medical care. EE thought it was just sore, but wanted to let them know. On 10/25, ee requested to see a medical professional for evaluation. EE was seen on 10/25/2017, and was diagnosed with Rotator cuff tendonitis.
Employee was loading a pneumatic tank in the pebble loading area. EE pinched right thumb with the bar that is used to close lids. EE was given 4 stitches.
Employee felt sharp pain in right shoulder when his scaling bar slipped.
After cutting a groove in a yellow mine pipe, the employee wiped his eye with his hand and felt something in his left eye.
Employee loosened bolt two turns when he was told to wait to do clean up, the metal clamp on the guard broke causing the guard to pin his leg against the skid steer. Bolt punctured skin on right calf.
While employee was hand scaling and baring the loose roof he felt something give in his side.
Was cutting zip tie from hose reel to be installed and cutting blade slipped and cut right index finger requiring stitches.
Employee was tightening a fitting on water pump of roof bolter when wrench slipped hitting left thumb
Employee entered kiln to help scale during kiln shutdown. A large piece of coating came loose and rolled down pile and hit his foot.
Employee was handscaling using a scaling bar to the the rock to insure it was not loose. While prying up on the bar the piece of rock at the bars tip broke loose and allowed the bar to travel up in a snapping motion. Employee did not seek medical attention until 7/7/10.
Employee was handscaling in a scaling basket. He was leaning back to scale a piece off the face and roof area and felt strain to his back. Employee did not seek medical attention at this time. On March 7, 2010 he did seek medical attention but did not receive medical treatment until 4/5/10.
Employee strained right shoulder clearing a jam in the underneath side of the crusher. Employee did seek medical attention and needed surgery which was scheduled for 3/9/10. Employee worked up to the day of his surgery.
Employee was helping a co-worker open a ground lime chute when some material squirted out striking him in the face. Company was not aware until 10/5/09 that he sought medical attention.
Employee was wearing rubber bibs and jacket, rubber gloves, face shield and saftey glasses to peform a line break on a 93% sulfuric acid line. Employee stood to the right of the nut he was turning. Sulfuric acid misted out of the line into the air when he turned the nut. The mist got on the right side of face and neck.
Employee was cleaning plugged collectors, by repetitvely hammering on side with a rubber mallet.
Employee was trying to unplug a chute that takes lime away from the hydrator. While trying to unplug the chute, the access door came open causing lime to cover employee's face.
Employee was tightening bolts on the gear of the kiln when he felt a pop & pain in his lower back. He had been pushing up on the wrench when he should have been pulling down. Employee went to clinic on 9/10/07, taken off work for 2 days, released to modified duty until released to regular duty on 9/18/07.
Employee strained lower back while hand scaling at face while pulling bar.
Employee was scaling at kiln when dust from the ash ring came down and fell into eyes.
Employee pulled too hard and rapidly on prybar
Employee was taking a drill steel apart with a pipe wrench and the wrench slipped off striking the employee in the face.
Employee was cleaning dust collector lines and got dust in his eye. Was pounding with a hammer.
Employee was pounding with a hammer and strained his right shoulder.
Was using a bar to open a slide and caught two fingers between the bar and the slide.
WHILE SWEEPING WITH A BROOM, EMPLOYEE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE TORQUE ON ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE FELT HIS SHOULDER POP OUT OF PLACE. HIS SHOULDER WOULD NOT GO NACK INTO PLACE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING WEDGES IN 145 OSCILLATOR - USING A HAMMER AND DRIFT WHEN HE FELT A STING IN HIS LEFT HAND. A PIECE OF STEEL HAD IMBEDDED IN HIS HAND.
EE WAS HITTING A STEEL PIN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A STEEL WICKER FROM THE PIN BECAME INMBEDDED IN THE EE'S RIGHT NASAL PASSAGE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN AT THE TIME
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING OUT THE BURNER NOZZLEON #5 KILN WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.