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EE was using a self-retracting knife to cut zip-ties. The knife slipped and cut through the employees glove and sliced EE's right index finger requiring 6 stitches.
While cutting the zip tie off a new band-saw blade, employee cut EE's left thumb approximately 1/2 deep (to the bone) across the top knuckle.
EE cutting a section of air hose with a utility knife and cut L index finger requiring 3 sutures
On 8/18/17 EE was doing normal job activities which included using a sledge hammer to unplug a chute. On 8/19/17 EE states ee felt pain in back but did not report any injury until 8/21/17. EE was taken to the clinic where ee was placed on restricted duty.
Employee was cutting pipe with pipe cutter, cast off piece fell and struck thumb, causing laceration.
Employee was shoveling in dusty area, specifically 5DDC2 of the cement plant - rash occurred on arms, legs from cement dust.
Employee was trimming a piece of conveyor belting with a utility knife. While cutting the belting employee contacted left index finger.
Employee working to remove a loader tooth, struck by flying metal chip. Required physician to remove due to placement/size of object.
The employee in question was stepping out of a work truck, with a razor knife in his left hand. The employee then put the knife in his right hand and attempted to put the knife in his right pocket when the knife opened slicing his right index finger requiring 4 sutures to close.
The ee was using a sledge hammer to clear a bin. On his backswing the employee lost his grip with his right hand, causing the weight of the hammer to shift, straining his left shoulder.
An employee with 1 year and 26 weeks of mining experience was working to clear chunks from a weigh feeder, using a bar. The employee's grip on the bar slipped, and the ring finger on the right hand was pinched between the bar and the guard for the weigh feeder, creating a small laceration on underside of the second metacarpal joint.
Employee was using a pry bar to clean screens, and caught his right pinkie tip between the bar and a handrail.
Disgruntled employee opened fire in safety meeting.
Disgruntled employee opened fire in safety meeting.
Disgruntled employee opened fire in safety meeting.
Disgruntled employee opened fire on co-workers during safety meeting.
Disgruntled employee opened fire in safety meeting.
Disgruntled worker opened fire on co-workers during safety meeting.
Disgruntled employee opened fire on co-workers during safety meeting.
Disgruntled worker opened fire on co-workers during safety meeting.
Disgruntled worker opened fire on co-workers during safety meeting.
Employee complained of left wrist/elbow pain and soreness.
Was repairing hearing protection on hard hat, when knife slipped and cut finger.
EE was cutting plastic sheeting with a knife when he slipped, cut himself slightly in the left knee.
Maintenance Mechanic strained right rib cage while trying to tighten a loose fitting as he was installing a pipe.
Injury was bent down raking under the A-Millclinker feeder belt when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back radiating down both legs.
Employee was cleaning the spitzer in the finish mill when a spec of cement blew past his PPE and got caught under his eyelid. He was seen by a doctor who irrigated the eye and removed the dust spec. A mild corneal abrasion was noted from the effects of the cement and irrigation.
EE was using a knife to open a cardboard box containing filters. His hand slipped, while cutting the box, and he cut across his left index finger, between the 2nd and 3rd knuckles.
Injured worker was digging out E8 elevator with co-workers. One EE's bar glanced off frame work striking injured worker along left shoulder and ear causing him to slip and fall.
Cut left forearm, cutting rope, pulling knife towards the body, not cutting away.
Employee was barring buildup from calciner when a slab fell sideways, striking him on the right lower arm (closed fracture).
While swinging hammer with right hand, hammer hit beam overhead and landed on left thumb.
EE WAS KNOCKED OFF A LADDER BY A FALLING CEMENT CHUNK. (EE WAS ON FREE-STANDING LADDER UNDER SILO, CLEANING DISCHARGE CHUTE. EE FELL APPROX. 2' AND HIT HIS SHOULDER AGAINST SUPPORT WALL OF SILO, CAUSING INJURY. FIRST AID ONLY - X RAY NEGATIVE; NO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS GIVEN.)
EE WAS WORKING INSIDE RAW MILL WHEN COWORKER HIT CERAMIC STONE WITH HAMMER AND A PIECE OF THE CERAMIC STONE BROKE OFF AND HIT EE IN HIS FACE (CHEEK). (EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. FIRST AID TREATMENT ONLY; BUTTERFLY BANDAGE ONLY - NO STITCHES.)
EMPLOYEE, WORKING AT B-1 CRUSHER (L/S QUARRY), USING HOOK TO GRAB ONTO CRUSHER, SNAPPED CABLE TIGHT, WHICH HIT HIS FOREARM.
EE WAS CUTTING A PLASTIC COVER ON A FUEL NOZZLE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING HIS FINGER.
EE WAS WORKING ON REPLACING AN AIRSLIDE @ TOP OF TRUCK LOADING SILOS LOCATED @ PACKHOUSE. HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ALONG SEAM OF AIRSLIDE WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF & HE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE MOUT H W/WRENCH. THIS RESULTED IN CHIPPING HIS UPPER LEFT MOLAR. FILED A WORKERS COMP CLAIM 2/21/02 TO VISIT DENTIST.
TWO MECHANICS WERE STRAIGHTING THE GLANGE ON A COOLER TUBE ELBOW. OUR MECHANIC WAS USING A ROSEDUB TO HEAT THE FLONGE AND THE OTHER MECHANIC WAS STRIKING IT WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. WHEN STRIKING THE GLANGE THE HAMMER HAD DID NOT CATCH THE FLANGE FULLY AND CONTINUED THE SWING AROUND AND STRUCK THE OTHER MECHNAIC WHO WAS STANDING TOO CLOSE IN THE FOREHEAD. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION CONTU
EE REPORTED ON 10/15/01 THAT HE HAD INJURED HIMSELF ON 9/13 BY USING A ROPE AND PULLEY TO LIFT APIECE OF METAL TO THE TOP OF THE RAW FEED BINS. ACCORDING TO HIM, THE HAND OVER HAND ACTION CAUS ED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. ON NOVEMBER 12 HEBROUGHT IN A SLIP FROM HIS TREATING PHYSICIAN WHICH STATED THAT HE HAD LIMITED OVERHEAD LIFT/PUSH/PULL OF 10 LB.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL OFF A CATWALK. EMPLOYEE TURNED WHILE LIFTING SHOVEL AND FELT A POP IN LOWER BACK CAUSING A LOWER BACK STRAIN.
EE WAS BREAKING A BUILD-UP OF MATERIAL WITH A PICK. WHILE BREAKING MATERIAL EE HIT A SCREEN GUARD, CAUSING THE PICK TO BOUNCE BACK STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A KNOCKER WRENCH WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND HAMMER IN HIS RIGHT. AS HE SWUNG THE HAMMER TO HIT THE WRENCH, IT MADE A GLANCING BLOW STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND. DIAGNOSED WITH CONTU SIONS TO THE 4TH AND 5TH DIGIT OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO REMOVE DEBRIS FROM SK VALVE. BAR SLIPPED, CAUSING EE'S RIGHT KNEE TO STRIKE FK PIPE. NOTE: AT TIME THSI WAS CONSIDERED A FIRST AID INCIDENT, IN FACT EE PALYED RAQUET BALL THAT EVENING. WE QUESTION VALIDITY, BUT ARE REPORTING SINCE SURGERY IS REQUIRED.
ELECTRICIAN HAD TREADED CONDUIT EARLIER IN THE DAY. APPEARS THAT SOME OF THE METAL SHAVINGS WERE CAUGHT IN HIS HAIR AND SOMETIME LATER DROPPED INTO HIS LEFT EYE. A PIECE BECAME EMBEDDED AND HA D TO BE REMOVED. A PRESCRIPTION WAS WRITTEN. THIS WAS DONE 2-23 - DID NOT RECEIVE DR. REPORT UNTIL 3-6-01(ATTACHED)
EE WAS SWINGING A 80 LB SLEDGE HAMMER TO ALIGN BOLT HOLES ON COOLER TUBE TO ELBOWS. HE FELT SLIGHT DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWER BACK BUT DID NOT REPORT IT. HE REPORTED ON 2/14 THAT HIS BACK WAS HU RTING & NEEDED TO SEE A PHYSICIAN. DIAGNOSED AS LOWER BACK STRAIN & PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE WAS GRABBING A TIRE AT THE DISCHARGE END OF THE TIRE HEAD BELT INTO KILN, WITH A GRAB HOOK THE TIRE FELL PULLING HIS RIGHT HAND FORWARD & STRIKING IT AGAINST THE HANDRAIL. HE WAS TAKEN TO RMC WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR A LACERATION & SLIGHT FRACTURE TO LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHTR HAND RELEASED TO WORK
EE PUT HIS RIGHT HAND INTO HIS FRONT PANTS POCKET, AND RAN HIS FINGER ACROSS THE PARTIAL OPENED BLADE OF HIS POCKET KNIFE, CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. THE LACERATION REQUIR ED 6 STITCHES.
EE HAD PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW PRIOR TO THIS TIME FRAME. HE THEN NOTICED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW WHILE SWINGING A HAMMER TO STRIKE A KNOCKER WRENCH. HE REPORTED ON 7/26/00 THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING CONTINUED PAIN. HE WENT FOR MEDICAL EXAM & WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STRAIN TO LOWER ARM, BUT ABLE TO PERFORM REG DUTIES. 10/4/00 DR PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY & WORK RESTRICTIONS.