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EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER TO CLEAN OFF AN ENGINE. WHILE BENDING DOWN, HE ALLEGEDLY INJURED HIS BACK.

THE EE WAS WORKING A HAND CRANE FOR A RAM PUMP HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER WHILE OPERATING THE CRANE. HE THOUGHT IT WOULD GET BETTER SO HE DIDN'T REPORT THE EVENT UNTIL THE 24TH HE WAS SENT TO DR WHO PUT HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY

BURNING EXPANDED METAL TO REPAIR GUARD RAIL ON SCREW COUPLING RUST POPPED OFF AND WENT UNDER SAFETY FLASSES HIT LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH WHEN THE FLAME WENT OUT. THE EMPLOYEE THEN ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE TIP TO CLEAN THE TIP. HE DID NOT REALIZE THE FLAME WAS BURNING IN THE MIXING CHAMBER. HE A CCIDENTLY BUMPED THE OXYGEN SENDING THE FLAME OUT BURNING THROUGH HIS GLOVES CAUSING A SECOND DEGREE BURN.

EE WAS USING AN AIR HOSE WITH A BLOW PIPE CONNECTED WITH ABOUT 80 PSI TO BLOW LIME BUILDUP FROM 3 KILN GRATES SO THE GRATES COULD BE REMOVED. SOME LIME PARTICLES BLEW BACK DURING THIS PROCESS CAUSING AN ABRASION THE RIGHT CORNEA.

EE WAS WELDING IN A ROCK FEED CHUTE AT THE SECONDARY SCREENING STATION AND RECEIVED BURNS TO THE EYES, DUE TO WELDING FLASH. WAS TREATED AT ER. DR PRESCIBED OINTMENT FOR EYES. RETURNED TO WORK NEXT SHIFT.

DRAGLINE ROCKED AND HE FELL DOWN.

EE WAS WASHING ROCK FROM WALL OF CRUSHER, HE LET GO OF HOS WITH ONE HAND TO TURN VALVE OFF AND LOST CONTROL OF HOSE. WATER HOSE STRUCK EE IN NOSE, BREAKING NOSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS 0PERATING A ROOF BOLTER, AT THE END OF THE SHIFT HE TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HIS EYES WERE BURNIGN AND WAS BOTHERING HIM ON 10-15-96. HE WEN TTOT HE DR. HE SAID THAT THE TOLD HI M HE HAD SOME KIND OF A CHEMICAL BURN TO HIS EYE.

CONTRACTOR EE WAS USING A BUSH BIT IN THE AIR HAMMER WHEN THE BIT BROKE. EE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE BROKEN BIT WHILE THE AIR PRESSURE WAS STILL INHAMMER. EE PULLED OUT BUSH END OF THE BROKEN BIT AND THE SMALL TIP WAS STILL IN HAMMER THEN THE HAMMER TRIGGER WAS BUMPED AND THE SMALL TIP FLEWOUT AND STRUCKHIM IN THE MOUTH.

EMPLOYEE WAS PROBING IN #4 KILN PREHEATER WHEN THE RAM STROKED.IT CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE BETWEEN THE RAM AND PREHEATER AND BRUISED LEFT ANKLE.ON SEPT 21 EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL HE HA D AN INFECTION IN HIS LEFT ANKLE.

WHILE HAMMERING ON THE BIN TO FACILITATE THE FLOW OF LIME INTO THE SCREW. THE LIME FLOW INCREASED, EE BEND DOWN TO CLOSE HT ELID TO REGULATE THE FLOW AND A GUSH OF LIME CAME BACK INTO HIS FAC E. SOME OF THIS LIME GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE CAUSING BURNS. HE STATED THA THE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A TORCH THE METAL WAS IN A BIND. WHEN IT CUT OFF THE PIECE OF METAL HIT HIS KNEE. HE DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL OCT 26,1996.

THE EE WAS WELDING ON THE 1" PLATE ABOVE THE PRIMARY CRUSHER JAWS IN THE CHUTE. WHEN HE CHIPPED, SOME OF THE SLAG AND DUST WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING SAG RODS OUT OF A MANLIFT. EMPLOYEE WAS BOOMING DOWN & THE CORNER WAS RESTING ON THE GIRT BELOW HIM. THE BASKET SLIPPED OFF THE GIRT LINE STRIKING THE GIRT LINE BELOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN #1 KILN TEARING BRICK OUT USING A AIR HAMMER FIVE ROWS OF BRICK BROKE LOOS & FELL SOME OF THEM HIT HIM ON RIGHT LEG FRACTURE TO RIGHT LEG WHEN HE FELL DOWN HE HIT HIS N OSE ON A BRICK CAUSING A POSSIBLE FRACTURE TO NOSE

WHILE SITTING IN THE CONTROL BOOTH AT THE CRUSHER, LOOKING OUT OF THE WINDOW AT THE CRUSHER HER NECK & BACK STARTED TO HURT HER, SHE SAID. WENT TO DOCTOR 10/03/95.

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING A FACE WITH A GRADALL SCALING MACHINE. WHILE SCALING THE FACE A ROCK FELL OFF OF FACE HITTING THE END OF THE BOOM CAUSING THE MACHINE TO BOUNCE AROUND. HE SAID LOWER BACK STARTED TO HURT HIM AND LEFT LEG STARTED TO HURT

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING & A PIECE OF HOT METAL FELL ONTO BOOT AND BURNED THROUGH THE FOOT.

EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT OFF 8 FT OF A 12 INCH I-BEAM. AS THE BEAM WAS ALMOST CUT COMPLETELY AROUND, IT SHIFTED AND ROLLED STRIKING LEFT FOOT. FIVE SUTURES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EE WAS GRINDING LIME IN THE LAB. AFTER PULVERIZING THE LIME, HE OPENED THE BURRS FURTHER SO THEY COULD BE CLEANED BY ADDING MORE LIME FOR GRINMDING. A LARGE PUFF OF LIME DUST CAME FROM AROUND THE BOTTOM AND LID OF THE PULVERIZER SOME OF WHICH WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS REMOVING MATERIAL FROM THE BUCKET ON THE BACKHOE, WHEN THE OPERATOR OF THE BACKHOE ACCIDENTLY LET THE BUCKET DOWN ON TOP OF EE'S LEG.

WHEN USING A JACKHAMMER TO CLEAN # 5 PREHEATER FROM OUTSIDE PLATFORM THE HAMMER SWAYED TO THE LEFT HITTING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD.

EE WAS USING A TORCH BURNING HOLES IN SILO 9 A PIECE OF HOT SLAG WENT INTO LEFT EAR AND BURN INSIDE EAR.

EE WAS STARTING TO CUT A PIECE OF METAL WHEN THE TORCH CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE CONCRETE CAUSING DUST AND GRIT TO BLOW IN EYE.

HE ALLEGES THAT HE BURNED A HOLE IN HIS BOOT WHILE WELDING THE MORNING OF 2-17-95. LATER IN THE DAY HE APPARENTLY GOT LIME WATER IN HIS BOOT, CAUSING LIME BURNS ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS RAKING COATING FROM #4 KILN. THE ID FAN STOPPED AND THE COOLER FAN KEPT RUNNING WHICH CAUSED LIME DUST TO COME OUT OF THE KILN AND GET IN BOTH EYES.

EE WAS GETTING OFF SCAFFOLDING WHEN HE SLIPPED AND GRINDER HIT HIS KNEE. ACCORDING TO EE THE GRINDER WAS OFF, BUT WHEEL WAS STILL IN MOTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INT HE SACKING SHOUDE OPERATING THE PALLITIZER. AT THE END OF TH EDYA HE TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR HIS KNEE WAS BOTHERING HIM AND THOUGHT IT WAS AN OLD FOOTBALL INJURY. ON 12- 26, HE WENT TO HIS DR WHO REFERRED HIM TO AN ORTHO. DR WHO KEP HIM OF FWORK FROM 12-28- TO 1-10-95. HE RETURNE DTO WORK ON 1-11 THE NEXT DAY EE AND A UNION REP, CAME TO MY OFFICE WANTIGN TO T

EE WAS SHOOTING ASH RING OUT OF #2 KILN. AFTER LIGHTING THE KILN EE LOOKED IN THE KILN AND THE KILN BLEW BACK IN HIS FACE. A PIECE OF HOT LIME DUST BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE CAUSING BURN ON THE L OWER PART OF HIS EYE. EE WENT TO THE EYE DR. ANDRETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY.

EE WAS BURNING J BOLTS OUT OF DRY SCREEN, STILL HOLDING TORCH HE STARTED TO GET UP.L FOOT SLIPPED AND TORCH CAME IN CONTACT WITH LEFT ARM. CAUSING 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS ON LEFT ARM.

USING ELECTRIC GRINDER TO SMOOTH WELDS. EMPLOYEE LET GRINDER SLIP CAUSING GRINDER BLADE TO CUT INTO LEFT WRIST.

IE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF STEEL BEAM WITH A TORCH HE WAS SITTING A STRADDLE OF THE PIECE OF STEEL THAT HE WAS CUTTING WHEN HE CUT THROUGH THE STEEL BEAM THE PIECE OF STEEL HE WAS SITTING ON S HIFTED CAUSING STEEL TO ROLL ACROSS THE MIDDLE PART (INSIDE) OF HIS LEG BETWEEN KNEE & ANKLE OF RT LEG ALSO CAUSED HIS ANKLE TO BEND

EE WAS GUIDING DRILL STEEL WITH LEFT HAND, OPERATING CONTROLS WITH RIGHT HAND. RAISED THE HAMMER TO ALIGN STEEL AND THE STEEL APPARENTLY JAMMED AND BENT PINCHING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE STEE L AND PROTECTIVE BAY INSTALLED TO PREVENT THIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT FROM HAPPENING.

EE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND HYDRATOR CYCLONE AND UNSTOPPING CHOCK UP IN CYCLONE TANK. CYCLONE WAS FULL OF WATER WHEN EE UNSTOPPED IT THE WATER RUSHED INTO THE HYDRATOR. THIS CAUSED HOT LIME TO B OIL UP AND OUT OF THE HYDRATOR. EE WAS ON THE 2ND FLOOR WHEN LIME STEAMED UP AND OUT OF THE HYDRATOR GETTINGIN BOTH EYES.

EE WAS USING AN OVER HEAD HOIST TO REMOVE COLLECTOR FROM MULTI-CONE. AS HE WAS RAISING A TUBE TO BE LOWERED TO THE GROUND, IT HIT A BEAM AND A STEEL GASKET THAT WAS ON THE UPPER END OF THE TUB E SLID OFF, STRIKING EE ON THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOREARM. THE STEEL GASKET IS AN OVAL SHAPED DONUT WEIGHING 22#, DISTANCE OF FALLING GASKET IS MAXIMUM 7'.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND DRILL TO DRILL SOME HOLES IN A METAL CHUTE. HIS DRILL BIT STUCK IN THE HOLE CAUSING THE DRILL TO TWIST CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE METAL CHUTE.

INJURED WAS RIDING IN THE REAR CARRIER ON A FORDTRACTOR AND IT WAS PULLING A PORTABLE WELDER. THE BAR GATE CAME OPEN AND SHE FELL OUT AND HIT ON HER BACK AND THE WELDER RAN OVER HER RIGHT LEG ABOVE ANKLE.

EE WAS USING BENCH GRINDER TO CUT A HANDKLE TO GET PROPER FIT FOR AX. AFTER HANDLE WAS IN PLACE HE SHARPENED THE AX. EE THINKS SOMETIME DURING THIS PROCESS A SMALL PIECE OF METAL GOT IN HIS EY E LODGING JUST BELOW THE PUPIL. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WHILE HE WAS GRINDING, THERE WAS ALSO A SHIELD OVER THE GRINDING WHEEL.

EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE DRILL HOLES IN THE ROOF WITH A JACKLEG DRILL THE BIT AND STEEL STRUCK IN THE HOLE AND THE DRILL STARTED TO SPIN. HE STARTED TO SHUT THE AIR OFF OF THE DRILL AND CUT T HE END OF HIS INDEX FINGER RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS CHANGING SCREEN AND HAD TORCH LAID DOWN ON SCREEN. HE HIT TORCH WITH SIDE RAIL AND TORCH SLID INTO HIS GLOVE TIP FIRST.

INJURED WAS WELDING GUARD ON CHUTE ON PLANT, STRUCK ARC BEFORE LOWERING SHIELD.

EE WAS RUNNING A TRENCHER TO GET US A DITCH SO WE COULD HOOK UP TO CITY WATER HE ALLEGED THAT HIS PROBLEM WAS AGRAVATED BY RUNNING HIS MACHINE THIS IS A CONTINUATION FROM HIS EARLIER ACCIDENT

EMPLOYEE SENT TO #4 CRUSHER TO REMOVE A DRILL STEEL THAT WAS HUNG IN THE CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT THE STEEL THAT WAS BENT AND HUNG UP. WHEN HE CUT IT THE STEEL CAME UP AND HIT HIME IN THE FOREHEAD AND ABOVE TOP LIP.

BURN THUMB ON RIGHT HAND WHILE LIGHTING BURNING TORCH WITH CIGARETTE LITEL.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 972 BACKHOE AND HE FELT SOMETHING BLOW IN HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CRANE TO LIFT A CHUTE TO BE INSTALLED ON THE PRIMARY SCREENING TOWER. WHEN HE GOT OFF OF THE CRANE HE SAID HE HAD SOME PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WELDING SLAG IN EYE. DONT KNOW WHEN IT HAPPENED OR WHAT HE WAS DOING.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A 2" PIPE PLUG INTO THE CLEANOUT PORT OF A ROTARY AIRLOCK ON THE OLD DUST BIN DUST COLLECTOR. THE ELECTRICALLY OPERATED AIRLOCK WAS ROTATING. HE WAS USING HI S RIGHT INDEX FINGER TO CLEAN THE DUST AWAY FROMTHE FEMALE THREADS OF THE AIRLOCK HOUSING WHEN A VANE OF THE AIRLOCK CAUGHT THE END OF HIS GLOVE, PULLING FINGER INTO AIRLOCK, NEXT VANE CUT OF

EMPLOYEE WAS LADING HYDRATE WHEN 4" PLUG CAME OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE TANK.HYDRATE LIME BLEW INTO EMPLOYEES FACE CAUSING LIME BURN IN BOTH EYES.