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March 24, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS USING TORCH TO CUT OFF BOLTS ON CEMENT ELEVATOR. A HOT PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM IN LEFT EAR.

February 3, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS GRINDING TEETH ON MILL GIRTH GEAR. A PIECE OF MATERIAL FLEW UNDER FACE SHIELD & STRUCK HIKM IN LEFT EYE.

November 19, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Flash burns (welding)

INJURED WAS WELDING ON CEMENT KILN WITH ANOTHER WELDER. WHEN HE RAISED HOOD TO CHIP SLAG OFF, THE OTHER WELDER STRUCK AN ARC CAUSING FLASH BURNS TO HIS EYES.

October 5, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Flash burns (welding)

INJURED WAS WELDING KILN SHELL WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES; HE RECIEVED WELDING FLASH BURNS TO THE EYES.

May 16, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS WELDING PATCHES ON DRUM FEEDER AND DUST FELL FROM ABOVE INTO EYES.

April 13, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS WELDING ANGLE IRON SUPPORT UNDER CLINDER DUST CHUTE CLINKER DUST BLEW INTO LEFT EYE WHILE HE WAS REMOVING SLAG FROM WELD.

March 7, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by flying object

INJ GRINDING PIECE OF METAL FOR WELDER.PIECE OF METAL CAME LOOSE AND HIT RIGHT EYE. INJ WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITHOUT SIDE SHIELDS.

March 5, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJ HARD FACING SCREEN CHUTE. PIECE OF SLAG OR METAL FELL ON ANKLE CAUSING BURN 3RD DEGREE.

July 23, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INJURED WAS USING AIR LANCE TO UNPLUG AIR SLIDE WHEN CEMENT BLEW OUT HITTING EMPLOYEE IN FACE- MEDICAL TREATMENT TO EYE.

July 17, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by flying object

INJ WAS USING JACK HAMMER TO REMOVE CONCRETE FROM REBAR & PIPE BEFORE BURNING THEM OFF WITH TORCH. JACKHAMMER BIT MAY HAVE HIT ONE CAUSING MATERIAL TO FLY & IMBEDDING IN EYE THIS HAPPENED AT U NDERGROUND CRUSHER AREA.

July 5, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS USING AIRLANCE TO UNPLUG CEMENT AIR SLIDE WHEN HE TURNED AIR ON IT BLEW MATERIAL OUT OF AIR SLIDE INTO HIS FACE & CHEST HE WAS WEARING GLASSES BUT MATERIAL BLEW AROUND & UNDER GLAS SES INTO EYES

May 11, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Contact with hot objects or substances

BURNING OLD BOLTS PC OF HOT METAL FELL IN GLOVE, BURNED FINGER ON R HAND

February 28, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE NOSE OF THE KILN & BURNT HIS EYES

February 18, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASING I BEAM FROM CRANE AND THE SHEAVE FELL PINNING HIS FINGER.

January 5, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Flash burns (welding)

WELDING RAISED HOOD, GOT ARC FLASH IN BOTH EYES

December 17, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A BEARING HOUSING WITH AIR AND METAL CHIPS BLEW INTO HIS EYES.

September 20, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING JACK HAMMER, SHAFT SLIPPED HIT HIM ON R FOOT

June 19, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN THE KILN OVERHEAD. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GRINDING THE AREA AND TWISTED WHILE REACHING ABOVE HIS HEAD. THIS RESULTED IN A BACK STRAIN.

February 19, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING 1/2 KILN SEAL RING WITH THE HELP OF A CRANE ONTO THE KILN THERE WAS TENSION ON THE CHAIN & IT RELEASED PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE SEAL RING & THE KILN COOLING HOUSING

December 13, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Flash burns (welding)

EMPL HELPING WELDER ERECT REINFORCING FOR PIPE SUPPORT FORMS.THIS HAPPENED DURING 3-HR PERIOD.RECD FLASHBURN TO BOTH EYES.

November 28, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Flash burns (welding)

THIS EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND GOT FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES. WE DID NTO RECIEVE INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS ACCIEDENT UNTIL 12-28-89. AT THIS TIME WE RECIEVED HOSPITAL MEDICAL FORMS. THIS IN DIVIDUAL HAD NOT PLANNED TO TURN THIS IN AS A WORKMAN COMPENSTION CASE AND INTEDED TO PAY FOR THIS HIMSELF. HE CAME IN FROM A LAY-OFF ON 1-5-90 AND FILLED OUT AN ACCIDENT REPORT.

November 7, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING CLINKER & THE COOLER FAN BLEW DUST INTO HIS RT EYE

September 14, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER AND IT STRUCK HIS KNEE. THIS RESULTED IN A DISLOCATION OF HIS KNEECAP AND CAUSED HIM TO PASS OUT. HE THEN FELL TO THE GROUND SCRAPING HIS NOSE AND THE BACK OF H IS HEAD.

August 9, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE KILN DURING A BRICK JOB AND DUST BLEW INTO HIS FACE GETTING IN HIS LEFT EYE.

May 18, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND CUTTING OVERHEAD WITH A TORCH AND GOT SPARKS IN HIS EYE.

April 24, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS USING AN AIR LANCE & GOT DUST IN HIS EYE HIS PRESCRIPTION GLASSES WERE NOT ENOUGH IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE & HE NEEDED GOGGLES ALSO

December 31, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS JACKHAMMERING INSIDE OF KILN AND THE DUST FROM THE CLINKER BROKE HIS FACE OUT.THIS CONCENTRATED AROUND HIS MOUTH AND NOSE AREAS.LOST TIME DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL 01-06-89.

December 9, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Contact with hot objects or substances

LAYING ON BACK WELDING BOLTS ON GRATES A PIECE OF WELD BURNT THROUGH PANTS DOWN INTO BOOT AND INTO HEEL AND ANKLE BURNED SKIN ON HEEL AND ANKLE APPROX A WEEK LATER IT GOT INFECTED

November 8, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

ADJUSTING PULLEY ASSEMBLY ON PUMP MOTOR.INJ STEPPED IN TO TUG ON BELTS ONE LAST TIME TO SEE THERY WERE ADJUSTED CORRECTLY.HELPER HIT SWITCH CATCHING INJ HAND IN PULLEY ASSEMBLY.ATTCH.

September 21, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING AN AIR SLIDE AND CEMENT DUST BLEW OUT AND WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE.

September 21, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS JACKHAMMERING IN FINISH MILL AREA OFF AND ON FOR APPROX 4 HRS. ON FOLOWING DAY HE WAS JACKHAMMERING IOFF AND ON FOR 2 HRS. AT THIS TIME HE COMPLAINED TO FOREMAN ABOUT PROBLEMS IN R. WRIST.

August 29, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNDER #9 FINISH MILL AND SOMETHING HIT HIM ON THE BACK. AFTER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT A PIECE OF CEMENT APPROX. 2" IN DIAMETER HAD STRUCK HIM.

July 31, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AND JACKHAMMERING IN THE FINISH MILLS AND GOIT DUST INTO HIS EYES THROUGH HIS GLASSES.

July 20, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JACK HAMMER IN THE FINISH MILL AREA AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP HIS GLOVES AND HIS BACK WENT OUT THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS HAD BACK PROBLEMS PREVIOUSLY THAT DID NNOT STEM FROM HIS JOB AT THIS LOCATION HE HAS BEEN SEEING A CHIROPRACTOR FOR SEVERAL MONTHS

February 25, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Sme Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING ABANDONED RAIL ROAD TRACKS THE TENSION OF THE RAIL WHEN CUT INTO WITH TORCH CAUSED THE RAIL TO SNAP STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN FOOT.

January 28, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Sme Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD CU7 BANDING ON NEW PLATE TO BE PUT IN PLACE AS HE WALKED AWAY BANDING SNAPPED STRIKING HIM.

January 7, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS DRIVING3TRACTOR TO UNDERGROUND SHOP AND WINDOWS ICED UP ALONG WITH HIS GLASSES STEAMING UP. HE SWERVED TO MISS A TRUCK AND HIT THE RIB AND THEN THE FUEL TRUCK CAUSING EMP TO HIS LEVER (GEAR SHIFT) IN3RT THIGH AND GROIN AREAS. HE WAS ALSO HIT IN LEFT HAND WHEN DOOR OF TRACTOR SWUNG SHUT

December 18, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING ON THE DUST COLLECTOR FAN AND GOT FLASH BURN ON BOTH OF HIS EYES.NOTE:WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 01/11/88 WHEN THE WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION PA PERS CAME IN TH9 MAIL.AT THIS TIME WE DID AN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION.THIS EMPLOYEE GOT PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS FOR THIS ACCIDENT.

December 14, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS CUTTING3METAL SHIMS FOR A KILN BRICK JOB.WHILE HOLDING THE SHIM MANUALLY,IT KICKED TO ONE SIDE CLOCKWISE PINCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

October 25, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAS BE9N USING A JACKHAMMER AND HAS AGGRAVATED HIS HANDS AND NEW HASBEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (INFLAMATION OF CARPALS IN THE HANDS.)

September 3, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS BL2WING STUCK CEMENT LOOSE WITHAN AIR LANCE. WHEN PULLING THE AIR LANCE BACK CEMENT EXPLODED BLOWING CEMENT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

September 2, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING BY JACKHAMMER WHEN IT STARTED TO FALL. HE GRABBED THE JACKHAMMER AND PLACED HIS HAND OVER THE TRIGGER. THE JACKHAMMER STARTED TO RUN PINNING HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST A CONCR ETE WALL SMASHI3G HIS FINGER.

August 14, 1987 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Columbia Northwest Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS LIM6ING A TREE WITH A CHAINSAW.THE SAW HIT A SNAG (NAIL OR WIRE) IN THE TREE AND THE SAW KICKED BACK CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT LEG (KNEE AREA).

August 8, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SINGLE CABLE ON3P & H CRANE BROKE.I.NAME (SHIFT REPAIRMAN) AND HE (SHIFT ELECTICIAN) WERE TRYING TO REPAIR THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN 4:00 AM AND 5:00 AM.RETHREADING THE BUCKET,HE WAS PULLING SLACK THROUGH THE BO7TOM SHEVES.THE CRANE OPERATOR WAS LETTING THE SINGLE CABLE DOWN.THE CABLE CAME UP AGAINST THE CLAMP ON THE DRUM AND REVERSED ITSELF PULLING HIS LEFT HAND INTO THE SHEVEL.

August 5, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS KN9ELING ON A PLANK USING A SMALL JACKHAMMER OVERHEAD TO UNPLUG MULTICONES HE TURNED THE WRONG WAY TO AVOID THE FALLING MATERIAL AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS UPPER BACK THIS EMPLOY EE DID NOT REPO9T THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 8-13-87

July 1, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Sme Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING CONVEYOR LOOSE AND FREEING UNIT WHEN THE CONVEYOR TIPPED.

June 3, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG AN AIR LANCE TO MOVE MATERIAL OUT OF A COMPARTMENT IN THE DUST COLLECTOR WHEN DUST BLEW BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEST AND FACE AND GOT INTO HIS EYES.

May 24, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A JACKHAMMER TO BREAK UP CEMENT AROUND #8 F.K. PUMP.HE WAS IN WATER AND HIS FOOT GOT WET AND GOT CEMENT IN HIS BOOT.

April 5, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by flying object

CEMENT DUST SHO7 OUT & COVERED EMPLOYEES FACE GETTING INTO HIS RT EYE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES & A DUST MASK

March 16, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Midwest Portland Cement · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING AT THE END OF THE LOADING BELT THE BAGS CAME OUT TO CLOSE TOGETHER AND HE JAMMED HIS FINGER ON THE BAGS OF CEMENT

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