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Employee was struck in the left eye by a rivet buster piston. Employee was wearing safety glasses at the time of the incident.
Was lifting a hoist on a platform in the tower and EE reinjured a hernia.
Smashed finger when lance slipped inside poke hole over refractory.
Operating the drill over a period of six months caused an injury on the right palm.
Smashed little Finger on Equipment
3 workers were welding on a flat 5' X 5' steel door for a hammer mill (4BR1), the door was turned upright resting on the ground & leaned against a forklift for the final welding position. The door became unbalanced while the workers were welding, & fell over striking EE on the leg. EE was taken to the hospital by ambulance & was admitted for a broken leg.
The miner was using a hand grinder with right hand to smooth out an area on a piece of metal when the grinder at some point grabbed the metal and jumped to the left nicking the middle finger of the left hand of the miner which was bracing the metal.
Employee was cleaning down-comer when he smashed his pinky finger between the door frame and air-lance
While on top of a silo cleaning silo 5556 at mine site, silo whip hit handrail and hit miner on the nose causing it to bleed.
Employee was working on a moisture analyzer which had a small amount of water that overheated and sprayed out a blast of steam and hit him causing burn to his abdomen.
While working inside Dust Collector baghouse, blowing off buildup dust got inside goggles and irritated miner's left eye.
While trying to break up a chunk of rock with a jackhammer, the jackhammer slipped off the rock puncturing his toe.
While trying to realign the ram with the hole in the plate on the slide wrench for 013 drill the operator was holding the plate with his left and operating the ram with his right hand, The ram jerked forward pinching the tip of his finger between the plate and the slide wrench severing the tip of his left index finger.
Using a porta power to remove a bearing from a shaft, EE put his hand on the bearing to see if there was any movement. The bearing broke free and a spacer popped off the shaft and hit EE in the left index finger.
IE was using an air lance to clean build-up from inside of feed hood. As he pulled the air lance out of the poke hole, he slipped backward, grabbed onto handrail(gate) bumping his right knee and left elbow causing a contusion of right knee and left arm.
Employee was welding and some of the weld dripped onto his glove and burned through his glove onto his finger.
While jack hammering on clean-up project, jack hammer slipped off of rock causing left ring finger to be pinched between jackhammer and frame of T-Bird crusher.
Employee grinding on a wedge, when employee tried to reposition himself, he slipped and the grinder wheel came in contact with his finger.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING SLAG INSIDE THE KILN. SLAG ENTERED EMPLOYEES RIGHT EYE. HE DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING WHEN HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Driving down hill Sweeper gained speed attempting to brake, brakes failed. Used Ebrake, operator's adjustment of handle being too loose. When fail to stop, drove into hillside. Seatbelt in use. Driver hit forehead on steering wheel, knee on column. Minor front end damage to sweeper.
While Air Lancing the Bauxite feeder with a stretched out position, employee felt a pull in the lower back while making a twisting movement.
Employee was involved int he process of are gouging out cracks when object flew into his right eye causing them to be embedded.
REPAIRING PRIMARY CRUSHER, A LIFTING TASK. A PIECE GOT CAUGHT & JAMMED. USING A HOIST & COME-ALONG TO AID IN LIFTING OPERATION, THE PIECE LOOSENED UP & SLID INTO PLACE & THE WORKER HAD HIS FOOT IN THE "SOCKET". HE RECOGNIZED HE WAS IN ERROR AFTER ALREADY BEEN INSTRUCTED.
WHILE JACKHAMMERING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME - HANDS WENT NUMB
WHILE CUTTING 1" PLATE DEBRIS CAME UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES, EMBEDDING IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MANLIFT CUTTING BOLTS OFF THE RAW MILL. THE OPERATOR MOVED THE MANLIFT. THE BASKET CONTACTED BOTTLES CAUSING THE BASKET TO JERK CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO HIT THE RA IL. INITIAL DOCTOR REPORT WAS VERY UNCLEAR AS TO THE STATUS OF EMPLOYEE RELEASE. THE EMPLOYEE LEFT PROJECT RETURNING HOME TO DALLAS. DOCTORS RELEASE WAS UNCLEAR/FULL RELEASE OBTAINED IN DALLA
WORKING WITH FLOOR BUFFER - CAUGHT ON UNEVEN PORTION OF FLOOR. EE WAS PULLED INTO AN AWKWARD LEVERAGE POSITION STRAINING RIGHT & LEFT TORSO, SIDE & LOWER BACK.
JACKHAMMERING HARD MATERIAL OUT. IT BROKE LOOSE RAMMING RIGHT HAND AGAINST 2 PIECES OF METAL BEAMS THAT WERE COMING OUT OF THE WALL.