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The injured employee and another employee was erecting a 30 foot conveyor into place. The conveyor was suspended with chain and cable hoist. The conveyor needed to shift to the left a couple of inches. The injured employee had thumb in the area where IE believed it was hung up. The conveyor unexpectedly shifted forward pinching IE's thumb between the chute and conveyor.
Employee hooked the crane cable block into the lifting eye of the conveyor belt carriage. When the crane operator began cabling up, employee seen the cable block drifting toward a 55 gallon oil drum. He pushed on the block with his right hand. The outer cable caught his right thumb, pulling it into the cable block.
The EE was welding inside the loader bucket, using a LN25 wire welder. That Friday afternoon his eyes were sore, by Saturday evening his eyes became worse and began to swell.
EE was using a small jack hammer to remove the castable material from the #5 firing hood. A piece of castable material fell and hit the top of his left foot.
EE and a contractor EE where working from a bucket truck erecting an induced draft exhaust stack on the #7 kiln. On the decent the bucket truck boom moved suddenly giving EE a jolt.
EE was using a Purox oxygen & accetylene cutting torch to cut an 8" I-Beam which was at a 45 degree angle & secured with a chain fall on 1 end & welded to another I-Beam on the other. It must have been under pressure because when beam was cut the chain fall slid down & allowed beam to drop Appx 3" & during this our employee's wrist became squeezed betwen the chain fall & beam.
EE was in the maintenance shop tacking some pieces of metal together. He was wearing his safety glasses not his shield while doing this task. He positioned his metal and then looked away as he struck arc. At this time he believes the rusty material got into his eye.
EE was helping another employee change cooler plates inside the #6 kiln cooler system. EE was located in the lower compartment cutting a T-Bolt out using an Acetylene cutting torch. During this process he has his head slightly tilted, allowing a piece of hot molten metal to enter his left inner ear.
Employee was removing refractory (Castable) material from the #8 Kiln with an air jack hammer. He had his right hand positioned between the anchor that holds the refractory & the jack hammer handle. When he engaged the jack hammer his hand got caught in between the anchor and jack hammer handle.
EE was welding inside the welding shop on a piece of equipment. A hot piece of molten metal fell on top of his work boot. It laid on one corner of his boot, then burned through the fabric causing 2nd degree burns to his toe area before he was able to remove his boot.
Employee was using a hammer drill to place anchor holes in concrete. The drill bit became bound causing the hammer drill to twist in his right hand. He visited Hickory Orthopedic Center on 03-01-2007. Review of his roentgenogram confirmed a malrotated, oblique, distal diaphyseal of his third metacarpal.
The employee was looking into the #3 rotary kiln, when a foreign body material blew back & stuck to the employee's left eye (cornea area).
EE was shooting a ring out of the #6 Rotary kiln. A piece of metallic material ricochet back toward him penetrating into his left shoulder.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING AN 8"I-BEAM WITH AN OXYGEN & ACETYELENE TORCH. WHEN HE HIT THE OXYGEN IT BLEW HOT METAL SLAG BACK INTO HIS FACE. HE DID HAVE HIS CUTTING GOGGLES ON, THE HOT METAL BURNED HIM. HE REMOVED SOME OF THE METAL & DEBRIS HIMSELF ALONG WITH THE SUPERVISOR & THEN WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL. EE WAS RELEASED BACK TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO TURN THE HIGH PRESSURE WATER LINE OFF. HE LET GO OF THE NOZZLE TO TURN THE VALVE OFF, HOLDING THE WATER HOSE WITH THE OTHER HAND. WHEN HE LET GO OF THE NOZZLE IT WHIPPED BACK & STRUCK HIM IN HIS FOREHEAD & NOSE.
Ee was shooting a klinker out of the #2 rotary kiln, he was using an 8 gauge Winchester ring blaster. when he fired a shell into the rotary kiln, something ricocheted back at him, a piece of metallic material penetrated the right side of his neck. The foreign object measured 3mm x 2mm. His doctor is going to remove it when the swelling goes down.
EE WAS PUTTING GREASE INTO THE BEARINGS ON A TAIL PULLEY. AFTER GREASING THE BEARINGS HIS GREASE GUN GOT STUCK ON THE FITTING. HE PULLED ON THE GREASE GUN, IT CAME LOOSE STRIKING HIM IN HIS FR ONT TOOTH.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON #1 KILN, THE EE WAS HELPING OTHER KILN HELPERS BUST MOLTEN ROCK FROM THE DOOR OF THE COOLER SYSTEM. AS HE WAS POSITIONING THE JACK HAMMER TO THE MOLTEN ROCK HE TWISTED & APPARENTLY STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE'S ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON #1 KILN, THE GRINDER KICKED BACK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT KNEE.