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EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR IMPACT GUN TO REMOVE BOLTS FROM THE COVER OF A TWINDUCER GEAR. HE SAID THAT AFTER HE GOT THE BOLTS OUT HE COULD NOT GET HIS RIGHT RING FINGER TO STRAIGHTEN. HE SAW A PHYSICIAN ON 2-28-96 AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A MALLET FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT 4TH FINGER AND THE INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT GYPSUM TANK USING A JACKHAMMER BIT TO POKE INTO THE TANK TO GET MATERIAL TO FLOW OUT.THE BAR BROKE THROUGH A LUMP,JERKING HIM AND CAUSING A MUSCLE STRAINH TO HIS BACK.
EE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER TO LOOSEN HARDNES MATERIAL IN THE CASTABLE MIXER. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND HOLDING THE JACKHAMMER BIT, ATTEMPTING TO POSITION IT ONT HE BUILD UP IN THE MIXER. THE BIT SLI PPED OFF THE BUILD UP AND HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT TBETWEEN THE END OF THE JACKHAMMER AND THE DOOR FRAME OF THE MIXER, CAUISNG A FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN 2ND COMPARTMENT OF CLINKER COOLER, BURNING STAINLESS STEEL FINGERS OFF OF COOLER BEAMS USING AN AIR ARC. HE WAS POSITIONED HEAD DOWN WHILE DOING THIS. REFLECTIONS FROM THE SIDES AND THE POSITION OF HIS HOOD APPARENTLY CONTRIBUTED TO A FLASH BURN TO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS WORKING AT THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE FUELS LAB AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING A HOLE THROUGH A CONCRETE BLOCK WALL WHERE CONDUIT WOULD BE RUN. THE DRILL BIT ON THE DRILL CAUGHT IN THE WALL, CAUSING THE DRILL ITSELF TO SPIN. AS IT SPUN AROUND, IT STRUCK THE EE ON THE HEAD, CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT OUT SECTIONS OF THE SIDES OF A DUST COLLECTOR BEING REMOVED FROM THE TOP OF THE CLINKER SILOS HE HAD REMOVED ALL BUT 2 UPPER CORNERS OF SECTION AS HE CUT ONE CORNER A SECTION OF METAL SLID DOWN & HIT HIS LEFT RING FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT BUILD-UP IN KLIN BACKHOUSING HOPPER. HE HAD BEEN LANCING THE BUILD-UP. DUST FELL FROM ABOVE AND FLUSHED OUT THE OPENING, CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS ARMS, FACE , CHEST AND BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR LANCE TO POKE THRU AN OPENING INTO 1E CLAY STORAGE TANK. BRIDGED MATERIAL INSIDE THE TANK FELL SUDDENLY, STRIKING THE END OF THE LANCE, CAUSING THE OPPOSITE END OF TH E LANCE TO HIT HIM IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE JAW, CAUSING A LACERATION.
EE WAS PACKING CEMENT BAGS ON PACKING MACHINE. AFTER PLACING BAGS ON PACKING MACHINE SPOUTS AND PUSHING SPOUT LOADING BUTTONS SOME OF THE BAGS FBLEW OFF THE LOADING SPOUTS ALLOWING CEMENT TO B E BLOWN ON THE FACE AND EYES OF THE EE.
EE WAS USING A JET BLASTER TO WASH HARDENED KILN DUST BUILD UP OFF OF A 7 YEARD LOADER BUCKET AND LIFTING ARMS. WATER AND LOOSENED MATERIAL SPALSPLASH BACK ON HIM AS HE WAS DOING THIS AFTER HE HAD BEEN DOING THIS FOR AN HOUR OR SO HE NOTICEHIS WET CLOTHING HE INCURRED 1 ST AND 2ND DEGREE CHEMCIAL BURNS TO THE FRONT OF HIS ARMS AND LEGS.
EE WAS USING AHDN GRINDER INSIDE THE KILN TO SMOOTH THE SURFACE OF THE KILN SHELL WHERE METAL ANCHORS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN WELDED ONTO THE SHELL. A PARTICLE OF METAL FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE AND HAD TO BE REMOVED.
54736YEE WAS USING AN AIR LANCE TO GET STONE TO FLOW FROM C STONE TANK.THE LANCE WAS INSERTED THROUGH A POKE HOLE IN THE TANK AND HE WAS HOLDING THE LANCE OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.ROCK INSIDE T 85031NK FELL SUDDENLY AND STRUCK THE AIR LANCE, JERKING HIS ARMS UPWARD AND CAUSING STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.INJURY DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL HE WENT TO AN PHYSICIAN ON AUG 11,1992.
EMPLOYEE HAD BURNED A DOORWAY OPENING INTO THE CONE OF A STONE TANK IN ORDER TO GET TO SECTIONS OF A BROKEN SPIDER TO REMOVE IT. AS SHE REACHED THROUGH THE OPENING TO BURN A SECTION OF SPIDER LOOSE, SLAG POPPED OFF MATERIAL AND LODGED BETWEEN HER GOGGLES AND HER NOSE, CAUSING A SMALL SECOND DEGREE BURN TO HER NOSE.
USING RIVET BUSTER, INTERNAL PARTS OF GUN EXPELLED IN L EYEBROW AND FACE
ASSISTING DROPBALL OPER WITH RIGGING BUCKET ON CRANE RELEASED SPOOL FOR TAG LINE IN ORDER TO REEL IN EXCESS LINE CALBE LINE SLIPPED STRUCK ON BACK ABRASION AND CONTUSION
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER DRILL TO CUT A HOLE THRU CASTABLE ON THE CLINKER COOLER NORTH WALL DRILL BIT CAUGHT ON MATERIAL CAUSING THE DRILL ITSELF TO TWIST EXERTING ENOUGH FORCE ON HIS RT HA ND WITH WHIC HE WAS HOLDING THE DRILL THAT IT FXTHE 4TH METACARPAL OF HIS RT HAND
EE WAS ASSIGNED JOB OF DRILLING HOLES IN HARD BUILD UP IN 1-F CLINKER FEEDER TANK. HE USED A SMALL JACKHAMMER TO DRILL WITH AND DEVELOPED A BLISTER ON THE INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT THUMB. WHEN HE RE PORTED FOR WORK ON SEPT 29 IT WAS NOTED THAT HISTHUMB HAD BECOME INFECTED AND HE WAS SENT TO A PHYSICIAN FOR TREATMENT. HE STARTED TO LOST TIME ON SEPT 30.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE MACHINE SHOP WHERE HE AND A COWORKER WERE DISMANTLING CRUSHER HAMMERS. COWORKER WAS USING A RIVET BUSTER TO DRIVE A PIN OUT OF A HAMMER IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE TIP. AS THE PIN WAS DRIVEN OUT, A SMALL FRAGMENT OF METAL FLEW OFF OF THE HAMMER TAB OR PIN, STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM, CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION AND EMBEDDING IN HIS ARM.
WORKING IN MACHINE SHOP USING GRINDING WHEEL TO GRIND BURRS OFF OF ANGLE LEGS FORM PLATFORM FINE FRAGMENTS WENT UNDER GLASSES AND IN L EYE
EE WAS USING AN AIR LANCE TO LOOSEN MATERIAL STUCK INSIDE SHALE TANK. AS HE POKED AT MATERIAL THRU A PORT IN THE SIDE OF THE TANK, MATERIAL ABOVE GAVE WAY AND STRUCK THE END OF THE LANCE, CAUS ING THE HANDLE END OF THE LANCE NEXT TO HIM TO FLY UP AND STRIKE HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE FINISH MILL NO 2 USING AN ACETYLINE TORCH TO BURN & REMOVE LINERS FROM THE MILL AS HE SWUNG THE TORCH DOWN & AWAY FROM AN AREA HE WAS CUTTING HE INADVERTENTLY ALLOW ED THE FLAME TO BURN THE FRONT OF HIS RT LEG JUST BELOW THE KNEE INCURRING A SECOND DEGREE BURN
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BUILD-UP FROM BACK SIDE OF #4 HOPPER OF THE PRECIPITATOR USING AN AIR LANCE TO MOVE THE DUST WHILE PERFORMING THIS CLEANING DUST GOT UP HIS PANT LEG & DOWN INTO HIS BOOT THIS DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL SEPT 8 WHENHE REPORTED HIS RT LEG WAS IRRITATED & HE WAS TAKEN TO A PHYSICIAN WHO DIAGNOSED IT AS A CHEMICAL BURN
PROCESS OF CUTTING SIDE OUT OF CRUSHER HOUSING. LAYING ON SIDE AS HE WAS CUTTING SM PC OF HOT SLAG POPPED AND WENT INSIDE R EAR CAUSING A BURN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR WELDING STUDS TO HOPPER FOR INSTALLATION OF PREFABRICATED COVERS ON CLEAN-OUT PORTS AT HOPPER LEVEL. HE DID NOT RECALL GETTING ANYTHING IN HI S EYE BUT HIS LEFT EYE BECAME IRRITATED. EXAMINATION AT PLANT AND BY PHYSICIAN DID NOT REVEAL ANYTHING BUT AN IRRITATION POSSIBLY CAUSED BY A FOREIGN BODY HAVING BEEN IN HIS EYE PREVIOUSLY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN RECHARGING SCREENED GRINDING BALLS INTO #2 FINISH MILL BY SIGNALING THE CRANE OPERATOR TO POSITION THE BARREL TO SIT DOWN ON THE TIPPING MECHANISM OF THE BALL FUNNEL. AS THE BARREL WAS ABOUT TO REST ON THE MECHANISM, THE TOP OF THE BARREL COLLAPSED ALLOWING THE SLING TO SLIP OFF THE BARREL. THE BARREL FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE RAW MILL REPLACING LIFTERS IN THE MILL. AT THE SMAE TIME, A WELDER WAS WORKING IN THE AREA WELDING ON A CRACK IN THE RAW MILL SHELL. THE INJ URED APPARENTLY RECEIVED A FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES DURING THE COURSE OF THE WORK HE PERFORMED, EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT DO ANY WELDING.
EMPLOYEE WAS BLOWING DUST OUT OF FINISH MILL MOTORS. HE DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING ENTER HIS EYE, BUT THE FOLLOWING DAY HIS RIGHT EYE BECAME IRRIATATED AND INFLAMMED. IT WAS ASSUMED THE DUSTY CON DITION HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE EYE PROBLEM WHICH DEVELOPED.
INJ. WAS INSIDE SECONDARY CRUSHER HOLDINNG A TOP LINER IN POSITION WHILE A BOLT HOLE IN THE CCOVER WAS BEING BURNED BY A CO-WORKERTO ENLARGE THE BOLT HOLE. SLAG FROM THE BURNING OPERATION DRO PPED INTO THE TOP OF INJ. BOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING INSIDE OF KILN HOOD DOOR FRAME, USING AN AIR CHIPPING GUN TO CLEAN RUST FROM DOOR FRAME, IN ORDER THAT FRAME COULD BE WELDID. A PIECE OF SLAG FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE WHILE HE WAS OPERATING THE CHIPPING GUN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE MACHINE SHOP REPAIRING A COAL FEED PIPE. HE CUT OUT A SQUARE SECTION AND WAS GRINDING OFF THE EDGE OF THE CUT OUT AREA, PREPARATORY TO PLACING AND WELDING IN A NEW SECTION. THE PORTABLE GRINDER CAUGHT ON AN EDGE AND KICKED BACK, THE TOP OF THE GRINDER GEAR BOX STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH CAUSING LACERATIONS TO HIS UPPER LIP, TONGUE AND GUM AND ALVEOLAR BON
MOVING BEAM TO GET IN PROPER POSITION EMP WAS STANDING BESIDES BEAM TO SEE IF IT WAS STRAIGHT, WHEN A CABLE CHOKER BROKE AND HIT LEFT FOEARM. SHACKLE SLID DOWN BROKEN CABLE AND HIT ARM
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKIG IN RAW MILL BURNING OUT SECTIONS OF SCREEN.AS HE WAS BURNING OFF A SECTION A PIECE OF HOT SLAG POPPED OFF AND FELL BETWEEN HIS GLASSES AND LEFT UPPER EYELID,CAUSING A SMALL SECOND DEGREE BURN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT 5TH FLOOR OF MILL BLDG USING A TORCH TO CUT OUT PORTION OF DSM SCREENS. A PIECE OF HOT METAL POPPED OFF AND WENT DOWN INSIDE HER BOOT, CAUSING A BURN TO HER RIGHT ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON A LADDER USING AN AIR LANCE TO POKE THRU AN INSPECTION PORT IN THE SIDE OF #23 SILO ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN PACKED CEMENT A LARGE CHUNK FELL FROM ABOVE HIT THE AIR LANCE WHICH KNOCKED 2IM FROM THE LADDER HE HUNG ONTO THE HOSE WHICH KEPT HIM FROM FALLING TO THE FLOOR WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND THIS CAUSED A STRAIN TO HIS ARM AND HAND AND A SMALL ABRASION
EMP HAD BEEN AS8IGNED TO FABRICATE AND INSTALL LINERS IN THE DISCHARGE CHUTE BELOW 1D STONE FEEDER PAN. HE FIRST NOTICED IRITATION IN LEFT EYE WHILE BOLTING LINERS IN THE CHUTE, HOWEVER IT IS ASSUMED THAT A 8MALL PIECE OF STEEL MUST HAVE ENTERED HIS EYE WHILE HE WAS GRINDING ON PARTS PRIOR TO INSTALLATION
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A TORCH TO TRIM THE EDGE OF THE REPLACEMENT SCREEN IN THE RAW MILL. A PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OFF AND INTO HIS EAR.
EMPL TIGHTENING3NUTS ON RAW MILL LIFTER BOLTS WITH IMPACT WRENCH.AS HE MOVED THE WRENCH FROM ONE NUT TO ANOTHER ACCIDENTLY HIT TRIGGER OF WRENCH.HAD RIGHT HAND AROUND SOCKET WHEN IT TURNED AND A PIECE OF WIR9 HE HAD PLACED IN SOCKET TO HOLD SOCKET ON WRENCH CUT WEB OF RIGHT HAND AT BASE OF THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS LA2ING ON FLOOR AND WELDING OVER HEAD AT #1 FULLER COOLER WHEN SLAG POPPED AND FELL INTO HIS RT EAR
EMPLOYEE REMOVE8 INSPECTION DOOR FROM DUST COLLECTOR TO INSPECT FOR BLOCKAGE. HE OBSERVED A CHUNK OF CEMENT CAUGHT INSIDE DOOR. HE REACHED IN WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, GRABBED THE CHUNK, TWISTED IT TO DISLODGE 3T, AND AS IT LOOSENED, ITS WEIGHT PUSHED HIS HAND DOWNWARD TO WHERE THE ROTATING ROTARY VALVE BELOW THE INSPECTION DOOR STRUCK HIS FINGER, CAUSING INJURIES TO HIS INDEX FINGER.
INJURED WAS OPE9ATING JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE FAN BASE. HE WAS STANDING ON GROUND LEVEL HOLDING HAMMER APPROX. 18 INCH UPON PIER WHENA CHUNK OF CONCRETE BROKE OFF AND HAMMER SLID DOWN PINCHING IN JURED S FINGER 6ETWEEN HAMMER AND A PIECE OF PROTRUDING REBAR. INJURED RECEIVED LACERATION TO LEFT THIRD FINGER, AVULSED TIP OF FINGER.