EMPL WAS USING JACKHAMMER IN CONFINED AREA & ALSO IN AWKWARD POSITION.
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Showing all 43EMPL BEGAN DAY WITN NO APPARENT PROBLEMS. HE WAS ASSIGN4ED TO JOB WHICH REQUIRED INSTALLATION & WELDING OF ACCESS DOORS TO #1 CLINKER ELEVATOR. WHILE DOING THIS COLD WIND WAS BLOWING ON BACK. FOLLOWING MORNING HE CALLED IN TO SAY THAT HE WAS GOING TO CHIROPRACTOR TO HAVE BACK POPPED IN PLACE PROCEDURE HE HAD DONE ON TWO OTHER OCCASSIONS AFTER SEEING CHIRPRACTOR HE WENT HOME WAN'T B
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN ANGLE DISK GRINDER WHEN IT GRABBED AND KICKED BACK HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT LEG CAUSING A CUT.
SAW MED ASTTENTION 2-13-89 BUT DID NOT KNOW IT WAS WORK RELATED ON 4-11-89 SAW MED AND DR. DETERM. WIRJ REKATED DATE OF INJ IS APPROX.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START AN UNGUARDED HAND-HELD GRINDER WHEN HIS FINGER SLIPPED AND WAS CUT BY GRINDER BLADE.
GRINDING PARTICLE ENTER RIGHT EYE BACK OF EYE GLASS.
HELPING WELDER FORM CHERRY PCIKER ON 1 FINISH MILL WHEN TRAPPED WELDING CORD ON FINGER CUASING HIM TO SCRAPE HIS KNUCKLE APPLIE FRIST AID BU T ON 2-13-89 REQ. MED ATTENTION DUE KNOT ON KNUCKLE .
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING JACKHAMMER OVERHEAD TO REMOVE CASTABLE FROM 2 KILN NOSE RING WHEN HE NOTICED PAIN IN CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPRAYING WATER ON CLINKER INCLINE AND WAS BURNED BY STEAM.
EMPLOYEE WAS REFUELING THE FORKLIFT WHEN THE NOZZLE CAME OFF THE HOSE ALLOWING GASOLINE TO SPRAY IN HIS FACE AND EYE.
INJURED WAS WELDING ON #1 COLLER STACK FAN IN THE FAN HOUSING AND HAD A HOT SPARK FALL BEHINE THE TONGUE OF HIS SHOE. HE SUFFERED 2ND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LEFT INSTEP. TOTAL BURN AR EA IS 4 CENTIMETERS IN DIAMETER WITH A ONE CENTIMETER THIRD DEGREE BURNED AREA. REMAINING BURN AREA IS SECOND DEGREE BURN.
SANDBLASTING CEMENT PUMP SCREWS - HE HAD SIDE SHIELD GLASSES AND ROAD AN BUT SAND STILL ENTERED RIGHT EYE.
KILN PENION PILLOW BLOCK SLIPPED AND MASHED FINGER.
OPERATING JACKH5MMER IN TANK AREA LIFT HAMMER INJURED BACK.
EMPLOYEE AL 3 LEGEDLY INJURED HER SHOULDER 01-04-889NO WITNESSES.SHE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT .SHE CONTACTED DR.ON 01-13-88 AND HE PRESCRIBED A RX OVER TH E PHONE.SHE WEN7 TO DR. ON 01-23-88 AND RECEIVED CORTISONE SHOTS AND HER ARM WAS PUT IN A SLING.I(NAME) NOTICED THE SLING 02-02-88 AND QUESTIONED THE EVENTS OF THE ACCIDENT AND SUBSEQUENTLY FI
HOOKING MILL RO2M CRANE TO MAGNET FOR ATTACHING TO HOPPER USED IN DUMPING BALLS INTO MILL RT THUMB WAS MASHED WHEN CRANE HOOK MOVED
INJURED WAS LYI3G UNDER COAL MILL, PULLING ON THE DRIVE BELTS TO ALIGN BEARING SET SCREWS FOR TIGHTENING. HIS COVERALLS GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELTS AND THE ROTOR SHEAVE. HE GRABBED THE BELTS TO STOP THE SH9AVE FROM TURNING AND HIS FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE ROTOR SHEAVE. HE HAD NO PROBLEM UNTIL 9-15-87 WHEN HIS FINGER BECAME SWOLLEN AND INFECTED. THE FINGER WAS L
WORKING IN AREA3OF COMPRESSOR AT 3 KILN PICK CUTTING DRILLING WELDING ON COMPRESSOR GOT SOMETHING N RIGHT EYE.
INJURED WAS USI3G JACKHAMMER INSIDE GRINDING MILL. SOMETHING STRUCK HIS CHEST.
I NAME 3 PLACED HER HAND BETWEEN THE BIT HOLDING LEVER AND THE JACKHAMMER BODY IN ORDER TO POSITION THE JACKHAMMER. WHEN SHE ACUMUATED THE TRIGGER THE LE VER CLOSED ON H9R HAND.
LIFTING SHAFT O6T OF LATHE HIT WRONG CONTROL BUTTOM CAUSING LOAD TO GO WRONG DIRECTION JERKED BACK TRYING TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY
EMP INHALED FUM9S FROM ACETYLEN TORCH USED TO CUT AN OBSOLETE BELT CONVEYOR BY A W ELDER EMP DEVELOPED NAUSEA AND HEADACHE FROM BREATHING FUMES
WHILE CLEANING 7LINKER ELEVATOR PIT, A PARTICAL OF DUST BECAME LODGED IN EMPLOYEE'S EYE. A JACK HAMMER WAS BEING USED. CONDITIONS WERE NOT VERY DUSTY. IT IS POSSIBLE AIR FLOW JACK HAMMER MAY H AVE CAUSED A DU8TY CONDITION.
WHILE CHIPPING 5 WELD APIECE OF SLAG ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION.THE NEXT DAY INFECTION HAD BEGUN AND HE WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG AN AIR LANCE TO CLEAR AWAY CLINKER DUST TO ENABLE HIM TO PULL OUT CAGES THAT WERE ENTWINED IN THE CLINKER DUST SCREW CONVEYOR WHILE BLOWING THIS MATERIAL A PARTICLE OF CLINK ER DUST BOUNCED3AND EMBEDDED ITSELF IN HIS LEFT EYE FIRST AID WAS RENDERED
OPERATING SWEEP9R ON KILN BURNER FLOOR, LIFTED BACK OF SWEEPER AND INJURED NECK
EMPLOYEE WAS AS8IGNED TO BUILD UP THE BREAKER BARS IN THE PRIMARY CRUSHER UTILIZING AN AUTOMATIC WELDING MACHINE. HE RECIEVED SEVERAL ARE FLASHES THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHILE CHECKEING THE MACHINE ALSO SOME REFL9CTION WAS RECIEVED INSIDE HIS HOOD WHILE HE WAS INSIDE THE CRUSHER.
A 350 MILL LIFT9R FELL WHEN HOISTING CABLE CAUGHT ON EDGE OF MILL MANHOLE ALLOWING CHOKER TO LOOSEN.LIFTER FELL INTO MILL AND OUT OF THE BOTTOM.MANHOLE STRIKING EMPL RIGHT FOOT.
INJ TRYING TO S7RAIGHTEN BAG OF CEMENT IN AIR WASH BOX WHEN BAG TOUCHED TRIP IT TURNED AIR ON,THEN JERKED HAND AND CUT RIGHT HAND ON AIR TRIP.
HE WAS WELDING 3N THE SEPARATOR WHEN A GLOB AOA OF MOLTEN METAL WENT DOWN HIS COVERALLS LODGING AGAINST HIS LEG AND SCROTUM.
WELDING IN PRIM5RY CRUSHER WEARING ORDINARY GLOVES SLAG FELL INTO CUFF OF GLOVE & BURNED LEFT FOREARM
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG POWER GRINDER ON OUTSIDE OF KILN SHELL ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ON A LADDER ABOVE THE INJURY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE ABOVE YELLED TO HIM & WHEN HE LOOKED UP PARTICLES OF MATERIAL FELL INTO HIS EYES F9OM HIS FACE SHIELD A SMALL PARTICLE WAS IMBEDDED IN CORNEA EMPLOYEE WASHED OUT EYE & FINISHED SHIFT HE WENT TO PHYSICIAN NEXT DAY AFTER EXPERIENCING DISCOMFORT
WELDING IN DUST3COLLECTOR RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES
INJURED WAS GRI3DING PADS ON NO.2 KILN WHEN ARM SLIPPED OFF TRUNION ROLL CAUSING GRINDER TO STRIKE LEFT FOREARM
ATTEMPTING TO L3NE UP HEAD OF SUMP PUMP AND INSERT HEAD BOLT CRANE WINCH LINE ALLOWED HEAD TO DROP MASHING MIDDLE LEFT FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING ON A CASTABLE MIXER WITHOUT LEAVING THE GUARD IN PLACE AND CAUGHT HIS RT. HAND AND A WATERHOSE IN THE MIXER BLADES.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING JACKHAMMER OVERHEAD TO LOOSEN DUST BUILDUP IN CLINKER COOLER REAR GRATE SECTION.MATERIAL CAME LOOSE SUDDENLT THROWING EMPLOYEE OFF BALANCE.EMPLOYEE JUMPED 1 1/2 FOOT TO GR ATES AND CAUGHT JACKHAMMER CAUSING BACK MUSCLE STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE PLACED HAND ON A SPEADER BAR TO STEADY THE MOLD FOR A BABBIT MIN PREARATORY TO REMOVING THE MEWLY CAST BEARING AS THE MOLD WAS LOOSENED IT SHIFTED CATCHING HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE SPREADER BAR AND LIFTING EYE, AMPATATING THE THUMB DISTAL TO THE 1ST JOINT.
HOLDING CABLE S5ING AROUND BARREL OF GRINDING BALLS OVERHEAD CRANE WAS TO PICK UP BARRELS AND DUMP INTO MILL.
EMPLOYEE WA INVESTIGATING WHY AN AIRSLIDE WAS PLUGGED. WHILE DOING SO IT PUFFED INTO HIS FACE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ABOUT THREE FEET OFF THE LADDER, LANDING HEAVILY ON HIS HEEL. HE FIN ISHED HIS SHIFT BUT SWELLING BECAME SEVERE LATER IN THE DAY
HE WAS WELDING IN THE KILN LAYING ON HIS SIDE HE SET THE STINGER DOWN AND WENT TO GET UP AND THE STINGER ROLLED AND STRUCK HIS LEG HE JUMPED AND FELT A POP IN HIS BACK HE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT MAY 14
WORKING ON CLEANUP AND STRUCK BYY FALLING KILN TRUNION ROLL ASSEMBLY WHEN HOISTING SLING FAILED.
EE WAS USING A SMALL JACKHAMMER TOR EMOVE COSTABLE IN THE CLINKER COOLER. A CHUNK FELL & STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE OF HIS BOT.