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EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE WORKING WITH JACKHAMMER, CLEANING OUT BUCKET ELEVATOR, RAISED JACKHAMMER ADN STRUCK THUMB AGAINST ELEVATOR BUCKET.
PARTICLES IN AIRE FROM T.D.FAN LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.
THE EE SAID THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP A CONTRACTOR FROM INSERTING AT CLOSE DISTANCE TO A LARGE OPENING IN A VESSEL CONTAINING EXTREMELY HOT MATERIALS AND WATERLANCE UP INTO THE BOTTOM CON E OF THE STAGE VESSELL OF THE PREHEATER TOWER WHEN HOT RAW MIX FLUSHED FROM THE VESSELL AND CONTACTED HIM THE CONTRACTOR WHO PERFORMED THE INSERTION AND THE CONTRACTOR FELLOW CONTRACT WORKER
EMPLOYEE WAS JACKHAMMERING AND WHEELING A WHEELBARROW. FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT SILO 16 FLOWGATE, WHEN SYSTEM WAS SHUT DOWN FROM REMOTE LOCATION, CAUSING FLOWGATE SHAFT AND NUT TO COME DOWN RESULTING IN RIGHT HAND INJURY. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION P RESCRIVED BY DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP SPILLED CEMENT USING VACUMM TRUCK AND VACUUM HOSE ALL DAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OUT METAL SKIRTING ON B2-BC1.HE WAS LAYING ON HIS SIDE (WHICH WAS THE ONLY WAY POSSIBLE) AND A SPARK BLEW BENEATH THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD(WHICH WAS FACING DOWNWARD) AND UP INTO HIS LEFT EAR.IT BURNED THE INSIDE OF HIS LEFT EAR.HE WAS NOT WEARING EARPLUGS.
EMPL WAS WORKING WITH VACUUM HOSE PICKING UP MATERIAL. NEXT DAY, HE DEVELOPED SKIN RASH.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WAY OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO LET HIM PASS. HE SLIPPED AND FELL, TO BREAK HIS FALL, HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE RAIL OF H2-BCC1 AND A METAL WHEEL RAN OVER HIS RIGHT R ING AND LITTLE FINGERS.
RAISING TOP TRACTION WITH OVERHEAD HOIST. LOAD GOT CAUGHT. EMPLOYEE PUSHED ON SHEAVE BLOCK WITH RIGHT HAND. LOAD FREED AND JUMPED UP, SHEAVE BLOCK TWISTED AROUND, WHEN SHEAVE BLOCK CAME DOWN, IT CAUGHT EMPLOYEE FINGERS BETWEEN SHEAVE BLOCK AND CABLE.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS AT FM4 IN THE GRINDING DEPARTMENT, SETTING THE BACKLASH ON THE PINION TO THE GEAR FACE OF FM4 WEST SEPARATOR GEAR BOX. IN THE PROCESS OF HOOKING UP THE LIFT CHAIN, SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF THE MONO-CRANE CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE LOAD HOOK AND TOW CHAIN OF THE MONO-CRANE.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS ARC WELDING ANGLE IRON AND IN THE PROCESS OF BENDING THE WELDING ROD WITH A GLOVED LEFT HAND, HE BURNED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER THROUGH A HOLE IN THE GLOVE.
WHILE USING A CHIPPING GUN , EMP. DROPED THE GUN ON HER RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING GUARD ON H2-6 DRC2 AT THE KILN AREA. HE REACHED TO REV THE GOVENOR ON THE WELDING MACHINE AND ACCIDENTLY PUT H AND IN TOO FAR AND WAS HIT BY THE FAN.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS USING AN AIR LANCE TO UNPLUG STAGE 1B PREHEATER TOWER. MATERIAL FLUSHED OUT OF THE ACCESS DOOR ADN LODGED UNDER BOTH GLVOES WORN ON RIGHT HAND AND BURNED RIGHT ARM AT LEV EL OF HIS WRIST.
EMPL SAID THAT AS HE WAS DRILLING HOLE IN FINISH MILL 8 JOURNAL HOUSING DRILL BIT HUNG UP IN THICK METAL & THIS CAUSED DRILL TO TWIST RIGHT ELBOW.
WHILE REMOVING REFRACTORY WITH JACKHAMMER I NAME CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN BETWEEN CHIPPING GUN AND SCAFFOLD PIPE.
WHILE JACKHAMMERING IN BALL MILL, EMPLOYEE WAS HIT BY MATERIAL THAT EXPLODED LOOSE, A MILL BALL HIT HIS HAND AND A PIECE OF METAL LODGED IN HIS FOREHEAD.
EMPLOYEE SAID THAT AS HE WAS AIR ARCING A CRACK ON #2 CRANE IN THE CLINKER STORAGE BUILDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON TOP OF A CLINKER PILE AND A PIECE OF HOT MATERIAL ENTERED HIS LEFT EAR
WHILE ATTEMPTIN1 TO VACUUM MATERIAL UP WITH VACTOR HOSE PRESSURE WAS INCREASED TOO HIGH HOSE THEN JERKED EMPLOYEE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FEEL A STRAIN IN BACK AS SHE WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THE SUDD EN MOVEMENT 3
THE EMPLOYEE SA3D HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ALIGNING A BOLT IN THE FL-WEST SEPARATOR MOTOR BASE MOUNTING WITH THE CORRESPONDING BOLT HOLE IN THE MOTOR BASE,THE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS OPERATING THE MO NORAIL CRANE FR2M WHICH THE MOTOR WAS SUSPENDED PUSHED THE "DOWN" BUTTON WITHOUT BEING DIRECTED TO DO SO AND THE MOTOR WAS LOWERED RAPIDLY ONTO THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB CAUSING A CRUSHING IN
HE WAS INJECTIN1 H2O THROUGH THE MIDDLE DOOR WITH AN AIR LANCE.THE WATER LOOSENED THE MATERIAL BUILDUP BUT DID NOT VAPORIZE COMPLETELY.HE STUCK A PRY BAR INTO THE CRACK FORMED BY THE WATER'S ACTION AND APP 3 LIED LEVERAGE IN ORDER TO BREAK THE MATERIAL FREE.THE WATER THAT DID NOT VAPORIZE SEEPED DOWN INTO THE WIDENING CRACK AND CONTACTED SOME VERY HO
EE WS JACKHAMME9ING CHUNKS USING A JACKHAMMER. AFTER WORKING HE FELT PAIN ABOVE HIS RIGHT TESTICLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING POUR CEMENT BELOW COOLER SHUNK BREAKER AND DIRT FELL INTO RIGHT EAR.THE VIBRATION FROM THE VIBRATOR USED ON THE STEEL FROM TO MAKE THE CONCRETE SETTLE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE CAUSED DUST FRO4 THE COOLER GRATE AND CHUNK BREAKER ABOVE THE EMPLOYEE'S HEAD TO FALL INTO RIFHTRIGHT EAR.
ON FLOOR IN A P9ONE POSITION TRYING TO TACK WELD A NUT TO A BOLT OF IMPACTOR BEARING THE BOLT IS LOCATED ABOUT 12 INCHES FROM FLOOR UNDER BEARING TABLE EMPLOYEE TO GET A BETTER ANGLE TO TACK W ELD ROLLED OVER3ON HIS LEFT SIDE AND OVER A 1/2 IN GROUND CABLE ALLEDGEDLY BRUISING HIS LEFT LOWER RIB CAGE
HE THOUGHT HE H5D SUFFERED A WELDER FLASH DURING THE AFTERNOON SHIFT OF 6-19-86 AT 830 P.M. BOTHERING HIM ON MONDAY JUNE 16, 1986. HE REPORTED INJURY ON 6-19-86 AT 830 P.M.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING BLOW BAR IN ORDER TO GET BETTER FIT. THE CRANE WAS HOOKED ON TO THE BLOW BAR, EMPLOYEE PULLED ON CHOKER WITH RIGHT HAND, BLOW BAR BROKE FREE AND CAME OUT OF ACCESS DOOR. AS BLOW BAR E3ITED DOOR, EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO PREVENT IT FROM STRICKING CRUSHER BUILDING BY PULLING BACK ON CHOKER AND GRASPING EAST END OF BLOW BAR WITH LEFT HAND, CRUSHING FINGERS AGAINST
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS CHANGING RT REAR FLAT TIRE ON A FUEL TRUCK USING A POWER IMPACT GUN TO REMOVE LUG NUTS EMPLOYEE ALLEDGEDLY STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK
EMP WAS USING A3HAND GRINDER TO GRIND WELDS ON TOP OF NO.1 CRANE BRIDGE, A PIECE OF METAL ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE AND THE GRINDER KICKED BACK AND STRUCK HIS LEFT SHIN
THE EMPLOYEE SA3D THAT HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN THE FINSH MILL 8 JOURNAL HOUSING, THE DRILL BIT HUNG UP IN THE THICK METAL AND THIS CAUSED THE DRILL TO TWIST HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE SAID THAT AS HE WAS USING AN AIR LANCE IN ATTEMPT TO BREAK UP A PRE-HEATER TOWER VESSEL AUG IN 1B VESSEL ON 5TH FLOOR OF TOWER HOT MATERIAL FLUSHED OUT OF VESSEL & CONTACTED HIM THIS RESULTED IN SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS FACE RT WRIST & FLASH CALCINER LEFT FOREARM
WHILE EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE REPLACING BROKEN TROUSE SPRINGS IN B1-VS1. EMPLOYEE HAD THE UPPER PART OF HIS BODY INSIDE THE VIBRATING SCREEN HOUSING TIGHTENING DOWN BOLTS WHEN THE VIBRA TING SCREEN WAS STARTED
WHILE STANDING ON A LADDER PERFORMING OVERHEAD WELDING INSIDE THE D2-2-SS1 SEPERATOR, HOT SLAG STARTED DROPPING DOWN AND A PIECE OF HOT SLAG DROPPED DOWN ONTO EMPLOYEES PANTS LEG, BURNED THROU GH AND TRAVELED DOWN INTO THE BOOT TO HIS FOOT