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INDIVIDUALS FINGER WAS MASHED IN A PINCH POINT CREATED BY A CHAIN BEING USED TO RELEASE PRESSURE ON A CRANE BOOM PENDANT LINE.

WHILE CHIPPING A CONCRETE BEAM ON THE 2ND FLOOR A FEW TINY PIECES OF CONCRETE & CONCRETE DUST FEILL FROM TOP OF EE'S HARD HAT & BETWEEN FACE SHIELD. THE EE WAS TREATED FOR CORNEAL ABRASION & RELEASED TO FULL DUTY.

EE GOT DUST IN HIS LEFT EYE WHILE HE USED AN AIR LANCE TO PUSH CEMENT DUST DOWN AN AIR SLIDE. PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED MEDICATED EYE DROPS.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING VACUUM TRUCK NOZZEL WHEN THE NOZZLE BECAME PLUGGED THE HOSE KICKED BACK UNEXPECTEDLY AGAINST HIS HAND, SPRAINING HIS LEFT THUMB.

INDIVIDUAL FELT A PARTICLE IN HIS EYE AS HE WAS WORKING.

EE WAS CUTTING LOOSE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, HE DID NOT GET IT CUT COMPLETELY AND WHEN THE CRANE TRIED TO LIFT IT, THE PIECE BROKE LOOSE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER.

ON 8/7/01 AT 11:30 AM, EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON TOP OF THE CEMENT BAG PALLETIZER THAT HAD SHUTDOWN DUE TO A BAG MISALIGNMENT. AFTER ALIGNING THE MACHINE AND BAG THE MACHINE STARTED AUTOMATICALLY AN D CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE UPPERPUSHER AND BAG PRESS. WHEN THE OPERATOR WAS ASKED WHAT HAPPENED HIS REPLY WAS THAT HE FAILED TO LACK OUT. SURGERY WAS NEEDED.

EE WAS CLEANING OUT THROAT OF #2 FINISH MILL WITH AN AIR LANCE. THE LANCE CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH, CHIPPING FRONT TOOTH.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN JACKHAMMERING HARDENED CEMENT BUILDUP INSIDE OF CEMENT FINISH MILL WHEN LARGE CHUNK OF HARDENED CEMENT FELL FROM ROOF OF MILL ONTO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER & DOWN HIS BACK. HE DID NOT SEE DOCTOR UNTIL 7/13/01 WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SHOULDER SEPARATION. HE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK EFFECTIVE 7/16/01.

EE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE BUILDUP INSIDE A CHUTE. A CHUNK CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE JACKHAMMER TO PIVOT AND JAMMED HIS FINGER (LEFT MIDDLE) BETWEEN THE JACKHAMMER AND DOOR FRAME.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 4" GRINDER ON A PIECE OF METAL WHEN A METAL PARTICLE FLEW BETWEEN HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. AN EXAM BY THE DR. THE NEXT DAY FOUND A METAL FRAGMENT IN THE CORNEAL AREA. THE FRAGMENT AND SOME RUST WERE REMOVED AND ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT WAS APPLIED.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE QUARRY DRILL TO A NEW LOCATION. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING WHILE MOVING THE DRILL IN ORDER TO SEE BETTER. THE DRILL DROPPED UNEXPECTEDLY AND CAUSED HIS BODY WEIGHT T O BE SHIFTED TO THE LEFT LEG. THE EMPLOYEE NOTICED PAIN AFTERWARD AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT ON 5/30/01. HE STARTED SEEING A CHIROPRACTOR ON JUNE 6TH BUT THE CO. WAS NOT INFORMED UNTIL JUNE 20

WHILE USING AN AIR LANCE TO UNPLUG #4 FINISH MILL, INJURED GOT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION ON HIS LEFT 3RD FINGER WHEN THE 4" GRINDER HE WAS USING CAUGHT ON HIS GLOVE AND SCRAPED HIS FINGER. EMPLOYEE REQUIRED SURGERY TO REPAIR WOUND.

DURING KILN SHUT DOWN, EE WAS REAPLCING GRATES ON #2 CLINKER COOLER DRIVE. HE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH ON THE BOTTOM OF A GRATE WHILE ANOTHER EE USED AN IMPACT WRENCH ON THE TOP OF THE GRATE. THIS CAUSED CLINKER DUST TO FALL THROUGH THE GRATE AND GET INTO EE'S EYES, WHICH CAUSED CORNEAL ABRAISON TO HIS RIGHT EYE. EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED.

CLEANING OUT BUILDUP OF DUST IN #2 PRECIPITATOR.AIR LANCING OVERHEAD - DUST FELL ON EMPLOYEE ANDBURNED.

WHILE WELDING ON COOLER INJURED GOT A PIECE OF WELDING SLAG LODGED IN RIGHT EAR CAUSING A BURN.

EE WAS USING A 4" HAND-HELD DISK GRINDER TO GRIND METAL IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE APPLIED PRESSURE AT AN ANGLE TO THE GRINDER WHEN HIS LEFT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GRINGING WHEEL. THIS RESULTED IN A 1" LACERATION TO THE 4TH KNUCKLE OF HIS LEFT HAND WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.

EE STATED THAT PAIN ON HIS LOWER ABDOMEN RADISTING TO HIS SCROTUM DEVELOPED WHILE OPERATING THE 4000 CRANE. EE WAS TAKEN TO ER C ST. THOMAS MORE IN CANON CITY AND THE EXAMINATION INCLUDING ULT RA SOUND WERE NEGATIVE EE WAS LATER REFERRED TOAUROLOGIST WHO DIAGNOSED THE CARE ON TORSION OF RT TESTICLE NOT THOUGHT TO BE WORK RELATED BUT TO BE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION.

EE SHOOTING THE ROOF WITH GUNITE. HE WAS KNEELING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HE TURNED TO SHOOT ANOTHER SECTION OF THE ROOF. ABOUT THIS TIME A 2'X3'X4" SECTION FELL OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EE WAS USING A WELDER AND PATCHING A HOLE IN THE RECLAIM DUST LINE AT PIER 4 WHEN HE GOT DUST IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES ANDWELDING HOOD AT THE TIME(DUST MAY HAVE COLLECTED ON INSIDE OF WELDING HOOD BEFORE EE BROUGHT IT DOWN OVER HIS FACE). PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.

CRUSHED FINGER A KILN-2 COAL MERRICK LEVEL WITH AIR LANCE

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING INSIDE THE RAW MILL ALONG SIDE OTHER WELDERS REPAIRING DIVISION SCREENS IN THE MILL. HE WAS TREATED FOR FLASH BURN ON 12-14-00. A METALLIC FOREIGN BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN HIS RIGHT EYE AND REMOVEDON 12-15-00.

WHILE JACKHAMMERING OUT #2 KILN DUST CHAMBER DISCHARGE CHUTE, EE RECEIVED DUST IN RIGHT EYE. AT HOSPITAL NO DUST WAS PRESENT BUT SCRATCHING WAS SUSPECTED. NO MEDICATION ISSUED.

WHILE WELDING, A PIECE OF METAL FELL AND ENTERED EE'S LEFT EYE.

WHILE USING A DRILL. DRILL SLIPPED CUTTING EMPLOYEE.

INJURED FELT SLAG (FOREIGN MATERIAL) ENTER RIGHT EYE, WHILE AIR ARCING PRESSURING FAN.

DEMOLITION OF REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL. EE IN BOOM LIFT TO REACH AND TORCH CUT HANGING REBAR AND CONCRETE. HAND WAS FRACTURED WHEN IT WAS PINNED AFTER REBAR WAS TORCHED AND SWUNG BACK INTO THE BASKET STRIKING HAND.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE GOT THREE SMALL PIECES OF METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE WHILE HE WAS USING A DISC GRINDER TO GRIND DOWN WELDED UP AREAS ON KILN TIRE TRUNION. DOCTOR REMOVED FOR- EIGN BODIES AND PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING SANDER TO GRIND STEEL. HAND GOT GRABBED BY STEEL AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN SANDER FACE AND PIECE OF STEEL.

EE WAS USING AN AIR CHISEL IN THE DUST COLLECTOR TO BREAK UP A MATERIAL BUILDUP. ALTHOUGH THE EE WAS WEARING DUST GOGLES, FINE DUST PARTICLE PASSED THROUGH LEAKS IN THE GOGGLES AND SCRATCHED T HE CORNEA OF THE RIGHT EYE. THE EE VISITED THE DOCTOR ON 5/9/00 AND WAS GIVEN MEDICATED DRIPS. SHE MISSED ONE SHIFT OF WORK.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN WHILE JACKHAMMERING LOOSE CASTABLE OFF OF WALL IN THE CLINKER COOLER PIT, A PIECE OF LOOSE CASTABLE FELL FROM ABOVE AND STRUCK RIGHT SIDE OF EE'S HARD HAT. INSIDE LIP OF H ATER LACERATED HIS RIGHT FOREHEAD (CUT REQUIRED 11 SUTURES TO CLOSE). RIGHT EYE SWELLED SHUT 24 HOURS LATER DUE TO FOREIGN BODY CONJUNCTIVITIS.

WHILE CUTTING SCRAP METAL A PIECE OF METAL SPRANG UP AND TRUCK UPPER LEFT ARM ABOVE ELBOW CAUSING A GASH 2" BY 1".

CHANGING TIRE. TIGHTENING NUT WITH IMPACT GUN AND SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN NUT AND RIM.

WHILE EE WAS FILLING CEMENT BAG WITH PACKING MACHINE THE BAG BURST AND CEMENT DUST HIT HIS FACE AND EYE. EE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION. (SHIPMENT OF BAGS PROVED TO BE FAULTY AND REPLACED). DR. WASHED EYE BUT FOUND NO PARTICLES. HE DID HOWEVER PRESCRIBE AN OINTMENT AND PAIN MEDICINE AS A PRECAUTION.

EE WAS BURNING BOLT HEADS OFF IN OVERHEAD POSITION WHEN A PIECE OF HOT SLAG WENT DOWN SHIRT SLEEVE STOPPING AT ELBOW RIGHT WHICH LEFT 2 BURNS 3/8" IN DIAMETER ON ELBOW

MATERIAL FLEW INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYES WHILE HE WAS JACK HAMMERING IN THE ELEVATOR PIT. EMPLOYEE WASWEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS USING A JACK HAMMER TO REMOVE THE RAW MILL FEED END MANDOOR WHEN A 3/16" PIECE OF THE HAMMER BIT BROKE LOOSE AND TRAVELED APPROX. 6 FEET STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER LIP PASSING THROUGH AN D IMBEEDING IN HIS GUM. INJURY REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION WHICH CONSIST OF REMOVING THE 3/16" PIECE OF METAL FROM THE GUM AND EIGHT STITCHES INSIDE THE LIP.

EE AND OTHER MECH. WERE WELDING PATCHES IN CEMENT MILL #1 SEPARATOR AND WERE TAKING TURNS WELDING AND HOLDING PATCHES. THEY HAD TO LAY ON THEIR BACK OR SIDE TO WORK. SOMETIME DURING THE DAY A METALLIC FOREIGN BODY ENTERED THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE (EYE PROTECTION WAS USED). DID NOT SEE PHYSICIAN UNTIL 2/4/2000.

WHEN OR WHAT EE WAS DOING-AS THIS INJURY HAS NO KNOWN BEGINNING.