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Undetermined. Team member (T/M) felt irritation in left eye Sat. Nov. 19 approx. 4:00pm. Could not attribute to anything but performing grinding on Fri. Nov. 18th. approx. 5pm. Investigation showed t/m was following all safety expectations including elevated PPE requirements. T/M also stated there was no indication of irritation during or after completion of work.
Occurred prior to start of shift. Employee twisted and felt pain in back when coming into work.
Employee was walking on North roadway adjacent Kiln 5 bag house when dust/particulate blew into left eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses at the time. Flushing with saline solution was not effective and employee sought medical attention. Examination revealed minor abrasions to cornea and topical antibiotic was prescribed. Employee returned to duty.
Possible heart attack.
Employee was cleaning out a dust chamber when a strong gust of wind caused dust to get in the employees eyes. The employee was wearing a face shield and safety glasses as is required for this task.
Hearing Threshold shift for employee. Hearing test results delivered on 12-17-08.
Injured was walking down the stairway in the south loadout, when she stepped awkwardly and twisted her left ankle.
Injured was working under the kilns when a windblown foreign body entered his eye. Employee rinsed the eye immediately, but requested medical attention after his shift when the condition didn't improve.
Inspecting bags and strong wind blew dust in face and eyes.
Employee was pulling cages out of baghouse, cages were very rusty. The wind was blowing heavily with a lot of dust. Dust flew into his eyes. He was wearing safety glasses at this time.
While performing an inspection inside the kiln #3 baghouse, a strong gust of wind blew through the doorway of a module creating a large cloud of lime dust. The dust blew into face and into eyes.
While walking to the tripper, the wind blew lime dust into employee's right eye.
Injured was operating payloader when a bee entered his shirt and stung his left elbow.
EE WAS WALKING ON PLANT GROUNDS WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW SOME TYPE OF DUST INTO HIS LEFT EYE. WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES W/SIDE SHIELDS BUT WINDY OUT. Rx DROPS ADMINISTERED AT CLINIC
Their were high winds the day of the injury. The employee was working on the floor when a high wind blew lime dust into his eyes and face. The employee had safety glasses on at the time of the injury. The employee had his eye and face flushed immediately. The employee received medical treatment, Rx eye drops, and missed two days of work due to his injury.
EE WAS USING THE BOBCAT LOADER TO PUSH UP PILES OF LIME DUST, WHEN THE WIND BLEW JUST RIGHT AND PARTICLES OF LIME DUST ENTERED HIS RT. EYE. THE EE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT, RX EYE DROPS, AND MISSED ONE DAY OF WORK DUE TO HIS INJURY.
IT WAS A WINDY DAY & THE EE WAS WALKING OUTSIDE FROM THE WAREHOUSE TO THE MAINTENANCE SHOP WHEN SOME DUST/LIME GOT INTO HER EYE. THE EE WAS WEARING HER SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME. THE EE'S EYE WAS FLUSHED AT WORK THEN TREAT/FLUSHED AT A MEDICAL FACILITY. THE MEDICAL FACILITY GAVE THE EE A RX FOR EYE DROPS AND PAIN PILLS.
THE EE WAS WALKING PAST A KILN THAT WAS PUFFING WHEN SOME LIME DUST GOT INTO HIS EYE. THE EE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT WITH RX EYE DROPS.
EE STARTED WORK @0600. NORMAL DUTIES DRIVING PAYLOADER UNTIL 0800. AT 0800 EE WENT ON BREAK. HE WAS EATING A SANDWICH & STARTED TO SEIZE UP. WITNESSES CLEARED MOUTH, CALLED 911. E.R. RESPONSE SHOWED UP SHORTLY THEREAFTER. EE PASSED AWAY.
WIND BLOWN FOREIGN BODY ENTERED EYE OF EE WHILE WALKING IN THE LIME KILN AREA. PHYSICIAN ADMINISTERED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AS PART OF TREATMENT.
EE SAYS HE WAS WALKING THROUGH WATER AROUND COAL MILL & HE RECEIVED A BURN ON BOTH FEET. THE EE WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, DR. SAID FEET HAD A RASH ON THEM. RESTRICTED DUTY WAS GIVEN. RETURN VISIT TO FAMILY DR. WITH FOLLOW-UP.
EE WAS SUPERVISING THE UNLOADING PROCESS OF LIME FINE FROM CONTRACT DRIVER, A GUST OF WIND BLEW A CLOUD OF LIME FINE DIRECTLY INTO EE'S FACE, EEWAS WEARING PPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH PLANT WHEN WIND BLEW LIMEDUST INTO EYES. NOTE: HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON.