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Employee was greasing equipment, it was very hot this day, when he felt that his left foot felt very heavy. He sat down & drank some water & noticed that his left arm was going numb. Ambulance was called & taken to hospital. Nothing has been determined what results are yet. More testing will be done near future.

Employee got dust in eyes while working on dust collectors.

High winds - cleaning area of debris/barrels/equipment on North side of Vehicle Shop. Basket to skid loader was blown and tumbled into employee.

Employee was preparing to splice a conveyor belt, while kneeling he turned to the side and felt pain in his lower back. Was sent for medical attention on 2/22/11 place on restricted duty with physical therapy.

Employee turned from exiting preheater tower elevator when debris flew into his left eye. He was wearing safety glasses however wind was blowing at the time. Doctor removed debris and gave a prescription.

EE was cleaning the rocks and dust off the band. The work he was doing was above his head. He began to experience a hard pain in his chest. After break he worked on the 7th floor when he had same sharp pain, air shortage and felt his legs go numb. At this point he sat down. Employee asked him if he was OK & took him to 1st Aid. Ambulance called & he was taken to hospital.

Injured was operating quarry control panel when he felt a pain in his lower back. Injured was subsequently sent to company doctor on 2/24/10 and was put on restricted duty. No known conditions contributed illness.

Employee was dropping barges into place when he suffered a heart attack.

Employee kneeling down welding steel for a junction box, gust of wind blew something in his eye.

Wind blew particle into employee's eye. He was wearing safety glasses and face shield. Doctor prescribed antibiotic eye rinse after removing particle.

The employee was cleaning out the discharge of the grind-out silo airator. The opening to this area is approximately 5 feet high. When the employee stood up after exiting he stated that he felt a "pop" in his lower back.

Employee got dust in the right eye, due to high winds, employee was wearing safety glasses.

Employee was in an altercation with another employee and received a broken nose, fractures of the right eye socket, and fractures of the sinus cavity.

Employee working outside, high winds made dust particles get in employee?s right eye. Employee was wearing proper eye protection.

While performing a walk through inspection of the pre-heater tower, non-metalic dust was blown into the right eye, by the wind. Safety glasses with side shields were being worn. The foriegn body was embedded in eye by rubbing. It was removed by a local physician, who issued a prescripition eye drop. There is no concern by the physician for permenant damage.

The employee was on top of cement storage silos. Wind was gusty (up to 24 mph). Dust was picked up and got into his eye. Employee was wearing PPE which included safety glasses.

No conditions contributed to the incident. Miner experienced respiratory difficulties.

Injured employee was shoveling clinker dust off of kiln pier #3 when a gust of wind blew dust into his right eye.

Employee was being familiarized on a loader, when he stood up employee felt pain in his lower back. As a result employee sustained a lumbar spine sprain. Medical Treatment Only - Physical therapy starting on 8/17/07; 6 sessions, 2 per month for the next three months.

Employee was leaning over stirring paint in 5 Gal. bucket on outside platform. Clinker dust was blowing in the area due to light winds. A Particle of clinker blew into his right eye from behind. Employee was wearing safety glasses.

Employee was operating forklift in windy conditions when particles flew in behind safety glasses and lodged in right eye. Eye was flushed but still irritated. Employee was taken to eye doctor and nothing was found to be in his eye, but doctor prescribed antibiotic eye drops.

Gunite hose clogged up. It was disconnected from the gunite machine. Crew was trying to unclog hose. Some way there was trapped pressure & when the clog broke loose, it blew out striking our supervisor who was only observing.

Employees were working in the roll mill, the wind blew some cement dust and it got into EE's right eye. He rinsed it at an eyewash station, but still felt something in his eye, so he was taken to get it looked at by a physician.

The employee was working on a section of drag chain. He was hooking the chain hoist up when he bent down and his left knee popped.

Employee was disposing of dust bags, wind blew dust from dust collector bags into her face and eyes. She was wearing safety glasses. She received superficial abrasion to rt lower cornea of left eye.

Employee was on the lower level of tower. Tower became positive blowing kiln dust into left eye around personal protective equipment.

EE felt strain in right knee on 3/4/06. Knee felt better; attempting to kneel down he felt strain as he knelt. Got an X-ray; came back negative but still felt discomfort. EE went to have an MRI on the 24th of March and diagnosis was a torn medial meniscus in his right knee.

EE got foregin object ( dust particle) in left eye. Washed eye out went back to work , still continued to bother him on Monday 3/20/06. went to eye doctor remover foregin particle from EE eye. EE received an antibotic.

The injured employee was removing a section of plastic tubing from the Main Baghouse Inlet Pressure Tap. As the section of the pipe broke loose, the material on the pipe was disturbed. The employee felt material enter his left eye. The employee was wearing presciption safety glasses. Due to weather conditions on this day, wind gusts were common.

Employee was welding on 59 screw with proper protective equipment. Wind was blowing about 30 mph and caused unknown particles to get in right eye. Eye continued to bother employee and he was seen by an eye doctor on February 17 and received antibotic eye drops.

Working on clean up of spray tower. Wind was blowing got particles in right eye.

Putting a quegon bolt on f49a screw when grit blew into eye from the draft in the hopper. required prescription antibiotic eye drops.

Fatal Heart Attack. Contract Truck Driver employed by D G Coleman Inc. (no MSHA Contr. ID). Driver was in Bulk Loading office area waiting for truck to be filled when he had heart attack. On-site First Aid Staff & paramedics tried to revive, 911 was called, transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

While sitting in passenger seat of water truck, the wind caught the open door slamming it on the left hand thumb. This caused laceration that required stitches. The work area is rather confined contributing to the injury.

On 6-5-04 the employee was squatting down to check a railcar when his left knee popped. No medical treatment was required. On 6-21-04 the employee squatted down to pick up trash when the same knee popped again. Ice was applied to the knee and he was sent to the company doctor.

EE WAS PERFORMING NORMAL REPAIR DUTIES. WINDY CONDITIONS CAUSED DUST TO BECOME AIRBORNE IN THE WORK AREA AND GET INTO HIS EYES. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

THE WIND WAS BLOWING AT SPEEDS CLOSE TO 30 MPH THIS PARTICULAR DAY. CEMENT DUST BLEW UNDERNEATH EE'S SAFETY GLASSES & INTO IS EYES.

UNKNOWN. FELT PAIN AND ITCHING ON LT. FOREARM. RAISED SHIRT TO DISCOVER RED SPOT. SUSPECTED INSECT BITE, NOT FROM A SPIDER (BROWN RECLUSE OR BLACK WIDOW).

WHILE WORKING IN AN AREA USED FOR WELDING PREPARATION EE FELT AN INSECT STING AND CONTINUED TO WORK THINKING NOTHING MORE OF IT. EE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND THE NEXT. HE REPORTED THIS TO HIS SUP ERVISOR. HIS SUPERVISOR IMMEDIATELY SENT HIM TO THE DOCTOR. THE RESULTING STING SITE HAS GOTTEN BADLY INFECTED AND NOW REQUIRES FURTHER MEDICAL ATTENTION.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE DREDGE (WELDING) WHEN AN INSECT CRAWLED INTO HIS BOOT AND BIT HIM ON THE ANKLE. HE DID NOT SUFFER ANY PAIN UNTIL WORKING THE NEXT DAY AND AT 5:20 PM HE ALERTED MYSELF THE QUARRY MANAGER AND I IMMEDIATELY SENT HIM TO THE DOCTOR. HE WAS ABLE TO RETURN ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER & DID RESUME FULL DUTIES. HE DID NOT RETURN THE NEXT SHIFT AS DR TOLD HIM NOT TO WEAR BOOT

EE WAS REMOVING BOLTS IN #2 COOLER & HAD STOPPED TO TAKE HIS SCHEDULED BREAK. HE STARTED EXPERIENCING CHEST PAIN & NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT ARM. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION. HE HAD 99% BLOCKAGE IN ONE ARTERY & A STINT WAS PUT IN PLACE.

SPIDER BITE - WORKING ON PRIMARY BELT.

PUTTING GUARD ON C11 CONVEYOR & WAS BITTEN.

EE WAS WORKING OUTSIDE IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS.FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW INTO EYE. SUPERVISOR AND EE UNABLE TO DISLODGE OBJECT. THE NEXT DAY THE EE'SEYE WAS SWOLLEN AND RED. RX PRESCRIBED FOR CONJU NCTIVAL BURN.

OPERATOR HAD DRY MATERIAL IN THE SKID STEER BUCKET, WHEN OPERATOR DUMPED THE BUCKET WIND WAS BLOWING TOWARD HIM AND DUST GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE. MEDICAL CLINIC PUT NO RESTRICTIONS. CLINIC CLEAN ED EYE AND USED ANTIBIOTICS.

REPAIRMAN WAS NEGOTIATING INGRESS AND EGRESS TO DUCTWORK TO COMPLETE REPAIR OF MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM. REPAIRMAN TWISTED HIS BACK DURING THE INRESS/EGRESS ACTIVITIES. EE CONTINUED WORKING TH RU WEEK. ON 7-7, EE VISITED HIS CHIROPRACTOR AS HIS BACK HURT. BY 7-13, EE WAS UNABLE TO WALK. 7-9- HE DID NOT REPORT FOR WORK.

CO-WORKER WAS TRAVELING ON THE ROADWAY & SAW #15 TRUCK SITTING IN A WATER POCKET, ABOUT 15' IN THE WATER, WEST OF THE ROADWAY. ANOTHER CO-WORKER NOTICED THE TRUCK WAS STILL RUNNING. AS HE BAC KED UP HE SAW SOMEONE SLUMPED OVER ON THE FRONT SEAT. HE CHECKED FOR PULSE & THERE WAS NONE. CPR WAS STARTED. IT IS BELIEVED HE STOPPED & TRIED TO PUT TRUCK IN PARK. FATAL HEART ATTACK.

EE BEGAN MISSING WORK FEB. 5, 2001

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS YARD AREA FROM SUB-STA TO PREHEATER TOWER BLDG. THERE WAS A CUST OF WIND WHICH CAUSED SOME DUST TO BECAME VALBORNE. HE WASHED OUT EYE AND THE EYE THE NEXT DAY 12-23-00 WA S GORE AND IRRITATED-WENT TO HOSPITAL EMERGERCY AND WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION.