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INDIVIDUAL WAS LIFTING 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL TO GHER LEVEL, APPROX. 4 TO 5 FEET.
INDIVIDUAL WAS HOLDING SEVERAL METAL PLATES OUT FROM SUPPORT - STACK LOST CENTER OF GRAVITY AND FELL ON WORKER,S LEG.
INDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVING KILN BRICK WITH AIR HAMMER BRICK FELL OUT AND HIT INJURED ON SHOULDER
INDIVIDUAL WAS GETTING OUT OF A TRUCK.WHEN HE PUSHED DOWN ON THE HANDLE,IT BROKE NEAR THE BASE AND LET HIS AHND GO FORWARD AND AS IT DID,HE CUTR HIS FINGER ON THE BASE.
INDIVIDUAL HAD COMPLETED SANDING OPERATION ON BAGGER SPOUTS.AS HE WAS STEPPING UP FROM BAGGER AREA HE HIT START SWITCH AND HYDRATED LIME SPRAYED IN HIS FACE.
INDIVIDUAL WAS H ANDLING BOXES OF DUST COLLECTOR BAGS. WHEN HE STEPPED OFF A WOODEN PALLET APPROX. 5 INCH TO THE GROUND THERE WAS A HOLE WHICH WAS THE RESULT OF A WHEEL SPINNING AND HIS LEFT F OOT LANDED IN THE HOLE AND TURNED HIS ANKLE.
INDIVIDUAL WAS USING LONG METAL BAR TO OPEN BOTTOM DOOR ON RAILCAR. METAL BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HOLE AND THREW INJURED UP AGAINST SID E OF CAR. INDIVIDUAL WAS CUT BY A PIECE OF METAL STICKING OUT SIDE OF CAR.
INDV CLEANING D9BRIS MUD & DIRT FROM BEHIND ACCELERATOR PEDAL OF TRUCK HAD KNIFE LAYING ON SEAT.REACHED WITH LEFT HAND BROUGHT KNIFE ACROSS RIGHT HAND AND CUT FINGER.
USING JACK HAMM9R TO REMOVE BRICK LINING FROM LIME KILN.WHEN BRICK WAS RELEASED PRESSURE ON REMAINING CIRCLE OF BRICK AND THEY FELL.INDIVIDUAL JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY BUT REACHED BACK FOR THE JA CK HAMMER AND W5S STRUCK ON RIGHT HAND WITH BRICK.
INDIVIDUAL WAS 9AKING CLINKERS OFF GRATE IN DISCHARGE END OF KILN RAKE BECAME LODGED WHEN A LARGE CLINKER FELL ON TOP OF THE RAKE AND PINNING IT AGAINST THE ONE HE WAS PULLINGG ON INDIVIDUAL HAD TO USE EXT9A FORCE IN TRYING TO PULL THE RAKE LOOSE THERE BY PLACING HIMSELD IN AN AWKWARD POSITION
INDIVIDUAL WAS 7OMING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS & SLIPPED ON ONE OF THE RUNNERS THAT HAD OIL ON IT. THE O IL WAS THE RESULT OF A DEFECTIVE ELEVATOR REDUCER WHICH WAS LWEAKING. WHEN THE INDIVIDU AL SLIPPED HE 8AT DOWN HARD ON T HE STEP.
INDIVIDUAL WAS 6SING A PORTABLE CABLE HOIST (COME-A-LONG) TO DRAW TWO ENDS OF CONVEYOR BELT TOGHER FOR SPLICING.
INDIVIDUAL WAS 9EMOVING A BELT SCRAPER FROM CONVEYOR BELT TAIL PULLEY-THE UNIT WAS TOO HEAVY FOR HIM TO HOLD AND IT MASHED HIS FINGERS AGAINST THE METAL FRAME.
INDIVIDUAL WAS 9AKING MATERILA OUT OF TRUCK WHEN A PORTION BROKE LOOSE CAUSING THE HYDRATE MATERIAL TO SPLATTER INTO HIS EYE PRODUCING A LIME BURN TO HIS LEFT EYE
INJURED WAS WOR5ING ON LOWER FLOOR WHEN A METAL BAR WAS DROPPED FROM THE FLOOR ABOVE HIS PARTNER SHOUTED FOR HIM TO RUN, BUT HAD ONLY TAKEN TWO STEPS WHEN HE WAS HIT IN THE LOWER RIGHT THORAX AREA OF HIS BA7K WHICH KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND. HE FELL ON A SMALL PILE OF FIRE BRICK THAT PROBABLY CAUSED THE HAIRLINE CRACKS TO HIS RIGHT PELVIC BONE.
INJ WAS HOLDING3A BOLT WHILE HIS PARTNER WAS TIGHTENING IT. THE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF NUT CAUSING A LUNGE TOWARD THE INJURED BEFORE HE COULD MOVE OUT OF THE WAY THE HEEL OF THE WRENCH STRUCK THE INJURED ABOVE T2E EYEBROW RESULTING IN A 1" LACERATION REQUIRING EIGHT STITCHES
MAN WAS CLEANING CATWALK AT REAR OF KILN A PIECE OF CASTABLE MATERIAL FELL AND HIT RIGHT ELBOW AND BACK
INDIVIDUAL WAS WORKING IN THE LAB. LIME DUST ENTERED VIA CRACKS IN THE WALLS. INDIVIDUAL BREATHED SOME OF THE DUST WHICH IRRITATED HER THROAT. INDIVIDUAL WENT TO THE DR A FEW DAYS LATER BECAUS E SHE WAS STILL COUGHING.
INDIVIDUAL WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK UPPIECES OF HOT CLINKERS FROM THE KILN. AS HE STRUCK THE CLINKER, SMALL PIECES OF MATERIAL FLEW UP IN HIS FACE. HE TURNED HIS HEAD TO AVOID THEM B UT A SMALL PIECE WENT IN HIS EYE AND BURNED A BLISTER.
INDIVIDUAL WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM ADJUSTING BRAKE ON RAIL CAR. WHEN HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND HE LANDED ON EITHER THE RAIL ORA ROCK AND AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
INDIVIDUAL WAS LUBRICATING ROLLER MILL SLIPPED AND FELL STRADDLING A MOTOR GUARD
INDIVIDUAL WAS WALKING ON TOP OF A LOADED RAILCAR WHICH HAD A PIECE OF CARDBOARD OVER THE OPENING. INIDVIDUAL STEPPED ON THE CARDBOARD AND FELL APPROX. FOUR FEET TO MATERIAL BVELOW. AS HE FELL , HE STRUCK HIS LEG ON THE SIDE OF THE OPENING WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATION ON THE LEFT SHIN WHICH REQUIRED FIVE SUTURES.