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INJURED WAS UNCOUPLING 1/2 INCH GALUANIZED PIPE TO ANALYZER PROBE IN PREHEATER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL AND HE FELL ONTO HOT SURFACE OF PREHEATER DUST BURNING HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
INJURED WAS WALKING TO CHECK PUMP IN QUARRY FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING RIGHT KNEE TO SLIP OUT OF JOINT.
WHILE DESCENDING A 125 MICHIGAN LOADER EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON STEPS CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BACK - NECK
TRY TO REMOVE HOT GAS ANALYZER PROBE. CHAINS AT TOP OF LADDER WERE NOT ATTACHED AND EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH THAT POINT, 7 1/2 TO CONCRETE FLOOR . LEFT ELBOW WAS DISLOCATED.
EMPL WAS TAKEN SMAMPLES OF CLINKER AND WHILE WALKING EMPL SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF CLINKER CLAIMING INJURY TO LUMBOSACRAL RADICULAR SYNDROME COMPANY WAS NOT AWARE EMPL WAS GOING TO CHIROPRACTOR U NTIL BILL WAS RECIEVED ON 10-1-88 COD
SUPERVISING AND INSPECTING REFRACTORY WORK IN CLINKER COOLER. SLIPPED ON CLINKER LAYING ON COOLER GRATES AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING A CHAIN BLOCK AND WAS TRYING TO HAND IT TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE,WITH THE INJURED EMPLOYEES FEET BEING WET (RAIN) HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 7' ONTO A WATER SPR AY PUMP CAUSING 7TH RIB RIGHT TO BE FRACTURED AND LACERATION TO RIGHT ELBOW(STITCHES 6) BRUISE TO RIGHT CALF.
FOREMAN WAS CLIMBING SHALE PILE TO INVESTIGATE MECHANICAL NOISES. HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE. INITIALLY DIAGNOSED AS PHLEBITIS LATER AS ACUTE TEAR OF MUSCLE BEHIND CALF OF THE RI GHT LEG.
EM PLOYEE WAS WALKING IN PARKING LOT WHEN HEEL OF SHOE CAUGHT IN SMALL HOLE CAUSING HER TO PULL A MUSCLE IN HER RIGHT LEG.
EMPL WORKING ATOP CEMENT COOLER REPLACING MOTOR.STEPPED ON BEAMS ON TOP OF COOLER SLIPPED AND TURNED HIS ANKLE.
SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB ONTO MICHIGAN 475 LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WA BUILDING A WORK PLATFORM. HE STEPPED THRU AND UNCOVERED OPENING IN THE PARTIALLY COMPLETED PLATFORM.ABRASIONS WERE CLAENED AND DRESSED SAME DAY.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON GREASE BY THE GARAGE WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING A LOADER
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE TAKING A DRUM OF GREASE FOR THE 7400 WHILE TAKING THE DRUM TO GREASE OVER THE SHOE THE INJURED EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND INJURED HIS BACK HE DIDNT GO TO DR UNTIL 6-10-88 WHEN THE DR PLACED HIM IN THE HOSPITAL
EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED WORKING AND HAD PARKED HIS R-85 EUCLID AND WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER AND EMPLOYEE STEPPED INTO A HOLE IN THE GROUND AND CAUSED LEFT KNEE TO TWIST.
SLIPPED ON FLOO9 OF MACHINE SHOP FELL ONTO KNEES STRUCK KNEE ON FLOOR
INJURED WAS DEC8CENDING LADDER FROM STOMTER WORK PLATFORM. TWISTED BACK AND PULLED MUSCLE ON RIGHT SIDE.
FELL ON FROZEN 8LIPPY PAVEMENT. INJURED LEFT SHOULDER TO DOCTOR 1-7-88 TO SPICALIST 1-12-88.
EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING DRAGLINE & DOOR WAS STUCK EMPLOYEE PUSHED HARD DOOR OPENED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP ONTO THE CATWALK & THEN TO LAND ONTO TRACKS OF DRAGLINE
EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 ON STONE IN THE PARKING LOT AFTER WORK AND FELL ON A THERMOS BOTTLE.BRUISED LEFT RIBS.REPORTED TO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM AT 8:00PM.COPY OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN STATEMENT IS AT TACHED. 3
WHILE CROSSING 7ONVEYOR BELT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING RIGHT KNEE TO STRIKE ANGLE IRON MEMBER.EXAM BY DR 1-5-88 AND X-RAYS NEGATIVE FOR FX.BRUISED AND STRAINED LIGAMENTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE DECK DUE TO THE COAL DUST AND RAIN. THE EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIMSELF ON THE HANDRAIL CAUSING STRAIN TO SPINE.
EMPLOYEE WENT T2 GO AROUND A PUMP SLIPPED ON FLOOR CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO GRAB HIMSELF ON PIERE IN FRONT OF HIM IN DOING SO EMPLOYEE EXCERTED WEIGHT ON R.SHOULDER CAUSING SEPARATION AT SOCKET
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING #2 FINISH TUNNEL WHEN EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON A CLINKER BALL THAT BRUISE THE BOTTOM OF HER FOOT AND TWISTED HER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OILING UP 4600 MANTOWIC BY THE USE OF 5 GAL OIL CAN THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED CAUSING INJURY TO BACK AND SHOULDER WHILE CARRING 5 GAL CAN.
LOADING EXPLOSI5ES FROM VAN TRAILER INTO PICKUP TRUCK,FOOT SLIPPED ON TRUCK BUMPER.FELL ONTO TRUCK.FOOT SLIPPED ON TRUCK BUMPER FELL ONTO TAILGATE OF PICKUP AND FRACTURED RIGHT RIB #9.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 125 4 YD LOADER (MICHIGAN) WHEN HE SAW A PIECE OF STEEL IN FRONT OFHIS BUCKET-HE DESCENDED THE LOADER BY JUMPING APPROX. 7 1/2' AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING NOZE RING OF KILN BY WELDING-WHEN EMPLOYEE WENT TO STEP BACK HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND CAUGHT HIMSELF ON KILN SHELL WITH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRING BLUE RAM INTO KILN FOR REPAIR OF KILN HOOD. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
WHILE WORKING O3 QUARRY FUEL TRUCK, SLIPPED AND STRUCK LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER AGAINST TRUCK BODY.
TWO EMPLOYEE WA8 ON A THIN (1")BOARD THAT BROKE.EMPLOYEE FELL 6" TO STEEL,AND BRUISED HIS RIGHT BICRP.POSSIBLE HAIRLING FRACTURE ACUTE DORSAL LUMBAR STRAIN.IN THE HOSP. 48 HRS FOR OBSERVATION
THE MULT RING HAS BOARDS ON BOTH SIDES TO STAND ON WHILE LAYING BRICK ALL THE BOARDS WERE NOT IN PLACE ALTHOUGH BOARDS WERE AVAIBLABLE. THE REPAIRMAN WHILE LAYING BRUICK STEPED BACK AND MISSED STEPPING ON THE ONE BOARD THEY HAD IN PLACE FALLING ON THE EDGE OF BRUCK THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN LAID ON THE BOTTOM IN DOING SO BROKE ONE RIB ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
INJURED WAS WALKING THROUGH NORTH END OF QUARRY MAINTENANCE SHOP TOWARD PAN-SCRAPER WHICH WAS PARDED OUTSIDE. WHEN A PIECE OF ELECTRODE WIRE BECAME ENTANGLED AROUNG HIS ANKLES HE STUMBLED ONT O WELDING LEADS WHICH WERE LYING ON FLOOR AND THEN FELL WITH HIS RIGHT KNEE COLLAPSONG.
CONVEYOR BELT FROM STONE DRYER TO BUCKET ELEVATOR HAD BEEN REMOVED SO NEW BELT COULD BE INSTALLED. THIS CREATED OPENING IN FLOOR (APPROX. 2 1/2 X 3\ WHICH INJURED LATER SLIPPED INTO, CAUSING H HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT SIDE OF HEAD AGAINST FLOOR.
WHILE MOVING POWER CABLE FOR 7400 MARION (ELECTRIC) DRAGLINE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON MUD & FELL STRIKING ALL HIS WEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT WRIST.
EE HAD HIS HEAD & UPPER BODY INSIDE HEAD BOX OF A BELT CONVEYOR WITH HIS LWOER RIB CAGE RESTING ON 1/4" PLATE OF THE OPENING. CONTUSIONS TO THE UPPER ABDOMEN, STOMACH & SPLEEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING TRACKS ON A D-9 DOZER EMPLOYEE SLIPPED CAUSING INJURY TO R.B CAGE.
INJURED WAS STANDING ON TOP OF D8 DOZER TRACK PERFORMING LUBRICATION DUTIES WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED ON WET MUDDY TRACK AND HE FELL BACKWARDS APPROX 4FT TO GROUND LEVEL