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EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF MEASURING BINS HE HAD JUST MEASURED D TANK & WAS MOVING TO GYPSUM MEASURING PORT HE TRIPPED OVER A RACK THAT HAD BEEN USED TO STORE A BOATSWAIN CHAIR & HE FELL LANDI NG ON HIS RIGHT KNEE & SIDE CAUSING A SPRAIN TO HIS RIGHT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE AUTO GARAGE ANDSLIPPED ON SOME MUD ON THE FLOOR. AS HE FELL, HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, CAUSING A SPRAIN AND AN AVULSION FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT WRIST.
EMP WAS FAVRICATING A DOWNSPOUT AT COAL UNLOADING. CAME DOWN STEPS FROM BELT CONVEYOR TO THE GROUND LEVEL. AS HE STEPPED OFF THE LAST STEP TO THE GROUND,TWISTED RT KNEE. THIS DID NOT BECOME RE PORTABLE TIL 10-3 WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A TEAR OF THE POSTERIOR HORN OF THE MEDIAL MENISCUS, AND SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON 10-13.
EE HAD JUST CHECKED FLUID LEVEL IN DUST INSUFFLATION AIR COMPRESSOR HEAT EXCHANGER AT KILN PIER #7. HE WAS CLIMBING DONW THE LADDER TO THE FLOOR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE BOTTOM RUNG OF TH E LADDER, WHICH IS ABOUT 24 INCHES OFF THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED HIM TO WRENCH HIS BACK. RESULTING IN A MUSCLE STRAIN TO THE MID SECTION OF HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE MILL ROOM FLOOR ENTROUTE TO OBTAIN A SLURRY SAMPLE. HE SLIPPED ON A WET SPOT ONT EHH FLOOR AND FELL, STRAINING HIS UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST CHANGED THE FLOP GATE ON TOP OF THE COAL SILO. HE WAS COMING BACK DOWN STAIRSAND AS HE WALKED AROUND THE END OF THE BELT CON VEYOR. HE STEPPED ON A ROUND BAR LAYING ON THE WALKWAY AND SLIPPED, FALLING AGAINST THE HANDRAIL AND TWISTING AND STRAINING HIS LEFT KNEE. INJ URY DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL OCT 18 WHEN HE SAW A PHYSICIAN AND WAS SCHEDULED FOR ORTHOP
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING @ F STONE FEEDER PUNCHING STONE WITH AN AIR LANCE TO REMOVE BLOCKAGE. STANDING ON VIBRATING PAN. HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE TWISTED KNEE. DIAGNOSED AS POSSIBLE STRAINED LIGAM ENTS TO LEFT KNEE. IT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 9/21/93 WHEN HE RECEIVED AN INJECTION TO THE KNEE & IT WAS PLACED IN A NEOPRENE SLEEVE. DIAGNOSIS THEN WAS SYNOVITIS POSSIBLE MEDIAL & L
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT SLURRY PUMPHOUSE PREPARING TO DISCONNECT A LIMIT SWITCH ON A RKL VALVE. AS HE WALKED TO A JUNCTION BOX TO DISCONNECT WIRES, HE STOPPED, TURNED, AND AS HE STARTED ON HE FELT HIS LEFT FOOT POP AND HE FELL TO THE FLOORHE APPARENTLY HAD TURNED HIS ANKLE AS HE SUFFERED A SPRAINED FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED TO MAINTENANCE DEPT DURING KILN SHUTDOWN & WAS WORKING AT MACHINE SHOP COLEANING CRUSHER WOBBLER BARS & ASSEMBLING BEARINGS HE INADVERTENTLY TRIPPED OVER ONE OF THE WOBBLER BARS & FELL STRIKING HIS BACK AGAINST PARTS LAYING ON THE FLOOR CAUSING A BRUISE TO HIS LOWER LEFT BACK INJURY DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE NTIL 5-4-92 WHEN HE WAS SENT TO A PHYSIC
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE CLINKER COOLER AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING COOLER GRATES. HE WAS ITGHTENING GRATE BOLTS INSIDE THE UNDER-GRATE COMPARTMENT. HE INADVERTENTLY STEPPED OFF OF FLAT AREA ABOVE THE COOLER DRAGS INTO THE SLOPING HOPPER AREA AROUND THE DUMP VALVES AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE. INJURY DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL REPORTS WERE RECEIVED ON 12-10-91 REGAR
EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS WAY TO CLEAN THE BACK-OUT PROBE ON THE RAW MILL LOCATED IN THE MILL ROOM.AS HE WALKED ACROSS THE MILLROMM FLOOR,HE SLIPPED ON SOME SLURRY ON THE FLOOR AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN PLANT PHYSICAL LABORATORY SINK HAD CLOGGED & WATER HAD SPLASHED ON THE FLOOR EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR AS HE WALKED PAST THE SINK & THAT HE GRABBED THE SINK TO KEEP FROM FALLING JERKING HIS BACK AS HE DID SO HE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT FOR 2 DAYS DOC THEN DIAGNOSED PULLED BACK MUSCLE ON 08-12-91
EE WAS WALKING FROM CONTROL ROOM AT MATERIAL UNLOADING STATION TO HIS TRUCK AFTER CLEANING OUT A DOWNSPOUT AND STARTING MBC 1 IT WAS SNOWING AND THERE WAS AN ACCUMULATION OF 3 INCHES OF SNOW O N THE GROUND. HE SLIPPED AND FELL IN THE SNOW ASHE WAS WALKING BRUISING AND SPRAINING HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND HIP. CAUSING A SPINAL MISALIGNMENT.
AUTO REPAIRMEN WAS WORKING ON 769 CAT TRUCK ADJUSTING A DOOR LATCH. HE COMPLETED THE ADJUSTMENT, CLIMBED DOWN THE LADDER ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND AS HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE, CAUSING A SPRAIN AND EFFUSION.
EMPL WAS INSIDE KILN ON BRICK SCAFFOLD PASSING BRICKS FROM PALLET TO EMPL PLACING BRICK. SHE APPARENTLY SLIPPED ON BRICK FINES ON SCAFFOLD BOARD & FELL DOWN ON BOARD CASUING BRUISES TO LEGS & BACK. DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 7/7 WHEN SHE MISSED WORK ALLEGEDLY DUE TO INJURY OF 4/16. SHE WAS SEEN BY DR ON 7/9. DIAGNOSED AS MUSCLE SPASM LOWER BACK. STATED TO LOSE TIME 7/10.
EMP WAS SHOVELING ROCK OFF OF SECONDARY CRUSHER PLATFORM. TURNED TO THROW SHOVEL FULL OF ROCK S OFF THE PLATFORM STEPPED BACK WARDS SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCK INCURRING PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRWAY LEADING TO THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE COAL UNLOADING STATION AND ASHE STEPPED ON THE NEXT TO LAST STEP NEAR THE BOTTOM,HE APPARENTLY SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL A ND HE FELL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR,BRUISING HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS WORKING FROM SCAFFOLD BOARD APPROX. 4' ABOVE GROUND. WHILE RE-POSITIONING TO CONTINUE A WELD, HE FELL FROM THE SCAFFOLD BOARD. HE DID NOT RECALL IF HE STEPPED OFF THE BOARD OR IF T HE BOARD MOVED. HE STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND CHEST ON A UNI-STRUT AND HIS LEFT LEG AND RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE SCAFFOLD BOARD. THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 11-15-89 WHEN HE
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM THE PLANT PARKING LOT ENROUTE TO THE BUILDING WHERE THE TIME CLOCK WAS LOCATED TO CLOCK-IN FOR WORK. A DITCH APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET WIDE AND 4 FEET DEEP AHD BEEN DUG NE AR THE ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING FOR INSTALLATION OF A GAS LINE. AS HE STEPPED OVER THE DITCH, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL AND HE FELL BACK INTO THE DITCH, BRUISING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO CLEAN THE SCREEN IN THE RAW MILL DRAINAGE DITCH. HE REMOVED GRATE OVER SCREEN TO CLEAN ROCKS AWAY TO LEET SLURRY RUN THROUGH. HE NOTICED THAT DRAIN AT THE OTHER END OF THE DITCH WAS BACKING UP AND HE PROCEEDED TO GOT THERE TO CHECK BLOCKAGE. AS HE DID SO, HE INADVERTENTLY STEPPED INTO THE OPEN DITCH FROM WHICH HE HAD REMOVED THE GRATING CAUSING ABRASIONS TO
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG KILN WALKWAY AND AS HE STEPPED FROM THE CONCRETE PORTION OF THE WALKWAY TO THE STEEL GRATING, HE SLIPPED. HE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL TO KEEP FROM FALLING, AND IN DOING SO HE INJURED HIS THUMB. IT WAS SNOWING HEAVILY AT THE TIME.
EMP WAS ASSIGNE8 TO BUILD UP HAMMERS AT PRIMARY CRUHSER. HE WAS CLIMBING THRU THE CRUSHER DOORT WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED ON DUST ON THE PLATFORM. THEN CAUGHT SUDDENELY ON THE FIRST STEP, CAUSIN LEFT FOOT TO T3WIST, HE SUFFERED APRAINED ANKLE
EE WAS DESCENDI3G A STAIRWAY RETURNING TO HIS JOB SITE CARRYING A CUP OF COFFEE IN HIS HAND. HE WITHER LOST HIS BALANCE OR HIS BOOT HEEL CAUGHT ON STEP CAUSING HIS KNEE TO MOVE OUTWARD FROM H IS BODY & HE IN7URRED A SPRAIN TO HIS LEFT KNEE. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO BREAK HIS FALL HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS AS3SIGNED TO CLEAN THE SCREEN IN THE RAW MILL DRAINAGE DITCH. HE REMOVED GRATE OVER SCREEN TO CLEAN ROCKS AWAY TO LET SLURRY RUN THRU. HE NOTICED THAT THE DRAIN AT THE OTHER END OF THE DITCH W5S BACKING UP AND HE PROCEEDED TO GO THERE TO CHECK BLOCKAGE. AS HE DID SO, HE INADVERTALLY STEPPED INTO THE OPEN DITCH FROM WHICH HE HAD REMOVED THE GRATING, CAUSING ABRASIONS
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING THRU KILN TO JOB SITE AT REAR OF KILN WHERE HE WAS GOING TO WORK ON KILN CHAIN SECTION. APPROX. 100 FT BACK IN THE KILN, AS HE WALKED OVER A ROUGH SECTION, HE STEPPED INTO A DEPRESSION I3 THE KILN COATING AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE, INCURRING A KNEE STRAIN. AREA HAD POOR LIGHTING AT THE TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING INSTALLATION OF CHAIN INSIDE ROTARY KILN. HE WAS WALKING FROM THE REAR OF THE KILN CHAIN AREA TO THE FRONT OF THE AREA. HE TRIPPED ON AN OVERLAPPING EDGE OF PLYWOOD WA LKWAY, WHICH HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE FLOOR AND FELL CAUSING AN INJURY TO HIS LEFT KNEE. HE RECEIVED NO MEDICAL ATTENTION AT TIME OF INJURY. HIS LEFT KNEE WAS OPERATED ON FOR TORN CARTILAGE ON
EMPLOYEE CAME T2 PLANT TO RETURN PAPERWORK FOR PROCESSING HE HAD GONE INTO MAIN OFFICE COMPLERRTETED PAPERWORK & WAS GOING DOWN FRONT STEPS TO HIS VEHICLE THERE HAD BEEN LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW THE NIGHT BEFOR9 & SERVICE DEPT PERSONNEL HAD NOT HAD TIME TO CLEAN WALKWAYS EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ONTO HANDRAIL WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM HIS BODY WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON RT ELBOW
INJURED JUMPED 5PPROX. 3 FT DOWN TO GROUND FROM DRILL PLATFORM.
INJURED WAS WAL5ING UP STEPS FROM CONFERENCE ROOM AREA TO RECEPTIONIST AREA SHE TRIPPED AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE