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HE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF 3 BY 5 SHEET METAL AND CUT HIS HAND ON A SHARP EDGE, HE RETURNED TO WORK, BUT REQUIRED 3 SUTURES.
EE STATED - HE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS AND TURNED TO GO BACK UP AND FELT KNEE POP. 1ST LOST TIME DAY WAS 2/11/2000.
EE WAS WALKING IN THE BASEMENT OF THE IL SILO AREA AND HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A LOW PIPE. THIS CAUSED HIS NECK TO HURT. HE WAS WEARING HIS HARD HAT AT THE TIME. HE DID NOT GO TO THE CHIROPRACTOR U NTIL SEVERAL WEEKS LATER BECAUSE IT STILL HURT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE R330 DUST COLLECTOR AND HE SLIPPED ON THE BLOW DOWN PIPE AND TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK CAUSING DISCOMFORT.HE WENT TO THE CHIROPRACTOR QUITE SOME TIME AFTER THE ACCIDEN T. THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE DELAY IN REPORTING
EE WAS WALKING OUTSIDE TO RESTROOM & FOREIGN BODY BLEW IN EYE-WINDY DAY-EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. RX DRUG ONLY NO LTA
EE WAS USING A PORTAPOWER TO MOVE A PORTION OF THE CRUSHER TO HELP LINE UP HOLES AND THE JACK KICKED BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE NOSE RESULTING IN A FRACTURE AND CUT.
EE WAS CARRYING RAW MILL BOWL LINERS AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. FIRST LOST TIME DAY IS 2-24-99.
EE EYE HAD BEEN RED FOR A FEW DAYS, BUT DIDN'T HURT. HE FELT SOMETHING IN THE EYE ON 2-17-99 AND DR FOUND FOREIGN BODY. UNKNOWN WHEN IT HAPPENED.
WHILE EE WAS CHANGING SILO VALVES THE BAR SLIPPED OUT OF THE VALVE AND HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND VALVE BODY.
EE WAS REMOVING CHUNKS FROM SILO #45. EE HIT THE SHANK END OF A 3 FT JACKHAMMER STEEL WITH A HAMMER. A STEEL SLIVER COME OFF SHANK END OF STEEL AND HIT EE IN THE LEFT EYE. EE WAS NOT WEARING S AFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS PUTTING ON HIS WORK JACKET AND WAS STUNG ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK WITH A BEE OR WASP, THAT WAS HIDDEN IN THE JACKET. HE HAS A MEDICAL HISTORY OF BEE STING ALLERGY, SO HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL ER FOR A SHOT TO COUNTER REACTION TO STING. HE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING INSIDE #5 FINISH MILL FEED PIPE WHEN DUST BLEW OUT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. (EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.) HE WENT TO PHYSICIAL ON JULY 30TH.
EE STATED HE WAS WORKING ON THE ALKALI SPRAY TOWER HOPPER AND CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON SHEET METAL WHILE CUTTING HOLE TO INSERT THEROCOUPLEPROBE.
WAS HOLDING DRUM PUMP LANCE WHILE WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO BLOW OUT A CLOG. WHEN THE CLOG FINALLY BLEW LOOSE THE LANCE BLEW OUT OF THE DRUM HYPER-EXTENDING MY RT ELBOW.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE RAW MILL FEED TABLE & FELT BACK PAIN WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP. HE HAS BEEN WORKING 10 & 12 HOUR DAYS & FATIGUE MAY HAVE BEEN A POSSIBLE FACTOR. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK, B UT DID SEE A CHIROPRACTOR FOR TREATMENTS.
SAWING STRIPS OF LUMBER WITH SKILL SAW - FOREIGN BODY MADE CONTACT WITH EYE [SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN]. EE DID NOT REQUEST TO SEE DR UNTIL 4/13/98. MEDICINE ONLY - NO LOST TIME ACCIDENT.
EE WAS WORKING IN THE CLINKER COOLER AND SLIPPED FROM A LADDER AND STRUCK A CROSSBRACE. HE ALLEGEDLY SUSTAINED SEVERAL RIB CRACKS ON HIS LEFT SIDE. THE X RAY WAS POSITIVE, OUT HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK. LITE DUTY ONLY.
MAN WAS GETTING ON 6' STEPLADDER AT AN ANGLE. LADDER MOVED, THROWING MAN OFF BALANCE. MAN FELL 4-5' STRIKING 2"X2" ANGLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL ON A BENCH GRINDER AND IT CAUGHT IN THE GRINDER ANDIT FLIPPED AND THREW HIS KNUCKLE INTO THE GRINDING WHEEL. HIS WOUND REQUIRED 2 SUTURES. I CHECKE D AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND THE TOOL REST WAS SET AT 1/8". HE SHOULD HAVE USED PLIERS TO HOLD THE SMALL PART HE WAS GRINDING.
HE ALLEGEDLY STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM A CASE ENDLOADER. HE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS. HE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 2-18-98 REQUIRING MSHA NOTIFICATION.
EE WAS USING JACKHAMMER--STEEL TO HAND SCALE BUILDUP AND STRUCK ANGLE BRACE WITH FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STATED- HE HIT HIS HAND ON A POKE HOLE WHILE CLEANING ON 4TH STAGE CYCLONE.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE OPENING TOOL CABINET HE TURNED AND HIT HIS FOOT ON CONDUIT, TWISITING KNEE. FIRST LOST TIME DAY WAS 8-15-97.
HE ALLEGEDLY TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE STEPPE OUT OF A BOBCAT LOADER ONTO A WET PAVEMENT. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK AS THE RESULT OF HIS INCIDENT.
EE WAS BENDING OVER TO LOOSEN A BLOT WITH A WRENCH & HE ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK MUSCLES. HE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS. HE DIS GO TO A CHIROPRACTOR FOR TREATMENTS.
EE WAS STANDING ON SCAFFOLD REACHING ABOVE HIS HEAD LEVEL TO PICK UP 14 LB BLOCKS OF RAM. AS HE LIFTED ONE BLOCK, HE TWISTED AT THE HIPS AND HAD MUSCLE SPASM.
EE WAS OPERATING A JOHN DEERE HYDRAULIC BACKHOE (792 MOVING LOOSE UNCONSOLIDATED MAATERIAL BACK FROM NEAR THE FOOT OF A HIGHWALL FACE. THIS MATERIAL WAS BEING REMOVED TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR A SAFETY EXAMINATION OF AN EXPOSED PORTION O AN UNDERGROUND MINE. APPARENTLY, MATERIAL FROM THE HIGHWALL FACE BROKE AWAY ANDMOVED OUT FROM THE FACE STRIKING THE CAB OF THE BACKHOE. IT IS ESTIM
HE WAS JACKHAMMERING CASTABLE FROM 2ND STAGE THIMBLE--BIG CHUNK WA HANGING UP BETWEEN THIMBLE & OUTER EDGE OF METAL. EE PUT HIS HAND UNDER CHUNK, CHUNK SLIPPED OFF OF A SPRIGG, MASHING RING FI NGER ON RIGHT HAND. TIP OF BONE IN FINGER WAS BROKEN. ( NO LTA)
EE STATED WHEN CLOSING DOOR ON FREIGHT ELEVATOR, ALKALI DUST FELL OFF LEDGE OF DOOR INTO LEFT EYE. (PRESCRIPTION DRUG ONLY-NO LTA)
EE STATED HE WAS INSTALLING TROUGHING IDLER, SLIPPED & FELT PULL IN LOWER BACK. SAW COMPANY DOCTOR ON 1/10/97. FIRST LOST TIME DAY 3-13-97.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE THE INSPECTION DOOR OFF THE #1 IC BIN AND THE CEMENT INSIDE FORCED THE DOOR AGAINST HIS LEFT FRONT THIGH AND HIT HIS BACK AGAINST A PIPE.
EE STATED HE WAS JACKHAMMERING BUILDUP ON PREHEATER TOWER ON 3 1/2 FLOOR WHEN HE LOST FOOTING WHEN BIT CAME LOOSE AND FELL BACK AGAINST HANDRAIL. FIRST LOST TIME DAY WAS NOVEMEBER 1 1996.
EE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF STEEL GRATING AND HE ACCIDENTLY DROPPEDIT ON HIS MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND REUQUIREING SUTURES. HE COMPLETED THE WORK AFTER MEDICAL TREATMENTS, NO LOST TIME.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING TO HIS WORK SITE IN THE TOWER AND STEPPED ON A ROUND CLINKER BALL BY THE HOT TANK,TWISTING LOWER BACK.
EE STATED HE WAS DRIVING SLIDE GATE ON FEED END OF KC1601 SCREW CONVEYOR TO CUT DOWN FLOW OF MATERIAL. HE WAS USING A SHORT PIECE OF PIPE, MISSED THE END OF SLIDE AND CAUGHT TIP OF LITTLE FING ER OF LEFT HAND ON EDGE OF SLIDE. (4 STITCHES) NO LOST TIME.
WALKING DOWN ADDITIVE CRUSHER STEPS AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CLOSING TOWER ELEVATOR DOOR AND PULLED BACK.
EE WAS WORKING IN THE MACHINE SHOP TAKING A SHAFT OUT OF THE TAIL PULLEY, AND ALLEDGEDLY FELT BACK PAIN WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP. NO LOST TIME. HE WENT TO THE CHIROPRACTOR AND RETURNED TO WORK.
EE WAS ALIGNING DOUBLE DUMP VALVES AT COOLER. DOUBLE DUMP WAS BEING HELD BY A HOMEMAD JIB WITH COME-A-LONG ON EACH SIDE. DOUBLE DUMP SLIPPED IN HIB, MASHING FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING A MAINTENANCE JOB ON PREHEATER TOWER WHEN DUST BLEW INTO RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. HE REPORTED ACCIDENT ON 11-6-95 AND WENT TO A DR. ON THE 7TH.( PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS WERE GIVEN BY PHYSICIAN)
THERE WAS NOT ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE CLAIMS IT WAS DO TO REPEATED LIFTING AND INSTALLING THE VIBRATOR ON THE SIDE OF BOTTOM DUMP GRAIN TRAILERS.. HE HAS PAIN IN THE LEFT GROIN AND THRE WAS SOME SORENESS AROUND AN OLD SURGERY SCAR.
EE WAS GUIDING A DRAG IDLER THAT WAS BEING HOISTED BY A CRANE AND HE ALEGEDLY STRAINED HIS BACK. NOTE HE HAS A HISTORY OF MULTIPLE BACK INJURIES. TO HELP PREVENT BACK INJURIES WE HAD A PITSCIA L THERAPIST FROM ST. MARGARETS HOSPTIAL DISCUSS BACK CARE AT A MASS MEETING ON 9-21-95.
MAAP TANK WAS ON FIRE AT OLD RAW MILL BUILDING. FIRE DEPT ARRIVED AND PUT IT OUT. EMPLOYEE'S HAD RUN OUT OF AIR IN BIG O2 TANK AND SET ANOTHER IN ITS PLACE THAT HAD BEEN OUTSIDE AT ANOTHER DEM OLITION AREA. NO INJURIES. MSHA/DULUTH INFORMED
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A MAPP AND O2 TANK OUT OF THE OLD RAWMILL BUILDING AND FELT BACK PAIN. MEDICAL BILL RECEIVED ON 7-10-95
EE ALLEGEDLY SUSTAINED BACK PAIN AS THE REWSULT OF CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE ATER TRUCK THAT HE HAD JUST FILLED NOTE HE REPORTED THE PREVIOUS WEEK THAT HE HAD BACK PAIN THAT WAS NOT WORK RELATED HE ALSO TOLD THIS TO THE CO DOC THIS INCIDENT MAY BE AN AGGRAVATION
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING #31 CAT 631 SCRAPER WHEN HE RAN OVER CLUMP OF DIRT OR OTHER UNKOWN OBJECT. JARRED MACHINE & JERKED NECK. IS BEING TREATED BY A CHIROPRACTOR; NO LOST TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING WATER IN TANK FARM AND HITHIS ELBOW ON A TANK.
EE WAS CLEANING UP A DRAG AREA AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP 3 DRAG LINKS, AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS. NO TIME WAS LOST OR RESTRICTED DUTY RESULTED. HE DID GO TO A CHIROPRACTOR.
A CREW OF EMPLOYEES WERE HOISTING A PIECE OF STEEL WHEN THE TELESCOPIC EXTENSION TAILED STRIKING INJURED EMPLOYEE.
EE CRUSHER HELPER WAS CHECKING EMERGENCY STOP CORDS ALONG A CONVEYOR HE WAS RESETTING TRIP SWITCHES THE CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS IN THE CONTROL ROOM OPERATING START-UP & WAS COMMUNICATING WITH EE BY TWO-WAY RADIO SHORTLY AFTER RESTARTING THE CONVEYOR IT SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN & CONTROLS INDICATED SIDE SLIPPING OF THE BELT THE CRUSHER OPERATOR INVESTIGATED & FOUND THE VICTIM PULLED THROUGH