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EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING WHEEL BARRELL AT TIME OF ACCIDENT, STEPPED ON CLINKER MATERIAL (ROCK) AND TWISTED ANKLE.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONED ON A PERMANENT LADDER WITH HIS FEET APPROX. 11 FEET OFF FLOOR LEVEL. PLATFORM LEVEL WAS 14'. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE PLATFORM UNPLUGGING A HOT CEMENT PRODUC T LINE. WHEN THE LINE CLEARED SOME OF THE PRODUCT BLEW OUT ON THE INJURED EMPLOYEE CAUSING HIM TO TURN LOOSE OF THE LADDER AND LAND ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR BELOW.
INJURED & FELLOWORKERS WERE REMOVING ECCENTRIC ARM FROM CLINKER COOLER HORIZONTAL GRATE DRIVE THE 42IN DRIVE SPROCKET HAD SHIFTED & WAS PLACING PRESSURE ON INSIDE OF ECCENTRIC ARM & WHEN INJU RED ATTEMPTED TO FREE WEDGED DRIVE CHAIN THE ARMFLEW OFF STRIKING HIM IN FACE & CAUSING SEVERE FRACTURE OF FACIAL BONES & SKULL
INJURED WAS USING PRY BAR TO REMOVE BELT ROLLER WHILE STANDING ON CONDUIT. THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIS FOOT TO SHIFT ON CONDUIT. EMPLOYEE FELL FORWARD AND SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF HIS FOOT CAUSED A CHIP FRACTURE (4X7 MILLIMETER) OF LEFT FOOT.
INJURED WAS CLIMBING LADDER WHICH HAD BEEN PLACED AGAINST RAIL COAL CAR. FRONT END LOADER PUSHED CAR 2' TO 3' WHICH CAUSED LADDER TO TIP OVER AND THREW INJURED TO GROUND APPROX 8' BELOW. WHE N HE FELL HE INJURED HIS LEFT LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS REMOVING A SOLENOID VALVE FROM AN AIR LINE WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS NOT UNDER PRESSURE WHEN CONNECTION BETWEEN VALVE & AIR LINE WAS BROKEN PARTICLES OF METAL WERE BLOWN INTO R 4TH & 5T H L 3RD/4TH 5TH FINGER
INJURED WAS DESCENDING LADDER OF RAILROAD HOPPER CAR. HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON DRAWHEAD BAR AND SLIPPED FALLING TO GROUND. SEVEN 7 WEEKS LATER EE WAS SEEN BY DR WHO DIAGNOSED HIS PROBLEM AS IRRIT ATION TO BACK AFTER EXAMINTATION ON 9-6-94.
INJURED WAS REMOVING AIR FILTER FROM FRONT END LOADER WHILE PULLING ON THE BOLTER HIS HAND SLIPPED & LEFT THUMB WAS LACERA TED ON SHARP METAL R EQUIRED FOUR(4) STITCHES
HOLDING CONDUIT IN LEFT HAND WHILE CUTTING LFEXIBLE CONDUIT WITH POCKET KNIFE IN RT HAND THE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT SECOND KNUCKLE ON LEFT FOREFINGER
HOPPER FELL OVER
INJURED & FELLOW EMPLOYEE WERE ALIGNING HOLES IN BOTTOM OF HOIST CYLINDER WITH HOLES IN MOUNTING BRACKET OF AVERLING BARFORD 50 TON HAUL TRUCK HOIST CYLINDER MOVED SUDDENLY & CAUGHT INJUREDS LEFT 3C/FINGERK IN PINCH POINT RESUL TING IN AMPUTION OF APPROXIMATELY 50% OF FIRST JOINT
WHILE CUTTING A SKIRTBOARD FOR 1 5.1-2 5 BELT THE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT RT FOREARM
SHE WAS LEANING OUT OF DRIVERS SEAT O THE BOBCAT LOADER WHILE SAFETY BAR WAS STILL IN OPERATING POSITION HER FOOT HIT THE BUCKET PEDAL & THE BUCKET MOVED & CAUGHT HER 4TH FINGER ON THE LEFT HA ND & CUT & CRUSHED IT THE TIP OF HER FINGER WAS MASHED OFF
INJURED WAS PLACING LARGE BRASS BEARING HALF ONTO WOODEN PALLET. THE HALF HE WAS MOVING SLIPPED AND HIS RIGHT LARGE FINGER WAS MASHED AGAINST ANOTHER BEARING HALF CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING 2 SUTURES.
FELLOW EE WAS SUING SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE OUT ROLLER MILL LINERS THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE LINER AND STRUCK INJURED S LEFT KNEE. LEFT KNEE BRUISED.
CUT PALM OF HAND WHILE STRIPPING THE INSULATION FROM AN ELECTRICAL CABLE. KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF THE MATERIAL BEING CUT AND STRUCK HIS PALM.
HURT LEFT SHOULDER CLEANING JUNK MOTORS FROM TEH MOTOR STORAGE BUILDING.
INJURED AND FELLOW WORKERS WERE REPAIRING ROLLER MILL CYLINDER. CYLINDER HAD BEEN PLACED IN FRAME WITH FORKLIFT AND INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNHOOK CHAIN WHICH WAS USED TO LIFT CYLINDER INTO FRAME. HE FAILED TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR AND MAKE HIS INTENTION KNOWN CAUSING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER TO BE CAUGHT AND LACERATED.
INJURED AND EMPLOYE EWERE TO LOAD A TRUCK FROM THE WAREHOUSE. EMPLOYEE MOVED TO GET APIECE OF CARDBOARD OFF A PALLET FOR OTHER EMPLOYEE TO MVOE AND STARTED TO WALK BACK TO THE STACK OF CARDB OAD. AT THIS TIME OTHER EMPLOYEE GOT ANOTHER PALLET, BACKE DUP, TURNE DA IO DEGREE CORNER AND SET THE PALELT DOWN. EMPLOYEE THEN BACKED UP AND STRUCK INJURED, KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND RUNNING U
INJURED WAS REMOVING LINER FROM INSIDE OF NO. 6 FINISH MILL DOOR. A SECTION OF LINER FELL AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT BEHIND STEEL CAP OF SAFETY SHOE CAUSING TRAUMA TO DOVSUM OF FOOT.
CHECKING FUEL TANK ON TOP OF DRILL UNIT, SLIPPED OFF FALLING BACKWARDS ON TAILBONE.
WHIE INSPECTING A SYSTANK THAT HAD RECEIEVED A PUNTURE, HE HIT HIS RIGHT EAR ON A RAISED SHAR BLADE.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE CLINKER COOLER USING A CHIPPING GUN, CHIPPING BUILD UP FROM THE WALL OFTHE COOLER. SOME OF THE MATERIAL DROPPED ON HIS LEFT TOE CAUSING A FRACTURE.
PIPE WRENCH CAUGHT IN ROTATING DRILL ROD PULLING AROUND HAND OF OPERATOR IN ROTATION. THE ATTEMPT WAS TO BREAK DRILL ROD WHILE ROD WAS ROTATING WITH A PIPE WRENCH.
CLIMBED ON A FROST COVERED TIRE TO CHECK OIL AND WATER IN PUMP ENGINE.
EE AND COWORKERS WERE REMOVING SECTION #5 FM AIRSLIDE. EE WAS HOLDING ONE END WHILE COWORKERS WERE LOWERING THE OTHER END TO FLOOR. THEY ALLOWED THEIR END TO FALL CAUSING END EE WAS HOLDING TO SLIP FROM HIS GRASP AND FALL ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT, STRIKING BEHIND STEEL TOE CAP AND FRACTURING HIS LEFT MIDDLE TOE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON VACATION, BUT DURING VISIT TO PLANT HAD A FATAL HEART ATTACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING STONE FORM BILL BELT WHICH WS CHOKED UP. HE TOOKA STEP BACKWARDS, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF CATWALK AT ACCESS LADDER. CATWALK WHERE HE FELL IS APPR9OX FIVE FEET HI GH.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A PERMANENT TYPE LADDER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ABOUT FOUR FEET TO THE FLOOR. LEFT FOOT STRUCK SIDE OF ADJACENT STORAGE BIN FOUNDATION.
INJURED DECENDED LADDER IN FINISH MILL AND STEPPED ONTO CHAIN GUARD LYING ON FLOOR CAUSING HIS RIGHT KNEE TO BE SPRAINED.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AND TWISTED HIS BACK. HE STRAINED HIS BACK MUSCLES WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP WHILE SHOVELING.
FOREING OBJECT IMBEDDED IN LEFT HAND WITH LATER INFECTION ON 3-9-94 INJURED WAS IN PLANT TRUCK SHOP AREA WHEN A FOREIGN OBJEC TFLEW FROM HAMMER FELLOW WORKER WAS STRICKING LOADER BUCKE TOOTH W ITH MEDICAL ATTENTION REQUIRED ON 4-6-94 TO REMOVE OBJECT AND TREATMENT FOR INFECTION.
INJURED WAS USING A 20# SLEDGE HAMMER TO STRIKE BAR BEING USED TO REMOVE BUILD-UP FROM PREHEATER. LOCATION FO BUILD-UP REQUIRED INJURED TO HAVE TO SWING HAMMER IN UPWARD MOTION CAUSING STRAIN OF RIGHT TESTIS.
EE WAS TEARING OUT A RING OF BRUCK IN ROTARY KILN. THE RING FELL AND HIT HIS FOOT. HE HAD FOOT OUT OF CAGE BRACING HIMSELF HIS FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BRUCK AND STEEL TOE GUARD.
INSTALLING STAMBLE TAIL SHAFT ASSEMBLY TWO RATCHETS WERE USED TO SLIDE ASSEMBLY INTO POSITION. ONCE POSITONED TO BE INSTALLED ONE RATCHET WAS REMOVED AND TENSION WAS BEING REMOVED FROM SECOND RATCHET FALL AND WHEN ALL TENSION FROM 2ND RATCHET WAS REMOVED SHAFT ASSEBLY ROTATED AWAY FROM STABLER CATCHING INJURED LEFT HAND BETWEEN CONVEYOR OF SHAFT ASSEMBLY AND CONCRETE WALL CAUSING
INJURED WAS HOLDING PIECE OF BRASS BEING STRUCK BY COWORKER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE BUSHING ONTO SHAFT. COWORKER MISSED THE BRASS ROD AND STRUCK EE ON BACK OF RT. HAND. MEDICAL EXAM REVEAL ED SEVERE BRUISE TO BACK OF RT. HAND.
INJURED AND CO WORKER WERE REMOVING STAMLER SPROCKET. WHEN SPROCKET CAME OFF SHAFT IT DROPPED TO PLATFORM AND INJURED LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT BETWEEN SPROCKET AND BRACE CAUSING HIS LEFT SMALL FINGER TO BE LACERATED AND FRACTURED
INJURED STRUCK BUSHING WITH HAMMER TO REMOVE IT FROM SHAFT. SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS THROAT AND HAD TO BE SURGICALLY REMOVED.
OPERATOR WAS CLEANING OUT PACKING MACHINE WITH A VACUM SYSTEM. HE WAS ON 3RD PORT SUCKING MATERIAL OUT OF THE FILL TUBE VACUM. OPERATOR BUMPED THE CUT OFF VALVE. WHICH PINCHED LEFT THUMB UNDE R A PRODUCT FLOW CLAMP. DUE TO COLD WEATHER OPERATOR FELT NO PAIN AND THOUGHT HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT. HE PULLED GLOVE AND TIP OF THUMB OFF.
INJURED WAS USING 10# SLEDGE HAMMER TO STRIKED END OF IRON BAR TO REMOVE BUILDUP FROM PREHEATER RISER DUCT. HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN MIDDLE OF ABDOMEN AND MEDICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED A VENTRAL HERNIA.
OPERATOR GOT OFF FORKLIFT, SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL ON WOODEN PALLET.
INJURED WAS STANDING ON WASH HOUSE AT END OF SHIFT WHEN CO-WORKER THREW SHORTLENGTH OF RUBBER TUBING AT HIM. INJURED FELL BACKWARDS AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON CONCRETE FLOOR.
INJURED WAS USING CUTTING TORCH TO CUT METAL AT STAMLER BREAKER. HOT SPARKS CAUGHT HIS RIGHT PANTS LEG ON FIRE CAUSING BURN TO LOWER LEG. LATERINFECTION TO BURNED AREA CAUSED HIM TO REQUIRE ME DICAL ATTENTION ON 1-3-94.
SLIPPED AND FELL ON STRAIRS TO COAL ELEVATOR CAUSING SPRAIN OF LOWER BACK.
EE & FELLOW EES WERE INSTALLING CENTER SECTION OF DRYER BURNER INTO OUTER SECTION. THE CENTER SECTION BECAME WEDGED AND WHEN EE PALCED HIS HAND IN A PINCH POINT WHILE REMOVING INSULATION IT FE LL & CAUGHT HIS LEFT LARGE FINGER CAUSING SEVER LACERATION TO END OF FINGER.
LIFTING PALLET FROM STACK CAUGHT RIGHT 5TH FINGER IN SLAT. FRACTURED FINGER.
EE WA USING HAND SHOVEL TO REMOVE SPILLED COAL FROM UNDER DRYER COAL BELT. HE FELT SORENESS IN RT. ELBOW APPARENTLY CAUSED FROM TWISTING MOTION WHILE SHOVELING.
INJURED AND FELLOW WORKERS WERE MOVING HEAVY SWITCH GEAR ON BURNER FLOOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT LOWER BACK.
HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE PLATE FROM AIR SEPARATOR AND DROPPED IT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE PLATE WAS 1/4" THICK, 20" WIDE AND 5' LONG.
INJURED USED CHAIN LINK TO STRIKE FLOP GATE HAND ON COAL ELEVATOR WHEN HE STRUCK HANDLE HIS LEFT RING FINGER STRUCK AGAINST CORNER OF ELEVATOR CAUSING LACERATION AND FRACTURE.