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EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN AS HE BENT TO PICKUP A WOODEN PALLET FROM A PLATFORM SCALE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING OTHERS TO LIFT A BEARING TOP FROM A TRUNION BEARING ON A BALLMILL FROM ITS POSITION TO THE GROUND. THE CAP WEIGHED APPROX. 175 LBS AND WAS MOUNTED ABOUT 5' UP.
WHILE INSTALLING A SMALL BIN WEIGHING APPROX. 1000 LBS MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE USING CABLE FROM A WINCH TO PICKUP AND TURN THE 4' X 10' TANK INTO POSITION. THE TANK BECAME TOP HEAVY AND QUI CKLY SHIFTED NEARLY PINNING THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM BETWEEN THE TANK AND A BELT CONVEYOR FRAME.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMED TO HAVE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF A PRODUCT BIN ACCESSING A SIDE PORT HATCH.
AS THIS EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING FROM A SQUATTED POSITION, AS HE AROSE HE WAS TURNING SLIGHTLY AND STRUCK HIS KNEE ON THE MOUNTING BOX OF THE GRANUSOL MOLY PUMP.
WORKING IN THE MAINTENANCE DEPT, THIS EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING AGAINST AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH A PRY BAR MOVING THE MOTOR ONTO A BASE FOR INSTALLATION. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED STRIKING HIS KNEE.
EE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER WITH A WIRE CUP TO CLEAN A SECONDARY CONTAINMENT WALL WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT AROUND THE GASOLINE AND DIESEL TANKS WHEN IT STRUCK A ROCK AND BOUNCED BACK AGAINST HIS K NEE.
EE WAS EMPTYING A METAL BIN AND HAD TO HIT IT WITH A METAL BAR TO MAKE THE MATERIAL FLOW. ONE OF THE TIMES THAT HE HIT THE BIN, HE ALSO HIT HIS HAND ON AN ANGLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BIN. HE DI D NOT WISH TO GO TO A DR. AT THIS TIME. ON THE 21ST OF JANUARY HE SAID THAT HIS FINGER HAD SWOLLEN AND HE WAS SENT TO SEE A DR.
HELPING CLEANUP HYDRAULIC OIL SPILL FROM A DELIVERY (RAW MATERIAL) CARRIER TRUCK. WORKER TRIPPED WHILE RUSHING TO GET CONTAINER AND HAD RIGHT ANKLE INJURY.
EE AND A COWORKER WERE MOVING MATERIAL AND AT ABOUT 1700 HE TOLD COWORKER THAT HE FELT ILL. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON 6-1-96. ON 6-5-96 COWORKER CALLED TO SAY THE EE WOULD BE OUT 3 DAYS. ON 6 -1196 COWORKER CALLED AGAIN TO SAY THAT EE WOULDNOT BE ALLOWED TO WORK BECAUSE HIS ILLNESS WAS DUE TO DUST AT THE OPERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKIN DOWN SOME STAIRS WHICH ARE 8" X 24". ALTHOUGH HE WAS HOLDING TO A HANDRAIL, HE MISSED ONE STEP AND INJURED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EE WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS SHOP WHEN HE FELL. THE PLANT MANAGER NOTICED HIM WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO GHET UP & HE WENT OVER TO HIM & ASKED IF HE WAS ALL RIGHT. THE PLANT MANAGER NOTICED THAT THE EE WAS DAZED & AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED IMMEDIATELY. THE EE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.
EE HAD A RR CAR WHEEL LEANING AGAINST A TABLE AND WAS TAKING THE UNDERSIDE MEASUREMENTS WHEN THE WHEEL SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS HAND. CAUSED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE ON THE RIGHT RING FINGER, SMALL CUT ON THE LITTLE FINGER AND PALM. THE RIGHT FOREARM ALSO ABSORBED THE IMPACT CAUSING SWELLING ON IT AND ON THE RIGHT HAND.
WELDING BUCKET NAD FELL WHILE GETTING OFF LOADER, HURT LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRYINGN IRON PYRITE ORE AFTER BIN WAS FULL IT WAS TO BE EMPTIED ON CONCRETE FLOOR TO FEED #2 SCREENHOPPER INSTEAD EMPLOYEE EMPTIED DIRECTLY INTO HOPPER WITH EMPLOYEE INSIDE HOPPER EMPLOYEE OPENED BOTTOM GATE TO BIN CAUSING THE HOTORE TO CREATE 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH THE RT & LEFT CALF & ANKLES
WORKING AT RIVER SILL REPAIR'S. LOOSE DIRT AND ROCKS.
USING AIR HOSE TO BLOW OVE THROUGH A CRUSHER DUST MATERIAL FLEW UP IN FACE, & UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASS. A DUST PARTICAL WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
DURING A HOPPER/SCREW FILLING OPERATION THE SCREW LOCKED UP. THE EMPLOYEE HURRIEDLY TURNED AND STARTED WALKING QUICKLY TO THE SWITCH. THE EMPLOYEE WALKED DIRECTLY INTO A PIPE W/A QUICKLY COU PLING ON IT. THE PIE IS PART OF A DENSVEYOR SYSTEM. THE EMPLOYEES 6'5" HEIGHT ELEVATED HIMSELF SO HE STRUCK THE PIPE. THE PIPE WAS HARD HAT LEVEL.
A FEED CHUTE PLUGGED OFF AT THE TOP OF THE CRUSHER ELEVATOR-THIS MAN WENT TO THE TOP OF THE ELEVATOR TO PUNCH OUT THE CHUTE W/A BAR. THE ELEVATOR EMPTIES INTO THE CHUTE-THE ELEVATOR WAS NOT SH UTDOWN. THE PUNCH BAR BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR BUCKET & THE TOP EDGE OF THE ELEVATOR. CAUSING INJURY TO THE LEFT HAND, SML FINGER, AS THE HAND WAS CAUGHT HOLDING ON TO THE BAR.
WHILE USING SHOP BENCH GRINDER TO SMOOTH EDGE OFTORCH CUT INJURED'S LEATHER GLOVE MADE CONTACT WITH FACE OF WHEEL, GLOVE WAS DRAWN INTO ROTATING MOTION THUS CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT FINGER (I)
WHILE OPERATING OUR COMPANY TRUCK EE HAD A P.O.V. PULL OUT IN FRONT OF HIM. THE P.D. CROSSED THE CENTER LINE INTO THE PATH OF OUR COMPANY TRUCK. EE RECIEVED NECK TRAMA AND WELL AS CUTS & ABRAS IONS AROUND THE KNEE CAP AREA.
WHILE RIDING AS A PASSENGER IN OUR COMPANY VEHICLE ON COMPANY BUSINESS A PDV PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF OUR COMPANY TRUCK. INJURED HIT HIS ARM ON THE DASH AS WHELL AS HIS NOSE.
EMPLOYEES SHIFT WAS OVER FOR THE DAY AND THEY WERE LOCKING THE SHOWER DOORS. RAFAEL GO TO CLOSE TO SIDEWALK CURB AND LOST HIS BALANCE, TWISTING HIS RIGHT FOOT AND FALLING TO FLOOR.
INJURED WAS CLEANING WEEDS AROUND THE 400 PLANT AREA USING A SHOVEL.ONE OF THE TIMES THAT HE WENT TO STICK THE SHOVEL IN THE GROUND HE HIT A ROCK WHICH WAS BURIED IN THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS WRIST.
EE WAS BAGGING SOME MATERIAL AT THE 400 PLANT AND USUALLY USES A RUBBER MALLET TO HIT A METAL BOX WHICH IS LOCATED ABOVE THE BAGGING MACHINE. ONE OF THE TIMES THAT HE WENT TO HIT THE BOX WITH THE MALLET, HE HIT THE BOX WITH HIS HAND AND CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
NO UNUSUAL CONDITIONS, WAS JUST GETTING OFF LOADER AND THE EMPLOYEES FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND AND INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.
I NAME WAS T AKING MATERIAL OUT OF ONE BIN TO ANOTHER HE STATES THAT HE HAD PLACED THE TOP BIN WITH PART OF THE LEG HALFWAY OVER THE LOWER & WHEN THE MATERIAL STARTED TO EMPTY FROM THE TOP BIN THE WEIGHT OF THE MATERIAL WHICH WAS ON THE FRONT END CAUSED IT TO FALL EXTENT OF INJURY UNKNOWN A FLO-BIN IS A MET AL CONTAINER USED FOR STORAGE FINISHED PRODUCT 4FTX4FTX4FT
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A WELDING REPAIR TO A PRODUCT SHUTE ON A CRUSHING UNIT. HE RAISED HIS WELDING SHIELD TO SEE THE WELD HE WAS DOING AND A SMALL PARTICLE OF METAL POPPED INTO HIS FACE LODGIN G IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
HE WAS CLEANING THE TANK ON THE AIR SEPARATOR. WHEN HE FINISHED AND WENT TO GET OUT OF THE TANK HE FELT A SHARP PAIN ON THE SOLE OF HIS LEFT FOOT.
NEEDED TO REPLACE SOME FUSES ON A SWITCH & WENT TO THE MASTER FUSE BOX OF THE CRUSHER WHEN I WENT TO OPEN THE FUSE BOX IT SHORTED & BLEW UP IN FLAMES
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTING UP TENSION BOLT OR CRUSHING UNIT. HE WAS OPERATING. THE LARGE 20" WRENCH HE WAS USING, SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT. (EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING WORKING BOOTS).,
HE HAD DUMP BUCKET ON FORKS OF FORKLIFT HE WAS HOLDING THE MAST AND WENT TO DROP FORKS TO DUMP BUCKET BUT IT WOULD NOT. PULLED AGAIN TO TRY AND DROP FORKS AND BAR DROPPED AND HIS LEFT INDEX FI NGER GOT CAUGHT.
EE WAS RUNNING SUTURSA SCREEN AND WHEN HE WENT TO TURN OFF THE MACHINE A LARGE ROCK ROLLED OFF ONTO HIS FOOT.
I NAME WAS ADJUSTING THE WEIGHT ON THE SAND PACKER WHEN THE WEIGHT CAME OFF & HIT HIS FINGER
WAS TRYING TO PUSH MATERIAL IN MILL FEED HOPPER THAT WAS STOCKING TO SIDE OF HOPPER MATERIAL WET WAS STANDING ON FLAT DECUTWORK LOST BALANCE DROPPED APPROX. 6 FT TO GLOOR BELOW MILL.
UNLOADING MATERIAL PULLED FORM RAIL CAR TURNED STEERING WHEEL TOO MUCH HIT CURB WHEEL CAUGHT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS FABRICATING A METAL COVER FOR A NEW DRYING SYS BEING INSTALLED HE TRIED TO REPOSITION THE COVER FOR ADDITIONAL WORK BY HIMSELF BY HAND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER RT BACK AREA
WHILE WORKING PUTTING BAGS IN OUR BAGHOSUE AT THE CALCINER PLANT, THIS MAN WAS WALKING IN A CATWALK ALONGSIDE THE BAGHOUSE, A 2X6 WAS PROTRUDING OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE BAGHOUSE ABOUT 10" FROM THE DECK. HE STRUCK HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG OR THIS PROTRUSION.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COVER A PALLET WITH A SHRINK WRAP THIS MAN LEANED FORWARD TO SPREAD OUT THE WRAP. AS HE STOOD UP HE STRUCK A DOG LATCH ON THE COVER OF A BLOW BACK PIPE. THIS PIPE WAS NOT I N THE "NORMAL" TRAFFIC PATTERN.
EE POSITIONED FORKLIFT TO LOAD A SUPERSACK GOT OFF TRUCK ON WRONG SIDE GOT GLOVE HE WAS WEARING HOOKED ON GEAR SHIFT TRUCK WENT INTO REVERSE GEAR PULLED EE AGAISNT A METAL I BEAM.
THIS MAN WAS WORKING WITH A CO-WORKER AS HE PICKED UP A 15# SLEDGE HAMMER A LOBE IN HIS LUNG COLLASPED
SHIFT FOR THE DAY WAS OVER AND HE WAS SHOWERING. HE SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER ROOM AND FELL BACKWARDS RESULTING IN A CUT ON BACK OF SCALP.
INDIVIDUAL WAS WORKING WITH 3 OTHER MEN AS THEY WENT TO PUSH UP ON A SECTION OF 4" BLOW LINE HE ELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
WHILE REASSEMBLING MILL FROM MAJOR BREAKDOWN EMPL PLACED HAND IN AREA WHERE PIECE WAS BEING LOWERED INTO PLACE.EMPL TIP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT.CARELESSNESS OF EMPL WAS CAUSE.
INJURED HAD BEEN WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE USING SULFURIC ACID, DURING WHICH TIME HE HAS BEEN WARING HIS SAFETY GOGGLES. UPON COMPLETION EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTING THE EXCESS ACID BACK INTO THE BARREL AND INJURED REMOVED HIS GOGGLES BECAUSE THEY HAD GOTTEN CAUGHT AND THE GLASS WAS COMING OUT. HE THEN WENT OVER TO WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF ACID SPATTER AND GOT
EMPL WAS ON CROSSOVER LADDER WHEN HE LOOKED BACKTO CHECK OPERATION OF PLANT & STUCK LEG BETWEEN STEPS. HE HIT LEFT SHIN ON STEPS CAUSING BRUISES & SWELLING.
AFTER COMPLETION OF BAGGING A PALLET OF MATERAL THIS MAN PICKED UP A PLASTIC BAG TO COVER THE PALLET. WHEN HE RAISED HIS ARM HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
WHILE THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS HE SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE GRAVEL AND FELL FACE DOWNWARD, LANDING ON HIS HANDS: HE THEN ROLLED OVER AFTER THE IMPACT AND ENDED UP ON HIS BACK, ME DICAL TREATMENT WAS NOT SOUGHT BY THIS PERSON BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT THE PAIN WAS FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR A MATEIAL TRANSFER LINE, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE TOP FLAT SURFACE OF THE DRYER HOUSING AND FELL OR THE TOP OF THE HOUSING AND BRUISED HIS LEFT SIDE RIB CAGE. IT H AD BEEN RAINING THOUGH-OUT THE NIGHT, AND EVERYTHING WAS WET.
I,NAME WAS ON HIS WAY TO GREASE PLANT #500 SCREEN ELEVATOR WHEN HE STEPPED ON A BOARD WITH A PROTRUDING NAIL.