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INJURED WAS SCRAPING DIRT AND OLD PAIN FROM THE COAL BELT FRAME WORK IN PREPARATION FOR PAINTING ID NUMBERS ON THE FRAME, WHEN A GUST OF WIND DIRT IN HIS EYES AND UNDERNEATH HIS ASAFETY GLASSE S. BLEW
AFTER INJURED CHECKED CLINKER SILO #4 MATERIAL FLOW, HE CLIMBED DOWN THE WALKWAY LADDER ON REACHING GROUND LEVEL. INJURED SLIPPED ON LOOSE CLINKER AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING 1/2 TON PICK-UP TRUCK PULLING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE WHEN FRONT WHEEL OF TRUCK HIT A ROCK. THE ROCKJ CAUSED THE TIRES & STEERING WHEEL TO ATURN SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE OPPOSITIE DIRECTION FROM WHICH INJURED WAS TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS CAUSED HIM TO JERK & TWIST HIS RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING ON TOP OF AIRSLIDE, REMOVING BOLT FROM AIRSLIDE. WHEN GETTING DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON MIDDLE RAIL OF HANDRAIL WHICH WAS NOT WELDED TO BEAM. WHILE WEARING A SAFETY BELT AND LANYARD IT JERKED HIM SUCH HE INJURED HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT WITH UTILITY KNIFE. HE WAS CUTTING TOWARD HIMSELF AND CUT LEFT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT LIGHTS ON PREHEATER WHEN EMPLOYEE BECAME HOT TIRED LIGHT HEADED & VERY WEKA EMPLOYEE CAME DOWN OFF OF PREHEATER & WENT TO SHOP WHILE WALKING TO WATER FOUNTAIN THIS EM PLOYEE FAINTED
INJURED WAS PUSHING STEEL WOOL THROUGH A HOLE WITH A POCKET KNIFE & BLADE OF KNIFE FOLDED UP ON LEFT INDEX FINGER
54736YEE WAS REMOVING FENCE FROM NORTH SIDE OF PLANT PROPERTY WHEN CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE POISON IVY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING INSTRUMENTATION DOWN STAIRWAY AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
PREHEATER PLUGGED-WHILE ATTEMTPING TO UNPLUG THE PRE-HEATER AT THE STAGE III LEVEL, THE PURGE RINGS WERE TURNED ON WHICH COVERED INJURED WITH HOT DUST.
INJURED WAS CLEANING MUD OUT OF 03230 TAIL PULLEY BELT. WHILE WALKING AROUND HE SLIPPED AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.
CROSSING OVER SPEAKER ISLAND IN SHIPPING DEPT.ISLAND HAD JUST BEEN FRESHLY PAINTED THE DAY BEFORE.IT WAS STILL WET FROM RAIN WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL.
INJ LOWERING FLANGE OF SECONDARY AIR DUCT WHEN SAME TILTED CATCHING INJ FINGER BETWEEN COME-ALONG AND FLANGE.
INJURED WAS WORKING ON THE COUPLING ON THE #2 FINISH MILL FAN.THE LADDER HE WAS USING DID NOT HAVE ANY RUBBER FEET CAUSING LADDER TO SLIP OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM.HE FELL BACKWARDS 4 1/2" TO TH E FLOOR.
CLEANING OUT CHUTE MALTERIAL UNPUGED IT BUBBL.ED OUT HOT DUST
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CLODS OF CEMENT FROM INSIDE SILE THROUGH ENTRANCE HATCH. VOLUME OF MATERIAL FLOWING FROM SILO INCREASED AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF DUST ACCUMULATED IN THE AIR BEFORE HATCH COU LD BE CLOSED. DUST ENTERED EYES.
INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS IN THE FINISH MILL AND TWISTED RIGH KNEE.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A COUPLING ON A CYLINDER AT THE RAW MILL. IN HANDLING THIS COUPLING, THAT WEIGHED AROUND EIGHTY POUNDS, EE FELT A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK TIGHTEN UP WHILE IN AN AWKWARD POSITION.
INJURED WAS INSIDE SQUIRREL OF O-SEPA IN THE FINISH MILL WHILE LOWERING SQUIRREL CAGE THE CHAIN FALL MALFUCTIONED CAUSING SUDDEN DROP WHICH BROKE A NY LON SLING OR CHOKER
MOVING BOTTLE STRAINED THORACIC AREA
INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN THE TOP SECTION OF STAIRS IN THE FINISH MILL. HE MISJUDGED THE BOTTOM STEP WHICH CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HEEL CAUSING HIM TO TRIP AND FALL LANDING ONHIS RIGHT KNEE. HE ALS O STATES HIS BIFOCAL GLASSES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HIS MISJUDGEMENT OF THE BOTTOM STEP.
EMPL REACHED DOWN TO CATCH SUB THAT HE THOUGHT WAS FALLING. HE WAS IN PROCESS OF CHANGING DOWN HOLE HAMMER ON DRILL. DRILL PINCHED OFF TIPS OF INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND & TIPS OF IN DEX MIDDLE & RING FINGERS ON LEFT HAND,.
THE COAL PIPE WAS OFF THE VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT ROD-WHILE TRYING TO REPLACE, THE COAL PIPE PULLED LOSE FROM THE "VICTALIC COUPLING," CAUSING RAW COAL TO BLOW ON KILN HOOD. EE JUMPED OFF THE TOP OF THE COAL PIPE BRUISING RIGHT ANKLE AN BOTH ARMS.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING BURNER PIPE AND WHILE WALKING ACROSS THE BURNER FLOOR HE RAN (BUMPED) INTO THE OLD BURNER PIPE AND HIT HIS SHIN CAUSING A BUMP, BRUISE TO HIS RIGHT SHIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GREASE LINE FROM LINCOLN GREASE PUMP ON LUBE TRUCK. WHILE STANDING IN AN AWKWARD POSITIONA DN TRYING TO BRAKE THE GREASE LINE LOOSE WITH A CRESENT WRENCH. HE WAS PULLIN G ON THE WRENCH WITH HIS BACK MORE THAN HIS ARMS
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO BRAKE 3/4" PIPE CONNECTION ON THE TAILGATE OF A PICKUP TRUCK USING A PAIR OF CHANNELLOCK PLIERS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER OF THE LIMSTONE RECLAIMER TO CHECK OPERATIONS. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON RUNG FROM THE MUD ON HIS BOOTS, FELL BACKWARDS ABOUT (4) FOUR FEET ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOO R LANDING ON HIS REAR END FIRST.
HIT L HAND WITH HAMMER WHILE REMOVING BLADES
GOT OUT OF PICKUP TO CHECK ON CRUSHER STEPPED ON ROCK CAUSING LOSE BALANCE AND FELL IN HAND RAIL AND STEPS
A ROLL CYLINDER HAD BROKEN. COME-A-LONG WAS USED TO LIFT THE CYLINDER UP. THE ROLL SYSTEM WAS THEN SET TOO RAISE ROLLS. IN TURN BRAKING COME-A-LONG CHAIN HITTING INJURED IN RIGHT CHEEK.
DUST BLEW INTO EYE UNDER SAFETY GLASSES. VERY WINDY DAY.
EMPL WAS STANDING ON 5' LADDER ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG DUST COLLECTOR HOPPER. MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE EMPL JUMPED OFF LADDER & INJURED ANKLE.
INSTALLING 250 MCM CABLE INTO MCC,FOUND HORIZONATAL PANEL OBSTRUCTED HSI PATH.2 SCREWS WERE REMOVED AND WHILE LIFTING PANEL,LEFT HAND MOVED BEHIND PROTECTIVE COVER AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH LIV E TERMINAL.
I.NAME LEANING BACK IN CHAIR WITH HANDS LOCKED BEHIND HEAD,ANOTHER EMPL WALKED PAST AND PULLED RIGHT WRIST BACK.
WHILE USING HAND HELD GRINDER EMPL CAUSED GRINDER TO SLIP & STRIKE LEFT KNEE.
THE INJURED WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE CAB OF THE MOTOR GRADER.HIS FOOT MISSED THE STEP AND HE FELL APPROX 3' TO THE GROUND LANDING ON THE CONCRETE SHOP FLOOR.HIS LOWER BACK WAS BRUISED.
AIRLANCE CLEANING OF THE RETURN SIDE #4 CLINKER WEIGH FEEDER. AIRLANCE HUNG ON A RETURN IDLER MASHING LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN LANCE AND RAIL. SKIN AND FINGERNAIL WERE SCRAPED OFF EN D OF FINGER AND SMALL BONE MAY BE BROKEN. (PHALANGE/LEFT HAND- LITTLE FINGER)
EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONING 55 GAL. DRUM OF OIL WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL STRIKING HIS TAILBONE-BRUISING THE BONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT WITH WRENCH (OVER HEAD) WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT STRIKING INJURED IN MOUTH AREA CHIPPING FRONT TEETH.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMANTLING SCAFFOLDING, AS HE WAS MOVING AN UPRIGHT SUPPORT HE BUMPED HIMSELF WITH SUPPORT KNOCKING SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS LEFT EYE LID BRUISING THE EYE LID.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING OIL BARREL TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION - RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON WET PAVEMENT PULLED MUSCLE LOWER RIGHT BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING HEAVY METAL PLATE BY HAND PULLED ABDOMEN MUSCLE.
ALLEGED BACK INJ NOT REPORTED NOT CLAIMED UNTIL ELECTIVE SURGERY FAILED TO CORRECTEMP PROBLEM STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT WORK RELATED
INJURED WASASSISTING EMPLOYEE IN REPLACING RECLAIMER SHOVEL PULLED MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK WHILE LIFTING SHOVEL INTO PLACE
EMPL WAS OPERATING STREET SWEEPER WHEN GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST INTO EYES
EMPL WASCLIMBING STAIRWAY TO COLLECT SAMPLE STAIRWAY HAD SEVERAL LEVELS WHILE PIVOTING AT ONE OF THE LEVELS FOOT CAUGHT IN GRATING TWISTING L KNEE PULLED MUSCLE IN L KNEE
EMPL WAS ASSISTING IN COVERING H-BEAM DOWN STAIRWAY BY HAND TWISTED LOWER BACK WHEN BEAM WAS LET DOWN
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN LOWERING FLOOR GRATING INTO PLACE TO A LOWER LEVEL RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HAND RAIL AND ROPE HYPER EXTENDING FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING RAW MATERIAL STORAGE AREA WALKING IN WALKWAY AND STEPPED ON LOOSE ROCK TWISTING BACK WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN BALANCE
EMPL WAS OPERATING GRADER GRADING ROADWAY IN QUARRY. FRONT END LOADER WORKING IN AREA DEUMPED LOAD OF FINE DIRT ALONGSIDE GRADER, WIND BLEW DIRT INTO INJURED'S EYES. CORNEAL ABRASION OF RIGH T EYE.