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February 23, 2004 FL · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
C F Industries Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHEN STOPPING A 120 HIGHREACH IT JERKED UPON STOPPING AND CAUSED AN EE TO STRIKE THE EDGE OF THE BASKET AND INJUR HIS BACK.

February 18, 2004 FL · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
C F Industries Inc · No Value Found

Employee was working on the 1370 dragline. He was stepping down off bottom step of the drag trough crossover stairs when his left foot slipped on the steel plate floor which caused his weight to shift and twist his right knee.

February 13, 2004 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
C F Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WORKING ON D-8 MECHANIC PUT HIS RIGHT KNEE DOWN ON A BOLT THAT WAS ON THE GROUND.

January 9, 2004 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN OFF A L320 LOADER AND FELT AN UNUSUAL SENSATION IN HIS BACK.

December 22, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C F Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING MAST PINS ON THE 862 DRAGLINE, WHEN THE FIRST PIN VAME OUT, THE LINK THAT IT WAS IN SHIFTED AND PUSHED THE PIN TO THE SIDE TRAPPING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE PIN AND A HANDRAIL .

December 10, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
C F Industries Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING AN AIR ARCH TORCH WHEN A FOREIGN MATERIAL ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE.

December 1, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
C F Industries Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS DESCENDING STEPS WHEN SHE SLIPPED AND FELL TO A LOWER LEVEL.

November 25, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C F Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING MOBILE EQUIPMENT WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE.

November 13, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
C F Industries Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS USING A SHOVEL WHICH AGGRAVATED AN EXISTING BACK CONDITION.

October 31, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
C F Industries Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS WALKING UNDER A SULFURIC ACID PIPE WHEN SEVERAL DROPS OF ACID FELL ON HIS ARM AND SHOULDER. THE ACID DRAIN LINE WAS CLOGGED AND DIDN'T ALLOW ACID TO DRAIN FROM LINE AS NEEDED.

October 25, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
C F Industries Inc · No Value Found

DRIVING D400 DUMP TRUCK - HIT HOLE IN HAUL ROAD - GOING TOO FAST.

October 22, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING UNDER AN OAK TREE WHEN HE STUMBLED AND LOST HIS BALANCE. AS HE TRIED TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE HIS LEFT FOOT TURNED SIDEWAYS AS IT CONTACTED THE GROUND.

October 14, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
C F Industries Inc · Struck against a moving object

DOZER OPERATOR CAME UP FROM BEHIND EE ON PAN, HIT HIM TOO HARD JARRING HIS BACK AND NECK.

October 13, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C F Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP MATERIALS WHEN HE FELT A STRIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

August 5, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C F Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS FABRICATING AN ALUMINUM SLIDE GATE BOX FOR THE PEBBLE BIN. WHEN EE ATTEMPTED TO REPOSITION THE BOX, WHICH WAS RESTING ON METAL SAW HORSES, THE BOX SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOX AND SAW HORSE.

July 21, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C F Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING BOLT, WRENCH SLIPPED, HIS HAND HIT METAL SPUR CAUSING SMALL LACERATION ON RIGHT HAND.

May 10, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
C F Industries Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BEING LOADED PAN PULLED AWAY FROM DOZER, WHEN DOZER CAUGHT UP WITH PAN, HE HIT THE PAN TOO HARD.

May 8, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C F Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

MECHANIC WAS USING RATCHET WITH A PIPE TO LOOSEN MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS. SOCKET SLIPPED OFF BOLT CAUSING MECHANIC TO CUT HIS FINGER.

April 3, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A WASHDOWN WATERHOSE WHEN HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON A SECTION OF GRATING. WHENN HE TRIED TO RECOVER HIS BALANCE HE SLIPPED ON THE WET FLOOR AND HIS LEFT KNEE INJURED WHEN HE F ELL.

March 5, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C F Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS BOLTING PIPE TOGETHER WHEN THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS SMASHED BETWEEN THE HEAD OF A BOLT AND THE PIPE.

March 4, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
C F Industries Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS SETTING UP A JOB WHEN HIS WELDING STINGER WAS DRAGGED ACROSS THE EQUIPMENT AND ARCHED. HIS LEFT HAND WAS CLOSE TO THE ARCHING AREA OF THE STINGER.

February 14, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
C F Industries Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS DRILLING OUT PACKING GLAND STUD, HOLES WITH A 90 DEGREE DRILL WHICH CAUSED HIS RIGHT HAND TO BE UNDER PRESSURE AND IN AN AWKWARD POSITION FOR APP 25 MINUTES. THIS TASK CAUSED NUMBNESS I N HIS RIGHT HAND AND FINGER.

January 18, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
C F Industries Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE USING CUTTING TORCHES TO REMOVE CUTTING EDGE BOLTS ON PAN, SPARK WENT IN EAR.

December 12, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C F Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A MOTOR BASE BOLT WITH HIS HAND AS THE MOTOR WAS BEING LOWERED INTO PLACE, THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLT AND THE MOTOR BASE. EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS PLACED I N A PINCH POINT.

November 20, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF ROLLING PIPE EE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL TO HISLEFT KNEE AND BRUISE IT.

October 22, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C F Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING A VALVE POSITIONER WHEN THE ACTUATER ARM MOVED AND PINNED HIS HAND AGAINST THE PLATE.

October 3, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C F Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE BLADE FROM TRACTOR-HIT SHIN ON BLADE SCRAPING SKIN OFF SHIN TO FOOT-POSSIBLE HAIRLINE FRACTURE ON RIGHT FOOT BONE.

October 3, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Fall from machine

EE STEPPED OFF TAILGATE OF TRUCK.

September 14, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
C F Industries Inc · Struck against a moving object

BACKED INTO DRAINAGE DITCH.

September 4, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING IN AREA OF THICK BRUSH WHEN HE HYPEREXTENDED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

September 3, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C F Industries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS MOVING A 4-0 POWER CABLE BY HAND WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

May 12, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS CHANGING OUT A PUMP SHELL AT #2 MATRIX BOOSTER PUMP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE PUMP SHELL AND FELL. AT THAT TIME HE ONLY EXPERIENCED MINOR PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND REFUSED MEDICAL TREATME NT. ON 9/30/02 HE REPORTED TO THE NURSE COMPLAINING OF SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN AND WAS REFERED TO A DOCTOR.

May 6, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING OFF BACK HOE (MACHINE) OIL ON TRACK, HE SLIPPED, CAUGHT WITH LEFT HAND AND HELD ON, PULLING MUSCLES IN SHOULDER.

May 2, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
C F Industries Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS ACTING AS A FIRE WATCH WHEN A BALL OF SLAG FELL, HIT A BEAM, BOUNCED 15' & FELL DOWN THE SHIRT COLLAR & BURNED HIS UPPER BACK.

April 26, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS LOG TEETH TO ACCESS A COME-ALONG. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF A TOOTH & HE FELL INTO A GUARD.

April 15, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING DUMP TRUCK; HAND SLIPPED ON HANDRAIL. PULLED MUSCLES IN CHEST AND LEFT SHOULDER.

March 21, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DISMOUNTING MACHINE, TURNED WHILE ON THE STEP, SLIPPED INJURING ANKLE.

March 20, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C F Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

TAKING BELLY PAN OFF SCRAPER, WHEN HE TOOK LAST BLT OUT, BELLY PN FELL ON HIS RIGHT ARM.

February 7, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DISMOUNTING MACHINE, GRABBED HANDRAIL, HANDRAIL BROKE.

January 2, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C F Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RESOCKETING A DRAG CABLE WHEN THE END OF THE CABLE WHIPPED OVER AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RT.FOOT.

December 19, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS DISMOUNTING MACHINE, CABLE ON STEP BROKE.

December 5, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
C F Industries Inc · Struck against a moving object

GOING TOO FAST ON HAUL ROAD, HIT BUMP OR HOLE, JARRED NECK. CERVICAL STRAIN.

December 3, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
C F Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON AN AUTOMATIC LUBE SYSTEM ON THE 1370 DRAGLINE. WHEN A LUBE FINE RUPTURED AND ALLOWED HIGH PRESSURE LUBRICANT TO STRIKE EE IN THE CHEST.

November 10, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
C F Industries Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HYDRAULIC OIL SPRAYED ON HIM WHEN HOSE BURST. HE WASHED IT OFF WITH MECHANIC SOAP. THIS CAUSED AN ALLERGIC REACTION.

August 13, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
C F Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BACKING A MANLIFT WHEN THE LEVEL INDICATOR CAUSED THE LIFT TO ABRUPTLY STOP. HE WAS CARRYING A 1/2 X 4 X 7' PIECE OF ANGLE IRON ON TOP OFTHE BASKET WHICH STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST AREA WH EN THE MANLIFT STOPPED.

July 10, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C F Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING INTO A JON BOAT WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT BECAME STUCK IN WET CLAY, AS HE PULLED HIS LEG HE FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

July 3, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
C F Industries Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLTS WITH A 1/2 INCH IMPACT WRENCH WHEN THE SOCKET FLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF THE RIGHT HAND.

June 25, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C F Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS SECURING A MOTOR WITH A COME-A-LONG WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND CAUSED HIS RIGHT ELBOW TO STRIKE THE TAILGATE OF THE PICKUP TRUCK.

June 13, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
C F Industries Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS AIR GOUGING ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF SLAG FELL INTO HIS WORK GLOVE AND BURNED THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. THIS ACCIDENT REPORTED UNTIL 6-19-01 AFTER THE BURN B ECAME INFECTED.

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