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EE WAS PULLING ELECTRICAL CABLE FOR MOTORE AT #1 BELT. HE STEPPED DOWN ONE STEP TO MAKE ANOTHER PULL AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF ROLLED STEEL, CAUSING HIM TO TURN HIS ANKLE.
LIFTED THE OVERHEAD DOOR INSIDE OF FINISH MILL TO CHANGE A BUCKET OF #3 TRAP. WHEN OPENING THE DOOR HE FELT A PULL IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
INJURED UNLOADED SYN-GAP AND DROVE AWAY FROM PUMP ZONE, BUT RETURNED TO SPOT THE LOAD FOR HIS PARTNER. IN DOING SO, HE APPROACHED THE WORKING FRONT END LOADER FROM THE REAR. THE PARTNER SOUNDE D HIS AIR HORN AND THE FRONT END LOADER OPERATORSTOPPED. THE MAN ATTEMPTED TO PUSH AWAY FROM THETIRE, MAY HAVE SLIPPED AND CONTACTED THE TIRE.
INJURED EE WAS DOING ROUTINE REPAIRS IN DUSTY ENVIRONMENT. SKIN CAME INTO CONTACT WITH AIRBORNE DUST, CAUSING CEMENT DERMATITIS.
WHILE MOVING FORKS OF A FORKLIFT TOGETHER, EE STUCK HIS FINGER IN A PINCH AREA & LACERATED RT. MIDDLE FINGER.
EE SLIPPED ON MUD WHILE POWER WASHING UNDER HIS TROJAN HAUL TRUCK. HE FELT A LOT OF DISCOMFORT AND PAIN IN LOWER BACK. PHYSICAL THERAPY STARTS ON 4-2-02.
EE STATES HE WAS PULLING ON A CHAIN FALL CHAIN WHILE LOOKING UP DUST FELL FROMT HE BEAM GETTING ON HIS HARD HAT. FACE AND SAFETY GLASSES GETTING INTO HIS EYE.
MOVING AROUND SCAFFOLD ON CONDITIONING TOWER, TWISTED BACK RESULTING IN LOWER BACK PAIN.
EE STATES HE WAS DESCENDING OFF THE STAIRS ON THE TRACTOR. HE WAS FACING OUT, INSTEAD OF HIS BODY TURNED AROUND. HIS LEFT FOOT HIT THE GROUND WA HIS LEFT KNEE BUCKLED.
EE WAS CHANGING BLADES IN UTILITY KNIFE. HE THOUGHT BLAD WAS RETRACTED AND CUT HIS HAND WHILE HANDLING THE KNIFE. SEVEN SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
EE WAS WALKING UP RAMP TO HIS OFFICE, SLIPPED ON ICE, FALLING & STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST BUILDING CAUSING INJURY. SURGER IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 10, 2002.
EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER AGAINST THE ACCESS DOOR & HOPPER TO CLEAR A CHOKE OF WET MATERIAL. AREA IS A VERY CONFINED SPACE WITH SHORT SWINGING AREA FOR THE HAMMER. DID NOT RELEASE HIS HOLD ON THE HAMMER HANDLE SOON ENOUGH & STRUCK THE HOPPER WITH HIS ARM.
EE WAS OPENING A PLASTIC CONTAINER OF WEAR COMPOUND WITH A BOX CUTTER WHEN THE CONTAINER SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LT. HAND ACROSS THE PALM..
EE STATES HE WAS PUSHING ON THE AIR SLIDE CHUTE WEIGHING ABOUT 400LBS., WITH 2 OTHER EE'S. THE CHUTE ON CONCRETE SLID ACCROSS DECK OF DAY SILO,PINCHING HIS FINGERS BETWEEN CHUTE AND CONCRETE WALL OF SILO. FX AND SUTURES & PX.
EMPLOYEE FELL AGAINST THE GLASS WINDOW OF THE BULKLOADER'S OPERATING BOOTH, BREAKING THE GLASS AND LACERATING HIS RIGHT LIITLE FINGER. FOUR SUTURES WERE USED TO CLOSE THE WOUND. HE REPORTED MUD ON HIS SHOES CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND LOSE HIS BALANCE.
NEW QUARRY HAUL TRUCK DRIVER REPORTED SORE RIGHT KNEE AFTER TRAINING ON 55 TON HAUL TRUCK FOR ONE WEEK. PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED INFLAMMATION OF KNEE. HE WAS PUT ON MODIFIED DUTY UNTIL HIS KNEE FEE LS BETTER.
NEW QUARRY HAUL TRUCK DRIVER REPORTED SORE BACK AFTER TRAINING ON 55-TON HAUL TRUCK FOR ONE WEEK. HE BELIEVES JOSTLING INSIDE THE CAB AGGRAVATEDA PRE-EXISTING, NON-WORK RELATED BACK INJURY. HE WAS PUT ON MODIFIED DUTY UNTIL HIS BACK FELT BETTER.
EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING BRICK IN KILN, PUTTINGIN THE SECOND TO LAST ROW ON TOP USING THE PNEUMATIC BRICK RING. THEY HAD POSITIONED THE RING INA WAY THAT WAS NOT NORMAL SO THEY COULD LEAVE RO OM FOR THE CUT ROW OF BRICK. WHEN ALL THE BRICK IN THIS ROW WERE INSTALLED THE OPERATOR HOLLEREDCLEAR & THEN REMOVED THE BRICK. ONE BRICK FELL &STRUCK PLATFORM, BOUNCED & STRUCK EE'S FACE.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRILL A 13/8" HOLE IN METALUSING A HOLE SAW & 1/2" DRILL. THE SAW GRABBED THE METAL CAUSING THE DRILL TO SPIN & TWISTED EE'S RIGHT HAND CAUSING INJURY. EE HAD BEEN DOING'J OB WITH NO RESTRICTIONS BUT HIS HAND CON'T TO BOTHER HIM AFTER 2 MORE CHECKUPS DR DECIDED SURGERY WAS NECESSARY. EE HAD SURGERY 12/31/02 & WASPLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY.
NEW FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO CLOSECAB DOOR. HE FORGOT HE HAD LATCHED THE DOOR OPENSO IT COULD NOT CLOSE. WHEN HE PULLED AGAINST THE IMMOVABLE OBJECT, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK O N LEFT SIDE. THIS WAS REPORTED 5 DAYS AFTER INCIDENT.
INJURED MILLWRIGHT STRUCK A BOND-END WRENCH WITH A 3# HAMMER WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS. A METAL CHIP BROKE OFF THE WRENCH AND LODGE IN HIS LEFT HAND, NEAR THE BASE OF THE THUMB. IT WAS REMOVED SU RGICALLY.
NO PERSONAL INJURIES.APPROX 10:30 AM KILN COAL MILL WIGH SCALE BELT WAS ERRATIC AND WAS STARTING AND STOPPING INTERMITTENLY. ELECTRICAN TO CHECK THE BRUSHES ON THE DRIVE MOTOR FOR THE WEIGH SC ALE BELT. 10:45 AM WAS IGNITION OF COAL DUST SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE COAL MILL SYSTEM CAUSING AN EXPLOSION WITHIN THE SYSTEM WHICH CAUSED THE COAL MILL SYSTEM RUPTURE DISC TO RUPTURE. THE COAL M
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING CHAIN ONTO SPROCKET OF #6 MILL BUCKET ELEVATOR.
THE EE WAS CHANGING A LINE BLIND VALVE AT SILO #44 USING A TORQUE WRENCH. WHILE TIGHTENING THE TOP BOLT ON THE VALVE, THE TORQUE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF THE BOLT HEAD WHICH CAUSED THE EE'S LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TORQUE WRENCH AND THE 8" CEMENT LINE CAUSING A LACERATION AND FRACTURED BONE. THE LACERATION REQUIRED EIGHT STITCHES.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ALONG D-53 BELT HE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM THE FLOOR TO THE BELT WHICH IS ABOUT SHOULDER HIGH. HE FELT A TUGIN THE AREA OF HIS L. BREAST. DURING THE EVE.HRS THE EMPLOYEE FELT THAT THIS AREA WAS GETTING TIGHTER AND UPON RETURNING TO WORK ON 11-20-01 HE REQUESTED A CHECK BY A DR.
EE STATES AS HE WAS GOING UP A SET OF STAIRS, THERE WAS SCAFFOLD BRACK RUNNING HORIZONTALLY AT HEAD LEVEL AND I WALKED INTO IT. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION PRESCRIBED.
INJURED WAS RIDING EMPTY COAL CAR AFTER UNLOADING IT. BRAKE HAD OPERATED OKAY EARLIER, BUT FAILED ON THIS TRIP. CAR COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER PARKEDCOAL CAR DOWN-TRACK, JOSTLING INJURED AND BRUISI NG HIS LT. HIP AND MAKING WALKING DIFFICULT.
WHILE EE WAS UNLOADING RAILCARS HE LOOKED UNDER THE CAR TO SEE IF IT WAS EMPTY WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS L. EYE. EE THOUGHT IT WAS DUST AND TRIED TO FLUSH IT FROM HIS EYE. THE NEXT DAY HE WENT TO THE DR. WERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS A METAL SLIVER AND IT WAS REMOVED.
EE STATES WHILE WORKING ON THE BLEND SILO ROOF, A FOREIGN BODY HAD BLOWN INTO HIS EYE. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
INJURED WAS INSPECTING A SCREW CONVEYOR WHICH WAS SHUT DOWN. HE MISHANDLED THE COVER AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN IT AND THE HOUSING. HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WAS LACERATED, REQUIRING SEVEN SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE FELT FOREIGN BODY ENTER (R) EYE AT APPROX. 3:30PM AFTER COMPLETING A WELD. EMPLOYEE STATES HE IS NOT SURE HOW FOREIGN BODY ENTERED EYE. AFTER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETER- MINED THAT SLAG ON WELDING HOOD OF EMPLOYEE ENT-ERED (R) EYE AFTER EMPLOYEE LIFTED HOOD FROM FACE TO INSPECT WELD.
EE STATES WHILE WALKING OUT OF BLEND SILO, SLIPPED ON LOOSE GRAVEL & TWISTED LOWER PART OF BACK PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE
EE STATES DUST BLOWING AROUND IN LAY DOWN YARD & SOMETHING GOT IN HIS EYE. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR HIS EYE
WHILE ON A PLATFORM APPROX. 12-15' HIGH WITH HANDRAILS ALL AROUND, EE WAS BURNING DUCT WORK. WHEN DUCT WAS CUT LOOSE THE PLATFORM FELL IN AND EEWENT WITH IT.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS FROM THE CRANEIN THE FINISH MILL BUILDING HE STEPPED ON A CHUNK OF MATERIAL THAT WAS LODGED IN THE GRATING OF THE STEP CAUISNG HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE SHAKING OUT STEEL ONE PIECE SLIPPED OFF THE FORKS OF THE LULL. THE PIECE THEN STRUCK HIS LEG. DID NOT REPORT IT RIGHT AWAY. REPORTED 11/5/01. WENT TO CLINIC INFECTION NEE DED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING COAL MINE DECK UP. OPERATOR WAS LOADING SOME GANG BOXES. DID NOT SECURE THE BOXES. ONE BOX CAME OFF OF THE FORKS TIPPING OVER AND FALLING ON HIS LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WIRE OFF OF WIRING TO R35 HAUL TRUCK WITH PEN KNIFE. KNIFE CUT THROUGH WIRE TIE AND LACERATED HAND.
EE STATES HE PICKED UP THE END OF A PIECE OF PIPE WEIGHING ABOUT 200#. FELT A TWINGE IN GROIN AREA. REPORTED INCIDENT THE NEXT DAY. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AFTER DR.'S VISIT.
INJURED WAS PERFORMING HOUSKEEPING. HE WAS PULLING A SIX-FOOT LONG PIECE OF STEEL ANGLE IRON FROM UNDER A BELT CONVEYOR. ONE END OF THE METAL STRUCK AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT SHIN. SOME DAYS LAT ER, THE WOUND BECAME INFECTED AND HE WAS TREATED WITH PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE.
AFTER GRINDING, EE STATES HE HIT THE METAL WITH A HAMMER AND DEBRIS FELL FROM ABOVE LANDING ON HIS HARD HAT. WHEN HE LIFTED HIS FACE SHIELD, THE DEBRISFELL BEHIND HIS GLASSES. PRESCRIPTION AND FOREIGN BODY EMBEDDED.
EE WAS PASSING SCAFFOLDING PARTS UP TO ANOTHER EE WHEN A SUBCONTRACTOR WORKING ABOVE DROPPED HIS SIDECUTTERS. BROKEN BONE LEFT THUMB AREA.
THERE WAS A SMALL HOLE IN GRATING JUST BIG ENOUGH TO GET TOE OF SHOE IN. STEP IN SMALL HOLE AND TURNED FOOT.
EMPLOYEE DID NOT DO HIS MORNING STRETCHES BEFOREBEGINNING WORK. EMPLOYEE STATES HE RAISED HIS TOOL BUCKET TO HIS SHOULDER BY THE STRAP.IN PLACING THE STRAP TO HIS SHOULDER HE CLAIMS HE FELT A TWINGLE. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
EE WAS HANDING UP SCAFFOLD MATERIAL, TWISTED AS HE WENT TO GET MORE MATERIAL, RATHER THAN FACING HIS WORK AS HE TWISTED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
A CEMENT KILN DIRECT-FIRED COAL SYSTEM EXPLOSIONVENT RUPTURED DURING OPERATION. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE OCCURRED APART FROM THE MILL. SUFFICIENT COAL TO RUN FOR 7 MINUTES REMAINED IN THE MILL SO THE EQUIPMENT WAS KEPT OPERATING. OPERATING TEMPERATURES, DRAFTS, ETC., REMAINED NORMAL. TWO OR THREE MINUTES LATER, BEFOR FEED COULD BE RESUMEDCOAL DUST IGNITED, RUPTURING THE EXPLOSION VENT
CLIMBING STEEL STRUCTURE TO DO -BOLT UP AND KNEEMADE A POPPING SOUND.
EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTING TO POSITION DUMPSTER SO HE COULD LOAD IT ON THE ELEVATOR. DUMPSTER HAD SCAFFOLD POLES IN IT. AS HE LOADED IT BY BACKING IT UP HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCAFFOLD POL E AND THE CYCLONE.
THE EMPLOYEE STATES, HE WAS WELDING IN THE COAL MILL BAG HOUSE. HIS SHIELD SCRAPED THE RUSTY DUCT ABOVE AND MATERIAL GOT ON HIS HARD HAT AND SOME GOT IN HIS EYE. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR TH E ABRASION TO HIS CORNEAL.
EE WAS STANDING ON FLAT, LEVEL CONCRETE SURFACE TALKING WITH A COWORKER. SHE TURNED TO WALK AWAY AND DID NOT LIFT HER FOOT OFF THE GROUND. SHE ROLLED HER LEFT ANKLE OVER, SPRAINING THE ANKLE. A HAIRLINE FRACTURE AND BONE CHIP WERE DETECTED IN THE XRAY.