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HE WAS DOING A PRE-OPERATIONAL CHECK OF HIS HAUL TRUCK. WHILE CHECKING FLUID LEVELS HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OVER AND WHILE STOPPING HIS FALL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND HE BROKE HIS RIGHT THUMB. HE WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND.
HE WAS ASSISTING OTHER MEN IN SHOOTING RING BUILD UP IN OUR #2 KILN. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP BOX FROM FLOR WHEN LIME FELL OFF OF OVERHANGING PIPE & LANDED ON BACK OF HEAD & FALLING TO HIS FACE . BY HITTING HIM WHILE BENT OVER IT HIT SAFETY GLASSES FROM BEHIND LETTING LIME INTO EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP ON ONE OF THE TRACKS OF CRANE WHEN HIS FOOTING SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE HAD MUD ON HIS SHOES.
INJURED WAS LOADING BLASTING MATERIAL IN HOLES WHEN A ROCK, APPROX. SIZE 12" X 8" X 1", FELL STRIKING THE TOWER BASKET AND THE LOWER RIGHT LEG OF THE EMPLOYEE.
INJURED STEPPED OFF OF SCALING TOWER TO THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE MATERIAL WAS 1/4 INCH OR LESS ROCK WENT TO DR 9-12-88 AFTER WORK LAID HIM OFF 3 DAYS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING RAILROAD CAR DOOR TO LOAD LIME. THE DOOR WAS STUCK AND WOULD NOT OPEN. HE PULLED HARD SEVERAL TIMES. THEN FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
NJURED WAS BAGGING SOLD BAGS OF HYDRATED LIME WHEN HE REMOVED A BAG BEFORE IT WAS COMPLETELY FULL, CAUSING SOME LIME TO SPLASH INTO LEFT EYE.
INJURED AND FELLOW EMPLOYEE WERE UNLOADING A SHEET OF METAL 3/8 IN X 4 FT X 8 FT DELIVERY TRUCK BY HAND WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM FELLOW EMPLOYEES HANDS FALLING TO THE TRUCK BED CAUSING A LACERATIO N TO THE MIDDLE FINGER RT HAND OF INJURED EMPLOYEE
INJURED WAS DR3VING SCALING TOWER TO SURFACE WHEN THE 30 TON HAUL TRUCK CAME AROUND A CURVE RUNNING INTO THE SCALING TOWER.
INJURED WAS HEL1ING TRUCK DRIVER UNLOAD FROZEN COAL OFF OF COAL TRUCK, BY SLAMMING THE TAIL GATE. HE GOT HIS RIGHT THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TAIL GATE AND THE TRUCK.
INJURED TWIST H3S LEFT ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED OFF OF STAIRWAY THE GROUND FLOOR. INJURED STATED THAT THERE WAS LOOSE MATERIAL ON THE FLOOR HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD A HISTORY OF WEAK ANKLES.
INJURED WAS PUT7ING THE COVER ON THE MAIN DRIVE COUPLING OF #2 KILN WHEN THE BOTTOM COVER CAME LOOSE & PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT & THE T OP HALF
INJURED WAS CLE5NING THE FACE OF THE WORKING AREA WITH THE BUCKET OF THE 988 LOADER WHEN HE HIT A SOLID PIECE OF ROCK CAUSING HIM TO BE THROWN FORWARD INTO THE WINDSHIELD AND STEERING WHEEL.
INJURED WAS CLI4BING OFF OF JUMBO DRILL AFTER MOVING IT INTO THE HEADING WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS ANKLE
INJURED STATES 2E HAD PARKED A MACK 30TON HAUL TRUCK NEED THE RILN WAS CLIMBING OFF THE TRUCK WHEN HIS SHOE STRING GOT CAUGHT ON THE TRUCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX.4FT.TO THE GROUND THE STI NG WAS EXTREMEL2 LONG & NOT PROPERLY LIED
INJURED STGATES3THAT WHILE OPERATING THE HYDRATE PLANT LIME PUSHED ONE OF THE DOORS OFF THE BARRELL OF THE HYDRATOR HE ALLEDGES THAT HE GRABBED THE DOOR BEFORE IT FELL APPROX 20FT TO THE FL OOR & IN DOINGT3SO INJURED HIS BACK
INJURED AND FEL5OW EMPLOYEE WERE CLEANING FANS ON A WET SCRUBBER WHEN THE FAN WAS STARTED BY FELLOW EMPLOYEE.INJURED DID NOT HAVE A SAFETY LOCK ON THE FAN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.FELLOW EM PLOYEE DID,BUT 9EMOVED IT WHEN HE THOUGHT INJURED GAVE SIGNAL TO START FAN.
INJURED EMPLOYE9 STATES THAT HE WAS MOVING A SMALL GOULD SUMP PUMP TO MAKE REPAIRS.WHEN HE STRAIGHTEN BACK-UP HE HAD PAIN IN LOWER PART OF BACK.
INJ HELPING INS7ALL TRANSMISSION IN TRUCK.PULLING ON IRON BAR TO LINE UP BOLT HOLES WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.CONTINUED TO WORK WENT TO DR AT 2:00PM.
COOLERS ON KILN3WERE STOPPED UP AND INJURIED WAS USING A METER BAR TO PUNCH THE MATERIAL FREE WHEN THE BAR BECAME STUCK.AS HE PULLED ON THE BAR TO FREE IT HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST THE MET5L FRAME.
INJURIED WAS HE5PING INSTALL KILN BRAKK OVER HEAD WITH THE USE OF A WOODEN FORM AND POGO STICKS WHEN THE POGO STICKS SHIFTEDC CAUSING THE FORM TOVER TURN AND THE BRICKS TO FALL INJURIED JUMPED CLEAR BUT TOIST9D HIS RIGHT FOOT WHEN HE LANDE%DD LANDED.
INJURED FELL TO3 THE GROUND WHILE WALKING TO CHANGE HOUSE GROUND HAD BEEN COVERED WITH SNOW & HAD BEEN R EMOVED WITH A FRONT END LOADER TO PROVIDE A WALKWAY
INJURED CLAIMS 7HAT HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS FROM THE TOP OF THE STONE SILO WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE STEPS DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS(SNOW) FALLING DOWN STRIKING HIS KNEE ON THE STEPS.
INJ HAULING LIM9STONE FROM HEADING WHEN AFTER HE WAS LOADED HE MOVED AWAY DOWN INCLINE WHEN HE REALIZED HE HAD LOST DRIVELINE.HE JUMPED FROM TRUCK THE TRUCK CONTINUED SHORT DISTANCE,OVERTURNED
INJ CLEANING OU7 HEADING WHEN GOING TO FACE HE HIT TOE IN FLOOR WITH LOADER BUCKET.HE CONT TO WORK TIL END OF SHIFT-3 PM.THE NEXT SHIFT HE CAME TO WORK AND STAYED 3 HRS WHEN HE REPORTED WHAT H AD HAPPENED HE 8AID THE JAR HURT HIS BACK.DR LAID HIM OFF REMAINDER OF WEEK.
INJURED WAS HAU5ING LIMESTONE FROM UNDERGROUND MINE TRAVELING UP AN INCLINE WHEN THERE WAS A LOSE OF POWER CAUSING TRUCK TO STOP THEN IT ROLLED BACK DOWN THE INCLINE TURNED OVER IN THE HAULWAY
CLIMBING A STAT3ONARY LADDER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL APPROX 12 FEET TO THE GROUND
INJURED FELL TO3GROUND WHEN HE MISSED THE LAST STEP WHILE CLIMBING OFF OF A CAT 910 FRONT ENDLOADER
SLIPPED ON WET 1ROUND FALLING,STRIKING RIGHT SIDE AND HIP ON RR TRACK.DIDNT LOSE TIME UNTIL 9-8-86.
INJ AND FELLOW3EMP WERE DRILLING HEADING WHEN THEY STATED THE AIR FELT BAD TO THEM THEY STOPPED DRILLING AND LEFT THE AREA NEXT DAY INJRED REPORTS TO THE OFFICE HE HAD CHEST PAIN AND TROUBLE BREATHING EMP W5S SENT TO DR DIAGNOSIS WAS PNEUMONITIS POSSIBLE PNEUMONIA
INJURED AND FOR9MAN WERE CHECKING VOLTAGE IN AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WHEN IT GROUNDED OUT CAUSING A FLASH AND SPARKS.
INJURED AND FEL5OW EMPLOYEE WERE CHECKING VOLTAGE IN AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WHEN IT GROUNDED OUT CAUSING A FLASH AND SPARKS.
INJURED STATED 2E WAS CLIMBING OFF OF MICHIGAN 75-A LOADER WHEN HE EITHER BLACKED OUT OR TRIPPED FALLING APPROX 4FEET TO THE GROUND
INJURED AND FEL5OW EMPLOYEE WERE BARRING DOWN OLD BRICK IN #3 KILN WHEN SEVERAL ROWS FELL WITH ONE BRICK STRIKING INJURED ON THE HEAD.
INJURED EMPLOYE9 WAS STANDING ON A LADDER INSPECTING MATERIAL BUILD UP WHEN MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE HITTING HIM IN THE SHOULDER CHEST AREA CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL FROM THE LADDE R APPROX EIGHT 0EET.
INJ WAS WALKING DOWN A SET OF STEPS WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS ANKLE ONT HE METAL STAIR RAIL
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING WASE MATERIAL FROM UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT WHICH REQUIRED SOME BENDING. WHEN HE STRAIGNTEN UP HE HAD A CATCH IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING CLEARANCE BETWEEN DRILLINGRIG AND CEILING THE EMPLOYEE TURNED TO LOOK AT THE BACK OF THE DRILL RIG AND WHEN HE TURNED BACK HE WAS CAUGHT BY THE ROCK TOP KNOCKING HIM D OWN
INJURING WAS USING A PICK TO DIG OUT A HOLE TO SET A STEEL POST. A SMALL ROCK FRAGMENT BROKE OFF, WHEN STRUCK, HITTING HIM IN THE CHEST THEN IN THE CHIN.
INJURED WAS PLACING KILN BRICK ON A ROLLER CONVEYOR WHICH WAS PROPPED UP BY BRICK TO MAKE IT LEVEL WHEN IT SLIPED OFF THE BRICK STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE SHIN OF BOTH LEGS
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A LARGE ROCK OUT OF THE CRUSHER THAT WOULD NOT GO THROUGH USING A STEEL CABLE FRONT END LOADER WHEN THE CABLE BROKE LOOSE STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND HIP AREA
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INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRMAN TIGHTEN THE SPRING BOLTS OF HIS 35 TON HAUL TRUCK INJURED WAS HOLDING A SOCKET WRENCH WHEN THE REPAIRMAN WHO WAS USING AN IMPACT DRILL STARTED THE DRILL PINNING THE INJURED EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING OUT END OF SHIFT REPORT FAIL TO TURN OFF BAGGING MACHINE AND WHEN HE REMOVED A HYDRATE BAG FROM THE MACHINE THE LIME CONTINUED TO FLOW FILLING BOTH EYES WITH LIME
INJURED WAS MOVING AN OIL DRUM 55 GAL WHEN HE FELT A CATCH IN HIS BACK. EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 11-7-83 WHEN HE STATED THAT HIS BACK STILL HURTING & HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A DOCTOR.
INJURED REACHED TO RELEASE AIR LOCK VALVE AND BUMPED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER ON THE METAL FRAME OF THE DRILL. THIS CAUSED A SMALL LACERATION FIRST AID WAS PROVIDED AT THIS TIME ELEVEN DAYS LATE R EMPLOYEE ASK TO SEE A DR BECAUSE OF SWELLING AND THE PRESENCE OF INFECTION
EMPLOYEE PERFORMING REGULAR JOB IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAFETY AND WORK RULES. EMPLOYEE BAGGING HYDRATED LIME INTO #50 PAPER BAGS AND STACKING ONTO PALLETS. EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE PULLED LEVER TO OPERATE BAGGER AND HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. BAGGER OPERATING STAISFACTORILY, WITH NO FAULTS FOUND IN MECHANISM. LEVER REQUIRES MINIMAL EXERTION. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD BACK PROBLEM BEFORE
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A MATERIAL HANDLING BUCKET ELEVATOR. VIBRATION CAUSED BY REPAIR WORK (HAMMERING) CAUSED LIME DUST FALL FROM RAFTERS AND FRAMEWORK ABOVE. ALTHOUGH WEARING PROTECTIVE EQU IPMENT, LIME DUST GOT IN HSI EYE AND CAUSED LIME BURNS.