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THE EE WAS PALLETIZING 50LB BAGS OF SALT FOR APPROX 1 MO. & HAS ACTED AS RELIEF PALLETIZER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ON 6/8/99 2ND SHIFT, HE EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. THE NEXT DAY HE AGAIN EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT AT WHICH TIME HE REPORTED THIS & WAS SENT FOR MEDICAL EVAULATION. DIAGNOSIS BY DR WAS BICIPTAL TENDONITIS

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AND FOREIGN MATERIAL BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE REMOVEL OF THE ROCK DRYER INLET FAN GUARD WITH 3 OTHER EE'S. WHEN THE BOLTS WERE LOOSENED, THE FAN DROPPED DOWNWARD & MASHED EE'S FINGER BETWEN THE GUARD & PULLEY

WHILE PULLING THE BAG FROM THE TABLE AND TWISTING TO PLACE THE BAG ON THE PALLET, EE COULD FEEL THE STRAIN ON HIS WRIST AND PAIN SHOOTING UP TO THE ELBOW. THIS INFORMATION WAS CONVEYED TO THE FOREMAN AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. THE EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION (ON HIS OWN TIME ON SATURDAY) AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TENDONITIS.

SUPERVISOR AND EE HAD FINISHED A CONVERSATION APPROX. 45 MINUTES INTO THE SHIFT. THE SUPERVISOR HEARD A NOISE, TURNED AROUND AND OBSERVED EE LYING ON A PALLET WITH A SMALL LACERATION ABOVE THE LEFT EAR. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT EE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS FOR UNKNOWN REASONS AND FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE PALLET. INVESTIGATION DOES NOT INDICATE A CAUSE RELATED TO THE WORKPLACE.

EE TURNED TO HIS RIGHT TO THROW A BAG ONTO THE CORNER OF THE PALLET. AS HE STEPPED ONTO EDGE OF PALLET HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE PALLET BECAUSE THE SLAT WAS APPROX 4" FROM THE EDGE OF PALLET . SINCE THERE WAS A SLIP SHEET COVERING THE PALLET, EE DIDN'T SEE THAT SLAT WASN'T NAILED EVEN WITH THE EDGE CAUSING HIM TO SLIP TO THE FLOOR APPROX 8-10". HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK.

TWO EE'S WERE FASTENING TWO 6" FLANGES TOGETHER. INJURED WAS TO LEFT HOLDING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE FLANGES AND GASKET AS CO-WORKER WAS TIGHTENING ONE OF THE TWO BOLTS. HE WAS PULLING ON THE WRE NCH WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT. EE WAS STRUCK BY THE END OF THE WRENCH THAT WAS ON THE BOLT. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND RECEIVED STITCHES TO THE LIP.

THE EE WAS INJURED WHEN HE DID NOT FOLLOW REQUIRED SAFE WORK PROCEDURES AND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR THE END OF A PAPER ROLL THROUGH THE INDEX ROLLERS ON THE CAP BLANK PRESS.THE EE DE-ENERGIZED THE MACHINE, BUT FAILED TO WAIT FOR ALL STORED ENERGY TO DISSIPATE. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BY THE INDEXING ROLLERS AS HE PUSHED THE PAPER THROUGH, SUSTAINING A SKIN FLAP AVULSION INJURY.

EE WAS SITTING DOWN ON TOP OF SALT STOCKPILE AND FELT A PAIN IN HER BACK WHEN SHE STOOD UP. MGMT. FEELS THE OCCURRENCE OF PAIN WHEN STANDING FROM SITTING POSITION IS NOT WORK RELATED INCIDENT, BUT OCCURRED DURING NORMAL BODY FUNCTION. THIS INJURY REPORTED AS MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY!

A SHAFT GUIDE BROKE ALLOWING ONE SIDE OF THE EAST SKIP TO COME OUT OF THE TRACK. THE SKIP TRAVELED THE LENGTH OF THE SHAFT. TEN GUIDES WERE DAMAGED, AS WAS THE SKIP LATCH ARM AND TOP GUIDE WHE EL. THE WEST COMPARTMENT AND SKIP WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE AS A SECONDARY ESCAPEWAY.

EE STATES HE WAS PACKAGING SALT SHAKERS WHEN HE EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT IN LOWER BACK.

EE STATES SHE JAMMED HER LEFT THUMB INTO THE CONVEYOR BELT SURFACE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK ABHESIVE TAPE WITH HER HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN MANUAL HOIST USED TO POSITION TORQUE CONVERTER IN LHD "FREE WHEELED" AND HE INSTINCTIVELY GRABBED THE HOIST CHAIN, WHIHC PULLED ON HIS ARM AND SHOULDER.

EE STATES HE WAS STACKING 50 LB. TFC BAGS WHGEN HE NBOTCIED KNOT ON BOTTOM OF RIGHT WRIST.

EE INJURED AS HE STEPPED ON EDGE OF MAT COVERED PLYWOOD USED TO COVER HOLE IN WOODEN FLOOR. AT BOAT TOWER. WHICH CAUSED HIM TO CREEL HIS ANKLE

EE STATES HE BENT OVER TO CLEAR MACHINE JAM. WHEN HE STOOD BACK UP, HE EXPERIENCED STINGING SENSATION IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS OPERATING A FORK TRUCK ON 11/20/98 TO MOVE PALLETS OF PACKAGED PRODUCTS TO AN OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA. WHILE OPERATING THE FORK TRUCK, EE CONTACTED AN IRREGULAR PAVED SURFA CE THAT CAUSED HIM TO BE JARRED IN THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE.

WHILE EE WAS OPERATING MECHANICAL SCALER, SMALL BIT OF DEBRIS GOT IN EYE. DEBRIS PROBABLY CAME FROM AIR CONDITIONING DUCTWORK WHEN VEHICLE JARRED WHILE SCALING. HE RUBBED HIS EYE AND IT BEGAN HURTING. THIS INJURY IS REPORTABLE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT REASONS ONLY.

REPLACED INTERMEDIATE STOP SWITCH ON 2 SERVICE HOIST ON 11-8-98. ON 11-9-98 MINE FOREMAN EE BOARDED HOIST TO TRAVEL UP. THE HOIST STOP SWITCH FAILED ABOUT 30' UP THE SHAFT. EE HAD TO REMAIN IN THE CAGE UNTIL AN ELECTRICAIN SWITCHES WERE REPLACED AND HOIST RESTORED TO SERVICE.

EE CASUALLY NOTED THAT OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS THE MIDDLE FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND HAD SWELLED AND HE HAD SOME PAIN. HE COULD NOT RECAL A SPECIFIC INCIDENT DURING THAT PERIOD RELATED TO THIS SITUATION. THE ONLY EXPLANATION IS THE HANDLING OF THE STEELS CAUSING CUMULATIVE TRAUMA.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE 2ND FLOOR OF THE BAGGING DEPT. PICKIGN UP SALT. HE WAS USING A WHEELBARROW TO TRANSFER THE SALT TO THE CHUTE THEN DUMPING TH EHWEELBARROW INTO THE CHUTE. WHILE MANEUVERI NG AROUND THE EQUIPMENT ON THE 2ND FLOOR, EMPLOYEE FELT APAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 11-20-98. AT THIS TIME THE DR DIAGNOSED ARTHRITIS/CHRONIC

EE WAS INJURED WHILE USING PORTABLE DRILL TO PUT HOLE IN METAL BAR. WHILE HOLDING DRILL IN HORIZONTAL POSITION AND DRILLING WITH ARM EXTENDED VERTICALLY OVER HEAD HEIGHT, THE DRILL BIT STUCK A ND CAUSED DRILL TO LOOSEN FROM HAND AND STRIKE EE.

WHILE CHANGING SKIRT ON #6 BELT TAIL EMPLOYEE WENT TO GET PRY BAR ON TRACTOR. WHEN GETTING FROM TAILPIECE TO FLOOR LEVEL, HIS RIGHT FOOT GOT TANGLED IN FEMCO WIRE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO FLOOR STRIKING KNEE ON FLOOR. RIGHT KNEE FELT SORE AT TIME BUT EMPLOYEE COMPLETED JOB AND CAME TO SHOP TO REPORT THE INJURY.

EE WAS INJURED WHILE USING UTILITY RAZOR KNIFE TO STRIP INSULATION FROM 440 VOLT CABLE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND STRUCK EE. EE WAS IN A POOR POSITION, USING WRONG HAND, AND FAILED TO WEAR PROTECT IVE GLOVES.

THE INJURED WAS HOLDING A DRILL STEEL WHILE HIS PARTNER WAS KNOCKING THE BIT OFF WITH A RAP WRENCH. THE INJURED WAS STRUCK ON THE HAND WHILE HOLDING THE STEEL.

WHILE MAKING WEEKLY KOEPE HOIST INSPECTION, EMPLOYEES OBSERVED SMALL (0-3") YELLOW-ORANGE FLAMES BURNING FROM GAS SEEPING THROUGH CONCRETE SHAFT LINER SEAM NEAR 900' LEVEL. THE GAS (H2S) WAS P ROBABLY IGNITED DUE TO FALLING SPARKS/SLAG FROM CONSTRUCTION WORK ON SURFACE AROUND SHAFT COLLAR. FLAMES WERE EXTINGUISHED WITH WET BROOM IN ABOUT 30 MINS. NO HAZARD EXISTED PRIOR TO OR DURIN

CONTRACTOR EE HAD A SEIZURE WHILE WORKING ON RAILROAD TRACKS. EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL, EXAMINED AND RELEASED. EE'S SUPERVISOR STATES THAT SEIZURE MAY HAVE RELATED TO EE NOT TAKING HIS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION REGULARLY. EE LEFT JOB TO CONSULT WITH HIS FAMILY PHYSICIAN.

EE ALLEGES AN INJURY OCCURRED ON 8-10-98 BUT DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY TO THE COMPANY UNTIL 8-19-98. INVEWSTIGATION FAILED TO SUBSTANTIATE THE CLAIM. THE FILING OF THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTIT UTE AN ADMISSION AN OCCUPATIONAL INJURY OR ILLNESS HAS OCCURRED AND IS FILED FOR INFORMATIONAL RECORDING PURPOSES ONLY.

WHILE INSPECTING THE CARRINGTON LAKE DAM SPILLWAY AND OVERFLOW AREA, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL TO CONCRETE SPILLWAY SURFACE.

ON 7-13-98 EE WAS REACHING OVER TO TIGHTEN A BOLT. WHEN DOING THIS, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. IN LATE DEC THE EE BEGAN EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN AGAIN AND SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. JAN 19 ,1999, AFTER FURTHER EXAMINATION AND TESTING, EEWAS DIAGNOSED WITH SACROILIAC JOINT ARTHRITIS.

EE WAS REPAIRING SPRING FOR SLACK SWITCH. WHILE GETTING OFF PLATFORM EE BENT OVER TO GET UNDER ROPE. HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE GRIP AND FALL DOWN FROM PLATFORM TO THE GROUND. LANDIN G ON HIS RUMP, HE FELL BACKWARDS INJURING HIS NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER. ON 3-2-99, EE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE TIGHTNESS IN HIS NECK AND A SLIGHT NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT ARM. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMEN

ON MAY 20, 1998 EE WAS MAKING HIS 4TH TRIP UP THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE IN THE BAGGING DEPT CARRYING HIS GRINDER, EXTENSION CORD AND FACE SHIELD. WHEN HE WAS STEPPING ONTO THE LAST STEP HE FELT A P OP IN HIS KNEE. HE CONT TO WORK FEELING VERY LITTLE DISCOMFORT. HE STATED ON THE MORNING OF 521/98 THAT AFTER GETTING HOME & COOLING OFF HIS KNEE BEGAN TO HURT. THE EE REPT NO FURTHER PROBL

EE WAS INJURED WHILE ASSISTING THE REMOVAL OF AN AXLE PIN FROM SKIP GUIDE WHEEL. WHILE HOLDING A BOLT IN POSITION FOR FELLOW EE TO USE PRY BAR TO FORCE PIN LOOSE, THE PRY BAR SLIPPED & CAUGHT EE'S THUMB. THIS INJURY IS REPORTABLE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT REASONS ONLY.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WOKE UP 5.5.98 WITH A STIFF BACK. HE REPORTS THAT HIS BACK FELT WORSE ON 5.6.98. EMPLOYEE DOES NOT RECALL ANY SPECIFIC EVENT THAT CAUSED INJURY, BUT ATTRIBUTES HIS PAIN FROM OPERATING FORK TRUCK THE DAY BEFORE.

EE LACERATED HER RIGHT INDEX FINGER TIP BETWEEN A CHAIN/SPROCKET DRIVE WHEN SHE REACHED UNDERNEATH THE MACHINE GUARD AND ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY CLEAN A MOVING CHAIN ON THE POPPER CHECK WEIGHER.

EE WAS REPLACING A TORN SOCK ON NO. 4 ROTEX AND CHECKING THE GATE. WITH NO. 3 & 4 LOCKED OUT HE CLIMBED UP TO THE SOCK AND REPLACED THE SAME. UPON DESCENDING TO FLOOR LEVEL HE STEPPED ON A 3" X 3" WOODEN BLOCK, USED TO SECURE THE ROTEX COVERS, THAT HAD FALLEN FROM IT'S COVER. UPON DONG SO HIS FOOTING SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE BEGAN MISSING WORK INTERMITTENTLY AFTER 4-21-98 AND CONTINUALLY SINCE MAY DUE TO ALLEGED PAIN IN HIS RT ELBOW. HE HAS SEEN SEVERAL DOCTORS, AT HIS AND THE COMPANY'S REQUEST. DUE TO MITIGATI NG CIRCUMSTANCES FROM INVESTIGATION (WHICH IS ONGOING), MANAGEMENT DOES NOT FEEL THIS IS A WORK RELATED ILLNESS.

WE ARE SUBMITTING A REPORT FOR THRESHOLD SHIFT FOR THIS EE OF GRATAER THAN 25DB2, AS REAUESTED BY MSHA. THIS IS NOT AN ADMISSION OF WORK RELATENESS - NO WORKER'S COMP CLAIM WAS FILED OR AWARD MADE. MSHA PROPOSED STANDARD USED AS A GUIDE.

WE ARE SUBMITTING A REPORT FOR THRESHOLD SHIFT FOR THIS EE OF GREATER THAN 25DB2, ASD REQUESTED BY MSHA. THIS IS NOT AN ADMISSION OF WORK RELATEDNESS - NO WORKER'S COMP CLAIM WAS FILED OR AWAR D MADE. MSHA PROPOSED STANDARD USED AS A GUIDE.

EE WAS INSTALLING SIGNS ON BAGGING DUST COLLECTOR. WHILE RETURNING TO BAGGING AREA HE TRIPPED AND FELL. THE COMBINATION SQUARE HE WAS CARRYING LACERATED AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT FOREARM WHEN

WHILE ASSISTING ANOTHER EE IN REMOVING A LIFT ARM PIN, EE'S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN DRIVING PIN & LIFT ARM BOSS.

EE STATES HE WAS STACKING SALT BAGS ON PALLETS WHEN HIS FOOT BECAME STUCK IN A GAP IN THE FLOOR. EE REPORTS HE FELL BACKWARD INTO AN ELECTRICAL BOX HOUSING & LACERATED LEFT ARM.

WE ARE SUBMITTING A THRESHOLD SHIFT FOR I.NAME OF GREATER THAN 25 DBA AS REQUESTED BY MSHA.

HOISTMAN USED INCORRECT PROCEDURE TO TEST HOIST OVERSPEED PROTECTION AT THE SAME TIME A HOIST CONTROL MALFUNCTION OCCURRED. HOIST WAS ALLOWED TO OVERSPEED WITH A LOADED SKIP GOING DOWN NEAR LO ADING POCKET. END ZONE OVERTRAVEL/TRACK LIMIT PROTECTION FAILED. SKIP HIT SHEAVE HOUSE AND ROPED CLAMPS SPLIT SHEAVE RIM.

WHILE HOISTING SALT IN THE EAST SKIP THE OVERSPEED PROTECTION TRIPPED THE SAFETY CIRCUIT AND SET THE BRAKES. THE NEWLY REBUILT AND EMPTY WEST SKIP HAD THE SAFETY DOGS SET AS THE HOIST STOPPED. SLACK CAME INTO THE ROPE AND A KINK DEVELOPED. ADAMAGED SECTION OF ROPE WAS REMOVED. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ON 2/5/98.

ONE OF THE 13 KV ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS LOCATED ON THE SURFACE AT THE PLANT'S NW BOUNDRY OWNED BY SWEPCO EXPERIENCED A SMALL FIRE ON ONE OF ITS SECONDARY BUSHINGS 2400 VAC. THE POWER WAS REMO VED IN ORDER TO REPAIR AND RESTORE POWER.

WEST PRODUCTION HOIST SHEAVE FAILED WITH SKIP IN LOADING POACKET. ROPE BROKE ALLOWING SKIP TO FALL FROM 1200 LEVEL TO 1400 LEVEL. ROPE, SHEAVE AND SKIP WERE REPLACED. NO MAJOR SHAFT DAMAGE OCC URRED. SHEAVE FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE CRACKING OF SPOKES FROM NUMBER OF CYCLES.

WHILE REACHING FOR A SAW FROM AN EXTENSION LADDER, THE EXTENTION LADDER KICKED OUT. THE LADDER FELL TO THE GROUND. EE FELL ON THE LADDER AND TEHSAW LANDED ON EE'S FINGER.

EE'S PHYSICIAN ALLEGES ILLNESS DUE TO EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS WHEN EMPLOYED AT FORMER MORTON CHEMICAL OPERATION ON WEEKS ISLAND. NOTE: THE FILING JOF THIS REPORT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONL Y & IS NOT AN ADMISSION THAT THIS ILLNES WAS DUETO AN ON-THE-JOB EXPOSURE.

WHILE MOVING A PIPE, A VALVE THAT WAS STANDING NEARBY WAS HIT AND TIPPED INTO THE BACK OF EE'S LEGS.