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EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM PARKING AREA TO FRONT OF OFFICE BUILDING. A LIGHT SNOW HAD FALLEN EARLY THAT MORNING AND THE TEMPERATURE HAD FALLEN BELOW FREEZING. THIS RESULTED IN THE SIDEWALK HAVI NG ICE UNDER THE RECENT SNOW. EMPLOYEE FELL FRACTURING HER TAILBONE.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ALIGNING CLINKER COOLER GRATE SUPPORT BEAMS. MATERIAL HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE KILN RING PREVIOUSLY IN THE SHIFT. A PIECE OF MATERIAL FELL APPROX. 18 FEET STRIKING TO P OF EE LEFT HAND AGAINST GRATING. FRACTURE RESULTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF CONVEYOR BELT SITTING ON BELT CLEANER. HE WAS LOOKING UP SPOTTING CABLE FROM PICKER. WHILE LINING BALL WITH PULLEY EMPLOYEE'S WEIGHT SHIFTED AND DIVERTER MOVED BACK DOWN . THIS CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO FALL 6 FEET STRIKING RIGHT KNEE ON GRATING, NO FRACTURE.

WHILE CARRYING WOOD AND MOVING TO THE OTHER END OF MILL, STEPPED INTO SMALL HOLE IN FLOOR, FELL AND HURT RIGHT SHOULDER.

BENDING OVER TO CONTINUE WORK WITH JACK HAMMER.

INSTALLING RUBBER LINEER IN BALL M.U. RUBBER LINER FELL, STRIKING NECK.

WHIE INSTALLIGN METAL PARTS, ANGLE IRON FELL.

EE WAS PULLING ON SLEEVER BAR AND LOST HIS BITE.THE BAR CAME BACK AND CUT HIS FOREHEAD.

LOWEIRNG STEEL LINER INTO BALL MILL. WHILE LINEER WAS BEING LOWERED, IT SLIPPED.

EMP WAS WORKING FROM A PLATFORM UNPLUGGING AN OBSTRUCTION OF MATERIALS USING AN AIR LANCE. A FLUSH OF MATERIAL OCCURRED AND EMP COULD NOT ESCAPE. WORK PLATFORM WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH AND PROTECTIV E SLIVER SUITS WERE NOT MANDATORY WHEN PERFORMING JOB.

STANDING ON INCLINE STRIKING ROLLER UNDER CONVEYOR, STARTED TO SLIP WHILE HAND WAS COMING DOWN, MISSED TARGET AND SLAMMED RIGHT FINGER INTO SUPPORT ROCK THUS SPLITTING FINGER OPEN. REQUIRED SU TURES TO CLOSE.

BURNED HAND WITH TORCH.

EMP WAS LIFTING NEW LINERS INTO PLACE INSIDE OF #3 MILL AND STRAINED HIS HAND.

CLEANING UP DEBRIS AND OLD LINERS FROM #3 FINISH MILL. EMPLOYEE SMASHED HIS FINGERS WHILE STACKING LINERS ONTO A PALLET. LINERS WEIGH APPROX. 250 LBS.

GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL TO BE INSTALLED IN A CHUTE. A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO EYE BECOMING LODGED AND REQUIRING MEDICAL REMOVAL.

EE WAS USING A ROPE PULLEY TO LIFT A TOOL BUCKET. WHILE PULLING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

USING 7' PRY BAR. PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EMP ONTOP OF HEAD. RESULT: WOUND ON TOP OF HEAD REQUIRING STITCHES.

TRYING TO ALIGN MOTOR. WRENCH SLIPPED AND FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN WRENCH AND MOTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING IN PREHEAT DUCT WHEN DUST BLEW IN LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT MAINTENANCE DOOR WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME MUD.

EE WAS POKING AND LANCING AT THE PREHEATER ORIFICE. HE BECAME OVERHEATED AND LIGHTHEADED WHILE WORKING VERY VIGOROUSLY IN A HOT AREA. WHEN HE BECAME DISORIENTED HE FELL AGAINST A RAILING BRUIS ING HIS RIGHT RIB AREA.

EE WAS LANCING OUT AT THE COAL PREHEAT DROPOUT AND HOT DUST FELL ON RIGHT SIDE OF NECK. EE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WEARING A NOMEX HOOD. THIS IS BEING REPORTED LATE BECAUSE THE PRIOR SAFETY DIRECTOR QUIT AND THIS WAS JUST NOTICED AS NOT BEING REPORTED.

WHILE LIFTING DUCTWORK, USING A COME A LONG, THECHAIN BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE DUCTWORK (IRON) TO TWIST AND TIP. EMP'S THUMB GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN A SPUD WRENCH AND THE IRON. INITIAL EVALUTAION OF THE INJURY SHOWS BONE TO BE BROKEN IN 2 PLACES, WITH FLESH AROUND THE BONE SEVERELY DAMAGED.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON INNER CONE IN THE ROLLER MILL. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND PROPER WELDING HOOD. AS HE WAS WELDING, HE FELT PIECE OF HOT MATERIAL UNDER HIS LEFT EYELID.

EE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF EXACT INCIDENT. HOWEVER, EYE BEGAN TEARING & BECAME RED & IRRITATED AT APPROX 7:30AM. WENT UP TO FIRST-AID CENTER BUT COULD NOT IRRIGATE FROM EYE. WENT TO LOCAL HOSPITAL & FOREIGN OBJECT REMOVED. USED PRESDCRIPTION MEDICAN FOR TREATMENT THUS BECOMES MSHA REPORTABLE CASE.

EE WAS TO SHOVEL (CLEAN) AREA UNDER KILN TRUNION ROLLS. HE SAW THE TOP OF THE KILN COUNTER WAS LOOSE. HE PUT HIS RT. HAND UP TO TIGHTEN THE COUNTER TOP, THE TARGET PLATE CAME AROUND & PINCHED HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE PLATE & THE COUNTER TOP.EE WAS WEARING GLOVES WHICH PROVIDED PROTECTION FOR HIS FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS AREA BETWEEN BUILDINGS (CONTROL AND MGMT SHO). HEAVY WINDS WERE BLOWING. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. WIND BLEW DUST FRAGMENTS INTO THE RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXAMINING SCREW COVER. AS HE RAN HIS RIGHT HAND DOWN THE COVER HE CUT THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT THUMB.

THE PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN FROM 3/3 TO 4/4 FOR MAINTENCE REPAIRS.DURING THIS TIME EMPLOYEE WORKED ON COOLER GRATES ON HIS KNEES. DEVELOPED WATER ON THE KNEE OVER TIME. ON MAY 19 WENT TO DOCTOR WH O DRAINED KNEE OF WATER BUILDUP. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY AND HAS CONTINUED TO WORK EVERYDAY SINCE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LINE UP THE COVER ON A CHUTE BEING INSTALLED. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH THE PIECE IN PLACE LOOKING TOWARD HIS LEFT. HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND AROUND A PIPE FOR STABILITY . HE FAILED TO NOTICE THE CHUTE COVER MOVING TOWARD THE PIPE CREATING A PINCH BETWEEN THE COVER & THE PIPE HE WAS HOLDING ON TO. THE COVER CAUGHT THE END JOINT OF THE MIDDLE FINGER ON RT. HAN

INVESTIGATION REVEALS M-90 CLINKER BELT WAS CARRYING HOT MATERIALS. APPARENTLY THE BELT SPLICE BROKE LOOSE CAUSING THE BELT TO FALL WITH THE HOT MATERIAL STILL ON IT. THEN THE BELT CAUGHT FIRE & HAD TO BE EXTINGUISHED. THE FIRE LASTED JUST A LITTLE OVER ONE-HALF HOUR IN DURATION. THE BELT WAS PULLED OFF AFTER IT WAS EXTINGUISHED, CUT UP AND REPLACED IMMEDIATELY.

EE WAS LIFTING A TRANSFORMER FROM THE ELEVATOR. AS HE LIFTED HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.

EE WAS BURNING IN THE MILL BLDG. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BURN OFF SOME MATERIAL WHICH WAS LOCATED JUST ABOVE HIS HEAD. HIS ARMS WERE EXTENDED UPWARD, WHEN A PIECE OF HOT MATERIAL FELL DOWN & LAND ED BETWEEN HIS SHIRT COLLAR & BARE SKIN ON HIS NECK CAUSING BURN.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING DRILL PRESS TO DRILL HOLE I PIECE OF STEEL WENT TO REPOSITION STEEL SAW A SLIVER ATTEMPTED TO BRUSH IT OFF WITH HIS LEFT HAND GOT TOO CLOSE TO DRILL BIT GLOVE HE WAS WEARING BECAME ENTANGLED WITH DRILL BIT CAUSING LACERATION & DAMAGE TO INDEX FINGER

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING I THE MILL BUILDING PULLING ELECTRICAL CONDUIT EYE(L) STARTED TEARING & HE RUBBED IT NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT NOTED THOUGHT IT WAS DUST NOTE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSE S

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING WOODEN FRAME TO HOLD MATERIAL IN THE A FRAME BUILDING. HE WAS POSITIONING A BOARD, WITH HIS FOOT AS HE WAS SWINGING THE HAMMER TO STRIKE THE NAIL HEAD. ON TEHDOWN STRIK E HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO MISS THE NAIL HEAD STRIKIGN HIKMSELF ON THE FIRST DIGIT OF HIS LITTLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.

WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK,INSIDE PRECIPATOR,INLET DUCT MATERIAL BUILD UP SHOOK LOOSE CAUSING DUST AND POWDER ACCUMULATION TO TRAP HIM ON SCAFFOLDING.

WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK, INSIDE PRECIPATOR, INLET DUCT MATERIAL BUILD-UP SHOOK LOOSE CAUSING DUST & POWDER ACCUMULATION TO TRAP HIM ON SCAFFOLDING.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING & BURNING WITH AN OXYACETYLENE TORCH. AFTER MAKING A CUT WITH SAME HE LAID IT ON THE FLOOR DIRECTLY UNDER WHERE HE WAS BEGINNING TO WELT. A SPART FROM THE ELECTRICE ARC WE LDER IDNITED THE GAS ESCAPING FROM THE OXYACETYLENE TORCH. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED SMALL BURN TO LEG. THIS IS BEING REPORTED BECASUE HOSPITAL RECORDS REVEIALED IT WAS A 2ND DEGREE BURN.

EMPLOYEE IS SHIFT FOREMAN. HE WAS TRYING TO LOCATE THE SOURCE OF A PLUG IN THE KILN FEED BYPASS AND OPENED A HATCH ABOVE THE PLUGGE UP AREA. HOT SILN FEED EXITED THE HATCH. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINE D FLARE BURNS TO FACE. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WEARING A SILVER FIRE SUIT AND HOOD FOR PROTECITON. HE SHOULD HAVE LOCKED SPLITTER CLOSED AND INSPECTED DUMPIGN VALVE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A ROUND A PIECE OF STEEL ON EDGE TO AN EMPTY PALLET WHEN THE 550 LBS SEAL HE WAS MOVING FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SUPER SUCKER HOSE WITH A METAL BAR TO UNPLUG THE HOSE WHEN HE GOT HIS 5TH FINGER OF RIGHT HAND IN A PINCHPOINT. HE WAS WEARING GLOVES.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO WORK & FUELED 2 TRUCKS & DID MAINTENANCE ON THEM. HE THEN STARTED 2 LOADERS & TOOK BREAK. AFTER BREAK HE WENT UP ON THE LADDER OF THE #475 LOADER & GOT PART WAY UP & FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON FEET. HE SAID HIS GLOVES WERE WET, SNOW COVERED, & POSSIBLY GREASY & OILY CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE GRIP OF THE RAILS.

EMPLOYEE ALEGES HE SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM RUNG OF DUMP TRUCK LANDING ON HEAL OF LEFT FOOT CAUSING PAIN TO RADIATE UP LEFT LEG & HIP. [THIS EMPLOYEE IS A DIABETIC & HAS A PAST HISTORY OF PROBLEMS W HITH THE LEFT LEG & FOOT FROM A MEDICAL STANDPOINT.] EMPLOYEE IS GOING TO P.T. NO LOST TIME. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL LATE 1/21/94.

EE WAS WORKING ON A 3'X6'X2' GRATING PLATFORM SITTING ON A FLOOR GRATING WHICH WAS FULLY GUARDED WITH HANDRALS & TOE BOARDS, BUT STEPPED BACKWARD OFF PLATFORM & SUFFERED A CONTUSION TO RT. KNE E.

EMPLOYEE DROPPED SEGMENT OF WHEEL(FOOT) ON FOOT WHILE REMOVING FROM A PALLET WAS NOT AWARE THE SEGMENT ON THE PALLET WITH THE FOOT WHEEL

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE RIM OF THE #2 CEMENT COOLER TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WATER LEAK AND CUT LEFT PALM ON A PIECE OF SHARP METAL ON THE EDGE OF THE COOLER. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WEARING GLOVES TO PREVENT THIS ACCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING 120# KEG WITH BARE HANDS ANDCUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A TAB ON THE LID. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WEARING GLOVES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING CEILING TILE WITH SCAPY WATER WHICH GOT ON FLOOR CAUSING BOTTOM OF SHOES TO BEOME WET WHEN HE CLIMBED BACK UP ON LADDER TO REPLACE TILE HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL OFF LADD ER LANDING ON HIS RT HAND PINCHING FINGERS & CAUSING UNDISPLACED FRACTURE OF VOLAR PLATE INSERTION OF RT MIDDLE FINGER

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE SHAFT OF A PULLEY WITH CYCLO CLEANER. AFTER CLEANING THE SHAFT EMPLOYEE AND HELPER WERE GOING TO WELD ON IT. THE CLEANER EXPLODED WHEN IGNITED CAUSING METAL RUST FRAG MENTS TO ENTER EMPLOYEES RIGHT EYE.