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VICTIM WAS USING A HAMMER TO TIGHTEN WING NUTS ON A DSM SCREEN. HE MISSED STRIKING THE WING NUT AND HAMMER STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT ANKLE.
VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE A STEEL WEDGE OUT WITH A SMALL SLEDGE HE MISSED THE WEDGE PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN HAMMER AND WEDGE WHICH IN TURN CUT SIDE OF FINGER REQUIRING 7 SUTURES
DRIVE GUARD WAS BEING LIFTED OFF OF DRIVE AND VICTIM\S FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN GUARD AND BREATHER ON FLUID COUPLING. VICTIM\S LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS SPLIT AND BROKEN, REQUIRING STITC HES.
VICTIM WAS USING A SHOVEL TO CLEAN OUT PRIMARY CRUSHER HOPPER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
VICTIM PICKED UP AIR IMPACT WRENCH TO SET IT ASIDE. VCITIM DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE HOSE ATTA CHED TO IMPACT WRENCH WAS CAUGHT ON EQUIP & AIR WRENCH WAS PULLED OUT OF HIS HANDS & FELL ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT.
VICTIM WAS LAYING KILN BRICK ON WEST SIDE OF KILN UNDER SCAFFOLD WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK & FELT PAIN.
FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL STEEL & WRENCH.
VICTIM WAS DRAGGING TROUGHING IDLER TO HOIST WAY ON BELT #2 WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
HINGED CONCRETE MOLD 4\\ X 8\\ CLOSED SHUT ON RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND ATTEMPING TO REMOVE CONCRETE CYLINDER.VICTIM REQ 3 STITCHES IN HIS FINGER.
VICTIM WAS STANDING ON #4 AIRSLIDE, DRAPING A PLASTIC COVER OVER THE AIRSLIDE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE FLOOR, LANDING ON HIS FEET. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 8 FEET, 8 INCHES. HE SPRAINED HIS RIGHT FOOT.
VICTIM LIFTING 5 GAL BOXES OF DRINKING WATER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER LEFT OF HIS BACK.VICTIM DIDNT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 3-11-85.
MEN WERE INSTALLING BURNER PIPE ON KILN WHEN 16" WRENCH BROKE & MAN LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL TO FLOOR ON HIS FEET APPROX 6\9
MAINTENANCE CREW HAD REMOVED SOME NUTS FROM ACCESS DOOR TO #2 COAL MILL & WAS AWAITING SHUTDOWN OF COAL MILL WHEN AN EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE COAL MILL. THE BLAST BLEW THE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR & THE VICTIM APPROX 15\ TO THE FLOOR.
MAINTENANCE CREW HAD REMOVED SOME NUTS FROM ACESS DOOR TO #2 COAL MILL & WAS AWAITING SHUTDOWN OF COAL MILL WHEN AN EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE COAL MILL. THE BLAST BLEW THE VICTIM & THE REPAIRMAN APPROX 15\ TO T HE GROUND. VICTIM DIED ON 1-28-85.
VICTIM WAS SETTING A PUMP IN A SUMP WHEN HE STEPPED INTO AN UNCOVERED DRAINAGE DITCH AND WRENCHED HIS RIGHT KNEE. VICTIM WAS STANDING IN APPROX. TWO FEET OF WATER AND SLURRY.
MEN WERE REMOVING A THROAT LINER FROM OUR IMPACTOR WITH A COMEALONG WHICH WAS CONNECTED OFF CENTER FROM THE LOAD APPROX 400 LBS THE LINER BROKE FREE AND SWUNG CATCHING THE VICTIMS LEFT ANKLE B ETWEEN THE LOAD AND THE FIRST IMPACT PLATE ON THE CRUSHER DOOR
VICTIM WAS FUELING COMPRESSOR FOR DRILL FROM POWERED TAILGATE ON LUBE TRUCK. TRUCK ROLLED BACK APPROX 18" CAUSIG VICTIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE JUMPED APPROX 55" TO THE GROUND CAUSING CONTUSI ONS OF HIS RIGHT HEEL.
MAN PICKED UP SMALL GRINDER WITHOUT LOOKING AND HE PICKED IT UP BY THE TRIGGER THIS CAUSED IT TO JUMP OUT OF HIS GRIP AND CUT MIDDLE FINGER ON RT HAND WHICH REQUIRED 6 SUTURES
MAN WAS REMOVING A BEARING BY HAMMERING WHEN A PIECE FROM THE OUTER RACE BROKE OFF AND ENTERED HIS LEG ABOVE THE KNEE
MAN WAS FUELING A 992 LOADER AND WAS COMING DOWN LADDER WHEN STRAIN IN HOSE PULLED HIM OFF BALANCE IN TRYING TO RIGHT HIMSELF HE APPLIED TO MUCH PRESSURE WITH LEFT FOOT CAUSING HIS LEFT HAND HOLD TO GIVE WAY THUS FALLING TO THE GROUND
MAN WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A CHUNK THAT WAS JAMMED BETWEEN THE END OF A FEEDER AND A BELT CONVEYOR WHEN HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE CHUNK. END BONE ON HIS LITTLE FINGER, RIGHT HAND, WAS BROKEN.
VICTIM WAS USING AN AIRLANCE TO CLEAN OUT A SCREW CONVEYOR AND DUST BLEW BACK INTO HIS FACE
VICTIM WAS WALKING ON COVERS OF A MOVING CONVEYOR BELT AND FELL INTO A HOLE CAUSED BY THE REMOVAL OF APPROX 6FT LONG COVER FOR CLEANUP VICTIM TRAVELED APPROX 140FT TO A HOPPER WHERE HIS FOOT C AME IN CONTACT WITH A BINDICATOR WHICH STOPPED THE BELT VICTIM HAD CEMENT DUST IN HIS EYES AND ABRASIONS ON HIS BODY AND ELBOWS
DRIVE SHAFT BROKE ON ROCK TRUCK WHICH HE WAS DRIVING HE PICKED UP A ROCK TO BLOCK WHEELS AND FELT A PAIN IN GROIN AREA MAN WAS OPERATED ON FOR HERINA ON 013085
VICTIM LIFTED CARTON AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE. VICTIM WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL ON 8/16/84 FOR SURGERY FOR A HERNIA, VICTIM WORKED FROM 7/26/84 THROUGH 8/15/84
SUPERVISOR WALKED THROUGH PILES OF CEMENT AND INCURRED ALKALI BURNS ON BOTH ANKLES
WORK CREW WAS REPLACING #4 CM ELEVATOR BUCKETS THEY WERE MOVING THE BUCKETS CLOSER TO THE JOB SITE WHILE LIFTING TWO PALLETS OF BUCKETS THE TOP PALLET OF BUCKETS BECAME UNSTABLE AND DISPERSED OFF ONE BUCKET STRIKING VITIM IN THE RIGHT FOOT.
NOT ENOUGH AIR WAS BLED OFF SYSTEM BY VICTIM CAUSING TABLE TO COME DOWN, PINCHING VICTIMS FINGERS BETWEEN TABLE AND FRAME. VICTIM WAS REPAIRING MACHINE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT
VICTIM HAD HEAD IN CLINKER CHUTE MEASURING TO INSTALL PATCH. VIBRATION CAUSED HUNG-UP MATERIAL TO BREAK LOOSE AND DUST GOT BEHIND VICTIMS SAFETY GLASSES, CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT EYE
MAN WAS HELPING ANOTHER MAN LIFT APPROXIMATELY 125 POUND SURGE GATE WHEN MAN FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE UNHOOKED A TWO INCH AIR LINE FROM A COMPRESSOR. LINE WAS PARTIALLY PRESSURIZED BY ANOTHER DOMPRESSOR CAUSING BLOW BACK OF CEMENT DUST INTO THE FACE OF THE CONTRACTOR EMPLOY EE CAUSING EYE IRRITATION.
VALVE WAS JAMMED SHUT VICTIM DISCONNECTED AIR SUPPLY WHICH NORMALLY OPENS VALVE VALVE DIDNT OPEN UNTIL VICTIM FORCED IT OPEN AND IN PROCESS THE LINKAGE CAME TOGETHER AND PINCHED LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND
BENT OVER AND MOVED CARDBOARD BOX FROM DOOR TO UNDER COMPUTER IN MOVING BOX DOOR WEDGE WAS DISLODGED CAUSING DOOR TO CLOSE VICTIM DID NOT REALIZE DOOR WAS CLOSING SHE TURNED TO GET UP AND DOOR STRUCK HER FACE ON LEFT CHEEK
VICTIM WAS SLIDING FLOOR PLATES INTO PLACE WITH FIVE FOOT CROW BAR BAR FELL ON VICTIMS RIGHT FOOT JUST BEHIND HARD TOE IN SHOE
WHILE LIFTING MOTOR BASE PLATE, MAN FELT CRAMPS IN LOWER STOMACH AREA LATER NOTIECED BULGES IN GROIN AREA.
ALLEGED THAT VICTIM CAME OUT OF DOOR FROM SOUND PROOF BOOTH AT COAL UNLOADING STATION. VICTIM CLAIMS THAT DOOR WAS STRUCK BY MOVING COAL CAR AND HE WAS THROWN UP AGAINST THE DOOR JAM BY THE DO DOOR. THIS REPORT IS LATE BECAUSE THE ACCIDENT IS BEING CONTESTED.
WHILE WALKING VICTIM STEPPED IN RUT IN ROAD AND TWISTED KNEE. WE WANT TO REOPEN THIS CASE. VICTIM IS NOW HAVING AN OPERATION ON THAT KNEE.
STEPPING DOWN FROM FRONT END LODER OPERATOR STEPPED ON A 6INX4INX21/2IN ROCK AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE
VICTIM WAS CLEANING IN HOPPER UNDER NORTH ROTARY FEEDER #1 KILN. VICTIM PUT HIS RIGHT HAND IN HOPPER AND MOVING ROTOR NICKED THE END OF HIS INDEX FINGER.
VICTIM WAS USING A 4\ PIPE TO TURN SHAFT OF JAMMED PUMP. PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF SHAFT CAUSING VICTIM TO TEAR MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER.
VICTIM WAS TILTING 40R1 DRILL SO THAT ROTARY MOTOR COULD BE LOWERED FOR REPAIR WHEN A 3 FOOT LONG, 11/4" PIPE FELL 30 FEET STRIKING INSTEP OF LEFT FOOT.
CLIMBED LADDER ON KILN NOSE, LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON PLYWOOD SHEET AND THENCE INTO COOLER. BROKEN RIGHT WRIST, LACERATIONS OF RIGHT EAR AND HEAD.
STEPPING OFF OF WOBBLER FLOOR AT SECONDARY CRUSHER AND ONTO THE NEXT LANDING WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO A STONE, TEARING LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT ANKLE. DISABILITY BEGAN 1-20-84
MOTOR MECHANIC WAS REMOVING A RADIATOR FROM A D-9 CATERPILLAR BY HOISTING IT FREE WITH A GROVE CRANE. THE EYE BOLT BROKE AND THE LOAD PINCHED THE MOTOR MECHANICS HAND BETWEEN THE RADIATOR AND FRAME.
DRIVER OPERATED VEHICLE IN IMPROPER AND NEGLIGENT MANNER CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO OVER BERM AND TIP OVER ON ITS SIDE.DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS APPX $80,000.00.
EMPL GOING IN STORAGE HALL CRANE AREA TO OIL MOTORS AND SHC OPER WAS ENTERING AREA AT SAME TIMEEMPL GOING IN STORAGE HALL CRANE AREA TO OIL MOTORS AND SHC OPER WAS ENTERING AREA AT SAME TIME TO START EQUIP UNAWARE OF EACH OTHER.CRANE STRUCK AND EITHER PUSHED OR DRAGGED EMPL SEVERAL FEET.
CLAIMANT WAS LIFTING A VERTICAL GUILLOTINE-GATE- IN THE AIR SLIDE ONT HE LOADING TOWER. HE WAS IN A BENT POSITION & SUSTAINED AN ACUTE SPRAINED BACK WITH SCIATICA.