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EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF METAL STRAPPING AND STRAINED A BACK MUSCLE WHILE BENDING OVER. STRAIN NOT A RESULT OF LIFTING, JUST BENDING OVER. EE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS. EE RECEI VING CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT WITH NO RESTRICTED DUTY. WORKING THROUGH INJURY.

EE WAS USING AIR ARC TO CUT OFF STEEL CLIPS INSIDE #1 KILN. THIS IS A CONFINED WORKING AREA. HE WAS USING WELDING HOOD BUT WITH THE COMPRESSED AIR, THERE WAS A LOT OF AIR TURBULANCE. EE NOTICE D AFTER SHIFT A SPEC ON HIS LEFT EYE.

AFTER CHOKE UP OF A SCREW CONVEYOR, EE WAS SUMMONED TO TROUBLE SHOOT AND HELP WITH REPAIRS. BREAKER HEATER WAS KICED OUT SO EE INSTRUCTED OPERATOR TO RESET AND TRY SCREW AGAIN. MOTOR SWITCH WA S TURNED OFF BY OPERATOR. EE SWITCHED MOTOR SWITCHE BACK ON AND WAS STANDING CLOSE TO SEE IF BELTS WERE SLIPPING. WHEN OPERATOR TURNED ON BREAKER, MOTOR AND FRAMEWORK STRUCK EE ON FACE, NECK,

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE TRIPPER OVER THE RAW FEED BINS. A LEVER ALLOWS THE TRIPPER TO MOVE, PULLING UP TO MOVE, PUSHING DOWN TO LOCK IN PLACE. A PIECE OF STEEL IS WIELDED ONTO THE TRIPPER FRAM E TO HOLD THE HANDLE UP. EMPLOYEE PINCHED LITTLEFINGER ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN LEVER AND HOLDER. LACERATION REQUIRED 5 SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING OVERHEAD LIGHTS THE DAY BEFORE ONSET OF PAIN. REACHING OVERHEAD TO REPAIR LIGHTS TUESDAY, 8/22/00. HE WOKE WEDNESDAY, 8/23 WITH PAIN. WIFE DROVE HIM TO WORK AND HE OB TAINED MEDICAL CARE; HE DIDN'T REPORT ANY INCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR OR OUR SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM A DIVERTER FLANGE, USING A WRENCH, EMPLOYEE STRAINED LEFT ARM MUSCLE WHILE PULLING ON WRENCH TO LOOSEN BOLTS.

EE WAS REPLACING A SCREEN CLOTH ON SCREEN. EE WAS WEARING GLOVES. AS EE WAS LOWERING DECK INTO SCREEN FRAME, GLOVE CAUGHT SCREEN AND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN SCREEN DECK AND FRAME CAUSING SIMPLE FR ACTURE OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER. SPLINT ON FINGER, ABLE TO PERFORM NORMAL JOB DUTIES.

EE OPERATING BRODERSON 15 TON CRANE WITH 14 - 51 FOOT BOOM. OPERATOR RETRACTING OUTRIGGERS, RETRACTING BOOM AND RAISING BALL HOOK AT SAME TIME. BALL STRUCK STOP BLOCK BUT CONTINUED OVER BLOCK, BOUNCING OFF BOOM AND FALLING THROUGH GLASS TOP OF OPERATOR'S CAB STRIKING EE ON HEAD. EE WAS WEARING HARD HAT. STOP BLOCK SAFETY SWITCH CONFIRMED TO BE FUNCTIONAL ONE DAY PRIOR TO MISHAP.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A RUBBER BELT TO FIT IN 03 SCREEN HOPPER FOR SPLILLAGE PREVENTION. WHILE CUTTING BELT, KNIFE SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE CUT INTO RIGHT LEG, REQUIRING SUTURES. UNSAFE ACT OF CUTT ING TOWARDS SELF. CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCE WITH COUNSELING.

EE WAS MOVING AN ACCESS DOOR FROM A MATERIAL ELEVATOR. AS HE WAS REMOVING THE LAST CLAMP ON THE DOOR, IT FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE OF HIS BOOT RESULTING IN DOUBLE METATARSAL FRACTURE.

EE WAS SETTING UP AN AUTOMATIC WELDER. AS HE WAS REPOSTIONING THE WAND ASSEMBLY, THE ELECTRODE TOUCHED THE SIDE WALL OF THE CRUSHER AND FLASHED. EE SUFFERED A WELD FLASH OF BOTH EYES. EE MUST DE-ENERGIZE WELDER PRIOR TO ADJUSTING WAND.