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EE WAS WORKING AT SANDBLASTING PAD, SNADBLASTING A SET OF TRUCK PLATFORM STEPS. THE FORKLIFT TRUCK WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME AND HE TURNED THE PLATFORM AROUND BY HAND SO HE COULD SANDBLAST THE BACK SIDE. AS HE DID SO, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS SEEN BY A DR AT SOLIMBIA, NO. ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP ON 6-17-96 AND STARTED TO LOSE TIME AFTER THAT, THUS THE INJURY BECAME REPORTAB
EMP WAS DRIVING A LOADED 55 TON HAULAGE TRUCK ONA QUARRY HAULAGE ROAD ENROUTE TO THE DRUSHER. THE RIGHT SIDE OF TRUCK DROPPED INTO A POTHOLE IN SIDE OF ROADWAY, CAUSING A JOLT TO HIS NECK. SUB SEQUENT EXAMINATION ON 5-22-96 INDICATED THAT HEHAD SUFFERED A HERNIATED DISK IN HIS NECK.
EE HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE PLANT FIRE TRUCK PUMPING SYSTEM, INSTALLING NEW PIPING AND VALVES. AS HE WAS CLIMBING UP ON THE FIR TRUCK, HE FELT A PULL IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA. HE HAS SINCE BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A RIGHT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INGUINAL HERNIA AND A LEFT INTERNAL INGUINAL HERNIA.
REPAIRMAN WAS REMOVING SHEAVE FROM BEARING SHAFT OF WILFLEY PUMP. HE WAS HOLDING A WEDGE WHILE DRIVING IT INTO THE SPLIT TO SPREAD THE SHEAVE. HE STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH THE HAMMER H E WAS USING, CAUSING A LACERATION.
INJURED WASPERFORMING GENERAL CLEAN-UP N THE COOLER AREA. AS ROLL-UPD OOR WS BEING OPENED TO ALLOW FOR BOBCAT ACCESS, GUSTING WIND BLEW DUST INTO HIS EYE (WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES).
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR IMPACT GUN TO REMOVE BOLTS FROM THE COVER OF A TWINDUCER GEAR. HE SAID THAT AFTER HE GOT THE BOLTS OUT HE COULD NOT GET HIS RIGHT RING FINGER TO STRAIGHTEN. HE SAW A PHYSICIAN ON 2-28-96 AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A MALLET FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT 4TH FINGER AND THE INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF MEASURING BINS HE HAD JUST MEASURED D TANK & WAS MOVING TO GYPSUM MEASURING PORT HE TRIPPED OVER A RACK THAT HAD BEEN USED TO STORE A BOATSWAIN CHAIR & HE FELL LANDI NG ON HIS RIGHT KNEE & SIDE CAUSING A SPRAIN TO HIS RIGHT KNEE
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK ON 08-24-95 WHEN HE DUMPED A 50 LB BAG OF SAND INTO A PHYSICAL TESTER MACHINE HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY HE SAW HIS PERSONAL PHYSICIAN ON 08-28 & W AS DISABLED AT THAT TIME HE INFORMED HIS SUPERVIOR OF THE DISABILITY BUT DID NOT MENTION IT WAS WORK RELATED HE RETURNED TO WORK ON SEPT 10 HE NOW INSISTS THE INJURY WAS WORK RELATE & THEREFO
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING IN AND OUT OF COOLER COMPARTMENTS AND LIFTING PARTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DRIVE SPROCKET IN THE CLINKER COOLER, AND HE STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE AS HE DI D SO. THIS DID NOT BECOME REOPRTABLE UNTIL A REPORT WAS RECEIVED AT THE PLANT ON 9-19-95 FOLLOWING HIS VISIT TO THE COLUMBIA ORTHOPEDIC GROUP ON 9-18 WHEN HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE AUTO GARAGE ANDSLIPPED ON SOME MUD ON THE FLOOR. AS HE FELL, HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, CAUSING A SPRAIN AND AN AVULSION FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT WRIST.
EE WAS WORKING AT COAL UNLOADING STATION OVER THE HOPPER AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING THE DOOR ON A RAILROAD CAR CONTAINING GYPSUM. AS HE OPENED THE CAR DOOR, WHICH WAS SPRING LOADED. IT BOUNCED BACK AND STRUCK THE LITTLE FINGER OF HISRT HAND, CAUSING A STRAIN TO A LIGAMENT IN HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT GYPSUM TANK USING A JACKHAMMER BIT TO POKE INTO THE TANK TO GET MATERIAL TO FLOW OUT.THE BAR BROKE THROUGH A LUMP,JERKING HIM AND CAUSING A MUSCLE STRAINH TO HIS BACK.
EMP WAS FAVRICATING A DOWNSPOUT AT COAL UNLOADING. CAME DOWN STEPS FROM BELT CONVEYOR TO THE GROUND LEVEL. AS HE STEPPED OFF THE LAST STEP TO THE GROUND,TWISTED RT KNEE. THIS DID NOT BECOME RE PORTABLE TIL 10-3 WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A TEAR OF THE POSTERIOR HORN OF THE MEDIAL MENISCUS, AND SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON 10-13.
ON THIS DATE AT APPROX 2:20PM, OPERATOR NOTICED A SHARP RISE IN COAL MILL OUTLET TEMP, FOLLOWED BY A RUMBLE IN COAL MILL AREA. TEMP REACHED APPROX 230'F & WAS IMMEDIATELY REDUCED BY OPENING TE MPERED AIR DAMPER. EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED BY 2:30PM & COAL MILL OPENED & INSPECTED & OBSERVED TO BE IN GOOD OPERATING CONDITION. RESTARTED AT APPROX 3:00PM. REPORTED - MSH
EE WAS WORKING ON PRIMARY WOBBLER BAR IN THE MACHINE SHOP AND ALLEGES THAT AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP A SPROCKET HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. THIS WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL MAY 18 AFTER HE HAD SOUGH T MEDICAL TREATMENT ON MAY 16.
EE WAS WORKING AT PRIMARY CRUSHE RINSTALLING NEW HAMMERS. HE HAD JUST UNHOOKED A CABLE FROM A NEW HAMMER THAT HAD BEEN LOWERED DOWN TO THE CRUSHER. WHEN HE RAISED UP, HE STRUCK THE SIDE OF H IS HARD HAT AGAINST A 6-INCH CHANNEL ABOVE HIM THAT HAD BEEN PLCED THERE TO SLIDE THE HAMMER BOLT OUT AND IN POSITION FOR THE CHANGE-OUT OF HAMMERS. HE SUFFERED A CONCUSSION.
EE WAS WORKING AT DISCHARGE CHUTE OF 2-B LIMESTONE BELT, PREPAREING TO INSTALL NEW LINER IN THE CHUTES. AS HE LIFTED LINERS INTO PLACE TO BE BOLTED ONTO THE SIDES OF THE CHUTE HE STRAINED A MS UCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT PRIMARY CRUSHE RAND AWAS ASSIGNED TO BUILD-UP AND HARD-SURFACE CRUSHER HAMMERS. EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLETED WORK ON TWO OUTERMOST HAMMERS INA ROW AND WAS USING A BAR TO RAI SE THE HAMMER BETWEEN THEM SO SHE COULD WORK ON IT. THE BAR SLIPPED OFF HTE HAMEMR AND THHE EMPLOYEE FELL BACK AGAINST THE BREAKER PLATE, BRUSING HER LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.
EE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER TO LOOSEN HARDNES MATERIAL IN THE CASTABLE MIXER. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND HOLDING THE JACKHAMMER BIT, ATTEMPTING TO POSITION IT ONT HE BUILD UP IN THE MIXER. THE BIT SLI PPED OFF THE BUILD UP AND HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT TBETWEEN THE END OF THE JACKHAMMER AND THE DOOR FRAME OF THE MIXER, CAUISNG A FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN 2ND COMPARTMENT OF CLINKER COOLER, BURNING STAINLESS STEEL FINGERS OFF OF COOLER BEAMS USING AN AIR ARC. HE WAS POSITIONED HEAD DOWN WHILE DOING THIS. REFLECTIONS FROM THE SIDES AND THE POSITION OF HIS HOOD APPARENTLY CONTRIBUTED TO A FLASH BURN TO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS WORKING AT THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE FUELS LAB AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING A HOLE THROUGH A CONCRETE BLOCK WALL WHERE CONDUIT WOULD BE RUN. THE DRILL BIT ON THE DRILL CAUGHT IN THE WALL, CAUSING THE DRILL ITSELF TO SPIN. AS IT SPUN AROUND, IT STRUCK THE EE ON THE HEAD, CAUSING A LACERATION.
EE HAD JUST CHECKED FLUID LEVEL IN DUST INSUFFLATION AIR COMPRESSOR HEAT EXCHANGER AT KILN PIER #7. HE WAS CLIMBING DONW THE LADDER TO THE FLOOR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE BOTTOM RUNG OF TH E LADDER, WHICH IS ABOUT 24 INCHES OFF THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED HIM TO WRENCH HIS BACK. RESULTING IN A MUSCLE STRAIN TO THE MID SECTION OF HIS BACK.
REOCCURANCE OF OLD INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT NORTH SIDE OF COOLER, REPLACING THE CRANK ARM ON THE 3RD SECTION OF THE COOLER. AS HE WAS PUTTING THE CHAIN LINKS TOGETHER, A SMALL PIECE OF A LINK CHIPPED OFF & STUCK & EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT FOREARM.
INJURED WAS INSPECTING THE CLINKER DRAG DRIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CLINKER COOLER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE SPEED REDUCER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE MILL ROOM FLOOR ENTROUTE TO OBTAIN A SLURRY SAMPLE. HE SLIPPED ON A WET SPOT ONT EHH FLOOR AND FELL, STRAINING HIS UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST CHANGED THE FLOP GATE ON TOP OF THE COAL SILO. HE WAS COMING BACK DOWN STAIRSAND AS HE WALKED AROUND THE END OF THE BELT CON VEYOR. HE STEPPED ON A ROUND BAR LAYING ON THE WALKWAY AND SLIPPED, FALLING AGAINST THE HANDRAIL AND TWISTING AND STRAINING HIS LEFT KNEE. INJ URY DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL OCT 18 WHEN HE SAW A PHYSICIAN AND WAS SCHEDULED FOR ORTHOP
PIECE OF STEEL COLUMN FELL OVER AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK AND SHOULDERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT OUT SECTIONS OF THE SIDES OF A DUST COLLECTOR BEING REMOVED FROM THE TOP OF THE CLINKER SILOS HE HAD REMOVED ALL BUT 2 UPPER CORNERS OF SECTION AS HE CUT ONE CORNER A SECTION OF METAL SLID DOWN & HIT HIS LEFT RING FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION
INJURED WAS R EMOVING CEMENT FROM FULLER COOLER & GOT CEMENT IN HIS EYES (INJURED WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME)
EE WAS PUSHING A 2 WHEELED CART WITH 2 EMPTY OXYGEN BOTTLES WHEN SHE FELT A STRAIN IN HER MIDDLE BACK. SHE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 6-14-94. EE WAS PROHIBITED BY PHYSICAL WORK REST RICTIONS FROM CHANGING OXYGEN BOTTLES BUT DID ITANYWAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE KILN USING A SHIM DRIVER TO KEY BRICK BEING PLACED IN THE KILN.THESHANK ON THE DRIVER BROKE,THE HEAD CAME OFF AND THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS STRUCK BY THE SHAFT, CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE DIGITAL NERVE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT NO FINISH MILL USING A 20 POUND SLEDGEHAMMER TO BEAT THE DOOR IN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AS HE WAS SWINGING THE SLEDGEHAMMER HE SUFFERED A STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS UPPER BACK
EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN A FLATBED TRUCK TO THE OLD STOREHOUSE TO OBTAIN A 3-TON CHAIN FALL TO USE IN CHANGING LINERS IN NO.2 FINISH MILL. AS HE LIFTED THE CHAIN FALL ONTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK, IT SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP AND MASHED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN IT AND THE TRUCK BED. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WS UNPACKING A CAST REDUCER FROM A BOX THAT HAD BEEN RECEIVED AT THE STOREHOUSE. A HE LIFTED THE PIECE FROM THE BOX AND TURNE DTO THE SIDE, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE SUFFERED A LUMBAR STRAIN TO HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED A STEEL PLATE INTO PLACE IN ORDER TO WELD IT ONTO A DOZER BLADE. HE INCURRED A LUMBAR STRAIN TO HIS BACK AS HE LIFTED THE STEEL PLATE.
WHILE SCRAPING CEMENT OUT OF THE DISCHARGE PIPE IN THE FULLER COOLER CEMENT FELL FROM ABOVE ENTERING INJURED EYES
EMPLOYEE LIFTED METAL TABLE AT MACHINE SHOP TO MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION & STRAINED HIS BACK AS HE DID SO THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 12-30-93 WHEN HE SEEN A PHYSICIAN & THEN BEGAN LOSING TIME DIAGNOSIS WAS STRAIN TOLOWER BACK
INJURED WAS ASSIGNED TO HS NORMAL INSPECTIO ROUTINE. HE WAS UNAWARE OF DOING ANYTHNG DURING THE DAY TO CAUSE THE INJURY, BUT NOTICED THE PAIN IAT APPROXIMATELY 3PM.
EE AND 3 COWORKERS WERE ASSIGNED TO CHANGE HAMMERS IN SECONDAY CRUSHER. EE WAS IN PROCESS OF REMOVING A USED HAMMER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT BUILD-UP IN KLIN BACKHOUSING HOPPER. HE HAD BEEN LANCING THE BUILD-UP. DUST FELL FROM ABOVE AND FLUSHED OUT THE OPENING, CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS ARMS, FACE , CHEST AND BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TONGUE OF AIR COMPRESSOR IN ORDER TO HOOK IT UP TO THE 966 LOADER. AS HE DID SO, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE INCURRED STRAINED MUSCLES AND LIGAMENTS IN THE LUMBER AREA OF HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BRUSH ALONG A NEW PLAT ENTRANCE ROADWAY. SOME OF THE BRUSH HE WAS CUTTING WAS POISON IVY. HE LATER DEVELOPEDA A RASH ON HIS FOREARMS AND THIGHS.
EMPLOYEE WAS ENROUTE TO THE WATER PUMPHOUSE TO CHECK A PUMP. HE HAD TO CLIMB OVER A SANDBAG LEVEE TO GET TO THE LOCATION. HE SLIPPED AS HE CLIMBED OVER THE BAGS, AND AS HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS HAND HE BENT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER TO THE SIDE. THIS DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 9-17-93 WHEN A LMB SPLINT WAS APPLIED TO HIS FINGER.
EE WAS CLEANING KILN BEARING HOUSINGS, USING RAGS SOAKED WITH MINERAL SPIRITS TO WASH THEM OUT. SHE INADVERTENTLY SPILLED SOME OF THE MINERAL SPIRITS ON HER JEANS, WHICH CAUSED A SECOND DEGREE BURN TO HER RIGHT THIGH.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING @ F STONE FEEDER PUNCHING STONE WITH AN AIR LANCE TO REMOVE BLOCKAGE. STANDING ON VIBRATING PAN. HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE TWISTED KNEE. DIAGNOSED AS POSSIBLE STRAINED LIGAM ENTS TO LEFT KNEE. IT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 9/21/93 WHEN HE RECEIVED AN INJECTION TO THE KNEE & IT WAS PLACED IN A NEOPRENE SLEEVE. DIAGNOSIS THEN WAS SYNOVITIS POSSIBLE MEDIAL & L
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE MACHINE SHOP AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING 2 SECTIONS OF PIPE APART. HE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH AND AS HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO TURN THE PIPE, THE WRENCH SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO WRENCH HIS NECK AND RESULTING IN A MUSCLE STRAIN.
EE WAS IN THE ELECTRONICS SHOP WORKING ON KILN TACHOMETER ON TOP OF A BENCH IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM HE PICKED UP THE TACHOMETER BENT OVER AND SET IT ON THE FLOOR. AS HE DID SO HE SUFFERED A LUMBAR SPARIAN TO HIS BACK.
EE COMING DOWN SCAFFOLDING IN ROTARY KILN KILN CHAIN PUSHED HIM INTO PLANK CAUSING A CHIPPED TOOTH.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE RAW MILL REPLACING BROKEN MILL LIFTER HE WAS BENDING OVER LIFTING & POSITIONING LIFTER FOR INSTALLATION WHEN HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK