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EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING OIL IN THE RAW MILL DISCHARGE HEARING HE STOOD ON TOP OF SOME PIPES AND SLIPPED TWISTING HIS KNEE.
September 10, 1986CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
General Portland Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISTING WITH THE UNLOADING OF A KILN REBRICKING RING. HE WAS HOLDING A CHAIN WRAPPED AROUND A TRUCK MOUNTED CRANE BOOM. FORKLIFT PROVIDED SUPPORT. THE OPERATOR BOOMED DOWN SO HE COULD UNDO CHAI3. THE BOOM CAUGHT ON THE LIP OF THE RING. THE BOOM SLIPPED OFF CATCHING EMPLOYEES FINGERS BETWEEN BOOM AND FORKS ON FORKLIFT.
July 31, 1986CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE COMING OFF B9EAK & AS HE PASSED THE GUARD AROUND THE FIRE PLUG HE HIT THE GUARD WITH HIS BALL PEEN HAMMER. A PIECE OF THE HAMMER CHIPPED OFF & EMBEDDED INTO HIS BICEP AREA ON HIS RIGHT ARM
EMP WAS DOING P9EVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AT THE ELEVATOR HE SLIPPED ON SOME CLINKERS AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE
February 28, 1986TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJ WAS PUTTING3BOLTS IN COVER OF CONVEYOR USING A RATCHET THE RATCHET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO BE UNBALANCED HE FELL APPROX 7 FEET STRIKING THE #3 COMPARTMENT COOLER FAN AS HE FELL AS A RESULT THE INJURED HAS3A BROKEN PELVIC AND PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND HIP
February 27, 1986TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING AND STEPPED ON A SMALL PILE OF DIRT TURNING FOOT SLIGHTLY CAUSING PAIN IN FOOT AND RT CALF OF LEG
February 1, 1986CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO INSTALL HOLD DOWN BARS IN THE PRIMARY CRUSHER ANOTHER EMPLOYEE DROPPED HIS END OF THE HOLD DOWN BAR LANDING ON EMPLOYEES RT HAND
January 7, 1986CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL LIFTING HOOD OF TRUCK WHEN HE FELT STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.STARTED LOSING TIME 9-25 AT 3PM.MONDAY & TUESDAY ARE HIS DAYS OFF.SUNDAY 9-22 HE COMPLETED REGULAR SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING A ROTARY FEEDER. THE RAM OPENED AND CAUGHT HIS HAND.
August 1, 1985TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS JACKHAMMERING HARD MATERIAL. THE PIECE SUPPORTING THE AREA BING JACKHAMMERING FELL OFF. WHEN EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT OFF JACKHAMMER. IT HIT HIS BOOT.
June 17, 1985CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER TO CAB OF LOADER. HE REACHED ABOVE FOR DOOR HANDLE & LEANED BACK WHEN HE OPENED DOOR. HE GOT OFF BALANCE & SLIPPED DOEN LADDER.
June 7, 1985TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON #2 COAL FEEDER WEIGHT ON TOP OF FLOP GATE CAME OFF STRUCK RT ELBOW CAUSING BRUISE ON ELBOW
April 22, 1985CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
General Portland Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
INHALED CARBON MONOXIDE AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE FUMES FOR A PERIOD OF 5-6 HURS WHILE CALEBRATING NEW THERMO ELECTION ANALYZUS WITH SERVICE REP. CONDUCED GOES DETECTOR ORDERED GAS SOUT ORDERED IMP ROVED AIR CONDITION INSTALLED SAFETY WARNING SIGN.
April 2, 1985TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING UP CEMENT WITH PICK WHEN THE PICK SLIPPED AND HIT HIS SHIN
March 19, 1985CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A DATSON U JOINT ON HIS AFTERNOON BREAK, WITHOUT CO APPROVAL. HE CUT HIS FINGER ON A PIECE OF UNI STARUT HE WAS USING AS A LINE.
January 27, 1985TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
LACERATION ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER FROM SHARP PIECE METAL PROTRUDING ON ANCHOR ON BURNER PIPE WHILE USING Z-BAR TO REMOVE BRICK.STITCHES TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
January 16, 1985TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT MUD/STONE BUILDUP UNDER BELT IDLERS AT THE HEAD OF THE CRUSHER TRIPPER BELT. STORAGE CRANE OPERATOR MOVED THE CRANE BRIDGE PAST THE ACCIDENT AREA - STRIKING RIGHT ANK LE WITH ANGLE IRON SCRAPER MOUNTED ON CRANE BRIDGE. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED BLOW TO RIGHT ANKLE CAUSING LACERATION AND INTERNAL DAMAGE
December 5, 1984TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS ON FRONT END LOADER SCRAPING WEST TRACK WHEN SOMETHING STICKING UPON TRACK STOPPED LOADER CAUSING CHEST TO HIT STEERING WHEEL & LEFT LEG TO HIT DASH.
December 1, 1984TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A 2 FT BAR AND SLIVER OF STEEL BECAME LODGED IN LEFT EYE.
September 24, 1984TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL WALKING DOWNSTAIRS,SIDE-STEPPED LAST STEP TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.
August 9, 1984CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorIGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
THE CONTROL ROOL OPERATOR WAS PURGING THE TODD FURNACE OF GASES & HAD PUT THE IGNITION GAS INTO THE FURNACE. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BEHIND THE FURNACE FACING CONTROL PANEL TO THE REAR OF THE FU RNACE. THE GAS IGNITED THROWING THE FLAME OUT THE IGNITION PORT
SPILLED COAL HAD BUILT UP UNDER & AROUND 2 SUPPORT IDLERS ON BELT CONVEYOR #2. BOTH IDLERS WERE WORN FLAT & WERE SEIZED. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE HEAT GENERATED FROM THE BELT RUBBING ON THES E IDLERS WAS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE SOMBUSTION OF THE COAL LAYING AROUND THE IDLERS. SMOKE & FIRE NOTICED APPROX 1 1/2 HRS AFTER BELT WAS SHUT DOWN. EST DAMAGE COSTS TO BELTS IDLERS PULLEY ELEC
June 30, 1984CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HANDS FULL OF PARTS. HE WAS WALKING UP A TWO-STEP STAIRWAY & TRTRIPPED ON THE SECOND STAIR. HE FELL, HITTING HIS SHOULDER ON THE GUARD RAIL
June 27, 1984CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING TEMPERATURE READINGS FROM TOP OF CEMENT TRUCKS. HE LOWERED A 15# SAMPLE BUCKET INTO THE TRUCK FROM A CATWALK. AS HE LIFTED THE BUCKET, HE TWISTED AND FELT A SHARP A PAIN IN HIS BACK
June 25, 1984FL · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE NOTICED CEMENT LEAKING FROM STORAGE SILO AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP LEAK, CEMENT FLUSHED OUT STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE CAUSING CEMENT TO GET INTO BOTH EYES. EYES WERE IRRITATED AND E YE BALL SCRATCHED FROM ABRASIVE NATURE OF CEMENT
June 13, 1984CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS LOCKING OUT PUMP AND COMPRESSORS. AS HE WAS TURNING AROUND TO LOCK OUT C-150\S HIS RIGHT SHOULDER BUMPED THE MAIN POWER SUPPLY CABINET ALL THREE DOORS BLEW OPEN ON THE MAIN CABINE T, HE WENT TO REPORT INCIDENT AND NOTICED A FLASH BURN TO HIS RIGHT ELBOW. DR DIAGNOSIS: ACUTE SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION - RIGHT SHOULDER WITH SECONDARY BURN, FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE RIGHT POSTER
May 25, 1984TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE OILWELL PREP. ROOM AND SLIPPED ON WATER ON THE FLOOR FROM EMPLOYEE WFROM A PI E LEAK AND STRAINED HIS BACK RESULTING IN AN ACU ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN.
April 29, 1984CA · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO CLOCK IN THE TIME CLOCK IS LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE DOOR. EMPLOYEE HAD PROPPED THE DOOR OPEN WITH HIS FOOT. ANOTHER WORKER WENT PASSED HIM SWINGING OPEN THE DOOR AS TH E DOOR CAME BACK IT HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN HIS BACK
April 25, 1984CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Portland Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING DRIVE SHAFT ON ULTRA VAC. HE REMOVED THE SECOND OF 2 BOLTS FROM THE CARRIER BEARING. THE SHAFT SLIPPED PINNING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE REAR POSITION OF THE SHAFT & THE SUPP ORT CROSS MEMBER FOR THE RT. ANGLE DRIVE.
April 18, 1984TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE TRIED TO PICKUP AN ELEVATOR DOOR RESULTING IN A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT ARM ACCOMPANIED WITH A BRUISE AND DIAGNOSED AS AN ACUTE SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION RIGHT MEDIAL PROXIMAL FOREARM AND MEDIAL ELBOW.
December 8, 1983CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WALKING IN KILN.MOVED SIDEWAYS TO GET PAST BOBCAT AND SLIPPED.FELL ON HIS BACK.NOT TREATED UNTIL FEB.BACK PAIN BECAME PROGRES. WORSE.HAD MILAGRAM AND HAS BEEN OFF DUE TO A REACTION TO MILAGRAM
November 16, 1983CA · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A KILN BAGHOUSE HOPPER DOOR ONE OF THE BOLTS THAT HAD BEEN LOOSENED SWUNG BACK INTO POSITION CAUSING HOT DUST TO BE DEFLECTED ONTO EMPLOYEE
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