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Showing all 24WORKING ON D-9 8OZER TRACK ROLLER HAD BEEN SPLIT AND EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN ONTO IT NOT KNOWING IT HAND BEEN SPLIT IT BROKE AWAY AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE HE DID NOT GO TO DR AT THAT TIME A S HE DID NOT FE9L IT NECESSARY
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3A HURRY TO CLEAN ROCK AWAY FROM CRUSHER AND WASNT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CLEARANCE HE HAD
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON L.D. OF RUNNER SCREW CONVEYOR KNOCK OFF CLAMPS LID SLIPPED WHEN LAST CLAMP WAS REMOVED DUMPING EMPLOYEE INTO 16" SCREW CONVEYOR.
EMPLOYEE WORE N2N SAFETY LOW CUT SHOES TO WORK & STEPPED INTO A WATER & LIME MIXTURE ON FLOOR.
EMPL CLIMBED TO31ST FLOOR OF MOTOR TEK SYSTEM TO TURN ELEVATOR ON TURNED TO DESCEND AND STEPPED INTO LADDER OPENING CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND.
EMP WAS CHANGIN1 SPOOLS ON PUMP IN HYDRATE BUILDING AND IN USING A HAMMER TO LOOSE THE HOSE FROM THE SPOOLS HE HIT HIS LITTLE FINGER AND BROKE SAME
A WALKWAY HINGE8 SO IT MAY BE LOWERRED ONTO BULK TRUCKS FOR LOADING BROKE WELD AT HINGE ,WALKWAY FELL.
NIGHT WATCHMAN 4AKING ROUNDS STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK AND ONTO GROUND.HE HAS BAD KNEE AND WAS WEARING LEG BRACE,KNEE GAVE WAY AND HE FELL TO GROUND AND HURT HIS BACK.HE HAS HAD BACK FUSION BEFORE TO MAKE SURE NO3ILL EFFECTS PUT IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION ONLY.NO WITNESSES.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TRO CLEAN PLUGGED CRUSHER HE WAS SITTING ON FLY WHEEL FLY WHEEL MOVED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL APPROX 12FT TO GROUND HE LANDED O HIS FEET THEN FELL HITTING A STEEL POLE
EMP WAS BAGGING HYDRATED LIME AND HAD THE VISOR ON HIS PROTECTIVE HOOD PARTIALLY RAISED WHIEL HE WAS BAGGING UNDER PRESSURE BURST AND EMPLOYEES EYES WERE FILLED WITH HYDRATED LIME
THE INJURED WAS CLEANING AROUND THE MASTER WET CONTROL ROLLER UNDER THE BELT. THE EE HAD SHORT HANDLED SHOVEL & WAS CLEANING THE KILN ROCK OFF THE CENTER FRAME WORK BETWEEN THE TOP & BOTTOM BELTS WHILE BELT WAS RUNNING. THE EES SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT & HE JERKED HIS LEFT HAND BACK & HIS ARM STRUCK AGAINST A SUPPORT BEAM. THE EES ARM WAS FRACTURED JUST BELOW THE ELBOW.
INJ WAS REMOVING BRICK FROM KILN HE HAD A BRICK IN EACH HAND AND WAS THROWING THEM BEHIND HIM INTO A PILE BRICXK IN LEFT HAND SEPERATED INTO 2 BPIECES AND THE FLYING PIECE STRUCK HIS MIDDLE RI LITTLE FINGER ON RT HAND AND SMASHED THEM AGAINST THE BRICK HE WAS HOLDING RESULTING IN FRACTURE AND LACERATION OF RING FINGER AND CONTUSIONSOF OTHER TWO FINGERS
INJ AND FELLOW EMPL REMOVING TOP OF SMALL CYCLONE AT REAR OF KILN.TOP BEING MOVED WAS APPX 42\\ IN DIAMETER AND AS THEY LIFTED IT WITH CRANE TRUCK AND SLING,FOUND THAT SECTION WOULDNT CLEAR HA NDRAIL ABOVE CYCLONE.INJ RELEASED SLING AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION IT WHEN CYCLONE TOP SLIPPED AND OPENED A CUT IN HIS ARM WHICH REQ 7 STITCHES TO CLOSE.
INJ EMPL REMOVING SECTION OF BELT CONVEYOR THAT HAD TORN LOOSE AND WRAPPED AROUND HEADPULLEY ASSEMBLY.EMPL STANDING INSIDE CONV FRAMEWORK THE ENCRUSTED MUD ON ANGLE IRON SUPPORT HE WAS STANDIN G ON GAVE WAY AND EMPL FELL STRAIGHT THROUGH CONV FRAMEWORK TO SCREEN DECK -10\BELOW.LANDED ON H
INJ WAS CHECKING ELECTRICLA SYSTEM ON THE DOUBLE ROLLS CRUSHER AND WHILE CHECKING THE 440 VOLT SUSE SYSTEM A DEAD SHORT SYSTEM WAS CREATED AND THE SYSTEM SHORTED ACROSS THE THREE FUSES AND CA CAUSED ELECTRICAL EXPLOSTION INJURED EXPERIENCED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE NECK HANDS AND WRISTE
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A BULK LIME TRUCK AND WHEN TRUCK FILLED UP, THE LOADING CHUTE ALSO FILLED UP AND LIME ESCAPED THROUGH A CRACK IN THE LOADING CHUTE. THE WIND WAS BLOWING VERY HARD THIS DAY AND LIME BLEW INTO EMPLOYEE\S EYES.
INJ HAD JUST REFUELED FORKLIFT BACKED FROM GAS PUMP CAUGHT LEFT FOOT BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND GAS PUMP GUARD POST.
INJURED WAS DESCENDING A LADDER TO RETURN TO THE HYDRATE FLOOR. INJURED\S FEET SLIPPED FROM THE LADDER RUNG AND HE FELL APPROX. THREE FEET. WHEN EMPLOYEE LANDED, HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT THE EDGE OF A BIN COVER AND HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
WHILE INJURED WAS HOISTING LIMESTONE TO THE KILN PREHEATER, HE NOTICED A BUILDUP OF LIMESTONE RUBBING AGAINST THE CONVEYOR BELT THAT FEEDS THE PREHEATER ELEVATOR. INJURED ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR TH E LIMESTONE SPILLAGE WITH A SMALL BAR AND WHEN THIS FAILED, HE LAID THE BAR ON THE CONVEYOR FRAME AND STUCK HIS HAND UNDERNEATH THE HEAD PULLEY GUARD AND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR THE SPILLAGE WITH
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A WATER LINE HE LOST HIS FOOTING FROM HIS WORK PLATFORM AND FELL. EMPLOYEE GRABBED ONTO A CONVEYOR FRAMING TO BREAK HIS FALL AND STRAINED HIS NECK AND UPPER BACK NECK AND UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE BASE OF THE MICRO-PULVERIZER TO CLEAN THE MAGNETS ABOVE THE OPENING TO THE MICRO-PULVERIZER. THE EMPLOYEES FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE BASE OF THE MICRO-PULVERIZER AND H E FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE MOTOR BASE
EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION RERQUIRING EIGHT STITCHES TO THE 4TH FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND WHILE USING A SHOP PRESS. INJURED\S CO-WORKER PULLED THE PIN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HORIZONTAL BAR S TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT OF THE PRESS. WHEN INJURED\S CO-WORKER PULLED THE PIN, THIS ALLOWED THE DOUBLE BARS TO SWING DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE PIN AND INJURED\S FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HORZ
INJURED HAD JUST DUMPED A KILN DUST COLLECTOR BAGHOUSE & WAS CLOSING THE DOOR BY PUSHING AGAINST THE LIP OF THE DOOR. THE SUCTION CAUSED THE BAGHOUSE AIR SYSTEM CAUSED THE FOOR TO SLAM SHUT & INJURED\S LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BAGHOUSE DOOR & THE DOOR FRAME CAUSING CONTUSIONS OF THE LEFT HAND & A FRACTURE OF THE 4TH FIGNER.