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Employee was using a front end-loader to clean up along the high wall.
Employee was swinging a sledge hammer to try and break a gear box off of a shaft.
Employee was checking motor on piece of equipment when the ladder they were standing on kicked out from underneath when they were climbing down ladder. Employee stopped themselves from falling by reaching with right arm.
Employee was installing a jib arm on top of old rotex elevators. Employee was lifting jib arm from waist level to overhead. Employee was using team lift. While lifting employee felt pain in abdomen. Employee is scheduled for surgery on March 5, 2024 to repair hernia. Employee has been working since accident on light duty.
Employee was doing regular job duties, specifically splitting samples and began to feel pain in the right elbow. Employee didn't lose any work time until 5/8/2024. That is the date that EE had MRI and the doctor took employee out of work.
Contractor was using utility knife to cut insulation off a wire, contractor was wearing leather gloves. The knife slipped and cut left index finger.
Employee was changing belts on cooler blower #3 when the screw driver that EE was using slipped off sheave causing EE's finger to get pinched between belt and sheave.
Employee was driving a chisel into a belt pulley to remove said pulley from an air compressor head. Employee swung at and missed end of chisel striking left hand.
Opened hatch door to clean plugged cyclone. Climbed down and cleaned them. Forgot to close hatch door. Came back seconds later and fell through the hole. Note: EE has not lost a day of work yet.
Climbing down old main loading elevator and bumped right elbow. Employee has not lost any work from incident.
Employee was working near dryer burner chamber when he heard cries from inside burner chamber for help. In his attempt to exit the manlift he was working from to assist fellow workers, he fell 4' onto catwalk injuring his left knee.
OUR BRICKLAYER WAS IN A 70'FT. SAND DRYER, ALONG WITH OTHER TRADESMEN FROM OTHER COMPANIES, WHO STARTED THEIR WORK PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL. WHILE PERFORMING REPAIRS TO THE FIREBRICK. IN THE COURSE OF WELDING ANCHOR PINS FOR THE BRICKS, AFTER INSTALLING THE THIRD ANCHOR, AN APPARENT NATURAL GAS POCKET IGNITED, BURNING OUR BRICKLAYERS ARM, BACK AND TOP OF HIS HEAD.
Employee was changing a grease zerk on a bucket elevator tail shaft bedring while elevator was in service. Worker's glove was caught in motion sensor star & glove was ripped from right hand causing possible fracture on bone in right hand.
Maintenance men were welding a patch on graltionator elevator and sparks got inside elevator igniting rubber belt & buckets. Fire was extinguished within 30 minutes. There were no injuries. Still assessing damage as of 2/16/12.
Employee was tossing a rope across a small dewatering hole to another worker.
Ice on ground caused employee to slip and twist his left knee. Saw Dr. on 1/31/05, torn ligaments.
EE WAS HANGING UP A HARNESS WHEN A PARTICLE FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS POUNDING ON PIPE TO DISLODGE SAND, AND A PIECE OF RUIST FELL INTO THE LEFT EYE.
STEPPED IN HOLE / SOFT SAND AND TWISTED KNEE.
A LARGE PIECE OF GRATING FROM CATWALK CLIPPED HIS MID CALF & FORCED HIM TO THE GROUND. RIGHT FOOT WAS BENT AT THE ANKLE CAUSING BAD BRUISING.
PULLING ON A SHIEVE TO PUT IMPELLER ON. HURT RIGHT ARM.
GETTING A 4" PIPE OUT AND IT FELL. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GET AWAY, HE TRIPPED AND THE PIPE LANDED ON TOP OF THE BACK OF HIS LEFT LEG.