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INJURED WAS PER0ORMING PRE SHIFT INSPECTION OF A MIXER TRUCK CHECKING ENGINE INJURED LIFTED THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK. THE MIXER TRUCK HAS A LOCKING DEVICE TO HOLD HOOD UP. INJURED DID NOT LOCK TH E DEVICE PROPER5Y AND THE HOOD FELL ON THE INJURED S LEFT HAND CAUSING A MILD CONTUSION TO THE BACK OF HIS HAND. INJURED WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR X RAYS WHICH WERE NEGATIVE HE WAS RELE

HE STRAIGHTENED3UP FROM PLACING DOWN A TRACTION WHEEL (APPROX. 75#) AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. POSSIBLE DISC PROBLEM.

POKING ASH RING3AT #3 ROTART KILN FEED END USING POKE BAR.HIT SOLID PIECE FELT PAIN LOWER LEFT BACK.TAKEN TO CO DR. DIAG LOWER BACK STRAIN.RELESASED TO FULL DUTIES SAME DAY.RX GIVEN.

THE EMPLOYEE, A3MAINTENANCE 4, WAS WALKING BETWEEN SILOS AND RAILROAD TRACKS NEAR LIME LOADOUT FACILITY WHEN LIME PARTICLES ENTERED HIS EYE. ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIPTION SUPPLIED.

EMPLOYEE A MAIN7ENANCE FOREMAN WAS WALKING UNDER THE LIME LOADOUT FACILITY & ENCOUNTGERED SMALL DUST CLOUS SEVERAL SMALL PARTICLES OF LIME ENTERED HIS EYE AT THAT TIME ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIPTION SUPPLIED 3

EMPL REMOVING E3ISTING DUCT WORK AND WAS ROLLING 6'DIA X 18''WIDE PIECE OF DUCT WORK ACROSS PLATFORM.DUCT WORK TURNED OVER AND STRUCK EMPL ABOVE LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT AS HE TURNED HIS BODY BACKWARD TO REACH FOR A "COME-ALONG" HE HEARD HIS LEFT KNEE "POP".

TWO EMPLOYEES W9RE OPERATING THE BOOM DRILL WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE ON STIKER BAR END OF THE DRILL.THE TWO EMPLOYEES BEAT ON THE COUPLING WITH A HAMMER IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOOSEN AND UNCOUPLE THE DAMAGED ST9EL FROM THE 70' OF STEEL IN THE HOLE,BUT THEY WERE UNSUCESSFUL IN ACCOMPLISHING THIS. THEN THEY PUT AN OLD COUPLING ON THE STRIKER BAR AND THREADED THE DAMAGED END OF STEEL (AP

THE EMPLOYEE AN8 AN ASSISTANT WERE FEEDING A 9' 6" LONG BY 9"DIAMETER SCREWLINE INTO AN EXISTING TROUGH.THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON THE SCREW SEGMENT WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN AN UNRECOGNI ZED PINCH POINT3WHICH EXISTED BETWEEN THE TROUGH AND THE SCREW,RESULTING IN THE EMPLOYEE'S AMPUTATION OF ONE-HALF OF HIS LEFT FOURTH DISTAL PHALANX.

INJURED AND THR9E OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE IN THE PROCESS OF RAISING A BURNER PIPE AND A GAS PIPE INSIDE OF THE COAL BURNER PIPE. WHILE DOING SO THE TWO PIPES ACCIDENTLY TILTED DOWNWARD SLIGHTLY. THE GAS PIPE 3NSIDE THE BURNER PIPE WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED TO THE BURNER PIPE AND SLID OUT OF THE BURNER PIPE. THE INJURED FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE GAS PIPE FLANGE AND SOME ROLLERS R

EMPLOYEE FELL FROM AREA ABOVE PLATFORM WHERE NEW BIN WAS TO BE INSTALLED. BUILD UP OF MATERIAL ON LADDER. CAGE BROKE AS HE TOOK HOLD. SUSTAINED BRUISES SCRAPES AND SPRAINED ANKLES-NO PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS FI5LING WATER WAGON TANK. INJURED LEANED ON AN OLD WOODEN STAND THAT WAS NEAR BY. THE WOODEN STAND HAD A NAIL HEAD THAT WAS APPROX. 3/8 ABOVE THE STAND SURFACE INJURED PUT HIS HAN D DOWN ON THE N5IL WITH SUCK FORCE THAT A SMALL LACERATION RESULTED. FOUR SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND. EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED FOR WORK.

DIAGONAL CUT TO3FIRST JOINT OF LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING SUTURES. A LOOSE ROCK 24 INCH X 8 INCH 8 INCH WAS BEING PULLED AWAY FROM THE TOE OF A BENCH TO EXPOSE A BLAST HOLE FOR CHARGING. EMPL OYEE LOST HIS B5LANCE AND FELL TOWARDS THE BENCH AS H E ATTEMPTED TO SQUAT IN ORDER TO ROLL BACK THE ROCK. HIS FINGER MOVED ON THE ROCK SURFACE AND WAS CUT.

EMPLOYEE WAS RE1LACING A BAG IN #3 DUST COLLECTOR HE WAS FASTENING BOTTOM OF BAG WHEN KILN DUST FELL FROM ABOVE HIM & GOT INTO HHIS LEFT EYE EYE WAS IRRIGATED AT THE PLANT & FIRST AID CONFIRME D BY CO.DOC.WHO3SENT EMPLOYEE TO AN EYE DOC.AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE STEROID SALVE WAS PRESCRIBED

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING DUST COLLECTOR BAGS FROM A 80 TON BIN DUST COLLECTOR EMPLOYEE WAS PERSPIRING HEAVILY FROM HEAT DID NOT USE PROVIDED PROTECTIVE CREAM AND RECEIVED LIME BURNS

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 REMOVING AN INNER BEARING RACE FROM A REO DUMP TRUCK LEFT FRONT WHEEL SPINDLE.HE WAS TIGHTENING A PULLER WITH A WRENCH WHEN THE PULLER BOLT BROKE.THE PULLER BAR THEN HIT THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT3THUMB AND CAUSED A CUT REQUIRING NINE STITCHES TO CLOSE.

THE EMPLOYEE,A 2AULAGE TRUCK OPERATOR,HAD CLIMBED TO THE TOP STEP OF OPERATOR-SIDE LADDER OF 769-C HAUL TRUCK.HE THEN LOST HIS BALANCE,LOST HIS HAND-HOLD WITHIN GLOVED HANDAND ELECTED TO JUMP TO THE GROUND R5THER THAN TO FALL BACKWARD.OIGINAL EQUIPMENT HAND-HOLDS WITHIN REACH OF OPERATOR WERE ALL IN GOOD CONDITION.VERTICAL HEIGHT OF STEP ABOVE GROUND WAS SIX FEET.

INJURY OCCURRED3WHILE REMOVING DIFFERENTIAL FROM 560B ENDLOADER.AN IMPACT WRENCH WAS USED TO REMOVE DIFFERENTIAL BOLTS.EMPLOYEE WAS USING RIGHT HAND TO SUPPORT WRENCH AND LEFT HAND WAS USED TO OPERATE THE SW3TCH.WHEN BOLT BACKED OUT IT MOVED IMPACT WRENCH BACK PINNING FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH AND CROSSMEMBER ON LOADER FRME.WHEN BOLT DID BREAK LOOSE,IT CAME BACK AT A VERY RAPID PACE,HI

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3THAT WHIE WALKING FROM ONE WORK AREA TO ANOTHER HE SLIPPED AND FELL. EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE BROKE MOST OF THE FALL WITH HIS HANDS, BUT IN FALLING HIS RIGHT KNEE TWISTED SLIGH TLY. EXAM AT L2CAL HOSPITAL REVEALED A SUSPECTED TORN LIGAMENT IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPL CLOSING PR3MARY CRUSHER JAW BY ADJUSTING PITMAN ROD NUTS.HE RAISED THE PITMAN ROCKER WITH HAND USING HAND LEVER HOISTS WHICH FAILED.WHEN HE TRIED AGAIN EMPL PUT FINGER IN BETWEEN TOGGLE P LATE AND PLUNGE9 WHEN IT SHIFTED AND SMASHED HIS FINGER.

INJ RECEIVED SM2OTH CUT REQUIRING FOUR STITCHES TO HIS RT THIGH INJ WAS CUTING HOLE SLOTS IN PIECE OF 3/16 IN RUBBER WITH A UTITLITY KNIFE THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT INTO HIS RT THIGH

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 TIGHTENING A 2 1/2" LONG BY 1" DIAMETER PIPE NIPPLE INTO THE END OF A 1" TEE. HE HAD THE 1" TEE SECURED IN A PIPE VISE IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE WAS USING A 24" PIPE WRNECH TO TURN THE NI1PLE. EITHER THE TEE SLIPPED IN THE VISE OR THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED AS THE EMPLOYEE PUSHED ON THE WRENCH. THE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN AFTER HE PERFORMED THIS TASK. FIRS

TWO MEN WERE UN5OADING A FILE CABINET FROM A PICKUP TRUCK.THE CABINET STARTED TO FALL SIDEWAYS AS THEY LOWERED IT ,ONE OF THE MEN ATTEMPTED TO STOP IT AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER BETW EEN THE CABINET3AND THE TRUCK TAILGATE.HIS FINGER WAS CUT AND REQUIRED 2 STITCHES TO CLOSE.

THE INJURED EE 3WAS REMOVING A JOURNAL ASSEMBLY FROM #3 COAL MILL. THE LIFTING MECHANISM USED TO REMOVE THE JOURNAL INVOLVES A 5-TON CHAIN HOIST TROLLEY & MONORAIL. THE LIFTING BAIL ON THE TR OLLEY BROKE CAU8ING THE TROLLEY CHAIN HOIST & LIFTING BAIL TO FALL STRIKING 2 MEN. ONE EE SUSTAINED A BRUISE TO HIS LEFT ARM-CLASSIFIED AS 1ST AID ONLY- & THE OTHER EE SUFFERED A BROKEN NEC

INJ HOLDING CHI8EL WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.HAMMER SLIPPED OFF AND CAUGHT INJ FINGER BETWEEN PLIERS AND CONCRETE FLOOR.

THE EE W AS LOA8ING BAGS OF LIME ONTO A CUSTOMERS TRUCK & NOTICED AT HIS BREAK THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING. 1ST AID TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AT THE PLANT & TRETMENT CONFIRMED THE NEXT DAY BY A PHYSICIAN WH2 PRESCRIBED P.T. AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR THE LOW BACK PAIN.

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 RAKING SCALE IN THE KILN DEPARTMENT AND PULLED BACK SHARPLY ON THE RAKE, CAUSING THE TIP OF THE RAKE HANDL TO HIS HIM IN HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED FOR GENER AL SORENESS IN 7HE RIGHT RIB CAGE WITH A RIB BELT AND WITH PAIN PILLS.

EMPLOYEE BACKED3INTO A 440-VOLT PLUG & SUSTGAINED A THIRD-DEGREE BURN TO HIS LEFT FOREARM PLUG HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN USED TO ELECTRIFY A LOADING RAMP IN HYDRATE PLANT PLUG WAS LOCATGED NEAR LOA DING RAMP DOOR 4HERE PALLETES ARE STACKED IT APPEARS THAT THE GUARDED COVER OF THE PLUG WAS POSSIBLY KNOCKED OFF WHEN MOVING PALLETS ON A PREVIOUS DAT E AS OF 072886 THE BURN IS HEALING WELL &

REPORTED ON 3-27 -GOTTEN SOME LIME IN RIGHT EYE DAY BEFORE-EYE HAD BOTHERED HIM DURING NIGHT.SMALL FOREIGN OBJECT FOUND EMBEDDED IN RIGHT EYE.REMOVED BY COMPANY DR.

THE EMP WAS SUP9RVISING THE INSTALLING OF A MAINTENANCE PORJECT WHEN HE FELT AN OBJECT HIT HIS HAND A PRY BAR HAD BEEN LEFT ABOVE FROM A PREVIOUS JOB AND FELL FRACTURING THE EMPLOYEES LITLE FI FINGER NO LOST 7IME OR DISABILITY RESULTED

EMP FELL DOWN 23STEPS AT THE PLANT AND LANDED ON HIS REAR, 1ST AID GIVEN AT THE PLANT WAS CONFIRMED BY THE CO DR ON 11-26. TREATMENT HAS BEEN FIRST AID ONLY FROM DATE OF INJURY 12-12-85, AT W HICH TIME THE E4P WAS GIVEN TIME OFF FOR BED REST.

EMP WAS LOADING2 BY HAND, A CUSTOMER TRUCK WITH FIFTY POUND BAGS OF HYDRATED LIME. THE EMPLOYEE TWISTED WHILE LOADING AND FELT A PAIN IN THE LOWER REGION OF HIS BACK. X-RAYS WERE TAKEN AND EXA MINED BY TWO PH2SICANS, WHO DIAGNOSED THE CONDITION AS A MUSCLE STRAIN. A CT-SCAN PERFORMED IN DEC 85, HOWEVER SHOWED A HERNIATED DISC. THE OPINION OF THE PHYSICIAN NOW IS THA T SURGERY IS WA

INJURED AND 3 OTHER CO-WORKERS WERE REPLACING SHEVES ON FAN.INJURED GRABBED SHEAVE AT POINT TOO CLOSE TO PULLEY.WHEN CO-WORKER PULLED ON SHEAVE,INJURED\S FINGERS WERE PULLED BETWEEN PULLEY AND SHEAVE.LACERATION TO FINGERTIP AND NAILED OF RIGHT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS,SMALL PIECE OF SKIN TORN FROM SMALL RIGHT FINGER.MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGERNAILS REMOVED.REQUIRED 15STITCHES TO CLOSE.

EMPLOYEE & TWO CO-WORKERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO UNCHOKE SECONDARY CRUSHER WHILE DOING THIS VIBRATION CAUSED A ROCK OF ABOUT 200 LBS4INX4INX2IN IN SIZE TO FALL FROM FLOOR ABOVE HITTING EMPLOYEE ON BACK OF HEAD EMPLOYEESHARD HAT TTOOK MOST OF IMPACE FROM ROCK & PREVENTED INJURY FROM BEING MUCH MORE SERIOUS EMPLOYEE WAS DAZED MOMENTARILY WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF DIZZINESS HE WAS TAKEN TO LO

INJURED WAS SUPERVISING THE CLEANING OUT OF A SKIP HOIST PIT WHICH WAS FILLED WITH MUD AND WATER DUE TO A FLASH FLOOD HE WAS IN THE PIT AREA CHECKING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE CLEAN UP OPERATION. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN HIS BALANCE AS HE CLIMBED OUT OF THE PIT HE PLACED HIS H AND ON THE SKIP HOIST BEAM AS HE DID THIS HE FELT SOMETHING STICK HIS HAND AND INSTINCTIVELY JERKED HIS HAND AW

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SAWING A PLUGGED PVC DRAIN LINE. AS EMPLOYEE CUT THELINE WATER SPRAYED FROM THE PIPE. TO AVOID GETTING WET EMPLOYEE PLACED LEFT HAND OVER THE PIPE AND PROCEDED TO CUT PIPE. HACKSAW CAME INTO CONTACT WITH LEFT HAND INFLICTING LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 8 SUTURES TO CLOSE.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING PAST THE #3 DUST COLLECTOR HE OBSERVED THAT DUST WAS SESEPING FROM THE #3 KILN BY-PASS STACK BECAUSE A DAMPER WAS NOT COMPLETELY CLOSED THE DAMPER POSITIONER IS LOCATED ON A STRUCTURE WHICH IS APPROX 3 FT HIGH HE CLIMBED ONTO THAT STRUCTURE REMOVED THE GUARD FROM THE DRIVE AND ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DAMPER BY PULLING ON THE V-BELTS HE DID NOT TURN OFF AND

EMPL CUTTING NOTCH ON PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELTING.KNIFE SLIPPED INFLICTING LACERATION TO PALM OF LEFT HAND.8 SUTURES REQ TO CLOSE WOUND.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DUMPING A DUMPTRUCK LOADED WITH TRASH AT THE QUARRY DUMPSITE. THE EUCLID BECAME STUCK WITH THE BED INT HE RAISED POSITION PREVENTING THE EE FROM DRIVING OUT & UNLOAD ING TRASH A WOODEN PALLET WAS LODGED ALONG SIDE OF THE BED ON THEE PASSENGERS SIDE. THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL THE PALLET LOOSE BY HAND WHEN IT BROKE FREE STRIKING EE IN THE LOWER LIP. TH

USING 10\ X 1 1/2\\ PIPE TO UNCLOG CHOKED-UP SCREW CONVEYOR.PIPE BECAME JAMMED IN CONVEYOR.EMPL WAS STANDING ON TOP OF CONVEYOR ATTEMPTING TO FREE PIPE BY PULLING DOWN ON IT.EMPL FOOT SLIPPED OFF CONVEYOR CAUSING FALL DOWN HITTING CHIN ON SHARP EDGE OF PIPE.EMPL RECEIVED LACERATION TO BOTTOM OF CHIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE TOP EDGE OF A COAL RAILROAD CAR HOPPER AND ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PORTABLE LADDER FROM INSIDE THE COAL CAR. A CO-WORKER MEANWHILE RELEASED A SHAKER VIBRATOR FROM T HE SIDE OF THE RAIL CAR CAUSING THE CAR TO ROCK BACK AND FORTH. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL DOWN INSIDE THE HOPPER. THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A TWISTED LEFT KNEE WHICH RESULTE

CAME INTO CONTACT WITH LIME WHILE WORKING ON THE #2 ROTARY KILN

ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB OVER ANGLE IRON. APPARENTLY SLIPPED STRADLING ANGLE IRON CONTUSION TO LEFT ISCHUIM

INJURED WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING BULK TRUCK LOADING SPOUT. WHILE STANDING ON TOP OF TRUCK, DRIVER (NON-COMPANY) FAILED TO CHECK TOP OF TRUCK AND DROVE OFF CAUSING INJURED TO FALL

RING FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO SEALS REQUIRING EXCISION OF FINGER NAIL LEFT RING FINGER

WHILE SHOVELING LIME, SOME GOT INTO HER LEFT EYE

USING PORTABLE GRINDER TO SMOOTH SURFACE ON LOADER BUCKET ARM.GRINDER HIT ROUGH SPOT THROWING FRGRINDER FROM EMPL GRIP.GRINDER BLADE BRUSHED ACROSS LEFT FOREARM AND LEFT UPPER ARM.SUSTAINED LA CERATIONS TO LEFT FOREARM AND LEFT UPPER ARM.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A 60" EXHAUST FAN. AFTER PLACING THE FAN ON THE SHAFT THE WIND CAUGHT THE FAN CAUSING IT TO SPIN. THE EE WAS INJURED WHEN HE GRABBED THE SPINNING FAN BLADE WITH HIS BARE HAND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP ITS MOVEMENT. THE INJURED SUSTAINED A LACERATION ACROSS HIS MIDDLE & RING FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

SEVERAL MECHANICS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING A 150 HP AIRVEYOR MOTOR FOR REPAIR A 6 IN X 10 FT H-BEAM WAS POSITIONED ACROSS THE TOP OF TWO ADJACENT PUMPS TO SUPPORT THE MOTOR TWO HOISTS W ERE USED THE FIRST HOIST WAS USED TO LOWER THE MOTOR TO THE GROUND AND WAS CONNECTED TO THE H-BEAM AND MOTOR A SECOND HOIST ALSO CONNECTED TO THE MOTOR WAS POSITIONED SEVERAL FEET IN FRONT OF

THE EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN HE CUT HIS LEG ON THE SHARP EDGE OF A MOTOR SHAFT. THE 150 HP MOTOR WAS BEING REMOVED FOR REPAIRS AND WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK AREA ON THE FLOOR. THE EMPLO YEE HIT HIS LEG ON THE MOTOAR SHAFT WHEN HE RAN PAST IT TO HELP AN INJURED CO-WORKER. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG (SHIN AREA).