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November 7, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

EE STATES RODS FELL AND CAUGHT ROD CLAMPS, FOOT PEDAL RELEASE, CAUSING PEDAL TO GO BACK IN UPWARD POSITION WITH EXTREME FORCE.

October 30, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS OVERSEEING CORE DRILLING OPERATION. HE ATTEMPTED TO ALERT DRILLER BY STEPPING ONTO PLATFORM, PLATFORM WAS MUDDY & HE SLIPPED. HE SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS RT. RING FINGER AGAINST A DRILL LIF TER, CUTTING IT WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

February 10, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS PLANT TOWARD OLD RAW MILL.IN FRONT OF MILL BLDG. IS A CONCRETE PAD THAT STANDS APPROX. 3"HIGHER THAN THE GROUND APPROACHING IT. EE TRIPPED AND FELL ON HIS HANDS JAMMING HIS RT. THUMB.

February 10, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE PORTABLE LIGHTING. THE CABLE BROKE AND HINGED SECTION OF POLE FELL STRIKING EE ON RT. SHOULDER.

February 5, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING FLOOR GRATE IN RECLAIRE TUNNEL, STEPPED BACKWARD AND TWISTED BACK.

January 14, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Kosmos Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING A PORTABLE WASHER THROUGH THE DOORS OF THE HOMO SILO BUILDING. CART BECAME LODGE ON BERM IN DOORWAY. WHEN EE PULLED ON CAT, IT SMASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST A COMPRESSOR AND HANDLE OF CART.

December 23, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF A 980 LOADER WHEN THE BOTTOM WRUNG OF LADDER BROKE.

December 17, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CARRYING COILS OF WIRE THRU CLINKER TUNNEL. AREA IS VERY TIGHT AND MANY EVERABILITY IS DIFFICULT . EE SUFFERED BACK STRAIN.

December 13, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE TIPPING VALVE WHEN CLIMBING BELOW FROM AFTER HE SLIPPED AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT LEG.

November 19, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS CLIMBING INSIDE OVER BEAMS OF DUST COLLECTOR WHEN HE SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS ELBOWS AGAINST A SUPPORT BEAM.

October 21, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WORKS LOADING BARGES. HE WAS POSITIONING MIMSELF TO THROW A ROPE TO ANOTHER BARGE, WHEN THE ROPE CAUGHT ON A CLEAT OF THE BARGE. THE RESULT WAS A SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.

September 24, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING IN THE AREA OF CLAY SILOS WERE IT WAS VERY SLIPPERY. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

August 30, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Kosmos Cement Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER WAS HAULING LOAD FROM STRIP SITE (CLAY HARVEST) TO DUMP SITE. SPEED WAS APPROX 20 MPH. DRIVER STATED HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME BREATHING. DRIVER BLACKED OUT, RAN THROUGH AND OVER BERM. TRAVELED APPROX 50' INTO FIELD BEFORE STOPPING.

July 24, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING A DAMPER INTO PLACE INSIDE A DUST COLLECTOR. THE AREA WAS TIGHT CAUSING EE TO WORK IN AWKWARD POSITION.

July 13, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EES WERE ATTEMPTING TO UNCHOKE #2 CLAY SILO BY USING A PRYBAR & HAMMER WHEN EE STRUCK BAR WITH HAMMER A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

July 4, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS SWINGING A 16 LB SLEDGEHAMMER ON AN UNEVEN SURFACE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

June 28, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMAKING KILN RAMPS AND CLOSING HIID WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP HAMMER & STRAINED BACK.

June 4, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING ALONG KILN CATWALK AND TRIPPED OVER AN AIR HOSE. IN SUBSEQUENT FALL HE STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON CATWALK.

April 17, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall from machine

EE HAD PARKED THE D8 DOZER AND WAS STEPPING OFF OF IT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL AND SRAPINED HIS KNEE.

March 27, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SPLICING A CONVEYOR BELT & WAS PULLING ON THE BELT WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND STRAINED HIS BACK & NECK.

March 21, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BANDING AIR HOSES TO CLAMPS WHEN BAND BROKE, BAND AND BRANDER STRUCK UPPER LIP.

March 9, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING HEAVY LINER IN PLACE ON PRF-6 CONVEYOR.

February 19, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BAGS FROM DUST COLLECTOR, REMOVING BAGS REQUIRED A TWISTING MOTION AND EMPLYOEE INJURED BACK AND SHOULDER.

February 19, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CARRYING TO TOOL BOX UP STEPS OF MILL BUILDING AND STRAINED BACK.

February 16, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall down stairs

EE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS THAT WERE MUDDY, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ON HIS BACK.

January 26, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO OPEN A VALVE TO SILO. WHILE APPLYING SUBSTANTIAL PRESSURE, EE STRAINEDHIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

December 23, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING REMOVING LARGE FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM CLAY CONVEYOR EE WAS RESTING HIS HAND ON RAILING WHEN LARGE CHUNK OF MATERIAL ROLLED OFF PINCHING HIS FINGER AGAINST RAIL

December 22, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING LARGE CHUNK OF CLAY FROM CONVEYORBELT WHEN HE PULLED OR STRAINED A BACK MUSCLE

October 9, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by falling object

CONTRACT EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP CATWALK ALONG CONVEYOR BELT. A ROCK FELL FROM A CONVEYOR OVERHEAD AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT.

October 3, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK & HIT A BUMP ON HAULROAD, STRIKING HIS ELBOW AGAINST DOOR.

October 2, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE WAS INSPECTING THE CHUTE OF THE CLAY CRUSHER ON PLATFORM APPROX 2 FT OFF GROUND. WHEM STEPPING DOWN EE LOST BALANCE & TWISTED LEFT KNEE & ANKLE

September 25, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AFATER HEAVY RAINS ON 9-25 ARA AROUND CLAY SYSTEM WAS MUDDY AND VRY SLIPPERY. EE SLIPPED AND FELL STRAINING HS BACK.

September 13, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING PRY BAR ATTEMPTING TO UNCHOKE CHUTEWHEN PRY BAR SLIPPED SMASHING FINGER AGAINST CHUTE

September 8, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall from ladders

EE'S FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE RUNG OF A LADDER. WHEN HIS FOOT CONTACTED THE GROUND, HE INJURED HIS HEEL.

August 22, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE REMOVED A PORT TO CHECVK FOR MATERIAL FLOW IN AN AIRSLIDE. CEMENT SPILLED FROM THE AIRSLIDE AND ENTERED HIS EYES.

August 21, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP FROM A SUPPORT WALL WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN. EE STARTED TO LOSE TIME ON 4/24/01

August 9, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING AROUND A DUST COLLECTOR. AS HE STOOD STRAIGHT UP HE STRUCK A SUPPORT WITH HIS HARD HAT HE WAS WEARING. THE JOLT INJURED HIS NECK.

July 27, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG A SLIGHTLY INCLINED SECTION OF CATWALK WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

July 25, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HANGING REBAR INSIDE DOME...IN MAN-BASKET OF P&H 50 TON CRANE. THE GROUND UNDER CRANES LEFT FRONT OUTRIGGER SUBSIDED AND THE CRANE LURCHED FORWARD, CAUSING BASKET TO EE UP AND DOWN . INJURED STRUCK HIS FACE ON STACK OF REBAR IN BASKET.

July 20, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH TO FREE A PUMP RUNNER. WHEN THE RUNNER BROKE FREE, THE RESULTING JOLT INJURED EMPLOYEE'S SHOULDER.

July 18, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

CONTRACT EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE CONSTRUCTION TRAILER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN STEPS OF THE TRAILER.

July 15, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING FORMS (METAL) FROM STAGE 4 CYCLONE, FORM WAS NOT FULLY SECURED TO ROPE, CAME LOOSE WHEN PULLING OUT OF VESSEL, FORM FELL TO BOTTOM OF CYCLONE, EE USED HANDS TO PROTECT HIMSELF, SEVERE LACERATION ON PALM OF LEFT HAND.

July 11, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EE WAS HOLDING A REBAR DOWEL IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION WHILE IT WAS BEING TIED DOWN. WHILE THIS PARTICULAR DOWEL WAS BEING SECURED, ANOTHER DOWEL WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TIED DO WN BROKE FREE FROM THE METAL WIRES SECURING IT. IT SPRANG UPWARD STRIKING EE IN THE MOUTH AND UPPER RIGHT CHEEK AREA OF HIS FACE. INJURED SUFFERED LACERATION TO UPPER LIP, BROKEN AND LOOSEN T

July 11, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING IN BAGHOUSE CHECKING DUST COLLECTOR BAGS. WHILE OPENING & CLOSING DOORS TO BAGHOUSE, EE STRAINED BACK.

July 8, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKED OFF OF A LADDER WHEN A BEAM OVERHEAD STRUCK THE LADDER. THE BEAM WAS BEING REPOSITIONED.

July 7, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kosmos Cement Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM A LADDER TO AN ANGLE BRACE. THE BRACE WELDS FAILED AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX 5' TO THE GRATING FLOOR.

July 1, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Kosmos Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING A MOTOR DRIVEN PALLET JACK TO MOVE PALLET OF FIRE BRICK. RIGHT HAND BECAME TRAPPED B/W HANDLE OF JACK AND K-944 DUCT AT TOP OF RELOCATED SPRAY TOWER. CAUSED FRACTURE/LACERATIO N TO (R) RING FINGER.

June 9, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A SLEEVER BAR TO BREAK STEEL BAND ON PALLET. AS BAND BROKE, EE STUCK SELF IN (L) FOREARM WITH SHARP END OF SLEEVER BAR.

June 7, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT AND HAD GOTTEN OFF AND ON ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ON THIS DAY. WHEN STEPPING DOWN FROM FORKLIFT EE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

June 1, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS IN SLIP FLANGE OF SCREW CONVEYOR. AS HE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS WITH A WRENCH, THE UPPER CONVEYOR'S WEIGHT SHIFTED, CAUSING THE SLIP FLANGE TO COLLAPSE, PINCHIN G EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.

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