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EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO BEND A BAR BY WEDGING IT BETWEEN 2 STATIONARY OBJECTS. THE BAR BENT SOME AND THEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE. RIGHT SIDE OF UPPER EYE.
LAB TECHNICIAN DECIDED TO POUR A GLYCERIN ETHONOL AMMONIUM SOLUTION IN A CLINKER DRAG THAT TRANSPORTS CLINKER FROM CLINKER COOLER TO STORAGE. THE MATERIAL COMBINED WITH THE TEMP AND RED HOT CL INKER TO CAUSE AN EXPLOSION IN THE CLINKER ELEVATORS.
MINER PRESSED THE OPEN BUTTON ON AN OVERHEAD DOOR. AS HE STOOD THERE WAITING FOR THE DOOR TO RISE, THE SPROCKET ON THE DRIVE MECHANISM CAME LOOSE, FELL AND STRUCK THE MINER ON HIS HARD HAT KNO CKING HIM UNCONSCIOUS AND LACERATING HIS SCALP.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A PALLET TO REMOVE ROPE THAT WAS HOLDING AC UNIT ON PALLET. AS EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACK OFF OF PALLET, HIS RIGHT FOOT GOT HUNG ON THE EDGE OF TOP BOARD AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS HANDS ON WALL. EMPLOYEE DID NOT FALL.
EE WAS CLEANING ANALYZER INLET PRIOR TO SLIDING PROBE IN. HOT DUST FROM BACK OF #2 KILN ANALYZER PROBE PUFFED OUT ONTO FACE AND IN RIGHT EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, BUT FROM NOW ON A F ACE SHIELD WILL BE REQUIRED WHEN WORKING ON THISITEM.
EE IS AN ELECTRICIAN AT THE PLANT. THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS IN THE PLANT WITH NOISE LEVELS ABOVE 85 DBA. SOMETIMES THE ELECTRICIANS DO WORKIN THESE AREAS.
#44 GYP FEEDER WAS PLUGGED AND COULD NOT UNPLUG FROM BELOW. EE WENT ON TOP WHERE FLOOR WAS SLIPPERY AND LIGHT WAS LOW. HE WAS UNAWARE OF WHERE CHUTE WAS AND WHEN HE STEPPED ON PLUGGED MATERIAL , HIS WEIGHT CAUSED MATERIAL TO FLOW AND LEFT LEG WENT DOWN CHUTE AND RIGHT LEG REMAINED ON TOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING INSIDE SILO #3 AND CEMENT PARTICLES FELL OFF WALL GETTING IN HIS EYE. EYES WERE RINSED AND PLANT AND HE WAS SENT TOT HE DOCTOR, WHO PRESCRIBED EYE DROPS.
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. SURGERY ON 1ST HAND 3-20-2001.
EE WAS SHUTTING TAILGATE ON DUMP TRUCK & CAUGHT HIS 3RD & 4TH FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE TAILGATE & TRUCK. HE WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY,X-RAYED & FINGERS SPLINTED. HE RETURNED TO WORK.
TWO EES WERE REMOVING LINER BOLTS FROM AN FLS BALL MILL WITH A HAMMER AND PUNCH. HAMMER WAS DEFLECTED BY AN ADJACENT HAND RAIL. INJURED WAS STRUCK BY HAMMER ON TIP OF RH MIDDLE FINGER REQUIRIN G APPROXIMATELY 20 STITCHES.
EE WAS TRYING TO SWITCH A VALVE. HE WAS USING HIS HAND TO TRY TO THROW THE VALVE, WHEN IT DID NOT BUDGE, HE USED HIS UPPER BODY TO ADD PRESSURE AND LEANED HIS TORSO AGAINST HIS HAND RESULTING IN FRACTURED RIB.
EE & ANOTHER EE WERE MOVING THE GUARD ON 62BC-1 COAL CONVEYOR BELT WHEN EE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN GUARD & FRAME OF 62BC-1. ANOTHER EE WAS CLEANING OUT EE'S WOUND WHEN INJ EE FAINTED. BECAUS E EE FAINTED HE WAS TAKEN TO MED CTR HOSP WHERE THEY CLEAN & BANDAGED HIS FINGER. HE DID NOT FAINT DUE TO TRAUMA OF THE INJURY
EE TRIPPED ON PIECE OF METAL ON FLLOR OF BUILDING. FELL AGAINST BRUILDING LANDINGS ON RIGHT WRIST. WENT TO E.R. WHERE SPLINT WAS APPLIED.
WHILE OPERATING BLADE, EE DIRECTED HIS ATTENTIONAWAY FROM THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. DURING THIS BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME, THE EQUIPMENT STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT, JARRING HIM UNEXPECTEDLY, RESULTING IN A PULLED BACK MUSCLE.
EE WAS SHOVELING AND BENT TO PICK UP SOMETHING FROM GROUND. UPON TURNING, HE FELT NUMBNESS SHOOT UP LEFT SIDE INTO LEFT SIDE OF SKULL.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 75 LB LINER PLATEINTO POSITION INSIDE THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. THE WITNESS USING A PINCH BAR TO ALIGN THE BOLT HOLES TO SECURE THE LINER. THE INJURED DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT UNTIL 2/5/01 & MADE AN INITIAL DOCTOR VIST ON 2/6/01. THE COMPANY WAS UNAWARE OF ANY FURTHER VISITS UNTIL 2/21/01 WHICH MADE THIS INJURY REPORTABLE.
EE WAS WORKING ON A 6" AIR LINE UNDER THE DISCHARGE END OF ## RAW MILL. THE COMPRESSOR'S SUPPLY AIR TO THE LINE WERE LOCKED OUT, THE VALVE FROM THE RECEIVING TANK WAS CLOSED. EE WAS REMOVING A DRESSLER COUPLING FROM THE SECTION OF LINE TO BE RE-ROUTED WHEN A BLAST OF WATER AND AIR PRESSURE ESCAPED FROM LINE.
THE WELDER WAS FLIPPING A FILLER BAR END OVER END WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS BACK (A FILLER BAR IS A STEEL PLATE THAT A TIRE ON A CEMENT KILN RIDES ON).
WHILE MUCKING OUT THE KILN, MATERIAL SLID DOWN HITTING THE BOBCAT & CAUSING EMPLOYEE INJURY.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF YARD TRUCK WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS USING SUPER SUCKER TO SUCK OUT CLINKER DUST FROM THE BOTTOM OF #3 COOLER COMPARTMENT. WHILE MOVING SUPER SUCKER HOSE, RIGHT ELBOW WAS STRAINED. THIS WAS A RE-INJURY TO EE'S RIGHT ELBOW.
THE EE WAS WALKING TO MAINTENANCE SHOP. WALKWAY WAS COVERED WITH SNOW. EE SLIPPED ON THE SNOW AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
HE WAS TRYING TO SAW A BLOCK OF WOOD TO PROP UP A PRINTER HOOD. THE SAW SLIPPED AND LACERATED HIS THUMB.
EE WAS REMOVING ROLLER WHICH STATED TO FALL. HE OVEREXTENDED WRIST WHILE HOLDING ONTO PART THE NEXT DAY HE NOTED A KNOT ON WRIST WHICH KEPT INCREASING IN SIZE & DISCOMFORT DR HAS SPLINTED & XRAYED SEEING SPECIALIST TO DETERMINE EXACT NATURE OF INJURY
EE WAS PACKING CEMENT WHEN BAG BLEW UP AND CEMENT GOT UNDERNEATH SAFTEY GLASSES INTO LEFT EYE. EE ALSO TURNED BACK WHEN GETTING UP AND HURT BACK. EMPLOYEE'S EYE IS OK BUT IS ON RESTRICTED DUT Y OF NO LIFTING FOR 4 WEEKS.
EE WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER, FAILED TO CONNECT WITH TARGET AND OVEREXTENDED LEFT WRIST RESULTING IN A SPRAIN.
WINDY CONDITIONS CAUSED METAL PARTICLES TO ENTERBEHIND SAFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS WORKING IN ES2 & GOT CEMENT PARTICLES IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE USED EYE WASH AT THE PLATN & WAS UNABLE TO DISLODGE DEBRIS. THE EYE DR. REMOVED THE PARTICLE UNDER HIS RIGHT EYELID & RX ANTIB IOTIC DROPS.
EE WAS WORKING 13 HR SHIFT DURING KILN OUTAGE. EE WAS COMING DOWN LADDER ON BURNER FLOOR & PULLED A MUSCLE BEHIND RIGHT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WHEELBARROW TO MOVE MATERIAL AND FELT STRAIN IN GROIN AREA. HE THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT UNTIL THAT EVENING IT STARTED HURTING AT HOME. THE NEXT DAY HE REPORTED IT TO HIS SUPE RVISOR AND WENT TO THE CLINIC.
INJURED WAS TRYING TO MOVE A BELT PULLEY (HEAD) TO CENTER IT UP ON THE SHAFT. HE USED A SLEDGE HAMMER AND DUE TO THE CONFIGURATION OF THE BELT FRAME HIS FINGERS WERE CUT ON THE IRON FRAME.
WHILE KEYING IN BRICK NEW MATERIAL DROPPED DOWN INTO EE S EYES FROM BRICK AND OR SHELL.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION A PNEUMATIC BAG CHAIR EMPLOYEE BUMPED THE BAGGER START BUTTON & MADE THE BAG CHAIR CYCLE DOWN PINCHING & CUTTINGHIS RIGHT THUMB & FOREFINGER.
WET, RAINY WEATHER MAKE STEP SLIPPERY AND MUDDY, STEPPING POINTS SMALL.
EMPLOYEE TWISTED AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP SOME PAPERWORK LOCATED BEHIND HER DESK. SHE PULLED OR STRAINED MUSCLES IN HER LOWER BACK.
EE WAS WORKING AT THE CHIP PLANT IN THE PACKAGING ON MON. 10-9-00 AS REQUIRED BY HIS WORK DUTIES. HE WAS WALKING UNDER THE CONVEYOR CROSS-OVER WHICH IS APPROX. 6' HIGH AND HE HIT HIS HEAD ON T HE STEEL FRAME. EE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE HE DIDN'T FEEL HURT. NEXT FEW DAYS HIS NECK WAS STIFF. ON THUR 10-12 HE LEFTWORK AFTER 4 HRS & WENT TO OWN DR REPORTED 10/1
PUTTING HOLES IN RUBBER SKIRTING, STEPPED ON PIECE OF LIMESTONE (4" DIAMETER) AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS STANDING ON A BARGE ANOTHER EE HANDED HERDUST COLLECTOR HOSE: SHE DROPPED IT AND SAID HER BACK WAS HURT. THE DR SAID LOW BACK PAIN ALLOTHER TESTS NEGATIVE. SENT TO PT 11/10/00 & PUT ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL SEEN AGAIN ON 11/16/00
EE WAS BACKING UP A FORKLIFT AND HIS LEFT HEEL WAS STICKING OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE FORKLIFT AND THE HEEL OF HIS SHOE STRUCK A STACK OF EMPTY WOODEN PALLETS. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT FOOT.
INJURED WAS REMOVING HARROW BLADE FROM THE BED OF HYDRALIFT. HE WAS PULLING WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND SUPPORTING WITH LEFT HAND. THE HARROW ROLLED AND THE SAWTOOTH EDGE OF HARROW BLADE CONTACT ED HIS LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. THE END OF FINGER WAS CUT AND BROKEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS QUARRY FLOOR & TRIPPED OVER A ROCK. HE FELL SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE
BOBCAT SLIPPED OFF KILN RAMP CAUSING BRICKS TO` FALL ONTO EMPLOYEE AND BOBCAT.
MECHANIC SLIPPED OFF DOZER TRACK AND HIT RIGHT KNEE ON DOZER PUSH ARM.
WHILE DESCENDING FROM DOZER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO GROUND, FRACTURING HEAD OF FIBULA IN LEFT LEG.
EE WAS WORKING WITH THE PUMP ARM OF THE RAW MILL PUMP IN AN EFFORT TO GET IT WORKING. THE PUMP ARM SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS FINGER, THUS RESULTING IN SUTURES TO THE FINGER. EE WAS WEARING GLOVE S.
WENT TO DR ON 8-24 AFTER HIS NORMAL 5 DAYS OFF. EMPLOYEE HIT HAND AGAINST CHUTE HOUSING WHILE TRYING TO UNPLUG HEAD SECTION OF BELT LINE.
WHILE CHANGING OUT BELT CLIP, EMPLOYEE USED A HAMMER AS A BACKING AND HIT CLIP WITH OTHER HAMMER, CAUSING SOMETHING TO FLY AND STRIKE HIS LEFT EYE.
SEVERAL EES WERE GRINDING OVERHEAD IN A CONFINED SPACE. PARTICLES OF METAL WILL FALL FROM EQUIPMENT DURING THIS PROCESS. AS A RESULT, A PIECE OF THE METAL GOT UNDER THE WELDING HOOD AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN THE LEFT EYE.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE A BAD BEARING, THE TRIGGER ON A 3/4" DRIVE AIR IMPACT WRENCH HUNG IN THE RUN POSITION, CAUSING HIS HAND TO BE CAUGHT AGAINST A PIECE OF UNISTRUT.