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EE WAS CLEANING 3RD FLOOR IN THE PLANT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS SHORTNESS OF BREATH & PANS IN LEFT ARM. WE IMMEDIATELY CALLED AMBULANCE &HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSP. EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL ONTO A PILE ON THE 3RD FLOOR OF THE PLANT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED THE PAINS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE HAD CHEST WALL MUSCLE STRAIN. ON 10/28 IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HEWAS TO BE OFF WORK

EE WAS OPERATING THE PULVERIZED BAGGER MACHINE AND DUST PIPE BECAME CLOGGED AND AREA BECAME DUSTY. EE REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND WIPED HIS EYES WITH HIS SHIRT AND NOTICED AN IRRITATION IN HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE TURBOLIZER WITH A SMALLWRENCH ON 3-1-99 AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK. ON 3-19 HE WAS REPLACING A CONVEYER BELT AND AGAIN EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK BUT CONTINUED TO WORK. ON 3-22 HE REPORTED THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIM. HE WAS ENCOURAGED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

EE HAD JUST COMPLETED CLEANING OUT BUILD-UP FROM THE DISCHARGE CHUTE IN THE PELLETIZING DISC. HE WAS EXITING THE WORK PLATFORM WHICH REQUIRED CLIMBING OVER A HANDRAIL TO GET TO THE NEXT WALKWA Y. EE HAD TO STEP UP 16" AND ACROSS A 16" SPACE. WHEN HE STEPPED UP TO THE HANDRAIL, HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 38" TO THE NEXT WALKWAY.

WHILE CLEANING UP A SCRAPYARD AREA, A HYDRAULIC CRANE BEING USED WAS SET UP WITH LITTLE ROOM BETWEEN THE EXTENDED OUTRIGGER AND SOME SCRAP METAL. EMPLOYEE CROSSED OVER THE OUTRIGGER (APPROX 3 1/2') AND WHEN HE CONTACTED THE GROUND HE LANDEDIN SUCH A WAY THAT HE TWISTED HIS KNEE CAUSING SEVERE PAIN TO HIS RIGHT KNEE.

2 MAINTENANCE MEN WERE TRYING TO FREE A JAMMED SCREW CONVEYOR WITH A PIPE WRENCH, THE SCREW CONVEYOR & BELT CONVEYOR ON WHICH THEY WERE STANDINGWERE LOCKED OUT, THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED ALLOWIN G ONE MAN TO FALL BACKWARDS OFF THE CONVEYOR HITTING THE FROZEN GROUND RESULTING IN A FRACTURED RIGHT ARM [HUMERUS]

EE WAS STANDING A CRUSHER OIL TANK WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE CRUSHER DRIVE SHEAVE 5' ABOVE THE GROUND. RATCHET SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT, HE FELL BACKWARDS OFF THE TANK, & HIS HARD HAT GOT KNOC KED OFF. WHEN HE FELL, HE HIT THE BOWL OF THE CRUSHER WHICH WAS ON THE GROUND DURING REPAIRS. GOT A CUT ON HIS HEAD AND 4 CRACKED RIBS.

HARD RAINS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT HAD GOTTON OUT PLANT FLOOR WET IN PLACES, EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN A WET AREA AND SLIPPED. HE FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER HIS KNEE BEGAN TO SW ELL SLIGHTLY.

WHILE STACKING 50 LB BAGS ONTO A PALLET, EMPLOYEE FELT A PAIN IN HIS MIDDLE BACK. PAIN WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN INFRASPINATUS STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE STEPPED OFF AN EMPTY PALELT AND FELT HIS LEFT KNEE POP.

EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER TO GET SOME EMPTY BAGS OUT OF A BOX AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FORKLIFT TO RELOCATE SOME EMPTY PALLETS.INJURED WAS OBSERVING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES FROM A SAFE DISTANCE.FOR REASONS UNKNOWN HE MOVED CLOSER,RIGHT INTO THE PATH OF THE FORKLIFT AS IT BACKED UP,ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT.

AFTER FINISHING STACKING OF PALLET OF BAGGED PRODUCT EMPL LEANED OVER TO PICK UP 50 LB BAG OF MATERIAL THAT HAD FALLEN ON FLOOR WHEN HE DID FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

I.NAME WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING 2 GATES FOR A PRODUCT CHANGE, AS NORMAL, HE STEPPED ONTO THE SEPARATOR TO GET A BAR. AS HE STEPPED, HIS RIGHT FOOT BROKE THRU THE METAL TOP OF THE SEPARA TOR. THE FAN BLADES CAUGHT HIS FOOT CAUSING THE INJURY. ALSO, WHILE TRYING TO GET HIS RIGHT FOOT OUT, HIS LEFT FOOT WENT THRU THE SAME HOLE, CAUSING LESS SERIOUS INJURY TO HIS LEFT LEG.

FORKLIFT AND TRUCK DRIVER WERE MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION TOWARDS ENTRANCE RAMP TO PLANT. AS FORKLIFT STARTED UP RAMP, THE OPERATOR REMEMBERED A JOB HE NEEDED TO DO. HE PUT THE FORKLIFT IN R EVERSE AND WITHOUT SUFFICIENTLY LOOKING BACK, PROCEEDED BACK DWON THE RAMP. HE BACKED INTO THE TRUCK DRIVER AND, BEFORE HE COULD STOP, KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND RAN OVER HIS LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE WI

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO TANKER TRAILER TO CHECK LEVEL OF LOAD WHILE STEPPING FROM THE FIRST STEP LOCATED JUST UNDER THE FENDER TO THE FIRST STEP OF THE LADDER HIS RIGHT ANKLE TWISTED

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SQUATTED POSTION WHILE WELDING A PATCH, AFTER TACKING ONE END HE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH THE OTHER END UP IN POSTION TO WELD AND HE FELT A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS BACK.

THE INJURED WAS3PERFORMING HIS ECONDARY JOB OF FUELING ALL QUARRY EQUIPMENT.HE STEPPED FROM THE RUNNING BOARD OF HIS FUEL TRUCK THINKING THE GROUND WAS FROZEN SOLID,BUT THE GROUND WAS MUDDY.HI S RIGHT FOOT SU3K,CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS FOOTING AND TWIST HIS ANKLE.

BURNER UNIT PIC5ED UP BY CRANE AND HELD BY 2 NYLON STRAPS.UNIT GOT OVER-BALANCED STARTED TO FLIP TOWARD ME.HE TURNED & TRIED TO STOP IT HIS HAND WAS ON EDGE OF FRAME AND AS IT FLIPPED OVER THE STRAP MOVED AN8 CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN STRAP AND EDGE OF FRAME AND MASHED HIS FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING DOWN STEPS LEADING FROM THE BAGGING MACHINE, HE SLIPPED AND HIS FOOT WENT BACK BETWEEN TWO STEPS, HE FELL TO THE FLOOR WITH HIS FOOT LODGED BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FORTH STE PS FROM THE BOT7OM.

I NAME AND OTH9RS WERE CHANGING A SCREEN ON OUR 6X14 SCALPING SCREEN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. DURING PORCESS OF SETTING SCREEN CLOTH IN PLACE, HE TWISTED HIS LEF TKNEE. SCREEN WAS LOCKED OUT AND NOT IN OPERATIO3 AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

DRILLER WAS OPERATING A TRAC DRILL A PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HAMMER AND STRUCK HIM ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD ABOVE RT EYE