PRY BAR SLIPPED STRIKING EE ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.
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Showing 50 of 188EMPLOYEES WERE STRAIGHTENING ANCHOR BOLTS WITH SLEDGEHAMMER. 2ND EE PLACED LEVEL ON BOLT AND WAS STRUCK ON LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH HAMMER.
EE WAS REPLACING SKIRT RUBBER EAST SIDE ON CLINKER RECLAIMER SHED. AS HE WENT OVER THE BELT HE HIT HIS LEG ON AN IDLER. DR PUT HIM ON LIGHT DUTY ON 6/3/98 WHICH MADE THS A REPORTABLE INJURY.
ABANDONED CONDUIT (PIPE) TO OLD PUMPS AT SLUDGE POND WERE BEING REMOVED. SUBJECT AND ANOTHER WERE WORKING WITH CRANEMAN TO LIFT THE PIPE AND LAND IT ON TOP OF THE POND DAM FOR REMOVAL. THE LIF T SHIFTED AND STRUCK EE IN THE RIGHT LEG CAUSINGLACERATION.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS ON 7TH FLOOR AT TOP OF66 ELEVATOR. HE GOT TO 4TH STEP FROM THE BOTTOM AND FELL ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM HURTING HIS BACK. THIS BECAME A LOST TIME ON 7/13/98 WHEN DR BASSETT DISCOVERED A BAD DISK IN BACK
EE WAS USING SHARPENED 1"X18" ROUND IRON TO PUNCCH DRAIN HOLES IN 55 GAL DRUM TO BE USED AS OUTSIDE TRASH CONTAINER. WHEN HE SWUNG THE STEEL PUNCH HE MISSED THE EDGE OF THE DRUM CAUSING HIS RIGHT SMALL FINGER TO BE CAUGHT IN PINCH POIN BETWEEN PUNCH & BOTTOM OF DRUM CAUSING LACERATION AND FRACTURE.
EE WAS USING DRILL PRESS TO DRILL HOLES IN A PIECE OF 0025 SHIN STOCK, 4"X16". HE HELD THE SHIM WITH HIS BAR HAND, SHIM SLIPPED IN HIS HAND, AND CUT HIS LEFT RING AND MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF METAL AND TRIPPED OVER SOME MORE METAL THAT WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR, HURTING HIS LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE WAS SEEN BY DR. ON 3-31-98 AND WAS TOLD TO GO FOR PHYSICAL TH ERAOY AT OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL STARTING 3-31-98.
DUST AND TRASH FELL FROM ABOVE. MINOR EYE INJURY.
EE WAS MOVING AN A FRAME THAT WEIGHED 150 LBS. WITH NO HELP AND CREATED A HERNIA IN HIS LWER RIGHT ABDOMEN.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE FROM ONE SIDE OF CEMENT AIRSLIDE BY PLACING LEFT FOOT ON HANDRAIL TO SUPPORT HIMSELF. HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM HANDRAIL CAUSING HIM TO STEP DOWN SUDDENLY TO WALKWAY CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK. MEDICAL ATTENTION REQUIRED 1/27/98.
EE HAD REMOVED DEFLATED TIRE FROM PICKUP TRUCK AND WAS CARRYING IT ACROSS QUARRY SHOP YARD WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT BACK AND HIP. MEDICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED STRAINED MUSCLE IN LEFT HIP.
EE AND FELLOW WORKER WERE REMOVING BOLT FROM CEMENT LINE FLANGE. EE WAS USING 11/8"BOX END WRENCH WEDGED AGAINST ADJOINING BOLT TO PREVENT BOLT FROM TURNING SO FELLOW EE COULD LOOSEN NUT. WREN CH INJURED WAS HOLDING SLIPPED FROM BOLT HEAD AND PRESSURE BEING APPLIED BY FELLOW WORKER CAUSEDIT TO MOVE SUDDENLY,CATCHING HIS LEFT SMALL FINGER IN PINCH POINT BETWEEN WRENCH & CEMENT LINE.
GPF-EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN THE PRECIPITATOR AND DUST GOT ON FACE.
INJURED WAS CARRYING SUPPLIES UP STEPS BEHIND LAB WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL WITH GLASS CONTAINER. CONTAINER BROKE AND SHARP GLASS CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
HURT RIGHT KNEE WHILE CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON BARGE MPC-255. THE TWO BOTTOM RUNGS WERE MISSING. [EE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT OR RESTRICTED DUTY.]
REMOVING PIPE FROM A PIT USING AN OVERHEAD TROLLEY AND CHAIN FALL. PULLED THE TROLLEY OFF THE MONORAIL CUTTING THE RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER BELOW THE KNUCKLE WHEN THE CHAIN FALL TRAPPED HAND BE TWEEN IT AND THE BOBCAT BUCKET.
THE EE WAS SAWING A PIECE OF METAL, THE SAW BLADE BROKE AND A PIECE OF IT HIT HIM IN THE ABDOMEN, CAUSING A LACERATION.
INJURED WAS STANDING ON TOP OF RAW CRANE BUCKET THREADING CABLE INTO BUCKET SOCKET. HE BECAME IVER BALANCED AND FELL APPROX. 10 FEET TO FLOOR CAUSING HIS LEFT ELBOW TO BE DISLOCATED AND HIS L EFT WRIST TO BE FRACTURED.
INJURED WAS WALKING PAST UNCOVERED PREHEATER POKE HOLE, WHEN AIR BLASTER WENT OFF CAUSING HOT MATERIAL TO BE BLOWN ONTO HIS BACK RESULTING IN BURNS TO MIDDLE OF BACK.
INJURED WAS USING 8# SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE ELEVATOR PIN INTO PLACE. HE WAS WORKING IN RESTRICTED AREA AND WHEN HE SWUNG HAMMERIT GLANCE DOFF ELEVATOR DOOR FRAME AND STRUCK HIS LEFT LOWER LE G. MEDICALEXAM ON 7-1-97 REVEALED BRUISED TENDONS.
INJURED WAS REMOVING INSPECTION DOOR FROM FINISHMILL SPEED REDUCER USING BAR AS LEVERAGE. END OFBAR SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE CAUSING WEIGHT OF DOOR TO PUSH BAR AGAINST RIGHT THUMB. MEDICAL EXAMINA TION ELEVEN DAYS LATER REVEALED THUMB HAD BEEN HYPEREXTENDED.
EE WAS HOLDING 1" X 9-1/2' BAR WHILE FELLOW EE STRUCK IT WITH 12# HAMMER TO REMOVE BUILDUP FROM PREHEATER. HAMMER SLIPPED FROM FELLOW EE'S GRASP AND STRUCK EE ON LEFT SIDE OF PLASTIC FACE SHIE DL CAUSING LACERATION AND BRUISES.
THE EE WAS LOADING BARGES WHEN HE STEPPED WRONG ON A WET SURFACE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. THE EE SUSTAINED A RIGHT KNEE SPRAIN. THE EE DID HIS REGULAR JOB DUTIES FROM THE DATE OF ACCIDENT U P UNTIL 7-2-97, THE DATE OF SURGERY.
EE SPRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE TURNING A WHEEL TO ADJUST THE GRIT SEPARATOR.
EE WAS HOLDING TO THE BALL BUCKET THAT HAD AN ARM ON TOP, ANOTHER EE WAS PULLING A DRUM FROM THIS BUCKET WHEN THE ARM ROLLED BACK CATCHING HIS RIGHT THUMB AND MASHING IT SEVERELY.
HE WAS STACKING EMPTY 55 GAL DRUMS. THE DRUM HE WAS PICKING UP TO STACK SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS 4TH FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST ANOTHER DRUM. THIS RESULTED IN A CUT TO HIS FINGER THAT REQU IRED 2 SUTURES. X-RAY NEGATIVE FOR FRACTURE.
DISMANTLING ROLLER MILL, PIECE OF ROLLER MILL CAME LOOSE, FELL APPROX 5' & STRUCK INJURED ON RIGHT FOOT. "ARMY" BREAK ON RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING ON WET FLOOR WHILE TURNING TO WALK DOWN STAIRS THEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSIG HIM TO GRAB AHND RAIL AN DEXTEND HIS LEFT KNEE PLACING HIS WEIGHT ON LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS USING MANUAL CONDUIT BENDER TO BEND CONDUIT. WHEN MAKING HIS FINAL BEND HIS RIGHT ELBOW STRUCK CONDUIT BEING BENT. EE RIGHT ELBOW WAS BRUISED-INJURY WAS REPORTED FOLLOWING DAY & MEDI AL TREATMENT GIVEN 3/25/97
EE WAS REPLACING SPRING ON TIRE STOP GATE WHEN THE CYLINDER MOUNTING BRACKET BROKE ALLOWING HIS RIGHT HAND TO BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN GATE ACTUATING ARM AND ROLLER. PALM OF RIGHT HAND WAS LACERA TED REQUIRING STITCHES
INJURED WAS USING PRESSURE WASHER TO REMOVE BUILDUP FROM PREHEATER. AS HE WAS REMOVING WASHER WAND THRU POKE HOLE, HOT MATERIAL BLEW BACK AND ENTERED HIS RIGH EYE CAUSING ABRASIONS TO EYE.
EE WAS GETTING A BIT FROM DRILL PRESS. ANOTHER EE DID NOT NOW HIS HAND WAS INSDIE AND ACCIDENTLY TURNED THE MACHINE ON., CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN DRILL PRESS AND STRUCTURE OF THE DRILL PRESS CAUSING LACERATION & FRACTURE TO MIDDLE FINGER OLEFT HAND
INJURED WAS USING 36" PIPE WRENCH TO ROTATE 16"X11'6" SECTION OF SCREW CONVEYOR TO ALIGN HOLES SO SHEAR PIN COULD BE INSTALLED. WHEN HE MADE SUDDEN THRUST ON WRENCHH HE FELT PAIN IN IS LOWER BACK.
BASED ON AN INTERNAL AUDIT, THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT. PICKING UP A SCREW DRIVE HE HURT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
INJURED WAS WORKING INSIDE NO. 5 KILN CLINKER COOLER REMOVING HOT MATERIALS. HOT DUST FELL INTO HIS RIGHT GLOVE CAUSING 2 DEGREE BURNS TO BACK OF HAND.
EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON AN OVERPACK DRUM WITH AN END WRENCH. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT & HIT HIM ON THE HEAD ABOVE THE LEFT EYEBROW. THE IMPACT CAUSED A CUT. HE WAS SENT TO THE DOCTO R & RECEIVED 3 STITCHES.
HAND HOLDING FUEL NOZZLE SLIPPED FROM MICH 475 LOADER LADDER. WHILE PULLING HOSE BACK TO GRAB LADDER HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS JACKHAMMERING HARDENED MATERIAL FROM FINISH MILL DISCHARGE CHUTE WHEN FOREIGN MATERIAL ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE KILN WALKWAY, NOT PAYING ATTENTION, AND RAN INTO THE PLATFORM SUPPORTS ON THE SPARE SHELL COOLING FAN, INJURING HIS RT SHOULDER. FIRST DAY LOST 3-13-97, DUE TO INJURY 5 -10-96. LOST TIME DUE TO REQUIRED SURGERY.
WHILE WORKING INSLDE CLINKER COOLER WIND BLOWN MATERIAL ENTERED RIGHT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION AND MILD CHEMICAL BURNS.
BASED ON AN INTERNAL AUDIT, THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.
EE WAS STANDING ON A CUT OFF DRUM USING IT AS A STEP. AS HE STEPPED OFF HE LOST HIS BALANCE & TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
FOLLOWING CLEANING OF PREHEATER RISER DUCT TIRE CHUTE, EE PLACED HER RIGHT HAND ON THE TOP EDGE OF THE CHUTE AS SHE WALKED BY IT. AT THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER EE ACTIVATED THE AIR OPERATED SYSTEM TO CLOSE THE GATE, CAUSING HER THUMB TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN LIP OF CHUTE AND BOTTOM OF GATE, RESULTING IN FRACTURE OF RIGHT THUMB.
THE ROTARY CEMENT KILN WAS BEING CONVERTED FROM PULVERIZED COAL FUEL TO NATURAL GAS FUEL SO THE COAL GRINDING SYSTEM COULD BE SHUT DOWN FOR REPAIRS. AFTER A SMALL AMOUNT OF NATURAL GAS WAS INT RODUCED INTO THE KILN BURNING ZONE, ONE TON PER HOUR OF PULVERIZED COAL WAS REMOVED FROM THE KILN COAL MILL. WHEN IT WAS NOTED THAT THE KILN BURNING ZONE TEMPERATURE WAS LESS THAN NECESSARY T
MECHANIC LOST FOOTING AS HE ENTERED ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON L480 LOADER AND FELL BACKWARDS. MECHANIC LOST 2 DAYS WORK RECOVERING FROM BRUISES AND SCRATCHES.
BASED ON INTERNAL AUDIT, THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.
INJURED AND FELLOW EMPLOYEE WERE REMOVING 6' SECTION OF 16" SORCE CONVEYOR FROM SILO BASEMENT THRU WINDOW OPENING. INJURED'S LEFT SMALL FINGER BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN SCREW FLIGHT ADN WINDOW FRAME CAUSIN LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 5' STITCHES.
HE WAS HELPING I.NAME REMOVE AND BREAK UP MATERIAL IN DUMPER CHUTE. HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHILE DOING THIS. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND WAS GIVEN PAIN PILL AND MUSCLE RELAXER.
EE WAS CUTTING UP FIBER DRUMS TO BE PROCESSED WITH UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT LEG NEAR THE KNEE.