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EE WALKED UP TO SECOND FLOOR STEPS PLANK. HE WENT AROUND OPEN DOOR AND HAD HOSE IN ARMS. DOOR CAUGHT HOSE. AS HE TURNED AROUND TO LOOSEN HOSE, THERE WAS A MISSING PLANK 2 X 4 HOLE. HE FELL THR OUGH, FALLING 8 FT TO GROUND.
INJURED HAD REMOVED THE FLOOR COVERINGS FROM TE FLOOR OPENINGS INT HE FEED BUILDING AND BARRICADED THE AREA AROUND THE HOLES IN ORDER TO CLEAN THE 3 FLOORS IN THIS BUILDING. HE CAM EDOWN FROM THE 3RD FLOOR TO TAKE A BREAK ON THE 1ST FLOOR HE STEPPED OVER THE ORANGE BARRICADE FLAGGING THTA HE HAD PLACED AROUND THE FLOOR HOLE. HE THEN TRIED TO STEP OVER THE OPEN HOLE IN THE FLOOR.
WAS ASSIGNED SHUTDOWN WORK OF CUTTING SKIRTING FOR A HOPPER. HE WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTION PRIOR TO STARTING WORK. HE WAS GIVEN A UTILIY KNIFE. CARPENTERS SQUARE AND ANGLE TO BE USED AS A CUTTING E DGE. INDIVIDUAL WAS SCORING THE BELTING BY USING THE CARPENTERS SQ. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND RAN INTO THE LEFT THUMB.
MECHANIC WAS STRIKING SLIDE PLATE ON SHIPPING ELEVATOR WITH HAMMER AND LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HAMMER HANGER AND BEARING FRAME MECHANIC WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES AND MISJUDG ED AREA IN WHICH HE SWING HAMMER INJURY RESULTEDIN MECHANIC RECEIVEING 6 STITCHES AND RETURNED TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH WHILE STANDING ON A FLAT CONCRETE FLOOR. THE BOLT BROKE AND HE WAS OFF BALANCE AND FELL. I CONSIDER THIS A FREAK ACCIDENT WHICH WAS UNAVOIDABLE.
AFTER COMPLETING MAINTENANCE WORK ON THE CALCINER COOLER, I,NAME DISENGAGED THE MANUAL CRANK HANDLE FROM THE DRIVE UNIT WHICH WAS LOCKED OUT. AT THAT TIME, I,NAME NOTICED THE CALCINER COOLER S TART TO ROTATE. IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE ROTATION, HE RE-ENGAGED THE MANUAL CRANK HANDLE. THE FORCE OF THE ROTATION COOLER WAS TOO GREAT FOR HIM TO STOP, THEREFORE PULLING THE CRANK FROM HIS
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING UP AN AIR POWERED STATIONARY GRINDER TO RESURFACE A COOLER TRUNNION ROLLER AFTER POSITIONING THE GRINDER HE ATTEMPTED TO SLIDE THE WIRE RING OVER THE SWITCH HANDLE FOR CON TINUOUS RUNNING IN DOING SO HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED AND CONTACTED THE BOTTOM OF THE GRINDING DISC IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SECURE THE SWITCH BEFORE THE GRINDER WAS ENERGIZED