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INDIVIDUAL WAS SING A 1" RUBBER HOSE TO FEED EXPLOSIVE SLURRY INTO THE DRILL HOLE. AS HE WAS PULLING THE HOSE BACK, THE HOSE BECAME LODGED AND WHEN HE JERKED OT FREE IT, HE FELT A BURNUBG IN HIS BACK.
INDIVIDUAL WAS PULLING BAGS OF THE TOP OF DUST COLLECTOR BAGHOUSE. SOME OF THE BAGS WERE FILLED WITH WET LIME THAT IS HEAVY.
INDIVIDUAL WAS CLOSING A GATE TO A PORTABLE CONVEYOR USING A LONG METAL HANDLE. HE HAD TO TRY SEVERAL 3-4 TIMES AND TIE THE HANDLE WITH A CHIN. LATER HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
INDIVIDUAL WAS CUTTING OFF A PIECE OF DUCT TAPE WITH A POCKET KNIFE. AS HE CUT ACROSS THE TAPE, THE KNIFE BLADE PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND AT THE BASE OF THE THUMB.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE GOVERNOR OF A WELDER IN A PICKUP TRUCK HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE ROD AND WNT INTO THE FAN, CUTTING THE THUMB AND THE FIRST TWO FINGERS ONT HE LEFT HAND.
INDIVIDUAL WAS CHANGING THE BACKSTOP IN THE #113 BELT SPEED REDUCER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SIDE. DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA.
INDIVIDUALS HAD LIFTED A PUMP FLOAT STAND OUT OF A SUMP AND PLACED IT ON THE MINE FLOOR. THE INJURED CLIMBED UP ON THE STAND AFTER HE HAD TESTED IT TO SEE IF IT WAS SECURE. WHEN HE UNHOOKED IT FROM THE CRANE IT STARTED TO FALL AND HE JUMPEDAND WAS PARTIALLY THROWN IN THE AIR AND LANDED ON THE GROUND APPROX. 10 FT BELOW.
INDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVING OPERATORS SEAT FROM A SCALING UNIT BY PULLING IT THRU THE DOOR OPENING. DUE TO THE LIMITED SPACE, HE STEPPED UP ON STEP AND HELD ON TO HANDRAIL WITH ONE HAND AND PULLED ON SEAT WITH OTHER.
A SLAB OF ROOF APPROX. 100 X 40 X 10 FT. WAS DISCOVERED DURING AN MSHA INSPECTION. THE INSPECTORAND THE MINE FOREMAN FOUND THE FALL AT NOON. THEFALL WAS IN AREA 4 CW. THIS AREA HAD NOT BEEN WO RKED IN ABOUT TWO YEARS. THIS AREA IS BEING USEDAS A SUMP.
INDIVIDUAL WAS CHANGING THE FINGER GATES ON #6 CONVEYOR AND ONE SET OF THE GATES FELL ON HIS HAND. THERE WERE NO ABRASIONS ON HAND. LATER THAT EVENING HE SAID THAT HIS HAND STARTED TO SWELL. W ENT TO CLINIC NEXT MORNING AND HAD X-RAY TAKEN. RESULTS: NEGATIVE. NO FRACTURES, ONLY BRUISED.
INDIVIDUAL WAS MAKING BLUE PRINTS & WAS USING A RAZOR TO TRIM THE EDGE. AS HE DREW THE RAZOR ALONG THE STRAIGHT EDGE, HE CUT HIS FINGERS ON THE HAND HOLDING THE STRAIGHT EDGE.
INDIVIDUAL WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE GATE CLOSED ON HYDRATE SCRUBBER.
INDIVIDUAL WAS RUNNING TO UNPLUG A CHUTE. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK OR SECTION OF UNEVEN GROUND AND TURNED HIS ANKLE.
INDIVIDUAL STATED THAT HE CLIMBED ACCESS LADDER TO THE TOP OF 533 ELEVATOR TO CHECK DUST LEAK. WHEN HE CAME BACK DOWN THE LADDER, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE AND HIS HELPER WERE REPLACING A SECTIN OF PNEUMATIC PIPE. HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT RECALL THE TIME OF THE INJURY BUT HAD FELT A SLIGHT PAIN AND WAS SEVERE. HE SAID THAT IT BEGAN TO BE MORE N OTICEABLE LATER.
INDIVIDUAL HAD GONE OUT ON TOP OF RAIL CAR TO CLOSE DOOR & PLACE SEALS. WHEN RETURNING TO LOAD OUT PLATFORM HE STEPPED FROM RAIL CAR CATWALK & LOST HIS BALANCE. HE GRABBED FOR HANDRAIL & BOLTS HOLDING HANDRAIL BROKE & HE FELL TO GROUND. (APPROX. 15'). ON INSPECTION OF CAR, IT WAS FOUND THAT GRATING WAS NOT SUPPORTED ON UNDERSIDE CAUSING IT TO "GIVE" WHEN HE STEPPED ON IT.
INDIVIDUAL WAS USING A FORK LIFT TO MOVE PALLETS. HE WAS CLOSE TO THE WALL & WHEN THE TIRE HIT THE WALL, IT CAUSED IT TO JERK. THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN & CAUGHT HIS ARM BETWEEN THE SPOKES OF TH E WHEEL.
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS BENDING OVER TO PUSH A GATE CLOSED ON #433 SCREW BETWEEN PRODUCT SILOS 4 & 5 WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS MID BACK AREA THAT RAN DOWN TO THE LOWER BACK. THE PAIN WOULD NOT SU BSIDE.
INDIVIDUAL WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS FRONT END LOADER AND SLIPPED ON WET CONCRETE AND WRENCH HIS BACK HE DID NOT FALL.
INDIVIDUAL WAS CLEANING OUT A HYDRATE MIXER WITH A STEEL BAR WHILE IT WAS RUNNING. HE PUSHED THE BAR IN TOO FAR AND IT HIT THE PADDLES AND FLIPPED UP AND HIT HIM ACROSS THE FOREHEAD.
INDIVIDUAL WAS CHANING BAGS IN A BAG HOUSE AND APPARENTLY ATTEMPTED TO STEP ACROSS AN OPEN AREA IN THE CATWALK WHERE THE LADDER IS AND FELL DOWN THE LADDER CAGE ABOUT 15 FT.
INDIVIDUAL WAS HOOKING A CHAIN TO THE SUPPORT LEG OF CONVEYOR AND SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKIGN HIS HIP, LEG AND TAILBONE AGAINST THE GROUND.
INDIVIDUAL WAS HELPING TO CLEAN OUT A SCRUBBER ON THE HYDRATE LIEM SYSTEM AND SOME OF THE LIME FELL DOWN FROM ABOVE AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.
HE WAS WELDING BASE PLATES ON BAGHOUSE TO EMBEDS ON FLOOR. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON DUCT FOR BAGHOUSE, WHEN A HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD.
INDIVIDUAL STEPPED UP ONTO A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON TO HAND HIS HELPER SOME TOOLS AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
INDIVIDUAL WAS OPENING TIP DOORS ON RAIL CARS. AFTER SEVERAL CARS HAD BEEN OPENED, HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT.
INDIVIDUAL WAS FILLIGN A HYDRAULIC OIL TANK ON A DOZER WHEN THE SPOUT CAME OUT OF THE TANK AND HE GRABBED FOR THE 5 GAL CAN HE WAS USING AND SLIPPED OR JUMPED TO THE DOZER TRACK AND STRAINED H IMSELF. HE SAID THAT HE FELT A SLIGHT PAIN BUT NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT UNTIL LATER.
INDIVIDUAL WAS REPLACING A DRIVE BELT ON A VIBRATING FEEDER ADN WAS PRYING THE MOTOR MOUNT BACK WITH A BAR TO TIGHTEN THE BELT. HE HAD A BOLT IN HIS HAND AND WAS TRYING TO FEEL THE HOLE TO PL ACE THE BOLT. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED OUT AND LET MOTOR AND MOUNT DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER.
INDIVIDUAL WAS OPENING HATCH ON TOP OF TANKER AND THE HATCH HIT A METAL BAR AND SOME LIME GOT IN HIS EYES.
INDIVIDUAL WAS INSTALLING GRATES IN LIME KILN. STANDING ON LADDER WHICH WAS STANDING ON PIECES OF ASK RING. HE WAS STEADING HIMSELF BY HOLDING ONTO A CHAIN WITH LEFT HAND. LADDER SLIPPED & CAU SED THE INDIVIDUAL TO HIT HIS ELBOW ON PIECE OF METAL. INDIVIDUAL'S FIRST DAY OFF WAS 6/10/96 [OPERATION]
PORTION OF ROOF FELL BETWEEN 6:30AM 09-16- & 6:15AM 09-18 FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON THE PRESHIFT INSPECTION ON MONDAY 09-18 AT 6:15AM SECTION OF ROCK WAS APPROXIMATELY 120' WIDE 50' LONG & 2'-4' THICK AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 72" TENSION BOLTMSHA OFFICE NOTIFIED 09-18-95
INDIVIDUAL WAS STANDING ON PLATFORM RAISING BOOM. INDIVIDUAL STARTED TO MOVE FROM PLATFORM TO BED OF TRUCK AND RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF EDGE OF TRUCK BED AND HIT SHIN.
INDIVIDUAL STATED THAT HE WAS PUSHING AND GUIDING A LARGE BEARING ONTO A SHAFT.HE SAID THAT HE WAS STRAINING AND THAT HE FELT SOMETHING PULL. HE SAID THAT HE NOTICED A KNOT ON HIS GROIN THAT E VENING AND WENT TO THE DR.
INDIVIDUAL WAS TYPING LEADS TOGETHER IN PRESPARATION OF BLASTING THE FACE. A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF OR THE RIB AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD AND GLANCED OFF AND STRUCK HIS NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER AN D CLAVICLE.
INDIVIDUAL REMOVES 50 LB BAGS OF HYDRATE LIME OFF CONVEYOR AND PLACES THEM ON A PALLET ON THE FLOOR. THE HEIGHT RANGES FROM 0 TO APPROX 6 FT.
INDIVIDUAL WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A RETURN IDLER ON A BELTCONVEYOR HE WAS LIFTING THE IDLER UP &U HIS HAND SLIPPED & HIT A SHARP EDGE OF; A BRACKET
EE WAS PREPARING TO SCALE THE WORK FACE WITH BADGER. HE SET CONTROLS IN FRONT CAB BUT DID NOT PUT MACHINE IN GEAR. WHEN HE WENT TO REAR COMPARTMENT AND ENGAGED REMOTE WTICH, THE BRAKES RELEASE D AND UNIT STARTED TO ROLL. EE JUMPED OUT OF CAB ONTO GROUND.
ON MONDAY AM 5/15/95 INDIVIDUAL SAID THAT HIS WRIST & MIDDLE FINGERS WERE HURTING ON FRIDAY NIGHT O5/12/95. HE INDICATD THAT HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY SPECIFIC TASK OR TIME THAT COULD HAVE CAU SED THE INJUYRY. HE WAS SEEN AT ST. MARY'S CLINIC ON THE AFTERNOON OF 5/15/95. THE DIAGONESED ASCARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROWN.
INDIVIDUAL WAS STEPPING OFF RAIL CAR WHEN HE PUT HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE GROUND & TURNED AWAY FROM THE CAR IN A TWISTING MOTION THE KNEE GAVE WAY CAUSING IT TO BRAKE
INDIVIDUAL SAID THAT HE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF A FRONT END LOADER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE BOTTOM STEP AND HE FELL BACK ON THE GROUND. HE WAS WEARING RUBBER BOOTS.
INDIVIDUAL STATED THAT HE WAS CLIMBING A VERTICLE LADDER AND WHEN HE GOT TO THE TOP HIS BACK WAS HURTING. HE SAID THAT HE COULD NOT ISOLATE WHEN IT HAPPENED.
INDIVIDUAL WAS MOVING A PALLET OF HYDRATE LIME BAGS. WHEN HE STOPPED, THREE OF THE BAGS FELL OFF. AS HE WAS PICKING UP THE BAGS HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS INJURED ON 11-2-94CAME BACK TO WORK ON 16-95. INDIVIDUAL CAME IN TO WORK ON 2-24-95 AND SAID THAT HIS BACK WAS NOT ANY BETTER. HE WAS SENT HOME AND ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE T O SEE A DR. COPY OF ORIGINAL REPORT IS ATTACHED.
INDIVIDUAL WAS USING A LONG HANDLED METAL RAKE TO REMOVE CLINKERS OFF THE GRATE AT KILN DISCHARGE AS HE REACHED IN TO PULL ACLINKER OU HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK & BACK
INDIVIDUAL WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM A PLATFORM AND THE LEFT SIDE OF ONE OF THE STEPS BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE INDIVIDUAL TO STUMBLE. HE CAUGHT HOLD OF A RAIL TO KEEP FROM A FALLING BUT FELT SORNES S AS A RESULT.
INDIVIDUAL AND HELPER WERE REMOVING A KNUCKLE FROM A TIE ROD USING A LONG HANDLE BAR. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK. A SHORT TIME LATER, HE WAS UNDER A PICK UP REPAIRING A TRANSMISSION LINE WHEN THE MUSCLE IN HIS NECK LOCKED UP AND HE COULD NOT MOVE HIS HEAD WITH OUT SEVERE PAIN.
INDIVIDUAL WAS CHANGING PROPANE FUEL TANK ON A FORKLIFT. WHEN HE LIFTED THE TANK UP ON THE FORKLIFT, HE FELT LOWER BACK STRAIN. REPORTED THE INCIDENT SAYING HE WAS OK ON 11-11-94 HE SAID THAT HIS BACK WAS NOT ANY BETTER. AT THAT TIME HE WASTAKEN TO THE CLINIC.
INDIVIDUAL WAS STACKING 50 LB. BAGS OF LIMESTONE ON POALLETS ON FLATBED TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE IN ONE OF THE PALLETS. THIS CAUSED HIM TO STUMBLE.
INDIVIDUAL WAS WIPING A TABLE AT THE END OF A CONVEYOR BELT & CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BELT & THE TABLE
INDIVIDUAL STOOD UP FROM A CHAIR AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HER FOOT.