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Securing/tightening a door on the bottom of a closed hopper rail car using a 6' Rod "Rail Car Hopper Tool". As pressure was applied the railcar gate mechanism failed. The sudden release of downward tension on the bar resulted in EE right hand striking against the rail scale platform.

Employee was struck by falling material on his head, neck and right shoulder.

Employee felt back pain subsequent to lifting, carrying & putting down a piece of sheet metal, weighing approximately 35 to 50 lbs. Restricted duty began on 04/23/2008.

Emloyee was using a pry bar, his hand slipped off and he struck his hand against a machinery housing.

Injured employee was cutting a slot in a conveyor belt to be used as a side belt with a utility knife when the knife slipped and cut his wrist. The laceration required stitches. The injury did not result in lost time or restricted dury.

Injured employee was standing on 3rd rung of a portable ladder when it slipped out from under him. A vertebra was fractured when he fell to the work platform.

The injured employee was installing screw back into dust pump housing when he experience a strain while twisting and pushing. He was given a 15 pound lifting restriction by the doctor, which would not allow him to perform all of his duties as a maintenance mechanic.

Injured employee stepped on edge of crack in concrete pad near crushing plant main screen. He twisted his ankle and fell, causing a sprain.

The injured employee alleges that an inspection door he was removing pivoted and lacerated his finger. The laceration required sutures and is therefore an MSHA reportable injury.

Employee alleges that his left knee "popped" when he rose from a kneeling position. Specific Dr. diagnosis is not available at this time. Lost time from job started on 11/07/05.

Injured employee slipped while descending ladder on Kawasaki Model 85Z II Front End Loader, fell & bruised left hip.

Injured employee was attempting to install v-belts on a bucket elevator drive by "rolling the belts on" when the elevator ran backwards pinching a finger on his left hand. There was a laceration that required sutures.

The injured employee wass loosening hand brake on rail car when he slipped & hit bottom on the car drawhead. The accident was determined to be "lost time" on 07/11/2005.

Injured employee was standing on the track of an excavator preparing to install the battery he had in his hands when he slipped, fell to the same leve, and struck his knee on the track. This caused a contusion that became a problem after about a week and required medical treatment. Fluid was drained from the affected knee and he was placed on restricted duty.

Injured employee was standing on a 17" high by 14" wide concrete curb observing a truck being loaded. He fell while stepping back to the floor of the building, landing on his lower back.

Employee had top cover off motor on vertical turbine pump turning it by hand to check for noise in bearings. His finger caught on a stationary bolt and the inertia of the motor pulled his hand around, dislocating the small finger on his right hand.

Pulling steel rods out of hole - when the drill head was screwing to the rod to tighten he put his hand on the metal stop that the wrench hits against and it smashed his finger between the wrench and the metal shop.

Employee was using water hose off water truck he was operating to clean up spilled material off concrete pad under jaw crusher. After completing the job he layed the hose down to walk back to the truck and tripped over the hose, fracturing a bone in his ankle when he fell to the same level.

EE ATTEMPTED TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE HAND WHEEL BRAKE ADJUSTER ON RAILCAR #LXOH 66 WHILE THE CAR WAS ROLLING DOWNHILL TOWARDS FRONT END LOADER #L8, WHICH WAS BEING OPERATED BY ANOTHER EE. EE WA S PINCHED BETWEEN THE LOADER BUCKET AND THE CORNER OF THE RAILCAR.

EE STOPPED NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PLANT 2 MILLROOM IN ORDER TO FUEL THE PORTABLE AIR COMPRESSOR. WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF FUEL TRUCK ONTO UNEVEN GROUND (LOADER TIRE TRACK) HE TURNED HIS AN KLE IN AN INWARD DIRECTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND HELD AIR HAMMER TO REMOVE BACKING MATERIAL FROM AROUND ANCHOR BOLTS ON CONE CRUSHER BOWL ASSEMBLY. A PIECE OF MATERIALCAME UNDER GLASSES AND GOT IN EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL IN PLACE WHILE ANOTHER MECHANIC WAS USING A MIG WELDER ON IT. HE DID NOT REALIZE HE HAD BEEN EXPOSED UNTIL SEVERAL HOURS LATER. HE HAD RECEIVED A WELDING FLASH BURN.

CRUSHER CHUTE WAS STOPPED UP. AFTER USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO UNSTOP IT, SHOULDER HURT WHEN HE MOVED IT.

EE WAS LOOSENING BRAKE ON RAIL CAR. HE STEPPED ONTO WET CUT LEVER, SLIPPED & JAMMED HAND INTO BRAKE WHEEL. WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF, HE INJURED RIGHT HAND.

HE WAS HELPING CHANGE V-BELTS ON PIN MIXER WHEN BELT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN GROOVE ON SHEAVE AT PELLETIZER. HIS FINGER WAS LACERATED AND NEEDED SUTURES TO REPAIR.

HE WAS ROTATING THE PIN MIXER BY HAND IN ORDER TO FINISH CLEANING OUT AFTER IT PLUGGED UP. IT ROTATED TOO FAR PINCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ACCESS DOOR AND THE PIN HIS HAND WAS ON. EDGE OF PIN CUT PALM OF LEFT HAND ABOUT 1 1/4" LONG AND DEEPENOUGH TO REQUIRE 3 SUTURES.

ARM GOT CAUGHT IN TAIL DRUM WHILE ADJUSTING IT CAUSING AN AVULSION LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND

EMPLOYEE STARTED TO DESCEND STEPS DOWN TO RAILROAD LEVEL WITH OBJECTS IN BOTH HANDS AND SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL. HE THEN FELL DOWN THE STEPS.