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While walking to the Briquetter Building, employee stepped off of the pugmill concrete pad, which is approximately 6-8 inches above ground level and rolled his right ankle. This resulted in a sprained ankle and time off work.
Employee was helping with general cleanup duties while his co-workers were eating lunch. The employee was using a high pressure water hose to wash down the pugmill feed belt. The high pressure water hose he was using slipped out of his hand and the hose nozzle struck him in the chin resulting in a laceration which required 6 stitches.
Ldr oper. was helping change out training roller. Employee tried to pick up roller by himself from the dollie without employee assistance. This resulted in an abdominal strain. Employee felt that he was alright, but he went to the doctor on 5/10, 1 of his 4 days off per his schedule. The Foreman didn't find out that the doctor wanted the employee off for 1 week, until 5/14.
Employee was splicing a water hose with a banding tool. When he was finished, he pulled out what was left of the band. During the removal the extra band that was left in the banding tool, cut the left forearm of the employee.
Adjusting pin on trolley needed to be removed to provide a more secure fit to the structure beam. During the adjustment the trolley arm came loose from one end striking the employee in the left side of the cheek. The employee received nine stiches as a result of this accident. No lost time.
THE EE WERE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO A EXTRUSION ROLLER IN A SYNFUEL PELLETIZER. A SPECIAL WRENCHWAS USED TO BREAK LOOSE A LOCK NUT ON ADJUSTMENTSCREW. ON EE IS HOLDING WRENCH ON NUT OTHER EE APPLIES FORCE TO WRENCH HANDLE AS THE NUT BREAKSTHE LITTLE FINGER END IS CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINTSMASHING END OF FINGER.
EE WAS CLEANING PAINT OFF THE FEEDER & FELL THROUGH A HOLE IN THE FLOOR THATS USED FOR A LADDER.AS EE FELL HE REACHED OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF & HEARD HIS SHOULDER POP.
EMPLOYEE DETECTED NOISE FROM OVERHEAD AIR CONDITIONER, IN CAB, HIS MIDDLE FINGER(R.H.) COMES IN CONTACT WITH FAN BLADE, CAUSING LACERATION TO FINGER, NEEDED STICHES.
EE TURNED A CORNER OF BUILDING WHILE WALKING ON UNEVEN, SLOPING ASPHALT AND ENCOUNTERED AN ISOLATED PATCH OF BLACK ICE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, FRACTURING 2 BONES IN LOWER LEFT LEG.
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING THE RETURN ROLLER.ONE LIFTING THE WEIGHT OF THE BELT, THE SECOND ALIGNING THE BRACKET, INJURED LIFTING ROLLER. THE ROLLER BECAME LODGED ON A GREASE FITTING AND HE REMOVED HIS HANDS TO DISCUSS A FURTHER PLAN OF ACTION WITH HIS COWORKERS. WHEN HE PUT HIS HANDSBACK UNDER THE ROLLER IT BECAME DISLODGED FROM THE GREASE FITTING PINNING HIS FINGER.
EE WAS CLEANING PLANT WITH A WATER HOSE (200/250 PSI), WHEN THE EE NOTCIED A DECREASE IN WATER PRESSURE. EE WRAPPED END OF HOSE AROUND HIS HAND AND WALKED TO RELEASE A KINK IN THE HOSE. EE, HA VING HOSE IN HAND, RELEASED THE KINK IN THE HOSE RELEASING LOST PRESSURE AND BINDING EE'S HAND, RESULTING IN INJURY TO EE'S FINGER.