CLARKSVILLE PLANTMetal/Nonmetal

While putting air pressure on air hose to clean pipe below rotary feeder, employee was unaware of uncapped Chicago fitting at eye level. When air was turned on, dust from fitting blew into his right eye. Rx eye drops prescribed.

Employee was sent to work on tripped circuit breaker. Had to remove starter to access a screw on breaker mechanism. Attempted to kneel down to remove holding screw close to the floor when he felt ""pop"" in left knee. Knee swelled up that evening.

Employee was acting as spotter in the clinker cooler pit area of cement plant when dust got into his right eye. Eye became irritated and swollen. Saw optometrist 2/13/09, several particles were removed & ee was given prescription medication.

Employee was removing access door from cement mill, door fell (approx. 100#) trapping gloved finger between mill and bolt. This caused severe laceration to left index finger.

Employee felt shoulder pull while reaching overhead & pulling large bolt from division screen on cement mill. Saw Dr. on 1/12/09 and was placed on restricted duty due to inflammation of shoulder.

Employee was installing clinker chute during cement kiln shutdown, when a foreign particle blew into his right eye. Went to ER next day, where foreign body was removed and he was given Rx eye drops.

Employee was using overhead crane to pick up steel plate (4'X8'X1/4"") & put it in rack in maintenance shop. When sheet of steel plate slipped out of the steel clamp grip & pinned ee against steel table. This resulted in minor laceration/bruises to her left forearm & contusion/sprain to right ankle. Xrays were negative for fracture, but ee was placed on restricted duty due to ankle.

Employee had surgery on elbow and wrist on 1/2/08 for repetitive trauma suffered as occupational illness. Off work 1/2-1/4/08 and placed on restricted duty effective 1/7/08.

Employee was standing by an another employee loosening bolts on a highlift pump when the pump impeller & shaft rolled off the work bench. He strained his right shoulder/arm when he grabbed for it to keep it from falling and it jerked out of his hand. Employee was placed on light duty.

Employee was putting bolts in a flange at the new plant air compressor building when a wrench that had been left on a pipe spun around and struck him in the mouth as he stood nearby. It chipped his right front tooth. Incident became reportable when employee saw dentist on 10/15/07.

Employee lifted a 118 lb. part from the floor into a parts washer (3 ft above floor). Employee felt a twinge in his back. Worked the rest of the day. Came to work the next morning with severely sprained back. Suffered severe lumbar sprain, possible ruptured disk. Sent for Cat Scan to determine extent of injury

Employee had a allergic reaction to bites from swarming Buffalo gnats in the maintenance shop while he performed his maintenance duties, causing large welts on his arms, face and neck. Physician administered injection. Compensability to be determined.

Employee was operating sandblaster to clean cement buildup off of cement coolers when a piece of sand entered and scratched his right eye. (Was wearing face shield.) Prescription eye drops administered.

Employee was inspecting the pattern of whizzer blades in the cement mill separator when dust vibrated off of separator & entered right eye. Given Rx eye drops for conjunctivitis on 1/9/07.

Employee was outside of transfer house walking to the motor control center when he slipped on a patch of ice on the ground (inclement weather) and fell, striking his upper back and head. Employee received osteopathic manipulative treatment on 12/11/06.

Employee was changing grates on underside of cement clinker cooler drive. Dust in air probably entered eyes after employee removed his goggles. Prescription eye drops prescribed due to conjunctivitis on 11/21/06.

Employee strained his left shoulder 11/01/06 when he shoved a piece of metal into the metal shear. Injury didn't become reportable until a partial tear of the rotator cuff was discovered and he underwent surgery on 3/2/07 and was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was in physical/chemical laboratory. He removed a procelain funnel from the drying oven with tongs. The funnel slipped out of the tongs. Employee grabbed for it with right hand as it hit the counter & broke, causing laceration to right palm that required sutures.

Employee was swinging sledgehammer at feed end building of cement plant to break up built-up, hardened cement when the hammerhead hit the roof overhead & on rebound pinched his right little finger between hammer handle & his steel-toed boot. Caused laceration and fracture of finger.

Employee was in storeroom using pocket knife to cut cardboard to place over dust compressor. He was cutting toward self when his right elbow struck an object, causing hand w/knife to redirect and stab his left forearm. Wound required 2 sutures to close.

Employee was stretching out welding cable when he raised up and struck his head (wearing hard hat) on the damper control arm of the cooler exhaust fan. This caused sprain to his cervical spine. Injury became reportable 8/28/06 when he received an osteopathic manipulative adjustment.

Employee was putting chain in a bucket elevator and was attempting to straighten the chain when folded links straightened and forced his finger into a friction wheel. This caused fracture to the fingertip of his right 3rd finger.

Employee was using hand-held electric grinder inside duct work at the glass baghouse and was grinding the surface of the damper housing when the grinder slipped out of his sweaty hands and cut his right index finger. Laceration of knuckle required 2 sutures.

Employee was machining grates in machine shop. He was attempting to remove the shim stock from under the material when the sharp edge of the shim cut through his glove and into his right thumb. This caused laceration requiring sutures.

Employee was riding in manlift basket ascending to bottom of cement mill #2 in order to hook a cable onto the mill, when he caught his right ring finger between the manlift basket and the mill. This caused a laceration of the finger that required 5 sutures to close.

Employee was using a multitool screwdriver to adjust the door stop on an office door and was reaching overhead tightening screws at the top of the door when he suffered back spasms. He received osteopathic adjustment and muscle relaxers.

Employee was standing by as other employee used jackhammer to unplug the clinker breaker, when a hot piece of cement clinker flew up and struck him in the mouth. This caused a contusion and 2 degree burns to his right upper and lower lip.

Build-up of fine clinker had accumulated in the clinker cooler. The clinker cooler baghouse was by-passed due to concern for overheating the baghouse cloth bags. The discharge gases heated up the insulation under the roof decking to the point that the insulation caught fire and smoldered. Fire was extinguished with no injuries and no major equipment damage.

Employee's left index finger was pinched between a box-end wrench and an air chucker hook while he was working with other employee to remove nuts from bearing springs of a gear reducer. This caused laceration requiring sutures.

Employee was in process of installing an oil cooler on the cement plant coal mill. He smashed his left middle finger between the oil cooler and a pallet while sliding the cooler on a pallet under the coal mill. This fractured the tip of his finger.

Employees were preparing for new electrical installation and were removing electrical conduit at plant silos. Employee was pulling on conduit and when it came free, he smashed his left middle finger against a screw conveyor housing. This resulted in a tuft fracture which required splinting.

The cement raw mill was being manually turned by a crane. A bolt holding the choker cable broke, causing a jolt to the mill and releasing a large cloud of dust and debris. As employee standing by watching the process (wearing safety glasses) looked up, foreign body entered his left eye. Eye doctor removed metallic FB on 3/27/06 and prescribed drops.

This injury occured while doing overhead lifting over a period of four days.

Employee struck right elbow on bracket securing ladder to handrail inside cement plant raw mill. He was jackhammering inside the shut down mill at the time. He did not seek treatment until 5/3/06 at which time he was diagnosed with olecranon bursitis with a chip fracture of elbow.

Employee was stepping off crane and foot slipped on wet outrigger pad and twisted his knee.

Employee was using utility knife to cut rubber cement mill liner when the knife slipped and he cut his right leg above the knee. Laceration required sutures.

Employee was holding 5"" pipe used to guide jackhammer bit onto bolt as employees were jacking raw mill liner bolts out of mill. Jackhammer bit came out of pipe and down on employee's right little finger, causing laceration and fracture.

Another employee was blowing out a cement silo aeration line on other side of silo when air backtracked and pushed open a valve near injured, blowing cement dust into his right ear and right eye. Ear and eye were flushed and prescription eye drops were administered.

Employee twisted right knee while emptying 5 gallon buckets of cement dust into loader bucket at feed end of kiln and again while going down steps at slurry basin on 1/4/06. Saw ortho specialist on 3/28/06 and was given steroid injections.

Employee was cleaning the waste dust scales using an air hose. When he turned the air on, the hose popped off and the coupler struck him in the face. Xray at time was negative for fracture, but ee later required surgery for deviated nasal septum. Underwent OP surgery on 2/1/06.

Employee handing 15# brick to brick mason and felt strain to left groin area.

Employee was holding bolt/socket & extension being tightened by other employee using impactor when the socket slipped off the bolt, causing the extension to spin around and strike him in the mouth. This broke the crown on tooth #7 and knocked tooth #8 out of its socket.

Employee was removing sections of guides from cement mill discharge bucket elevator. In the process, the employee struck the grating above him with one of the beams, causing cement dust to dislodge and fall into his face. Dust subsequently got into his left eye and caused irritation. He was given prescription medication for the eye.

Employee's eyes started hurting after work 9/13/05. He had been welding on a coal mill ladder & had also been on fire watch while other employee welded. While on vacation 9/14/05, Dr. diagnosed mild keratitis & hx of foreign body right eye. Possibly saw coworker strike arc with welding hood up. Unsure where he got FB. Report delayed due to lack of paperwork from doctor.

While on break in Shipping Dept. breakroom, employee bent over to tie his shoelace, went to stand upright and the next thing he knew he was on the floor. He stuck his left elbow on the floor when he fell. Saw Dr. 7/29/05, X-ray negative, injection administered. (Compensability to be determined.)

EE was cutting & removing old screw conveyor housing sections at the elect. precipitator Bldg. When he attempted to drop a section of metal housing off grating to the ground, a piece of sharp metal on the screw caught his glove & pulled his left hand to a pinch point,cutting his hand at the base of his little finger.Sutures were required to close the cut.

During kiln shutdown employee worked inside rotary cement kiln welding a patch in the shell and had to walk through clinker dust to get to his work area. The dust penetrated his work clothes and got on his skin, resulting in dry chemical burn to his left leg. He saw Dr. on 8/9/05 and was given cortizone injection.

Employee was operating K-D forklift during kiln shutdown to move pallets of kiln brick in and out of cement kiln. While backing out of the kiln, a wheel ran up onto a large piece of coating. The wheel then fell back down to the floor, jolting the employee and dislocating a rib. (EE did not see Dr. until 7/28/05 at which time he received osteopathic manipulation.)

Employee was in manlift basket alongside the rotary cement kiln, assisting as his supervisor drilled holes in a crack in the kiln shell. Hot dust coming out of the crack got into employee's right eye. This caused an anterior corneal burn.

Employee pinched right ring finger between air lance ""T"" handle and doorway of cement plant clinker cooler while using air lance to break up a high pile of clinker inside the cooler. This resulted in a laceration that required sutures.

Employee was performing corrective maintenance at the east agitator of the slurry basin. He picked up a 20-ton hydraulic cylinder (weighing 25-30 pounds) to move it, twisted and strained his back while setting it back down. Was put on restricted duty and given an injection.

LIFTING CHAIN IN CEMENT KILN AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER.

Employee was using hydraulic ram to reposition broken stationary cast iron beam on N. side of #3 clinker cooler. Cast beam broke at web and bottom flange (3"" X 15"" long) broke off and struck employee's hard hat, causing it to break and cut employee's forehead.

Employee was using a chipping hammer to remove cement buildup from the framework of C-16 and C-20 conveyor belts when a foreign object entered her right eye. Foreign body was removed, but resulted in a corneal abrasion, and prescription medication was administered.

Employee strained his lower back when he lifted on a metal raw mill lifter inside of the first compartment of the mill. He was replacing the lifters during mill shutdown. He saw the doctor on 9/13/04, at which time he was given an osteopathic manipulative treatment.

Employee had been performing maintenance on cement clinker cooler drive. While stepping down off of the reducer base, he struck his right elbow on a piece of angle iron, causing a laceration that required two sutures to close.

Employee was exiting a barge and stepping out onto the concrete cell when he struck his head (wearing his hard hat) on cross bracing at the barge loading cells.

Air hose blew off the end coupling and then struck the mechanic on the right cheek. The mechanic required stitches to close the wound.

Employee was using an hydraulic cylinder to remove a coupling from the shaft of a piece of equipment in the maintenance shop. While pushing the coupling off the shift, he mashed the end of his left ring finger between the push plate and coupling. The crush injury resulted in a fractured tuft of left ring finger.

Employee was performing electrical maintenance on electrostatic precipitator control cabinet. While changing the cooler fan on the SCR heat sink, he cut the middle finger of his left hand on a sharp burr on the mounting bracket inside the cabinet. This resulted in a laceration that required 5 sutures to close.

Employee was performing preventive maintenance on high pressure compressor in the air compressor room at Shipping. The discharge air line separated at the joint when compressor was started for testing, causing a loud discharge of air pressure near ee. Saw Dr. on 5/12/04 and was referred to ENT specialist on 5/20/04. Dx: barotrauma to rt. ear with low frequency hearing loss.

WHILE PREPARING TO INSPECT & CLEAN THE CEMENT PLANT DUST COLLECTOR, EE STRUCK HIS HEAD (WEARING HARD HAT) WHILE ENTERING THE DOORWAY OF THE DUST COLLECTOR & JAMMED HIS NECK. EE DID NO SEE A DR UNTIL 2/23/04 & ON 2/26/04 HE RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

EE slipped & fell from radial stacker.

Employee bumped his left knee on the edge of a cooler grate while rushing to extinguish a fire on #1 cement clinker cooler drive. He was carrying 2 fire extinguishers at the time. Injury became reportable on 3/26/04 when employee saw orthopedic specialist who prescribed physical therapy.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS USING IMPACT WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON THE MID-KILN PROBES AT THE ROTARY KILN BETWEEN THE SHELL AND SHROUD. TO DO THE JOB, HE HAD TO LAY ON HIS BACK OR SIDE , AND HE GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS RIGHT EYE. PHYSICIAN REMOVED FB WITH NEEDLE AND PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE PUSHING ON THE DOOR HANDLE OF THE DUST MIXER IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE DOOR AFTER CLEANING THE MIXER. MRI REVEALED HERNIATED DISC AT L5-S1. STARTED LOSING TIME FROM WORK ON 12/8/03.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE THE CEMENT KILN SHROUD CLEANING THE MID-KILN AREA DURING SHUTDOWN. HE WAS ATTACHED TO A ROPE AND HE LOST HIS FOOTING AS HE CLIMBED OUT OF THE SHROUD AT BREAK. AS HE FELL @ 4 FEET, HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND STRUCK HIS LEFT WRIST ON THE METAL SHROUD AND BENT HIS WRIST BACKWARD. HE DID NOT SEE DR UNTIL 12/2/03 & WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY UNTIL HE SAW SPECIALIS

WHEN EMPLOYEE CLOSED THE ROOF DOOR ON SECTION 1A ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR, A CHAIN LINK FELL BETWEEN THE DOOR AND DOOR FRAME, PUTTING THE DOOR IN A BIND. EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER PULLING THE DOOR BACK OPEN. HE DID NOT SEE A PHYSICIAN UNTIL 12/18/03. INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE ON 12/23/03 WHEN DOCTOR ADMINISTERED AN INJECTION.

EE WAS MOVING A 54 LB COOLER GRATE INT HE PLANT STOREROOM. SHE LIFTED IT SLIGHTLY FELT SOME PAIN AND PUT IF BACK DOWN. SHE NOTIFIED HER SUPERVISOR ON 11-13-03 OF BACK DISCOMFORT AND WAS SENT T O PHYSICIAN THAT DATE. SHE RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

EE WAS PREPARING TO REPAIR A BROKEN COUPLING ON THE WASTE DUST MIXER AND WAS USING A HAND HELD SHOVEL TO SCOOP GREASE & DIRT FROM UNDER THE GEARBOX PRIOR TO WORK ON THE COUPLING. WHEN HE BENT DOWN TO LIFT UP A SHOVEL FULL OF GREASE/DIRT, HE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE SOUGHT CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS & WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY ON 10/13/03.

EE STRAINED HIS NECK WHILE MOVING OFFICE DESKS AND FILE CABINETS FROM ONE OFFICE TO ANOTHER IN THE PLANT'S ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING. HE WAS USING A TWO-WHEELED DOLLY. SAW DOCTOR FOR OSTE OPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

EE STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A 16 LB SLEDGEHAMMER AS HE TIGHTENED UP A TOP DOOR LATCH ON THE DOOR TO THE FRONT OF THE KILN HOOD. THE FINGER WAS CLEANED AND DRESSED AND EE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL 10/17/03.

EE STRAINED LOWER BACK LIFTING A BUCKET OF MORTOR (APPROX 50 LBS) WHILE HE WAS CLEANING UP THE CEMENT KILN BURNER FLOOR AREA FOLLOWING KILN SHUTDOWN. EE HAS RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE T REATMENT BY PHYSICIAN ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

EE WAS ASSISTING MAINTENANCE WITH CHANGE OUT OF GRATES IN CEMENT CLINKER COOLER. MECHANIC HANDED EE GRATES THROUGH DOORWAY OF COOLER, EE CAUGHT BOOT ON STEP GRATING AND FELL SIDEWAYS ONTO LEFT KNEE, DROPPING GRATES ON RIGHT THIGH & STRAINING BACK. SHE SAW PHYSICIAN FOR THE FIRST TIME ON 10/9/03 & HAS RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

EE HAD BEEN OPERATING A 4600 MANITOWOC CRANE IN THE LIMESTONE QUARRY. WHEN HE WENT TO DISMOUNT THE MACHINE AT BREAK TIME, HE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL AND IT BROKE LOOSE. THIS CAUSED THE EE TO SLIP . HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BEFORE FALLING, BUT TWISTED HIS BACK. HE WAS SENT TO PHYSICIAN AND TREATED WITH OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATION ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN OPERATING A 10 YARD ENDLOADER THAT HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE ""SOFT SHIFT"". THIS CAUSED THE MACHINE TO JERK MORE THAN NORMAL WHEN SHIFTING FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE AND VICE VERSA. OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS, THIS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE'S BACK TO HURT. HE SAW PHYSICIAN ON 9/15/03 AND RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE FELT BURNING SENSATION IN RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE USING PIPE WRENCH TO REMOVE A PIPE EXTRACTOR THAT WAS STUCK IN A 1"" PIECE OF PIPE. HE WAS HOLDING THE PIPE IN A VISE AT THE TIME. HE AGGRAVATED THE SHOULDER AGAIN ON 8-16 WHILE MOVING A WINCH ON A DOLLY. HE BEGAN LOSING TIME ON 8-13-03. MRI WAS NEGATIVE. INJURY DIAGNOSED AS RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A FORKLIFT BOOM INTO THE BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK. HE DID NOT KNOW ANOTHER EE HAD BEEN USING A CUTTING TORCH ON THE BOOM. HE GRABBED THE HOT BOOM WITH HIS BARE HAND TO SLIDE IT BACK INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND SUFFERED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE PALM AND FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY ON 8-15-03.

WHILE WALKING FROM THE ELEVATOR TO THE CEMENT SILO CHUTE HE WAS REPAIRING . WIND BLEW A FOREIGN OBJECT INTO EE LEFT EYE. SAW PHYSICIAN ON 8-7-03. EYE WAS NUMBED, FOREIGN BODY REMOVED AND EYE DROPS PRESCRIBED.

EE WAS CLEANING BULL VALVE AT PARK WASHER STATION. BOOK END COPY WERE REMOVED FROM BALL VALVE. PRESSURE HAD BUILT UP BEHIND SEAL ON BALL VALVE EVEN WORK CAPS REMOVED EE OPENED VALVE WHILE CLEA NING WITH SOLVENT. SOLVENT AND SMALL PIECE OF METAL SPLASHED EE IN FACE EYES.

EE WAS ACTING AS WELDER'S WATCHMAN AT THE RAW MILL DISCHARGE CHUTE. WHEN HE WENT TO STEP OUT OF THE AREA WHERE HE WAS WORKING, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF ANGLE IRON AND HE CUT HIS LOWER LEFT LEG. THERE WAS AN APPROX. 3' STEP DOWN INT HIS AREA.THE 3"" LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES CLOSURE.

EE WAS WELDING ON AN ENDLOADER BUCKET OUTSIDE THE MOBILE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE WAS WEARING DARK GLASSES WITH A WELDING HOOD AND HAD WELDING SHIELDS UP, AS WELL AS TARP TO BLOCK SUNLIGHT. LEFT E YE BECAME IRRITATED AND EE SAW PHSICIAN ON 6-20-03. DIAGNOSIS WAS FLASH BURN AND EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED.

EE WAS WELDING ON AN ENDLOADER BUCKET OUTSIDE THE MOBILE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE WAS WEARING DARK GLASSES WITH A WELDING HOOD AND HAD WELDING SHIELDS UP, AS WELL AS TARP TO BLOCK SUNLIGHT. EYES B ECAME IRRITATED AND EE SAW PHYSICIAN ON 6-20-03.DIAGNOSIS WAS FLASH BURN AND EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED.

EE WAS WELDING ON AN ENDLOADER BUCKET OUTSIDE THE MOBILE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE WAS WEARING DARK GLASSES WITH A WELDING HOOD & HAD WELDING SHIELDS UP AS WELL AS A TARP TO BLOCK THE SUNLIGHT. HI S EYES LATER BECAME IRRITATED & EE SAW DR ON 6/19/03. DIAGNOSIS WAS KERATITIS (FLASH BURN)TO BOTH EYES & DR RX'D EYE DROPS & ADVISED NO WORK ON 6/19/03 EE . EE RET'D TO WORK 6/20/03

EE GOT DUST HIS IN HIS LEFT WHILE CHECKING THE SHAKER PAN ON CONVEYOR BELT B-17. HE WAS IN THE B-17 TUNNEL AT THE TIME, WHERE THERE WAS EXCESSIVE CEMENT DUST IN THE AIR. PHYSICIAN REMOVED FOR EIGN BODY AND PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.

EE WAS OPERATING HOUGH ENDLOADER AT CEMENT CLINKER SOME RECLAIM AREA. WHILE DISMOUNTING MACHINE AT BREAK TIME, HE SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM RUNG OF ENDLOADER LADDER AND STRUCK HIS RT. SHIN ON THE METAL STEP, RESULTING IN 3""X 4""HEMATOMA. INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE ON 5/22/03 WHEN DR. HAD TO DRAIN HEMATOMA DUE TO INFECTION.

EE WAS PREPARING TO UNLOAD A BARGE WITH A CRANE AT THE WEST DOCK OF BARGE UNLOADING. WHILE CLIMBING UP THE ENTRANCE LADDER OF THE CRANE, SHE STRAINED HER LEFT SHOULDER AND CERVICAL SPINE. SHE WAS GIVEN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING UNDER KILN TIRE #2 AIR ARCING WELD OFF OF THE KILN SHELL IN ORDER TO REPLACE WITH NEW BLOCKS. HE STEPPED UP ON A BUCKET TO GET CLOSER TO HIS JOB. THE BUCKET SLIPPED OUT F ROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL ON HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 4/14/03, WHEN HE WAS GIVEN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

FOREIGN PARTICLE ENTERED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE SOMETIME DURING THE DAY, POSSIBLY WHILE DRILLING ANCHOR HOLES INTO A CONCRETE WALL TO HANG PICTURES IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOBBY. EYE START ED BOTHERING HIM THE EVENING OF 3/28/03. HE DID NOT SEE A PHYSICIAN UNTIL 4/1/03 AT WHICH TIME A CORNEAL ABRASION WAS NOTED AND PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED.

WHILE DESCENDING THE LADDER ON THE HAUL TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING IN THE QUARRY, THE EE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK AT THE BOTTOM STEP. HE WAS STILL HOLDING ON TO THE HANDRAIL AT THE TIME. HE SAW DR. ON 3/18/03, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS GIVEN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

THE EE GOT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER CAUGHT WHILE HE WAS PUTTING PAPER TOWEL AROUND THE DOOR LATCH OF THE 50 TON CAT. TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING, SO THAT THE LOOSE DOOR WOULD SHUT TIGHTER. THIS RESULT ED IN AN AVULSION LACERATION TO THE RIGHT RING FINGER THAT REQUIRED 3 SUTURES.

EE EXPERIENCED NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT ARM AFTER USING PRY BAR TO JAB & BREAK UP LUMP OF MATERIALIN THE COAL CRUSHER AT CEMENT PLANT. HE & ANOTHER EE ALSO LIFTED MATERIAL FROM CRUSHER APPROX 20-3-LBS, DIAGNOSED WITH MUSCLE STRAIN LEFT ARM EE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY

WHILE CRAWLING OVER THE B-13 CONVEYOR BELT AT THE CROSS-OVER POINT, EMPLOYEE STRUCK AN OVERHEAD CABLE TRAY WITH HIS HARD HAT, JAMMING HIS NECK. HEAD ROOD IS 20-24 INCHES AS YOU CRAWL THROUGH. INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE ON 2/6/03 WHEN PHYSICIAN ADMINISTERED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

EE WAS WORKING UNDERNEATH THE SOUTH AUMUND CONVEYOR CLEANING DEBRIS (HARDENED CEMENT CLINKER) FROM UNDER BELT. HE WAS REACHING UNDER THE CONVEYOR TO REMOVE SOME LOOSE MATERIAL WHEN A JACKHAMME R BEING OPERATED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR STRUCK HIS HAND & FRACTURED THE END OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 1/20/03.

EE WAS INSIDE CEMENT KILN DURING SHUTDOWN STAGING BRICK AND ASSISTING BRICKLAYERS. HE WAS USING A PALLET TO STAND ON, AND WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE PALLET, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

WHILE OPERATING A 10 YARD ENDLOADER IN THE SHALEQUARRY, THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN BACK AS THE EE MADE A TURN, AND THE KNOB ON THE STEERING WHEEL KNOCKED EE LEFT INDEX FINGER OUT OF SOCKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE RAW MILL AT CEMENT PLANT AND USING A PNEUMATIC JACKHAMMER AND CHISEL TO KNOCK THE OLD LIFTER LOOSE INSIDE THE MILL. WHILE BEATING ON THE LIFTER A PIECE OF METAL CHI PPED OFF, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREHEAD BETWEEN HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND HARD HAT (ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE). EMPLOYEE SAW DOCTOR ON 12/23/02 AT WHICH TIME A 1/4"" PIECE OF EMBEDDED METAL WAS

EE WAS USING AN AIR CHIPPING HAMMER TO REMOVE CEMENT CLINKER BUILDUP OFF THE BACK OF AN ENDLOADER BUCKET, WHEN A PIECE OF CLINKER FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. (EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH S IDE SHIELDS.) EE WENT TO ER, WHERE EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS USING PRY BAR TO PRY UP ON KILN PROBES AT THE MID-KILN AREA IN ORDER TO ALIGN BOLTS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. DID NOT SEE DR. UNTIL 11-25-02, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK. RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO RESTRICTIONS ON 12-02-02.

EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT ENDLOADER AND PUSHING UP THE ROCK STOKPILE AFTER TRUCKS HAD DUMPED THEIR LOADS WHEN A ROCK ROLLED DOWN BEHIND A TIRE OF THE ENDLOADER. WHEN THE MACHINE BACKED OVER THE ROCK, IT CAUSED THE EE TO BE BOUNCED AROUND AND JARRED HIS NECK. PHYSICIAN ADMINISTERED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENTS.

EE WAS REMOVING CLINKER FROM CLINKER COOLER. THE EE'S GOGLES CAME APART CAUSING LOOSE DUST TO ENTRER R EYE.

WHILE PREPARING TO LOAD HOLES WITH EXPLOSIVES IN QUARRY, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MOVING THE TRIPOD FROM ONE SIDE OF THE POWDER TRUCK TO THE OTHER. HE RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATION

EE WAS WORKING INSIDE PRIMARY CRUSHER HOPPER TO REMOVE MATERIAL FROM HOPPER WHICH CAUSED A PLUG IN THE FEEDER. DURING THIS OPERATION, A PIECE OF UNCRUSHED LIMESTONE FELL ONTO THE EE'S LEFT HAN D. EE HAD THE HOPPER LOCKED OUT DURING THIS OPERATION.

EE WAS AIR CHISELING MATERIAL BUILDING AT THE DISCHARGE END OF CEMENT MILL #1. AS MATERIAL WAS BROKEN UP, AIRBORNE DUST WAS GENERATED. THIS DUST WAS CAPTURED IN THE MECHANICAL AIRFLOW & IMPACT ED THE EE IN THE FACE. AS A RESULT, IT BECAME CAUGHT IN HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER HOPPER USING A PORTA POWER HYDRAULIC JACK AND SHAFT TO PUSH METAL SKIRTING TOGETHER AT GRIZZLY FEEDER IN ORDER TO REPAIR A CRACK IN THE METAL. THE JACK AND SHAFT BUCKLED AND THE SHAFT STRUCK EE, CUTTING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AND STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOOT. CUT REQUIRED SUTURES. EE WAS UNABLE TO WORK FROM 9/4/02 UNTIL RELEASED 9/11/02.

EE WAS USING A CHIPPING HAMMER TO BREAK UP A MATERIAL PLUG (GYPSUM) IN THE CHUTE ABOVE THE VIBRATING FEEDER AT MILL SILO #4. WHEN THE FREED MATERIAL FLUSHED, IT PUSHED THE HAMMER INTO HIS CHIN , CAUSING A LACERATION. EE WENT TO ER FOR XRAY (NEGATIVE), BUTTERFLY BANDAGE AND TETANUS SHOT. HE THEN HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION RESULTING IN CELLULITIS OF ARM FROM SHOT. HE LOST TIME BEGINNIN

EE WAS SHUTTING OFF THE COOLING WATER TO THE DRESSOR COMPRESSOR IN THE MILL MOTOR ROOM. HE STEPPED FROM THE PALLETS SUPPORTING THE COOLING FAN TO THE FLOOR, STEPPED ON THE EDGE OF A 2X4 LYING ON THE FLOOR AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF TRUCK FOR BREAKTIME, SHE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HER R KNEE ON THE STEP.

EE WAS EXITING SHIPPING SILO ELEVATOR AND WHEN HE CLOSED THE DOOR SOME LOOSE CEMENT DUST WENT INTO HIS EYES.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS HELPING TO SORT KILN BRICK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROUND OBJECT. IT ROLLED UNDER HIS RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE & STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK & HIP. *EE DI D NOT SEE PHYSICIAN UNTIL 5/20/02 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS GIVEN AN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT

EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING CEMENT SILO #2 THROUGH A MANHOLE TO PERFORM NECESSARY MAINTENANCE WHEN DUST CIRCULATING INSIDE THE SILO GOT IN HIS EYES AND HE LOST FOOTING. HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF MANHOLE AND HE PULLED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF. EE SAW DOCTOR ON 4-12-02 AND WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

EE TWISTED BAKC WHILE LIFTING AND DUMPING 55 GAL. GARBAGE CAN INTO SW DUMPSTER IN MAINTENANCE SHOP. GARBAGE CAN WEIGHED APPROX. 50-75 LBS. DIAGNOSED WITH ACUT STRAIN AND MUSCLE SPASMS LUMBAR/T HORACIC SPINE, EE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE LIFTING 24 VOLT BATTERY FROM BED OF PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED CARRYING BATTERYAPPROX 6-8 FT BEFORE PLACING IT ON SHELF FOR STO RAGE IN BUILDING. HE DID NOT SEE COMPANY PHYSICIAN UNTIL 3-25-02, WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY ON 4-1-02, THEN TAKEN OFF WORK 4-4-02 WHEN MRIREVEALED HERNIATED DISC AT L4-L5.

EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF PICKUP TRUCK AT QUARRY ROCK CRUSHER PAD. HE MAD 2-3 STEPS BACKWARD AND TRIPPED OVER A 2' X 2' ROCK, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACKWARD ONTO TAILBONE.

WHEN CLIMBING STATIONARY LADDER AT C15 CONVEYOR BELT, EMPLOYEE STRUCK HEAD ON 2"" OVERHEAD PIPING WHEN HE WENT TO CLIMB ONTO LADDER PLATFORM. HE SAW A PHYSICIAN ON 2/26/02 & WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STRAIN & MUSCLE SPASM OF CERVICAL/THORACIC SPINE & WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

EE CLAIMS THAT REPEATEDLY LIFTING HEAVY STEEL PLATE MILL LINERS FROM THEIR CRATE & SETTING THEM IN PLACE INSIDE CEMENT MILL #2 EXACERBATED A PRE-EXISTING HERNIATED DISK IN LOWER BACK. ON 2/26

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PRODUCTION HELPER LIFT A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF 4"" BY 7"" STEEL SHIMS ONTO BACK OF TOW MOTOR, WHEN HE SMASHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE BUCKET A ND THE TOW MOTOR. BUCKET WEIGHED APPROX 100-125 LBS. THIS CAUSED A 90% AVULSION OF THE FINGERTIPON HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. EMPLOYEE PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE ROTARY CEMENT KILN USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT APPROX3'-6' ENDS OFF OF CHAIN HANGING INSIDE OF KILN. HE WAS CUTTING THE CHAIN WHEN ANOTHER PIECE OF C HAIN FELL, STRIKING HIM ON HIS HEAD (WEARING HARD HAT) AND KNOCKING HIM DOWN. HIS RIGHT HIP STRUCK A PEDESTAL INSIDE THE KILN. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CONCUSSION AND POSSIBLE NECK INJURY.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING BRICKERS INSIDE ROTARY CEMENT KILN WITH INSTALLATION OF KILN BRICK. HE HAD BEEN THROWING BRICK FOR A WHILE WHEN HIS LEFT WRISTS STARTED TO SWELL. D IAGNOSED BY PHYSICIAN ON 1/16/02 TO BE TENDONITIS OF THE LEFT WRIST AND FOREARM, THE EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY. RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY ON 1/21/02.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING CONTRACT LABOR AND MAKING AN INSPECTION OF THE KILN CHAIN SYSTEM REPAIR. HE WAS INSIDE THE ROTARY KILN AND WALKING THROUGH THE 4 START CHAIN SYST EM WHEN HE STEPPED ON A CHAIN. IT ROLLED OVER, CAUSING HIS RIGHT FOOT TO SLIP OFF OF IT. HIS RIGHT KNEE TWISTED AS HIS FOOT LANDED ON OTHER CHAIN, CAUSING STRAIN OF HIS RIGHT KNEE.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A WALL PLATE ALONG #4 CLINKER COOLER DRIVE. WHEN HE PULLED THE PIECE OF METAL OFF THE WALL, CLINKER DUST FLUSHED INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING ON 15 FOOT 2"" BY 12"" BOARD WHILE INSTALLING SCAFFOLDING AT CEMENT COOLER GRATES DURING KILN SHUTDOWN. PHYSICIAN TREATED WITH OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREAT MENT.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN OPERATING W-20 BRICK PEELER INSIDE CEMENT KILN. HE GOT OFF THE MACHINE AND WAS WALKING AROUND IT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND WRENCHED HIS UPPER BACK.

EE GOT DUST IN HIS LEFT EYE WHILE HE USED AN AIR LANCE TO PUSH CEMENT DUST DOWN AN AIR SLIDE. PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED MEDICATED EYE DROPS.

EE HAD BEEN WELDING CUTTING EDGES ONTO AN ENDLOADER BUCKET. HE FELT AN IRRITATION IN HIS RIGHT EYE AND RUBBED HIS EYE WITH HIS GLOVES HAND CONTAMINATED WELDING GLOVE. THIS CAUSED HIS EYE TO BE COME FURTHER IRRITATED WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT GOTINTO THE EYE, PROBABLY OFF OF THE GLOVE. PHYSICIAN REMOVED FOREIGN BODY AND PRESCRIBED MEDICATED EYE DROPS EE DID NOT SEE DR UNTIL 11-29-01.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING AN OIL SEAL ON #45 HOUGH ENDLOADER WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE (WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS). PHYSICIAN REMOVED FOREIGH BODY ON 11/14/01. ME DICATION PRESCRIBED.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN BOTTOM FLIGHT OF STEPSTO CEMENT CLINKER COOLER PIT TO MAKE A DAILY IN-SPECTION OF THE AREA WHEN HE MISSED A STEP AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT AND PLACED ONRESTRICTED DUTY. RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY ON 11/05/01.

EE WAS RIGGING SCAFFOLDING AT B-19 CLINKER RECLAIM HOPPER. HE WAS STANDING ON A BOARD WHEN HE WENT TO STEP INTO A ROPE LADDER. THE LADDER SWUNG FORWARD WHILE RIGHT FOOT REMAINED ON BOARD, CAUS ING STRAIN OF LOWER LEFT ABDOMINAL WALL. PHYSICIAN PLACED HIM ON LIGHT DUTY ON 10-9-01.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN EE WAS WORKING WITH MAINTENANCE REPAIRING THE PRECIPITATOR COLLECT SCREW CONVEYOR. WHEN PLACING THE SCREW LID ON THE FLOOR,IT BOUNCED UP AND A BURR ON THE EDGE OF THE LID STRUCK AND CUT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER CAUSING A1 1/2"" LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 4 SUTURES TO CLOSE.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN EE WAS INSTALLING WEAR LIPSON #1 CLINKER COOLER DRIVE MOTOR WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WENT TO E.R. & WAS GIVEN EYE DROPS. NEXT DAY OPTHAMOLOGIST REMO VED FOREIGN BODY FORM UNDER RIGHT EYE LID.

EE WAS IN THE MILL BUILDING CLOSING THE RAW MILLDOORS FOLLOWING MILL SHUTDOWN. HE HAD PICKED UP THE HEAVY METAL BRACKET AND WAS POSITIONING THE WASHER AND NUT PREPARING TO BOLT THE DOOR ONTO T HE RAW MILL WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. ON 9/20/01 DOCTOR ADMINISTERED STEROID INJECTION TO SHOULDER AND PLACED HIM ON LIGHT DUTY.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE HELPING TO LAY BRICK IN FLOOR OF CEMENT KILN. HE SAW PHYSICIAN ON 8-24-01, RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC TREATMENT AND WAS PLACED ON LIGHT D UTY. HE WORKED ON LIGHT DUTY 8-24, 8-25, AND 8-26. RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY 9-4-01.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS ASSISTING MAINTENANCE ON REPAIR OF CEMENT DOME. HE WAS STANDING ON CURB AT TRUCK SCALES AT DOME LOOKING IN A PICKUPTRUCK FOR A FLASHLIGHT WHEN HE BACKED UP AND SLI PPED OFF THE CURB, INJURING HIS LEFT ANKLE. AFTER REPORTING FOR WORK ON 8-24-01 HE WAS SENT TO ER WHERE MINUTE AVULSION CORTICAL FRACTURE WAS DIAGNOSED AND ANKLE SPLINTED.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS HAMMERING ON F25 SCREW CONVEYOR WITH METAL HAMMER TO TRY TO UNPLUG CONVEYOR WHEN A 1/8"" PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF ANDLODGED IN HIS LEFT FOREARM. REQUIRED SURGICAL RE MOVAL BY PHYSICIAN.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS REMOVING STEEL DOORON ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR DUCT IN ORDER TO INSPECT AND REPAIR DUCT WHEN HE DROPPED THE STEELDOOR ON HIS LEFT FOOT. X-RAY NEGATIVE FOR FRACTU RE BUT HIS FOOT WAS BADLY SWOLLEN. HE LOST 1 DAYOF WORK.

EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON CENTER COLUMN OF SLURRY BASIN AGITATOR. HE WAS CLIMBING FROM A MANLIFT BASKET ONTO THE AGITATOR WHEN HE STRUCKHIS HEAD WEARING HARD HAT ON A STEEL BEAM, CAUSIN G STRAIN OF CERVICAL, THORACIC, LUMBAR SPINE ANDPELVIS. HE DID NOT SEE DR UNTIL 9-5-01 WHEN HE WAS GIVEN AN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRAINING THE LUBRICATION OIL FROM A KILN TRUNION BEARING THAT GOT OVERHEATED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE VISCOSITY OF THE OIL. WHILE REMOVING THE DRAIN CAP AND ATTACHING HOSE TO THE OIL DRAIN HOLE IN THE BEARING, HOT GEAR OIL SPILLED ONTO HIS GLOVED HANDS. THIS CAUSED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RIGHT THUMB AND PALM AND LEFT INDEX FINGER. DEBRIDED SKIN ON RIGHT THUMB.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS CHANGING GRATES INSIDE THE CLINKER COOLER WHEN A PIECE OF CEMENT CLINKER ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE. FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED BY ER PHYSICIAN AND EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIB ED.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN JACKHAMMERING HARDENED CEMENT BUILDUP INSIDE OF CEMENT FINISH MILL WHEN LARGE CHUNK OF HARDENED CEMENT FELL FROM ROOF OF MILL ONTO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER & DOWN HIS BACK. HE DID NOT SEE DOCTOR UNTIL 7/13/01 WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SHOULDER SEPARATION. HE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK EFFECTIVE 7/16/01.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT JOB DUTIES AS TEMP. SUMMER LABORER CAUSED HANDS TO SWELL. SHE WENT TO PER- SONAL DR. AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH FLEXOR TENDONITIS AND CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. *IN LETTER DATED 9/26/01, COMPANY DR. CONCURRED THAT HE FELT THISWAS JOB RELATED. HE TOOK HER OFF WORK 7/11/01. HER TEMP. JOB WAS COMPLETED 8/17/01.

EE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE STEP OF THE LINK BELT CRANE ONTO THE GROUND INTHE SHIPPING AREA. EE DID NOT SEE DOCTOR UNTIL 6-25 WHEN HE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS: IMPROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUE, LARGE HEAVY OBJECT. IMPAIRMENT: TWO DAYS OFRESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY.

DURING SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT KNEE BECAME SWOLLEN WHILE HE WAS WORKING IN THE RAW MILL INSTALLING NEW SCREENS. HE HAD BEEN WORKING ON HIS KNEES AT TIMES.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LAY BRICK IN THE FLOOR OF THE KILN WHEN A KILN BRICK FELL FROM THE PALLET AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP. X RAY WAS NEGATIVE FOR FRACTURE, BUT E MPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER AND CHISEL TO BREAK A WELD APART ON A SPLIT COUPLING FOR THE TUGBOAT WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP, PUNCTURED HIS NECK AND LODGED IN THE SKIN NEAR HIS ADAM'S APPLE. PIECE OF METAL WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED ON 6-21-01.

CARRYING PUMP CASE ACROSS PARKING LOT, HIT LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS INVESTIGATING A PROBLEM WITH #1 CLINKER COOLER DRIVE. WHEN HE WALKED AROUND DRIVE NEAR THE CYLINDER, DUST BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. PHYSICIAN COULD FIND NO FOREIGN BODY, BUT EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED FOR CORNEAL IRRITATION.

EE WAS AT THE STEEL RACK BEHIND THE ADMINSTRATION BUILDING REMOVING 8' PIECE OF 2"" STEEL WHEN THE PIECE OF STEEL ROLLED OFF THE STACK AND MASHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. A GANGLION CYST DEVELO PED AT THE DISTAL JOINT AS A RESULT. EE DID NOT SEE DR UNTI 5-24-01 WHEN CYST WAS DRAINED.

DURING KILN SHUT DOWN, EE WAS REAPLCING GRATES ON #2 CLINKER COOLER DRIVE. HE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH ON THE BOTTOM OF A GRATE WHILE ANOTHER EE USED AN IMPACT WRENCH ON THE TOP OF THE GRATE. THIS CAUSED CLINKER DUST TO FALL THROUGH THE GRATE AND GET INTO EE'S EYES, WHICH CAUSED CORNEAL ABRAISON TO HIS RIGHT EYE. EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED.

EE WAS ASSISTING OTHER EE CHANGE THE VALVE ON THE CEMENT LINE AT THE TOP OF THE SHIPPING SILOS. PLANT AIR PRESSURE HAD NOT BEEN SHUT OFF, SO WHEN VALVE WAS OPENED, CEMENT SPILLED OUT AND ONTO HEAD OF EE. THE DUST FELL BEHIND THE EE'S SAFETY GLASSES AND GOT INTO BOTH OF HIS EYES. ER PHYSICIAN IRRIGATED EYES AND PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTIC DROPS.

EE WAS USING A 4"" HAND-HELD DISK GRINDER TO GRIND METAL IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE APPLIED PRESSURE AT AN ANGLE TO THE GRINDER WHEN HIS LEFT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GRINGING WHEEL. THIS RESULTED IN A 1"" LACERATION TO THE 4TH KNUCKLE OF HIS LEFT HAND WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.

EE'S RIGHT ANKLE GAVE AWAY AS HE WALKED ACROSS THE FLOOR IN THE MOBILE SHOP, CAUSING HIM TO FALLINTO AN ENDLOADER BUCKET AND CUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM ON A PIECE OF METAL WELDED TO THE BUCKET. 4"" LACERATION REQUIRED 2-LAYER CLOSURE WITH SUTURES.

EE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH IN THE SHIPPING MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE FELT A ""POP"" IN THE KNUCKLE OF HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WHEN HE TIGHTENED A FITTING ON A PIECE OF PIPE WITH THE WRENCH. FINGER LA TER SWELLED. INJURY DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL HE SAW AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST ON 3/7/01 & RECEIVED STERIOD INJECTION OF THE JOINT.

EE WAS USING A WELDER AND PATCHING A HOLE IN THE RECLAIM DUST LINE AT PIER 4 WHEN HE GOT DUST IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES ANDWELDING HOOD AT THE TIME(DUST MAY HAVE COLLECTED ON INSIDE OF WELDING HOOD BEFORE EE BROUGHT IT DOWN OVER HIS FACE). PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING INSIDE THE RAW MILL ALONG SIDE OTHER WELDERS REPAIRING DIVISION SCREENS IN THE MILL. HE WAS TREATED FOR FLASH BURN ON 12-14-00. A METALLIC FOREIGN BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN HIS RIGHT EYE AND REMOVEDON 12-15-00.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING AND TWISTING ON LADDER IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING AN I-BEAM ON TOP OF THE SHIPPING SILOS. EMPLOYEE SAW DOCTOR ON 12-8-00 WHEN HE RECEIVED AN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

EE WAS OPERATING ENDLOADER. HE PARKED IT AT THE CRUSHER SHACK & DISMOUNTED IN ORDER TO GET A CUPOF COFFEE. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE AS HE STEPPED OFF THE LOADER, CAUSING A STRAIN OF THE LEFT M EDIAL LIGAMENT. EE SAW DOCTOR 12/4/00 & WAS PUT ON LIGHT DUTY.

EE WAS CLEANING UP THE THE MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE SHOP WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK PICKING UP AND MOVING BEARING PULLERS THAT WEIGH 30-50 LBS. DR. ADMINISTERED OSTEOPATHIC TREATMENT.

EE WAS ASSISTING A SHIPPING HELPER IN EMPTYING A NORBLO SUCTION HOSE THAT WAS PLUGGED WITH CEMENT AT THE RAILCAR LOADING AREA. HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING ON THE 8"" X 8' FLEXIBLE HOSE. HE SAW THE DR. ON 8-24-00 AND WAS GIVEN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

EE STRAINED LOW BACK AND HIP WHILE STANDING IN SCISSOR LIFT BASKET AND INSTALLING OVERHEAD WATER LINES TO AIR CONDITIONING UNIT ON SECOND FLOOR OF BUILDING. JOB INVOLVED PULLING ON PIPE WRENCH WHILE IN AWKWARD POSITION. EE SAW DR. ON 8-15-00 AND WAS GIVEN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE THERAPY.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN THE CAB OF THE 9 CATTRUCK THAT WAS BEING LOADED WITH SHALE BY AN ENDLOADER IN THE QUARRY. A LARGE PIECE OF SHALE FELL OUT OF THE ENDLOADER BUCKET INTO THE BED OF TH E EMPTY TRUCK, CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE AND THE OPERATOR TO BE THROWN AROUND THE CAB, INJURING HIS BACK.

EE WAS WORKING BENEATH W-20 LOADER REMOVING THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION BOLTS. ANOTHER EE WAS RUNNING AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH ABOVE H8IM, WHICH STIRRED UP DUST AND DIRT. WHEN HE TURNED HIS HEAD, A FOREIGN OBJECT GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE AND UNDERTHE UPPER EYE LID. PHYSICIAN REMOVED FOREIGN BODY AND PRESCRIBED EYE DROPS.

WHILE INSPECTING WORK SITE AT B43 CONVEYER BELT HEAD PULLEY, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON RAIN SLICKENED INCLINED WALKWAY (CAUSED BY WET SHALE DUST) HE STRAINED HIS BACK AND RIGHT HIP AS HE CAUGHT HIMS ELF ON THE HANDRAIL AS HE SLID DOWN THE INCLINE.

EE'S LEFT EYE BECAME IRRITATED, RED AND STARTED WATERING WHILE HE WAS GETTING WORK ORDERS FOR THE DAY IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. DR. LATER REMOVED PIECE OF BLACK DIRT AND PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.

EMPLOYEE AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE TRYING TO PUT A PIECE OF OVERBENT 1/4"" STEEL BACK UP ON THE METAL FORMING BREAK TO TRY TO STRAIGHTEN IT, WHEN THE METAL SLIPPED, TRAPPING THE EMPLYEE'S FINGER S BETWEEN THE METAL AND THE BREAK CAUSING A LACERATION OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE GOT THREE SMALL PIECES OF METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE WHILE HE WAS USING A DISC GRINDER TO GRIND DOWN WELDED UP AREAS ON KILN TIRE TRUNION. DOCTOR REMOVED FOR- EIGN BODIES AND PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.

DURING KILN SHUTDOWN WHILE JACKHAMMERING LOOSE CASTABLE OFF OF WALL IN THE CLINKER COOLER PIT, A PIECE OF LOOSE CASTABLE FELL FROM ABOVE AND STRUCK RIGHT SIDE OF EE'S HARD HAT. INSIDE LIP OF H ATER LACERATED HIS RIGHT FOREHEAD (CUT REQUIRED 11 SUTURES TO CLOSE). RIGHT EYE SWELLED SHUT 24 HOURS LATER DUE TO FOREIGN BODY CONJUNCTIVITIS.

EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE TURNED WHILE LIFTING AN APPROX. 50# BOX OF HEATED SAMPLE LINE IN THE FEED END BUILDING NEAR THE CEMENT KILN STACK. DR. ADMINISTERED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT ON 5-5-00.

EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE CLIMBING THE FMC CRANE BUCKET AND PULLING ON THE HOIST CABLE IN ORDER TO ATTACH THE CABLE TO THE BUCKET SLINGS. SAW DR. ON 5-4-00 AND RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIS MANIPULATI VE TREATMENT.

WHILE INSPECTING THE WEIGH BELTS AT THE WEIGHTROL LEVEL PLATFORM UNDER THE RAW MATERIALS SILOS, THE EE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE PLATFORM WHILE LOOKING AT THE COAL BELT. SHE MISSED A STEP AND FELL A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE GROUND, STRAINING HER LOWER BACK. SHE WAS SEEN BY A DR ON 4/13 AND RECEIVED AN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE TWISTED AND PULLED UPPER BACK WHILE DISMANTLING SCAFFOLDING BOARDS THAT WERE HANDED DOWN TO HIM BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. WAS GIVEN SOFT TISSUE OMT AND PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY ON 3-9-00.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN WET SNOW WHILE WALKING ALONG RAILROAD TRACK AT SHIPPING AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS CLOSING EMPTY RAIL CARS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPUL ATIVE TREATMENT ON 3-6-00.

WHEN DESCENDING LADDER AT ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR, EMPLOYEE MISSED THE LAST STEP AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO FLOOR, STRIKING HIS LEFT ARM AND HAND. HE DISLOCATED HIS LEFT RING FINGER, WHICH THE EMPLOYEE PUT BACK IN PLACE HIMSELF AT THE TIME OF INJURY.

EE AND OTHER MECH. WERE WELDING PATCHES IN CEMENT MILL #1 SEPARATOR AND WERE TAKING TURNS WELDING AND HOLDING PATCHES. THEY HAD TO LAY ON THEIR BACK OR SIDE TO WORK. SOMETIME DURING THE DAY A METALLIC FOREIGN BODY ENTERED THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE (EYE PROTECTION WAS USED). DID NOT SEE PHYSICIAN UNTIL 2/4/2000.

EE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AFTER HE GRABBED FOR A 50 LB. BOX OF WELDING RODS THAT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AS HE WENT TO LOAD IT INTO A 2-WHEEL CART IN THE PLANT STORE ROOM. SAW DR. ON 2-1-200 0 AND WAS GIVEN OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

EE'S BACK WENT OUT WHEN SHE WENT TO PICK UP A PALLET OUT OF THE BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK. PHYSICIAN ADMINISTERED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.