Lime PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Working on bucket elevator putting chain together pulled on tensioner and pulled muscle.

He was shoveling lime off plate, the wind blew lime dust in his eyes.

Employee was unplugging the kiln cooler discharge. The feeder would plug and he would take the cap off the side of the cooler and poke the material with a metal bar to get it flowing again. Hot dust was blowing out the openings while he was attempting to unplug it. He suffered lime burns to his wrist, which became infected and reportable on 10/22/11

Employee reported that he had been refueling the fuel truck and dropped the lid to the tank, when diesel fuel splashed on his face and under his safety glasses. He removed his safety glasses and rubbed his face with the back of his glove to remove the fuel from his face and his glove contacted his eye.

Injury was greasing bottom damper on west side of kiln with a manual grease gun. The grease fitting didn't allow grease to flow, He pushed harder, resulting in Tony straining his left shoulder.

Employee was closing the steel double doors from inside the building located on the bottom floor of the hydrate building, when his right thumb became pinched between the two doors.

Employee was rodding out the O2 analyzer port at the kiln discharge. The port must be opened and the opening cleaned of any debris. Injured was working from the ladder and was removing the cap that covers the port. Hot material blew hot material out onto the left side of his face. Material went under his safety glasses and got in both eyes.

EE was trying to unplug a hose. While doing this, he got lime in his eye.

Employee was coming down off the 334 coal belt. When he stepped off the pad onto the ground he stepped on ice and fell causing him to suffer a broken leg.

Tightening a bolt and spud wrench slipped, causing him to strike his right index finger against a piece of sheeting.

Employee was turning the cap that holds the oil in the trunion bearing. The cap was stuck to the shut off valve and would not release. He continued to try and twist the cap off. When it gave way he reported feeling a strong burning pain in his groin.

As employee was bending over to hold a 5"" x 24"" piece of metal channel being cut felt a pull in lower left back.

Employee was walking down steps at the VSI platform, stepped on loose rock and turned his ankle.

Fell as he was coming down a sloping slippery catwalk. Grabbed for handrail and caught edge of metal building, cut 4th finger on left hand.

Employee stooped down to pick up a box weighing approximatley 20 lbs. As he raised from stooped position, twisted slightly and felt a pain in his lower back.

Employee was coming down steps and when stepping off bottom step, stepped on a mound of hard material, sprained right ankle.

Employee was lowering a spout to load a truck with Lime Kiln Dust. The spout needed to be adjusted to go into the truck hatch properly. The employee jerked the spout with the cable and felt a sharp pain in his right groin area. Doctor determined it to be a hernia.

Contract Truck driver was closing tailgate on truck when he slammed his left middle finger in between the truck and the tailgate. Driver ended up with 5-6 stitches in finger.

Employee was swinging a 25 pound sledge hammer to clear a dry ball from the seasoner when he felt pain in the center of his back and his right shoulder. Employee did not loose time until February 5, 2007 when the doctor diagnosed a torn rotator cuff.

EE was moving high lift through the plant when the equipment went in a hole. This caused the EE to be thrown up in the air approximately 3 feet. When he came down he landed on his ankle, spraining it.

EE was walking up steps. When he got to the landing he turned to see if the belts were running and felt a popping and burning in his left knee. EE will have surgery for torn cartilage.

EE was trying to access the front of the scaler when he slipped on some spilled oil on the hydraulic tank and fell approximately 4 feet to the ground, landing on his left side. EE did not lose any time until 10/7/05 when he had a partial lateral menisectomy performed on his left knee. --EE complained that knee still was not feeling good and started losing time again.5/19/06

Employee was hunched down near the ground trying to get a return idler to move by hitting it with a hammer. When it started moving he fell forward and put his hands in a pile of hot lime. He was wearing gloves and long sleeves but the lime got in between the two and caused second degree burns on his right wrist.

EE was raking gators off the grate at the end of the kiln when he felt pain in his left arm, lower back and left leg. EE went to the doctor and was released to full duty till the root cause of the pain was determined. EE will be having orthoscopic surgery on April 26, 2005 on his left shoulder. This will be the first time he will have missed any work due to this injury.

Employee was replacing 2 of 5 pieces of 3""conduit that were in an 18"" ditch.The ditch was extremely wet.The conduit had 3-4"" gaps between each piece. While stepping on the conduit to climb out of the ditch the employee's foot slipped between conduit twisting right knee.Employee tore his miniscus and will be having surgery on 11/18/04 which will be his first day off.

Employee was tapping on a bearing race with a hammer in order to remove it from the bearing. A sliver of metal from the bearing race broke off and embedded in employee's left thigh. Employee had to go to doctor to get sliver removed.

The tailgate on the back of the Mack dump truck would not latch properly. In order to get tailgate to latch employee pulled the tailgate up with one hand and lifted the latch with the other. The tailgate slipped out of his hand and smashed the middle finger on his left hand. Employee required 6 stitches.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING RAIL CARS UTILIZING A RAIL CAR PULLER. THE PULLER DID NOT STOP THE RAIL CARS FULLY & EE TIGHTENED BRAKE ON THE BACK OF THE 2ND RAIL CAR. EE WENT TO WALK OVER TH E RAIL CAR PULLER CABLE WHEN HE SLIPPED IN SOME MUD. AS HE WAS FALLING THE CABLE TIGHTENED, COMING UP OFF THE GROUND & STRUCK EE IN THE FACE. THE EE NEEDED 4 STITCHES IN HIS LIP.

INJURED IS A CUSTOMER TRUCK DRIVER ON SITE TO GET A LOAD FROM THE HYDRATE LOADOUT. HE WALKED ON A CONCRETE SIDEWALK FROM THE CAB OF HIS TRUCK TO THE BUCKET THAT HE PUT HIS LOADOUT TICKET IN. H E SLIPPED & FELL ONTO HIS LEFT LEG & HIP. THE SIDEWALK HAD APPROX. 1/4"" WET HYDRATE ON IT. HE PREVIOUSLY HAD HIP SURGERY. PRELIMINARY DOCTOR REPORTS ARE CALLING THE INJURY A SEVERE BRUISED HI

EE WAS WALKING INSIDE KILN WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE CREATED BY WORN BRICK AND GATORS. EE LOST BALANCE AND TWISTED HIS BACK IN THE PROCESS TO REGAIN BALANCE. EE WAS WEARING DARK SAFETY GLASS ES IN A DARK LOCATION AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT.

EE WAS WORKING TO REMOVE SUCTION HOSE FROM PUMP. AFTER UNSUCCESSFULLY TRYING TO SCREW IT OFF EE DECIDED TO CUT IT OFF. HOSE WAS MADE OF RIBBED PLASTIC. HE GRABBED LOWER PART OF HOSE WITH LEFT HAND & CUT LENGTHWISE WITH RIGHT HAND. POCKET KNIFE SLIPPED OFF HOSE & CUT LEFT THUMB CROSSWISE REQUIRING 3 STITCHES JUST BELOW KNUCKLE.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING A PEBBLE TRUCK. AS HE WALKED FROM THE CONTROL PANEL BACK TO THE TRUCK THE WIND BLEW A PIECE OF LINE IN HIS EYE. EE'S RIGHT EYE WAS BURNED BY THE LIME. EE WAS W EARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME. WIND HAD BEEN GUSTING 10-15 MPH DURING DAY.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A STATIONARY LADDER ON TOP OF PRODUCT SILOS. UPON REACHING THE BOTTOM HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON THE FLANGE OF A CHUTE LOCATED NEXT TO THE LADDER. HE CHIPPED A BONE.

PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT LOWER SIDE WHILE TIGHTENING BRAKE ON RAILCAR. EE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS WORKING TO REMOVE OLD STOPS IN PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER. JAW CRUSHER WAS OUT BEING REPAIRED.EE NEEDED TO GET OVER A BEAM IN ORDER TO STEP ON A SMALL PLATFORM TO DO HIS WORK. HE STEPPED ON THE BEAM WITH HIS LEFT FOOT. UPON RAISING HIS RT. FOOT OFF THE GROUND HE SLIPPED AND WENT HEAD FIRST IN THE OPENING CREATED BY THE MISSING JAW CRUSHER. EE FELL 13' TO THE CONCRETE BELOW.

SHOVELING MUD FROM FLOOR TO BELT WHEN HIS ARM/BACK STARTED TO HURT.

ON 4-23- EE WAS PUTTING BELT CLAMPS ON A CONVEYOR. HIS SHOULDER POPPED CAUSING PAIN . ON 4-25 EE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH WHICH MAD HIS NECK AND SHOULDER SORE. EE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUED DOING HI S JOB UNTIL 8-12 WHEN HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO LIFT A SCREW COVER ABOVE HEAD TO LAY DOWN ON SCREW HOUSING. SAME SHOULDER AS WAS INJURED PREVIOUSLY. CLAIMS IT NEVER STOPPED HURTING.

EE WAS AT WORK WHEN HE FELT A CRICK IN HIS NECK. DID NOT REPORT UNTIL 4-14-02. WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING AT THE TIME HE FELT THE PAIN. HAD BEEN INSTALLING A HYDRAULIC HOSE ON A JUMBO DRILL TWO HO URS EARLIER.

EE WAS LIFTING A LID ON A TANKER TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT AS WORK RELATED TO THE CO UNTIL APRIL 10 , 2002.

THE DRIVER GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK AND WAS WALKING TO HOOK UP DUST COLLECTOR HOSE. HE SLIPPED WHILE CROSSING OVER SOME PALLETS. WHEN HE FELL, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A LARGE ROCK. HE WAS TRANSPORTED T O HOSPITAL.

EE WAS DROPPING DOWN RAIL CARS. WHEN HE RELEASEDTHE HAND BRAKE IT JERKED HIM AROUND TO ONE SIDE,MADE HIM SLIP AND TWIST HIS BACK.

WHILE SHOVELING MUD AND STONE, EE HURT HIS BACK.

STANDING ON CATWALK PUSHING UP ON A 14""LENGTH RATCHET. SHARP BURNING PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK.

EE WAS LOWERING A POWER CABLE DOWN THRU A 4"" PIPE. THE CABLE WAS ATTACHED TO CABLE GRIP THAT WASHELD BY A CRANE.THE CABLE GRIP CAME LOOSE & CABLE FELL STRIKING EE ON TOP OF HIS HARD HAT

EE WAS WALKING UP THE STEPS INSIDE THE OFFICE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS FOOT CAUSING A FRACTURE TO A BONE IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM STORE ROOM TO SHOP WHEN HE HAD AN APPARENT MASSIVE HEART ATTACK.

EE WAS ON A TANKER GETTING READY TO LOAD IT WHENHE REACHED FOR THE CONTROL. DUST FELL OFF THE SPOUT AND INTO HIS EYE. THE EYE WAS FLUSHED OUT WITH EYE WASH. HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. HIS EYE WAS BURNED.

EE WAS CLEANING OUT FROM UNDER THE CONE CRUSHER DISCHARGE BELT. A ROCK COME OFF THE BELT OR PLATFORM ON TOP OF THE CONE CRUSHER. THE ROCK KNOCKED HIS HAT OFF AND CUT HIM. HE HAD A 1 1/2"" LACER ATION THAT WAS TREATED BY THE DR AT ST. MARY'S E.R. IT TOOK FOUR STAPLES.

INDIVIDUAL WAS BENDING OVER WHILE INSTALLING A SENSOR IN TRANSMISSION OF A MINE TRUCK. WHEN HE STOOD UP, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS FIXING TO OPEN A LARGE DOOR TO THE MOBILE EQUIPMENT SHOP AND NOTICED A HYDRAULIC JACK IN THE WAY. HE MOVED THE JACK AND TURNED TO OPEN THE DOOR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS ANKLE. H R THOUGHT HE HAD SPRAINED IT. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND WAS TOLD AS A PRECAUTION HE SHOULD SEE AN ORTHOPEDIC DOCTOR. THERE WAS A SLIGHT FRACTURE.

INDIVIDUAL WAS STANDING ON A CONVEYER BELT SHOVELING THE STONE OFF. HE LOST HIS BALNCE OR SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 10 FT, HITTING HIS HEAD ON A HAND RAIL BEFORE LANDING ON THE GROUND. HE SUSTAI NED A LACERATION ON HIS RIGHT FOREHEAD OF APPROXONE INCH AND A DISLOCATED RIGHT SHOULDER. THERE WERE MINOR ABRASIONS TO BOTH SHINS.

INDIVIDUAL AND FELLOW WORKER WERE MOVING AN ALUMINUM PORTABLE CONVEYER BACK FURTHER IN THE KILN.THE INJURED STUMBLED AND FELL AND MASHED HIS HAND AGAINST THE OLD BRICKS AND THE CONVEYER.