C.A.M. Co. Auger #3 Coal

TRYING TO UNHITCH CONVEYOR FROM DOZER. PUSHING UP ON PIN, WHEN CONVEYOR TONGUE (EYE HOOK) PINCHED LEFT THUMB AGAINST DOZER TONGUE.

REPEATED ENGAGIN & DISENGAGING MAIN ENGINE CLUTCH (40 TO 50 TIMES PER AUGER HOLE). CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME OF THE LEFT WRIST.

EE WENT TO SHUT DOWN & DRAIN A 3" HONDA WATER PUMP. PUMP HAD QUIT PUMPING & HEAT HAD BUILT UP. AS EE APPROACHED PUMP THE DISCHARGE HOSE BLEW OFF & BURNED HIS HAND WITH STEAM CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

CARRYING ENGINE BLOCKS FROM AUAGER MACHINE IN BOTH ARMS CARRYING BLOCKS AGAINST CHEST. SHARP EDGE ON BLOCK CUT LEFT FOREARM.

WHILE TRYING TO PULL A CONVEYOR PADDLE CHAIN TOGETHER WITH A CHAIN AND RATCHET BINDER, ONE END OF THE CHAIN TWISTED INSTEAD OF TIGHTENED. THE HANDLE OF THE CHAIN BINDER SWUNG AROUND WHEN THE C HAIN UNCOILED STRIKING HIM JUST ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS STANDING ON CATWALK OF AUGER MACHINE WHILE OPERATOR WAS MOVING AUGER FLIGHT WITH BOOM. BOOM HOOK CAME UNHOOKED AND SWUNG TOWARD EE. HE JUMPED DOWN OFF OF AUGER MACHINE AND LANDED FLAT F OOTED KNEES LOCED HE STOVED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN MUD & T WISTED LEFT ANKLE

WHILE LOADING AUGER FLIGHTS ONTO THE BOOM TRUCK, EMPLOYEES FOOT (RIGHT) BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO AUGERS, JUST AS THE BOOM TRUCK OPERATOR TIGHTENED THE LIFT CHAIN ON A THIRD AUGER SPINNING IT 1/4 TURN AND CAUSING THE AUGERS NEXT TO IT TO MOVE-PINNING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

WHILE OPERATING THE AUGER MACHINE A ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL AT AN UNKNOWN HEIGHT AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR ON THE LEFT KNEE CAP.

WHILE LIFTING A METAL PLATE,EMPL FELT PAIN IN BACK AND NECK.

WHILE TRYING TO PULL THE LEAD AUGER FLIGHT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE AUGER PILE, FEMALE END OF AUGER BECAME TANGLED WITH THE OTHER AUGERS, MALE END SWUNG AROUND AND BOOM OPERATOR WAS CAUGHT BETWE EN AUGER FLIGHTING AND BOOM STATION, HITTING HIM IN THE BACK.

WHILE STATIONED ON THE PORTABLE CONVEYOR, EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCK OUT OF THE AUGERED COAL. HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.

WHILE REPLACING HYDRAULIC LINE, EMPLOYEE GOT HYD. OIL ON HANDS & ARMS. HE WASHED THE OIL OFF WITH DIESEL FUEL THEN SOAP & WATER. HE RECEIVED CHECMICAL BURN TO HIS RIGHT ARM UPPER ELBOW. HE WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO WORK 6-22-91 AND WENT TO TWIN CITY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED & RELEASED. INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED TO HIM UNTIL 7-12-91.

WHILE LOADING A SALEM 1500 AUGER MACHINE, EMPLOYEE LIFTED SOME ROCKS & PUT THEM UNDER THE TRAVEL SKIDS TO FACITITATE LOADING. HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN. HE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR ON 4/9/91 FOR SOME ADJUSTMENT & THEN RETURNED TO WORK.

PULLING AUGER FLIGHTS OUT OF HILL,BASEBALL-SIZED ROCK FELL FROM SOMEWHERE FROM 80'HIGHWALL STRIKING EMPL ON LEFT SHOULDER.EMPL WORKED THE NEXT DAY BUT EXPERIENCED PAIN AND DECIDED TO HAVE IT E XAMINED.RELEASED TO WORK AFTER SEVERAL DAYS REST

EE STEPPED UP ON CATWALK OF SALEM 1500 AUGER MACHINE TO RETURN GREASE GUN TO WHERE HE FOUND IT. AT THIS TIME THE OPERATOR REVERSED THE CARRIAGE SO THE NEXT AUGER FLIGHT COULD BE SET IN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MAIN ENGINE FUEL TANK AND REAR LIFTING JACK SUSTAINING TRAUMA TO HIS BACK AND RIGHT HIP.

SETTING GEAR BOX UP BACK WAS HURTING

STACKING AUGER FLIGHTS. ONE FLIGHT ROLLED, STRIKING LEFT LOWER LEG. BRUISE TO LEFT LOWER LEG.

EMPL ALLEGES THAT HE AGGRAVATED OLD INJ THAT OCCURED 12/07/89. EMPL ALLEGES THAT AGGRAVATION OCCURED DUE TO WORK ENVIRONMENT. EMPL HAS BEEN UNDER CARE OF CHIROPRACTOR FROM 3/9/90 TO PRESENT.

TRIED TO PULL GATE UP TO CLOSE LOST GRIPO WT OF GATE PULLED IT CLOSED ON L HAND

PICKING ROCK OUT OF COAL ON MAIN CONVEYOR LUMP OF COAL ROLLED BACK DOWN CONVEYOR SMASHING INTO RIGHT POINTER FINGER SUFFERED GASH IN FINGER.

WHILE DRIVING AN AUGER PIN INTO AUGER, HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT LEFT INDEX FINGER (LEFT HAND WAS HOLDING PIN).

WHILE UNHOOKING A COAL CONVEYOR FROM OUR TRUCK ONE OF THE WHEELS ROLLED AOVER ONE OF THE BLOCKS THAT HAD BEEN POSITIONED UNDER BOTH WHEELS AND CAUSED ATHE BOTTOM END OF THE CONVEYOR TO SWING AROUND VERY FAST AND KNOCKED THE EMPLOYEE THAT WAS HELPING OFF HIS FEET AND BROKE ONE OF THE BONES IN HIS LEFT LEG--ALSO CUTTING THE ARTERY.