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Lower back strain, numbness leg and hip while moving heavy (200-300 lb.) lab equipment without sufficient assistance. Hoping to get well on own, injured person chose not to see a doctor until 7/26/06. She has missed no work; as of 7/26 restricted duty 12 days; she is facility manager so able to fully work with restrictions.

EE was striking the wedge in the socket of a dragline drag cable. The wedge came free unexpectedly and dropped on the employee's left foot, striking the very rear edge of the steel toe in his boot. The force of the falling object turned the toe of the shoe sharply upward forcing a toe against the end of the cap.

Loading coal sample bags into back of a pick-up truck

While ee was attempting to lift an inspection door on the primary crusher at the plant, he experienced pain in his left arm. EE done light therapy for several months for a strained muscle then recently decided to have surgery to his left shoulder rotator cuff.

WHILE WORKING AS A MECHANIC, THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE BECAME IRRITATED. UPON EXAMINATION, A SMALL PARTICLE WAS OBSERVED. HIS EYE WAS FLUSHED & HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. DR. REMOVED A SMALL METAL PARTICLE WITH A Q-TIP. THE METAL PARTICLE LEFT A RUST RING THAT WAS REMOVED BY AN OPTOMITRIST ON 11/04/04.

While changing the spreader bar on a dragline bucket, the ee's right hand thumb was pinched between a chain link and the connecting eye on the spreader bar. Resulted in a laceration to the thumb that required suturing.

WHILE UNLOADING CUTTING EDGES (MOTOR GRADER) FROM VENDOR (DTS) TRAILER, THE VENDOR PUSHED ONE OF THE EDGES AND IT FELL FROM THE TRAILER STRIKING EE ON THE OUTER THIGH THEN ON THE TOP (BRIDGE) OF HIS LEFT FOOT. RESULTED IN BRUISING THE FOOT AND A FRACTURE OF THE BONE ABOVE THE SMALL TOE.

WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE THE VALUE CAP FROM THE AIR STEM FROM A 651 E SCRAPER TIRE. THE VALVE STEM BECAME LOOSE AND WAS EJECTED UNDER PRESSURE. SAND BLASTING HIS RIGHT PALM AND WRIST. EE WAS C HECKING THE AIR PRESSURE OF THE TIRES.

WHILE ASSISTING WITH THE CHANGE OUT OF THE DUMP ROPES ON THE 2570 DRAGLINE, A TANGLE DEVELOPED ON THE CABLE. WHILE TRYING TO UNDO IT THE END CAME OUT OF THE TANGLE STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT.

WHILE MOVING A HINGED GEAR COVER EE PUT HIS FINGERS IN THE HINGED OPENING. UPON LIFTING THE COVER IT CLOSED ON HIS FINGER

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY COUGHED CAUSING A SEVERE BACK SPASM. (N0TE: ATTACHED LETTER QUESTIONED THE VALIDITY OF THIS CLAIM ALTHOUGH THE DOCTOR FELT THE INJURY WAS WORK-RELATED).

EE WHILE CHANGING OUT A WIPER MOTOR WITH THE POWER ON, CUT THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE TRYING TO MOVE HIS HEAD WHEN THE MOTOR STARTED TO ROTATE INTO THE PARK POSITION.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE MANEUVERING A 130LB.PORTABLE GENERATOR TO THE TAILGATE OF A PICK UP TRUCK, THE GENERATOR SLIPPED CAUSING MUSCLE STR.TO HIS BACK AND NECK. EMPLOYEES DUTIES AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS MONITORING WATER ELEVA-TIONS AND VOLUMES IN PIEZOMETERS OUTSIDE ACTIVE MINING.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A MUFFLER FROM IT'S SHIPPING CRATE. MUFFLER SLIPPED AND CUT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE LOWERING OVERHEAD POWER CABLE FROM POWER POLE THE SHEAVE BLOCK BROKE STRIKING HIS THUMB, THE POWER HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED PRIOR TO THE WORK BEING PERFORMED. THE SHEAVE BL OCK APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION PRIOR TO BEING USED.

CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON TRACKHOE, CAUGHT INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND ON SHARP METAL CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING.

PULLING FUEL HOSE FROM LUBE TRUCK AND FELT PAIN IN NECK.

HELPING A SICK EE FROM A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO THE GROUND AND STRAINED BACK.

A STEEL CROSSTIE THAT WAS BEING DROPPED, BOUNCEDAND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT WRIST.

WHILE MOVING OXYGEN BOTTLE. THE BOTTLE BEGAN TO TIP EE MOVED QUICKLY TO CONTROL THE SUDDEN MOVE SEEMED TO PULL A MUSCLE IN STOMACH. EE HAD MOVED BOTTLES BEFORE & SINCE

EE GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT WHILE RAISING ANGLE IRON.

EE STATED HE HURT LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING SAMPLE. HAD JUST RETURNED TO WORK FROM AN OFF JOB BACK INJURY

RETRIEVING COAL SAMPLE FROM TRAIN LOAD OUT. LIFTED SAMPLE CAN WITH LEFT ARM AND PULLED MUSCLE.

EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE FILLING WATER TANK ON BACK OF PICKUP WITH HOT WELL WATER, EE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE HOSE AND SPRAYED WATER ON HIS HANDS.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE INSTALLING A STARTER ON A DOZER, HE TURNED HIS UPPER BODY TO THE IGHT, BUT HIS LEFT LEG WAS UP AGAINST THE BELLY PAN AND HE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE IT. EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HIS KNEE FLT LIKE HE HAD BUMPED IT, BUT WHEN HE RETURNED TO WORK ON HIS NEXT SHIFT, THE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF SWELLING IN THE KNEE.

EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE LIFTING A HEAVY METAL PLATE HE MUST HAVE INJURED HIS RIGHT GROIN. AT THE TIME THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 10-21-97 THE EE REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION. AFTER SEVERAL MORE A TTEMPTS TO GET THE EE TO SEE A DR WHEN THE DISCOMFORT WOULD NOT GO AWAY, THE EE SAW A DR ON 11-13-97. AT THAT TIME THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOESED AS A HERNIA.

EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE FILLING A PORTABLE WATER TANK WITH HOT WATER, THE WATER HOSE BECAME FREE OF THE EE HOLDING THE HOSE, SPRAYING HOT WATER ON EE S LEFT ARM AND SIDE.

EE ALLEGES THAT HE BUMPED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE TOOTH OF A FRONT-END LOADER, WHILE LOADING PIPE INTO THE BUCKET.

EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE UNHOOKING 13/4" CHOKER CABLE FROM A HOIST ROPE SLED, THE CABLE BECAME KINKED. WHEN THE EE RELEASED THE CABLE, THE CABLES BROKEN STRANDS SCRATCHED THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING HIS PRESHIFT EQUIPMENT INSPECTION. EE ALLEGES THAT WHILOE HE WAS INSPECTING THE TIRES, HIS HARD HAT HIT THE BED OF THE TRUCK DISLODGING A PIECE OF MUD. A PIEC E OF THE MUD FELL BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS SETTINGG A 3 GALLON BUCK TO FICE ON THE SHOP FLOOR. WHEN HE BENT DOWN THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LOWER BACK, AND THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO STRA IGHTEN UP RIGHT AWAY.

EE STATED HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER AT TRAIN LOAD OUT BARN WHEN HIS KNEE CAP HIT STEP. SEVERE CONTUSION TO KNEECAP TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT HARD DAY HOSPITAL. DR FELT KNEE CAP WAS SEVERLY SMASHED AND WOULD REQUIRE SURGERY, SHE SEND HIM TO ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON IN BILLING MT. WHO X RAYED FOUND NO DAMAGE AND SENT HIM HOME CANNOT WORK FOR AT LEAST 2 WEEKS.

THE EE STATED WHILE REMOVING A PARKING BRAKE DRUM FROM A 100 TON TRUCK THE DRUM SLIPPED AND HE REACHED TO CATCH IT. THE EE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER CATCHING THE BRAKE DRUM.

WHILE EE WAS WORKING ON A STEERING CYLINDER FOR AN 85 TON TRUCK, THE CYLINDER FELL APPROXIMATELY 8", PINNING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE SHOP FLOOR AND THE CYLINDER.

EE STATED HE DROPPED A PIECE OF WOOD CRIBBING ON HIS FINGER. THE TIP OF HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WASSMASHED. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE SHIFT AND WENT TO THE DR. AFTER THE SHIFT WAS OVER. THE CONT USION REQUIRED 5 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND. NOTIME WAS LOST DUE TO THIS INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SCRAP PIECES OF A CULVERT. THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE SUSTAINED A HERNIA DURING THIS ACTIVITY. WE WERE NOT NOTIFED OF THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 7-3-95 AND DUE TO THE HOLIDAY WE WERE UNABLE TO INVESTIGATE THIS REPORT UNTIL 7-5-95.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE LIFTING A PUMP, PUMP SLIPPED AND HE TRIED TO PREVENT IT FROM FALLING WHICH CAUSED INJURY TO LOWER BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT ON APRIL 24 1995 WHILE WORKING ON A WIPER FOR THE SHORT CONVEYOR ON 921 MINER HE PICKED UP A 1/2IN X4IN X6FT PIECE OF METAL CAUSING INJURY TO HISBACK THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT FEEL PAIN THEN OR REPORT THIS INJURY AS WORK RELATED UNTIL MAY 9 199 5 AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED BY HIS DOCTOR WITH TWO HERINATED DISC IN HIS LOWER BACK THIS WAS AFTER I HAD TALKED TO THE EMP

EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD LIFTED 8" BLACK PIPE TO PLACE IT ON THE WELDING MACHINE. HE FELT A PULLING IN HIS RIGHT SIDE AS HE PUT THE PIPE DOWN. DOCTORS REPORT STATED A POSSIBLE TORN MUSCLE IN THE RIB OR UPPER ABDOMINAL AREA. 1 WEEK OFF FOR REST.

THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE INSTALLING A UHF RADIO IN 389 WATER TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE STATED IT COULD HAVE OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS DRILLING OR WHEN HE WIPED HIS BRO W OF SWEAT. A SMALL FRAGMENT OF METAL WAS FOUND EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

EE ALLEGES HIS WAS UNLOADING DRAGLINE PARTS FROM THE WELDING TRUCK WHEN HE FEL A POP IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. DR. GAVE HIM A WEEK OFF FOR A DISLOCATED SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE MOVING A 6" DISCHARGE PIPE ONA PUMP IN THE A-3 MINE AREA. HE WAS LIFTING THE PIPE TO MOVE IT AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS UPPER ABDOMINAL AREA. HE WAS SEEN AT THE DR. ON 1-23-9 5 AND GIVEN THREE WEEK OFF TO HEAL.

THE EMLOYEE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER ON AN 85 TON WABCO HAUL TRUCKA ND JAMMED HIS RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND ON THE LADDER.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE LOADING TOOLS ON TRUCK HE TURNED & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. LOST TIME DIDN'T START UNTIL 11-22-94.

THE EE A MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON A DIFFERENTIAL PINION OF A 100 TON TRUCK IN THE SHOP. THE PINION WAS HOOKED TO THE OVERHEAD CRANE WITH AN EYEBOLT AND WAS ELEVATED APPROX. ONE INCH ABOVE THE W ORK BENCH. THE EYE BOLT UNSCREWED ALLOWING THE PINION TO FALL ONTO THE EE S RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

EE STATED HE WAS HELPING TO PUSH A BARGE PUMP OUT INTO THE POND. HE BECAME STUCK IN MUD UP TO HIS WAIST. HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL HIMSELF LOOSE, PULLING A GROIN MUSCLE. ON 11-02-94 HE DID THE SAME RE-INJURING THE GROIN AREA AGAINS. POSSIBLE OUTFOR TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE INJURY CAN BE RE-EXAMINED.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOWER THE BELLY PAN ON JOHHN WILSON S D4, THE PAN FELL UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING LACERATION AND A SIMPLE FRACTURE TO THE RIGHT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP IMPACT WRENCH AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE EQUIPMENT WASH AREA. HE WAS MOVING METAL GRATING AND DIDN'T ASK FOR ASSISTANCE OR OBTAIN THE PROPER EQUIPMENT FOR LIFTING. HE HAS A HISTORY OF LO WER BACK PROBLEMS AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE LIFTED THE GRATING.

EE STATED HE WAS KNEELING AND BENDING TO CHANGE THE CUTTING EDGE ON #4642-481 BLADE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK. EE STATED THE PAIN DID NOT BECOME INTOLERABLE UNTIL THE FO LLOWING DAY AT APPROX. 3:30 PM.