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Employee was reclaiming a high wall in area N. Employee states that he had pushed to a bench and was in the process of turning to go back up the slope when a rock dislodged causing the tractor to slide over the bank onto the machines right side. This resulted in the tractor overturning approximately three times before coming to rest in an upright position. Received 9 sutures.

Employee stated he and another employee were using air chisels to remove a bearing race from a bearing assembly for the hoist drum on the 495 shovel. In doing so, the chisel tool had a piece of metal chip off and struck the employee in the left leg just below the knee.

A contract mechanic received a laceration to the side of his head while attempting to run the boom on the service truck out. Mechanic toggled the boom swing button and he meant to press the boom extension button. Mechanic was taken to CAMC General ER where he received 4 sutures to close the wound. He returned to work on 12/10/2013.

Foreign object entered eye while chipping weld slag or grinding weld.

Employee was using a grinder with a cut off disc polishing a piece of metal when the disc fragmented. Fragments struck the left thumb requiring three sutures and struck the left forearm requiring five sutures

After shift, employee discovered metal particle in his right eye. He had been using an air impact wrench while wearing safety glasses with side shields. He did not feel particle enter the eye. He reported to work next day, 7th. An attempt was made to wash particle out without success and he was sent to an eye specialist.

EE WAS CUTTING A TREE WHEN THE TREE BEGAN TO SPLIT. EE TRIED TO ESCAPE TREE BY RUNNING UP THE HILL. HE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING HIMSELF TO BE UNDER THE TREE AS IT CAME DOWN BREAKING HIS LEG.

Building rock core for valley fill. Dozer pushing rock to excavator that had catch bench in front. Rock rolled from dozer. Excavator caught rock but rock sheared and half struck excavator. Rock broke windshied and glass struck operator's right shin causing laceration that required nine sutures to close. Employee returned to work next available shift.

During Part 50 Audit MSHA has determined that this injury should have been reported as the employee missed no days but worked two short shifts. Employee driving rock truck and being loaded by shovel was jolted forward in drivers seat when large rock struck the bed. Employee complained of neck pain but did return on his next work shift in his regular job.

USING 9"GRINDER BETWEEN 2 EARS ON A DOZER BLADE THE GRINDER GRABBED & BECAME BINDED BETWEEN 2 EARS & PINNED LEFT THUMB BEHIND THE GRINDER & METAL. EE HAD HIS WELDING GLOVES ON & THAT IS WHAT SAVED HIS HAND & THUMB FROM BEING MORE INJURED.

EE WAS USING STAINLESS WIRE WHILE WELDING ON MANGANESE LIP ON THE 4100 SHOVEL BUCKET. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE RAINY AND WINDY. HE HAD AFFIXED A TARP OVERHEAD. WIND MAY HAVE CHANGED DIRECTIONS TO WHERE HE GOT A GOOD WHIFF OF SMOKE. HE FELT LIGHT HEADED AND SOME DISCOMFORT BUT RETURNED TO WORK. FOLLOWING DAY HE CALLED IN SICK BECAUSE OF SMOKE INHALATION.

EE WAS USING AN ACETYLENE-CUTTING TORCH TO CUT THE WELD OFF OF THE RIGHT SIDE CORNER BIT BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF HOT SLAG BOUNCED OFF A GUSSET ANDENTERED HIS RIGHT EAR. EE CONT. TO WORK WITHOUT SEEKING ANY MEDICAL ATTN. AS TIME PASSED, HE SUFFERED DRAINAGE FROM THE EAR THAT WOULD NOT CLEARUP.HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT AND DISCOVERED SMALL HOLE IN EARDRUM. SURGERY ON MARCH 26TH

EE WAS GRINDING WELD ON THE SHOVEL BOOM. CONDITIONS WERE WINDY. APPARENTLY THE WIND BLEW A METALPARTICLE INTO EE'S LT. EYE. THE EE WAS WEARING HIS HOOD WITH SAFETY GLASSES. THE EE FELT IRRITAT ION IN THE EYE BUT FIRST THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE SUFFERED SOME WELDING FLASH BURN. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 2 DAYS LATER WHEN THE EYE BECAME MORE IRRITATED & METAL DISCOVERED.

EE WAS GRINDING WITH AN OPERATED GRINDER ON A NOSE CONE FOR A JACK WHEN THE GRINDING DISC SPLIT IN HALF STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE AT THE BREAK OF HIS NOSE CAUSING A SERIOUS CUT TO THE NOSE WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE WAS WELDING ON THE DRILL FRAME. WITH THE WELDING HOOD ON LOOKING THROUGH THE CLEAR LENS HE WAS CHIPPING SLAG WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW A METALPARTICLE IN BEHIND THE WELDING HOOD AND INTO HIS LT. EYE. HIS EYE WAS WASHED OUT AND HE CONTINUEDTO WORK THE REMAINDER OF SHIFT. THE EYE BECAME MORE IRRITATED. HE WENT TO THE CLINIC AND A PIECE OF METAL WAS FOUND EMBEDDED IN HIS EYE.

EE WAS GRADING HAULROAD UNDER VERY MUDDY CONDITIONS. AS HE WAS GRADING, THE BLADE OF THE GRADER STRUCK A LARGE ROCK. THE SEAT BELT RESTRAINED HIM IN THE SEAT BUT HIS UPPER BODY WAS THROWN FORW ARD IN A WHIPLASH ACTION RESULTING IN A SPRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK. THIS WAS HIS LAST SHIFT OF THE WORK WEEK AND HE ASKED TO LEAVE EARLY DUE TO DISCOMFORT IN HIS BACK. ON HIS 1ST SCHEDULED DAY

STANDING NEAR WELDER - FLASH BURN (R) EYE.

AFTER COMPLETING REPAIR OF THE 2570 DRAGLINE BOOM FROM THE MAN-BASKET, EE ASKED TO BE LOWERED BACK TO THE GROUND. THE MAN-BASKET OPERATOR MISTAKENLY GRABBED & PULLED THE SWING LEVER AS OPPOSED TO THE RETRACT LEVER. EE WAS HOLDING THE TOP OF THE MAN-BASKET WITH BOTH HANDS. WHEN IT SWUNG, IT PINCHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST A PIPE ON THE BOOM & THE MAN-BASKET, LACERATING IT.

EE HAD A PIECE OF FLAT BAR STEEL WHICH MEASURED 3/4"X6"X13' LEANING ON THE BUMPER OF HIS SERVICE TRUCK. HE CUT A 29 INCH PIECE OFF OF THE UPPER END OF THE STEEL. WHEN THE CUT WAS COMPLETED, TH E REMAINDER OF THE STEEL TOE PROTECTION OF HIS BOOT. THE IMPACT FRACTURED A SMALL BONE IN THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.

EE WORKS ON SECOND SHIFT AMINTENANCE AS A WELDER. HE WORKED HIS REGULAR SHIFT ON 1-16-01. AS HE DROVE HOME AFTER THE SHIFT, HE FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WORKED HIS REGULAR SHIFT ON 1-17-01. THE EY HAD BECOME RED AND WAS MORE PAINFUL. ONE HIS WAY HOME AFTER HIS SHIFT, HE STOPPED AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF LOCAL HSPITAL. THE EYE WAS EXAMINED AND A SMALL METAL FRAGMENT WAS NO

CUTTING TREES

EE WAS OPERATING THE BACKHOE. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A LARGE ROCK WHEN THE BUCKET OF THE MACHINE SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK. THIS CAUSED THE MACHINE TO ROCK SUDDENLY. HE WAS BOUNCED BACK INTO THE SEAT. THE RESULT WAS A CERVICAL SPRAIN.

EE WAS USING A GRINDER TO REMOVE BOLTS FROM THE CATWALK ON THE MAST. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. WINDY CONDITIONS. WHILE CUTTING, A METAL PARTICLE GOT IN BEHIND THE GLASSES AND INTO HIS RIG HT EYE. DID NOT NOTICE AT THAT TIME. LATER ON, FELT EYE GETTING IRRITATED. FELLOW EE SAW IT IN THE CORNER OF THE EYE. WENT TO ER WHERE IT WAS REMOVED.

EE WAS CONSTRUCTING BATTERY HOLD DOWN FOR WATER TRUCK HE HAD A COUPLE OR MORE WELDING PASSES TO COMPLETE JOB. HE GOT A NEW WELDING ROD HE HAD PROBLEM GETTING ROD TO STRIKE. HE LIFTED OUTER LEN S OF WELDING HOOD TO SEE. THERE WAS NO INNER LENS WHEN ROD STRUCK IT POPPED & APPARENTLY BLEW A RUST PARTICLE INTO HIS EYE. PARTICLE WAS DISOVERED & REMOVED 2 DAYS LATER

OPERATOR WAS BACKING DOZER AND WAS TURNED TO WATCH OVER HIS SHOULDER. WHILE IN THIS POSITION HE BACKED OVER A ROCK WHICH JARRED HIM. EMPLOYEECOMPLETED HIS SHIFT.

A BROKEN DRILL STEEL WAS BEING REMOVED FROM A HIGHWALL DRILL. THE MAST WAS LOWERED IN AN INCLINE TO ALLOW STEEL TO BE LET OUT FROM THE MAST. INJURED EMPLOYEE PLACED LEFT FOOT ON TEH END OF BRO KEN STEEL ADN MOTIONED OPERATOR TO PULL FORWARD. THE STEEL THEN FELL TO THE GROUND AND RECOILED TO OPPOSITE END WHERE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS FOOT. THE RECOIL CAUSED A SPRAIN TO THE LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS PUSHING SHOT WITH COT D-11 DOZER. THERE WAS CHANNEL CUT IN THE SHOT. WHILE WORKING THE SHOT, HE BACKED HIS DOZER FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED AND INTO THE CHANNEL. HE SUFFERED A BACK SPRAIN WHEN DOZER HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHANNEL. EE WORKED THE FOLLOWING TWO SHAFTS BEFORE SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION. HIS DR EXCUSED THE EE FROM WORK ON THE 11TH.

EE WAS PUSHING SHOT WITH CAT D-11 DOZER. THERE WERE LARGE BUOULDERS IN THE SHOT. HE WAS PUSHING ON ONE OF THE LARGE ROCKS LIFTING. THE BACK OF THE DOZER. THE ROCK GAVE AND CAUSED THE BACK OF T HE DOZER TO FALL ABRUPTLY. EE WORKED THE FOLLOWING TWO SHIFTS BEFORE SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION. HIS DR EXCUSED HIM FROM WORK FOR THE 10TH AND 11TH.

EE WAS CUTTING A DRILL BIT OFF OF A SUB. WHILE CUTTING HOT TOP COAT GREASE ON THE BIT ERUPTED STRIKING THE EE ON THE LEFT ARM CAUSING FIRST & SECOND DEGREE BURNS. THE EE WAS ONLY WEARING A SHO RT SLEEVE SHIRT AT THE TIME.

EE WAS USING CUTTING TORCHES TO CUT INSPECTION PLATE OFF HOIST JACK IN SERVICE TRUCK. GASES FROM TORCH BUILT UP IN HOIST JACK AREA AND EXPLODED IN EE'S FACE. INJURY RESULT WAS A PUNCTURED EYE.

EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER BREAKING DOWN CONTOUR STOCKTON SHOT IN FRONT OF HITACHI 3500 EXCAVATORAS DOZER WAS PUSHING MATERIAL THE TRACK OF DOZERRAN UP A LARGE FLAT SURFACED ROCK CAUSING THE DO ZER TO SKID SIDEWAYS AND STOP ABRUPTLY CAUSING LOWER BACK SPRAIN TO THE OPERATOR. HE WAS WEARING A SEALT BELT. WORKED 7/28 &7/29 WENT TO DR ON 7/30

EE WAS LOADING A TRAIN WHEN HE DEVELOPED A PROBLEM W/AUTOMATIC SAMPLER. HE WENT FROM CONTROL TO SAMPLER SEVERAL TIMES. HE REMOVED INSPECTION PLATE FROM TOP OF SAMPLER AND FOUND SAMPLER HOPPER CLOGGED. HE REACHED IN WITH HAND SCOOPING EXCESSCOAL OUT OF HOPPER. WHEN SAMPLER FREED AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT ARM BETWEEN TOP OF HOPPER AND SAMPLER ENCLOSURE. WAS CAUGHT 45-60 MIN. BEFORE FREED

EE OPERATING DOZER WAS PUSHING ON ROCK WHEN THE CORNER OF THE ROCK BROKE. ALLOWING BLADE TO SLIP OFF AND CAUSING DOZER TO LUNGE FORWARD STRAINING EE NECK.

EE WAS REMOVING OLD WEAR PLATES FROM BENEATH TUB ON 2570 DRAGLINE-HE CUT ONE OFF AND IT FELL INJURING RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN GRINDING METALL WITH A PORTABLE GRINDER. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING PRESCRIPTION SAFETY GLASSES AND A FULL FACE SHIELD. AFTER FINISHING GRINDING THE EMPLOYEE REMOVED HIS FACE SHI ELD. THERE WAS MODERATE AMOUNT OF WIND BLOWING. IT BELIEVED THAT THE WIND BLEW A SMALL METAL FRAGMENT INTO THE EYE. THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO PHYSICIAN THE FOLLOWING DAY WHEN FRAGMENT WAS DISOCV

EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER PUSHING AND RIPPING SHOT MATERIAL. AS HE WAS BACKING DOZER, HE BACKED OVER A LARGE ROCK THROWING HIM SIDEWAYS IN THE CAB AND SPRAINING HIS LOWER BACK. THE EE WAS WEARI NG A SET BELT. STARTED MISSING WORK DUE TO INJURY ON 8-19-96.

EE INJURED [FLASHBURN] & ANOTHER EE WERE WELDING& INSTALLING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER BUCKET. INJURED EE TOOK A COUPLE OF DAY SICK LEAVE ON FOLLOWING 2 SCHEDULE SHIFTS. IT WAS DETERMINED ON 2/26 /96 THAT THE EE HAS SUFFERED FLASHBURN TO EYS ONNIGHT OF 2/15 & WAS REASON HE DID NOT WORK ON 2/16 & 2/17.

EE WAS PULLING 2 TEN FOOT SECTIONS OF POLE UP A GRADE WHEN THE ENGINE ON THE BACKHOE BEING USED STALLED AND THE BACKHOE ROLLED BACKWARDS WITH TEH POLES AND STRUCK A STUMP WITH THE POLES. THE R IGHT REAR TIRE ROLLED UP ON THE POLES AND FLIPPED THE TRACTOR ON ITS LEFT SIDE. THE EE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE BACKHOE.

WELDING CHIPPING SLAG

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BOLT WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH AND A STANDARD SOCKET. THE ROLL PIN HOLDING THE SOCKET TO THE WRENCH BROKE AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND.

WORN AND BENT MATERIAL. WHILE EXTRACTING MATERIAL, MATERIAL SPRUNG AND HIT SAFETY GLASSES PUSHING GLASSES INTO EYEBROW CAUSING LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING DUTCHMANS INSERT ON SHOVEL BUCKET INSERT IS HELD BY TWO RECESSED BOLTER A NUT WAS WELDED ON TOP OF BOLT PLACED IMPACT WRENCH ON NUT WHEN ENGAGED WRENCH SOCKET STRUCK EDGE OF RECESS A PIECE OF METAL BROKE FREE FROM EDGESTRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE FOREHEAD ABOVE RIGHT SIX SUTURES WERE USED TO CLOSE EE RETURNED TO WORK AFTER TREATMENT

EMPLOYEE & CO-WORKER WERE GRINDING ON BOOM WHEN PIECE OF METAL FROM CO-WORKER, BEHIND EMPLOYEE, ENTERED FROM THE BACK OF EMPLOYEE'S SHIELD ENTERING HIS EYE.

THE INJURED EE WAS OPERATING A HIGHWALL DRILL WHEN A HYDRAULIC LINE BROKE LEADING TO THE UPPER VALVE CONTROL BODY HYDRAULIC FLUID SQUIRTED THRU THE OPENING WHERE THE UPPER CONTROLS ARE LOCATED . THE IRRITATION AND POSSIBLE MINOR BURNS.