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THE EE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE SHOP FLOOR WHEN ANOTHER MECHANIC ASKED HIM A QUESTION. AS HE CONTINUED WALKING, HE TURNED TO ANSWER AND AS HE DID, A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK CAUSED HIM TO ST OP WALKING & BECOME IMMOBILE. DIAGNOSED AS A SEVERE MUSCLE STRAIN/SPASM IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE FUEL TRUCK. RAINY/ MUDDY CONDITIONS. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO MOUNT THE REAR DECK OF THE FUEL TRUCK, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK HIS SHIN ON THE EDGE OF THE DECK. THIS RESULTED IN A BRUISED/ SCRAPED AREA APPROX 6" LONG ON HIS SHIN. SWELLING/EDEMA OF AREA OF TIBIA FIBULA.

EE WAS HELPING TO REPLACE/CHANGE OUT THE BUCKET ON THE 1570 BE DRAGLINE. HE WAS INVOLVED WITH CHANGING A REPAIR LINK ON THE DRAG CLEVIS WHEN HE REACHED IN TO CHECK FOR PIN CLEARANCE. AT THIS TIME THE CHAIN LINK ACCIDENTLY MOVED AND PINCHEDHIS LITTLE FINGER AGAINST THE CLEVIS. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED APPROX 12 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EE WAS INVOLVED IN REPAIR OF THE #183 P & H 1550 LOADING HOE. HE HAD LOOSENED 2 BOLTS ON A COMPONENT AND AS THE THIRD BOLT BROKE LOOSE, HE FELL FORWARD SPRAWLING ACROSS SEVERAL HYDRAULIC HOSES . IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT HE FELT A SHARP STABBING PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER, ARM AND HAND. INJURY ON 11-22-00 WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIATED DISC BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH VERTEBRAE.

EE WAS ANSWERING A CALL FROM THE 1570-W DRAGLINE. AS HIS PARTNER DROVE THE WELDING TRUCK TO THE REPAIR SITE, INJURED EE STEPPED FROM THE TRUCK CAB AFTER IT WAS PARKED. AS HE STEPPED DOWN HIS R T FOOT CAME TO REST ON A DIRT CLOD AND THEN TURNED OR ROLLED OVER CAUSING A SPRAIN AND POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF A BONE.

THE INJURED EE WAS STANDING ON THE PIT PUMP SKID PRIMING THE PUMP. AS HE STEPPED BACK & OFF THE SKID, HE HELD ON WITH HIS LEFT HAND. AS HE LET GO OF THE FITTING HIS LITTLE FINGER ENCOUNTERED A SHARP EDGE ON THE PUMP DISCHARGE FITTING CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LITTLE FINGER. LACERATION REQUIRED 7 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

THE ARCH ON THE D L BUCKET HAD BROKEN; THE D L OPERATOR STOOD THE BUCKET ON ITS NOSE SO THE BREAK COULD BE REPAIRED. INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE INSIDE OF THE ARCH WHEN A LARGE CLOD OF DIRT (APPROX. 200#) FELL, STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD, SHOULDER AND UPPER CHEST AREA. THEEMPLOYEE'S HARD HAT CAUSED THE LACERATIONS TO HIS HEAD/CHEEK/EYE, BRUISED UPPER CHEST AREA AND

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN PULLING OUT A PIECE OF STUCK EQUIPMENT. HE WAS PULLING A LARGEW DIAMETER TOW CABLE FROM THE FOREMAN'S PICK UP. AS ONE END OF THE CHOKER PULLED FREE, IT FL IPPED AROUND PINCHING HIS THUMB AGAINST THE TAILGATE. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION AND CONTUSION TO HIS LEFT THUMB. NAIL HAD TO BE REMOVED.

EE WAS STACKING CRIBBING MATERIAL AND METAL BANDING CUT HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A 1/4" METAL WIRE CHOCKER FROM AN ELEVATED WORK AREA. HE TIED A ROPE AROUND THE CHOCKER TO LOWER IT TO THE DECK OF THE MACHINE, THE OPPOSITE END OF THE ROPE WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE OPPOSITE HAND (NOT LOWERING THE TOOL)WHEN THE TOOL CLEARED THE ELEVATED AREA THE WEIGHT PULLED HIS ARM AND CAUSED THE ARM TO BE DISLOCATED.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LIFTING THE TONGUE OF A SINGLE AXLE TRAILER ONTO THE BALL OF THE HITCH ON THE BUMPER OF A PICK-UP TRUCK. AFTER HE HAD COMPLETED HOOKING THE TRAILER UP, HE NO TED INCREASING PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK.

GEAR HALF INSTALLATI0ON, LOWER HALF WAS IN PLACE, DURING THE INSTALLATION THE GEAR TURNED MASHING HIS FOOT IN THE MESH OF THE GEAR TEETH.

EE REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE HAD SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER & HIT HIS KNEE ON A GUSSETT THAT IS POSITIONED ON THE FLOOR

WHILE UNPINNING BOOM, BOOM SECTION JUMPED WHEN PIN REMOVED CATCHING HAND UNDER EQUILIZER. THUMB WAS SURGICALLY PINNED & SET. FIRST DIGIT OF RING FINGER WAS REMOVED BECAUSE SEVERED CIRCULATION.

THE EE HAD JUST FINISHED REPLACING THE BRUSHES ON AN M.G. SET ON THE 1570-W BUCYRUS ERIE DRAGLINE. AS HE REPLACED THE GUARD, IT SLIPPED IN HIS HANDS AND PINCHED THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE STOP WASHER AND THE M.G. BASE. A 2" LACERATION WAS INFLICTED REQUIRING 8 STITCHES TO CLOSE UP THE WOUND.

EE GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE BEVELLED EDGE OF A WALL WHILE GRINDING THE FLOOR PLATE. WHEN THE GRINDER DISC STRUCK THE BEVELLED WALL IT KICKED BACK STRIKING HIM IN THE LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A MACHING THAT HAS A SEAT THAT CAN BE AIRED UP. THE SEAT MUST OF HAD A LEAK IN THE ARI LINE AND THE SEAT LOST AIR PRESSURE. WHEN THE MACHINE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD IT CA USED THE EMPLOYEE TO BRUISE HIS LOWER BACK.

THE INJURED EE WAS ASSISTING IN PLACING A 55 GAL. DRUM OF GREASE ON THE P&H 1550 BACKHOE. AS THE PUMP ASSEMBLY LID WAS PLACED ONTO THE GREASE BARREL, THE PUMP PLUNGER SLID IN THE LID PINCHING THE EES RIGHT THUMB. EIGHT STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A SCRAPER AND THE SCRAPER WAS BEING PUSHED BY 2 PUSH TRACTORS. THE LAST TRACTOR HIT THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE SCRAPER AND MADE IT RUN INTO SCRAPER WHICH JARRED THE OPERATOR.

THE INJURED EE WAS PREPARING TO MOVE THE DRAGLINE TRAILING CABLE. AS HE HOOKED THE CABLE SLED TO THE GROUND DOZER, A BROKEN WIRE ON THE CHOKER PENETRATED THE GLOVE ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THE BROKE N WIRE CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. THE LACERATION REQUIRED 5 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

WHILE CUTTING THE TOP FROM A 5 GAL. BUCKET, THE LEATHERMAN POCKET KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT A 1" X 1" DEEP HOLE IN THE RIGHT THIGH. REQUIRING SIX STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TAKING LARGE BOLTS OUT OF PROPEL DRIVE MOTOR COUPLER. THEY WERE USING LARGE 1 1/8" BOX/OPEN END WRENCHES. AS PRESSURE WAS EXERTED, THE WRENCH OF THE INJURED EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF OF THE NUT AND PINCHED THE TIP OF THE FINGER AGAINST THE MOTORCASE. THIS CAUSED A BRUISE/LACERATION TO THE FINGER REQUIRING 5 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REGULAR DUTIES. HE WAS WORKING IN THE LOWER REVOLVING FRAME AND WAS LEAVING WALKING ROOM #3. AS HE WAS MOVING THROUGH THE MANWAY IN A BULKHEAD, HE BUMPED HIS RIG HT KNEE AGAINST THE STEEL. THE NEXT MORNING HIS KNEE WAS SWOLLEN AND WARM TO TOUCH. DR DIAGNOSED AS BRUISE WITH RESULTING STAFF INFECTION.

EE HAD BEEN WORKING ON BULLDOZERS AND HAUL TRUCKS ON THE MORNING OF THE INJURY. AT NOON HE NOTED DISCOMFORT AND IRRATATION IN HIS LEFT EYE. THE EE DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTICLE ENTERED HIS EY E, HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES W/SIDE SHIELDS. INJURY DESCRIBED AS A CORNEAL ABRASION.

GRINDING IN CLOSE QUARTERS, GOT TRASH IN EYES.

EMP #1 WAS INVOLVED IN TRYING TO CRANK PICKUP TRUCK, PRIMING CARBURETOR WITH GASOLINE IN A QUARTPLASTIC CONTAINER WIHT 8 OZ OF GAS. GAS WAS IGNITED BY FAULTY SPARK PLUG WIRE AND WHEN IGNITED E MP #1 SPILLED GAS ON RIGHT LEG WHICH IGNITED CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO CALF AREA OF RIGHT LEG.EMP ALSO RELEASED CONTAINER WITH GAS STRIKING EMP #2. DOCUMENTED ON ANOTHER REPORT.

EMP #2 WAS STANDING IN AREA TRUCK WAS BEING WORKED ON WHEN GAS IFNITED THAT WAS BEING USED TO PRIME CARBURETOR. EMP #1 USING GAS TO PRIME CARB THEN RELEASED 1 QT PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH 8 OZ GA S STRIKING EMP #2 IN ABDOMINAL AREA CAUSING BURNS. 2ND DEGREE ON 6" SQUARE AREA. EMP #2 WHILE REMOVING SHIRT THEN BURNED BOTH RT AND LFT HANDS. 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

THE EE WAS CUTTING A LID IN A CARDBOARD BOX. HE HAD CUT 2 SIDES AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CUTTING THE THIRD SIDE WHEN THE KNIFE CUT THROUGH AND INTO THE INDEX FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND. THE LACE RATION WAS APPROX. 1" LONG AND REQUIRED SIX STITCHES TO CLOSE.

EMP WAS WORKING WITH OTHER WELDERS CHANGING THE BUCKET ON THE 1570 B-E DRAGLINE. SOMETIME DURINGTHE SHIFT, A PARTICLE LODGED IN LEFT EYE. DID NOT NOTICE IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE PARTICLE ENTERED E YE BUT DURING THE EVENING AFTER SHIFT, THE DISCOMFORT INCREASED. WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WELDING, CHIPPING AND GRINDING ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET ON THE SHIFT. AFTERHE WAS SHOME AFTERSHIFT HE NOTED INCREASED IRRITATION & DISCOMFORT IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE WEN TTO THE DR THE NEXT DAY WHERE A METAL PARTICLE WAS REMOVED FROM HIS LEFT EYE.

WHILE CLIMBING OFF CRIBBING, HE LOST HIS GRIP FALLING APPROXIMATELY 7' TO THE GROUND.

BLOWING TRASH GOT INTO EMP'S EYE AS HE RAISED HIS WELDING HOOD. WAS UNABLE TO WASH ALL DEBRIS OUT.

WHILE STANDING ON A BUCKET, THE BUCKET SLIPPED, JARRING THE EMPLOYEE. HE DID NOT LAND ON KNEES. HE LANDED FLAT FOOTED WITH BENT KNEE. HE WAS IN AN ODD POSITION.

EMPLOYEE IS NOT CERTAIN WHAT EXACTLY CAUSED HIS SHOULDER TO BEGIN HURTING. HE WAS SETTING JACK IN PLACE THE SHIFT PRIOR TO SHOULDER PAIN.

DUST PARTICLES BLOWING.

YTORCH HOSE CAUGHT ON FIRE. EMPLOYEE PICKED UP HOSE WITH BARE HAND AND THREW IT OUT OF THE ROOM WHERE HE WAS WORKING.

WHILE GRINDING ON WELDS, EMPLOYEE GOT GRINDING DUST IN EYES. AFTER WASHING EYES HE FELT THEY WERE SCRATCHED, BUT HAD NOT WASHED EVERYTHING OUT.

INJURED EMP WAS RIDING AS PASSENGER IN REAR SEATOF CO SUBURBAN #229. CREW WAS TRAVELING FROM DRAGLINE TO SHOP AND AS VEHICLE ENTERED THE CURVE AT JUNCTION OF RAMPS J-6&7, IT SLID SIDEWAYS AND OVERTURNED. INJURED EMP WAS TRAPPED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO BE EXTRICATED BY RESCUE TEAM. RECEIVED 6 FRACTURED RIBS AND CONTUSIONS OF THE CHEST AREA.

INJURED EMP WAS RIDING IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OF CO SUBURBAN #229. CREW WAS TRAVELING FROM DRAGLINE TO SHOP AND AS VEHICLE ENTERED CURVE AT THEJUNCTION OF RAMPS J-6&7, IT LSID SIDEWAYS AND OV ERTURNED. INJURED EMP WAS THROWN FROM VEHICLE AND RECEIVED A BROKEN ANKLE, FRACTURED RIB, LACERATIONS AND CONTUSIONS OF THE HEAD AND RT FOREARM AND CONTUSIONS OF THE RIGHT LEG.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE COMPANY SUBURBAN #229. THE CREW WAS TRAVELING FROM THE DRAGLING TO THE SHOP AND AS THE VEHICLE ENTERED THE CURVE AT THE JUNCTION OF RAMPS 16&7, IT SLID SI DEWAYS AND OVERTURNED. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE AND RECEIVED A BROKEN COLLAR BONE, LACERATIONS AND CONTUSIONS TO THE HEAD AND ARM.

SCRAPER OPERATOR PULLED AWAY FROM DOZER WHILE BEING PUSHED. SCRAPER OPERATOR STOPPED CAUSING DOZER TO BUMP SCRAPER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ENGAGED IN PUMPING ACTIVITY ALL SHIFT. TOWARD THE END OF SHIFT HE NOTED SOME DISCOMFORT/IRRITATION IN ONE EYE. HE DID NOT FEEL OR KNOW WHEN PARTICLE GOT IN HIS EYE. HE CONTINU ED TO WORK THE SHIFT BUT PAIN/IRRITATION GOT WORSE OVERNITE AND HE WAS TAKEN TO ER THE NEXT DAY FOR REMOVAL OF PARTICLE.

INSTALLING A HOOD ON A S-24 SCRAPER EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO LINE UP BOLT HOLES AND HIT FINGER RESULTING IN AN INFECTION OF FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS NOT SURE WHEN OR HOW PARTICLE GOT IN HIS EYE HE WAS WALKING THE DRAGLINE BACK ON ANOTHER SET & WENT OUT OF THECAB ONTO AN EXTERNAL WALKWAY & MAY HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY METAL SPALLING OFF OF THE WALKING CAM HE SAID THAT THE CAB AIRCONDITIONER WAS ON HIGH WHICH COULD HAVE BLOWN A PARTICLE INTO HIS EYE

SCRAPER WAS LEAVING CUT AREA WHEN A HYDRAULIC STEERING HOSE BROKE SCRAPER SWERVED TO RIGHT WHEN HOSE BROKE BEFORE OPERATOR COULD STOP SCRAPER OPERATOR SAIDE HE HIT ST EERING WHEEL IN RIB ARE A

SCRAPER PULLED AWAY FROM PUSHCAT WHEN BEING PUSHED DURING LOADING AND STOPPED MOVING BEFORE PUSH TRACTOR COULD STOP, IT BUMPED SCRAPER. SCRAPER OPERATOR SAID THAT STEERING WHEE HIT HIM IN RIBS ON THE LEFT SIDE.

EE WAS WELDING IN THE SHOP ON THE LOW BOY TRAILER FABRICATION. HE NOTED SOME IRRITATION IN HIS RIGHT EYE AND UPON LOOKING NOTED A PARTICLE CAUSING THE IRRITATION HE WAS WEARING A WELDING HOOD PLUG SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS TENDING A DIESEL DRIVEN 6 INCH WATER PUMP AND NOTED THAT IT WAS NOT PUMPING PROPERLY. HE DISCONNECTED THE DISCHARGE CLAMP AND THE DISHARGE HOSE FLEW OFF STRIKING THE EE IN THE MOUTH, DI SPLACING 4 TEETH. THE HEATED WATER IN THE PUMP BOWL AND DISCHARGE HOSE SPLASHED ONTO HIS RIGHT ARM CAUSING 2ND. DEGREE BURNS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING ON TOP OF TUB WITHOUT HARD HAT ON,MOVING FROM ONE WORK AREA TO ANOTHER AND HIT HEAD ON PADEYE WELDED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE REVOLVING FRAME.

THE EE WAREHOUSEMAN WAS PREPARING TO PLACE A LARGE NOT WEIGHING 53 ONTO A WHEELED DOLLY. HE BENT OVER FORWARD AT THE WAIST TO TIP THE NUT UP ON EDGE SO THE DOLLY COULD BE SLIP UNDER THE NUT. A S HE LIFTED IN THE POSITION HE FELT SEVERE PAIN IN LUMBAR AREA. DIAGNOSED AS SEVERE LUMBAR STRAIN.