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OILER & MECHANIC WERE REMOVING ENGINE FROM ACK GREASE TRUCK. OILER REACHED UNDER TRANSMISSION & PULLED ON IT IN ORDER TO REMOVE IT & PULLED MUSCLE OR PINCHED NERVE IN BACK.
DRILLER WAS HELPING MECHNIC PUT PINS BACK IN DRILL TRACK. MECHNIC STRUCK PIN WITH SLDGE HAMMER AND PIN OR BOLT STRUCK DRILLER JUST OVER HIS LETFT EYE BELOW HARD HAT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER WHEN HE BEGAN TO FEEL ILL (TINGLING IN ARMS). HE WAS TAKEN HOME AND LATER THAT DAY SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF CAT D9L DOZER AFTER HAVING MADE REPAIRS. HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF BLADE ARM AND PULLED SHOULDER MUSCLES WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF ON HAND RAIL. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT ACCID ENT UNTIL 9/27/89 WHICH IS OF COURSE CONTRARY TO COMPANY POLICIES WHICH HE HAD BEEN RECENTLY MADE AWARE OF.
MECHANIC WAS PUTTING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR IN CAT 910C LOADER. HE WAS LINING UP BRANGHES WITH POCKET KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED OUT MECHANIC.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING TOGETHER TWO SECTION OF METAL PIPE STRIKING OF PIPE FROM HAMMER CAUSED PIECE OF METAL TO GET INTO EMPLOYEES EYE
EMPL WAS WORKING ON DRILL. HE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING ON DRILL. EMPL CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH ONE HAND WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK TO STRIKE DECK OF DRILL. WORKED FOR WEEK BUT WHEN HE CAUGHT FLU HE BECAME UNABLE TO WORK.
EMPL WAS CARRYING STRAW TO TOP OF SLOPE EMPL FELL AT TOP BE SLOPE AND ROLLED DOWN HILL BACK STRUCK ROCK
DURING OPERATION OF LOADER EMPL TRIED TO OPEN CAB WINDOW.WINDOW WAS STUCK CAUSING HAND TO SLIP THEREBY CUTTING FINGER ON METAL RIB AROUND WINDOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS WON KING ON CAT D8L DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED OFF DOZER SLIPPED AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
TRUCK DRIVER BACKED TRUCK UNDER LOADER.LARGE ROCK JARRED TRUCK CAUSING EMPL TO STRIKE AREA OF TRUCK.BRUISED RIB AND PULLED MUSCLES IN SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING CAT DOZER FUEL VAPOR APPARENTLY IGNITED IT IS UNCERTAIN HOW ALTHOUGH A CIGARETTE BUTT AND LIGHTER WERE FOUND AT THE SCENE EMPLOYEE DENIED SMOKING
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON CAT D96 DOZER BLADE. PIECE OF SLAG JUMPED OFF WELD AND WENT DOWN EMPLOYEE'S BOOT. ADMINISTERED FIRST AID. EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR TILL A FEW DAYS LATER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HEATING BUCKET ON LOADER WITH TORCH. ALTHOUGH SAFTEY GLASSES WERE USED HE GOT FINE PIECES OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE.
OILER WAS BLEEDING BRAKES ON GREASE TRUCK. DID NOT HAVE BRAKES COMLETELY BLEED AND PRESSURE BLEW OIL IN OILERS FACE.
I NAME BRAKE DI8 NOT ENGAGE WHEN T RUCK STARTED DOWN GRADE DRIVER SHIFTED DOWN TOO LOWER GEAR, HE ENGAGED WHILLE SHIFTING DOWN ENGINE WHILE BURN OF GEAR TAKING POWER STEERING OUT TRUCK WENT O VER 20 FT BLUFF3LANDING ON TOP.
EXCSLATOR WAS P6LLING LARGE ROCKS WHEN ONE OF THE LARGER ROCKS SLIPPED FROM BUCKETE CAUSING MACHINME TO JOLT
REPAIRING TRUNN3ON BALL OF DOZER BLADE.AS THEY WERE SLIDING PUSH-ARM BACK INTO CAP OF TRUNNION BALL,MECHANIC FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BOLTS OF CAP AND PUSH ARM OF DOZER MASHING MIDDLE,RING & LITTLE FINGER 2F RIGHT HAND.
EMPL DRIVING TR6CK TO CLEAN UP LOST OF OVERBURDEN IN COAL PIT.HE SAYS 992C OPER DROPPED LARGE ROCK IN BED CAUSING HIM TO BE THROWN OUT OF SEAT CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE TOP OF CAB AND PARK BRAKE.F OREMAN SAYS THE2 WERE LOADING MUD AND DIRT AND THERE WERE NO ROCKS IN BED OF TRUCK INVESTIGATION STILL UNDERWAY.
DRILL OPERATOR 4AS BACKING DRILLTO PASS ANOTHER DRILL ON THE SAME BENCH WHILE BLASTE ASSISTED. BLASTER WAS APPARENTLY TRAPPED BETWEEN CAB OF MOVING DRILL 25C 2548 AND DUST COLLECTOR OF STATIO DRILL 25C 2560 7RUSHING HEAD CAUSING MASSIVE HEAD INJURY
EMPLOYEE WAS PU7TING OF ALLINE ON 773 CAT TRUCK WHEN BED FELL & STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN BACK OF HEAD.
EMP HAD BEEN FI3ING OIL LEAK ON LOADER, AS HE WAS CLIMBING OFF LOADER HE SLIPPED AND LOWER LEG STRUCK LOADER
BACKING TRUCK T2 DUMP WHEN ENGINE STALLED CAUSING RUN A WAY AFTER ATTEMPTS TO STEP THICK RAILED EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT BRUISING TAILBONE.
BACKING UNDER L2ADER WHEN STEERRING WHEEL SPUN AWAY FROM EMPLOYEE PULLING ARM STRAINING RIGHT SHOULDER.
DRIVING ON ACCE8S ROAD ON HIS WAY HOME LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE HIT DITCH LANDING ON ITS TOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING FORKLIFT WHEN FORKS DROPPED & MASHED FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING PARTS IN HIS TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED IN GRAVEL & STRUCK THE SIDE OF TRUCK BED RESULTING IN A CRACKED RIB
EMP WAS HELPING3MECHANIC REPAIR CAT 773 B TRUCK EMP AND MECHANIC WERE PUTTING PUMP DRIVE SHAFT BACK INTO TRUCK AND SHAFT SLIPPED OUT OF MECHAINCS HANDS AND THE SHAFT STRUCK EMP IN FACE CAUSIN SUPERFICIAL LAC9RATION ACROSS NOSE
AS EMPLOYEE WAS3STEPPING DOWN OFF DOZER HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACKS & FELL HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH LEFT ARM STRAINING LEFT ARM & SHOULDER.
DRILLING HOLE WITH DRILL.DRILL TURNED OVER ROLLING EMPL AROUND INSIDE OF THE CAB.
USING COME-A-LONG TO LINE UP BELLY PAN UP ON DOZER....COME-A-LONG BROKE STRIKING BAR WHICH BOUNCED OFF SHOES STRIKING BETWEEN BIG TOE AND NEX T TOE.BRUISED LIGAMENTS IN RIGHT FOOT.
STEPPED OFF GREASE TRUCK SIDE ONTO A ROUND ROCK AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE