Employee was removing old bits from the Trencor Surface Miner with a large chisel. While the employee was hitting the chisel with a hammer, the chisel became dislodged from the holder striking the employee in the nose.
Employee was entering Volvo haul truck and felt a pop in their right knee on 3/12. Employee informed operator on 3/25 of the injury. Employee was seen by company doctor on 3/27 and released with no restrictions. Restrictions were instituted after employee consulted with their personal doctor and had a follow-up exam with the company physician on 4/10.
While employee was clearing snow from a small pile of fines that had been left by a loader operator by the grinding room earlier for sampling, the employee moved to the left while doing so left foot slipped out from underneath employee on some snow covered ice that employee did not realize was there. Employee twisted knee and fell into the fines pile.
Employee was loosening a screen bolt with a 1 1/4"" ratchet wrench when the nut came loose, the employee struck the tip of his finger between the wrench and the frame work.
Employee was repairing hose on Cat 992 end loader. He was in an awkward position for an extended period of time while making the repair. When he stood up to stretch he felt something was wrong.
While pulling a grease cart to grease a loader, the employee tripped on a chunk of dried mud falling backward onto the cement floor of the shop spraining his shoulder.
While walking through tall grass, employee got phragmites wrapped around his legs, he was wearing shorts and low top boots. The employee was cut by sharp grass. He received 2 stitches.
The affected employee and another checked the main cutting drum of the Surface Miner. The drum would not turn. The jog wheel was then jogged to free the main cutting drum. While one employee was operating the jog controls the affected employee placed his left hand on the sheave getting three fingers caught in the nip between the jog wheel and the sheave.
EE WAS USING A ""POKER"" BAR TO REMOVE FROZEN MATERIAL FROM EQUIPMENT LIFT CYLINDER WHEN HE SLIPPED, STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST A SECTION OF PLATE STEEL ON THE EQUIPMENT.
ON 10-16-01 EE WAS SHOVELING FINES, THE NEXT DAYHE STATES THAT HIS BACK WAS SORE AND CONTINUED TO GET WORSE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE NEXT WEEK THE EE WAS ON VACATION WHEN HE REPORT- ED TO WORK TO PICK-UP HIS CHECK, HE REPORTED THAT HIS BACK WAS SORE, BUT GETTING BETTER. WHENTHE EE RETURNED TO WORK ON 11-05-01, HE COMPLAINED THAT HIS BACK WAS STILL SORE. SAW A DR. RESTR
EE STEPPED INTO A RUT IN THE GROUND (CAUSED BY A UTILITY VEHICLE) WHILE OPERATING A ""WEED-WHACKER"" TO CLEAR GRASS AND WEED GROWTH FROM THE EXTERIOR OF AN OUT BUILDING. Y
EMPLOYEE HAS SUSTAINED A REPEAT TRAUMA INJURY TO HIS RIGHT ELBOW. IT IS BELEIVED THAT THIS INJURY WAS CAUSED DUE TO CONTINUOUS USE OF THE RIGHT ARM AND HAND TO PERFORM WELDING ACTIVITIES ON VA RIOUS PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. THE COMPANY WAS MADE AWARE OF AND BEGAN TREATMENT WITH A PHYSICIAN ON 06/11/01.
THE EE WAS STANDING HUNCHED OVER PUTTING SMALL PARTS INTO A BIN, ALL AT ONCE HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE
EE MISJUDGED THE LOCATION OF A STEP LEADING TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE SECONDARY CRUSHER BUILDING WHEN HE WENT TO PLACE HIS FOOT DOWN, HE STEPPED OFF THE STEP, JARRING HIS BACK
EE'S RIGHT EYE WAS SCRATCHED BY A METAL PARTICLEWHILE GRINDING
EE'S BACK BECAME SORE AFTER OPERATING HAUL TRK ON ROUGH ROADS
EE GOT METAL PARTICLES INSIDE HIS HARD HAT BY GRINDING ON METAL THE DAY BEFORE. WHEN HE PLACEDHIS HARD HAT ON HIS HEAD THE NEXT DAY, A PARTICLE OF METAL FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE
EE FRACTURED TIP OF LEFT THUMB WHILE OPENING THE DOOR TO THE LIFE JACKET STORAGE CONTAINER
AS MAINTENANCE, A TEMPORARY HOISTING MECHANISM WAS BEING USED TO LIFT AN I-BEAM, APPROX 20'L ANDWEIGHING 860 LBS. INJURED EE WAS STANDING ON THE LAUNCH, HOLDING A TAGLINE WHEN THE I-BEAM AND T HE HOISTING EQUIP FELL TO THE BOAT AND INTO THE WATER. WHILE THE INJURED CANNOT REMEMBER THE ACCIDENT, THE INJURY APPEARS TO HAVE RESULTED FROM THE FALL, THE EE STRUCK HIS BACK ON THE LAUNCH.
WHILE INSTALLING A RETURN ROLLER ON THE TUBE BELT THE ROLLER SLIPPED OUT OF THE HANGERS & PINCHED THE EE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING A FRACTURE AT THE TIP
THE EE WAS WORKING ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE CRUSHED ROCK BUILDING. ANOTHER EE WAS WELDING ON THE SECOND FLOOR WHEN HOT SLAG FELL FROM THE UPPER FLOOR AND SPLATTERED UNDER THE EE'S SAFETY GLA SSES CAUSING A BURN TO THE EYE.
THE EE WAS OPERATING A CATERPILLAR 777 HAULAGE TRUCK AND WAS HAULING OVERBURDEN. WHILE TURNING AROUND AT THE DUMP SITE, THE TRUCK BROKE THROUGH THE FROST CAUSING THE TIRES TO SINK INTO THE GRO UND AND TIPPING THE TRUCK ON ITS SIDE. THE IMPACT CAUSED A SPRAIN TO THE EE'S LEFT SHOULDER REQUIRING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.