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EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM A SCRAPER AND FELT A TWINGE IN HIS BACK.
AS TWO 657 E SCRAPERS WERE GOING TO BEGIN A PUSH PULL OPERATION, THE FRONT MACHINE HOOKED A ROCK AND STOPPED. THE REAR MACHINE STRUCK THE FRONT ONE JARRING THE OPERATOR'S BACK.
DRIVING VEHICLE STRUCK HOLE JARRING MOVEMENT CAUSED NECK AND BACK INJURIES.
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A SMALL SPLINTER OF STEEL IN THE LEFT THUMB. THE STEEL PENETRATED FOR ENOUGH TO REQUIRE SURGICAL REMOVAL THE FOLLOWING DAY. EMPLOYEE WAS AVAILABLE TOW ROK 10-2-92. FIVE ST ITCHES TO SEW UP AFTER SURGERY.
38503UTTING EDGES ON 758 CAT 657 E SCRAPER WORE DOWN ALONG WITH THE SUPPORT NUTS. WHEN THE MECHAINC REMOVED THE NUT THE SHARP EDGES OF THE NUT FROM THE SOCKET THE MECHANIC ACCIDENTLY HIT THE T 99775R OF THE IMPACT WRENCH WHICH CAUSED THE NUTTO SPIN THE SHARP EDGES CUT THE MECHANICS FINGER IN THREE LACERATIONS.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE GETTING DOWN FROM A DOZER AND SPRAINED HIS WRIST. DR ADVISED HIM TO WEAR A SPLINT OR WRIST STABLIZED FOR 30 DAYS. EMPLOYEE IS NOT RESTRICTED IN ANYWAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A RAILROAD SWITCH EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A BAR TO OPEN THE SWITCH AND SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND SNOW.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM RUBBER TIRE DOZER AND TWISTED BACK.HE DID NOT NOTIFY ANYONE THAT HE WAS INJURED UNTIL 10-08-90.HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL HE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR ON 10-10-90.PAIN INCR
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BRAKE ON RAILROAD CAR AND STRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BRAKE ON RAILROAD CAR AND STRAINED BACK AND NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PITCHED FORWARD WHEN LOADER STRUCK DIP IN COAL, SEAT BACK JUMPED OUT OF SLOT AND THE TOP LEANED FORWARD. WHEN EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO SITTING POSITION, EMPLOYEE'S BACK STRUCK TIP OF SEAT AND INJURED 3 RIBS.
RESOCKETING ROPES IN PROCESS ROPE SNAPPED OUT OF SOCKET STRUCK R THUMB CAUSING 2 FRACT.
TWO EE WERE DISCUSSING PROCEEDURES ON DOZING MATERIAL. WHEN DOZER OPERATOR GOT BACK INTO THE DOZER HIS THUMB WAS SLAMMED IN DOOR. TIP OF BONE IN THUMB WAS BROKEN AND THUMB TORN OPEN. BONE TIP REMOVED FINGERNAIL REMOVED AND THE THUMB WAS STICHES UP. THE DR DID A POOR JOB STICHING THE FIRST TIME IT HAD TO BE REDONE THE NEXT DAY.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ACROSS TO RAILROAD CAR. FROST ON EDGE OF CAR CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND BRUISING CHEST AND LEGS AND DISLOCATED RIB. EMPLOYEE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR ON 2- 6-90.
OPERATOR DUMPING LOAD OF DIRT AND FRONT TIRE HIT ROCK AND JARRED OPERATORS BACK.
INJURED PERSON WAS LIFTING BAGS OF AND AND SPRAINED HIS SHOULDER
THE INJURED MINER WAS STEPPING UP ONTO THE LADDER ON THE RUBBER TIRED DOZER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS LEG RUBBED AGAINST THE STEP AND THE RESULT WAS A LACERATION OF THE SKIN.
THE INJURED MINER WAS HELPING REPLACE THE EQUALIZER ON THE HOIST ROPES. HE TWISTED WHILE LIFTING AND HURT HIS BACK. THE MINER REPORTED THE INJURY OCT 31, 1988. (SEE ATTACHED REPORT)
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING FENCE POSTS TO HOLD A STRAW DIKE. HE WAS POUNDING A POST USING A POST DRIVER AND HIS BACK POPPED.
MEN FINISHED WELDING JOB & WERE CLEANING UP.BEGAN PULLING EXTENSION LADDER OUT OF THE HOPPER.TOP SECTION BEGAN TO SLIDE OUT OF LOWER SECTION.I.NAME WAS GOING TO GO BACK DOWN THE LADDER TO SECT URELY IN PLACE AND TOP SECTION BEGAN SLIDING DOWN.I.NAME LEG WENT THROUGH THE RUNGS AND HE WAS LEFT HANGING BY HIS RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT3FINGER IN DOOR OF BACKHOE WHILE OPERATING. BACKHOE WAS OPERATING ON AN INCLINE & DOOR WAS NOT SECURELY LATCHED.
WHILE OPERATING3A SCRFAPER SCRAPER RAN OVER A FROZEN CHUNK & OPERATOR WAS JOLTED TO BOTTOM OF SEAT OPERATOR THEN NOTED SEVERE PAIN TO NECK & WAS REFERRED TO HOSPITAL FOR EXAMINATION
A PROBLEM WAS N2TED WITH A SECONDARY CRUSHER. THE PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE ARMOR PLATED ACCESS DOOR WAS BEING OPENED WHEN A SECTION OF THE ARMOR PLATE FELL OUT OF THE CRUSHER AND ONTO THE A NKLE OF THE EMP5OYEE. THE PLATE FELL ABOUT 3 FT.
WHILE WORKING O3 THE DRIVE SHAFT OF A HAUL TRUCK, EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS FINGER WITH A HAMMER HANDLE
WHEN DISMOUNTIN1 THEBOBCAT SKIN STEER LOADER THE OPERATOR. STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE R.O.P.S. CAB AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS NECK AND LOWER BACK.
A SUPERVISOR WAS CHECKING BOLT TIGHTNESS FOR A DRAG DRUM ON 800-W BUCYRUS- ERIE DRAGLINE. A SLEDGE AND A DRIFT WAS USED TO RAP THE BOLTS. THE SUPERVISOR APPARENTLY CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FIN GER BETWEEN THE HANDLE OF THE SLEDGE AND THE DRIFT CAUSING THE INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND TO FRACTURE.
INDIVIDUAL WAS REPAIRING A FUEL INJECTION PUMP ON A SCRAPER WHEN IT TURNED AND A SHARP TERMINAL BRUSHED ACROSS THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING A CUT WHICH REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.
I.NAME HAD JUST COMPLETED WEIGHING AN EMPTY TRUCK WHEN SHE BEGAN TO FELL WEAK & DIZZY. SHE SAT DOWN IN A CHAIR & THAT IS THE LAST THING SHE REMEMBERS. SHE HAD AN EPILEPTIC SEIZURE FELL OUT OF T HE CHAIR HITTING A WALL MOUNTED HEATER & TABLE. THE FALL RESULTED IN 4 LOOSE TEETH & A BRUISE ON THE CHIN. SHE WAS ADMINISTERED FIRST AID & TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL. SHE IS NOW
THE OPERATOR LEFT THE CAB OF THE TWIN ENGINE SCRAPER HE WAS OPERATING TO START THE REAR ENGINE. WHEN HE RETURNED HE SHUT THE CAB DOOR ON HIS SEAT BELT. HE REOPENED THE DOOR AND AS HE REACHED TO PULL THE SEAT BELT, THE DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS LEFT HAND. THE INJURY CUT TWO FINGERS WHICH UPON MEDICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED STITCHES.
A FALL OF PERSON ACCIDNET TOOK PLACE RESULTING IN BODILY INJURY A PORTION OF FLOOR GRATING WAS REMOVED FOR HOISTING PURPOSES AND WAS NOT REPLACED THE INJURED WAS TAKING A REGULAR SCHEDULED INS PECTION OF THE WORK AREA AND FELL THROUGH THE OPENING
A FIRE DEVELOPED IN THE NUMBER TWO LOADOUD CONVEYOR OF THE COAL HANDLING FACILITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 84 FEET OF CONVEYOR SECTION WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE ORIGINATING FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE OF SOM E NATURE.