Rice #3 (Strip) Coal

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A BUCYRUS-ERIE DRAGLINE BUCKET. AS HE STOOD UP AND TURNED TO WALK TOWARD HIS WELDING EQUIPMENT, HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE LEFT DRAG PEAR LINK. HE FELT NO REAL PAIN A ND RETURNED TO WORK. ON THE 17TH OF JUNE 1994, HE REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HIS ELBOW WAS SWOLLEN AND ASKED TO SEE A DOCTOR. HE WAS SEEN BY A PHY AND GIVEN MEDICATION FOR SWELLING.

USED A PAIR OF USED GLOVES THAT MUST OF HAD A CHEMICAL ON OR IN THEM

EE WAS LOOSENING BOLTS IN REVELVING FRAME AREA OF DRAGLINE WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH. A PIECE OF STEEL ENTERED LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO GRADE THE HAULROADS AT THE PIT. AFTER A PRE-SHIFT CHECK, HE PREPARED TO MOUNT THE MACHINE. HE STEPPED ONTO THE GRADER BLADE (WHICH HAD BEEN POSITIONED BY THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR) AND GRABBED FOR THE HANDHOLD. AS HE WAS PLACING HIS FOOT IN THE STEP ON LADDER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND, STRIKING THE BLADE WITH HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS TRANSP

MINING ENGINEER WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE THE OFFICE PARKING AREA FOR LUNCH. HE NOTIVED ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS BLOCKING HIS EXIT ROUTE. AS HE STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO ASK THE DRIVER TO MOVE HIS VEHICLE, HE CLOSED THE DOOR ON HIS HAND, PINCHING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE DOOR FRAME AND DOOR JAMB. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK BUT THUMB BECAME INCREASINGLY PAINFUL AND HIS DOCTOR HAD TO DRAIN

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FIND A PART # ON LARGE BUSHING. WHILE IN SQUAT POSITION HE TRIED TO TURN BUSHING BY PULLING ON SKID. AS HE PULLED HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT GROIN. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK. DIAG: MAY 11, 1993 BY SURGEON. THIS IS A DELAYED LOST TIME ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE CONTINUES TO WORK. CHARGED MANDATORY 50 DAYS.

MECHANIC WAS CHANGING THE DUMP CABLE ON A 680-W BUCYRUS-ERIE DRAGLINE. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RE-SOCKET THE DUMP CABLE. AS HE WAS FORMING THE CABLE LOOP, HE REACHED WITH HIS RIGHT ARM FOR MORE LEVERAGE TO GET THE CABLE STARTED IN THE SOCKET. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LINE UP THE HOLES FOR A PIN ON THE ERECTION OF A BE DRAGLINE HYDRAULIC JACK HE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF THE STAND & CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE JACK & DRAGLINE FRAME

MECHANIC WAS TROUBLE-SHOUTING A L800 LETOURNEAU END LOADER. AFTER MAKING SOME ELECTRICAL CHECKS, HE STARTED THE MACHINE TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE MACHINE WENT INTO FULL ACCELERATION. HE APPLIED THE DYNAMIC BRAKE, BUT THE MACHINE WOULD NOT STOP. HE TRAVELED APPROX. 400 FEET DOWN THE HAUL ROAD BEFORE STRIKING THE ROAD BERM. THE MACHI

ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE CUTTING EDGE FROM PALLET FELT DISCOMFORT IN UPPER BACK

TENOSYNOUITIS AS DIAGNOSED BY DOCTOR

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE COAL PREPARATION LAB & PERFORTMING HER USUAL JOB TASKS SHE WAS DOING A STANDARD BTU ANALYSIS AS SHE WAS TIGHTENING THE LID ON AN OXYGEN BOMB WITH HER HANDS SHE FELT A POP IN HER RT WRIST SHE FELT SOME PAIN IN HERWRIST & HAD LESS GRASPING ABILITY OF THE HAND SHE FINISHED HER SHIFT THAT EVENING FRACTURE OF THE ULNA BONE OF THE RT FOREARM

EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING THE OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS, CARPAL TUNNEL SYDROME ON THIS DATE. EMPLOYEE WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON 2-18-91.

OPER WORKING IN HEAVILY MINED AREA PRIOR TO MINING,LOADING END DUMPS WITH END LOADER.NOTICED PAIN IN BACK AS SHIFT CONTINUED.AS SHIFT PROGRESSED PAIN BECAME MORE SEVERE.TREATED BY CHIROPRACTOR FOR BACK PAIN FOLLOWING SHIFT.

PREPARING TO INSPECT CRAWLED UNDER TRACTOR KNEALT ON SM STONE BRUISED SOFT TISSUE

I.NAME WAS CHANGING THE CUTTING EDGES ON A D10 DATERPILLAR USING A 1" AIR WRENCH TO REMOVE THE BOLTS FROM THE CUTTING EDGE. EXHAUST AIR FROM THE WRENCH BLEW A PARTICLE (DIRT OR STEEL) INTO I.N AME'S LEFT EYE. THE PARTICLE CAUSED MINOR IRRITATION BUT HAD TO BE REMOVED BY AN OPTHALMOLOGIST BECAUSE IT WAS IMBEDDED.

EMPLOYEE SAID HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL,LANDING ON HIS FOOT.OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION LEFT NAVICULAR.

REPAIRING GAS ENGINE ENGINE WOULD NOT START SO REMOVED SPARK PLUG TO CHEK IGNITION PULLED ROPE START GASOLINE BLEW OUT THE SPARK PLUG OPERIG IN CYLINDER STRIKING HIS FACE AND IGNITING FACIA L BURNS

I.NAME WAS STRIPPING #8A OVERBURDEN IN THE PIT WITH A D9H BULLDOZER. HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK AND LOWER LEFT LEG WHILE OPERATING THE DOZER. HE STOPPED TO STRETCH AND AS HE STEPPED OUTSIDE THE DOZER, THE PAIN INTENSIFIED IN LOWER BACK AND LEG. I.NAME WENT HOME AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

HE WAS FUELING THE MOBILE EQUIPMENT FROM A FUEL TRUCK. AS HE WALKED AROUND THE FUEL TRUCK, THE WIND BLEW FUEL OIL THAT WAS LEAKING FROM A WATER SEPARTION FILTER ON THE FUEL TRUCK, INTO HIS EY ES. MINER BURNS TO EYES.

HE WAS DISMOUNTING A END DUMP USING THE MACHINES LADDER. ON THE LAST STEP, HE MOMENTARILY LOST HIS BALNCE WHEN THE BOTTOM STEP SWUNG INWARD. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BUT FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HIP.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED ON THIS DATE THAT HE HAD CARPRAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AND DOCTOR FEELS IT MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM HIS OCCUPATION AS A LUBRICATION TECHNICIAN.SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR 11-02-89.

OCCUPATIONAL INJURY ANIT INFLAMMATORY MEDICATION AND CORTISONE SHOTS IN WRIST TO RELIEVE PAIN R WRIST DUE TO CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AS DIAGNOSED BY DR NO LOST TIME

HE STEPPED ON STEP OF OFFICE TRAILER WITH RIGHT LEG, REACHED FOR DOOR HANDLE. DOOR LATCH CAUGHT ON JAMB RESULTING IN SHARP RIGHT LOWER BACK PAIN. HE DID NOT SLIP OFF THE STEP DID NOT FALL BA CKWARDS.

TWO EMPLOYEEWS WERE MOVING CABINETS IN THE WAREHOUSE WHEN THE DRAWERS STARTED TO COME OUT. HE SAW THE PROBLEM AND CAME OVER TO PUSH DRAWERS BACK IN TO HELP THEM. ABOUT 2 YEARS HE HAD HERNIA OPERATION AND THE EXERTON CUSED A TEAR IN THE AREA.

I.NAME WAS LOADING TOPSOIL INTO THE SCRAPER TRAILER (BOWL) AT THE MINE SITE. AS HE BEGAN TO LOAD TOPSOIL, THE TRACTOR PORTION OF SCRAPER AND GOOSENECK AREA OF MACHINE, BURST INTO FLAMES. THE F IRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BUT THE TRACTOR CAB, TIRES AND PORTIONS OF GOOSENECK WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

WELDER WAS REPLACING DRAG CHAIN PIN IN BUCKET OF DRAGLINE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE PIN INTO POSITION HE FELT PAIN IN HIS MIDDLE UPPER BACK MUSCLE STRAIN UPPER BACK

CHANGED FUEL FILTER ON GRADER AND TURNED TO EXIT TO THE REAR MISSED HANDHOLD SLIPPED/FELL BETWEEN TWO GRADER TIRES BROKEN WRIST FRACTURED SHOULDER

I NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE AN ENTRIE ROLL OF 3IN WATER HOSE FROM BACK OF HIS PUMP TRUCK ALONE HE STOOD THE ROLL ON EDGE TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK IT BROKE OVER CENT ER & STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH & JARRING HIS RT FRONT TOOTH LOOSE IT WASFOUND AT THE DENT ISTS LATER THE TOOTH HAD BEEN BROKEN OFF & HAD TO BE REMOVED

HE WAS HELPING CONTRACTOR MECHNIC REPLACE FRONT PARKING BRAKE SHOES, CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE WENT BELOW BOOM ARMS TO GET OUT. HE STEPPED UP ON LEFT BOOM ARM OFF THE GROUND AND STEPPED TO GROUND W ITH RIGHT LEG. RIGHT KNEE GACE OUT AND FELL TO THE GROUND ON BOTH KNEES CAUSING PAIN TO RIGHT KNEE CAP AREA. FELT PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE BEFOE HE HIT GROUND.

I NAME WAS LIFTING A 50LB SODA ASH BAG FROM A WOODEN PALLET AND PLACING IT INTO THE BUCKET OF A BROOM TRACTOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK SAW A CHIROPRACTOR

WORKING AT PIT SHOP WELDING PLATE ON GRADER TO USE PORTA-POWER TO REMOVE BLADE CARRIAGE TRUNION BALL.COMPLETED WELDING AND WAS CHIPPING ON THE PLATE WEARING WELDING HOOD.WINDY AROUND GRADER.BE CAME AWARE OF PAIN 2:AM.WENT TO EMERG RM SUNDAY SAW DR MONDAY,REMOVED IMBEDDED METAL PARTICLE FROM CORNEA.

HE WAS OPERATING A D9H DOZER ON THE PIT FOR APPROX 2 HRS STRIPPING STONE OFF THE #8 COAL SEAM WHILE BACKING UP THE DOZER HE SAID HE BACKED OVER A ROCK WHICH THEN JARRED HIS BACK

HE WAS RUNNING BROOM TRACTOR, CLEANING COAL. HE STOPPED TO EXPECTORATE OUT THE LEFT SIDE DOUBLE DOOR. WHEN HE PULLED THE DOOR CLOSED TO START WORKING AGAIN HE PINCHEDD HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ETWEEN THE DOOR JAMB AND THE DOOR.

DRIVER TARPING DOWN LOAD BEFORE HAULING,PULLED ON TARP STRAP FROM BACK OF TRUCK.STRAP BROKE.DRIVER LOST BALANCE AND FELL 15' INTO PILE OF COAL.

BELLYPAN WAS SECURED TO MECHANICS TRUCK BY CHAIN USED IMPACT WRENCH TO REMOVE BOLT HINGE PIN WAS EITHER BROKEN OR IT BROKE PAN SLID ON CHAIN STRIKING I.NAME ON CHEST AND CONTD TO SLIDE ON CHAN CHAIN AND STRIKING RT FRONTAL AREA THIGH AND KNEE I.NAME HAD BEEN CROUCHING ON KNEES WITH HEAD PARTIALLY BETWEEN DOZER FRAME AND TRACK SIDE FRAME

I.NAME STEPPED FROM RIGHT PUSH ARM OF MACHINE ONTO LOOSE MATERIAL ON GROUND IN CUT.VARIOUS SIZES OF ROCKS WHERE HE STEPPED -TURNED HIS ANKLE.TURNED HIS ANKLE IT WAS SWELLING UP.

HE WAS USING AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH TO INSTALL WHEEL BOLTS ON 475 MICHIGAN LOADER. AN UNIDENTIFIED FOREIGN PARTICLE STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE AND BECAME LODGED UNDER THE SKIN WHERE IT CA USED SOME BLEEDING.

INJ. WAS HELPING SET PU WHEN HE NOTICED PUMP TRUCK HAD STARTED TO MOVE BACKWARDS . HE RAN AFTER TRUCK AND REACHED FOR DOR TO TRY TO GET INTO TRUCK SO HE COULD STOP IT . WEIHT OF TRUCK KNOCK ED INJ. DOWN TO GROUND AND THE DOOR STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER. SEVERE BRUISE LEFT SHOULDER AND RIBS.

HE WAS LIFTING CAP BOXES AT BUILDING PLANT AND TWSTING TO PUT THEM ON TRUCK. HE FELT SLIGHT PAIN.

COWORKER WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO ALIGN CROOKED BUSHING HE STRUCK ROD AND PLATE SPACER BROKE INTO TWO PIECES STRIKING INJURED IN RIGHT EYE HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WORKING IN A SHOP O N PIT PROPERTY SUPERFICIAL CUT TO RIGHT EYE NO SUTURES REQUIRED

REOCCURANCE OF OLD INJURY IT WAS DESCRIBED BY THIS DOCTOR THEN AS TRAUMATIC MYOFASICIAL SPRAIN LUMBO-PELVIC SPINE NEURITIS LOWER EXTREMITY WORKERS COMP CLAIM

CHECKING ENGINE OIL ON CAT LOADER WALKING OVER TO TURN ON MASTER SWITCH ON OTHER SIDE OF MAHCINE RT TOE CAUGHT ON DRAW BARPIN HE FELL FROM REAR OF MACHINE INJURED LEFT ANKLE AND KNEE LEFT ELB OW AND RT HEEL TORN LIGAMENTS SOFT TISSUE DAMGAGE OF ANKLE

UNLOADING MATERIAL (SPRING FOR OVERHEAD DOOR) WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL ATTACHED TO THE SPRING STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE. CUT ON LEFT SIDE OF NOSE, LEFT SIDE OF LIP, CUT ON INSIDE OF MOUTH. ONE STITC H TO UPPER LIP.

I,NAME DISMOUNT9D HIS MACHINE AND REACHED GROUND LEVEL. HE WAS FACING THEMACHINE AND WHEN HE TURNED AROUND (PIVOTED 180) HE HURT HIS LEFT ANKLE CAUSING SEVERE PAIN AND IMMEDIATE SWELLING. TRAN PORTED TO CLINI7 WHERE THEY TOOK X-RAYS. NOTHING BROKEN/SEVERE SPRAIN. THEY APPLIED AN ANKLE CAST.

ADENA FIRE DEPT3RESPONDED TO FIGHT FIRE ON LETOURNEAU END LOADER BURNING IN ENGINE AREA,ELEC GERNERATOR,LEFT REAR TIRE AND AIR BOXES.EXTINGUISHED AFTER 45 MIN USING FOAM SUPPRESSANT AGENT.FIRE OCCURRED DURIN1 WKND SHUTDOWN.2 OTHER PIECES EQUIP VANDALIZED-APPEARED TO BE VANDALIZED ALSO.NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST ANYTHING ELSE.EQUIP HAD NOT OPERATED FOR 2 DAYS PRIOR TO FIRE.

SETTING PUMPS &3STRINGING DISCHARGE HOSE WHILE WADING THROUGH MUD OVERBOOTS HAD MUD ON THEM ABOUT 930PM MUSCLES FELT TIGHT & IT WAS HARD TO TURN HIS HEAD AT END OF SHIFT COULD HARDLY TURN HIS HEAD WAS WEARIN1 PROT ECTIVE HEADGVEAR SAW A CHIROPRACTOR

SHE WAS LEANING3OVER DESK TO BUNDLE JOURNAL VOUCHERS.A LARGE PAPER BINDER CLIP SLIPPED OR SNAPPED OFF THE VOUCHERS AND STRUCK HER IN HER RIGHT EYE.

HE WAS BACKING 8OWN RAMP TO LOADER TO BE LOADED WHEN HE HIT LOADER BOOM.THIS CAUSED THE ENDDUMP TO STOP SUDDENLY. WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR.

OPERATOR WAS MO6NTING LOADER AS HE NORMALLY DOES HOLDING LUNCHBOX & THERMOS IN ONE HAND AND HOLDING HANDRAIL WITH OTHER HAND. FOOT SLIPPED OFF RUNG. NO MUD OR OIL EVIDENT IN AREA. PAIN LEFT KN EECAP AREA AND 8EVERE SWELLING. WORKED ON 3-4 BUT MISSED 3-5 AND 3-6-87.

I NAME WAS GETT3NG READY TO WIPE FRONT WINDSHIELD. I LOST MY FOOTING, FEET SLIPPED OUT AND I FELL ON MY HANDS. SLIPPING TOWARDS EDGE OF MACHINE, I LACERATED MY HAND ON A HOLE BURR WITH NO BOLT IN IT TO ATTACH3HOOD TO RADIATOR SHROUD. I STRADDLED RADIATOR CAP WHICH PREVENTED ME FALLING OFF TRUCK. 4-5" LACERATION STARTING AT RIGHT WRIST UP PALM TOWARD RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

I NAME WAS AWAI7ING A PHONE CALL ABOUT PARTS. WHEN THE PHONE RANG ,I STARTED FOR OFFICE TRAILER BECAUSE OF THE NOISE LEVEL IN SHOP. AFTER LEAVING SHOP I TURNED TOWARDS THE OFFICE TRAILER AND F ELT THE PAIN IN3MY LEFT FOOT. WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE SHOP AN EMT WAS NOTIFIED.

CLIMBING INTO D9ILL TRUCK CAB, FELT STABBING PAIN, LEFT LEG FOR NO REASON. COULD BE UNKNOWN PHYSICAL DEFECT. DR SAID IRRITATION OF SCIATIC NERVE IN LEFT HIP AND THIGH TO THE KNEE. PAIN EASED S OMEWHAT WHILE D9IVING TO BENCH, BUT WHEN ATTEMPTED TO DISMOUNT DRILL, FELT PAIN AGAIN. NO ABNORMAL MOVEMENTS, APPARENTLY NORMAL PROCEDURE, NO LSIPS, FALL, JERKS, STRAINS INDICATED

I NAME HAD BEEN3DRILLING OVERBURDEN WITH A VERTICAL DRILL WHEN PROBLEM DEVELOPED CAUSING SLOW HEAD DRIVE ROTATION ON DRILL STEEL.HE BORROWED A PIPE WRENCH FROM ANOTHER DRILL OPERATOR IN SAME A AREA AND PROCEE8ED TO MAKE A MINOR REPAIR ON AIR LINE FROM THE ROOF OF THE DRILL CAB.I NAME WAS FOUND ON GROUND BESIDE DRILL BY THE OTHER DRILLER.I NAME TOLD OTHER DRILLER THAT HE THEW THE WR

I.NAME WAS DISM2UNTING D-10 AT RT FRONT PART OF PUSH ARM AWAY FROM LIGHT SOURCE WHEN HE STEPPED TO GROUND HIS FOOT ROLLED AND KNEE BENT IN A MANNER IT ISNT SUPPOSED TO POPPING AND CAUSING PAI N 3

MAKING A RAPID EXIT FROM JOHN DEERE 510 BACKHOE CAB LEFT FOOT GOT CAUGHT INSIDE CAB CAUSING HIM TO FALL OUT OF CAB BACKWARDS AND HE LANDED ON HEAD AND SHOULDERS.

I NAME WAS DRIVING STAKES FOR A HAY DAM AT RECLAMATION AREA HE MISSED THE STAKE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE STAKE LACERATIONS TO TIP OF RIGHT INCES FINGER REQUIRED STITCHE

HE WAS LIFTING A 922B LOADER BELLYPAN UP INTOPLACE TO BOLT IT FAST CHAIN SLIPPED OFF BELLYPAN AND IT FELL TO GROUND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN GROUND AND BELLYPAN THREE LACERATIONS TO RT HAND A PALM REQUIRED TEN STITCHES

MECHANIC WELDER WAS CHECKING TORQUE HEATUP ON CAT D9H WHILE PRYING A STEEL TUBE THE PRYBAR SLIPPED CAUSING THE TUBE TO SPRING BACK AND CATCH THE FINGER BETWEEN TUBE AND COOLER TWO CUTS TO R T MIDDLE FINGER

WHILE CHANGING GREASE REEL THE REEL SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE

WENT TO CHECK WATER PUMP SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL STRIKING HEAD AND NECK ON ROADWAY.COMPLAINED OF STIFF NECK WENT TO DR 1-15-85.

DISMOUNTING OVER REAR TIRE OF 992 C CAT LAODER WHEN MUD & WATER ON TIRE CAUSED HIM TO SLIP STRUCK TAILBONE HE FELT PAIN IN SMALL O BACK & NUMBNESS IN BACK OF RT LEG BETWEEN KNEE & HIP

HE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG FELL INTO MIDDLE PART OF RIGHT EYE. HE HAD HIS CUTTING GLASSES ON. DOCTOR MUNBER EYE WITH NEEDLE THEN REMOVED PARTICLE.

HE WAS USING A B&0 TYPE OF HAMMER TO ASSEMBLE TRACKS ON DOZER AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF B&0 WHEN STRUCK WITH A SLEDGE

HE WAS REMOVING BROOM FROM JOHN DEERE TRACTOR AND HADALL DISCONNECTED BUT THE DRIVE SHAFT. ITCAME APART AND BROOM DROPPED ABOUT 1 FT. BRUISING TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

A ROCK FLIPPED OVER THE BLADE OF THE CAR D9H DOZER AND WEDGED BETWEEN BLADE JACK AND GUARD. WHEN FLIPPING IT OFF HE CAUGHT HIF INFGER AND CUT IT BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND JOINTS.

THE SHOOTING CREW WAS IN PROCESS OF LOADING A 27 HOLE PATTERN FOR BLAST. AFTER 9 HOLES HAD BEEN LOADED WITH CAPS AND PRIMERS ALONG WITH ANFO AN ELECTRICAL STORM APPEARED SUDDENLY OUT OF HORIZE N A LIGHTNING BOLT STRUCK THE LOADED HOLES AND DETONATED THEM.

I.NAME WAS STANDING BETWEEN SPOIL AND A WATER PUMP CHECKING FUEL LEVEL IN THE 4IN WATER PUMP WHEN A ROCK ROLLED OFF THE SPOIL AND STGRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE

WHILE REMOVING NUT S FROM FRONT WHEEL ON CATERPILLAR 16G MOTOR GRADER WITH AN INCH DRIVE AIR WRENCH FOREIGN PARTICLE FELL INTO RT EYE

PARTICLE BLEW INTO AND IMBEDDED ITSELF IN LEFT EYE. HE WAS INSTALLING A BOOM BUSHING WIND WAS BLOWING.

MECHANIC WAS INSTALLING A STARTEIN GROVE CRANE STARTER FELL DOWN HIT AXLE BOUNCED OFF AXLE AND STRUCK MECHANIC ON RT INSIDE PART OF LEG BELOW KNEE BRUISE TO RIGHT LEG

WAS PUTTING TRACK ON DOZER AND HAD MACHINE OPERATOR MOVING REAR SPROCKET TO GEED TRACK TO TOP IDLERS. PRY BAR WAS USED TO GUIDE TRACK AND GOT CAUGHT ON IDLER CAUSING BAR TO JERK FORWARD STRIKI NG MECHANIC ON HEAD ABOVE LEFT PORTION OF FOREHEAD 5 STITCHES.

BRENT AND CHUCK WERE PULLING TRACTOR BECAUSE IT WOULDNT START BRENT UNHOOKED CHAIN FROM BACK AND WAS HOOKING IT UP TO THE FRONT WHEN CHUCK PULLED AGAIN CHAIN FLEW AROUND AND WRAPPED AROUND BRE NTS LEG

GERALD WAS DISMOUNTING TRUCK CAB WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS PANTS LEG ON A PIECE OF EXPANDED METAL FROM STEP & THIS CAUSED HIM TO LOSE BALANCE. HIS BACK JERKED & TWISTED.

INSIDE COUNTY HOME SHOP. TWO WELDERS WORKING TOGETHER TO CUT MIDDLE BLADE LINER OFF D9 BLADE. WHILE FINISHING BOTTOM PORTION LINER POPPED OFF BOTTOM SECTION CAUSING A 10 INCH WELD ON TOP TO BR EAK LINER THEN FELL AND STRUCK HIM IN MOUTH LACERATION OF 15 STITCHES INSIDE AND OUT OF LOWER LIP AREA, CONTUSIONS AND SWELLING OF LIP 4 BROKEN TEETH

BILL WAS DRIVING DOZER TRACK TOGETHER WITH A SLEDGE. THIS ACTION CAUSED METAL TO CHIP OFF & STRIKE BILL IN 2 PLACES. HE HAD 2 CUTS ONE TO T HE LEFT FOREHEAD & ONE TO THE LEFT UPPER CHEST.

CLIMBED INTO CAB, THREW ASIDE SEAT BELT, SAT DONE, SEAT BELT CHROME BUCKLE HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT UPPER PART OF TESTICLE. TURNED INTO LOST TIME INJURY ON 6/6/83, FIRST DAY HE DID NOT REPORT TO W ORK.

HE WAS REPAIRING A BRAKELINE ON A 2 TON FORD TRUCK WHEN A PARTICLE (MAYBE RUST) DROPPED OFF THE BRAKELINE AND FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

EE WAS LIFTING BOX OFF PARTS TRUCK & TURNED TO SET BOX DOWN & PULLED HIS BACK.