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A ROCK APPROX 6' HIGH 2 THICK STARTED MOVING DOWN BULLDOZER SPOIL RAMP. EE WAS ON FOOT WITH A SHOVEL IN HAND AT THE BOTTOM. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GET HIS ATTN & COULD NOT. ROCK FELL OVER S IDEWAYS & HIT HIM. IT WAS DRY & SUNNY.

THEY WERE BLOCKING C.BLOCK UP SO THEY COULD WELD ON IT. HIS FINGER GOT BETWEEN THE BLOCK & THE STEEL, CUTTING THE END OF HIS RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER. IT IS ALSO BROKEN. IT WAS CLOUDY & FAIRLY DRY.

WAS CHECKING CONTROLS ON #278 #362 AND #346 JOBS WITH 4 WHEELER. GOING UP A BACKFILL FELL INTO A DITCH WHEN TRIED TO GET OUT THE 4 WHEELER CAME BACK OVER TOP OF ME. PINNING ME TO THE GROUND, IT WAS WARM, CLEAR AND DRY.

EE WAS HAULING ROCK TO THE DUMP ON TRUCK #837 WHEN HE BACKED TO THE EDGE, THE BANK GAVE WAY UNDER RIGHT REAR TIRES. THE TRUCK RAISED UP AND TURNED SIDEWAYS & ROLLED DOWN OVER THE DUMP WHICH WA S ABOUT 30 FT HIGH. IT WAS DRY THAT DAY.

MOVING HYD PUMP INTO POSITION IN D9L HURT BOTTOMRIGHT SIDE BACK. IT WAS DRY AND SUNNY.

WHILE EE WAS WORKING ON D11 #793 HE LIFTED A PANEL UP TO PUSH IT ON AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BELLY. WAS SUNNY & DRY. HE WENT TO DOCTORS AND HE HAS A HERNIA. HE WORKED UP UNTIL 6/20/02. SURG ERY WAS ON 6/21/02 & IS CURRENTLY OFF.

WAS CLEANING COAL WITH 992 #418 WHEN THE SHEEL BRAKE WENT IN AUGER HOLE, THROWING EE SIDE WAYS INJURING HIS BACK LOWER. IT WAS COLD AND SNOWING.

EE WAS ON THE GROUND WALKING ALONG SIDE OF SVC. TRUCK, HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN AUTO CRANE CONTROLCABLE, HE TRIPPED, FALLING ON A FROZEN LUMP OF DIRT. HURTING HIS RIBS- MORE HIS LT. SIDE THAN HIS RT.. IT WAS SUNNY, MUDDY ON TOP-GROUND STILLFROZEN.

EE & COWORKER FINISHED REPAIRING THE D11N CAT DOZER (MACHINE #546). COWORKER WAS HANDING TOOLS DOWN TO EE TO PUT AWAY IN HIS MECHANIC'S TRUCK. AS EE TURNED TO GO TOWARDS HIS TRUCK, HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON LOOSE ROCK CAUSING A TWISTING MOTION TO HIS BOFDY. HE HAD SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. SITE CONDITIONS WERE DRY, WARM, AND HUMID.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE GEAR BOX AUTO CRANE WHICH IS A PART OF MECHANIC TRUCK. THEY WERE USING COMPRESSED AIR WHEN A PIECE OF SMALL METAL CAME IN BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND EMBEDDED IN HI S EYE. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT, WHEN GOT HOME HE THOUGHT HE HAD DIRT IN HIS EYE, WHEN IT WOULDN'TCOME OUT HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. SITE CONDITIONRAINY AND COLD.

EE AND OTHER WERE GRIDNING ON THE BLADE OF A D11N CATERPILLAR BULLDOZER MACHINE WHEN A SPARK CAME IN BEHIND EE'S WELDING HELMET AND SAFETY GLASSES AND EMBEDDED IN THE CORNER OF HIS RIGHT EYE. HE FINISHED HIS HSIFT, WHEN HE GOT HOME HE TOUGHHE HAD DIRT IN HIS EYE, WHEN IT WOULDNT COME OUT HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. HIS CONDITION WERE SUNNY AND DRY.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING BELT ROLLERS ON THE EAGLE COAL CRUSHER, WHEN SOMETHING PULLED IN HIS MIDDLE BACK. SITE CONDITIONS WERE DRY, SUNNY IN THE MID 70S.

EE WAS OPERATUNG MACHINE #621 992C LOADER. AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT HE WAS EXITING THE MACHINE, SLIPPED ON THE BACK FIRE AND JUMPED ONTO THE BATTERY BOX, BRUISING HIS RIGHT HEEL.SITE CONDITIONS WERE MUDDY AND COOL.

INJURED WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE CHANGE OIL IN THE D11N BULLDOZER(MACHINE #573). EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE MACHINE WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE TRACK BACKWARDS AND FELL TO THE GROUND. SITE CONDITIONS WERE SUNNY AND WARM. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS.

EE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC TO REPLACE A PIN ON THE HARD DRIVE FOR A D11N BULLDOZER-MACHINE #573. EE WAS HOLDING A HAND TOOL CALL A B + O WHILE COWORKER WAS HITTING IT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER INO RDER TO DRIVE THE PIN OUT. WHILE COWORKER WAS MIDWAY THRU A SWING A PIECE OF MUD FELL HITTING HIS SLEDGEHAMMER THUS DEFLECTING HIS SWING WHICH HIT EE IN THE LEFT HAND, MIDDLE FINGER. 5 STITCH

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON 992C LOADER MACHINE #621 BUCKET. HE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT WENT HOME HAD TROUBLE SEEING, WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, HE WAS WEARING HIS WELDING SHIELD. SITE CONDITIONS WERE SUNN Y.

EE WAS REPAIRING A TRANSMISSION LEAK ON A D9L BULLDOZER MACHINE #283, WHEN HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE SITE CONDITIONS WERE COLD, FROZEN, & SUNNY.