EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELIN ON JOB HAUL ROAD EN ROUTE TO OFFICE WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF S-10 PICK-UP TRUCK AND HIT A COAL TRUCK HEAD ON.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 20
- Years on record
- 1993–1994
- Latest incident
- Dec 1994
Reportable incidents
20 on file1994 · 9 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE JOB WHEN OBJECT FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON D-10 DOZER AND SLIPPED ON WET METAL AND FELL TO THE GROUND HEAD FIRST, BRUISING HIS RIBS AND KIDNEYS AND LACERATING HIS HEAD.
EE WAS PULLING TIRE OFF GRADER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS LIFTING OIL BARREL (APPROX. 25 GAL.) AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN A DRILL HOLE ;AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
D-10 DOZER CAUGHT FIRE & WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER HE BREATHED IN FIRE EXTINGUISHER FUMES DUST & SMOKE INJURING HIS LUNGS
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A TRANSMISSION FROM A LOADER WHEN A BOLT SNAPPED FLYING AND HITTING HIS RIGHT EYE.
DOZER CAUGHT FIRE. EMPLOYEE INHALED FUMES FROM FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND SMOKE FROM FIRE. DURING THIS HE ALSO FELL OFF DOZER CAUSING BLUNT INJURY TO RIGHT HAND.
1993 · 11 incidents
EE CLIMBED UP ON GREASE TRUCK TO ADD ANTIFREEZE TO THE TANK AND WHEN HE STEPPED BACK HE HOOKED HIS FOOT ON A FUEL HOSE AND FELL OVER THE FUEL HOOK, LANDING ON THE GROUND HE FELL ABOUT 6 TO 7 F T TO THE GROUND AND LANDED ON HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON FRONT FENDER OF TRUCK. WHEN HE STARTED TO GET DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
CLOSED THE DOOR OF A DRILLTUK 45 ON HIS HAND
EMKPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE TOOTH ON A 992 LOADER BUCKET. HE WAS USING A STEEL HAMMER TO REMOVE THE OLD TOOTH. AS HE STRUCK THE TOOTH WIH THE HAMMER, A CHIP FLEW OFF, BECOMING IMBEDDED INT HE LEFT FOREARM.
WHILE BOOSTING A BATTERY TO START A D-10 DOZER, THE BATTERY EXPLODED, CAUSING A DUP CUT TO LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
MECHANIC HELPER WAS WELDING A PIECE ON A DOZER, WHEN THE STEEL CHIPPED AWAY, CAUSING A FRAGMENT TO BECOME EMBEDDED IN HIS HAND.
LOADER OPERATOR WAS REMOVING OVERBURDEN ABOUT 10 FT FROM HIGHWALL WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM ABOUT 30 INTO BUCKET OF BOOM OF LOADER THE RESULTING JAR CAUSED OPERATOR TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON INSIDE OF CAB CAUSING 2 SMALL LACERATIONS AND UNCONCUIOUSTNESS.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT 5 GALLONS OF GAS FROM THE GROUND TO THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK. WHEN APPARENTLY HE LOST HIS FOOTINGK AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD DISCONNECTED SAFETY ROPE FROM DRILL AND CONNECTED IT BACK TO THE BELT CREATING A LOOP. WHEN HE STEPPED OFF DRILL, THE LOOP CAUGHT AROUND A HANDRAIL CAUSING HIM TO SWING INTO THE D RILL. INJURY CONSISTED OF A LARGE BRUISE AND ABOUT A 4IN LACERATION TO THE UPPER PART OF LEFT HIP.
INDIVIDUAL WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A D10N DOZER. HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE TRACK, FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL, CATCHING HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN THE TRACK AND THE PUSH ARM. THIS CAUSED A LACE ERATION TO THE LOWER LEG AND TWISTED THE KNEE.
MECHANICX WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRIGHTEN LADDER ON A 992 LOADER, USING A CHAIN AND A KNUCKLE BOOM. THE CHAIN SLIPPED OFF OF THE LADDER STRIKING THE MECHANIC IN THE FOREHEAD. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO LOCATL HOSPITAL AND FOUR SITITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.