CCU Belmont Strip Coal

Stepping down off Highwall Miner and twisted knee

Operator was shoving dirt out with a D11T Bull Dozer and noticed smoke coming from engine compartment, EE jumped out and used the fire extinguisher on the fire but it was out of control so EE got off the machine and walked away.

Employee was getting a fuel hose to fuel a loader and slipped on ice and snow pack, employee stuck hand out to catch self. Employee's hand landed up against the ladder bending index finger back and fracturing it.

Operator noticed that a culvert was plugged up on one end so ee got off machine to go and shovel it out. On ee way ee twisted ankle on uneven ground on the pit floor. Operator worked the rest of the shift but the next morning ankle was swollen so ee called off work and went to the doctor.

Employee was operating a D-6 dozer and was backing up at a 2 to 1 slope and went to shift into forward and the transmission did not catch causing the dozer to free wheel. The operator dropped the blade and this caused EE to lunge forward and rotate from the waist hitting head on the window frame. Operator was wearing seatbelt. Operator received stitches.

Machine was parked at 1:45am the morning of the 28th and the operator went home, at 3:00am that night a miner that was still there noticed that the equipment was on fire and called 911. No one was around the equipment for over an hour so the origination of the fire is unknown.

Operator said ee hurt back when ee hit a bump in the road. Upon new evidence this has become reportable.

Employee was walking across the parking lot and slipped on ice spraining his ankle.

Employee was attempting to put a belly pan on a dozer and a weld broke letting the pan to drop hitting him in the arm and hand.

Employee was climbing into a 16G Cat grader when the wind blew the door around and hit him in the side of his head causing a cut requiring 4 staples.

Employee was driving up out of pit and the sun blinded him and he run his water pumping truck up a bank and laid it over on its side. He worked the rest of shift and the next day and then took 2 days off.

Employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell.

Employee was starting up stairs into parts trailer and grabbed the hand rail. He felt something pop in his shoulder.

Employee was helping mechanics put a pin in a 992 boom when a pin above fell and crushed his pinky finger.

Employee was mounting a D11T dozer. He was on the push arm and reached for the hand hold on the side of dozer and missed. Employee fell and hurt his back and ribs.

Employee was standing on the track of a D-9L dozer and turned to get back into the cab when he lost his footing, he grabbed the hand rail but turned wrong and pulled a muscle in his back.

Employee was walking through water and mud to get to his water pump and stepped on a rock twisting his ankle.

Employee was climbing down the ladder of a 365 Trac-Hoe and lost his footing. He fell approximately 4 feet to the ground injuring his back.

Our Highwall Miner hit an unmapped/ Unknown abandoned mine which was full of water. The water started to fill the pit area that we were in so we retracted our miner a pulled out of the pit area.

EE was using a bar on the pins on a highwall miner and his bar came up and hit him. He received 5 stitches.

EE said his seat in his D11 dozer bottomed out and hurt his back.

Employee was climbing onto his D11 dozer and slipped and fell spraining his left hand.

EE had just replaced a drum of grease on his Lube truck and he screwed his grease hose onto it. When he shifted the lever to charge it with air, the end blew off and hit him in the chin. He received stitches.

EE was using a utility knife to cut a water hose. He was cutting away from his body and came to the end and turned his knife back towards himself to cut the remaining inch. He pulled back and stabbed his leg. 3 Stitches were required.

Employee opened the door of his D11 dozer and stepped out onto the deck, he straddled the door to retrieve an air hose that was attached to the cab. The hose had been used for repairs. He went to throw the hose off and lost his grip and fell. He suffered a broken arm.

Employee was climbing onto a D11 Dozer. He was stepping over from push arm to tracks and slipped and fell onto tracks. Went for xrays. Had a bruise on his rib cage.

Employee jumped from his mechanic's truck to put a fire out and when he returned to his truck he noticed his knee was hurting. He went to his doctor and his doctor told him to be off for 2 weeks.

Was removing a transmission filter on a cat 777. Filter was stuck and he put extreme pressure on it. When it let loose he felt a pull in his back. This happened on Monday July 2nd. And he was in pain and went to doctor on Aug. 6th and then reported it to us.

EE WAS CHANGING A GREASE BARREL BAG AND WHILE STANDING ON THE DECK, HE TRIED THROWING THE ALMOST EMPTY BAG OVER HIS HEAD INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS FEET BREAKING HIS LEFT HEEL

WHILE CLIMBING UP THE LADDER ON A CAT 988B LOADER TO START IT UP, EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

SHOT WAS COMPLETELY LOADED AND WIRED. WHILE RUNNING LEAD WIRES OUT, LIGHTNING STRUCK THE LOADED SHOT. THREE HOLES WERE DETONATED AT APP 1:42 PM. THE AREA HAD ALREADY BEEN CLEARED. THERE WERE N O INJURIES AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS HIT. AUTHORITIES WERE INFORMED.

EE WAS UNDER AN AUGER ONT HE DECK OF A LOW BOY PREPARING FOR TRANSPORTATION. HE HARD HAT FELL OFF. WHEN BENDING DOWN AND RETRIVING THE HARD HAT. HE TURNED SLIGHTLY WHILE COMING BACK UP AND BUM PED HIS HEAD CAUSING A 1 INCH LAERATION. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPTIAL WHERE THE DR GLUED THE CUT TOGETHER.

EE AND EE HAD JUST LIFTED A 300 FT SECTION OF COILED WATER HOSE FROM THE BED OF A PICK UP TRUCK AND WAS UNWINDING IT ALONG SIDE AN OLD ROAD WHEN EE NOTICED A DULL PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE P AIN BECAME INCREASINGLY WORSE AS THE DAY PROGRESSED.

EE ARRIVED AT THE MINE PRIOR TO STARTING TIME IN ORDER TO START A WATER PUMP LOCATED IN PIT 002-0. HE PARKED HIS VEHICLE IN THE PIT AND WAS WALKING TOWARDS THE PUMP ON A LOOSE MATERIAL DIRT RO AD, WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. THERE WERE NO LOST DAYS, HOWEVER THE INJURY IS NOW CAUSING SEVERE PAIN AND THE DR. IS RECOMMENDING SURGERY TO RECONSTRUCT THE LIGAMENTS

A RUBBER TARP, USED FOR HOLDING THE FUEL LINE NOZZLE WHEN THE TRUCK IS IN MOTION, WAS REMOVED AND LYING ON THE TOP STEP AT THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. WHEN HE BEGAN DESCENDING THIS STEP THE METAL HOOK ON THE RUBBER STRAP CAUGHT IN HIS RIGHT PANT LEG CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL. HIS LEFT FOOT STRUCK THE GROUND FRACTURING TWO BONES IN HIS ANKLE. HE FELL 30 INCHES.

THE VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE COAL CONVEYER, LOCATED AT THE REFUSE PICKINGTABLE, WHEN A LARGE CHUNK OF COAL ROLLED BACK DOWN THE CONVEYER STRIKING HIS THUMB AGAINST THE ROCK.

GOT OUT OF THE CAB TO GO TO RESTROOM. WHEN GETTING BACK INTO THE CAB HIS LEFT FOOT CAUGHT ON THE TRACK PAD AND HE FELL BETWEEN THE TRACK AND FRAME. X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE AND HE IS TO COMPLETE A COURSE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY.

EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT ONE END OF A LAND 1/2INCH TOW CABLE THAT HAD BEEN USED TO PULL A DISABLED BULLDOZER. A 35LB CLEVIS WAS ALSO ATTACHED TO HTIS CABLE END. AS HE LIFTED CABLE, HE FELT P AIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMP CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 10\16. ON 10\16 HE WAS SEEN BY DR BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL PAIN THAT OCCURRED OVER WEEKEND. DR PRESCRIBED MEDS\REST. 1ST WORKDAY MISSED 10\16.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING NUMEROUS TASKS IN HIS ROLE AS A PIT TEAM LEADER. HE HAD GRABED THE HAULROAD, FUELED EQUIPMENT AND PUMPED WATER. APPROX 45 MINUTES LATER WHILE DRIVING A PICKUP, HE FEL T A STIFFNESS DEVELOP IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE STIFFNESS WORSENED AND PAIN ACCOMPANIED TH ESTIFFNESS, AS HE WORKED THE REST OF HIS SHIFT. AFTER THE SHIFT, HE WENT TO HOSP FOR MEDICAL EVALUATI

EMPLOYE EWAS OPERATING A D9H CATERPILLAR BULLDOZE RSINCE HE BEGAN HIS SHIFT AT 6 AM ON 11-29-94. AT APPROX 9:45 AM., HE WAS IINSTRUCTED TO EXCHANGE HIS DOZER FOR ANOTHER MACHINE THAT HAD JUST BEEN REPAIRED. HE PARKED HTE D9H BULLDOZER AND AS HE STARTED TO STAND UP FROM THE OPERATOR'S SEAT, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE HAD TO BE ASSISTED OUT OF THE DOZER SINCHE HE

EE WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN BOTH WRISTS, HANDS AND FINGERS. HE WAS DIAGNOSED BY A PHYSICIAN AS HAVING THE MEDICAL CONDITION KNOWN AS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. IT WAS THE PHYSICIANS MEDICAL OPINION THAT THE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME RESULTED FROM THE EE'S WORK AS A BLASTER. HE WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. EE CONTINUES TO WOKK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER MECHANIC IN THE REMOVAL OF A D9L DOZER TRACK FRAME. THEY HAD TO REMOVE AN EQUALIZER BAR PIN TO DETACH THE SIDE FRAME FROM THE DOZER. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A 5 FOO T LONG BAR AGAINST PIN AS OTHER MECHANIC TAPPED THE BAR WITH A SLEDGE. WHEN THE PIN PUSHED THROUGH EYE OF THE EQUALIZER BAR THE TRACK FRAME DROPPED SLIGHTLY & PUSHED BAR DOWNWARD PINCHING FIN

EMPLOYEE WAS GATHERING UP SOME TRASH (OILY RAGS, CARDBOARD, ETC.) IN THE DRAGLINE, MARION 7920, AND PUTTING IT IN A PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG. HE BENT OVER SLIGHTLY TO SPIN THE BAG BEFORE PLACING A TWIST TIE ON THE BAG. WHEN HE DID THIS, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE FULL GARBAGE BAG WEIGHED 30 LBS. THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 HRS. BUT ASKED TO LEAVE WORK

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING TEETH (21LBS) & SHANKS (43LBS) AWAY FROM BUCKET OF AN END LOADER TO TURN THE BUCKET HE WAS BENDING OVER PICKING UP &T WISTING WITH THE MATERIALS & PITCHING THEM APPTROX 6FT TO HIS RT AS HE PICKED UP ONE OF THE SHANKS HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK THE PAIN CONTINUED TO WORSEN & HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING HIS D3 DOZER FROM ONE DRILL BENCH TO ANOTHER WHEN HIS DOOR ON THE CAB CAME AJAR. HE REACHED FOR THE DOOR HANDLE WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHILE RESTING HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE DOOR FRAME FOR SUPPORT. WHEN HE SHUT THE DOOR HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB IN BETWEEN THE DOOR AND DOOR FRAME. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FRACTURED THUMB WITH LACERATIONS.

WELDER WAS USING A SPINDLE GRINDER TO GRIND THE BOSS THAT IS USED TO PIN THE INTERMEDIATE CABLE TO THE BOOM OF THE DRAGLINE. THE EMPLOYEE LOOSELY GRASPED THE HANDLE WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND REST ED THE STONE OF THE GRINDER IN THE BOSS. HE THEN PLUGGED THE UNIT INTO A POWER SOURCE AND THE GRINDER IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO OPERATE. THE STONE CAUGHT IN THE BOSS AND SINCE HE WAS UNABLE TO REL

HE HAD FINISHED LOADING SLAG INTO A DUMP TRUCK. HE PARKED THE BROOM TRACTOR THAT HE USED TO LOAD THE SLAG AND STARTED TO EXIT THE MACHINE. HE PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE FINGER. FINGER WAS SP INTED BY PHYSICIAN.

EE HAD JUST FUELED A KOMATSU BACKHOE PC 650 THAT WAS PARKED ON THE COAL. AS HE WALKED FROM THE MACHINE, HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON SOME LOOSE COAL. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. CHIROPRACTOR CARE FOR BACK PAIN.

I,NAME WAS PARTIALLY BENT OVER WITH HIS ARMS OUTSTRETCHED WHEN HE LIFTED A 6 GALLON BUCKET OF OIL AND TWISTEDSELF IN THE PROCESS. HE SPRAINED LOWER BACK MUSCLES. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR.

LEVELING WORK AREA WITH A D9H DOZER, HE BACKED OVER A SMALL DIRT WINDROW LEFT BY SCRAPERS. DOZER LANDED ON A SLIGHTLY LOWER LEVEL, JARRING EE S LOWER BACK. CHIROPRACTOR. EE HAD WORKED AT PREP PLANT FOR 6 1/4 YEARS, AS A MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERTATOR.

OPERATOR WAS LOADING SPOIL INTO A TS24 SCRAPER IN A RECLAMATION AREA OF THE MINE.WHILE LOADING THE SPOIL INTO THE BOWL,THE TRACTOR PORTION OF THE SCRAPER RAN OVER A ROCK AND BOUNCED ABRUPTLY,J ARRING HER BACK.CHIRPRACTOR TREATMENT FOR BACK SPRAIN.

REMOVING BIT FROM DRILL STEEL HE PUT A 60IN PIPE WRENCH ON THE STEEL & TRIED TO SPIN THE BIT LOOSE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF DRILL STEEL WITH MUCHFORCE & STRUCK LEFT WRIST BRUISED LEFT WRIST

MOUNTING FUEL TRUCK VIA CABLE STEP WHICH BROKE THROWING I NAME BACKWARD AND HE LANDED ON TAILBONE AREA NO EYEWITNESSES BUT IT IS FELT HE STRUCK HEAD ON EQUIPMENT NEARBY SINCE HE RECEIVED A CON CUSSION

I WAS OPERATING A TS24 SCRAPER LEVELING SPOIL AREA ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES SPUN ON A ROCK CAUSING SCRAPER TRACTOR TO HIT GROUND HARD & TWISTED I NAME & CAUSED LOWER BACK PAIN SAW A CHIROPRACTOR FIRST DAY MISSED 081189

I,NAME WAS LOADING THE PAN THROUGH THE CUT AND PAN CAUGHT A LARGE ROCK AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ROCK CHIPPED OFF FROM PAN'S CUTTING EDGE MOVING ON OVER SOME ROCKS THAT WERE AHEAD OF IT JAR RING THE OPERATOR AND CAUSING INJURIES TO BACK, NECK, AND ELBOW. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR.

PRE CHECK ING MACHINE LOOSENED RAD. CAP TRIED TO RELEASE IT AGAIN WHEN CAP BLEW OFF SPILLING ANTIFREEZE OVER R SIDE OF BODY

I NAME WAS GRUBBING & NOTICED AN IMBEDDED TREE LIMB IN THE DOZER GRILL & RADIATOR AREA HE EXITED CAB STOOD ON STIFF ARM BEHIND BLADE WITH BUTTOCKS BRACED AGAINST BACK OF BLADE & R EMOVED THE L IMB IN SO DOING HE FELT PAIN & HEARD A CRACKING SOUND IN RT KNEE PAIN TRAVELED UP BACK OF LEG & NEXT DAY PAIN MOVED TO LOWER BACK MEDICAL DOC MUSCLE RELAXANT

I NAME HAD PULLED THE FUEL TRUCK BESIDE THE FUEL TANK AND WAS FILLING THE BULK TANK. HE WAS SITTING IN THE TRUCK CAB AND THE TANK OVERFILLED AND FUEL SPILLED ON HIM AND THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK H E GOTOUT TO TURN OFF THE PUMP BUT SLIPPED FROM THE STEP WHILE DISMOUNTING AND HTI HIS L EFT SHOULDER ON THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE 1 WAS INSTALLING A BEARING ON FLYWHEEL COVER (WORKING ON TRANSMISSION CHANGE-OVER) AND WAS USING A HAND HELD PUNCH AND A HAMMER. A PIECE OF THE PUNCH FLEW OFF, STRUCK INJURED AND PU NCTURED RIGHT SIDE OF NECK AND EMBEDDED ITSELF THERE. A MEDICAL DOCTOR REMOVED THE STEEL FRAGMENT; STITCHES REQUIRED. OCCURRED AT REBUILD SHOP.

HE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE DURING A HEAVY RAINFALL AND DESCENDING A HILL. HE LOST CONTROL AND SLID APROX. 90 FEET BEOFRE STOPPING AND SLID INTO A HSALLOW DITCH. LOWER LUMBER STRAIN.

HE WAS MOVING A SPACE HEATER FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. IN DOING SO IT WAS NECESSARY TO LIFT IT OVERHEAD. WHEN HE DID SO HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. CHIROPRACTOR CASE. HE WAS WORKING INSI DE A 7820 DRAGLINE.

HE WAS REPLACING BOOM CABLE ON MECHANICS' TRUCK. WHILE PULLING OLD CABLE OFF AND PULLING NEW CABLE ON, HE DEVELOPED BLISTERS ON SECOND JOINT OF THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHICH LATER CAUSED LIGA MENTS TO BECOME INFECTED. INFECTION THEN CAUSED STIFFNESS AND SWELLING. FIRST DAY MISSED 8016088.

HE MONITORS SEDIMENT PONDS HE WS OPERATING A 4 WHEEL HONDA & WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS BERM OF THE PIT HAULROAD WHEN HE BROKE OVER THE BERM THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER & DOWN THE TWELVE FOOT EMBANKM ENT HE WAS THROWN ONTO ROUGH GROUND HONDA STRUCK I.NAME IN THE LOWER BACK LEFT PELVIC & HIP AREA

MECHANIC WAS CRIBBING UP TEREX TRUCK BED, RAISED UP AND STRUCK HEAD ON TRUCK BED. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR ON 23RD AND 25TH. NOTIFIED ON MAY 26TH.

HE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC.HE CRAWLED UNDER THE MICHIGAN 475 LOADER TO ASSIST MECHANIC AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON LOADER FRAME.BUMPPED HEAD,JAMMING NECK AND DOWN BACK BETWEEN SHOULDERS.

HE WAS SHOVELING IN STEMMING ON DRILL HOLES. BACK WAS STRAINED, SOMEWHAT UNDETERMINED AS TO EXACTLY HOW.

HE WAS MOVING SIGN POSTS 5 IN BUNDLE IN WAREHOUSE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR.

MECHANIC WAS LI0TING BOLT INTO TRANSMISSION PLATE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE RIGHT ELBOW AREA.

PULLING TOPSOIL3ON SIDE OF HILL TRACTOR SLID DOWN HILL SLIGHTLY SIDEWAYS.DOZER PUSHING PAN BECAME SEPARATED MOMENTARILY BEFORE DOZER STRUCK PUSHBLOCK AGAIN.THE IMPACT OF DOZER ON PUSHBLOCK JA RRED OPERATOR I3 SEAT.EMPL DIDNT REPORT MEDICAL TREATMENT TO COMP.DEPT.UNTIL 12-7-87.SAW CHIROPRACTOR.

CUTTING LINK IN33/8'' CHAIN AND HE REACHED IN F RONT OF FLAME.2ND DEG BURN TO LEFT THUMB RX MEDICATION GIVEN TO PREVENT INFECTION.NO LOST TIME.

BACKHOE OPERATO9 WAS CHANGING BUCKET TEETH AS HE DROVE THE KEEPER IN A PIECE OF METAL APPROX.1/2IN LONG CHIPPED OFF STRUCK HIS ARM & PIERCED HIS RT.BICEP MUSCLE

THE INJURED WAS3DISMOUNTING 275C COAL LOADER,LEFT HAND SLIPPED FROM RAIL.DROPPED DOWN THREE STEPS,LEFT HEEL FINALLY LANDING ON A LUMP OF COAL.HE CLAIMED HE REPORTED IT BUT THERE IS NO MEMORY O F IT. BRUISE TO3LEFT HEEL;POSSIBLE ARTHRITIS ACCORDING TO DOCTOR. PAIN OFF/ON PAST SEVERAL WEEKS,BECAME NOTICEABLE AGAIN NOVEMBER 18TH.DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL NOVEMBER 18TH.

CONTRACTOR WORK3NG ON REPAIR SITE CAME TO WORK AND FOUND DRILL HAD BURNED UP BENCH AREA-CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED ENTIRE REAR PORTION OF IT.HOLIDAY AND REGULAR DAY OFF NO EMPL WERE IN AREA AT TIM E ALMOST A DAY 8INCE DRILL OPERATED.ELEC FUSE HOLDER REPLACED 9-6-87.PROBABLE SHORT IN BATTERY WIRE.

I.NAME WEARING 8AFETY GLASSES WHEN GRINDING MAST .TUESDAY RIGHT EYE WAS IRRITATED.WEDNESDAY WENT TO DR WHO REMOVED SMALL PIECE OF RUST IMBEDDED IN RIGHT EYE.ASSUME FOREIGN PARTICLE ENTERED RIG HT EYE ON MONDA2.WIND HAD BEEN BLOWING MONDAY.

HE BENT OVER TO3TIGHTEN WATER HOSE CLAMP ON 6 IN WATER PUMP DISCHARGE HOSE AND FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN HIS BACK IT DIDNT START HURTING UNTIL TWO HOURS LATER WENT TO SEE A CHIROPRACTOR

SHE WAS LEAVING3THE OFFICE TRAILER. AS SHE WAS DESCENDING THE STEPS HER ATTENTION WAS DISTRACTED BY SOMEONE SPEAKING TO HER. SHE LOOKED UP, STEPPED TO THE GROUND AND STEPPED ON A STONE, AND TW ISTED RIGHT ANK5E.

CHECKING FOR OI5 LEAK IN CENTER SECTION OF LOADER. CHECKED 0-RING ON ONE OF THE HOSES BUT IT LOOKED OKAY, RETESTED PRESSURE AND WAS STILL LOOKING FOR LEAK WHEN FELT PAIN IN FINGER FROM HIGH PR ESSURE LEAK. PU3CTURE WOUND TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER FROM OIL PRESSURE

MECHANIC STEPPE8 FROM EMBANKMENT TO REAR LOADER STEP AND THE SWINGING STEP GAVE SOMEWHAT. THIS CAUSED HIM TO SPREAD OUT FURTHER,PULLING HIS HIP.

WAS LOADING WEL8ING TANK INTO TRUCK AND PULLED BACK. (AT WAREHOUSE)

WAS GREASING MA7HINE, PULLED SELF UP ON TRACK TO GREASE RIPPER AND FELT PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDERS AND STRAINED NECK. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR.

INSTALLING CAMS2AFT IN DETROIT ENGINE, CAMSHIFT WENT THROUGH THE BEARING FREE, MOVING ACTION CAUGHT FINGER AND PALM AREA IN A PINCH. CUT REQUIRED 6 STITCHES OCCURRED AT REBUILD CENTER.

THE 475B LOADER3WAS DOWN FOR REPAIR IN THE PIT MAINTENANCE SHOP THE PERSON COORDINATING THE MAINTENANCE BROUGHT ONE OF THE PARTS TO COMPLETE THE REPAIRS IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK WHEN THE MAINTE NANCE TECHNICIA3S DRAGGED THE 80 LB PART ACROSS THE BACK OF THE TRUCK BED HE STRAINED AND TWISTED BACK FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 7-23-86

I NAME WAS DISM2UNTING ALLIS FIAT DOZER ON THE REAR OF LEFT TRACK.HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF THE TRACK CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS HANDHOLD.HE LANDED ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES.GROUND WAS FROZEN AND DRY.X-R RAYS SHOWED FRA7TURE TO LEFT KNEECAP.

UTILITY KNIFE H9 WAS USING TO CUT PIECE OF ELEC WIRE CAME APART DURING USE.REACHING ACROSS RIPPER HOSES OF D9H WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED.RIGHT INDEX FINGER CUT -2 STITCHES.

WAS CHECKING PO4ER DISCONNECT ON POLE METER STILL IN PLACE WALKING AROUND POLE LOOKING UP AT WIRES STEPPED ON A ROCK THAT TURNED THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACKWARD & HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF PU LLED MUSCLES IN3RT GROIN AREA RESULTED IN FIRST DAY LOST BEING 123085 SURGERY FOR HERNIA ON 123185

WAS REPAIRING FINAL DRIVE ON CAT 16 GRADER AT SHO A LINK PIN WAS BEING PUT IN PLACE USING A SMALL HAMMER. EMPLOYEE IN AWKWARD WORK POSITION BETWEEN ENGINE OUTER FRAME AND FINAL DRIVE CASE. FEL T PAIN IN BACK, LOWER PART OF LEFT SHOULDER BALDE.

NOTICED A FIRE3ON CO #0405 WALKED TO ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER ABOUT 20 FT FROM DOZER HE STEPPED IN A LOW PLACE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL AND TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE

BEGINING TO DISASSEMBLE D9 TRANSMISSION WHILE HAMMERING AND CHISELING CASE OFF OUTPUT GEAR FRAGMENTED PIECE FLEW OFF SITH SUBSTANTIAL FORCE EMBEDDING IN STOMACH AREA TOWARD LEFT SIDE OF BODY P IECE OF STEEL WAS REMOVED BY DOCTOR

OPERATOR OF SCRAPER CAME TO WORK RAN TEREX SCRAPER APPROX ONE HOUR AND COMPLAINED ABOUT BEING ILL HE WENT TO OFFICE AT MINE AND CALLED WIFE TO TAKE HIM TO DOCTOR TO BE CHECKED LATER THE SME DAY HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A HEART ATTACK THERE ARE NO CIRCUMSTANCES TO INDICATE THE ILLNESS TO BE MINE RELATED

I.NAME WORKS AS FUELMAN AND WAS CHECKING FUEL LEVEL IN TANK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE COVERED GROUND AND STRUCK HIS BACK ON EITHER ROCK OR FROZEN GROUND.HURT LOWER BACK.

MECHANIC WAS PUSHING AGAINST WRENCH WHICH BROKE AND RIGHT HAND WENT FORWARD AND HE RECEIVED CUT FROM \82 CHEVY ENGINE BLOCK. CUT ON RIGHT PALM APPROX 2" LONG BELOW THUMB.

PREPARING TO REMOVE BLOWN HYDRAULIC LINE FROM ONE OF THE PUMPS ON THE PUMP DRIVE ASSEMBLY LOCATED DOWN IN HOLE BY TRANSMISSION.FOOT SLIPPED ON OIL WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL DOWN IN HOLE NEAR TR NSMISSION AREA.TURNED INTO LTA 7-13-84,FIRST DAY MISSED.

MECHANIC WAS INSTGALLING ENGINE BELLYPAN WHEN CHAIN SLIPPED CAUSING ENGINE BELLY PAN TO SHIFT FORWARD CATCHING MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST RADIATOR BELLY PAN

STRUCK LEG AGAINST FRAME OF DRAG OF 7920 MARION WHILE DOING CLEANUP AROUND #3 SWINGER.

WAS FUELING 992B CAT LOADER WHENHE WALKED BEHIND THE MACHINE AND A PIECE OF DIRT FLEW OUT FROM THE FAN STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF CAB OF DOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL OFF AS HE FELL HE STRUCK PUSH ARM OF DOZER INJURING LOWER BACK BRUISED AND OUT OF PLACE

MAN PULLED ON RUBBER BOOTS IN ORDER TO GET OFF LOADER TO CHECK WATER PUMP GOT BOOTS ON AND WAS WALF WAY DOWN OFF LOADER WHEN BACK PAIN STRUCK HIM SAID HE MAY HAVE TWISTED HIMSELF TO ONE SID WHILE PULLING ON BOOT

THE OPERATOR HAD BROUGHT THE MACHINE TO THE PARKING AREA AND WAS ALLOWING IT TO COOL BEFORE SHUT DOWN WHEN THE PRESSURE LINE FROM A NEWLY INSTALLED AIR CONDITIONER BLEW OFF AT THE AC UNIT STRI KING THE OPERATOR ON HIS RIGHT EAR AND JAW

WHILE REMOVING STARTER FROM PAN ENGINE, STARTER SLIPPED AND FELL ON RIGHT HAND.

HE WAS GRINDING ON A PIECE OF STEEL FOR THE LETOURNEAU L-800 LOADER. GOT A SLAG BURN ON HIS LEFT LOWER ARM WHICH BECAME INFECTED. HE\S NOT SURE IF IT CAME FROM GRINDING, BUT IT GOT INFECTED.

DESCENDING LADDER FROM END DUMPER MISCALCULATED HEIGHT OF LAST STEP & DROPPED TO THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED HIS ARMS TO BE STRETCHED-OVEREXERTED- & HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.

JIM WAS ROLLING UP THE OIL HOSE WHEN A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL FLEW OFF THE HOSE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE

RICH WAS DIGGING DITCH WITH BACKHOE WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER FELL OFF THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD. DEVELOPED INTO A LOST TIME INJURY ON 6/14/83 WHEN INJURY WAS LATER DIAGNOS ED AS A MILD CONCUSSION. (RICH WAS CHECKED AT THE HOSPITAL THE SAME DAY OF THE ACCDIENT AND RELEASED.) RICH WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON 6/16 AFTER ENTERING IT ON 6/13-83.

WORKING ON DOOR OF 560 LOADER AND CLOSED BOTTOM OF DOOR AND THE TOP OF THE DOOR CAMEE CLOSED AND HIT MIDDLE FINGER ON RT HAND

WAS REMOVING POWER TAKE-OFF USING A PRYBAR. AS IT CAME LOOSE BAR WAS CAUGHT ON SURROUNDING HOSES BLOCKING ANY WAY TO FREE HAND BEFORE BEING STRUCK BY FALLING PTO.

PERFORMING PRE-SHIFT INSPECTION OF MICHIGAN 275C LOADER. CHECKING WATER LEVEL, EXPERIENCED A THRUST OF GAS?FLAME?EXHAUST? TO FACE CASUING BURNS, SINGED HAIR PARTICLES TO EYES. SHORT TERM FLASH TO FACE.

THE INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF CHANGING OUTSIDE TIRE ON TEREX DUMP TRUCK WHEN INSIDE TIRE RIM BLEW APART CAUSING A CHAIN REACTION RESULTING IN THE PERSON BEING STRUCK BY OUTSIDE TIRE. APPARENTL Y, SOME INJURIES RESULTED FROM BEING STRUCK BY TIRE AND SOME FROM STRIKING SERVICE TRUCK AS HE FELL BACKWARD.