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INDIVIDUAL DID NOT RETRACT THE BLADE OF BOX KNIFE COMPLETELY. IN TURN IT CUT HIS HAND.

EE WAS PATROLLING BY FOOT THE READY LINE OF EQUIPMENT NORTH OF THE OFFICES. HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND FELL DOWN ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT LOWER BACK WHILE SHOVELING SNOW.

O&K HYDRAULIC SHOVEL BUCKET MADE CONTACT WITH HAULTRUCK BOX, UPPER REAR LEFT SIDE.

A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC WAS REPLACING A BATTERY BOX ON A CAT 16G MOTOR GRADER. HE PUT HIS HAND INSIDE THE BOX TO BOLT IT DOWN & HIT HIS HAND ON A SHARP EDGE & LACERATED HIS HAND. THE CUT REQUIR ED THREE STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING ROUTER BIT ON DOZER RIPPER. HE WAS SUPPORTING A PUNCH WITH HIS KNEE & MISSED THE PUNCH & HIT HIS KNEE WITH A HAMMER.

EMPLOYEE WORKING WITH CONCRETE. FELT SLIGHT PAIN IN BACK. LATER THAT EVENING HE HAD SEVERE PAIN.

HERNIA IN ABDOMEN.

CUT ON HAND FROM #007 HITACHI SHOVEL HAND RAIL. NO IMPAIRMENT AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. INFECTION OCCURRED LATER.

CLEANING UP OIL SPILL IN SHOP, PUSHING WET FLOOR DRY WITH FLOOR SCRAPER. TWISTED SCRAPER TO TURN FLOOR DRY OVER AND HEARD A POP AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT CHEST TO UNDER RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE DIAGNOSIS- CRACKED RIGHT 3RD RIB.

LINING UP END LINK ON DRAG CHAIN IN DRAG SOCKET, USING A BAR. BAR SLIPPED SMASHING LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

OPERATOR GOING TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS, RESULTING IN FRONT RIGHT TIRE COMING OFF OF BEAD, CAUSING OPERATOR TO LOSE CONTROL OF MACHINE AND GO OFF OF ESTABLISHED HAUL ROAD, GOING OVER A SMALL EM BANKMENT AND CAUSING OPERATOR TO HIT HIS HEAD ONINSIDE OF CAB OF SCRAPER.

HITACHI EXCAVATOR, UNIT #003 CAUGHT ON FIRE. JIMMIE GILES, MSHA INSPECTOR, GILLETTE, WYO., INVESTIGATED ON 07-14-98. CONCLUSION THAT FIRE WAS OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN. REPORT ON FILE.

WHILE DISMOUNTING A DOZER SLIPPED ON SLICK SURFACE, BUMPING RIGHT FOOT ON THE ARM THAT GOES TO THE TOP OF THE DOZER. A BONE WAS BROKEN IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EE WAS HALPING TO HOOK UP A POST DRIVER TO A TRACTOR. WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WAY WHEN DRIVER FELL 3-4 INCHES CATCHING RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN DRIVER AND TOP OF POST.

EE WAS PUTTING OUTRIGGER PAD BACK IN THE RACK ON CRANE. HE WAS TALKING TO ANOTHER EE, THINKING THE PAD WAS IN THE ROCK AND LET GO OF IT. THE PAD FELL ON TOP OF HIS RT FOOT.

WHILE CARRYING A 14"X48" REPLACEMENT MIRROR, IT BROKE & CUT LEFT WRIST.

ATTEMPTING TO GET TO A VALVE TO SHUT OFF THE WASH-DOWN WATER IN THE TUNNEL. EMPLOYEE TWISTED LEFT ANKLE IN A RUT.

WHILE WASHING E2QUIPMENT WITH HIGHT PRESSURE WASHER, EE GOT A GOREIGN PARTICLE IN LEFT EYE. THE EYE WAS WASHED AND WHEN EE GOT UP NEXT DAY, THE EYE WAS SWOLLEN AND SHOWING SIGNS OF INFECTION.

EE WAS PUTTING A PIECE OF POWER CABLE IN THE LINE AT THE DRAGLINE. HE HAD TO TAKE A LOOP OFF THE SLED AND THREAD THE COUPLER UNDER THIS CABLE. IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS JOB, HE STRAINED HIS

TRIPPED OVER A PRY BAR LEFT ON THE FLOOR AND FRACTURED LEG ABOVE ANKLE.

AFTER WASHING WINDOWS, LOST FOOTING, SLIPPED AND FELL.

WHILE MOPPING & PUTTING DOWN RUGS IN OFFICE AREA, CART USED TO HAUL RUGS STARTED TO FALL & EE REACHED TO STOP FALLING CART. SHE REALIZED THAT SHE COULDN'T PREVENT FALL SO BACKED OFF, HOWEVER, SHE PULLED BACK, ABDOMINAL, LEG, SHOULDER & ARM MUSCLES. THIS WAS TREATED AS A STRAIN. AFTER THAT & SHE WAS FEELING BETTER, SHE NOTICED A HERNIADEVELOPING. SHE REPORTED THIS TO OCC ON 2-6 AT W

AN EMP OF CARR CONSTRUCTION WAS SQUATTING IN FRONT OF LEFT CUTTING EDGE OF A 627E SCRAPER, OWNEDBY CARR CONST. WAS TAKING BOLTS OUT OF CUTTING EDGE, TAPPING LOOSE BOLTS OUT, WHEN A FROZEN DIRT CLUMP FELL FROM TOP OF DRAFT ARM OF SCRAPER STRIKING HIM ON NECK AND BACK. WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, HARD HAT AND STEEL TOED BOOTS.

PINCHED LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN TWO RAILROAD TIES WHILE REPAIRING RAILROAD.

WHILE FABRICATING THE DIFFERENTIAL REMOVAL TOOL TO USE ON THE WATER TRUCK, EMPLOYEE GOT METAL DUST IN LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND GOGGLES.

WHILE REMOVING FAN HOUSING FROM SWING MOTOR ON DRAGLINE, STRAINED BACK.

AS PART OF CHANGING OUT A HYDRAULIC PUMP ON A MOTOR GRADER THE DRIVE YOLK MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE OLD PUMP. THE REMOVAL OF THE DRIVE YOLK IS DONE USING A GEAR PULLER. AS THE GEAR PULLER WAS BEING TIGHTENED THE MECHANIC USED HIS LEFT HAND TO STEADY THE GEAR PULLER. WHEN THE DRIVE YOLK BROKE LOOSE, THE MECHANIC'S LEFT MIDDLE & INDEX FINGERS WERE PINCHED BETWEEN YOLK & GEAR PULLER.

WHILE WORKING AT THE TOP OF THE RADIAL STACKER, HE WAS USING THE HANDRAIL AS A BRACE TO GIVE HIMSELF SUPPORT TO PUSH THE GEAR BOX BACK IN PLACE. DURING THIS PROCESS, THE HANDRAIL BROKE LOOSE F ROM THE WALKWAY AND HE FELL APPROX. 25-30 FT TO THE GROUND FRACTURING HIS CLAVICAL.

EMPLOYEE IS A WELDER AND HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH RIGHT CARPAL AND CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. HE HAS PREFORMED HIS JOB IN A NORMAL MANNER. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON-GOING PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. SURGERY IS PENDING.

DISLOCATED LEFT SHOULDER PUSHING UP ON OVER HEAD DOOR.

WHILE INSTALLING AUXILLARY GERERATOR ON DIESEL SHOVEL, EE STEPPED INTO AN OPEN HATCH WITH RIGHT FOOT. THIS CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE ON THE SIDE OF THE OPENING.

EE PUT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER IN AN AREA ON A PLANETARY HOUSING & GOT FINGER PINCHED WHEN GEAR MOVED. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED. THIS REPORT IS LATE BECAUSE I WAS NOT INFORMED THAT STITCHES WERE REQ UIRED UNTIL 11/2/95.

WHILE WORKING NEXT TO THE WASH BAY, A PIECE OF DEBRY DEFLECTED BY THE HIGH PRESSURE SPRAYER STRUCK EYE CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION. NO PERMANENT DAMAGE WAS INCURRED. EQUIPMENT WAS NOT OEPRATE D BY PERSON INJURED.

EE WAS TRYING TO GET TO AN INLINE FUSE AND THE AREA WAS VERY TIGHT. HE PULLED HIMSELF INTO THE AREA WITH HIS RIGHT ARM AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WENT TO THE DR ON 12-1-95 BECAUSE THE PAIN WAS NOT GOING AWAY. THE DR PUT HIM ON LIGHT DUTY AND GAVE HIM A SHOT IN THE MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 50LB BAG OF SAND AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EMDICATION, PHYSICAL THERAPY AND RSTRICTED DDUT FOR A UNDETERMNED AMOUNT OF TIME WAS PRESCRIBED.

EE CHANGED INJECTORS ON D-11 DOZER ON 8-2-95. HE TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR ON 8-3-95 THAT HE MAY HAVE HURT HIMSELF ON 8-2-95 AS HE WAS HAVING DISCOMFORT IN HIS LEFT TESTICLE. HE HAD SCHEDULED A WEEK VACATION AND DURING THIS TIME HE FELT PAIN IN THE SAME AREA AGAIN AND SOUGHT MEDICAL ADVICE. THE DR SUSPECTED AN INGUINAL HERNIA AND REFERRED THE EE TO A SURGEON. THE SURGEON RELEASED THE EE

THE TOOL BEING USED TO TIGHTEN A WHEEL BEARING NUT SLIPPED WHEN THE NUT CAME FREE & RIGHT ELBOW HIT THE WHEEL HUB

WHILE PUSHING MUD ON SHOP FLOOR WITH A BROOM, FELT A STRAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING DRAGLINE DUMP ROPES AND WELDING ON EYE ON THE CAT ENDS SO THE ROPE COULD BE TUGGED INTO POSITION.THE ROPES HAD BEEN SET ON A LADDER THAT WAS LAYING ON ITS SIDE.THE EMPLOYE E LIFTED ONE ROPE WITH BOTH HANDS AND RELEASED IT OFF THE LADDER.HE FELT A POP IN RIGHT ELBOW AND A BURNING SENSATION AROUND THE MEDIAL EPICONDYLE OF HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

HE HAD JUST FINISHED CLEANING GRIZZY OFF WHEN HE STEPPED SIDEWAYS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHERE HE WAS STEPPING, HIS FOOT WENT THRU GRIZZLY CAUSING HIM TO FAL HITTING HIS GROIN ON GRIZZLY BAR.

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP AND CARRIED A HEAVY BAG OF GARBAGE, THEN PICKE DUP AND PLACED A RUG. FELT PAIN IN PALM AND KNUCKLES OF RIGHT HAND. STRAINED A TENDON, WAS GIVEN A SPLINT ANDANTI-INFLAMMATI ON MEDICATION ADN RELEASED TO WRK. NO RESTRICTIONS AND NO LOST-TIME.

BASED ON MEDICAL INFORMATION RECEIVED, THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT OCCURS USUALLY TO MALES OVER FIFTY YEARS OF AGE WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN HEAVY PHYSICAL LABOR FOR MANY YEARS. THE LONG-HEAD OF THE BICEP MUSCLE WEARS AWAY AND ALLOWS THE TOP END OF THE MUSCLE TO BECOME UNATTACHED.

EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO A LOADED TRASH DUMPSTER TO HELP REMOVE A PALLET HE DID NOT HAVE GLOVES ON HE WAS JERKING & PULLING ON THE PALLEET TO GET IT TO COME FREE HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT CUT HIS HAN D

FELT PAIN IN UPPER RIGHT AR,/SHOULDER AFTER LIFTING AND PLACING METAL PUSH BLOCKS WEIGHING ABOUT 75#.

LIFTING A RETURN ROLLER 75-100 LBS TO PLACE IN SCRAP BINS AND FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK.

EXITING A PICKUP AND STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND TURNING ANKLE.

WHILE SLIDING A STAND UNDER DRAG DRUM, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

WHILE ADJUSTING A MIRROR ON A HAUL TRUCK, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER AFTER PULLING ON A WRENCH.

WHILE PERFORMING PRE-CHECK ON A SCRAPER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL. RIGHT HAND WAS CUT, REQUIRING STITCHES, WHEN TRYING TO BREAK FALL.

WHILE TRYING TO MOVE TWO DRAGLINE PINS FROM BOX TO PALLET, LEFT RING FINGER WAS SMASHED BETWEEN PINS.

CLEANING A BATTERY TERMINAL ON A LOADER. WHILE TIGHTENING THE BATTERY CLAMP A SPARK OCCURRED BETWEEN RATCHET AND BATTERY CASE CAUSING A HYDROGEN EXPLOSION, RESULTING IN A CHECMICAL BURN TO LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE HAD REMOVED BATTERY CELL CAP TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO CABLE TERMINALS. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING GOGGLES OR A FACE SHIELD.

WHILE TURNING SHAFT ON CRUSHER, FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY.

WHILE LOOSENING TRACK ROLLER BOLTS ON A DRILL, EE FEL A SHARP PAIN IN LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. HE WAS PULLING UP ON A LONG HANDLE DRIVE RATCHET.

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO GET TOOLS OUT OF LOCKER AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MECHANICS INSTALL SHAFT IN CRUSHER. CRUSHER WAS BEING TURNED BY HAND FROM BELOW. EMPLOYEE REACHED UP & WAS GOING TO ASSIST BY PULLING ON NEARBY BELT. THE BELT CAUGH H T HIS GLOVE & PULLED HIS FIRST THREE FINGERS INTO A PULLY. THE INDEX MIDDLE & RING FINGERS ON LEFT HAND WERE BRUISED & SWOLLEN.

EMPLOYEE REMOVING RETAINING RING, HEAD OF HAMMER CAME OFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN CHIN.

STEPPED OFF DRAGLINE INTO A HOLE IN THE DRAGLINE PAD, TWISTING ANKLE.

TWISTED ANKLE AFTER STEPPING OFF OF WELDINDING TRAILER ONTO UNEVEN GROUND.

LIFTING PERSONAL TOOL BOX FROM FLOOR TO MOBILE WORK AREA

EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB UP ONTO THE VAC TRUCK. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF AND PUT ALL BODY WEIGHT ON LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PUMP FROM BULK TANK ON LUBE TRUCK & FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK PAIN WORSENED AS TIME WENT ON

REMOVING REAR UPPER BED SCALE FRAME WORK ON HAUL TRUCK AND EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN BACK. EMPLOYEE INDICATES HE DOES NOT KNEW HOW OR WHEN OR WHAT CAUSED THE PAIN IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CHOKER TO SET UP EQUIPMENT THAT WAS STUCK TO BE PULLED FROM MUD. THE CHOKER HAD A WIRE BARB AND HIS FINGERS WERE CUT WHEN HE THREW CHOKER UNDER MACHINE.

WHILE PULLING A FUEL HOSE TO TRUCK, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.

THE END.

EE WAS TRYING TO UNTWIST THE BELT LIFTER SO IT COULD BE HOOKED UP TO THE CRANE. A SHORT PIECE OF I BEAM THAT IS PART OF THE LIFTER ROLLED ONTO HER LEFT INSTEP.

EMPL CHECKING FUEL IN AIR COMPRESSOR ON BACK OF A MECHANICS TRUCK. STEPPED OFF TRUCK INTO A SNOW-COVERED HOLE.

INJURED SLIPPED WHILE WALKING ON SNOW COVERED ICE, FELL AND INJURED LEFT SHOULDER JOINT. DIAGNOSIS WAS MADE ON 12-29-92.

WHILE THROWING LOOPS OUT OF DRAGLINE CABLE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE LEFT KNEE WITH THE CABLE

EE STRUCK FOOT AGAINST LOCKING ARM ON A BALLAST CAR, TRYING TO KICK DOOR OPEN, THIS ACT IS NOT ACCEPTED GOOD PRACTICE. THE CAR HAD A HANDLE FOR THIS PURPOSE.

EMPL WORKING IN CLOSE QUARTERS,BENT DOWN TO RE- THREAD A BOLT ON CRUSHER AND WHEN EMPL STOOD UP KNEE POPPED OUT. THIS KNEE HAD HAD PREVIOUS SURGERY DUE TO OFF THE JOB INJURY.

68935 TRYING TO REMOVE COUPLING HALF FROM BOX, PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

55061S HELPING TO MOVE A METAL LOCKER AND IT WAS DROPPED AND FINGERS WERE SMASHED.

EMPL INSTALLING HITCH EXTENSION PIN IN DRAGLINE BUCKET.EMPL RELEASED HOIST HOLDING PIN AND IT DROPPED 4" AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PIN AND HITCH.

PAIN OCCURS AFTER AND SOMETIMES DURING DATA ENTRY AROUND THE WRIST ELBOW AND SHOUDLER ON THE RIGHT ARM.

WHILE DOING WALK THROUGH INSPECTION OF #1 PIT,EMPLOYEE WAS GOING UP THE STAIRS TO THE CRUSHER FEEDER ROOM.THE STEPS WERE WET WITH POLYMER CAUSED BY A LEAKING LINE.EMPLOYEE FELL DOWN TWO STEPS HURTING HIS BACK.

SWINGING A SLEDGEHAMMER TO HIT A WEDGE ON THE DRAG ROPE SOCKET,EMPL FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPL WAS USING MAUL TO DRIVE SPIKES. WHEN HE HITCHUNCK OF BALLAST WITH MAUL BALLAST BOUNCED UP & HIT HIM IN MOUTH.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER,ADJUSTING THE HTD BELT ON A DRILL.WHEN THE EMPLOYEE BENT OVER ADJUSTING SCREW THE LADDER SHIFTED AND THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIMSELF CATCHING HIMSELF.

EMPLOYEE WAS JACKING A PORT-A-POWER RAM WHILE SITTING ON HOIST DRUM PUMP WAS OFF TO THE RT SIDE OF EMPLOYEE A TWINGE WAS FELT IN EMPLOYEES BACK & PAIN FOLLOWED

OPENING THE GATE TO STORAGE YARD THE CHAIN TO LOCK THE GATE FLIPPED UP HIT L WRIS T

WHILE WORKING ON DRAGLINE BUCKET CLIMBING UP AND DOWN SCAFFOLDING PAIN IN LOWER SIDE OF ABDOMEN

WHILE STRAIGHTENING OUT HOIST CHAIN ON RACK USED FOR WELDING, EMPLOYEE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK.

INJURED WAS STANDING ON THE EDGE OF A BROKEN WOODEN PALLET WHEN SHE TRIED TO SHOVE A KEG FORWARD ON A TRUCK BED. THE PALLET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HER AND SHE FELL TO THE GROUND.

EMPL GRINDING ON BAIL OF SCRAPER AND FOREIGN BODY WENT INTO RIGHT EYE.

MAN WAS WELDING ON DRAGLINE. HE CAUGHT ON FIRE & BURNED BACK OF LEG MINE TRANSPORTED HIM TO HOSPITAL.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BOX KNIFE TO OPEN BOXES AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF LEFT THUMB, REQUIRING STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A BLOCK OUT OF TRACKS WHICH WAS USED TO PIN THE TRACKS WHEN THEY FELL TOGETHER PINCHING EMPLOYEES RT HAND & LACERATIING RT RING FINGER

SOMETIME DURING WORK DAY, EMPLOYEE GOT A PIECE OF MATERIAL IN RIGHT EYE.

MECHANISIM EE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING MUSCLE SPASMS IN HIS NECK ABOUT 2 HOURS AFTER SHIFT STARTED.

EMPLOYEE OPERATES A LOAD OUT CONSOLE TO LOAD COAL INTO RAIL CARS HE ALSO SETS HAND BRAKES ON THE RAIL CARS & CLEANS UP COAL SPILLAGE ON TRACK USING A HOSE FROM A VACUUM TRUCK EMPLOYEE INDICATE D HE HAD LOWER BACK PAIN DURING HIS SHIFT ON 112889 BUT DID NOT REPORT IT ON 112989 HE FELT PAIN WHEN HE GOT INTO VACUUM TRUCK AFTER USING THE HOSE TO CLEAN THE TRACKS HE STATED HE FELT A TWI

EMPLOYEE WAS COOLING THICK PIECES OF IRON HOLDING IT WITH CHANNEL LOCK PLIERS WITH ARMS EXTENDED WHICH CAUSED A MUSCLE STRAIN

WHILE ASSISTING WELDER INSIDE WATER TANK EMPLOYEE TWISTED HER RIGHT ANKLE CLIMBING INSIDE THE WATER TANK

WHILE CHIPPING MUD FORM CUTTING EDGES ON DOZER 333 THE BAR I NAME WAS USING SLIPPED AGAINST A PIECE OF PACKED ONDIRT HIS MOTION WITH BAR CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE HIS HAND ON THE EXPOSED EDGE OF CU TTING EDGE CAUSING LACERATION TO FINGER

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER IN A RECLAMATION AREA HIS SCRAPERS FRONT WHEEL HAD JUSTS DROPPED OVER A HUMP OF DIRT WHEN THE DOZER OPERATOR PICKED H IM UP DOZER BLADE HIT SCRAPER STINGER HAR D ENOUGH TO CAUSE I NAME TO STRIKE STEERING WHEEL WITH HIS STOMACH & KNOCK HIS HARD HAT OFF I NAME BEGAN BLEEDING PROFUSELY FROM THE BOWELS APPROX 11/2 HRS AFTER THIS INCIDENT HIS PHYSICIAN B

EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING WALKWAY WHILE CARRYING AN ANGLE IRON WHEN HE STEPPED ON HANDRAIL. HANDRAIL BROKE AND EMPLOYEE FELL, ANGLE IRON HIT HEAD.

REACHING DOWN TO PICK UP A BOX OF RAGS AND PULLED MUSCLES IN MIDDLE BACK.

WEARING A WEDDING RING, RING CAUGHT ON DOOR FRAME OF CRANE , EMP JUMPED DOWN TO GROUND

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HAUL TRUCK AND FELT MUSCLE SPASMS IN LOWER ABCK.

WHILE OPERATING THE HIACHI BACKHOE LOADING COALINTO TRUCKS OPERATOR OPENED WINDOW AND WIND BLEW COAL DUST INTO L EYE

WHILE CHANGING "HOLD DOWN" ON A TOTE OF GREASE ON A LUBE TRUCK, EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB WAS PINCHED CAUSING A BLOOD BLISTER UNDER NAIL.

WORKING NEAR CUTTING OPERATION WIND BLEW HOT PIECE OF SLAG INTO L EYE

EMPL WAS CHANGING STEERING CYLINDER ON SCRAPER SILVER OF METAL FROM PIN BOSS ENTERED L LITTLE FINGER EMPL REMOVED SILVER BUT FINGER BECAME INFECTED ON 12-15-88

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO THE CAB OF A SCRAPER.THE SEAT WAS POSTIONED ALL THE WAY FORWARD.HE CAUGHT THE TOE OF HIS BOOT ON THE STEERING COLUMN,AS HE MOVED THE SEAT WHEN HE MOVED TO FREE HIS FO OT HE FELT HIS RIGHT KNEE POP.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING NEW ROLLERS ON D-9 USING A HOIST AND A TOOL TO POSITION ROLLERS.ROLLER BECAME DISLODGED FROM POSITION AN PINCHED EMPLOYEES RIGHT RING AND LITTLE FINGERS,FRACTURING THE M.

EMPL WAS GREASING 337 RUBBER TIRE DOZER ON RADY LINE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE TRIED WASHING OUT EYE & COULD NOT GET FOREIGN OBJECT REMOVED SO HE WENT TO CASPER MEDICAL CENT ER TO HAVE IT REMOVED.

THIS EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS INJURY TO CO.AS JOB RELATED UNTIL 111688 EMPLOYEE INDICATES SHE IS NOT SURE WHEN SHE WAS HURT BUT MAY HAVE BEEN INJURED WHEN SHE CARRIED A BUCKET OF WATER UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS

EMPL WAS REMOVING BROKEN HYDRAULIC HOSE WHICH REQUIRED HIM TO BE IN ACKWARD POSITION. WHEN HE MOVED FROM ACKWARD POSITION HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE OLD HOOD SOCKET ON DRAGLINE BUCKET THERE WAS A CRANE HOOKED TO DUMP ROPE HOLDING HOOD SOCKET IN PLACE AS RETAINING PIN WAS REMOVED SOCKET LINK FELL AGAINST SOC KET WHICH EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING HITTING THE MIDDLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND

EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACKWARD OFF OF A LOWBOY TRAILER AND TRIED TO BREAK HIS FALL WITH HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BRAKE SHOE FROM A PALLET TO THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF A HAUL TRUCK AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK BELOW HIS SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE CRAWLED OUT FROM UNDER A TRUCK HE WAS WORKING ON AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK UNDER THE RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE.

EMP. WAS HOOKING A COME ALONG ON TO A FAIRLEAD OF THE DRAGLINE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF OF A PORTABLE ELEVATED WORKING PLATFORM WHILE TRYING TO UNSCRFEW OUTSIDE CAB MOUNTS ON A WABCO TRUCK

EMPL FINGER CAUGHT IN DOOR WHEN LEAVING WORK AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING CUTTING EDGES ON SCRAPER. THE CUTTING EDGE FELL ON RIGHT RING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO JUMP START THE LISTER ENGINE ON THE HITACHI BACKHOE WHEN THE BATTERY CAPS BLEW OFF SPRAYING ACID ON THE EMPLOYEES FACE AND EYES

EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 ON SOME MUD AND CAUGHT SELF WITH HAND PUTTING PRESSURE ON WRIST.

EMPLOYEE LIFTED3A BOX OF PRIMERS AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

OIL HAD SPILLED3ON FLOOR OF SHOP WHILE EMPL CLEANING IT UP HE STEPPED IN OIL.EMPL STEPPED ON STEPS OF LOCOMOTIVE GOING UP TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND SLIPPED.HANGING FROM HANDRAIL WITH ONLY RIGH R ARM.NOT REPOR7ABLE UNTIL 12-3-87.

EMP WAS TOLD BY3DR THAT HE HAD CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. HE FEELS IT IS RELATED TO HIS EMPLOYMENT

EMPL SHUTTING D2OR OF DILL AT END OF SHIFT AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT HAND.

EMPL STOOD UP D6RING LUNCH,BECAME LIGHT-HEADED FELL AND HIT HEAD ON SOMETHING.

EMPLOYEE WAS GR3NDING ON STEEL WHEN A FOREIGN BODY ENTERED EYE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES & A SHIELD

I.NAME WAS OPER5TING THE TCI DYNALIFT FORKLIFT A 3/8 IN CHAIN WAS HOOKED TO A TOWING LUG ON THE BACK OF THE FORKLIFT WHICH WAS HOOKED TO THE LOWER RAIL GIRDER HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL THE LO WER RAIL GIRDER3AWAY FROM THE TUB A WELD HOLDING THE LOWER RAIL GIRDER TO THE TUB WAS OVERLOOKED THUS CAUSING THE CHAIN TO BREAK AFTER THE CHAIN BROKE IT WENT THROUGH THE REAR OPENING OF THE R

EMPL CHANGING S7EERING GEAR ON HAUL TRUCK WIND CAME UP BLEW DIRT INTO EMPL LEFT EYE.

WHILE LIFTING T2E ROD END OF A 120 T.TRUCK STEERING CYLINDER, EMPLOYEE ENCOUNTERED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTENING BOLTS N FEEDER AND TURNED TO MOVE TO ANOTHER BOLT AND RAN HEAD INTO A LOW HANGING LIGHT, JAMMING NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING IN A SMALL COMPRESSOR ROOM H IT HS RT.ARM ABOVE ELBOW & LATER EMPLOYEE PULLED TO HARD ON A WRENCH & HURT ARM AGAIN (EMPLOYEE BUMPED ARM ON AN ELECTGRICAL BOX)

INJURED STEPPED3OUT OF SERVICE TRUCK ONTO WET FOOTING, SLIPPED AND OVEREXTNDED RIGHT LEG, EMPLOYEE FEELS THIS INCIDENT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ST9AIGHTENING A BRACKET FOR P.T.O. AIR CYCLINDER. HE HAD THE BRACKET SECURED IN A VISE AND HIT IT WITH HIS HAMMER.A PIECE OF THE HAMMER CHIPPED OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE LEF T HAND. 3

EMPLOYEE CLIMBE8 ON TRACK OF DOZER WHILE ON TOP OF TRACK HE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL TO THE GROUND HE LANDED ON HIS RT SIDE & INJURED HIS RT SHOULDER HE FELL A DISTANCE OF APPROX. FIVE FT

EMPLOYEE ENTERE8 TUB ON DRAGLINE TO SERVICE RACK AND ROLLERS AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT.HE LOOKED DOWN INTO THE HOLE AND COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG.AS HE WENT DOWN THE LADDER-SUDDENLY THERE WERE N O MORER STEPS A3D HE FELL ABOUT THREE FEET TO THE PLATFORM BELOW.

EE WAS LOADING 5 TURBO-CHARGER INTO A PICKUP 2 PIECES AT A TIME. AFTER PUTTING ONE PIECE IN THE PICKUP EE TRIED TO PUT OTHER PIECE IN & FELT MUSCLE TEARING SENSATION IN LEFT UPPER CHEST & S HOULDER AREA. 3

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9NING A BOX,HOLDING THE TOP OF THE BOX WITH LEFT HAND AND CUT TOWARD SELF,CUTTING LEFT HAND.

DURING WORK DAY3EMPLOYEE WAS GRINIDING, CUTTING AND WELDING METAL. HE WORE GLASSES AND A WELDING HOOD BUT SOMETIME DURING THE DAY A SMALL PARTICLE OF METAL GOT INTO HIS EYE.

EE WAS ENTERING3THE DRAGLINE HOUSE WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS RUNNING 7O GET HER SUPERVISOR BECAUSE EQUIPMENT SHE WAS OPERATING STOPPED WORKING. AS SHE RAN SHE TWISTED HER LEFT ANKLE CUASING A BAD SPRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS AD4USTING A BRAKE ROD ON A RAILROAD COAL CAR. THE WRENCH SLIPPED ON TEH BRAKE NUT CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH HAND AND FRAME OF CAR. EMPLOYEE FRACTURED END BO NE IN RIGHT LIT7LE FINGER.

EMPL BOLTING SP5RE TIRE RACK IN PICKUP,SOCKET SLIPPED ON BOLT HEAD CAUSING EMPL TO HIT HAND ON SHARP EDGE ON TIRE TRACK.

THE BUCKET OF T2E SHOVEL HIT TRUCK -OPERATED BY INJURED- CAUSING EE TO JERK & SPRAIN THE MUSCLES IN HER NECK.

EE WAS WELDING 2N A BEAM OF THE DRAGLINE WHEN A HOT SPARK WENT DOWN HIS SHIRT CAUSING HIM TO JERK AROUND HURTING HIS BACK.

EMPL PARKED GRA8ER ON READY LINE STEPPED OFF GRADER ONTO GROUND AND TWISTED ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A NUT OFF OF A PUMP AND WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FINGER.

EMPL WORKING ON3CONVEYOR BELT TO REPAIR HOLE.PULLING ON BELT AND WHEN HELPER PULLED HARD,BELT HIT EMPL IN CHIN CAUSING HIM TO BITE HOLE IN TONGUE.

EE WAS PUTTING 5OADING AUGER BACK IN THE CRADLE BUT IR DID NOT SET COMPLETELU DOWN & EE REACHED IN TO PUSH AUGER. BECAUSE OF DOWN PRESSURE AUGER FELL ON EES RIGHT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE HAS EX1ERIENCED NUMBNESS IN HIS WRIST AND FINGER OF BOTH HANDS FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR. EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED BY A DOCTOR AS HAVING CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN BOTH HANDS.

REPLACING RADIA7OR GRILL IN SCRAPER IT SLIPPED THRU GRILL GUARD FELL & STRUCK THE TOP OF EES LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTENING A DRILL BIT IN A SMALL DRILL PRESS. THE CHUCK KEY SLIPPED OUT OF THE CHUCK AND EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE SHARP EDGE OF THE BIT WITH HIS KNUCKLE.THE CHUCK KEY AND OR HOLE IN T

EE WAS AIR ARCI3G ON AN AXLE BOX FOR HOUSING A 120 TON TRUCK. HE HAD TO PUT HIS HEAD INSIDE THE HOUSING & IN DOING SO A PARTICLE CAUSED BY THE AIR ARCING GOT INTO HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING UNLOAD RAIL FOR A RAILROAD. HE HAD REPOSITIONED A RAIL GRABBER TO PICKUP A RAIL AND GAVE THE OPERATOR THE O.K. TO HOIST. HE LOST HIS BALANCE OR SLIPPED WHEN HE REACHED OUT KEEP FROM FALL3NG HE GRABBED THE BOOM AND CAUGHT HIS HAND IN A PINCH POINT.

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING TRAIL CABLE THAT WAS CONNECTED TO A SHOVEL AND HURT HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST STARTED HIS SHIFT SHIFT BEFORE HIM HAD RELEASED BRAKE & SPRING CAUGHT ON A CORNER OF BRAKE HANGER WHEN THE EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE BRAKE THE SPRING SNAPPED & SMASHED HIS THUMB

EMP WAS HOLDING A SPIKE TO DRIVE ANOTHER S IKE INTO A TIE IN ORDER TO GET A TIE PLATE OUT ON THE RAILROAD. THE PERSON DRIVING THE SPIKE WITH A SPIKE HAMMER MISSED THE SPIKE AND HIT THE E MPLOYEES LEFT HAND THUS INJURING TWO FINGERS

EMP WAS CLIMBING OFF THE SHOVEL WHEN HE STEPPED IN A GROUND DEPRESSION AND TWISTED HIS KNEE

WHILE GRINDING WITH AN ELECTRIC GRINDER A FOREIGN PARITCLE ENTERED INTO THE PERSONS LEFT EYE

TWO PEOPLE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DISCONNECTING THE HEADACHE BALL FROM THE CRANE WHEN THE LINK CAME FREE. THE BALL SWUNG BACK TOWARDS THE MACHINE. THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HAND BETWEEN THE FRONT O F THE CRANE AND THE BALL. HIS THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND ABSORBED THE BLOW.

EMPL ATTACHED WIRE MESH PULLIN GRIP TO BUNDLE OF ELEC WIRES TO FACILITATE PULLING THEM THROUGH RESTRICTED AREA.BUNDLE CAUGHT ON METAL LIP NEAR WORKAREA.EMPL TRIED TO EXTRICATE AND GUIDE BUNDLE WITH HANDS.GRIP BROKE AND LACERATED EMPL FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING WOOD THROUGH THE WAREHOUSE DOOR, THE DOOR CLOSED, HIT THE WOOD AND CAUSED A WOOD SPLINTER TO ENTER THE EMPLOYEES FINGER

EE WAS HELPING FOLD THE TRACKS OF A D9 CAT. ONE FOLD WAS MADE & THE LAST FOLD WAS BEING MADE, EE PUT HIS RIGHT HAND IN BEND OF THE TRACK WHILE HE WAS UNHOOKING THE CHOCKER, THE TRACK TRIED TO UNROLL & IN DOING SO IT CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE GROOUSERS LACERATING THE INDEX & MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING A JUG OF WATER FROM THE TRAILER IN FRONT OF THE OFFICE AND HE FELL ON THE ICE IN FRONT OF THE OFFICE. AREA AROUND THE MINE WAS VERY SLICK AND IT WAS SNOWING

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST CAME TO WORK AND AS HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING HIS OILERS TOOLBOX OUT OF HIS MAIN SECURITY BOX HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP.

EMPLOYE SLIPPED ON ICE THAT WAS ON THE ROAD AND HAIRLINE FXD HIS LEFT WRIST

EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING COAL FROM THE INSIDE OF THE CRUSHER TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE CRUSHER THROUGH THE CRUSHER DOOR AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE COAL AND LIP AT THE TOP OF THE CRUSHER DO OR

EMPLOYEE WALKED THROUGH MUD TO GET TO HIS HAULPAK TO DO AN INSPECTION. WHILE GETTING ON, HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING OPERATOR TO FALL, HITTING HIS CHIN ON THE SPRING LOADED LADDER.

WHILE BURNING BOLT HOLES EMPLOYEE TOOK OFF HIS RIGHT HAND GLOVE TO REACH IN HIS POCKET FOR A BOLT WHILE TRYING THE BOLT FOR SIZE THE CUTTING HEAD SLIPPED FROM HIS GLOVED LEFT HAND THROUGH INST INCT HYE REACHE DFOR THE BURNING CUTTING HEAD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND IN DOING SO THE FLAME PASSED ALONG THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND INFLICTING A BURN

BREAKING COAL INSIDE CRUSHER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER,LARGE CHUNK OF COAL BROKE,EMPL FELL BACKWARDS AND TWISTED KNEE.

FELL WHILE SERVICING SCRAPER IN TRYING TO KEEP FROM FALLING TO GROUND HE GRABBED A HOSE AND PULLED MUSCLE IN ARM

PULLING CHAIN CASE OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK,PINCHED THUMB OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN CHAIN CASE AND TOOL BOX ON TRUCK.

INJURED WAS GETTING OFF OF TRUCK. HE HAD FOOT DOWN TO THE LADDER, HE SLIPPED, FALLING TO THE GROUND & INJURING-FRACTURING- HIS RIGHT ELBOW.