Lynnville Coal

EE IS STATING THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB THE STEPS ON THE FUEL TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE METAL RUNG. HIS LEFT HAND WAS HOLDING A HAND HOLD. WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED, HE CAUGHT H IS BODY WEIGHT. STRAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER.

EE IS STATING THAT HE WAS DRIVING A COAL TRUCK INTO THE 5900 PIT DURING A LIGHT RAIN. WHEN HE WAS PARTIALLY DOWN THE RAMP HIS TRUCK JACKNIFED CAUSING THE TRAILER TO HIT THE CAB. THIS CAUSED HI M TO BE THROWN AGAINST THE CAB INSODE CAUSING PAIN TO NECK & SHOULDER. EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 12/23/99. LAID OFF 12/31/99.

EE WAS HELPING INSTALL A PLASTIC PIPE ELBOW IN THE PREPARATION PLANT. WHEN THE ELBOW BECAME LODGED HE CLIMBED UP A LADDER BELOW IT AND SUDDENLY THE ROPE ATTACHED TO THE ELBOW BROKE, CAUSING TH E PIPE TO KNOCK EE TO THE FLOOR. HE FELL APPROXMTELY 10 FEET TO THE FLOOR BELOW AND WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE BY THE PIPE.

EE WAS CLEANING DIRT & COAL OUT FROM UNDER A CARPULL SHEAVE USING A WHEELBARROW TO HAUL THE MATERIAL WHILE PUSHING THE WHEELBARROW UP A RAMP HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL TO THE FLOOR SMASHING HI S SMALL FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE WHEELBARROW HANDLE & THE FLOOR

EE STATED THAT HE WAS CLIMBING UP A LADDER TO DOREPAIR WORK IN THE PREP PLANT WHEN THE BASE OF THE LADDER KICKED OUT CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THEFLOOR BELWO

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS BENDING OVER TO LACE UP HIS WORK BOOTS THAT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK ON THE LEFT SIDE. HE SAID IT WORSENED AS THE SHIFT CONTINUED.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING OUT COAL FROM INSIDE #5 CMI DRYER WHEN HIS RIGHT HNAD RUBBED AGAINST A PIECE OF STAINLESS STEEL DAM ON TOP OF THE DRYER SCREEN. HE LACERATED HIS RIGHT RINGER F INGER REQUIRING SUTURES.

EE REPORTED THAT HE PICKED UP A ROCK TO SET THE DUMP CABLE SOCKET ON TO REPLACE THE CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS WIPING SWEAT FROM HIS FACE AND GOT RUST IN HIS EYE.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH PLATE ON THE PICK ROLL WHEN THE PLATE SLID OFF THE DOWEL, CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN THE PLATE & THE MOTOR SHAFT

EE REPORTED THAT AFTER WELDING ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET THROUGHOUT THE DAY, HE RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO HIS EYES.

EE REPORTED HE WAS MOVING A SUCTION PLATE OF AN 8" X 8" GIW PUMP WITH A COM-A-LONG. THE PLATE FELL OVER CATCHING HIS ARM BETWEEN THE COM-A-LONG CHAIN AND THE PUMP BODY.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO STRIKE A TRACK LINK ON A D11 CATERPILLER DOZERWHEN A SLIVER OF STEEL STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS STRETCHING TO INSTALL A GREASE LINE ON TAIL OF BELT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEKMEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 03/22/99.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS DESCENDING STEPS WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL & TWIST HIS RIGHT ANKLE

EE REPORTED HE LIFTED A PIECE OF METAL (1/2"X36"X72"0 UP ONTO IT'S EDGE. LATER HAD PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 4/28/99. THIS ACCIDENT WAS DETERMINED REPORTAB LE 4/30/99.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS STRUCK BY A LUMP OF COAL WHICH FELL AS THE HOIST ACCESS DOORS WERE OPENED AS HE WAS SETTING ABUCKET OF BOLTS DOWN.

EE REPORTED THAT HE RUBBED HIS EYE WITH A GLOVED HAND CAUSING SCRATCH TO L. EYE.

EE REPORTED THAT HE STOOD ON CHAIR TO UPDATE A PIT MAP WHEN THE CHAIR TIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO FLOOR.

EE REPORTED HE WAS DRIVING #19 COAL TRUCK WHEN HE HIT A BUMP IN ROAD WHICH CAUSED HIS SEAT TO BOTTOM OUT. PAIN IN BACK. DETERMINED TO BE REPORTABLE 12-1-98.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS USING A WATER HOSE TO WASH THE SPIRAL FEED TANK WHEN HE STEPPED ON HOSE CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST HANDRAIL BENDING THUMB BACK

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS LIFTING METAL TO BUILD A PLATFORM ON GRADER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER LEFT ABDOMINAL AREA.

EE REPORTED HE AHD BACK PAIN AFTER OPERATING A HYDRAULIC TORQUE WRENCH FOR A SHIFT. EE STATED HE DID NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC INCIDENT. CAUSE OF ABSENCE WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 10-20-98.

EE REPORTED HE WAS REACHING OVERHEAD ATTEMPTING TO HAND A 6 TON COMALONG ON PADEYE. HE FELT PAININ LOWER ABDOMIN

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS HOLD A STEEL PIN WHILE ANOTHER MECHANIC STRUCK PIN WITH A HAMMER WHEN ASLIVER CAME OFF PIN STRIKING EE ON RIGHT WRIST

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS TIGHTENING VALVE STEM ON COAL TRUCK TIRE THAT WAS PARTIALLY IN PLACE. FORK TRUCK BLED DOWN AND SPACED BLOCK CAME OUT CATCHNG LEFT ARM BETWEEN TIRE RIM AND NUB.

EE REPORTED THAT HIS METATARSAL GUARD CAUGHT ON LADDER RUNG AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING A ROADGRADER CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO FLOOR

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS MOVING AN EBW DRYER BASKET WHEN HE CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN BASKET & DRYER WATER SHIELD. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 8-21-98.

EE REPORTED THAT AFTRER A NUMBER OF YEARS OF OPERATING A DRAGLINE AND OTHER MOBILE EQUIPMENT, HE CONTACTED CORPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. IT WAS DETERMINED ON 5-26-98 THAT HIS CORPAL TUNNEL WAS WORK RELEATED. EE CHANGED JOBS 2-9-98 TO TIPPLE ATTENDENT

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT AFTER WELIDNG ON THE 5900SHOVEL BUCKET ALL DAY HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD RECIEVED FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT AFTER CLIMBING ONTO EX1100 HITACHI BACKHOE HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT GO TO DR. NOR MISS WORK UNTIL APRIL 30.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS HOLDING BLOCK OF WOOD WHILE SHOVEL BUCKET DOOR WAS BEING CLOSED ONBLOCK. WHEN DOOR CLOSED ON BLOCK HE PINCHED THE SIDE OF RIGHT INEDEX FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND BLO CK.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE LIFTED AVIBRATOR SCREEN TO MOVE IT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE REPORTED THAT A PORTION OF A LOAD OF TOPSOIL STUCK IN THE BED OF HIS TRUCK AND THE FRONT RAISED AS HE WAS PULLING UP. THE LOAD BROKE LOOSE CAUSING THE FRONT TO COME BACK DOWN SUDDENLY, JARRYING HIM IN THE CAB. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICALATTENTION UNTIL 2/21/98

EE REPORTED THAT HE LIFTED ONE END OF A 8" DIA. X 12'L SECTION OF PIPE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. [THIS ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE 2/7/98]

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS CLIMBING ONTO 1150#1 DRAGLINE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS TRIMMING A URETHANE VIBRATOR SCREEN WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A COM-A -LONG TO LOWER AN ELECT. MOTOR TO FLOOR FROM A WEDAG DRYER. EYE BOLT BROKE FROM MOTOR CAUSING COM-A-LONG TO RECOIL STRIKING HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS DISMOUNTING D-11 DOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED WRENCHING BACK. DISCOVERD TO BE REPORTABLE 12-1-97.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS DISMOUNTING A LOCOMOTIVE & WHEN HE CONTACTED THE GROUND HE WRENCHED HIS RIGHT KNEE. [THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 2/13/98]

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT SHE WAS DISMOUNTING FORD TRACTOR USED TO PULL COMPACTOR WHEN SHE STUMBLED ON UNEVEN GROUND CAUSING HER TO FALL BACKWARDS.SHE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH HERSELF WITH RIGHT ARM.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE FELT BACK PAIN WHEN HE STEPPED TO GROUND WHE HE DISMOUNTED A 637 CAT. SCRAPER.

EE REPORTED THAT HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AFTER CLIMBING ONTO 1800 NITACHI LOADER.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS LYING DOWN, REPLACING RADIATOR HOSE ON A DMM-3 DRILL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH CUTTING ON HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR BUCKET WHEN HIS PANT LEG CAUGHT FIRE BURNING LEG.

EE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND AND DRAGGED WHEN THE CABLE USED TO PULL AN EQUIPMENT MOVING SLED RE-ATTACHED TO THE WATER TRUCK AS IT PULLED AWAY. LEFT LEG & LEFT ARM PINNED UNDER SLED.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO CLOSE GATE ABOVE DRYER WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF CATCHING THUMB BETWEEN WRENCH AND STRUCTURAL "X" BRACE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED JOINT PAIN AND SWELLING AFTER WORKING ON DIFFERENTIAL OF #16 HAUL TRUCK.

EE REPORTED THAT HE STARTED TO DROP A DRILL FLAG BESIDE A HOLE HE HAD JUST DRILLED WQHEN HE HIT HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH THE FLAG WIRE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT THE WIRE WENT UP UNDER THE GLASSES FRAME.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS DISCONNECTING AN AIR CHIPPER FROM AN AIR HOSE (3/8" DIA.) BY OPERATING THE QUICK DISCONNECT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS THUMB.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM HIS 150TON RIM PULL. WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT CONTACTED THE GROUND H RELEASED THE HAND HOLDS BUT HIS SHOE SOLE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT ON THE STEP CA USING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON HAULROAD.

EMPLLOYEE WAS SUPEERVISING THE TIGHTENING OF THE 5900 SHOVEL CROWN CABLES. THE CHAIN WAS TO ATTACH THE NOUSE WINCH CABLE TO THE CROWD CABLE BROKE UNDER TENSION AND STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT LOWER A RM.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON TOP OF RAW COAL HOPPER WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT WENT THROUGH GRATING OPENING CAUSING HIM TO FALL ONTO GRATING.

A FIRE OF MORE THAN 30 MIN DURATION OCCURRED IN A HAY STORAGE BARN. THE FIRE ORIGNINATED UNDER THE HOOD OF A 2 TON CHEVROLET TRUCK PARKED INTHE BARN. THE SOURCE OF 16 IGNITION IS UNDETERMINED. THE FIRE SPREAD INTO HAY AND WOOD MEMEBERS OF BARN.

EMP REPORTED THAT HE WAS STANDING OUTSIDE THE CAB OF HIS DOZER WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A TREE LIMBWHEN ANOTHER DOZER APPROACHED TO ASSIST HIM. EMPS DOZER WAS HUNG UP IN MUD.

ATTEMPTING TO MOVE VISE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT WHILE REPLACING METAL IN WASH BOX AIR CHAMBER HIS RIGHT SHOUULDER BEGAN TO HURT FROM ODD POSITIONS HE WAS WORKING IN WHIE INAIR CHAMBER.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE BENT OVER AND REMOVED THE FLOOR BOARD PANEL OUT OF THE DOZER WHEN EH FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS REMOVING LARGE LUMPS OF COAL AND ROCK FROM TAIL OF RAW COAL 54" BELT WALKWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT LARGE ROCK OVER TOEBOARD WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS WALKING ACROSS WASH AREA ON NORTH SIDE OF PREVENTIVE MAINT. SHOP WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING FACE.

A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN AN UNOCCUPIED STORAGE BUILDING. THE FIRE LASTED MORE THAN 30 MINS. NO INJURIES OR AFFECT ON OPERATION. REPORTED DELAYED BY FURTHER INVESTIGATION

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS ASSISTING IN BURYING A DRAGLINE TRAIL CABLE. HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT CABLE OVER A ROCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS HOLDING BAR WHILE ANOTHER STRUCK THE BAR WITH A SLEDGE. WHEN BAR WAS STRUCK THE END CAME UP JARRING HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS CLEANING DEBRIS FROM BED OF PICKUP. HE WAS STANDING IN THE BED OF TRUCK THROWING THE DEBRIS OVER TOP EDGE OF DUMPSTER WHEN HE TWISTED WHILE LIFTING CAUSING PAIN I N LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE AND ANOTHER EMPLYEE WHERE REMOVING A TIE ROD FROM HAUL TRUCK. EE WAS USIGN A PRY BAR TO PRY ON THE ROD. OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING TIE ROD IWTH SLEDGE HAMMER. THE HAMMER GLANCED ON IMPACT AND STRUCK EE ON LEFT HAND.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS CUTTING BELTING FOR FENDER EXTENSION WITH UTILITY KNIFE. HE LAID KNIFE ON WORK BENCH TO MOVE BELTING. HE MOVED BELTING &DROPPED IT, EDGE OF BELTING STRUCK KNIFE, FLIPPI NG IT IN AIR. KNIFE CAME DOWN ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS USING A SHORT LADDER TO CLIMB DOWN OFF OF THE CRUSHER IN EAST HOPPER. HE REPORTED THAT THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER MOVED, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL TO THE F LOOR(APPROX 3FT). ONTO HIS BACK LANDING ON A 1"WATER HOSE.

EE REPORTED THAT THE FRONT TIRE OF HIS COAL TRUCK HIT A SOFT SHOULDER AND TRUCK WAS DRAWN INTO A DITCH. DUE TO THE ABRUPT STOP HE WAS THROWN INTO THE WINDSHIELD. EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS WEARIN G HIS SEATBELT BUT IT CAME UNBUCKLED.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE LIFTED A 20'X3/8" CHAIN AND PLACED IT ON FRONT OF GRADER.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A TWIST FROM A PUMP HOSE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMP REPORTED THAT HE AND ANOTHER EMP WERE POSITIONING A 3'X 3' X 1/4" PIECE OF METAL ON A DOZER BLADE FOR A WELDING SHIELD WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS ALLOWING IT TO FALL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS OPERATING #216 ROAD GRADER ON THE HAULAGE ROAD NEAR #8 PIT ENTRANCE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE LOWER LEFT LEG BY A ROCK APROX. THE SIAXE OF A SOFTBALL FROM AN OVERBURDER SHOT APPROX. 850' FROM HIS LOCATION.

EE REPORTED HE WAS DISMOUNTING A COAL TRUCK IN THE GARAGE WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A WHEEL CHOCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST A BUILDING STRUCTURE BEAM. [HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 3/9 /96]

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS STEPPING OFF OF LOADER AT END OF SHIFT WHEN HE STEPPED ON COAL LUMP OR ROCK AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A POWER CABLE INTO THE PIT WITH A ROPE ATTACHED TO A RUBBER TIRED DOZER. THE ROPE SLIPPED OFF THE TRACTOR AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LOWER RIGHT ARM.

EE REPORTED HE HAD BEEN REPAIRING A POWER CABLE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED NUMBNESS IN HIS FINGERS ON THE LEFT HAND. AFTER WARMING HIS HAND HE GOT FEELING BACK. ON 2-1-96 HE COMPLAINED THAT HIS FINGE R WERE VERY SENSITIVE TO COLD. ON 2-2-96 HE WENTTO DR. NO TREATMENT OTHER THAN CAUSTION ABOUT COLD EXPOSURE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS KNEELING ON A D-11 TRACK CHANGING FUEL FILTERS. WHEN HE STOOD UP, HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHEN HE ASSISTED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIFT A RAIL DRILL ONTO BACK ON HIGHRAIL TRUCK AFTER COMPLETING TRACK REPAIRS.

EE REPORTED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A SECTION OF 440 BOLT PUMP CABLE TO APPLY TAPE ON JACKET WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY WHILE DRIVING A TRUCK CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN

EE STATE HE STRUCK 1-1/2" COMBINATION WRENCH WITH A 10# SLEDGE HAMMER IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOOSEN FROZEN NUT, THE WRENCH FLEW OFF THE NUT AND ITS END STRUCK EE IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE LIP AND THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE.

EMPLOYEE STATED HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN AUTO CRANE LOAD LINE AND HOOK BLOCK SHEAVE ASSEMBLY WEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE CABLE BACK INTO THE SHEAVE'S GROOVE, WITH TENSION ONT HE LINE. W HEN TE LINE DROPPED BACK INTO THE GROOVE, HIS FINGERS WERE PULLED INTO THE PINCH POINT.

EMP STATED HE ASSUMES HE GOT A SPECK OF METAL INTO THE CORNEA OF HIS LEFT EYE WHILE GRINDING, ALTHOUGH HE DOES NOT KNOW OF A SPECIFIC EVENT THATPRODUCED THE FOREIGN DEBRIS INTO HIS EYE. INCIDE NT REPORTED WITH OBJECTION.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS REMOVING LUG NUTS FROMA COAL HAUL TRUCKS TRAILER WHEEL WITH A 3/4" IMPACT WRENCH.WHILE HANDLING THE WRENCH IN AN OVERHEAD POSITION HE INADVERTENTLY DROPPED THE WRENCH AN D AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH THE WRENCH IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE WHEEL RIM.WRENCH DROPPED ONLY 6".

THE HAUL TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING DROVE THROUGH A DEPRESSION IN THE ROADWAY, JARRING HIS BACK, CAUSING A BACK PAIN.

EE STATED HE WAS PLACING A BOX OF WELDING RODS ONTO A TWO WHEELED CART (POSITIONED HORIZONTALLY), WHEN HE DROPPED THE BOX OF RODS ONTO THE FOOTEND OF THE CART, THE CART HANDLE TILTED UPWARDS A ND STRUCK HIM IN THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE.

EE STATED HE PULLED ON A TROUGHING ROLLER THAT WAS FROZEN TO THE GROUND. WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE, IT STRUCK THE FRONT OF HIS RT FOOT CAUSING HIS HEEL TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH AN ADJACENT ROLLER F RAME, CUTTING HIS HEEL.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS SPREADING CALCIUM ON RAILROAD TRACK SWITCHES WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RAIL & TWISTED HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE HAS AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS INCLUDING PREVIOUS BACK SURGERY.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE LOST HIS FOOTING WHILE WALKING OVER VERY UNEVEN FROZEN TERRAIN & FELL

EE STATES HIS BACK BEGAN HURTING AFTER OPERATING DOZER OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. EE HAS HISTORY OF BCK PROBLEMS AND A DETERIORATING CONDITION WITH HIS SPINAL COLUMN. LAST DAY WORKED 1-27-95.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE & COWORKER WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A FUEL LINE NUT ON A D9L DOZER THAT WAS STUCK WHEN NUT SUDDENLY BROKE FREE HIS FINGER CONTACTED A NEARBY HOSE CLAMP RESULTING IN A LACER ATION THAT REQUIRED 3 SUTURES

EE STATED HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS NECK/SHOULDER/ARM, WHILE INSTALLING A TRANSFER CASE INTO A LIGHT DUTY TRUCK. THE TRANSFER CASE SLIPPED AS HE LIFTED IT AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STABILIZE I T, HE FELT PAIN.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AN UNSEEN FLAME EMITTED FROM THE TOP OF THE REGULATOR BY THE RELEASE VALVE AS HE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN A NEWLY INSTALLED OXYGEN CYLINDER/REGULATOR SET UP.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS STARTING TO STEP DOWN OFF SHORT/STEPPED WORK PLATFORM AFTER COMLETING HIS WORK TASK. HE EVIDENTLY STEPPED ON SOMETHING ON THE PLATFORM CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE A ND FALL TOT HE FLOOR. AS HE PUT HHIS HAND OUT TO THE FLOOR. AS HE PUT HIS HAND OUT TO CATCH HSI FALL, HIS WEIGHT LANDE DON HIS HAND CAUSIGN INJURY.

EE STATED HE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS AS HE AND A CO WORKER CARRIED A LENGTH OF ANGLE STEEL. HE TRIPPED BACKWARDS OVER AN OBJECT ON THE GROUND AND REACHED OUT TO CATCH HIS FALL. WHEN HIS BODY WEI GHT LANDED ON HIS HAND HE SUFFERED A FRACTURE TOHIS WRIST AREA.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS STANDING ON A 6 FT LADDER WHEN THE LADDER SHIFTED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HISBALANCE AND BUMP HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST A BELTLINE SECTION.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE USED A SMALL SLEDGE HAMMER IN AN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THE HITCH PIN UPWARDS OUT OF A DOZER'S DRAW BAR. WHEN THE HAMMER CONTACTED THE BOTTOM OF THE PIN WITH THE HAMMER, A SMALL SLIVER OF STEEL POPPED OFF THE PIN AND STRUCK HIM IN THE NECK.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE LEANED FORWARD SLIGHTLY TO DRAIN OIL FROM A SMALL HOSE WHICH HE HAD IN HIS HAND AND EXPERIENCED MUSCLE SPASMS IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED A CO-WORKER WAS HOLDINGA LARGE B&O PUNCH IN PLACE, AND THE INJURED EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE PUNCH WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER IN AN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE A PIN OUT OF A DOZER BLADE. A SLIVER O F STEEL BROKE OFF THE PUNCH AND STRUCK THE INJURED'S LEG JUST INSIDE THE RIGHT KNEE. THE PUNCH WAS NOT MUSHROOMED.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WELDING, LEANNG OVER IN A CROUCHED POSITION, ANDEXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND SIDE. THIS CONDITION WAS ORIGINALY DIAGNOSED AS KIDNEY STONES, BUT WAS LATER DEER MINED TO BE AN INFLAMMED HERNIATED DISC IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT THE BACKHOE AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE VERTICAL LADDER. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE HANDHOLD WHICH STRAINED HIS SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSING TIME FROM WORK UNTIL 8-13-94.

EE INDICATED HE STARTED EXPERIENCING DISCOMFORT IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW AND UPPER ARM WHILE SHOVELING TO BACKFILL LOADED HOLES. THE DISCOMFORT INCREASED OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DIAGNOSED AS TENDONITIS.

WINDY CONDITIONS- GRINDING DEBRIS ENTERED RIGHT EYE.

WINDY CONDITIONS GRINDING ON DIPPER HANDLE FOR SHOVEL GRINDING DESING ENTERED EYES.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS LOADING AN OLD PIECE OF PIPE OUT OF THE PREPARATION PLANT INTO THE BUCKET OF THE 953 TRACTOR WHEN THE EMPLOYEE PULLED THE PIPE INTO THE BUCKET HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETW EEN THE BUCKET & A PAD EYE THAT WAS WELDED ON THE PIPE

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PULLING ELECTRICAL CABLE BACKWARD WITH A D3 DOZER HE WAS LEANING TO THE RT LOOKING OUT THE OPENED DOOR WITH HIS HAND RESTING NEAR THE FRONT DOOR FRAME POST WHEN THE DOZE R BACKED UP A SLIGHT INCLINE THE DOOR CLOSED ON HIS THUMB

EE REPORTED HE WAS INSTALLING A NEW SECTION OF PIPE. HE HAD QUIT WELDING AND HAD RAISED HIS HOOD, WHEN A PIECE OF RUST OR OTHER MATERIAL POPPED FROM THE PIPE DUE TO THE HEAT, PASSED UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES & ENTERD LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS MOVING AN OLD DRIBBLE PAN THAT HAD BEEN CUT OUT EARLIER IN THE SHIFT WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE OLD PAN & HIS METATARSAL SHOE GUARD

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS STRUCK WHEN ICE WAS PROTECTED FROM THE OPEN END OF THE SLURRY PIPE AS IT WAS BEING FLUSHED

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS STRUCK WHEN ICE WAS PROTECTED FROM THE OPEN END OF THE SLURRY PIPE AS IT WAS BEING FLUSHED

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS WALKING TO THE PIT PARKING LOT SNACK FROM HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE PRIOR TO HIS SHIFT STARTING TIME WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL HIS RT KNEE STRUCK ROCK PROTRUDING THROUGH ICE & SNOW

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS CLEANING GASKET MATERIAL OFF AIR COMPRESSOR ON #2 TEREX HAUL TRUCK WITH A PUTTY KNIFE. THE PUTTY KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING A CUT TO THE LEFT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE 2 MEN WERE TRYING TO SPIN IMPELLER PIN OFF GIW PUMP, THE HOOK SLIPPED OUT STRIKING HIM IN RIGHT CHEEK.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS INSTRUCTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHERE TO AIR ARC BEFORE HE COULD TURN AWAY AN ARC WAS STRUCK

EE WAS BUMPED IN THE BACK BY A ROAD GRADER AT LYNNVILLE MINE. HE HAS A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS BACK AND SCHEDULE FOR SRUGERY AUGUST 11, 1993. HE IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO WORK SEPT 20, 1993.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ASSISTING IN ROLLING A SUCTION PLATE WHEN IT LEANED OVER AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PLATE AND A PIECE OF STEEL.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CUTTING BELTING WITH POCKETK KNIFE AS HE WAS CUTTING KNIFE BLADE FOLDED UP RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS RT LITTLE FINGER

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS DISMOUNTING WATER TRUCKBOTTOM STEP SWUNG AWAY AND HE JUMPED TO GROUND THE BOTTOM STEP IS DESIGNED TO SWING BUT EMPLOY EE WAS AFRAID HE WAS GOING TO GET HIS FOOT CAUGH T.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS OPERATING SCRAPER SPREADING TOP SOIL. HE WAS TURNED TO OPERATE EJECTOR LEVER AND WATCHING SPREAD WHEN THE FRONT WHEELS DROPPED INTO A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE FELT LOWER BACK PAIN WHILE USING A TRACK BOLT WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON RAILROAD TRACK.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS ASSISTING IN MAKING A POWER CABLE CHANGE ON THE 5900 SHOVEL WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO TWIST ANKLE.

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN A 12FT SECTION OF LADDER FROM A 1/4"X 0" VIBRATOR SIEVE BOX, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OR CAUGHT ON SOMETHING CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. 8-9 FT TO FLOOR BELOW EMPLOYEE GOT UP AND W ALKED TO OFFICE. SAFETY SUPERVISOR TOOK EMPLOYEE TO HOSPITAL WHERE X-RAY'S REVEALED FX TO T12 VERTEBRA. EMPLOYEE WAS KEPT IN HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOCICAL OBSERVATION & RELEASED.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TOWARD 5900 SHOVEL TO BEH\GIN WORK.THE SHOVEL CREW WAS PULLING A 1 1/4" ROPE (APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET IN LENGTH)FROM BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR CRAWLERS W/THE 380 GROUND TR ACTOR.THE LOOP AT THE END OF THE CABLE CAUGHT ONA CRAWLER PAD.AT THIS TIME INJURED HAD ARRIVED TO BEGIN WORK ON THE SHOVEL AND WHILE WALKING TOWARD THE SHOVEL,HE WAS STRUCK IN THE LEGS WHEN T

EE REPORTED HE WAS WALKING FROM THE GARAGE TO THE PREPLANT WHEN DUST BLEW INTO HIS L EYE HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES W SIDESHIELDS AT THE TIME DUST AND RUST PARTICLE WAS REMOVED FROM EYE AT HOPSITAL AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS USED TOPREVENT POSSIBLE INFECTION.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS DRIVING #019 HAULAGE TRUCK WHEN HE STRUCK A BUMP IN THE ROAD BETWEEN THE CRAWLER YARD AND #8 SUPERTANKER CAUSING HIS SEAT TO BOTTOM OUT, JARRING HIS RIGHT HIP AND LOWE R BACK. INJURED DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THIS INJURY UNTIL 11-9-92.

ELMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS TIGHTENING A HOSE CLAMP WITH A 1/4" DRIVE RATCHET AND EXTENSION WHEN THE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF THE HOSE CLAMP HEX NUT CAUSING HIS LEFT HAND TO STRIKE AGAINST THE SHARP END OF ANTOEHR HOSE CLAMP LOCATED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE ONE HE WAS TIGHTENING. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION IN THE KNUCKLE AREA WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.

SETTING PUMP DUST BLEW IN R EYE

DIRECTING SHOVEL GROUNDMAN CABLE STRUCK HIM RESULTED IN FALL SPRAIN IN L ANKLE

EMPL DRIVING THE POWDER TRUCK,HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD CAUSING AIR SEAT TO BOTTOM OUT.WHEN THE SEAT SPRUNG BACK UP EMPL WAS THROWN UPWARD CAUSING HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF OF THE CAB.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS FILLING THE RADIATOR SU RGE TANK HE HAD BENT OVER TO DO THIS TANK IS JUST BELOW WAISTLEVEL & APPROX 6IN -12IN FROM THE WALKWAY VERY EASILY ACCESIBLE EMPLOYEE REPORTED WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWEBACK

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT REPEATED EXPOSURES TO CHEMICAL FUMES IN THE CAB OF HIS HAULAGE TRUCK HAD CAUSED THROAT IRRITATION AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH. EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS EXPOSED TO METHANOL F UMES ON VARIOUS OCCASSION WHEN AIR VALVE LEAKS DEVELOPED IN THE CAB OF HIS TRUCK AND ANTIFREEZE FUMES CAUSED BY A RUPTURED HEATER HOSE ON A SEPARATE OCCASION.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS UNHOOKING A HEAVY CHAIN THAT HE HAD TIED OFF A LADDER WITH-WHEN HE UNHOOKED THE CHAIN THE WEIGHT OF THE CHAIN CAUSED IT TO SLIP THROUGH HIS HANDS.THE HOOK FLIPPED AROU ND THE HANDRAIL THE LADDER HAD BEEN TIED TO AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.EMPLOYEE SOUGHT DENTAL ATTENTION FOR CHIPPED TOOTH 01-08-92.

EE REPORTED HE WAS HOLDING A BAIL BUSHING FOR THE BUCKET EYE OF THE 5900 SHOVEL WHILE A FELLOW EE TAPPED THE BUSHING IN PLACE. THE VICTIM WAS STRUCK ON THE INDEX FINGER BY THE SLEDGE HAMMER WH ICH RESULTED IN A LACERATION REQUIRING 5 SUTURES TO CLOSE.

EE REPORTED HE WAS PREPARING TO DISMOUNT TRUCK FROM IN FRONT OF CAB LOST HIS BALANCE AND GRABBED THE HANDHOLD ABOVE THE CAB TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE. HE FELT PAIN IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK EE WORK THEN DECIDED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AS PAIN WORSENED EE STATED NO PHYSICAL DEFECTS ON TRUCK CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE & ANOTHER MECHANIC WERE MOVING A HYDRAULIC PUMP INTO THE CAR OF A D-9 L T RACTOR FOR REPLACEMENT WITH THE AID OF A COM-A-LONG THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS OUTSIDE THE CAB LIFTING & PUSHING ON THE PUMP WHILE IN A SLIGHTLTWISTED POSITION WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

EMPL LYING DOWN ON FLOOR ON NEW SUBSTATION CONTROL CENTER TO CHECK FOR A WIRE IN THE CABLE TRAY.LEANED ONTO OR BRUSHED AGAINST A ROPE THAT HAD BEEN USED TO ANCHOR WIRE PULLER WINCH ON A STAND CAUSING IT TO TOPPLE OVER.TRIED TO DEFLECT THE WINCH 50-60 LB FROM STRIKING HIM AND FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WINCH AND THE FLOOR.

EMPL STANDING ON WORK PLATFORM,A WELDING LEAD WAS MOVED AND BEGAN ARCING ABOVE HIM.JERKED ON THE LEAD TO STOP THE ARCING.THIS CAUSED THE ELECTRODE HOLDER TO FALL DOWN-STRUCK HIM ON THE UPPER L IP.THE FORCE OF THE BLOW DAMAGED UPPER PARTIAL PLATE AND BROKE THE TOOTH THE PLATE WAS ATTACHED TO ON UPPER RIGHT SIDE/

PRYING DOWN ON ELEV BUCKET PIVOTED HE FELL TO FLOOR ON WASHBOX

EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING REPAIRS ON A PC1000 KOMATSU LOADER. WHILE BOOM WAS BEING RAISED TO EXAMINE WORK, 4 BOLTS HEARED OFF HOLDING THE HYDRAULIC FEED LINE TO THE CYLINDER. THE HYDRAULIC FEED LINE SWUNG UP STRIKING THE SUPERVISOR IN THE RIGHT LOWER BACK FRACTURING 4 RIBS.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A PICE OF 2' X10' PIPE WHEN IT SLIPPED OR WAS RELEASED CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN PIPE AND YOKE IN WASH BOX IN PREP PLANT.

EE REPORTED HE WAS OBSERVING OPERATION OF GOB CONVEYOR WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. FIRST AID ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESFUL AT MINES ITE TO FLUSH MATERIAL OUT OF EYE. EE WAS TAKEN TAKE TO LOCAL EMERGENCY RM WHERE FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS REMOVED FROM EYE. DR ASKED EE TO RETURN NEXT MORNING TO EXAMINE EYE EE MISSED ONE SHIFT.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE HAD REMOVED THE HOIST HOOK FROM ATHE CRAWLER LIFTING TOOL AND HAD SWUNG THE HOOK OUT OF THE WAY.AS HE STARTED TO SLIDE THE CRAWLER LIFTING TOOL AGINST TH EAST WALL OF THE GARAGE THE HOIST HOOK SWUNG BACK CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HOOK AND THE CRAWLER LIFTING TOOL.THE RESULTING INJURY WAS A FRACTURE OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS MOUNTING AT THE R FRONT OF THE #654 WATER TRUCK TO CHECK OIL & WATER WHEN HE STEPPED UPON THE STEP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RT CALF MUSCLE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WOR K UNTIL HE SAW DOC ON 07-11-91 BEGAN MISSING WORRK ON 07-11-91

LIFTED CONTAINER OF WATER FROM RACK IN GARAGE LIFTED IT TWISTED AT THE SAME TIME TO SET IT ON FLOOR FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS DISMOUNTING #106 DOZER AT END OF HIS SHIFT WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK OR LUMP OF COAL AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.EMPLOYEE WORKED ENTIRE SHIFT ON 06-05-91.LEFT JOB ON 06 -06-91 AT 5:30PM TO SEE DOCTOR DUE TO INCREASED DISCOMFORT AND SWELLING.STARTING MISSING WORK 06-07-91.

EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS STANDING IN THE DOORWAY OF THE 5900 ELEVATOR HOARSE 3RD LANDING WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HARD HAT BY AN ERRANT PIECE OF FLYROCK FROM AN OVERBURDEN SH OT 444FT WOUTH OF THE SHOVEL EE WAS HELD OVERNIGGHT SHOT 444 FT SOUTH OF THE SHOVEL EE WAS HELD OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION AND REALSED SHOVEL EE WAS HELD OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION AND RELEASED

EE REPORTED HE HAD LIFTED THE TONGUE OF A MULCHER AND WAS ALIGNING IT WITH A BALL HITCH ON A TRAILER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL THE AFTERNOON ON 5-23-91 WHE N HE DECIDED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION HE MISSEDWORK THE FOLLOWING DAY.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS CARRYING A 5 GAL. CONTAINER OF OIL ACTROSS R. R. REPAIR BUILDING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWR BACK.

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED AN OPEN FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT LOWER LEG EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED BY SUPERVISOR TO GET OUT OF HOPPER WHERE HE HAD BEEN WORKING SO THAT THE LIGHT USED TO ILLUMINATE THE HOPPER FR OM OVERHEAD COULD BE HOISTED FOR BOOM CLEARANCE BY A CRANE TO BE USED FOR A HOPOPER REPAIR JOB WITHOUT WARNING THE CABLE SUPPORTING THE LIGHT FIXTURE & ARM IT WAS ATTACHED TO BROKE THE LIGHT

LIFTING ONE END OF BACK BOARD, PAIN IN LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE BENT OVER TO LIFT A 25 KVA TRAIL CABLE DURING A CABLE CHANGE ON THE 5900 SHOVEL AND LIFTED THE CABLE UP TO MAKE PUT THE HEAD END INTO THE CONNECTION BOX WHEN HE FELT A SHA RP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS ASSISTING IN DISCONNECTING A HOIST CABLE ON THE 5900 SHOVEL (DOWN FOR REPAIR AT TIME OF ACCIDENT). WHEN THE LARGE CLEVIS CONNECTING THE CABLE TO THE A-LEG SHIFTED STR IKING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE FINGERTIP. EMPLOYEE WAS SCHEDULED PREVIOUS TO ACCIDNET FOR STAGGER DAY OFF 3-20-91.

EMPLOYEE STATE HE INJURED BACK WHILE SHOVELING UNDER A WEIGH BELT AT THE LOADOUT. EMPLOYEE REPORTED HAVING PAIN IN BACK THE FOLLOWING DAY AT 2:10 PM. EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 3-11-91.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CHANGING A BRAKE SHOE ON #3 SWIGNER. THE OPERATOR, AND EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING PINS ON 4.H. SIDE AND HE WSA LOOSENING THE ADJUSTMENT ARM. WHILE HE W AS HOLDING BOLT WITH HAND ON ADJUSTMENT ARM. OTHER EMPLOYEE PULLED THE PIN IN ADJUSTMENT ARM RELEASING TENSION. INJURED'S FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ADJ. ARM AND ADJ. BOLT. RESULTING INJURYW

EE STATED THAT HE WAS CHANGING THE SCREEN IN 4 EB DRYER. WHEN HE HIT THE BASKET OF THE DRYER TO KNOCK THE COAL OFF, THE BASKET CAME LOOSE FROM THE UNSECURED LIFT ROD USED TO LIFT BASKET WITH H OIST AND FELL APPROX. TWO FEET ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE RESULTING INJURY WAS A CUT TO HIS GREAT TOE.

EMPL REPORTED HE WAS PULLING ON PUMP HOSE WHEN HE LOST FOOTING ON MUDDY SLOPE & FELL. HE FELL DIRECTLY ONTO LEFT SHOULDER. INITIALLY HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. HOWEVER PAIN IN SHOULDER FIALED TO SUBSIDE & HE SAW DR ON 3/18/91. NO MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS PERFORMED AT THIS TIME HOWEVER REVEALED EMPL HAD TORN ROTATOR CUFF MUSCLE. EMPL WAS ADMISSTED TO HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY & BAN

EE REPORTED HE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON A BEARING CAP WHILE STANDING ON PROPELL SHAFT OF 1150 DRAGLINE WHEN HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST BULKHEAD.

WINDING UP AIR HOSE IT CAUGHT SOMETHING, JERKED ON IT LOST BALANCE FELL AGAINST BULKHEAD

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS REMOVING A ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLY OFF A 4-CELL PRIMARY ELEVATOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK (APPROX. WGT. 30#). EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK- WENT TO DOCTOR ON 1-28-9 1- BEGAN MISSING WORK 1-29-91.

HE WAS WALKING FROM THE TIPPLE TO THE BATH HOUSE ACROSS THE LOADOUT RR TRACKS WHEN HE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL AND FELL. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE REPORTED PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE INJURY HAS BEEN DI AGNOSED AS TORN CARTILAGE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT ON A BOLT AFTER CHANGING THE UNDER FLOW NOZZLE ON #602 CYCLONE WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN LOWER LIP.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS OBSERVING THE DISABLED 191-M LOADER BEING PULLED BY SCRAPERS WHEN A SLIVER OF METAL STRUCK HIM JUST ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE. HE WAS STANDING APPROX. 40 FEET DIRECTLY BEHIN D THE LOADER. IT IS SUSPECTED THE SLIVER OF METAL CAME FROM THE CRAWLERS OF THE LOADER. REQUIRED 4 SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE WIND BLEW DUST INTO HIS LEFT EYE AS HE WALKED FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE PLANT. EMPLOYEE HAD JUST ARRIVED TO BEGIN SHIFT. TREATING PHYSICIAN FOUND NO FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. EYE WAS FLUSHING WITH SALINE AND ANTIBIOTIC DROPS WERE USED IN TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS LOADING A DOZER PAD ONTO THE HANDTRUCK WHEN THE HANDLE OF THE HAND TRUCK CAME UP STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE RESULTING INJURY WAS A FRACTURE TO RIB ON LEFT SIDE.

USING SCREWDRIVER TO PRY IT SLIPPED OFF PR Y POINT STRUCK IN MOUTH CHIPPING TOOTH

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING AIRLINE TO DIAPHRAM PUMP. JUST AS THIS TOOK PLACE I.NAME TURNED AROUND AND SOLVENT SPRAY FROM THE PUMP BLEW ONTO HIS FACE AND ENTERING THE EYES. IRRITATION TO EY ES. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE AN OLD GASKET FROM AN ACCESS COVER OF A CUMMINGS ENGINE WHEN HE LACERATED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

UNREELING WELDING LEAD ON LOWER FRAME OF SHOVEL PULLED PIN TO FREE WHEEL THE LEAD PLACED RT FT ON REEL HIS FT CAUGHT BETWEEN FLOOR AND REEL IN STRAIN TO R ANKLE

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLED INTO A CRUSHER DRIVE SHEAVE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A LOOS BELT THAT WAS WRAPPED AROUND SHAFT. THE CRUSHER HAD BEE DE-ENERGIZED AND WAS WINDING DOWN WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE HAD ALIGNED THE DOGS ON THE HOIST BEAMS FOR THE OVERHEAD HOIST. HE WAS STEPPING OVER TO THE LEFT BACK-LEG WHEN THE MACHINE SETTLED ON TIS JACKS CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST THE BACK-LEG.

EMPL REPORTED HE WAS IN PROCESS OF CHANGING HEADLIGHT ON D10 DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL CUTTING RIGHT HAND ON WHAT HE SUSPECTS WAS RADIATOR CAP.

EMPL RECD FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES WHILE WORKING IN VICINITY OF WELDERS ON POINT OF 5900 SHOVEL.ACCIDENT REPORTED BY HOSPITAL 6-20-90.

EMPL STATED HE WAS LIFITING UP GUARD RAIL FOR HOIST OPENING WHEN HE FRACTURED RT WRIST.

USING RT HAND TO CUT ROPE THAT WAS TIED TO GEAR WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS L THUMB.

REP. BLOWING DEBRIS FORM BEARING SURFACE, DEBRIS ENTERED R EYE EMP WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND CUTTING GOGGLES

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A SECTION OF FLOOR GRATE 2X3' TO MEASURE FOR A NEW CHUTE. THE FLOOR GRATE FELL THROUGHT WITH HIM & HE FELL ON MOVING BELTLINE APPROX. 9' BELOW. HE PULLED THE EMERGENCY STOP CABLE TO STOP THE BELTLINE. INJURY-TORN ROTATERCUFF TO LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS PLACING DRILL STEM INTO CORE SAMPLE DRILL TRUCK RACK WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP ON STEM. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN STEM AND RACK FRAME.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE LIFTED A PIECE OF METAL WHEN HE FELT PAIN TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF STOMACH.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE LARGE HOUSE DOORS OF 5900 SHOVEL. DOOR CAME TOGETHER CATCHING LEFT HAND BETWEEN THEM.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK FOR APPROX A WEEK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.DATE AND TIME OF ACCIDENT IS WHEN HE WENT TO DOCTOR.EMPLOYEE COULD NOT CITE A SPECIFIC DATE OR TIM E OR OCCURRENCE THAT CAUSED BACK PAIN.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED A PARTICLE OF DEBRIS ENTERED RIGHT EYE WHILE USING A BENCH GRINDER.

EMPL DOZED OFF WHILE DRIVING 007 HAUL TRUCK TOWARD TIPPLE. HE WAS JOSTLE AROUND INSIDE CAB CAUSING COMPRESSION FRACTURE TO LOWER SPINE LACERATION TO SCALP & CONTUSION TO LOWER LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS BENDING OVER TO TIE ROPE ONTO POWER CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SIDE OF ABDOMEN. HE HAD NOT YET PICKED UP THE CABLE, BUT WAS INJURED AS HE BENT OVER.

MEPL WAS STANDING ON CAT WALD BETWEEN ELEVATOR AND WORK BENCH ON LOWER FRAME OF 5900 SHOVEL WHEN A ROCK CAME OUT OF SPOIL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE R LOWER LEG XRAYS WERE NEGATIVE CONTUSION ABRASI ON

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS MOUNTING THE STEPS OF #303 WATER TRUCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER LEG.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING NEAR POWER CABLE OF 61-R DRILL WHILE IT WAS BEING PULLED UP BY LOG SKIDDER. WHEN CABLE BECAME TAUT IT STRUCK VICTIM ON SIDE OF RT. KNEE. CONTUSION TO KNEE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HIS LEFT HAND WAS STRUCK BY A WIRE GRIP. WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF OF A STATIC LINE THEY WERE TIGHTENING TO INSTALL.

BUILDING BUMPER FOR TRUCK OUT OF I BEAM BEAM POSITIONED ON ORK BENCH UNSECURED FELL OVER STRUCK ON R SHIN TETANUS SHOT 5 STITCHES

USING COMPRESSED AIR S M PC OF GREASE ENTERED L EYE

HANDLING SECTION OF PIPE PIPE CUIT IN SECTIONS TOP SHIFTED STRUCK R LITTLE FINGER A FRACTURE

EMPL REPORTED HE WAS MOVING ONE END OF TRACK DRILL TO RAIL CART WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING NEAR THE 191-M LOADER REPAIR SITE WHEN HE STEPPED IN A RUT, FRACTURING THE RT. ANKLE AND TWISTING THE RT. KNEE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS REMOVING THE FEED CHUTE FROM A WEDGE DRYER WHEN HE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CHUTE AND ADJACENT I-BEAM.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING CASE BOB CAT TRACTOR TO LOAD JUNK METAL IN JUNK BIN.HE OVERLOADED THE BUCKET AND WHEN HE RAISED THE BUCKET A PICE OF PIPE APPROXIMATELY 3 FT LONG CAME OVER THE BAC K OF BUCKET TOWARD HIM.HE PUT UP HIS RIGHT HAND TO STOP THE PIPE AND SUFFERED LACERATION TO BASE OF RIGHT THUMB.

STANDING ON WIRE SPOOL REMOVING SLURRY PUMP FUSES SPOOL BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO FLOOR.

EMPL PREPORTED WE WAS STANDING ON #8 HOIST EXTENSION SHAFT PEDESTAL WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE HE REPORTED HE SAW THAT HE WAS FALLING AND ATTEMPTED TO JUMP LANDING O N HIS R FOOT

HAD RIDER TO PUMP FLOAT ON DOZER THAT ANOTHR EMP WAS OPER WHEN TRACTOR PULLED AWAY AND WITH INJ ON PUMP FLOAT THE TRACTOR ACC HOOKED ONTO PUMPS PULL CABLE CABLE BECAME TAUT IT THREW INJOFF PUM P.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON JUB OF WATER UP ONTO WALKWAY OF DMM DRILL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER.