All MSHA-reportable accidents at Colowyo Coal Company L P operations in 2002. Fatalities appear first.
EE STATES THAT WHILE OPERATING A RUBBER TIRE DOZER HE HAD STOPPED, LEFT THE CAB AREA AND WHILE OUTSIDE, A GUST OF WIND BLEW A PARTICLE OF DUST INTO HIS EYE. AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS HIS EYE BECA ME SWOLLEN AND HE WENT TO THE DR. WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BACTERIAL INFECTION. EYE DROPS WERE GIVEN. ( EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES).
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE OPERATING A ROAD GRADER, THE BALL JOINT ON THE FRONT OF THE GRADER BROKE CAUSING A SUDDEN JOLT THAT RESULTED IN PAIN IN HER LEFT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO A DOCTOR THAT HAS PRESCRIBED RESTRICTED WORK.
EE STATES THAT WHILE WALKING ACROSS UN-EVEN GROUND, HE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING WEIGHT TO SHIFT TO HIS RIGHT LEG. EE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT. KNEE THAT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A TORN QUADRICEPS MUSCLE. SURGERY WILL BE REQUIRED TO REPAIR HIS KNEE.
HE STATED WHILE WELDING HE NOTICED HIS EYE WAS IRRITATED, EMT FLUSHED IT FOUND NOTHING. AT THE END OF SHIFT IT WAS BOTHERING HIM, HE WENT TO DOCTOR, DR REMOVED SMALL PARTICLE AND GAVE HIM SOME ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT AS HE WAS GETTING UP FROM A MECHANIC'S ""CREEPER"", HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIS RIGHT KNEE TO STRIKE THE CONCRETE FLOOR. THAT EVENING HIS KNEE SWELLED DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF FLUI D. ON 6/28/02 A PHYSICIAN DRAINED FLUID FROM THE EMPLOYEE'S KNEE.
EE STATES THAT WHILE OPERATING A POWDER TRUCK FOR THE BLASTING CREW, A GUST OF WIND BLEW A PARTICLE OF DUST INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. EE WAS TAKEN TO A DR WHERE THE PARTICLE WAS WASHED OUT AND AN OU NTIBIOTIS OINTMENT WAS APPLIED EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EE STATES THAT HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT SMALL FINGER AGAINST FENDER OF A SERVICE TRUCK WHILE REMOVING A CHOCK BLOCK. THE IMPACT CAUSED TRAUMA TO SOFT TISSUES @ DISTAL END OF FINGER. FIRST AID WAS U SED TO TREAT INJURY INITIALLY, BUT THE CONDITION DID NOT IMPROVE. MEDICAL TREATMENT OCCURRED ON 5/21/02 WHEN A PHYSICIAN INSERTED A METALLIC PIN IN THE FINGER TO TREAT THE INJURY.