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Operator stepped out of cab of dozer to use bathroom. He thinks he blacked out and fell off D10R Cat dozer. Hit his head and elbow as he fell. He does take blood pressure medicine - which may have caused him to black out.

Wet soft muddy ground cause blocks to sink. Truck was blocked with 6"x36" wooden blocks. Front brakes and rotors were being replaced. Truck was blocked on drivers side. Started to jack up passenger when blocks gave way in the soft ground causing the truck to shift side ways and fall off one of the blocks.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING BETWEEN HIS WELDING TRUCK & THE DOZER HE WAS WORKING ON WHEN HE BECAME ENTANGLES IN HIS AIR HOSE WHICH WAS LAYNGON THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED HM TO STUMBLE & FALL CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND ON THE GROUND.

A TRUCK HAD SPUN OUT ON AN INCLUINE LEADING TO MINE POND SO I ATTACHED A CHAIN TO THAT TRUCK AND WAS IN THE PROCES OF PUTTING IT ONTO AN EXCAVATOR BUCKET TO PULL IT OUT AND GOT MY HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND BUCKET AND THE CHAIN TIGHTENED RESULTING IN AN AVULSION TO THE LAST KNUCKLE OF THE LAST FIFTH DIGIT LITTLE FINGER.

I WAS PUTTING FOG LIGHTS ON THE WELDING TRUCK AND WHILE SQUATTING DOWN MY KNEE LOCKED UP. I COULD FEEL SOMETHING TEAR IN MY RIGHT KNEE. I CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 8/14/98. STATEMENT BY INJURED

EE STATED HE WAS HOOKING UP AN AIR HOSE TO THE AIR COUPLING OF A 785 CAT ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE FELTA SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THIS WAS DUE TO HIM BEING IN AN AKWARD POSITION.

ORIGINALLY CLAIMS TO HAVE STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE ON 2/6/98, DIDN'T SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 2/17/98. ALLEDGES HE WAS STANDING AWKWARDLY FOR 2 HOURS. ALLEDGES HE REINJURED THE KNEE ON 8/24/ 98 WHILE SQUATTING. WE WERE NOTIFIED BY LETTER DATED 2/1/99 THAT WORKERS COMP CLAIM WAS RE-OPENED ON 1/25/99. HE HAS BEEN OFF WORK SINCE 1/27/99.

TORCHING CORNER GOSSETS FROM BOTTOM OF DOZER BLADE. WHEN CUTTING WAS COMPLETED, GUUSSET FELL STRIKING LEFT LEG CUTTING INSIDE CALF AREA.

EE LEFT WORK EARLY. CAME BACK A FEW DAYS LATER & SAID THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIM AND SAID THE HE COULDN'T DRIVE HIS TRUCK ANYMORE. HE ALSO SAID HE WAS UNDER DR.'S CARE AND HE NEEDED COMP PA PERS TO FILL OUT. HE WAS REFERRED TO A BACK SPECIALIST.

WHILE CHECKING OIL ON THE DOZER HE SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS FEET. HE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACK OF THE DOZER. THE IMPACT WAS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO CAUSE PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK AREA.

INJURED WAS REMOVING BOLT FROM DOZER, WRENCH SLIPPED & HE CUT FINGER ON PIECE OF METAL.

CLEANING MIRROR ON LEFT SIDE OF TRUCK. SLIPPED ON MUD FENDER AND FELL OFF TRUCK. LANDD ON FEET AND FELL TO GROUND INJURING BACK, ANKLE, SHOULDER AND HIP.

TRYING TO REMOVE BOLT THAT HAD A LOOSE WELD NUT. 8MM BOLT GOING THROUGH ELECTRONIC MODUEL HAD WELD NUT BROKEN AND EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO GET BOLT OUT USING NORMAL METHOD. TRIED HOLDING PRESS URE AGAINST BOLT WHILE SPINNING BOLT WITH IMPACT 1/2 SOCKET AND EXTENSIONS CAME OFF HIT LEFT HAND FIRST FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING, WELDING, CUTTING AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE ON A 994. SMALL PIECE OF METAL OR SLAG WENT INTO LEFT EYE.

EMP TOLD OTHER EMP'S ON 12-18-95 THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING NUMBNESS IN LEFT HAND. DR TOLD HIM THAT IT MUST HAVE HAPPENED AT WORK FROM OPERATING HEAVY EQPT FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME. DIDN'T REPORT TO WORK ON 3-18-96 & FILED REPORT FROM DR. WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS. NO SPECIFICMECHANISM OF INJURY WAS REPORTED.

TRUCK GETTING LOADED & ROCK ROLLED DOWN & HIT BED OF TRUCK

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO SHOP AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SNOW AND FELL TO GROUND STRIKING HIS TAILBONE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT FALL UNTIL 3 DAYS LATER.

OPERATOR WAS LOADING OVERBURDEN CONSISTING OF ROCK AND BRUSH. A PIECE OF TREE LIMB CAME PUT OF LOADER BUCKET AND HIT LOADER WINDOW BREAKING WINDOW AND STRIKING OPERATOR IN LEG CAUSING SMALL CU T TO LEG OPERATOR WENT TO CLINIC TO GET CHECKED.NO STITCHES WERE REQUIRED HE RETURNED TO WORK ON NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.

CLEANING TRACKS AT END OF SHIFT FOUND ROCK LAYING BETWEEN PUSHARM AND FINAL DRIVE.

FELL OVER 15 FOOT WALL, INJURED LEFT ELBOW.

FELL OFF LADDER

WAS BACKING DOWN A SLOPE & DROPPED OVER A ROCK -JOLTING BACK.

HIT IN HEAD BY AIR WRENCH WHILE WORKING ON EQUIPMENT.

WHILE WORKING ON EQUIPMENT DIRT GOT INTO EYE.

CLEANING HEADLIGHTS ON 785 TRUCK, SLIPPED AND FELL, BROKE WRIST.

DOING MECHANIC WORK ON DOZER FOREIGN OBJECT GOT INTO EYE.

LIFTED A PIECE OF METAL AND SPRAINED BACK.

68935 DRIVING A ROCK TRUCK SOMETHING FLEW INTO EE S EYE.

FELL OFF DOZER DOOR STUCK IT FLEW OPEN LOST BALANCE FELL TO GROUND

WHILE CHECKING OIL LEVEL IN EQUIPMENT, FOREIGN OBJECT FELL INTO LEFT EYE.,

EE STEPPED IN A HOLE IN THE PIT AND FELL DOWN HITTING HIS ELBOW ON A ROCK.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER,THE MACHINE AND EMPLOYEE HIT HIS ELBOW AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE CAB.

MAN USED TO DRIVING MACK TRUCK.THIS TIME PUT IN INTERNATIONAL.HE ADJUSTED BRAKES NOT KNOWING THEY WERE BACKWARDS FROM MACK,INSTEAD OF TIGHTENING BRAKES,HE LOOSENED THEM.CAME DOWN HILL IN 1ST,W ENT TO 2ND,WITH JAKE BRAKE WENT 3RD,HIT BRAKES DIDNT HAVE ANY.TRIED TO GO BACK TO SECOND,GOING TOO FAST,MISSED 2ND WENT INTO 5TH GEAR RAN INTO DITCH,TURNED OVER.

CUTTING TIMBER DROPPED CHAINSAW, CUT KNEE LEFT ARM.

LEFT WRIST CAUGHT IN AUGER ON PRELL/POWDER TRUCK

STEPPED DOWN FROM A DOZER AND TYWISTED AT KNEE