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EE WAS ROLLING A LOG (MINE TIMBER) INTO THE LOADER BUCKET WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEES WERE USING PICKS, SLEDGEHAMMERS AND SHOVELS TO CHOP FROZEN BITUMINOUS COAL OUT OF THE INSIDE OF A RAILROAD CAR. ONE EMPLOYEE STRUCK ANOTHER'S INDEX FINGER WITH A PICK.
NO SPECIFIC ACCIDENT, EMPLOYEE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS NECK AND UPPER BACK ON MONDAY NOV 18 WHILE OPERATING CAT 777 TRUCK. AFTER 2 HRS AT WORK ON NOV 19, HE LEFT WORK BECAUSE PAIN BECAM E TOO GREAT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING CUTTING EDGE ON A BOBCAT LOADER BUCKET. HE REMOVED A NUT WITH AN AIR OPERATOR IMPACT WRENCH. THE NUT WAS STILL SPINNING IN THE SOCKET WHEN HE TOUCHED IT AND A SHARP EDGE ON THE NUT CUT HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A D9L BULLDOZER TO PUSH A LARGE ROCK. WHEN THE ROCK ROLLED AWAY FROM THE BLADE OF THE DOZER IT CAUSED THE MACHINE TO ROCK SUDDENLY, WHICH SHOOK THE EMPLOYEE IN HIS SEAT.
NO SPEIFIC INJURY- EE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING INCREASING LOWER BACK PAIN OVER LAST SEVERAL MONTHS DUE TO BOUNCING IN SEAT WHEN OPERATING D9L CAT BULLDOZER. HE REPORTED OFF WORK FROM 8/26 TO 8/30 TRIED TO RETURN TO WORK ON 9/3 WORKED ALL DAY. BUT ON 9/10 LEFT WORK AFTER 3 HRS DUE TO BACK PAIN.
EE WAS STANDING ONT STEPS TO CAB IN ORDER TO GIVE OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS. WHEN OPERATOR PUT BUCKET OF MACHINE DOWN ONT HE GROUND EE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL INTO CUT. PLATFORM OF STEPS WAS APP ROX. 6 FT HIGH AND CUT WAS APPROX. 13 FT DEEP TOTAL FALL ABOUT 19 FT EE SUFFERED COMPOUND FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM CAB OF MACK TRUCK, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND SPRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A PIPE UP STAIRS AND HE SPRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS CLIMBING STEPS TO FRONT-END LOADER AND FELT A "POP" IN HIS KNEE.
EE WAS PERFORMING REPAIRS TO DRILL WHILE STANDING ON DRILLING PLATFORM. HE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO DOOR HANDLE WITH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS USING A ROTARY JACKHAMMER TO DRILL HOES IN A ROCK WHEN HE LIFTED THE HAMMER UP OUT OF ONE OF THE HOLES, HE HURT HIS BACK.
AIR BLOWN PARTICLES - INTO LEFT EYE FROM AIR IMPACT WRENCH - PARTICLES ENTERED BETWEEN GLASSES AND FACE.
INSPECTED OVER EXPOSURE TO DUST--APPKLIED FOR DUST/DISEASE/PNEUMOCONIOSIS. HAS NOT BEEN AWARDED--UNDER REVIEW. WE DID NOT RECEIVE REPORT OF APPLICATION UNTIL 1-27-2000.
CLIMBING BOOM - PULLING SANDLINE CABLE UP BOOM - TWISTED RIGHT LEG AT BOOM TOP. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 1-6-2000.
CLIMBING LADDER INTO HAUL TRUCK CAB. GOT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. DID NOT FILE WITH COMPANY OR FILE COMP CLAIM UNTIL 1-11-00. RE-AGGRAVATION OF CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN.
FINISHED LOADING HAUL TRK WITH FRT END LDR FROM LEFT SIDE TRUCK WAS PULLING AWAY FROM LOADING AREA WHE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT HURLING SMALLSTONE INTO AIR & THRU OPEN LEFT SIDE WINDOW OF FRT END LDR STRIKING LOADER OPERATOR IN LEFT FOREARM
DESCENDING STEPS AT WELD SHOP CHANGE AND BREAK TRAILER CARRYING A LUNCH PAIL AND COFFEE BOTTLE. SLIPPED ON STEP - FELL TO GROUND STRIKING LEFT ELBOW - JARRING LEFT SHOULDER. (FELL APPROX 18").
WALKING AWAY FROM WORK AREA, GUST OF WIND BLEW FOREIGN MATERIAL INTO RIGHT EYE.
STRUCK LEFT ELBOW ON METAL HANDRAIL PIPE.
MECHANICS AND WELDERS WERE REINSTALLING TRACKS ON DEMAG 185 BACKHOE. WHILE PULLING TRACKS ON, TRACK BECAME BOUND ON SPROCKET AND A PIECE OF METAL SHEARED OFF AND STRUCK EE IUN THE LEG. HE SUST AINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT THIGH.
EE WAS OPERATING D9N BULLDOZER NEAR A DEMAG 185 BACKHOE LOADING A CAT 777 TRUCK. THE DOOR OF HIS DOZER WAS OPEN WHEN A SMALL ROCK BOUNCED INTO THE CAB AND STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE.
EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM CAB OF FUEL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED OR STUMBLED SLIGHTLY AND SPRAINED HIS BACK.
NO ONE INCIDENT EE DEVELOPED A HERNIA AND WAS OPERATED ON THIS DATE.
EE WAS RESOCKETING DRAG ROPE ON A MANITOWAC 4600 DRAGLINE. WHEN HE STRUCK A STEEL PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER A CHIP OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF THE PIN AND BECAME LODGED IN HIS CALF.
EE PICKED UP A WOODEN BLOCK OUTSIDE THE MAINTENANCE GARAGE AND INJURED HIS BACK.
WHILE WORKING ON REPLACING WIRE ROPE ON 4600 DRAGLINE, EE SLIPPED IN MUD & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACIGN TEETH ON 4600 DRAGLINE BUCKET,WHEN HE LIFTED TOOTH ON,IT SLIPPED AND PINVHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BASE AND THE TOOTH.
SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE WHILE CLIMBING INTO GIR DRILL FOOT SLIPPED ON LADDER RUNG, FELL TO GROUND APPROX. 5' STRIKING RIGHT RIB CAGE ON CABLE ON HOOK AND LEFT ELBOW ON GROUND. BRUISED RIBS R/SI DE, BRUISED ELBOW (LEFT).
EE WAS PERFORMING SERVICE WORK TO DEMAG H95 BACKHOE. HE SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AS HE CLIMBED UP ON TO MACHINE.
AFTER A SHIFT OF PICKING WOOD OFF A PICK BELT EE EXPERIENCED PAIN AND STIFFNESS IN HIS CHEST.
WHEN GETTING OFF THE D-9 DOZER MACHINE, HE FELT PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING HOT AIR OIL FURNACE IN PREP PLANT. WHEN HE LIT FURNACE FOR A TEST, THE FURNACE BACKFIRED AND BLEW DEBRIS IN HIS EYES.
STRIKING 8700 MARION DRAG ROPE SOCKET WITH SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE WEDGE PIECE BROKE OFF WEDGE STRIKING RIGHT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS BETWEEN 1 ST 2ND KNUCKLES CAUSING LACERATION OF BOTH FING ERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BRUSH WITH A CHAIN SAW ALONG POLE LINE TO SIZING PLANT. HE BECAME OVER HEATED AND DE-HYDRATED.
EE WAS HELPING ONE OF THE MECHANICS PERFROM REPAIRS ON A CATERPILLER 777 TRUCK. THEY WERE USING AN INTERNATIONAL FLATBED TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH A SMALL BOOM ATTATCHEMENT TO LIFT THE HEAVY PARTS. THE MECHANIC WHO WAS REPOSITIONING THE BOOM ATTACHEMENT WHILE EE WAS WORKING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND EE WAS BUMPED IN THE HEAD BY THE BOOM
OPERATION CAT D-8 DOZER IN AN ASH DISPOSAL AREA DURING WINDY CONDITIONS CAUSING PREEXISTING ASTHMAS CONDITION TO FLARE UP.
GPF-APPLIED FOR BLACKLUNG BENEFITS RECEIVED NUMBER, HOWEVER HE HAD NOT BEEN AWARDED BLACKLUNG BENEFITS NOT HAS HE RECEIVED A DIAGNOSIS OF BLACK LUNG.
EE WAS DRIVING A CAT 777 TRUCK WHEN HE HIT A HOLE OR BUMP IN THE ROAD. THIS CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE UP & DOWN IN HIS SEAT WHICH JARRED HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE ROLLERS ON A ROTARY DRILL BIT BY STRIKING IT WITH A HAMMER. A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF THE BIT AND BECAME LODGED IN HIS FINGER.
MOVING LADDER--FOREIGN MATTER (DUST, DIRT) FELL INTO LEFT EYE.
HOT & HUMID. 6-18 & 6-19 ABSENT - NOT WORK RELATED. NO TIME LOST DUE TO HEAT EXHAUSTION.
EMPLOYEES JOB DUTIES AS LABORER IN PLANT INCLUDEPICKING WOOD, SHOVELING COAL, AND WATCHING SIZING EQUIPMENT. NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT OCCURRED BUT WHILE HE WAS PERFORMING THESE DUTIES HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE BACK PAIN. BY END OF SHIFT HE WAS IN SEVERE PAIN.
SHOVEL PITMAN STRUCK 3/4" X4"X4" METAL BUCKET TOOTH SPACE PLATE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER--PLATE BOUNCED STRIKING EE IN FACE (NOSE AREA)--BREAKING NOSE.
ACCIDENT REORTED TO COMPANY 7-31-96. UNLOADING 3"+ ROUND STOCK OFF FLAT BED TRAILER. ROLLING ROUND STOCK WITH FEET, STRAINED LOWER BACK.
OPEN AIR VALVE ON DRAG BRAKE CYLINDER TO CHECK BANK ADJUSTMENT - AIR BLEW DIRT IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE 8" WATER LINES IN THE PIT AND HE SPRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING WORK AREA WHEN COAL PARTICLES AIR BORN FROM SWEEPING THE FLOOR WERE LODGED IN HIS EYE.
CLIMBING LADDER TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON GENERATOR. WHILE REACHING UP, LADDER SLID ON STEEL FLOOR, FELL 8-10', HITTING BACK OF HEAD AND RIGHT HAND.
REPAIRING 8700 DRAG LINE SHOVEL. 2"X8" BOLT FELL 8 FEET INTO AREA HE WAS IN AND HIT RIGHT HAND.