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WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT TRIED TO KEEP DOOR OPEN WITH ELBOW DRUM SLIP OUT OF GRASP, TRIED REGAIN CONTROL STRAIN TO BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON AN ASSIGNED TASK OF REMOVING THE BELLHOUSING & ASSOCIATED PARTS FROM A 637D CAT SCRAPER ENGINE EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ON HIS KNEES WHEN HE FELT H IS LEFT KNEECAP MOVE LA TER HE HAD SOME LOCALIZED SWELLING OF THE KNEE & MINOR PAIN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE INJURY THE KNEEWAS STILL SWOLLEN TO SOME DEGREE & HE ACQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION THE DOC PRESCRIBED SOME MEDICAT
EMPL WAS DOING HIS ASSIGNED ASK OF REPAIR WORK WELDING ON THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF AN CAT DOZER EMPL WAS USING A GOUGLING ROD TO CUT PRART OF THE METAL SURFACE OUT TO PREPARE IT FOR THE FINAL WEL DING PROCEDURES AFTER CUTTING OUT THE SURFACE HE LIFTED UP HIS WELDING HELMET TO INSPECT THE WORK WHEN A PIECE OF HOT SLAG FELL TO THE FLOOR AND SPLASHED UP INTO HIS L EYE THE EMPL WAS SENT T
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CAT D-8 DOZER WHICH WAS BEING USED TO RIP OVERBURDEN AND PUSH MUD FROM OFF THE COAL IN THE PIT AFTER OPERATION THE EMPLOYEE NOTICED HIS BACK WAS EXTREMELY SORE. EMPLOY EE STATED THAT THE ONLY OTHER CAUSED BESIDES THEROUGH OVERBURDEN DURING THE OPERATION COULD HAVE BEEN WHEN HE HAD CLEANED THE MUD ACCUMNLATION FROM THE DOZERS TRACK AND ROLLERS WITH A SHOVEL
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING REPLACING WATER HOSE & UNTHAWING WATER HOSE FROM A WATER PUMP LOCATED IN PIT USED TO PUMP WATER COMING OUT OF COAL BED TO A WATER DISCHARGE AREA EMPLOYEE RECEIVED FROSTBIT E TO HIS FINGERS OF HIS RT HAND & LEFT HAND WHICREQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION THE NEXT DAY THE EMPLOYEES GLOVES WERE WET & THE EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES 0 TO 5 BELOW WITH WIND CHILL FACTORS OF 5
EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB ONTO REAR END OF 637D CATERPILLAR SCRAPER TO FINISH SOME REPAIR WORK ON ENGINE WHEN HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK & RIGHT HIP. EMPL HAD USED PROP ER FOOT & HANDHOLDS PROVIDED ON C AT. 637D SCRAPER FOR CLIMBING UP TO REAR ENGINE AREA. EMPL WAS TOLD TO USE STEP STAND PROVIDED IN SHOP TO GAIN ACCESS TO EQUIP TO PREVENT FURTHER ACCIDENTS
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 637D CATERPILLAR PUSH PULL SCRAPER REMOVING OVERBURDEN FROM COAL WHEN HIS FRONT WHEEL FELL INTO A HOLE IN THE P IT OVERBURDEN JARRING EMPLOYEE FROM DROP & EMPLOYEE F ELT A SHARP PAIN SHOOTUP HIS BACK & FELT A NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT ARM EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT (REPORTED JAN.24 1989) EMPLOYEE RECEIVED TREATMENT FROM A
EMPL WAS OPERATING 637D SCRAPER & WAS TRAVELING ROAD BETWEEN OVERBURDEN REMOVAL POINT & SPILL AREA. ON RETURN TRIP EMPL CAME AROUND CURVE IN ROAD & HIT RUT IN ROAD WHICH JARRED EMPL AGAINST VEHICLES ROLL BAR BRUISING HIS HEAD ON LEFT SIDE. EMPL HAD DIZZY SPELLS & PROBLEMS WITH EYE FOCUS, DR WAS CONSULTED, X-RAYS WERE TAKEN & EMPL WAS EXAMINED & TREATED FOR SLIGHT CONCUSION.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS AT HIS ASSIGNED TASK OF REMOVING OVERBURDEN FROM COAL WITH A 637D SCRAPER AND STOCKPILING THE SUSOIL INAN ASSIGNED PLOT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE DROVE OVER BUMPS AND DIPS IN THE AREA WHICH HAD CAUSED THE EMPLOYEES BODY TO BE TWISTED FROM THE MOTION OF THE SCRAPER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOINDED TO ADJUST HIS SPEEDS ACCORDING TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROADWAY O
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS RT LITTLE FINGER WHEN HE PICKED UP A TIRE AND WIRE STICKING OUT FROM A BROKEN CORD ON THE INTERIOR OF THE TIRE PUNCTURED HIS SKIN EMPLOYEE HAD THE OUN WOUND CHECKED OUT BY A DR WHO FOUND NOTHING AT THE TIME AT A LATER DATE THE EMPLOYEE HAD SOME LOCALIZED INFECTION SET IN AND WENT BACK TO THE DR AND HAD A 1 INCH PIECE OF WIRE REMOVED WHICH
EMP WAS STRUCK 2N RT SIDE OF THE HEAD BY A 4X4?12 FOOR WOOD PLANK THAT WAS USED TO BAR GARAGE DOOR FROM ENTRY. EMP REMOVED PLANK FROM THE DOOR AND PLACED IT UPRIGHT IN THE CORNER NEAR THE DOO HE HAD OPENED D2ORS AGAIN AND CLOSED THEM, WAITING FOR CAT 922 FRONT END LOADER. AS HE CLOSED THE DOOR THE PLANK WAS DISLODGED FROM ITS RESTING PLACE AND STRUCK EMP KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROU
EMP TRIPPED OVE9 WOOD BLOCK AND STRUCK HEAD AGAINST DOZER ARM AND BRUISED RT KNEE. THE WOOD BLOCK WAS PLACED IN AN AREA BETWEEN BENCH AND VIST, AN AREA APPROX 20 INCHES WIDE AND WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A3WALKING AREA. THE INJURY WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A WHIPLASH TYPE INURY TO THE NECK AREA, CHICH THE ATTENDING DR RECOMMENDED TIME AWAY FROM WORK INJURY WAS RESULT OF EMP STRIKING
EMPLOYEE WAS SU6JECTED TO SPRAY MIST FROM A ALKALINE BASED PARTS CLEANER WHICH CAUSED AN IRRATATION TO HIS THROAT AND LONGS. THE CLEANER WAS BEING USED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN AN ADJACENT ROOM AND NATURAL VE3TILATION MUST HAVE CARRIED THE MIST FROM THE CLEANER TO THE ADJOINING AREA. THE DID SEE DR AND HAD AN X RAY TAKEN OF HIS LUNGS AND BLOOD TEST TAKEN FOR CONTAMINENTS THERE WERE
EMP AGGRAVATED 0ORMER BACK SURGERY AREA BY PERFORMING ASSIGNED TASK OF STRIPPING OVERBURDEN FROM COAL WITH A 637D CAT SCRAPER DUE TO REPEATED TRAUMA OF AREA FROM REPEATED MOTIIN AND VIBRATION .INFLAMATION TY1E ILLNESS