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EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A PIN WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. HE MISSED THE PIN AND THE MOMENTUM OF THE HAMMER CAUSED WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A SHOULDER STRAIN. HE WAS EVALUATED BY A PHYSICIAN, DIAGNOSED WIT H SHOULDER TENDONITIS AND RETURNED TO WORK WITHOUT RESTRICTION. THE INJURY GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND THE EMPLOYEE HAD SURGERY ON JUNE 29, 01.
EE GOT DEBRIS IN HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE HELPING REPAIR A DOZER. AT THAT TIME HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. HIS EYE WAS CLEANED OUT & HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR TOBRADEX.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A SECTION OF CORRUGATED RUBBER BELTING AS A SIDE RUBBER FOR COAL HANDLING BELT. WHILE DOING THIS, THE UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS UPPER LEG. THE BLADE PENETRATED HIS COVERALLS, TROUSERS, AND RESULTED IN A WOUNDREQUIRING 8 STITCHES TO CLOSE.
WORKING NIGHT SHIFT, EE WAS CHANGING TRACK LINKS ON A BACKHOE, USING A 4" AIR GRINDER AND A TORCH. HE HAD ON SAFETY GLASSES AND A FULL FACE SHIELD. HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT HE HAD GOTTEN ANYTHING IN HIS EYE UNTIL HE GOT HOME AND HIS EYE WAS BOTHERING HIM. HE WENT TO THE DR AND GOT A PRESCRIPTION FOR EYE DROPS.
EE WAS PULLING GREASE HOSE (FROM A SERVICE TRUCK) ACROSS FROZEN GROUND CONDITIONS. THE HOSE HUNG UP ON A PIECE OF FROZEN GROUND WHICH CAUSED UNEXPECTED FORCE AND TWISTING MOTION TO THE EMPLOYE E WHEN THE LENGTH OF HOSE SUDDENLY TIGHTENED. HECONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 2-26-01. AT THAT TIME HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK DUE TO BACK PAIN.
EE WAS WORKING UNDER THE FLOOR PLATE OF A D11 DOZER, BREAKING A FITTING LOOSE ON THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL VALVE. WHEN THE FITTING BROKE LOOSE, HIS HEAD HIT A CLIP HOLDING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION , CUTTING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. HE WENT TO THE ER ABD 3 STAPLES WERE USED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION. THE COMPANY WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED STAPLES UNTIL 3/5/01.
EE HAD BEEN INSTALLING A TRANSMISSION ON AN END DUMP & WAS GETTING DOWN OFF OF THE TRUCK. HE SLIPPED & FELL APPROX 6 FT. HE PUT HIS HANDS OUT TOBREAK THE FALL & HURT HIS LEFT FOREARM. HE WAS T AKEN TO E.R. & A SPLINT WAS PUT ON HIS FOREARM
EE IS A PARTTIME WORKER ASSISTING IN ENGINEERINGDEPT. ON WORK STUDY PROGRAM THRU LOCAL HI SCH.L HE WAS ACCESSING THE STAIRWAY ENTRANCE TO ENGINEERING BLDG, AND HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE RESULTING IN A FALL. HE WAS FITTED WITH WRIST BRACE & PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 1 WK AS A CONSEQUENCE
EE WAS WORKING WITH A CONTRACTOR MECHANIC TO INSTALL A DIFFERENTIAL IN A KRESS HAULAGE TRUCK. HE PHYSICALLY LIFTED THE CONTRACTOR MECHANIC IN ORDER TO CHECK A FILTER NUMBER ON THE DIFFERENTIAL . THIS RESULTED IN A BACK STRAIN. OPERATOR WAS UNAWARE HE HAD MEDICAL EVALUATION AND PHYSICAL THERAPY UNTIL DECEMBER 8, 2000.
EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CVARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AS A RESULT OF REPETITIVE DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH COMPUTE KEYBOARD AND MOUSE FUNCTIONS.
EE WAS USING A WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A BOLT THAT ATTACHED A SIGN TO A POST. THE WRENCH "SLIPPED", HIS HAND SLID DOWN THE SHARP METAL EDGE OF THE SIGN RESULTING IN AN INCISION WOUND. SUTURES WERE R EQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND. EE RETURNED TO WORK HIS NEXT SCHUDLED SHIFT WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS.
EE IS A MECHANIC WORKING IN OUR AREA "C" REPAIR SHOP. FOR MANY YEARS, OPERATORS HAVE COMPLAINED THAT THE FACTORY HORNS ON 992 LOADERS ARE NOT LOUD ENOUGH FOR THE MINING ENVIRONMENT. CONESEQUEN TLY WE HAVE INSTALLED AIR HORNS ON THESE MACHINES. A CO WORKER SOUNDED THE HORN OF A 992 IN THE BAY NEXT TO THE INJURED EE CAUSING PAIN AND RINGING IN HIS EARS.
THE EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. HE HAS ASSOCIATED THIS ILLNES WITH HIS ON-GOIN DUTIES OF SWEEPING, DUSTING AND MOPPING OF OFFICES AND CREW BUILDINGS. HE HAD BEEN GIVEN A BRAC E TO WEAR FOR THREE WEEKS AND WILL BE EVALUATED AGAIN. NO WORK MISSED TO DATE.
EE WAS PUTTING RAILS ON THE BUCKETWHEEL CONVEYOR SYSTEM. HE WAS HOLDING A PIN WITH ONE HAND & HITTING IT WITH THE OTHER. THE HAND HOLDING THE PIN SLIPPED DOWN AS HE WAS SWINGING, THE PIN TURNE D AND HE HIT HIS FINGER CUTTING IT. 4 STITCHES.
EE HAD FINISHED HIS SHIFT LOADING WASTE COAL TRUCKS WITH A FRONT END LOADER. HE HAD BEEN RELIEVED BY THE DAY SHIFT OPERATOR AND WAS WALKING TO THE CREW VEHICLE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE ON THE UNEVEN AND SNOW COVERED COAL SURFACE. LATER THAT DAY, HE WENT TO ADR. AND AN X-RAY WAS POSITIVE FOR A FIBULA FRACTURE.
EE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK NEAR THE AUXILIARY STOCKPILE. HE NOTICED THE STOP ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. HE NOTICED SMOKE AND FIRE COMING THRU THE FLOOR, ACTIVATED THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM FROM THE CAB AND EXITED THE MACHINE. HE WAS SEEN 1/2 CLIMBING, 1/2 JUMPING DOWN THE LADDER ON THE FRONT OF THE CAB AND HE ROLLED ON THE GROUND.
EE WAS GOUGING KEEPERS OFF OF A DRAGLINE BUCKET. A BALL OF HOT METAL GOT INTO A CREASE OF HIS JEANS, BURNED THROUGH AND FELL INTO HIS BOOT, BURNING HIS LEFT FOOT. THE BURN GOT INFECTED AND HE WAS TREATED FOR THE INFECTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING JACKING PLATES FROM BOTTOM OF REVOLVING FRAME. WHEN PUSHING THE CART AROUND TO THE REMOVAL AREA, THE PLATE CAUGHT ON SOMETHING AND THE PLATE CAME OFF, HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND DISLOCATING IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL AND REFERRED TO PHYSICAL THERAPY ON 8/25/00. THE CAUSE IS DATA ENTRY ON COMPUTERS ASSOCIATED WITH HER WORK DUTIES.
EMPLOYEE WAS TENSIONING RACK BOLTS ON TUB. THE BOLT HE WAS TENSIONING BROKE AND THE MULTIPLIER JUMPED OFF OF TORQUE WRENCH AND HIT LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A PICK UP TRUCK WHEN HE FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING IN EYE. LATER, HE LOOKED IN A MIRROR AND IT APPEARED HE HAD A BLISTER IN HIS EYE. HE WAS CHECKED BY A MEDICAL DOCTO R AND AN OPTOMETRIST, GIVEN MEDICATION FOR THE CONDITION AND RETURNED MTO WORK WITHOUT RESTRICTION. THE CAUSE OF THE ONSET REMAINS UNKNOWN.
HE & A WITNESS (NWR EMPLOYEE) WERE TAKING IDLERS OUT OF A RACK AND PUTTING THEM ON A TABLE TO REBUILD. A LINK THAT HOLDS THE IDLER CAN TOGETHER BROKE, CAUSING BOTH EMPLOYEES TO FALL BACKWARDS . INJURED TWISTED HIS KNEE AT THE SAME TIME THE HALF OF THE GARLAND HIT THE INSIDE OF THE KNEE HE TWISTED. KNEE IS IMMOBILIZED DUE TO SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A COAL HAULER COMING UP THE DX RAMP. THE TRAILER HITCH BROKE LOOSE AND THE TRUCK REARED UP. WHEN THE TRUCK CAME BACK DOWN, IT JARRED HIM. HE HAS BEEN SEEING A DOCTOR SIN CE THEN AND ON 10-6-00, HE MISSED HIS FIRST DAY OF WORK DUE TO THE INCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING WITH SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE SHIELD AND GOT SOME GRINDING DUST IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS GRINDING ON A DIAPHRAM WALL WHEN SOME GRINDING DUST GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
THERE WERE HIGH WINDS ON THE MORNING OF 8/7/00 AND SOME TRASH BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS AIR ARCING ON A DRAGLINE EQUALIZER BAR AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. (HE WAS WEARING A WELDING HOOD.) HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND WAS REFERRED TO AN EYE DOCTOR WHO REMOVED M ETAL FROM HIS RIGHT EYE. HE GOT A PRESCRIPTION OF GENTAC (ANTIBIOTIC EYE DROPS.)
EMPLOYEE WAS AT A FILL STATION LOADING A 10,000 GALLON WATER TRUCK WITH WATER. THE TANK FILLED AND HE WENT TO THE PUMP CONTROL, PUSHED THE STOPBUTTON AND RETURNED TO THE TRUCK TO REMOVE THE WHEEL CHOCKS. AT THAT TIME HE NOTICED THE WATER FLOW HAD CONTINUED. HE TURNED SUDDENLY TO RETURNTO THE PUMP CONTRO AND HIS KNEE "GAVE WAY" AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
EE STATES THAT ON THE DAY INDICATED HE WAS LIFTING A LARGE WOODEN FENCE POST FORM THE BACK OF A LIGHT TRUCK WHEN THREE BUNDLES OF STEEL POSTS SLID DOWN ON THE WOOD POST AS HE WAS LIFTING IT, C AUSING TRAUMA OT HIS HAND AND WRIST. HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. THIS INDIDENT CONTINUES TO BE UNDER INVESTIGATION. REPORT TO CO. 10-04-00.
THE INJURY INVOLVED NO ASPECT OF REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. THE INJURY INVOLVED EQUIPMENT 4011 THE INJURY OCCURRED DUE TO AN INTERNAL WELD OF THE TRAILER'S NOSE CONE FAILING.
THIS EE HAS DEVELOPED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROM AS ARESULT OF REPETITIVE USE OF PC KEYBOARD & MOUSE WHILE PERFORMING HER ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES. THISFIRST BECAME NOTICIBLE ABOUT LAST MAY. THE DIAGN OSIS WAS MADE ON 1/19/01 WHEN SHE REQUESTED MED ICAL EVALUATION. SHE HAS BEEN PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY OF NO MORE THAN 4 HRS CONTINOUS COMPUTERACTIVITY
A GEAR CASE MALFUNCTION ON THE CABLE REELER FOR TRAILING CABLE RESULTED IN HAVING TO MANUALLY REEL ABOUT 100 FEET OF TRAILING CABLE ONTO THE REELER SPOOL. WHILE ASSISTING WITH THIS, THE EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS UPPER AND LOWER BACK. HE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR FOR TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A HAULER DOOR (ONE ON A SPARE CAB WHICH WAS SITTING ON A STAND) AND TRASH GOT IN HIS GLASSES AND IN HIS EYES. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR WHO REMOVED A PIECE OF METAL FRO M HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TRAILING CABLE FOR A 8050 MARION DRAGLINE. HE WAS PLACING IT ON THE RIPPEROF A DOZER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. HEWAS EVALUATED BY A PHYSICIAN ON MAY 5, 2000 AND WAS AT THAT TIME PLACED ON LIFTING RESTRICTIONS NOT TO EXCEED 40LB.
EE IS A COAL TRUCK OPERATOR & WHILE IN THE PIT WAITING TO LOAD AT THE SHOVEL, GOT DOWN FROM THE TRUCK TO CHECK A SUSPECTED COOLANT LEAK. SHE DID NOT SEE A SMALL BERM IN THE HAUL ROAD & WHEN ST EPPING DOWN FROM THE TRUCK, SHE STEPPED ON THE BERM AND INJURED HER KNEE. SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO WORK HER NEXT 2 SCHEDULED SHIFTS. APRIL 28 WAS A HOLIDAY AND NO WORK WAS SCHEDULED.
EE WAS BUFFING AROUND BOLT HOLES. THE BUFFING WHEEL CAUGHT ON THE BOLT HOLE, CAUSING THE GRINDER TO KICK BACK INTO HIS LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING DRILLING AND RIVETING. HE BELIEVES THAT METAL SHAVINGS FROM THE DRILLING ACTIVITY FELL ON HIS SHIRT SLEEVES OR HANDS. LATER IN THE SHIFT HE RUBBED HIS EYE AND THAT IS WHEN HE THINKS THE PIECE OF METAL SHAVING WAS FORCED IN HIS EYE. HE WAS USING SAFETY GLASSES.
THE EE HAS HAD TROUBLE DEVELOP WITH BOTH SHOULDER IN THE LAST NINE MONTHS OR SO. HE FEELS THAT MANY YEARS OF USING A 1" IMPACT WRENCH IS THE MAIN REASON FOR THE PROBLEM. HE HAS BEEN EVALUATED BY A DR, REFERRED TO PHYSICAL THERAPY AND HAS BEEN GIVEN WORK RESTRICTIONS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE MONTH.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING PUTTING A SHIELD ON THE DRIVELINE OF A TRACK DOZER. ANOTHER MECHANIC WAS NEARBY GRINDING ON METAL TO MAKE A BRACKET FOR A GREASE LINE. APPARENTLY A PARTICLE FROM THE GRI NDING ACTIVITY STRUCK THE INUURED EMPLOYEE IN THE EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.
EE IS A UTILITY OPERATOR AND AT THE TIME OF THE REPORTED INJURY WAS OPERATING A CH 120 EUCLID COAL TRUCK. HE HAS STATED THAT DURING THE TIME OF 3/8,9,10/2000 THE SEAT IN THE TRUCK WOULD NOT AD JUST CORRECTLY AND CAUSED INJURY TO HIS LOW BACK. NO REPORT WAS MADE TO THE COMPANY UNTIL HE MISSED WORK ON 3/20/00. AT THAT TIME HE FILED AN INJURY REPORT.
EE WAS DOING SOME PAPERWORK AND STARTED FEELING LIGHTHEADED. SHE WENT OUTSIDE FOR SOME AIR AND STARTED FEELING DIZZY. EMT CAME BY AND SHE ASKED HIM TO CHECK HER BLOOD PRESSURE. HER BLOOD PRESS URE WAS HIGH, SO EMT TOOK HER TO FIRST AID ROOM WHERE SHE BLACKED OUT. AN AMBULANCE WAS SUMMONED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THIS IS A MEDICAL CONDITION.
EE WAS MOVING A DOOR IN THE DRAGLINE REVOLVING FRAME. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON AN INSPECTION RING COVER IN THE FLOOR, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND THE DOOR SLIPPED AS HE WAS GOING THROUGH THE BULKHEAD. HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BULKHEAD AND THE DOOR, CUTTING IT. THE LACERATION REQUIRED FIVE STITICHES.
EE WAS PERFORMING FUELING AND SERVICING WORK ON A D11R DOZER. WHILE DISMOUNTING THE DOZER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE MAIN DOZER SUPPORT ARM STEP, AND HE FELL STRIKING HIS CHIN ON THE UPPER SURF ACE OF THE DOZER TILT CYLINDER. THERE WERE NO SLIPPERY SURFACES ON THE DOZER, HOWEVER THE WORKER DID HAVE AN ACCUMULATION OF OIL AND GREASE ON H IS SHOES.
EE WAS OPENING A FIRE HYDRANT TO FILL A WATER TANK. THE VALVE WAS TIGHTLY CLOSED AND WHEN HE APPLIED MORE PRESSURE TO THE HYDRANT WRENCH, IT BROKE. THIS RESULTED IN HIM FALLING TO THE GROUND A ND CAUSED PAIN IN THE BACK, NECK AND ELBOW. EMPLOYEE SOUGHT NO MEDIAL TREATMENT UNTIL 2-9-00, WHEN HE BEGAN CHIROPRATIC TREATMENT FOR HIS DISCOMFORT. MINE OPERATOR NOTIFIED OF TREATMENT 2-14-
EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING AN 8 LB HAMMER WITH ONE HAND WHILE HOLDING A PUNCH WITH THE OTHER. HE WAS DRIVING OUT A WEDGE ON A TOOTH ADAPTER ON A COALSHOVEL DIPPER. WHILE SWINGING THE HAMMER. HE FEL T PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. HE HAD INJURED THIS SHOULDER BEFORE BUT HAD BEEN FULLY RELEASED FOR WORK.
EE WAS PRYING DOWN ON A LARGE BAR STRAIGHTENING AN EXPANDED METAL WALKWAY WHEN HE FELT A "POP" IN HIS SHOULDER. THE SHOULDER PAIN PROGRESSED AND HE SAW A PHYSICIAN ON FEB 17TH AND WAS REFERRED TO PHYSICAL THERAPY. HE ALSO HAS WORK RESTRICTIONS AT THIS TIME.