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EE STEPPED OFF OF LOADDER ONTO A LOOSE PIPE. HE TURNED HIS L ANKLE AND FELL.
EE LEFT DEEP MINE LOADING POINT IN 5TH GEAR, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN 4TH. APPROX 150 FT FROM SCALE HOUSE HE TRIED TO SHIFT FROM 5TH TO 4TH, GOT THE TRUCK OUT OF GEAR, COULDN'T GET IT BACK IN GE AR SO HE DECIDED TO JUMP. NOTHING WAS WRONG PASTPRESHIFT BRAKE TEST. THE TRUCK IS AT HERITAGE EQUIPMENT FOR ESTIMATE & REPAIRS. "OPERATOR MALFUNCTION"
DRIVER STATED THAT HE STARTED OFF HILL WITH LOAD, STOPPED ON LEVEL AREA & PUT TRUCK IN 3RD GEAR,DRIVER STATED THAT HE APPARENTLY DID NOT GET SHIFT ALL THE WAY IN & IT POPPED OUT GOING DOWN THE HILL. DRIVER DECIDED TO TURN BY PASS ROAD AT HIGH SPEED, ROAD SLOPE CHANGED & THE COMBO CAUSED TRUCK TO OVERTURN. AFTER INCIDENT TRUCK UPRIGHTED & BRAKES CHECKED O-K. NOT WEARING SEAT BELT.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF DOZER CAB TO CLEAN WINDOW GLASS. WHILE CLEANING GLASS, HE SLIPPED AND FELL, HITTING TRACKS, THEN FELL TO GROUND AND ROLLED DOWN EMBANKMENT.
EMPLOYEE CAME TO THE SAFETY DEPT ON 1/29/03 CLAIMING HIS ELBOW WAS BOTHERING HIM AND THAT HE HAD LOSS OF STRENGTH IN HIS ARM. WHEN ASKED, HE COULD GIVE NO DATE, TIME OR ACTIVITY THAT CAUSED TH E PAIN BUT SAID HE FELT IT WAS WORK RELATED AND HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST 1 OR 2 MONTHS, POSSIBLY RELATED TO SOME NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN HE PREVIOUSLY HAD THAT LATER WENT AWAY.
EE WAS WORKING ON A FLOP GATE ON THE REFUSE SCREEN DISCHARGE ON THE 4TH FLOOR. THE FLOP GATE WAS UP IN THE CLOSED POSITION TO HAVE A 2" ANGLE THAT RAN THE FULL LENGTH OF THE GATE CUT FOR REMOV AL. THE EE CUTTING THE ANGLE HAD HIS LEFT LEG IN A PINCH POINT. WHEN THE ANGLE WAS CUT FREE, THE FLOP GATE FELL, PINCHING HIS LEG.
EE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PLANT AND STUMBLED OVER A WELDING CABLE, TWISTING HIS ANKLE. EMPLOYERWAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 3 DAYS LATER ON 12-5-02 AND SAFETY DEPT. WAS NOT MADE AWARE UNTIL 12-12- 02 OF INJURY
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A BEAM WITH A WELDING HOOD AND HAD SAFETY GLASSES UNDER THE HOOD THAT WERE TINTED. WHEN HE RAISED HIS HOOD TO CHIP THE SLAG, HE HAD HIS SAFETY GLASSES SLID DOWN ON HIS NOSE. HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE, BUT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND BY FIRST AID PROVIDER ON SITE. WAS NOT AWARE PRESCRIPTION WAS GIVEN UNTIL 12/3/02.
MANUALLY MOVING SLOW DOWN GATE TO INSPECT CERAMIC TILE. FELLOW EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND DROPPED GATE, CAUSING THIS EMPLOYEE TO STRAIN BACK.
EE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF 10" PIPE WHILE A SECOND EE HIT IT WITH A 6 LB HAMMER TO LINE IT UP WITH A SECOND PIPE FOR WELDING. THE EE WAS TALKING TO A THIRD EE AND SLID HIS HAND UP ON THE PIPE JUST AS THE 2ND EE WAS GETTING READY TO HIT IT WITH A HAMMER, STRIKING INJURED'S PINKY FINGER.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMED TO HAVE A 10"N PIPE FITTING THAT HE HAD RESTING ON THE TOP OF AN 8' STEP LADDER. HE LIFTED THE FITTING AND HIS LEFT ELBOW GAVE OUT. HE CONTINUED TO WORK TILL 11/6 AT WHIC H TIME IT GAVE OUT AGAIN. EE CLAIMS THAT ON 10/29 HE REPORTED IT INITIALLY TO THE SITE SUPERINTENDENT THOUGH HE CONTINUED TO WORK. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 11/7/02.
EE WAS GRINDING INSIDE A CELL; HE STEPPED UP TO THE THIRD STEP OF A LADDER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF, CAUSING HIM TO FALL, STRIKING HIS HIP ON A PIPE. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE INCIDENT & THE EE HAD ONLY WORKED 3 DAYS AT THE MINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WITH A COMBINATION TORCH IT WASN'T TIGHT AND CAME APART AND CAUGHT FIRE, RESULTING IN EMPLOYEE HAVING FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND BURNED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON REF AREA WHEN HE FELL ON RIGHT ELBOW AND HAND. EE DID NOT NOTIFY EMPLOYER OF INJURY (REASON FOR LOST TIME) UNTIL 3-29-01, WHEN HIS WORKERS COMP CLAIM WAS RECEIVED.
EE WAS MOVING REFUSE WITH AN ENDLOADER. HE HIT AROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD WHILE TWISTING HIS UPPER BODY. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.