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Employee was operating a Cat D8R dozer when a rock became lodged between the trunion arm and the track. When the employee removed the rock, about 50 pound, he felt a strain in his lower right abdomen area. Employee was examined on 11/18/2009, confirming a hernia.

EE reported that he has been diagnosed with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. The doctor evaluation states "with his work duties that this would be at least a work related condition or a condition that was aggravated or exacerbated by his work". The EE is continueing to work until the first surgery sch. for 10/14/09.

EE was operating the mobile fuel truck into position for fueling a Cat dozer & the excavator. As he was backing the fuel truck, the brakes failed & he backed into the right front of the dozer blade. The fuel truck sustained a small dent in the right rear bumper. EE stated on 11/7 his neck & upper back hurt & he was seeking chiropractor treatment. The ee is still being evaluated.

Employee was checking motor grounds in plant area. When reaching overhead he felt pain in his left shoulder. Employee did not seek medical evaluation until 11/13/2008. First medical treatment resulted after MRI testing. Employee received injections on 11/26/2008 and is working with restrictions.

Employee was using a long pry bar to clear bridged material in a conveyor transfer chute. The bar pinched his left index finger between the bar and the transfer chute housing resulting in a laceration. Sutures were required creating limited use of the left hand.

EE was completing liner repairs inside the primary horizontal impactor. He twisted at his waist while picking up a 1" impact wrench. he felt a strain in his lower back. When reported to his next shift on 7/22/08 at 07:00, he was having muscle spasms and requested a chiropractor evaluation. He subsequently has received chiropractic treatments & medication.

Employee was using a long bar to unlodge rocks in a transfer chute from the primary plant's scalping screen. Employee reported feeling a strain or "pop" in neck or upper back & the feeling of arms & legs going numb. Contacted EMS & transported employee to hospital for evaluation. MRI revealed no deformity & released him pending further evaluation by specialist.

Employee was exiting truck, stepped in hole and pulled ligaments in ankle.

EE was servicing a cat 775 E haulage truck, EE was removing the left rear final drive oil plug, the employee slipped and his face struck the tire when the oil plug broke free. EE sustained a broken tooth when his jaw struck the truck tire.

Employee was servicing Cat 768B watertruck after completing engine repair. Antifreeze was required and being hand-carried to the truck radiator fill neck. A 2.5 gallon container of antifreeze was being lifted to the truck deck when employee felt a sharp pain in lower back. Doctor evaluation was muscle sprain and prescribed physical therapy and modified work duty.

Employee was relocating 15 # and 50 # packages of explosives in a drop-trailer type 5 magazine. Employee felt a strain in left shoulder and was first evaluated by a physician on 4/4/2007. Physicain confirmed strain and prescribed physical therapy.

EE was removing empty conveyor belt spool from the installation hanger. His left little finger was pinched between the hanger frame and the spool shaft. Medical treatment, including sutures, were required to close the laceration. The EE was wearing leather gloves at the time of the accident.

Employee was hand shoveling in the primary crushing area for spillage clean-up. Uneven ground conditions allowed him to slip and twist left knee. The doctor's first evaluation and MRI on 01/25/07. The orthopedic doctor follow up on 02/06/07 prescribed surgery to repair.

EE was lifting a roll of roofing material, unloading the bed of pick-up truck. EE strained/dislocated right shoulder. Seeked treatment from chiropractor.

The EE was welding the hopper perimeter while in a position kneeling at ground level. The area was well ventilated & several other EE's were working nearby. For an undetermined reason, the EE lost consciousness and hit his face on the structural steel he was welding. He regained awareness & climbed from the hopper on his own power. At the ER he received sutures in his upper lip.

EE WAS USING UTILITY KNIFE CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT. THE KNIFE WAS PULLED THROUGH THE BELT & PUNCTURED RIGHT LEG OF EMPLOYEE. MEDICAL EVAULATION REQUIRED SUTURES TO TREAT WOUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING SKID LOADER FOR PLANT SPILLAGE CLEAN-UP. THE NUISANCE DUST GOT INTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE AROUND PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR. ON 10/05/05, EE REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR AN INFECTION IN HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING EQUIPMENT ON READY-LINE PRIOR TO DAY SHIFT. HE SLIPPED ON PARKING BERM BUT DID NOT FALL TO GROUND. PHYSICIAN EVALUATION IDENTIFIED BACK STRAIN ON 08/18 AND PRESCRIBED THERAPY ON 08/24

EE WAS EXITING THE SEAT/CAB OF RIDIG FRAME HAUL TRUCK. AS HE WAS PUTTING WEIGHT ON RIGHT LEG, HE FELT RIGHT KNEE "POP". HE WAS DOCTOR EVALUATED ON 07/06/05 AND PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY

Employee accessed an elevated platform to energize an elevated electrical panel. After energizing the switchgear, he jumped off the elevated platform to the MCC concrete floor. The elevation was approximately five feet. Employee sprained lumbar.

EE LOST FOOTING ON CONVEYOR CATWALK. HIS LEFT HAND WAS HOLDING HANDRAIL AND RIGHT HAND HOLDING GREASE GUN. WHILE TRYING TO RESTRICT FALL, THE FORCE OF EE'S WEIGHT OVERPOWERED HIS LEFT ARM STRENGTH. EE'S LEFT BICEP WAS RUPTURED AND REQUIRED SURGERY TO REPAIR.

ON OCT. 22 THE RESULTS OF EMPLOYEE'S ANNUAL HEARING TEST WERE RECEIVED FROM AN INDEPENDENT FIRM CONTRACTED TO DOCUMENT THE HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM (HCP). THE ANNUAL TEST CONDUCTED ON OCT. 6 SHOWED A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS IN HIS RIGHT EAR COMPARED TO THE OCT. 2000 BASELINE. THIS EMPLOYEE OPERATES A CAT 777D HAUL TRUCK 40 HRS A WEEK.

Employee was involved with new construction and was lifting and positioning components up to 150 pounds. At the end of shift, ee felt strained in the abdomen. EE sustained a hernia at a non-work related intestinal repair that was 4 years old. Dr evaluated injury on 6-24-04.

Operator was in progress of pre-shift inspection of a motor grader, while climbing onto engine compartment access platform, operator strained his mid-back region. Orthopedic surgeon prescribed therapy on 6-9-04 medical evaluation.

EE WAS OPENING A MANUAL, SEGMENTED, OVERHEAD 16'X 24' DOOR ON SHOP ACCESS. THE EE COMPLAINED OF BACK & NECK PAIN. DR. EVALUATION INDICATED MUSCLE STRAIN & TREATED WITH HOT/COLD COMPRESS & PRE- SCRIBED MEDICATION.

EE WAS REMOVING BOLT-ON CUTTING EDGE FROM BUCKET OF FEL. HE WAS USING BARE HANDS AND 1" IMPACT TO REMOVE THE PLOW BOLTS. HIS LEFT HAND WAS ON HEAD OF PLOW BOLT WHEN IT TURNED UNDER THE FORCE O F THE IMPACT. HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER SUSTAINED A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.

MAINTENANCE EE WAS COMPLETING BEARING REPAIR ON A 3 DECK INCLINE SCREEN. HE WAS USING OEM THREADED ROD PULLER INSTALLING THE COUNTERWEIGHT SHEAVE ONTO THE SHAFT. WHILE PULLING THE WRENCH TIGHT ENING THE PULLER, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK, PHYSICIAN TREATED ON 8/25/03 WITH HOT/COLD COMPRESSES & MEDICATION.

OPERATING FRONT END LOADER AT SHOT ROCK PRODUCTION FACE. REPETATIVE MOTION IN OPERATOR'S SEAT INDUCED MUSCLE STRAIN OR BRUISE RESULTING IN LOWER BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE TREATED WITH PRESCRIPTION M EDICATION & HOT/COLD COMPRESSES BEGINNING 7/16.

EE WAS USING ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO REMOVE TORCH FROM OXYGEN/ACETYLENE SUPPLY HOSES. THE PULLING MOTION INDUCED TENSION ON LEFT SHOULDER RESULTING IN MUSCLE/TENDON STRAIN. ON 7/28/03, ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST PRESCRIBED ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND POSSIBLE THERAPY.

MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE WAS CROSS CUTTING CONVEYER BELT FOR A MECHANICAL BUTT SPLICE. UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED FROM BELT PUNCTURING RIGHT LEG THIGH ONE INCH DEEP. EE RECEIVED 3 SUTURES AND A TETANUS SHOT.

ON 01-08-03 EE REPORTED BACK PAIN FROM HIS BODY SHIFTING IN OPERATORS SEAT WHILE DRIVING HAUL TRUCK. AN EE SCHEDULED MEDICAL EVALUATION WAS FIRST PERFORMED ON 1-24-03. MEDICATION WAS PRESC RIBED AND A FOLLOW -UP MRI PERFORMED ON 1-30-03 FURTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT IS PENDING RESULTS OF MRI.

EE WAS ADJUSTING FORKS ON SKIDSTEER LOADER FORK ATTACHMENT. HE WAS USING RIGHT HAND TO PIVOT ROD WHILE USING LEFT TO GUIDE FORK ALONG PIVOT ROD. FORK SLIPPED OUT OF RIGHT HAND AND PINCHED LEFT DISTAL RING FINGER AT ROTATING PINCH POINT. EMPLOYEES GLOVES WERE OIL SOAKED AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON PATCH OF ICE ON GROUND LEVEL WALKWAY, BUT DID NOT FALL. EMPLOYEE FELT STRAIN IN LOWER BACK, BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL EVALUATION UNTIL 02/28/03. THE X-RAYS & EVALUATION INDI CATED PINCHED NERVE. EMPLOYEE BEGAN THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS ON 03/03/03.

SCALE ATTENDANT GOT UP FROM COMPUTER WORK STATION AND TRIPPED ON CHAIR MAT. EE FELL TO FLOOR STRIKING LEFT KNEE ON CONCRETE FLOOR. LEFT KNEE CAP WAS FRACTURED.

EE WAS ASSEMBLING NEW STEEL INTO A GIARD UTLIZING THE WELDING TABLE AS A WORKBENCH. THE EE WAS WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE WELDING TABLE OVERHANG. WHEN EE RAISED UP TO A STANDING POSITION, UNDER HIS OWN POWER, HIS LEFT SHOULDERSTRUCK THE WELDKING BENCH.

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WAS DISMOUNTING THE CAT 245 HYDRAULIC SHOVEL AT THE END OF SHIFT. WHEN HE CLOSED CAB DOOR, HIS LEFT DISTAL FOURTH FINGER WAS PINCHED IN THE DOOR JAM. FINGER SUSTAINED LACERA TION/CRUSHING INJURY REQUIRING SEVEN SUTURES. NO LOST WORK DAYS.

THE EUCLID 74TD 35 TON HAUL TRUCK WAS BLOCKED, LOCKED AND TAGGED OUT FOR REPAIR. A WIRING FAULT WAS BEING TRACED AND ACCESS INTO AND UNDER THE CAB WAS REQUIRED. EE WAS INSPECTING THE WIRING UN DER THE CAB WHILE STANDING ON THE EXTENSION LADDER, HIS FOOR SLIPPED FROM THE LADDER RUNG. HE FELL APPROX 4 FEET TO GROUND LEVEL. HIS INJURIES CONSISTED OF BRUISES TO THE LEFT LEG, THIGH & HI

THE PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN TO PERFORM A MAINTENANCE REPAIR ON SCREEN #11, 6' X 12' PIONEER 3-DECK SIZING SCREEN. THE REPAIR INVOLVED DISASSEMBLY OF THE POWER BEARING HOUSING. AFTER THE EQUIPMENT WAS LOCKED OUT, HE ACCESSED THE INTERNAL SCREEN FRAME THROUGH AN ACCESS OPENING IN THE PORDUCT CHUTES. DURING THIS ACCESSING, HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT ARM/SHOULDER WHILE PULLING HIMSELF INTO POSI

WHILE WALKING TO THE BREAK ROOM, EE TRIPPED ON A PLASTIC TRASH BAG AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED LACERATIONS AND ABRASIONS TO HIS RIGHT WRIST AND ELBOW. A WALKWAY GRATING USED FOR BOOT SCRAPING WAS PRESENT IN THE FALL AREA AND CONTRIBUTED TO HIS INJURIES. FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED AND EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO CLINIC WHERE HE REC'D SUTURES IN HIS WRIST & ELBOW, XRAYS, AND SHOT.

EE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK. HE WAS THEN TOLD TO HAUL OVERBURDEN MATERIAL. AT APPROX 11:45 A.M. HE WAS TOLD TO OPERATE THE WATER TRUCK THROUGH THE DINNER PERIOD & REMAINDER OF THE DAY. HE D ROVE HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE, A JEEP WRANGLER, TO THE WATER TRUCK. AS HE WAS GETTING OUT OF JEEP HE FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND. HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS BREIF PERIOD AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.

EE OPERATING ENGINEER, WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING WORK-RELATED LEFT CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDORME BY OTHER M.D. ON MARCH 19, 2001. THIS DATE IS THE DATE OF INJURY.

DR. DIAGNOSED EE AS HAVING WORK-RELATED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS CONFIRNED BY UNITY CORPORATE HEALTH ON NOVEMBER 30, 2000. THEREFORE, THIS DATE IS THE DATE OF INJURY.

EE, TEAMSTER WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING WORK-RELATED LEFT CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME BY M.D. THE DIAGNOSID WAS CONFIRMED BY UNITY CORPORATE HEALTH BY NOV 21, 2000. THIS DATE IS THE DATE OF INJURY.

WHILE BEING TREATED FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (MSHA FORM 7000 DATED 12/04/00) THE EMPLOYEE HADTHIS EARLIER NON-RPORTABLE INJURY RE-EVALUATED, RESULTING IN A SURGERY DIAGNOSIS ON 1/17/01. EE WAS LOADING WHEEL BEARINGS FOR A 50-TON HAUL TRUCK INTO A PICK-UP TRUCK FOR DELIVERY TO THE PLANT. THE BEARINGS WEIGH APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 60POUNDS.

THE INJURY WAS INITIALLY NON-REPORTABLE; HOWEVERSUBSEQUENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION HAS REVEALED THE NEED FOR SURGERY AND LOST WORK DAYS. A TEAMSTER WAS DELIVERING DRINKING WATER TO VARIOUS WORK AR EAS AT THE MINE. WHILE CARRYING A 5 GAL. KEG TO HIS PICK-UP TRUCK, HE STEPPED OFF THE EDGE OF A CONCRETE PAD. THIS MIS-STEP CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE. SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR 12/14/00.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING THE CATERPILLAR 777D HAUL TRUCK AFTER HIS LUNCH BREAK. WHEN HE REACHED UP TO GRAB THE HAND RAIL MOUNTED BELOW THE CAB WINDSHIELD, HE FELT PAIN OR TEAR IN HIS LEFT SHOULDE R AND UPPER ARM.

EE PERFORMED GENERAL CLEAN UP DUTIES IN THE PULVERIZER UNTIL 1:00 PM. AT THIS TIME THE CHAIN ON THE DRIVE SPROCKET ON THE #3 CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY JUMPED OUT OF THE SPROCKET TEETH, CAUSING THE CONVEYOR, & SUBSEQUENTLY THE ENTIRE SECONDARY PLANT, TO STOP OPERATING. TO REPAIR, IT WAS DECIDED TO REMOVE A CHAIN LINK WITH SLEDGEHAMMER. EE WAS WEARING GLOVES.THE CHAIN UNDER TENSION HIT EE