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EMPLOYEE ALONG WITH HIS CREW WAS CONNECTING 20" PIPE FOR PIT MOVE WHEN PARTICL GOT INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE. CREW WAS USING AIR OPERATED IMPACT WRENCHES. WINDY WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUT ED TO INCIDENT. EMPLOYEE HAD A RUST RING IN LEFT EYE. HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION TO TREAT ANY INFECTION.

EE WAS LOOKING UP TO GUIDE CHERRY PICKER LOAD. EE PLACAED RIGHT FOOT ON TOP OF LOG TEETH. LOG TEETH SLIPPED CAUSING RIGHT KNEE TO FLEX OUTWARD.

EE STEPPED SIDEWAYS ACROSS A 20" SEALING H20 LINE WITH FOOT HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND HAD A SHARP PAIN.

EE WAS GOINT TO FRONT OF MACHINE FROM OPERATOR'S CAB TO GET HIS WATER COOLER. AS EE GRABBED THE TOP HANDRAIL TO SWING AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE PAN, THE WEIGHT PRESENTED ON THE GRABRAIL CAUSE D THE BOLTS TO SHEAR, CAUSING THE HANDRAIL TO BECOME DETACHED WHICH IN TURN CAUSED EE TO FREE FALL APPROX. 6-8' TO THE GROUND.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BOLTS OFF A VALVE PACKING GLAND USING A VICTOR OXY/ACETYLENE TORCH DUE TO A LEAK ON THE FLASH BACK ARRESTOR COUPLING AT THE TORCH A SMALL FLAME DEVELOPED WHILE TRYING TO TURN OFF THE ACETYLENE & SMOTHER THE FIRE HE MOVED HIS LEFT ARM IN FRONT OF THE TORCH CAUSING A 2ND DEGREE THERMAL BURN TO LEFT FOREARM

PERSON HAS WORKED IN MOBILE MAINTENCE HIS ENTIRE TIME (15 YEARS) WITH OCCIDENTAL. HE HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO USE HANDS TO PULL WRENCHES, USE PNEUMATIC TOOLS ETC. HE NOTICED HAND GOING TO SLEEP OR CRAMPING 5 YEARS AGO. LEFT IS WORSE THAN RIGHT. HE HAS SAID HE VISITED CLINIC FOR THIS BUT CLINIC NURSE HAS FOUND NO RECORDS TO DOCUMENT THIS. PROBLEM HAS INTENSIFIED & MAY REQUIRE DR.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A CAT 235 EXCAVATOR FROM LOWBOY. HE WAS OPERATING HIS MACHINE WITH THE OPERATORS FOOR LATCHED OPEN. WHEN THE EXCAVATOR BROKE OVER DESCENDING THE LOWBOY RAMPS, HIS DOOR SLAMMED, CLOSING ON TWO FINGERS ON LEFT HAND. RING FINGER AND MIDDLER FINGER WERE FRACTURED WITH AVULSION.

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO CLOSE SUCTIONS ON WEST A RAW FEED BIN SO MAINTENANCE COULD REPLACE A 3-WAY LATERAL THAT WAS LEAKING EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN SLIME ON CONCRETE WHILE HE WAS WALKING TO THE VALV E

EE WAS INSTALLING A NEW 1 1/4 IN WINCH CABLE ON A D8L BULLDOZER. EE ATTEMPTED TO SECURE THE END OF THE CABLE IN THE SLOT ON THE SIDE OF WINCH. DURING THIS PROCESS, THE END OF THE CABLE CAME LO OSE, SPRINGING BACK, STRIKING EE ABOVE THE RT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS RELOCATING A 28" LONG PIPE BY STANDING THE PIPE UP VERTICALLY AND BARREL ROLLING IT BETWEEN A VERTICAL POST AND A VERTICAL PIECE OF PVC PIPE. THE PIPE BECAME UNBALANCED AND BEGAN TO TILT OVER TOWARD THE EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE PROCEEDED TO STOP THE PIPE BUT THE FORCE CREATED BY THE ROLLING ACTION CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIPE AND POST CAUSING A F

EE WAS ASSIGNED THE TASK OF WELDING ON THE WALK HOUSING OF THE 3 DRAGLINE, WHICH IS LOCATED UP INSIDE A MANHOLE. THE MANHOLE IS APPROX. 2FTX6FT IN DIAMETER. EE WAS WEARING A WHITE SUIT WITHOUT A GREEN JACKET. WHICH CAUSED A REFLECTION FROM THE WHITE SUIT. EE HAD BEEN WELDING FOR APPROX. 4-6 HOURS.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING REAR BRAKE DRUM. WHEN THE DRUM CAME FREE OF THE AXLE HUB, THE EMPLOYEES HAND SLIPPED OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE DRUM. WEIGHT OFTHE DRUM CAUSED DRUM TO DROP CATCHING EMPLOYEES LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE DRUM AND AXLE HUB

EE WAS REMOVING A 20" STEEL BLIND FROM THE BUMP TANK TO CONNECT A DRAIN LINE. EE ATTEMPTED TO LOOSEN BOLTS WITH A COMB-WRENCH, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING A RACE OUT OF A HIGH SPEED PINION HOUSING IMMEDIAT ELY FOLLOWING THE TASK THE EMPLOYEE NOTICED AN IRRITATION TO HIS LEFT EYE

EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF CONCRETE APPROX. 10-12 INCHES IN DIAMETER FROMT HE DISCHARGE CHUTE AT GATE 22 OF THE TUNNEL CONVEYOR BELT AS HE REACHED UNDER THE CHUTE WITH HIS LEFT HAND, THE PIECE OF CONVERTE FELL FREE, PINCHING HIS LEFT THUMB AGAINST THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE METAL DISCHARGE CHUTE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BUCKET ACONTAINING TOOLS [APPROX. 40 LBS] FROM ATHE DRYER HEAD HOUSE TO THE DRY ROCK INCLINE BELT CAT WALK, AND FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOPPING THE FLOOR INSIDE THE LARGE DRAGLINE WHE HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND SLIPPED AND FELL CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE HAD CHANGED A RETURN ROLLER ONT HE HOLDING BIN BLET AND WAS STEPPING FORM THE BELT ONTO THE BACK OF A FLATBED TRUCK WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ONTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK FRACTUR ING HIS LEFT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE HAD CLIMBED UP ON TOP OF WATER TANKER TO GET A PIECE OF ROPE. AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF TANKER HE MISSED THE LAST STEP & FELL BACKWARDS STRAINING HIS NECK & RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS TIGHTENING A GAS VALVE USING A PIPE WRENCH AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING THE NORTH WASHER DESLIME LAUNDER USING A COME-A-LONG WHEN HE STEPPED ON A WELDING LEAD FEELING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE FEELS HIS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IS AN ACCUMULATION OF YEARS OF HEAVY WORK

EE WAS WALKING TO A JOB SITE WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN SOME MUD. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO FREE HIS FOOT HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN OVERHEAD HOIST AND A TWO-PART SLING TO LIFT A SHAFT WEIGHING APPROX 200 LBS FROM A LATHE. AS THE SHAFT WAS BEING LIFTED, THE UNATTACHED PORTION OF THE SLING BECAME HUNG. AS THE LOAD WAS HOISTED, THE UNATTACHED PORTION THE SLING PULLLED FREE AND BEING UNDER TENSION CAME UP AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.

EMPLOYEE & CO-WORKERS WERE SWEEPING SHOP AREA WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW SAND INTO HIS FACE & EYES. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE THAT RESULTED IN ABRASION WHICH REQUIRED TREATME NT WITH PRESC. EYE DROPS.

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING STEPS FROM EAST SIZER VALVES WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THIRD STEP FROM BOTTOM EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE GRATING WITH HIS RT FOOT BEING CA UGHT IN THE STEPS

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A DESCALER TO CLEAN AN ICE MACHINE. AFTER USING THE DESCALER, THE EMPLOYEE HOOKED UP A VACUUM PUMP TO THE ICE MACHINE FOR TEST PURPOSES, THEN WASHED HIS HANDS AND WENT TO HI S TRUCK. WHILE SEATED IN THE TRUCK, EMPLOYEE REMOVED HIS HARD HAT AND SAFETY GLASSES AND RUBBED HIS LEFT EYE. THERE WAS APPARENT OVERSPRAY OF THE DESCALER ON HIS HARD HAT OR GLASSES AND GOT I

EMPLOYEE HAD DISMOUNTED A PAN WAS WALKING TOWARD FRONT OF VEHICLE WHEN SLIPPED IN MUD & FELL. EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP HARD HAT WHEN HE STRUCK FOREHEAD ON LEFT REAR FENDER OF PAN.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A 4 INCH DIAMETER HOSE FROM A SEALING WATER PUMP. WHEN HE UNSCREWED THE CONNECTION, THE ASSEMBLY DROPPED APPROX. 4". HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOSE COU PLER AND A LIFTING LUG ON THE PUMP SLED.

EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HER LEFT HIP WHILE PERFORMING NORMAL ACTIVITIES OF HER JOB WALKING UP AND DOWN 4 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS APPROX. 3 TIMES A DAY HANDLING HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSES SHOVELING A G ENERAL CLEAN UP DUTIES AFTER CONSULATION WITH A PHUYSICIAN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THESE ROUTINE JOB DUTUIES MAY HAVE EXCEEDE THE EE S PHYSICAL CAPABILITES.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE PASSENGER SIDE OF A COMPANY TRUCK. AS HE WAS CLOSING THE TRUCK DOOR, A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE DOOR CLOSED BEFORE EMPLOYEE COULD MOVE HIS HAND. HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WA S CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE BODY OF THE TRUCK.

WHILE INSTALLING A 1 INCH AIRLINE TO THE AIR CONTROL VALVES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE WASHER EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH A 1X20 PIPE INTO THE RACK APPROX. 10 FT ABOVE THE GROUND FLOOR WITH THE US E OF A MANLIFT. WHILE EE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH PIPE UP HE STEPPED INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH APPROX. 3 INCH DEEP AND STATED TO FEEL PAIN IN THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

54736YEE CHANGED OUT A 400 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER IN A CUTLER HAMMER STARTER. UPON ENERGIZING TEH CIRCUIT BREAKER A FAUTL APPEARED AT THE BREAKER CAUSIGN A FLASH INSIDE OF THE CABINET WHICH RESU 33540IN THE DOOR BEING EXPANDED AND THE FLASH CONTINUING OUTSIDE, BURNIGN THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOREARM.

54736YEE WAS UNREELING THE FUEL HOSE FROM THE SERVICE TRUCK AND IN TURNING TO JUDGE THE DISTANCE FELT A PAIN IN HIS MIDDLE BACK.

EMPLOYEE IS NOT CERTAIN WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THERE WAS TWO POSSIBLE JOBS GOING ON THAT EMPLOYEE COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. 1) PULLING A SHAFT SLEEVE OFF OF PUMP REQUIRES HEATING THE SLEEV E WITH A TORCH, USING A PULLER AND HITTING OR TAPPING IT WITH A HAMMER. 2) REBUILDING A GRIZZLEY IN THE SHOP- A LOT OF TORCH WORK AND GRINDING. IN BOTH OF THESE JOBS, METAL WOULD HAVE BEEN TH

INJ EMPL REMOVING TOOL BOX FASTENED IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK WITH TWO 3/8" BOLTS. EMPL HAD TO GET UNDER THE VEHICLE.FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS DISLODGED FROM ABOVE ENTERING RIGHT EYE.

EMPL.OYEE WAS ASSISTING CO-WORKERS WITH THE INSTALLATION OF AN ACCESS DOOR. THE INJURED EMPLOYE EHA DHIS LEFT FOOT PLACED ON A TROLLEY RAIL WHEN A CO-WORKER ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE TROLELY CAUSI NG IT TO ROLL ONTO THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 627 PAN WHICH BECAME STUCK IN AROADSIDE DITCH.ANOTHER PAN ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE STUCK PAN OUT OF THE DITCH.IN THE PROCESS,THE STUCK PAN FELL ONTO ITS SIDE.EMPLOYEE CLI MBED OUT AND STEPPED ONTO THE TIRE TO CLIM DOWN.THE TIRE TURNED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS LEFT THIGH ON AN ANGLE IRON GUARD RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING 50 SUTURES AND STAPLES

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN STAIRS WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED & RETURNED TO WORK AFTER MULTIPLE VISITS TO THE CO NURSE EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR XRAYS & IS NOW RECE IVING PHYSICAL THERAPY

EE WAS WORKING OVERHEAD USING A ROUTER WHEN A FOREIGN BODY ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION.

INJURED EMPLOYEE, ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LINE CREW WERE RETIRING POWER LINES FROM POLES IN THE #3 MINE AREA. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE BASE OF A POWER POLE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD (HARD HAT) BY A LINE CONDUCTOR (WIRE), WHICH FELL APPROX. 15 FEET.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON LAUNDERS WHEN HE RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO HIS EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING DUMP ROPE OFF CABLE REEL. WHEN MAKING THE LAST CUT TO FREE THE CABLES, TH EEND OF THE CABLE FLEW UP AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A TRAILER TONGUE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A HITCH TO SEPARATE THE TRAILER FROM A PAYLOADER. AS HE STARTED TO DISMOUNT THE TRAILER TONGUE, HE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE FLANGE ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE MATRIX PIPE THAT WAS LOADED ON THE TRAILER.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A HYDRAULIC HOSE ON A FRONT END LOADER WHEN THE UPPER END OF THE HOSE BECAME DISCONNECTED & STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK

USING PRY BAR ON BELT STRAINED BACK

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE WORKING ON A TRACTOR IN AN AWKWARD PSOTIION USING A IMPACT WRENCH HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPL USING PLIERS TO BEND OFF BROKEN STRAND OF DRAGLINE CABLE WHEN PLIERS SLIPPED CAUSING EMPL TO CUT RIGHT FOREARM ON THE WIRE.

EMPL DISMOUNTING CABLE REEL TRUCK WHEN RIGHT LEG GOT CAUGHT ON A METAL STRAP USED TO HOLD MUD FLAP TO FENDER.RESULTED IN LACERATION TO RIGHT LEG

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FORKLIFT UNLOADING LUMBER FROM A CHERRYPICKER. AS THE EMPLOYEE GOT OFF THE FORKLIFT TO UNHOOK THE LUMBER, THE FORKLIFT ROLLED FORWARD AND STRUCK THE LUMBER CAUSING IT TO SPIN AND STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE.