WHILE USING A 4" ANKLE AIR GRINDER, THE EMPLOYEE HAD A RUST PARTICLE ENTER HIS LEFT EYE.
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Showing all 44EE WAS STANDING O WOOD PUTTING A BEVEL ON PIPE WITH GRINDER FOOT SLIPPED HE FELL TAKING THE GRINDER WITH HIM AND GRINDER HIT KNEE
EE HAD MOUNTED THE 290 B SHOVEL AND WAS PULLING THE LADDER UP STRAINED CHEST AND SHOULDER MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING PLACE A STEPLADDER ON THE GROUND FROM THE OVER-BURDEN DRILL DECK PLATFORM- LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL FIVE FEET TO THE GROUND.
THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO INSTRUCTIONS IN PIB NO 97-25 AND IS BASED SOLEY ON A CLAIM OF ILLNESS NOT ON ANY DETERMINATION BY THE UNDERSIGNED THAT THIS ILLNESS IS REPORTABLE UNDER CFR 50.20.
EE WAS WELDING IN THE SHOP WHILE WEARING AN AUTOMATIC HOOD. THE TINTED LENS WAS TOO WEAK AND HE RECEIVED WELD FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES.
EE WAS REACHING FOR THE SHOP DOOR ACTIVATION BUTTON & CUT HIS RIGHT WRIST ON A SHARP PIECE OF EXPOSED STEEL PIPE.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO ME ON DECEMBER 18, 1997 THAT HE WAS TAKING MEDICATION FOR REPEATED TRAUMA AND HIS DR. SAID IT WAS PROBABLY WORK RELATED.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE STOOD UP FROM WELDING AND KNEE TWISTED DUE TO GRAVEL UNDERFOOT. HE THEN FELL TO THE GROUND AND HELD KNEE FOR A FEW MOMENTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGHT HE MAINTENCE SHOP. HE STEPPED IN AN UNEVEN PLACE IN THE FLOOR AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
SITTING ON BUCKET WELDING AT A SLIGHT ANGLE.
EMPLOYEE GRINDING ON METAL AND FLYING DEBRIS GOT INTO EYE - WINDY DAY - EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE STOOD A 2X4 BOARD ON END AGAINST STRUCTURE AND IT FLEW DOWN ON LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING HAUL TRUCK LADDER. HE STEPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND WITH HIS LEFT LEG. BUT HIS RIGHT LEG WAS STILL UP ON THE LADDER. HE TWISTED HIS BODY ADN TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PULL A PIECE OF 2" X 30' WIRE ROPE. HE PICKED THE CABLE UP WITH HIS ARMS & STRAINED HIS BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING A D10-N TRACK DOZER. HE STEPPED FROM THE PUSH ARM TO THE GROUND AND STEPPED ON A ROCK.
WIND BLOWN DUST OR ROCK EMBEDDED ON AND IN EYE
WAS FLIPPING A PIECE OF IRON, IRON GOT AWAY COMING DOWN SMASHING LEFT INDEX FINGER SPLITING SKINAPPROX. 2", SPLIT TOOK 16 STITCHES.
GINDING WELDS ON HAUL TRUCK BODY W/ELECTRIC GRINDER 5" SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE SHIELD BEING UTILIZED. AFTER GRINDING NOTICED PIECE OF MATERIAL IN RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK AND BECAME DIZZY AND NAUSEATED. SYMPTOMS OF CARBON MONOXIDE. HOWVE, NONE WAS DETECTED. OXYGEN WAS GIVEN AND SYMPTONS DISAPPEARED. EMERGENCY ROOM CHECKED HIM, AND GAVE HIM A FULL RELEASE.
OPERATOR WAS WAITING FOR TRUCKS WHEN HE SPOTTED SMOKE COMMING FROM AN ABANDONDED DITCH WHERE WASTE COAL HAD BEEN DUMPED. HE GOT OFF HIS MACHINE TO EXAMINE THE AREA. WHEN THE FROZEN GROUND HE W AS STANDING ON GAVE WAY, HE SUFFERED 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS LEGS.
EE STEPPED OFF THE EQUIPMENT HE WAS WORKING ON AND HIS KNEE GAVE OUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO REPLACE A 120 V DC INSTRUMNENTATION BULB ON A CONTROL PANEL IN THE CAB OF A 290B B.E. SHOVEL, WHEN HE TOUCHED THE BURNED OUT BULB AN ARC FLASH BURNED HIS FINGERS.
EE WAS REMOVING A TOP STRUT PIN FORM A 190 TON TRUCK WHEN HIS THUMB BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIN AND THE TRUCK FRAME CAUSING A LACERATION.
UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED WHILE CUTTING PLASTIC TIES OFF VALVE STEMS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING 7200 VOLT TRAILING CABLE WHILE CABLE REEL WAS PULLING IN THE SLACK. WHEN EMPLOYEE FELT TENSION ON THE CABLE, HE DROPPED IT. THE CABLE TRIPPED HIM. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANC E AND FELL, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PUMP CABLE JACKET TO INSTALL CABLE COULER. WHILE HOLDING JACKE TWITH LEFT HAND AND CUTTING IWTH UTLITY KNIFE IN RIGHT HAND, KNIFE SLIPPE DAND CUT OTP OF LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE A LARGE HAUL TRUCK AXLE BOX & CUT HIS LEFT HAND ON A HOSE CLAMP
EMPLOYEE INJURED HAD JUST INSTRUCTED THE LOADER OPERATOR TO GET INTO MACHINE AND GO DOWN AND GET A LOAD OF TIES AFTER WHICH EMPLOYEE WALKED AROUND TO THE RIGHT FRONT OF MACHINE TO WITHIN 10' O F RIGHT FRONT TIRE. HE THEN CROUCHED DOWN TO LOOK AT TRAIN GOING OVER THE TRACK. THE OPERATOR OFTHE LOADER STARTED TO MOVE LOADER. HE DID NOT SEE EMPLOYEE CROUCHED AND STRUCK HIM W/FRONT TIRE
EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A D-10 TRACK DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED FROM THE TOP DECK TO THE TRACK, AND FROM THE TRACK TO THE GROUND. CONDITIONS WERE WET AND MUDDY.
EE WAS REMOVING A BRACKET DEVICE THAT IS USED TO INSTALL A HAULAGE TRUCK DED DUMP CYLINDER. A FORK TRUCK IS USED TO HOLD THE BRACKET. EE FAILED TO RELIEVE THE UP PRESSURE OF THE FORK TRUCK. ST ARTED REMOVING THE BRACKET FROM THE CYLINDER, THE BRACKET CAME APART AND HIT HIM IN THE CHIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING RADIATOR HOSE ON A FRONT END LOADER. HOT COOLANT SPRAYED ON EMPLOYEE'S STOMACH, CHEST, ARMS, AND LEFT SHOULDER CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS.
GRINDING OVERHEAD. FELT PAIN AFTER SHIFT. WENT TO DOCTOR AT 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. DOCTOR REMOVED PIECE OF METAL WITH MAGNET. PARTIAL VISION AT PRESENT TIME.
KNEELING ON SHOP FLOOR WORKING ON EQUIPMENT WHEN EMPLOYEE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN KNEE.
ELMPLOYEE WAS CLEANIGN WINDOWS INSIDE HTE CAB OF A RUBBER TIRE DOZER. HE THREW A PAPER TOWEL OUT THE DOOR WINDOW AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB ON THE WINDOW OR WINDOW RAIL.
EE WAS USING A 1 INCH IMPACT SOCKET WRNEHC TO REMOVE WHEEL LUG NUTS. THE SOCKET RETAINING O RING CAME OUT OF POISITON ALLOWING THE KEEPER PIN TO COME OUT SOME. EE WAS SUPPORTING THE WEIGHT OF THE WRNECH WITH HIS LEFT HAND. THE SPINNING SOCKET AND PIN CAUSED THE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER. A MISSED SWING CAUSED THE HANDLE TO HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.
EMPLOYEE INVESTIGATING FIRE IN OPEN PIT MINE FROM OBSERVATION POINT ON TOP OF 6 TO 8 INCH BERM. SLIPPED IN MUD COMING OFF BERM AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING A SLEDGE HAMMER AGAINST AN OVERBURDEN DRILL BIT, AND A SMALL PIECE OF METAL SPUN OFF AND EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING OVERHEAD ON A SHOVEL BUCKET IN THE PIT A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL WAS WIND BLOWN UNDER HIS SHIELD & INTO HIS LEFT EYE
EE WAS ENTERING DRIVER'S SIDE OF LUBE TRUCK. AS HE STEPPED INTO CAB, WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT CAUSING SHARP CORNER OF DOOR TO LACERATE LEFT THIGH APPROX. 3/4" REQUIRING 3 SUTURES TO CLOSE LACERATIO N.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRIING A HAMMER WRENCH WITH A 6LB HAMMER TO LOOSEN NUT ON CROWD BRAKE ON P&H 2300 SHOVEL UPON IMPACT HAMMER SLIPPED OFF WRENCH PINCHING RT HAND BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE & BRACING BE AM ON SHOVEL BOOM
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP WALL GIRTS ON A BUILDING AND HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLE.
WHILE PREPARING A COAL SAMPLE FOR ANALYSIS, THE EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING FOR A RIFFLE BUCKET, OVER-STRETCHED, CAUSING A PULLED NECK MUSCLE AND A PINCHED NREVE IN THE BACK, BETWEEN AND ABOVE THE S HOULDER BLADES.