Mississippi Lignite Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE HAD STOPPED DRILLING HOLES, REMOVED SAFETY GLASSES AND WIPED HIS EYE WITH HIS HAND. METAL SHAVINGS FROM HAND GOT INTO HIS EYE.
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July 19, 2000
MS · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mississippi Lignite Mining Company · Fall from machine
EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM A DOZER BY STEPPING ON THE TRACK PAD. HSI FOOT SLIPPED AND EE FELL BACKWARD ABOUT TWO FEET, HTTIN GHIS ELBOW (LEFT) ON THE CONCRETE SHOP FLOOR. EE WENT TO THEDR THE NEXT DAY AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRUISED ELBOW. HOWEVER, EE RETURNED TOT HE DR ON 8-18-00 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRUISED ELBOW. HOWEVER, EE RETURNED TO THE D RON 8-18-00 AND WAS DIAGNO
July 17, 2000
MS · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mississippi Lignite Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A HYDRAULIC TORQUE WRENCH. HE PLACED HIS FINGERS IN A PINCH POINT AND WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED, HIS FINGERS WERE INJURED.
June 23, 2000
MS · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mississippi Lignite Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
A MECHANIC WAS PULLING THE WINCH LINE OF THE D-7 DOZER. THE CABLE SLID THROUGH HIS HAND AND A LOOSE WIRE CUT THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND. THE RESULTING INJURY REQUIRED 6 STITCHES.
May 24, 2000
MS · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mississippi Lignite Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE HAD STEPPED DOWN FROM WHERE HE HAD BEEN WORKING AND BEGAN TO WALK AWAY. AS HE TURNED HIS BODY, HIS LEG AND FOOT WERE NOT IN SYNC WITH BODY CAUSING PAIN TO KNEE.
Mississippi Lignite Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
PIECE OF HOT SLAG FELL ON EE BURNING THROUGH. HIS JEANS AND FALLING INTO HIS BOOT BURNING HIS FOOT.
Mississippi Lignite Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PIPE ONTO A CUTTING TABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
July 6, 1999
MS · Coal
coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler
DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Mississippi Lignite Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ON 7-6-99, EE CONPLAINED WITH DISCOMFORT IN HIS LEFT WRIST, THUMB, AND FINGERS. AFTER INVESTIGATING THE EQUIPMENT EE WAS EXPOSED, TO IT WAS UNCLEAR WHAT HAD CAUSED THE DISCOMFORT. FROM MARCH T HROUGH JUNE. EE OPERATED BACKHOE FOR 299.25 HOURS (COMBINED HOURS ARE 685.0 HOURS.) EE VISITED A DR SEVERAL TIMES TO TRY TO DETERMINE IF HE HAD CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH T
Mississippi Lignite Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects
EE WAS SETTING UP A LIGHT PLANT A LONG THE I DUMP HAUL ROAD. HE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO CROSS FROM THE LEFT REAR TO THE RIGHT REAR OF THE PICK UP, STEPPING OVER THE TONGUE OF THE LIGHT PLANT. WHEN HE LIFTED HIS FIRST FOOT TO STEP OVER THE TONGUEHE CAUGHT HIS TOE ON THE TONGUE AND HIS MOENTUM CARRIED HIM FOWARD. BEING UNABLE TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS HANDS, HIS MOUTH HIT THE BUMPER OF TH
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