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While dismounting dozer, he slipped on bottom step and twisted his back. He hurt his back at home and missed several months of work and this is a recurrence of his accident at home.
WHILE PULLING A SPEED REDUCER INTO THE WAREHOUSE, EE FELT PAIN IN NECK AND BACK.
WHILE LIFTING A HYDRAULIC JACK, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. DIDN'T START MISSING UNTIL 4/14/03.
EE WHILE LIFTING 55# BAG OF FLOG GOT PAIN IN HIS NAVEL AREA.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN 2TH FLOOR STEPS AND SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARD AND HIT HIS HEAD ON HAND RAIL, HURTING HEAD AND BACK.
EE WAS INSTALLING BATTERY INTO 992 C END LOADER AND GOT PAIN IN BACK.
EE WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM D8N DOZER, HIS FOOT SLI-PPED AND HE FELL TO GROUND, HITTING HIS BACK ON BACKHOE AND HURT RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS WALKING AT TAILPIECE AT CC7 AND STEPPED IN LOOSE COAL AND SLIPPLED AND FELL, LANDING ON BUTTOCK, HURTING NECK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 12-05-02.
WHILE PICKING UP A 50 LB BAG OF FLOC HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BAG.
EE WAS PUTTING 8" PIPE INTO PIPE STAND AND PIPE STAND CRILLED OVER. PIPE HIT HIM ON LEFT KNEE, CAUSING A CUT TO THE KNEE REQUIRING 8 STITCHES.
EE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS. HE IS 53 YRS. OLD. HE CARRIED SOME BOTTOM BELT ROLLERS UP BELT LINE AND AFTERWARDS HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIM. THIS IS AN OCCUPATION ILLNESS. I TALKED TO SUPER VISOR IN DENVER ABOUT THIS. DIDN'T MISS WORK UNTIL 4-2-02.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN STEPS ON END LOADER AND GOT FOOT HUNG IN STEPS AND FELL TO GROUND TWISTING RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 2-22-02.
STARTED MISSING WORK ON 9-24-01 DUE TO CARPAL TUNNEL SYSDROME.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT AROUND TAIL ROLLER. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. EE HAS A HISTORY OF BACKPROBLEMS. THIS IS A RECURRENCE OF OLD BACK INJURY. (REPEAT TRAUMA) LET HIM ON LIGHT WORK DUTY.
EE HURT RIGHT KNEE WHEN HE JERKED IT MOUNTING MANLIFT ON 4TH FLOOR.
EE WAS HELPING TEAR DOWN OLD OFFICE BUILDING AND FELL OFF BUILDING INJURING HIS BACK & HIP. FRACTURE TO BACK AND HIP.
EE WAS ON TOP OF A DRYER AND WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO PRY OPEN THE GATE. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL OFF DRYER ABOUT 5 FEET AND LANDED ON HIS FEET. THIS CAUSED A JAR AND TWIST TO HIS BACK. REA SON ACCIDENT REPORT IS LATE, I COULDN'T GET HIM ON THE PHONE TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
EE WAS WORKING ON D & R R/C SCREEN AND JUMPED DOWN FROM SCREEN FRAME ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR AND HURT LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING MUFFLER ON D8 DOZER AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH HAMMER RESULTING IN CUT REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UP LOOSE COAL ON 2ND FLOOR OF PREP PLANT AND STRAINING HIS BACK. EMPLO9YEE STARTED WORKING ON RESTRICTED DUTY ON 9-11.
WHILE MOUNTING DOZER HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON DOZER TRACKS HURTING BACK, NECK, AND BOTH KNEES.
CLEANING FROZEN COAL FROM RAW COAL FEEDER IN SLID WITH SLATE BAR AND EE AND FELT PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN LOWER BACK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 6-12-00.
EE AND COWORKER WERE REMOVING A BROKEN SHEAR PIN FROM CC-4 CRUSHER USING A PORTA POWER PUSHING THE PIN AND A RATCHET AND SOCKET WITH A WELDED STUD PULLING THE FROZEN PIN. THE PIN BROKE FREE FOR ABOUT AN INCH AND EE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS HEAD INTO THE WEBBING OF THE CRUSHER CAUSING A CUT ON HIS FOREHEAD.
8/31/99 IS THE DATE HE 1ST FILED FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. STARTED OFF 1/12/00. I WAS INFORMED LATER OF CONDITION.
EE WAS HELPING REPLACE AN 8' OF 12"PIPE, THEY HAD REMOVED THE 8' SECTION AND PLACED A ROUST-A-BOUT AT EACH END OF THE 12" PIPE THAT WAS NOT TO BE REPLACED. HALF OF THE ROUST-A-BOUT FELL STRIKI NG EE ON THE RIGHT FOOT. HE WAS TREATED AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION.
EE WAS USING A STEP LADDER TO STAND ON AND WAS TRYING TO UNSTOP HOSE WITH A WATER HOSE AFTER UNSTOPPING FEEDER HE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER AND SLIPPED FROM ABOUT THE 5TH STEP. CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE FLOOR HITTING HIS LEFT ELBOW &HEAD
EE WAS TRYING TO UNPLUG THE MAGNITE SEPARATER WITH A WATER LANCE WHICH HE WAS TWISTING & PULLING ON LANCE HE HURT HIS BACK THIS INJURY DUE TO OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS THRU REPETITIVE MOTION THEN THRU OUT THE YEARS. TRAUMA DUE TO NO SINGLE INCIDENT
THE EE WAS REPLACING AN OIL LINE ON A CLEAN COAL GEAR BOX. WHEN HE CUT A RUBBER HOSE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING A LACERATION ON HIS LEFT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES.