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Operating a bulldozer and had dismounted to talk to the foreman and as he was remounting the dozer he felt severe pain in left leg and he went to hospital.
He had stepped down from a endloader and stepped into a drill hole and fractured his right ankle. He was starting the loader for worktime to warm up.
HE GOT OUT OF HIS LOADER AND WAS ON THE GROUND OVERLOOKING THE BERM. HE SLIPPED & ROLLED DOWN A 15 FOOT EMBANKMENT CAUSING 2 FRACTURED RIBS, AND CONTUSIONS TO HIS FACE & ARMS.
EE WAS WORKING ON RD 15. HE WAS CUTTING SOME CHIP REFLECTOR MATERIAL WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE WHITSBURTG ER TO HAVE ST ITCHES AND THEN HE CAME BACK TO THE JOB AND WORKED THE REST OF THE SHIFT.
CLIMBING UPON THE EXCAVATOR TO PULL AN ENGINE OIL SAMPLE, HE WAS LEANING OVER TO PULL THE SAMPLE AND HAD EXTREME PAIN IN THE CENTER OF HIS BACK. HE WAS EVALUATED BY THE MET & THEN TAKEN TO THE E.R. BECAUSE OF SEVERE PAIN. X-RAYS TAKEN.
HE WAS DESCENDING DOZER TO TALK TO THE FOREMAN & SLIPPED OFF PUSHARM & FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS LEFT SIDE. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE WET & VERY MUDDY. HE WORKED THE REST OF THE DAY. HE WORK ED THE NEXT DAY UNTIL 1:00 P.M. & CALLED THE OFFICE FOR A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. HE WENT TO THE CLINIC FOR X-RAYS.
HE WAS HITCHING THE STEAM JENNY TRAILER TO THE FOREMAN'S PICKUP TRUCK AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN BALL & HITCH. HE WENT TO THE E.R., GOT X-RAYS AND TREATMENT. HIS FINGERNAIL HAD BEEN PARTIALLY TORN OFF. THEY LEFT IT ON THE FINGER AND APPLIED BANDAGES.
WET & MUDDY & RAINING AND HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE DOZER TRACKS AFTER SERVICING THE EQUIPMENT. HIS BOOT SLIPPED OFF THE TRACK & HE HAD TO JUMP LANDING ON THE GROUND. HIS RIGHT KNEE FOLDED UNDE R HIM. HIS KNEE STARTED TO SWELL AND HE DROVE HIMSELF TO THE A.R.H. CLINIC IN HAZARD - X-RAYS.
EE WAS UPON THE LOADING DECK OF A HYDROSEEDER & HE PICKED UP A 50 LB.BAG OF SEED MIX TO PASS TO ANOTHER EE AND HE HEARD HIS LOWER BACK POP, CAUSING HIS LEGS TO GIVE AWAY UNDER HIM. HE WAS EVAL UATED BY AN MET AND THEN TAKEN TO THE ER. HE WAS GIVEN A PAIN SHOT & X-RAY & WENT HOME.
CONTRACTOR WAS LOADED & PULLING OUT OF COAL PIT WHEN STRAP BROKE ON THE MAIN DRIVE LINE OF HIS COAL TRUCK. THE LOADED TRUCK WENT UP ON A BANK & TURNED OVER. THE CONTRACTOR WAS TAKEN BY CAR TO THE HOSPITAL & ADMITTED FOR 6 BROKEN RIBS. HE WAS RELEASED ON 10/4/02.
EE SAYS HE SLIPPED ON THE STEP OF THE WATERTRUCK& FELL BACKWARD ON THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO WITNESS. HE CONTINUED TO WORK FULL TIME. CHOVIESCLINIC NOTIFIED US 10-07-02 THAT HE WOULD BE OFF WORK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE DR. HAS REQUESTEDAND MRI.
WHILE HE WAS DUMPING A LOAD OF ROCK HE WAS DRIVING A ROCK TRUCK A ROCK CAUGHT THE CORNER OF THE TRUCK BED JERKING THE TRUCK AND CAUSING PAIN TO THE RIGHT LOWER BACK.
WHILE WELDING, A PIECE OF FLAG FELL DOWN INTO HIS BOOT LANDING ON. HIS LEFT ANKLE CAUSING A SWERE BURN ON HIS ANKLE AND HE KEPT WORKING. HIS BOOT CAUSED THE BURN TO BECOME MORE IRRITATED.
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING A SUB AWAY FROM THE DRILL STEEL ON A DRILL WITH A 12 LB SLEDGE HAMMER AND PULLED HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE WENT TO THE DR OFFICE AND THEY GAVE HIM MUSCLE RELAXER.
HE WAS STEAMING THE RADIATOR ON A SMALL DOZER & WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS BACK UPON THE GRILL & SLIPPED ON STABILIZER BAR & FELL TO THE GROUND SCRAPING HIS RIGHT THIGH & BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE. T OOK HIM TO ER. HE HAD X-RAYS & WENT BACK TO WORK
HE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE BULK TRUCK AND CREELED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. IT LEFT HIS ANKLE BRUISED & SWOLLEN. HE WAS TAKEN TO ER FOR XRAYS. HE WAS REFERRED TO PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR 3 VISITS.
HE WAS SERVICING THE EQUIPMENT & HE STARTED DOWNTHE LADDER & HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LT. ANKLE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE E.R. FOR X-RAYS & HE WAS GIVEN CRUTCHES. IT WAS TOO SWOLLEN TO DISTINGUISH IF IT WAS BROKEN.
HE WAS FUELING EQUIPMENT A GRADER AND WE WAS TOLD THAT HE BUMPED HIS SHIN BONE. HE SENT THE OFFICE AN EXCUSED FROM DR. TO CORNETTSVILLE DATE 1-4-02. AND DUE DATED 1-10-02. WE DONT HAVE AN OFFI CIAL DATE OR TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. WE GO THE INFORMATION FROM EE.
HE WAS INSIDE THE CAB OF THE AUGER PREPAREIN TO CHANGE OUT THE HEADS. HE WAS REACHING FOR THE TODOOR AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN CROWD LIVER AN DGUARD HE WAS TAKEN TO THE WHITSBURG ARN ER. THE Y DID PARTIAL AMPUTATION ON HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND AND KEPT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL.
HE WAS IN A GRADER BACKING UP AND HIT A ROCK AND HE SAID HIS HEAD HAD HIT THE GLASS BUT HE KEPT WORKING. THEN AT 10:30 AM HE WAS GRADING THE ROAD & HIT ANOTHER ROCK JOLTING HIS NECK. HE LEFT T HE JOB & WENT HOME. HE CALLED THE OFFICE ON NOV 20 AND SAID HE WAS OK. THEN ON NOV 21 HE CALLED THE OFFICE & WENT TO FAMILY DOCTOR.
HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE POWDER TRUCK AND SLIPPED PULLING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WAS TAKEN TO E.R. THEY X-RAYED IT AND NOTHING WAS BROKE. HE HAS PULLED A MUSCLE AND PUT IT IN A S LING.
HE WAS SETTING AN ENGINE OF A 992 LOADER DOWN INTO THE COMPARTMENT AND STEPPED INTO A METAL FRAME OVERHEAD HITTING HIS HEAD. HE REQUIRED A CUT IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD LESS THAN 1 INCH LONG. HE WAS TAKING TO E.R. AND THEY GLUED IT BACK TOGETHER.
HE WAS ON A 992 USING AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH TO TAKE OFF A SUCTION LINE WHEN THE CLAMP FLEW OFF THE AIR HOSE AND PIERCING THRU HIS LEFT EYE LID INTO HIS EYEBALL. HE WENT TO ER AND WAS REFERRED TO DR.
HE WAS CLOSING THE DOOR ONT HE TOOL BOX THAT WAS ONT HE UPPER LEVEL OF TOOL TRUCK AND IT FELL BACK DOWN. STRIKING HIM ON THE HOSE BRIDGE GASHING IT OPEN. HE WENT TO SHITSBURG E.R. AND RECEIVED TREATMENT. THE DR GLUED THE CUT TOGETHER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OFF A ZIP TIE FROM A METAL LINE WITH A POCKET KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED & HE STABBED HIS LEFT FOREARM JUST ABOVE THE WRIST. WENT TO WHITESBURG HOSPITAL ER & RECEIVED 4 STAP LES.
EE WAS CHECKING FUEL IN SIDE TANK ON SALEM AUGERAND STEDPPED DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT LEG BEFORE THE FUEL TANK AND AUGER CARRIAGE ON THE FUEL TANK STRAPS. BRUISED HIS LEFT LEG IN THE CALF PART .
EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING ON LEFT SIDE UNDERNEATH D9L DOZER. MOLTEN METAL DRIPPED INTO RIGHT EAR CAUSING SEVERE INNER EAR BURN. FOREMAN POURED STERILEWATER INTO EAR AND RECOMMENDED HIM TO GO TO DR. AN EAR SPECIALIST TREATED HIM FOR SEVERE BURN AND TESTED HIM FOR HEARING LOSS FOLLOW UP IN 2 WEEKS.
CLIMBING UPON THE GRADER AND FELT HIS BACK POP. HE WENT TO DR. 3-1-01 AND HE HAD X RAYS AND WAS REFERRED TO PHYSICIAL THERAPY FOR 2 WEEK BECAUSE OF STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM BACK OF A TOOL TRUCK AND STEPPED ON A RACK SPRAINING HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS TARPING HIS COAL TRUCK AND BAR BROKE LEAVING HIM HANGING ON THE TRUCK BED. STRAIN UPPER ARM, INCLUDING CLAVICLE & SCAPULA. NO LOST TIME AT WORK. HE DOES THERAPY IN THE EVENINGS.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM ROCK TRK & CUT HIS HIP ON TOOL TRUCK TOOL DOOR THAT WAS STANDING OPEN TOOK HIM TO ER FOR STITCHES & HE WENT TO WORK NO LOSS TIME
777 ROCK TRK TIRE EE WAS MOUNTING TIRE USING DRIVE AIR WRENCH & CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN WRENCH & TIRE RIM NO LOSS TIME
SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER & CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN HAMMER & A METAL BOX.EE WORKED ALL DAY & DIT NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL QUIT TIME TO THE FOREMAN WENT FOR XRAY AT LOCAL HOSP THAT NIGHT & DID NOT MISS ANY WORK
OPERATING A ROCK DRILL HE BECAME DIZZY AND FELT LIKE HE WAS PASSING OUT. HE STATED IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO BREATHE.
UNLOADING 350LB CORNER BIT FROM PALLET ON BACK OF PICK UP TRUCK AND CARRYING A DOZER BLADE, IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND DROPPED DOWN CRUSHINGHAND AGAINST BLADE.
EE WAS DRIVING MACK COAL TRUCK LOADED DOWN A STEEP GRADE WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF IT AND IT PICKED UP SPEED & RAN INTO ANOTHER COAL TRUCK CAUSIN G AN ACCIDENT DAMAGING TRUCK AND CAUSING INJURY OF BRUISES AND LACERATIONS. EE WAS CHECKED OUT AND RELEASED BY DR.
EE WAS DRIVING MACK COAL TRUCK LOADED DOWN A STEEP GRADE WHEN ANOTHER COAL TRUCK FOLLOWING HIM LOST CONTROL AND RAN INTO REAR OF HIS TRUCK CAUSING THIS ACCIDENT. EE GOT MILD CONCUSSION OF HEAD DUE TO IMPACT OF TRUCK HITTING HIM CAUSING MODERATE DAMAGE TO TRUCK.
LOWERING THE HOOD OVER THE ENGINE AND FELL DOWN UPON HIS HANDS AND KNEES COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN.