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Employee was standing on a trailer (approximatelt 18 inches high) that a 6 inch water pump was mounted on. He went to exit the trailer and his right foot got caught on a metal bracket.
Employee was stepping off of a launch pad to the ground when he stepped on a sump cylinder and slipped and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground and in doing so he straddled a 4x8 inch piece of tubeing.
Employee and co-worker carried a bottle of oxygen approximately 25 feet and loaded it into a service truck, a lift of approximately 3 feet. During the lift he felt a burning in the lower right side of his back.
EE CLIMBED ON TO HIS LOADER & CHECKED THE ANTI FREEZE BEFORE THE START OF HIS SHIFT. AS HE WAS COMING OFF THEL LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE STEP AND HE FELL APPROX. 3 FT TO THE GROUND
EE ROLLED A 55 GALLON DRUM OF ANTIFREEZE INTO THE BUCKET OF A LOADER. HE ROLLED THE DRUM APPROX.3'. AT THE END OF HIS WORK SHIFT (5 PM) HE WAS COMPLAINING OF HIS BACK HURTING.
EE WAS PRYING PAD OFF A DOZER CAT AND THE SLATE BAR THAT HE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF AND HE INJUREDHIS RT. SHOULDER.
A TIRE FOR A POWDER TRUCK HAD FALLEN OVER FROM A FUEL TANK THAT IT HAD BEEN LYING AGAINST. AS EE WENT TO PUT IT BACK UP HE HURT HIS BACK. EE WAS ALSO INJURED (HIS BACK) ON 1-17-02 AS HE WAS HO LDING A BAR THAT HAD A MOTOR ON IT. THIS ACCIDENT ON 1-17-02 WAS REPORTED TOO.
EMPLOYEE AND HIS HELPER WAS HOLDING A SLATE BAR WITH A TRAM MOTOR FOR A D45 DRILL HANGING FROM IT AND WAS BEING LINED UP BY ANOTHER HELPER. AS HE WAS HOLDING THE SLATE BAR HE FELT A PAIN IN HI S BACK.
EE WAS WELDING A HAND RAIL ON A 777 CAT HAULER &BURNT HIS EYES.
EE PARKED HIS SUPPLY TRUCK ALONG SIDE A CAT 777 HAULER TO WELD A HAND RAIL ONT HE HAULER AND AS HE WAS ON HIS SUPPLY TRUCK HE LOSTED HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND APPROX. 6 TO 7 FEET.
EE WAS CUTTING TIMBER IN FRONT OF THE HOKIE#7 STRIP & HE CUT A TREE THAT HAD GRAPE VINES IN IT& WHEN THE TREE FELL, THE VINES CAUSED THE TREE TO FALL THE WRONG DIRECTION & HIT THE EE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD KNOCKING HIM HEADFIRST INTO A TREE STUMP
EE HAD PULLED HIS TRUCK ONTO THE DUMP AREA & STARTED BACKING UP TO THE DUMPING SITE. AS HE WAS BACKING BACK THE ROAD SPLIT & HE BACKED BETWEEN THE SPLIT OF THE ROADS THE TRUCK TURNED OVER ONT O ITS SIDE
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE FINAL DRIVE OFF OF A 992 LOADER TO REPAIR THE BREAKING SYSTEM. THE FINAL DRIVE WAS HOOKED TO A HOIST ON THE SERVICE TRUCK. WHEN THE FINAL DRIVE CAME LOOSE IT SLIPPED AN D CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN THE DRIVE AND THE FRAME OF THE LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING & THE DRILL STEEL CAME OUTOF IT'S HOLDER & HE PUSHED ON IT WITH HIS SHOULDER & INJURED HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF THE CAB OF HIS TRUCK ONTO THE PLATFORM AND WHEN HE LEANED AGAINST THE HANDRAIL IT BROKE AND HE FELL ABOUT 8-10' TO THE GROUND.
ALLEGED PNEUMONIOSIS.