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Employee was assisting in the removal of access panel on bottom frame of 330C Trackhoe. The panel shifted pinning the employee's finger against the frame.
While repositioning the dragline cable out of the way to walk, the injured caught his thumb in a strap severing the top of the thumb.
Employee had been servicing a D9L Cat dozer. In the process he mishandled a filter and hurt his leg.
Replacing fuel filter on D10T and the access door closed with enough force to crush his fingers on his left hand.
While bending over to pick up dragline power cable, the injured strained his back.
While checking for an air leak on his equipment, the injured lost his balance and placed his hand on the exhaust while trying to stabilize himself and prevent falling. He burned his hand.
While bending over to pick something up from the ground the EE strained his lower back.
While helping another 18 wheel over the road haul truck driver check to see if the tail gate was closing tight, the injured got his thumb caught between the tailgate and bed when the driver closed the latch before being signaled to do so.
While gathering and burning brush, the injured's leg became entangled in some vines. When he attempted to pull it free, he immediately felt pain in the leg from a strain.
While putting the dragline walk lock on the walk shelp, the lock fell on his hand and cut it requiring stitches.
While helping remove & unload a dragline swing motor, the motor shifted & pinched the injured's foot, bruising/straining it. As a precautionary measure, x-rays were taken & the injured was given a prescriptiong for pain medication, should he need it.
The injured was trying to roll a rock off the haul road and strained his back.
Notified company 4/26/06 that he received a prescription that he did not fill or use. While helping the mechanic pull a rear drive out of a water wagon, the differential moved suddenly & pinched his hand causing swelling. Diagnostic X-rays on date of injury and release to return to work on his next regular shift 4/15/06. No lost time due to injury, only the prescription.
While hanging a strap attached to the dragline powercord to a hook on the shoe to help move the cord, the injured got his finger caught between the strap and the shoe causing a broken finger.
EE WAS REMOVING HIS 5 GALLON WATER CAN TO ADD ICE. WATER CAN HAD APPROX 2 GALLONS OF WATER IN ITTHE CAN WAS 7FT OFF THE GROUND WHERE HE HAD IT MOUNTED. EE UNSTRAPPED THE CAN & LIFTED IT FROM THE RACK. HE PULLED IT TO HIMSELF, TURNED RIGHT TO LOWER THE CAN DOWN & FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK
WHILE HOOKING UP AN AUGHER FLIGHT WITH HIS LEFT HAND, THE INJURED GRABBED THE FLIGHT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND CONTACTING A SHARP BURR RESULTING IN A CUT REQUIRING 14 SUTURES TO HIS RING FINGER.
WHILE HELPING REMOVE A PIN ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET SPREADER BAR A PIECE CHIPPED OFF THE PIN AND STUCK IN HIS LEG, A DOCTOR REMOVED IT AND GAVE HIM A PRESCRIPTION FOR ANTIBIOTIC AND SENT HIM BAC K TO WORK.
ORGINAL INJ 10/07/00 FIRST 1ST AID 3/29/01. FIRST MED 4/23/01 WHEN GOT RX, MED REPORTED TO COMPANY ON 5/1/00. WHILE PULLING ON A PULL CABLE TO HOOKUP TO A STUCK BULLDOZER THE INJURED STRAI NED HIS SHOULDER AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS CONT'D USEHE SOUGHT 1ST AID & THEN MEDICAL
WHILE WORKING ON A POWER SHOVEL, A PIECE OF METAL FLEW BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND SCRATCHED HIS EYE.
WHILE WIPING SWEAT FROM HIS FOREHEAD WITH A RAG, A PIECE OF METAL SHAVING STUCK IN THE RAG SCRATCHED HIS EYE.
AFTER CLEANING A SUCTION SCREEN, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. NO SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSED THIS INJURY.
SERVICING HIS SCRAPER, THE INJURED PULLED SOMETHING IN STOMACH. WAS OPERATED ON FOR A HERNIA 2-10-00.