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EE WAS REMOVING HOIST CYLINDER OFF 992-C END LOADER. HIS HARDHAT CAME OFF AND AS HE RAISED TO RETRIEVE IT, HE STRUCK HIS HEAD, CAUSING LACERATION. IT REQUIRED 8 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL AT CONVEYOR.WHILE SHOVELING WITH TURNING MOTION,EMPLOYEE FELT NEEDELE LIKE PAIN IN MIDDLE RIGHT BACK ABOVE PANTLINE.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF WATER PUMP, PULLING TENDONS IN LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELED AT DRYER SCREEN. HIS HAND SLIPPED ON WORN EDGE OF SCREEN, CAUSING LACERATIONS TO RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND, REQUIRING 4 SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING PUMP TH EPUMP SLIPPED STRIKING HIS LEFT LEG. HE DID NOT SUFFER ANY FRACTURE ON INJURIES REQUIRING SUTURES, BUT HE HAS SUFFERED LOST TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE COAL CONVEYOR PICKING UP AND REMOVING PIECES OF ROCK FROM COAL GOING UP CONVEYOR FROM AUGER HOLE TO TRUCK. A LUMP OF COAL ROLLED DOWN THE CONVRYOR CATCHTING EMPLOY EE'S LEFT 5TH FINGER BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER LUMP OF COAL.
EE CO WORKER WERE MAKING PREPARATIONS TO MOUNT TRUNION HITCH TO DRAGGING BUCKET THEY WERE CARRING TO THE THE WELDING TRUCK SO THAT REPAIR COULD BE RUDE. EE HAD TO STEP OVER OXYGEN ACCETYLENE H OSES AND ONE FOOT BECAME ENTANGLED THIS CAUSED EE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK.
CHANGING FILTERS IT FELL STRUCK UNDER THE L EYE
EE WAS BEEN REPAIRING THE OK RH12 HYDRAULIC SHOVEL WHICH HAD BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR SEVERAL DAYS. HE WAS POSITIONING THE SWING BRAKE DRUM OVER THE CENTER SHAFT AND REACHED FOR A BOLT TO SECURE T HE DRUM THE DRUM STARTED TO SLIP OFF THE SHAFT A AND WHEN HE CAUGHT IT THE WEIGHT OF THE DRUM COMBINED WITH THE SWAKWARD PSOSITON HE WAS IN CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK.
EE WAS COMPLETING SERVICING OF 275B LOADER. HE REACHED DOWN TO GATHENER TOOLS BEFORE DISMOUNTING LOADER. WHEN HE RAISED FROM BENDING OVER HE HIT HIS BACK ON THE LIGHT BAR THAT EXTENDED FROM TH E FRAME OF THE BOOM. THIS BRUISED HIS LOWER SPINE AND LOWER BACK MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ROLLER TO D-10 CAT DOZER. HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL AND TWISTED HIS BACK. THIS RESULTED IN 3 PULLED LIGAMENTS AND AN INFLAMED MUSCLE.
EE WAS CHANGING BRAKES ON SCRAPER SNAP RIGN CAME OFF AND STRIKING RIGHT ARM. HE SUFFERED LACERATION TO ARM REQUIRING THE STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE HAD MASHED FINGER ON 07-16-91 DID NOT SUFFER ANY LOST TIME IT BEGAN TO BOTHER HIM ON 08-08-91 HE WENT TO DR & IT APPEARED TO BE FRACTURED HE HAD GOT IT TAIL GATE OF TRUCK HE HAD MINER SURGERY 08-12-91 IS NOW SUFFERING LOST TIME
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING OTHERS PLACE CONCRETE DRAINAGE PIPE ACROSS A HAUL ROAD BED THE PIPE MEASURED 15 INCHES IN DIAMETER & 8 FT LONG WHILE LIFTING THE PIPE TO POSITION IT HE FELT PAIN IN H IS L OWER BACK THE INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS A MUSCLE STRAIN IN THE LOWER BACK
EE AND ANOTHER MECHANIC WAS UNDER THE D10L DOZER REPLACING THE EQUIALIZER BAR PIN. THE OTHER MECHANIC LET HIM KNOW HE WAS LOSING GRIP OF HIS END AND DROPPED IT. EE PUSHED AWAY FROM HIS END AS HE DROPPED IT AND STRAINED A BACK MUSCLE. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FROM A CHIROPRACTOR AND RECEIVED TREATMENT OVER THE FOLLOWING DAYS.
PULLING ON CABLE
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TRANSMISSION IN PICK UP TRUCK. AS HE WAS LIFTING ON END OF TRANSMISSION AS HE LIFTED HE FELT BACK POP.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING DRILL STEEL, STRAINED LOWER BACK.
VICTIM WAS LAYING ON SHOP FLOOR UNDERNEATH CASE TRACTOR REPAIRING THE ENGINE. WHILE REMOVING A ROD CAP, HE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE CAP AND IT ROLLED DOWN THE SIDE OF HIS FACE CUTTING HIS EAR. THE LACERATION REQUIRED THREE STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS STAYING A BARGE. HE PULLED ON 2 CABLE & STRAINING HIS BACK.
EMPL MOVING X-TIE TO CRIB UNDER TRUCK AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO THE PUMP TRACTOR, THE DOOR OF THE TRACTOR SLAMMED ON HIS FINGER. THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND WAS FRACTURED.
CLIMBING LADDER OF FRONT END LOADER PULLED MUSCLES IN R SHOULDER
EMPL WAS LIFTING STEEL PLATES STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK EMPL DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION OR FIAL TO REPORT TO WORK UNTIL 8/3/89 ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 8/14/89
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TEETH ON DRAGLINE BUCKET. BUCKET SLIPPED ON CRIBBING BLOCKS, PINCHING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND. RESULTING IN A SIMPLE FRACTURE OF HIS INDEX FINGER AT THE 2ND JOINT AND CONTU SION TO MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPL HELPING TO MOVE WATER PUMP WITH TRACTOR AND CABLE.CABLE ATTACHED TO PUMP BROKE FREE.EMPL TRIED TO STOP PUMP FROM SLIDING DOWN EMBANKMENT RESULTING IN PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.
EMP WAS WORKING3 UNDER COAL HOPPER & RAISED HEAD. STRIKING HEAD ON CROSS BEAM
EMPL SETTING DOWN SLEDGEHAMMER SET IT DOWN ON PIECE OF STEEL,STEEL HIT EMPL IN LEFT TEMPLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PU8HING ON A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL CWHILE CHANGING STEELS ON THE DRILL AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
WAS CHANGING A 7IRE AND BEAD BROILER SLIPPED OUT OF WHEEL. MASHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER BREAKING END OF BONE WHICH REQUIRED A SPLINT.
WHILE STACKING CROSS TIES. THEY ROLLED OFF THE STACK MASHING THE RIGHT MIDDEL FINGER BETWEENS 2 TIES.
RAISED UP UNDER TRUNION AND HIT HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HITCH A TRAILER MOUNTED PORTABLE LIGHT PLANT TO T RAILER HITCH ON TRUCK WHEN LIGHT PLANT SHIFTED & CAUGHT EMPLOYEES LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN HITCH ON TRAILER & TRU CK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CRANKING A MOTOR ON A FUEL TANK WHEN THE ROPE KICKED BACK CUTTING HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
WAS MOVING A METAL TOOL BOX AND THE TOOL BOX SLIPPED OFF THE DOLLY AND FELL ON HIS FOOT. THIS CAUSED A CUT ON TOP OF HIS FOOT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE STEEL TOE OF THE SHOE.
HE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF HEAVY METAL WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK