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EE SAID HE WAS UNDER TRUCK INSTALLING TRANSFER FUEL PUMP, AND SOME PARTICLES OF FLOORDRY WAS BLOWN INTO EYES. MISSED NO WORK. HAD EYES WASHED OUT AND RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN AND EYE W ASHDROPS.
EE STATED HE WAS IN AXLE BOX ON 20 TON TRUCK, HOOKING UP LOEADS ON WHEEL MOTOR. WAS LAYING IN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION PULLING WIRES TO HOOK UP.
EE SAID: HE WAS STANDING ON LADDER ON REAR OF TRUCK & LEANED OVER TO PICK UP OIL HOSE REET & HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LOWER BACK & RIGHT HIPAREA. [HOSE REAL WEIGHS APPROX. 150#] HE FINISHE D OUT NORMAL WORK DAY & WORKED 1/2 OF NEXT DAY SHIFT BEFORE GOING TO DR.
EE WAS IN PROCESS OF REMOVING A BLOWN HYD.LINE FROM DOZER. EE HAD TO REMOVE TILT HOSE GUARD BEFORE REMOVING HOSE. WHEN EE WAS REMOVING GUARD, ONE END SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND FELL ON HIS LE FT INDEX FINGER.
EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING PULL CABLE TO HOOK ONTO FUEL TRUCK. HE SQUEEZED EYE OF CABLE AND WAS PULLING WHILE HE AND ANOTHER EE HOOKED CABLE. FELT PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED: HE WAS LIFTING A REEL OF #4 HYDHOSE TO INSTALL IN TOOL ROOM AN FELT BURNING IN LOWER BACK. [HAS HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS NOT WORK RELATED - SINCE 1978 WHEN BUILING HOUSE- ACCO RDING TO DOCTOR REPORT RECEIVED TODAY]
HE WAS GREASING 16G MOTOR GRADER FRONT AXLE, WHEN GREASE POPPED OUT, HITTING HIM IN CORNER OF LEFT EYE.
EE SAID HE WAS UNLOADING SOME EMPTY OXYGEN BOTTLES OUT OF THE SERVICE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING. HE BENT OVER TO PLACE THEM ON THE FLOOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK AND LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A 150LB PIN IN A 201 MARION SHOVEL BUCKET TO STICK BARS THE PIN FELL IN THE BARS & MASHED THREE FINGERS ON HIS RT HAND
ELMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HANDING A 4X4 POST TO HIS HELPER AND SMASHED HIS LEFT SMALL FINGER BETWEEN THE POST AND A PUMP IN THE AREA.
EMPLOYEE STATED MINERAL SPIRITS SPLASHED INTO EYES WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE DROPPED A BUCKET INTO AREA WHICH 1ST EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING.
EE SAID HE WAS LIFTING HYD PUMP INTO POSITION O N EQUIPMENT AND FELT A PAIN HIS BACK.
EE STATED HE WAS UNLOADING A PUMP WHEN HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
EE STATED HE WAS ASSISTING IN LAYING A SHAFT DOWN THE BOARD SLIP AND HIS FINGER WAS CHT BY THE SHAFT.
EMPLOYEE SAID WORKING IN SHOP ON PRILL TRUCKSLIDING FUEL TANK OFF FORK LIFT ONTO PRILL TRUCK BRACKET,PUSHING TANK WITH KNEE WHEN KNEE CAME OUT OF SOCKET.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS BENT OVER INSTALLING MAIN HYD. PUMP ON BACK OF D-9 ENGINE, WHEN HE SAID, HE PULLED HIS MUSCLE OR NERVE.
EMPLOYEE SAID, HE WAS REPLACING HEADLIGHT ON 992C LOADER, HE SAID, HE WAS HOLDING LIGHT BULB IN ONE HAND TRYING TO PULL PLUG FROM BULB, WHEN THE BULB BROKE IN HIS HAND, CUTTING RIGHT THUMB AT TOP JOINT.
SAID SAID HE WAS PUTTING WELDING LEADS UPON DRILL AND HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE DRILL PLATFORM.
EE WAS CHECKING AIR PRESURE IN LOADER TIRES WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW FROM VALVE CORE INTO HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE STATED: HE WAS LYING ON BACK UNDER TRUCK REPLACING LINE, KNOCKED DIRT IN EYE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS UNDER A TRUCK CHECKING AREA TO BE WELDED WHEN SOMETHING FELL OUT OF FLYWHEEL AND INTO HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CUTTING METAL.HE WAS PICKING UP THE METAL THAT HE HAD CUT AND ONE OF HIS HANDS SLIPPED,ALLOWING THE METAL TO FALL ON HIS OTHER HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOWER GRATE SCREENS INTO CRUSHER WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HOOKING UP HYDRAULIC LINES ON A 170 TON HAUL TRUCK AND WHEN HE CAME OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK AND STRAIGHTENED UP HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN.
WELDING BY RR TRACKS,HAD WELDING LEAD RUN RR TRACKS.WELDING LEAD CABLE BECAME HUNG AND HE GAVE CABLE HARD PULL TO FREE IT.CAUSED PAIN TO START IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED: HE WAS MOUNTING #0058 DRILL WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
PULLING COUNTERWEIGHT OF FEEDER IN CLEAN COAL SILO.PULLER SLIPPED AND HE STRAINED LOWER BACK TRYING TO CATCH IT.1ST AID NO DR SEEN.LATER HE WENT TO DR AND MISSED TIME.
EE STATED HE WA8 OPENING GATES & DRYER WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN GATE AT DRYER AR PREP PLANT.
EMPLOYEE STATES4 HE WAS AT HOPPER. HE GOT OFF PAY DOZER TO SHOVEL COAL. WHILE SHOVELING, HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHICH RESULTING IN PAIN.
EMP STATED HE W5S LEANING OVER CHUTE WAS WELDING AND FITTING SHEETS OF METAL AT PREP PLANT PULLING OUT OLD METAL WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK METAL WAS HEAVY AND THE EMP SHOULD HAVE WAITED FOR HELP EMP HAVE B9EN INSTRUCTED TO GET HELP IF JOB THEY ARE DOING IS TOO MUCH FOR ONE MAN
HE HAD BEEN PUT7ING ENGINE OIL IN TRUCK AND AS HE WAS COMMING OUT FROM UNDER FRONT OF TRUCK HE RAISED UP AND HIT HIS BACK ON STEERING JACK OF TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ON THE DECK OF #051 DRILL HE WAS LIFTING A DECK BUSHING OUT OF POSITION WHEN HE LIFTED THE BUSHING HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WORKING ON 8200 DRAG DRUM INSTALLING NEW DRUM BOLTS HE WAS CRAWLING THROUHG HOLE IN DRUM TO GET INSIDE OF DRUM TO REPLACE BROKEN BOLTS HE HAD TO TWIST HIS BODY TO CRAWL THROUGH HOLE
EMPLOYEE STATES: HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO SLIDE CRIB STAND FROM UNDER TRUCK. THE 6X6 APPROX. 5H LONGCRIBBING BLOCK FELL OFF STAND AND HIT HIM ON LEFT FOOT. THE IMPACT BENT THE HARD TOE ON H BOOT AGAINST HIS TOES. (EMPLOYEE STATED HE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CRIB BLOCK OFF STAND BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE STAND.)
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE CLIMBING LADDERS ON COAL CARS TO CLEAN THEM HIS KNEES STARTED HURTING THE STRAIN FROM THE CLIMBING
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS REMOVING A DRIVE LINE FROM#736 TRUCK INSIDE OF SHOP HE STATED THAT HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT HIM WHILE REMOVING THE DRIVE LINE
EMP WAS REMOVING DUMP SHEAVE FROM RIGGING ON DRAGLINE OUT IN FIELD HE WAS TRYING TO PUSH THE SHEAVE THAT WAS H ANGING WITH THE REST OF THE RIGGING INSIDE THE BUCKET TO FINISH REMOVING THE SHEA VE AFTER PUSHING ON THE SHEAVE HIS RIGHT HIP AND BACK STARTED HURTING
EMP HAD CARRIED CUTTING EDGE TO MOTOR GRADER AND HAD KNEELED DOWN AND WAS POSITIONED ON LEFT KNEE AND RIGHT LEG USING A BAR TO LINE UP HOLES IN CUTTING EDGE WITH HOLES IN MOLEBOARD WHEN HE FEL T SHARP PAIN IN B ACK
EMP AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PICKED UP & INSTALLED A DECK BUSHING FOR #047 DRILL THAT HIS BACK BEGAN HURTING HIM. THE EMPLOYEES FAILED TO USE A CRANE TO LIFT DRILL DECK BUSHING FOR THEM
EMPLOYEE STATED; THAT AFTER THE GREASE TRUCK DRIVER HANDED HIM THE GREASE GUN (AFTER GREASING THE DOZER) HE STOOD UP AND CAUGHT HIS KNEE ON THE STEP LEADING TO THE DOZER CAB. I,NAME WAS BENT O VER AT THETIME THE GREASE TRUCK DRIVER HANDED HIM THE GREASE GUN.)
EMP STATED HE WAS CLIMBING #007 SHOVEL LADDER WITH ONE HAND USING OTHER HAND TO HOLD DINNER BUCKET AND STRAINED BACK WHILE PULLING HIMSELF UP LADDER THERE IS A ROPE PROVIDEDON EACH SHOVEL FOR EMPLOYEES TO TIE OBJECT TO AND PULL THEM UP TO SHOVEL THEY ARE TAUGHT TO USE THREE POINT CONTACT AT ALL T IMES WHILE ACCENDING OR DECENDING EQUIPMENT
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS INSTALLING A REPAIRED AC UNIT AT THE PREP PLANT LUNCHROOM INSTEAD OF MOVING TOOL BOXES THAT WERE IN THE WAY HE REACHED OVER THEM TO INSTALL THE UNIT EMPLOYEE FAILED TO ASK FOR HELP
EMPLOYEE STATED; SHE WAS IN THE SAMPLE PREPARATION BUILDING, SHE RAISED THE CRUSHER TOP TO CLEAN IT WHEN PAIN STARTED.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ASSISTING WITH REPLACING TH AUGER ARM BACK ONTO THE TRUCK HE JAMMED HIS FINGER INTO A BROKEN FLANGE THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE DID NOT HAVE ANY GLOVES ON
EMPLOYEE STATED: HE WAS LIFTING POWER CABLE OVER A BERM WHEN THE CABLE CAUGHT OVER A ROCK ANDJERKED HIM.
INSTALLING 1/2\\ THICK METAL LINER IN CLEAN COAL COLLECTING HEAD CHUTE,BENT OVER TO PICK UP METAL AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE CONTROL WIRE FROM A/C UNIT WHILE PULLING ON WIRE IT POPPED OFF AND HIS RT HAND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH CONDENSOR FAN
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS STANDING ON FUEL TANK OF TRUCK PULLING WATER HOSE UP ONTO TRUCK FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA
HE WAS OUTSIDE OF WAREHOUSE HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVE CUTTING EDGES, WHEN LOWER BUTTING EDGE TO THE CONCRETE FLOORING HE FAILED TO REMOV E HIS HAND BEFORE LAYING THE EDGE DOWN.
HELPING SET TRUCK OVER AXLE BOX.WHEN NOSE CONE PIN WAS IN LINE ANOTHER EMPL PUSHED PIN THRU.I.NME STUCK HAND BACK IN HOLE FROM OTHER SIDE.THEREW WAS NO WAY OTHER EMPL COULD SEE THAT HE HAD DON E THIS AND HIS FINGER WAS CUT BY PIN.