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EE WAS HELPING CHANGE THE HOIST CABLE ON THE 7920 MARION DRAGLINE. WHEN HE REMOVED THE LAST CABLE CLAMP THAT HELD THE HOIST CABLE TO THE DRUM, THE CABLE FELL APPROX 4 INCH AND STRUCK HIS HAND HIS FINGERS WERE LACERATED REQUIRING STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING CUTTING EDGES ON A CATERPILLAR D-10 DOZER. HE WAS LOADING THE REPLACEMENT CUTTING EDGES IN THE BUCKET OF AN END LOADER TO MOVE THEM CLOSER TO THE D-10 DOZER BLADE. AS HE WAS LIFTING THESE CUTTING EDGES TO FLIP THEM INTO THE LOADER BUACKET, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT FOREARM. SEVERE MUSCLE STRAIN IN FOREARM.
ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE CUTTING EDGE FROM PALLET FELT DISCOMFORT IN UPPER BACK
EE ARRIVED AT THE MINE OFFICE 15 MIN PRIOR TO START OF THE SHIFT. HE WANTED TO MAKE HIMSELF A CUT OF INSTANT COFFEE. HE NOTICED THE WATER COOLER BOTTLE WAS EMPTY HE BENT FORWARD TO PICK UP A 5 GALLON REFUILL BOTTLE WITH HIS LEFT HAND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE LIFTED IT BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE COAL PREPARATION LAB & PERFORTMING HER USUAL JOB TASKS SHE WAS DOING A STANDARD BTU ANALYSIS AS SHE WAS TIGHTENING THE LID ON AN OXYGEN BOMB WITH HER HANDS SHE FELT A POP IN HER RT WRIST SHE FELT SOME PAIN IN HERWRIST & HAD LESS GRASPING ABILITY OF THE HAND SHE FINISHED HER SHIFT THAT EVENING FRACTURE OF THE ULNA BONE OF THE RT FOREARM
HE HAD FINISHED LOADING SLAG INTO A DUMP TRUCK. HE PARKED THE BROOM TRACTOR THAT HE USED TO LOAD THE SLAG AND STARTED TO EXIT THE MACHINE. HE PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE FINGER. FINGER WAS SP INTED BY PHYSICIAN.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL DURING CLEAN-UP ON TOP OF A SILO WHEN SHE FELT PAIN IN HER LET FOREARM. SHE SPRAINED HER FOREARM. MEDICAL DOCTOR.
I,NAME WAS PARTIALLY BENT OVER WITH HIS ARMS OUTSTRETCHED WHEN HE LIFTED A 6 GALLON BUCKET OF OIL AND TWISTEDSELF IN THE PROCESS. HE SPRAINED LOWER BACK MUSCLES. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR.
HE STEPPED ON STEP OF OFFICE TRAILER WITH RIGHT LEG, REACHED FOR DOOR HANDLE. DOOR LATCH CAUGHT ON JAMB RESULTING IN SHARP RIGHT LOWER BACK PAIN. HE DID NOT SLIP OFF THE STEP DID NOT FALL BA CKWARDS.
TWO EMPLOYEEWS WERE MOVING CABINETS IN THE WAREHOUSE WHEN THE DRAWERS STARTED TO COME OUT. HE SAW THE PROBLEM AND CAME OVER TO PUSH DRAWERS BACK IN TO HELP THEM. ABOUT 2 YEARS HE HAD HERNIA OPERATION AND THE EXERTON CUSED A TEAR IN THE AREA.
WATER TEMP ON LOADER BECAME HOT SO I NAME STOPPED TO CHECK THE WATER LEVEL HE REMOVED THE CAP AND LOOKED IN TO SEE IF IT WAS LOW ON WATER HE TU\RNED AWAY TO DISMOUNT FROM COUNTERWEIGHT AND AT THAT TIME WATER CAME UP OUT OF RADIATOR AND STRUCK I NAME ON THE R SIDE CAUSING BURN
WELDER WAS REPLACING DRAG CHAIN PIN IN BUCKET OF DRAGLINE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE PIN INTO POSITION HE FELT PAIN IN HIS MIDDLE UPPER BACK MUSCLE STRAIN UPPER BACK
I NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE AN ENTRIE ROLL OF 3IN WATER HOSE FROM BACK OF HIS PUMP TRUCK ALONE HE STOOD THE ROLL ON EDGE TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK IT BROKE OVER CENT ER & STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH & JARRING HIS RT FRONT TOOTH LOOSE IT WASFOUND AT THE DENT ISTS LATER THE TOOTH HAD BEEN BROKEN OFF & HAD TO BE REMOVED
PRE CHECK ING MACHINE LOOSENED RAD. CAP TRIED TO RELEASE IT AGAIN WHEN CAP BLEW OFF SPILLING ANTIFREEZE OVER R SIDE OF BODY
I NAME WAS LIFTING A 50LB SODA ASH BAG FROM A WOODEN PALLET AND PLACING IT INTO THE BUCKET OF A BROOM TRACTOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK SAW A CHIROPRACTOR
I NAME WAS GRUBBING & NOTICED AN IMBEDDED TREE LIMB IN THE DOZER GRILL & RADIATOR AREA HE EXITED CAB STOOD ON STIFF ARM BEHIND BLADE WITH BUTTOCKS BRACED AGAINST BACK OF BLADE & R EMOVED THE L IMB IN SO DOING HE FELT PAIN & HEARD A CRACKING SOUND IN RT KNEE PAIN TRAVELED UP BACK OF LEG & NEXT DAY PAIN MOVED TO LOWER BACK MEDICAL DOC MUSCLE RELAXANT
I.NAME WAS INSTALLING A SEAL HOUSING RETAINER ON CAT 16G GRADER. HE NOTICED IT WAS ON THE WRONG WAY, REMOVED IT, TURNED IT AROUND AND REINSTALLED THE RETAINER. PULLED HIS HAND BACK AND CAUGHT IT ON A BURR, CUTTING HIS HAND. LACERATIONS TO RIGHT PALM.
I,NAME WAS CHANGING CUTTING EDGES ON A D9H. AS HE BENT OVER AND LIFTED THE CUTTING EDGE TO LOAD IT ONTO THE BUMPER OF HIS TRUCK, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PIPE THREADING MACHINE AND STRAINED HIMSELF IN THE GROIN AREA.
HE WAS RUNNING BROOM TRACTOR, CLEANING COAL. HE STOPPED TO EXPECTORATE OUT THE LEFT SIDE DOUBLE DOOR. WHEN HE PULLED THE DOOR CLOSED TO START WORKING AGAIN HE PINCHEDD HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ETWEEN THE DOOR JAMB AND THE DOOR.
EMPL WAS FUELING EQUIPMENT BEFORE AFTERNOON SHIFT STARTED IT WAS DAYLIGHT BUT GROUND WAS MUDDY BUT IT WAS NOT RAINING. HE HAD ENCOUNTERED SOME PROBLEMS WITH FUEL NOZZLE NOT FITTING PROPERLY ON SOME MACHINES. TO AVOID CLIMBING ON MACHINE TO FILL DUE TO MUDDY CONDITIONS HE REACHED BY SIDE OF TIRE TO PUT ON NOZZLE. T DID NOT LOC HE PUSHED TURNED NOZZLE TO GET IT LOCKED & THEN FELT PAI
WAS BOARDING THE CAT D9H DOZER AND IT WAS NECESSARY TO STEP HIGHER THAN NORMAL TO REACH PUSH BEAM GET ON MACHINE. HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN THE CROTCH AREA.
ROLLING COAL FEEDER MOTOR 350-400 LBS ONTO PALLET MANUALLY.FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK LEFT SIDE.PAIN INCREASED AS SHIFT PROGRESSED.
I.NAME WAS CHANGING THE STEERING CYLINDER FILTER. HE WAS LAYING ON HIS STOMACH AND REACHING DOWN INTO HOLE. LOWR PART OF BODY DANGLED OUT IN MIDAIR; FELT NECK PAIN. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR.
WAS DUMPING SAMPLE FROM BARREL INTO PAN LIFTED PAN UP TO FLOAT SINK TANK & F ELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
I,NAME, A PARTS RUNNER, HAD PICKED UP A RADIATOR AT ONE AREA FOR DELIVERY TO THE DOWNING PIT. AFTER HE ARRIVED AT HIS DESTINATION AND WAS PREPARING TO DEPART THE TRUCK HE ELT A PAIN IN HIS LOW ER BACK. (HAD NOT ALIGHTED FROM TRUCK) CHIROPRACTOR VISIT-DISC SLIPPED IN LOWER BACK.
HE WAS MOVING A SPACE HEATER FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. IN DOING SO IT WAS NECESSARY TO LIFT IT OVERHEAD. WHEN HE DID SO HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. CHIROPRACTOR CASE. HE WAS WORKING INSI DE A 7820 DRAGLINE.
HE WAS REPLACING BOOM CABLE ON MECHANICS' TRUCK. WHILE PULLING OLD CABLE OFF AND PULLING NEW CABLE ON, HE DEVELOPED BLISTERS ON SECOND JOINT OF THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHICH LATER CAUSED LIGA MENTS TO BECOME INFECTED. INFECTION THEN CAUSED STIFFNESS AND SWELLING. FIRST DAY MISSED 8016088.
HE WAS LIFTING CAP BOXES AT BUILDING PLANT AND TWSTING TO PUT THEM ON TRUCK. HE FELT SLIGHT PAIN.
SORENESS-PAIN LOWER BACK & BACK OF RIGHT LEG. BECAUSE OF AMOUNT OF LIFTING & CLIMBING ON THIS JOB WE DON'T KNOW EXACT CAUSE. SPLICING CONVEYOR BELT. SAW CHIROPRACTOR
LACERATIONS STITCHES REQUIRED RIGHT THUMB. CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN LATCH & SIEVE SCREEN WHEN CHANGING SIEVE BOX.
MECHANIC WAS CRIBBING UP TEREX TRUCK BED, RAISED UP AND STRUCK HEAD ON TRUCK BED. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR ON 23RD AND 25TH. NOTIFIED ON MAY 26TH.
HE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC.HE CRAWLED UNDER THE MICHIGAN 475 LOADER TO ASSIST MECHANIC AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON LOADER FRAME.BUMPPED HEAD,JAMMING NECK AND DOWN BACK BETWEEN SHOULDERS.
I. NAME AND ANOTHER PERSON WERE INSTALLING A POND CURTAIN. THE OTHER PERSON WAS HOLDING ONE END OF T HE CURTAIN AND I. NAME WAS PULLING IT ACROSS THE WATER. IT SEEMED TO BE HEAVY WHEN HE WAS PULLING IT . HE DOES NOT THINK HE SLIPPED BUT UPON COMPLETING THE JOB HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK..SAW A CHIROPRACTOR.
I.NAME WAS IN BACK OF TRUCK #6005 AND HE REACHED DOWN FOR A 5 GALLON CAN OF FUEL HE LIFTED AND TWISTED HOLDING THE FULL 5 GALLON FUEL CAN FELT SEVERE BACK PAIN LEG PAIN
UNLOADING MATERIAL (SPRING FOR OVERHEAD DOOR) WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL ATTACHED TO THE SPRING STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE. CUT ON LEFT SIDE OF NOSE, LEFT SIDE OF LIP, CUT ON INSIDE OF MOUTH. ONE STITC H TO UPPER LIP.
HE WAS SHOVELING IN STEMMING ON DRILL HOLES. BACK WAS STRAINED, SOMEWHAT UNDETERMINED AS TO EXACTLY HOW.
SHE WAS DUMPING3AN 80 LB. COAL SAMPLE FROM A GUNNY SACK INTO A BARREL;FELT PAIN.
HE WAS MOVING SIGN POSTS 5 IN BUNDLE IN WAREHOUSE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR.
MECHANIC WAS LI0TING BOLT INTO TRANSMISSION PLATE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE RIGHT ELBOW AREA.
DURINGF A BACK 8FAETY EDUCATION PORTION OF 8HR.TRAINING CLASS A DYNAMOMETER WAS USED TO DEMONSTRATE EFFECTS OF PROPER LIFTING PROCEDUR ES WHEN CLASS PRACTICED LIFTING ON DYNAMOMETER I.NAME PUL LED TOO HARD IN3 WRONG POSITION & AGGRAVATED A BACK CONDITION WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR
THE INJURED WAS3REMOVING A HYDRO HOSE FROM UNDER THE CAT SCRAPER (DROPPED BELLY PAN).WHILE HE WAS BREAKING FREE THE SNUG BOLTS IN CLAMPS,ONE BOLT BROKE FREE AND CAUSED HIS HEAD TO WHIP BACK AG AINST TIRE CAUS3NG A SNAP IN SHOULDER AND NECK AREA.WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR. OCCURRED IN PARKING AREA.
HE BENT OVER TO3TIGHTEN WATER HOSE CLAMP ON 6 IN WATER PUMP DISCHARGE HOSE AND FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN HIS BACK IT DIDNT START HURTING UNTIL TWO HOURS LATER WENT TO SEE A CHIROPRACTOR
I.NAME PARKED T2E TRUCK AND NEEDED THE PUMP MOVED TO THE LEFT 3/4 IN WHEN HE PULLED ON THE PUMP HITCH IT DROPPED ONTO THE TRUCK HITCH SMASHING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
SETTING PUMPS &3STRINGING DISCHARGE HOSE WHILE WADING THROUGH MUD OVERBOOTS HAD MUD ON THEM ABOUT 930PM MUSCLES FELT TIGHT & IT WAS HARD TO TURN HIS HEAD AT END OF SHIFT COULD HARDLY TURN HIS HEAD WAS WEARIN1 PROT ECTIVE HEADGVEAR SAW A CHIROPRACTOR
CHECKING FOR OI5 LEAK IN CENTER SECTION OF LOADER. CHECKED 0-RING ON ONE OF THE HOSES BUT IT LOOKED OKAY, RETESTED PRESSURE AND WAS STILL LOOKING FOR LEAK WHEN FELT PAIN IN FINGER FROM HIGH PR ESSURE LEAK. PU3CTURE WOUND TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER FROM OIL PRESSURE
PUTTING SOCKET 6ACK ON ADJUSTING BOLT OF PAGE DRAGLINE.HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ERE HANDLING THE ADJUSTING BOLT.IT SLIPPED OUT OF THEIR HAND,FELL DOWN ON BOOM SURFACE.
SHE WAS LEANING3OVER DESK TO BUNDLE JOURNAL VOUCHERS.A LARGE PAPER BINDER CLIP SLIPPED OR SNAPPED OFF THE VOUCHERS AND STRUCK HER IN HER RIGHT EYE.
WAS LOADING WEL8ING TANK INTO TRUCK AND PULLED BACK. (AT WAREHOUSE)
WAS GREASING MA7HINE, PULLED SELF UP ON TRACK TO GREASE RIPPER AND FELT PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDERS AND STRAINED NECK. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR.