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LIFTING LOCK RING ONTO HUB- SLIPPED FROM HAND- GAVE EXTRA BOOST TO GET LOCK RING ONTO HUB & NOT ON FOOT- LOCK RING HOOKED TOP OF HUB AND SMASHED FINGER ON BOTTOM OF HUB.
TECHNICIAN WAS LOADING A SMALL ROW BOAT INTO A TRUCK WHEN SHE FELT A POP IN HER LOWER BACK SHE EXPERIENCED NO PAIN HOWEVER AS THE DAYS PROGRESSED SHE BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK SHE R EPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HER SUPERVISOR ON OCT 13TH & RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR A LOWER BACK STRAIN ON OCT 14 1994
EE AND OTHER AND ANOTHER WERE MOVING GATE VALVE OVER CONCRETE FORM WHEN GATE VALVE DROPPED ON EE RIGHT HAND PINCHING FINGERS BETWEEN VALVE AND ROCK SURFACE CAUSING LACERATIONS AND FRACTURES IN KNUCKLES OF TWO FINGERS.
THE TARP SLIPPED WHEN OPENING THE DOOR OF THE FORK LIFT. A HOOK CAUGHT NOSE, TEARING A PIECE LOOSE.
METAL FLOOR GRATING PULLED OFF FLOOR AND LEANED AGAINST THE POLE. EE WALKED BY AND IT FELL ON HIS FOOT.
EE WAS CHANGING THE CARBIDE INSERTS ON A CUTTING OF A FLANGE FACER. HE WAS FACING THE ROLLER PATH OF A SHOVEL. HE TURNED THE CUTTING HEAD TOO FAR AND HIS LEFT SMALL FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN A PNCH POINT BETWEEN THE CUTTING HEAD AND THE ROOLER PATH OF THE SHOVEL.
EE PICKED UP A SHACKLE AND THE WIRE SLING UNRAVELED AND CAUGHT THE EE IN THE TOOTH, CHIPPING THE UPPER RIGHT FRONT TOOTH.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AN INSULATOR WHENIT SLIPPED AND STARTED TO FALL. AS THE INSULATOR FELL, THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH IT AND CUT HIS HAND ONA PIECE OF ANGLE IRON DURING THE PROCESS.
TECHNICIAN WAS USING A AEROSOL PROPELLED STARTING FLUID TO START AN ENGINE HWEN HE RECEIVED SOME OF THE ETHER BASED FLUID INHIS LEFT EYE AND SUFFERED CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
EE WAS PLACING CABLE IN HOLDERS WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. IT WAS THOUGHT THAT ALL OF THE METAL WAS REMOVED FROM THE EE S EYE, HOWEVER AFTER TWO WEEKS THE EE BEGAN TO SUFFE R HEADACHES AND SORENESS IN THE RIGHT EYE. WHEN HE WAS EXAMINED BY AN O.D. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT METAL REMAINED IN HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING TRAILING CABLE WHEN HE FELT A "POP" IN HIS BACK & SUBSEQUENTLY SUFFERED LOWER BACK PAIN.
METAL PARTICLES FELL INTO LEFT EYE WHEN PUTTING WELDIGN HOOD ON HEAD.
WHIEL PACKING A CULVERT CONTAINING A CENTER PIN WITH DRY ICE, A LARGE CHUNK OF ICE WAS BROKEN ON THE SIDE OFTHE CULVERT. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HADN WAS HOLDING THE CULVERT INT HE SPOT WHERE THE ICE MADE CONTACT WITH THE CULVERT, LACERATING THE EMPLOYEE'S LITTLE FINGE RON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING LADDER DURING A S.M.E.T. TRAINING SESSION AT AN AREA MINING COMPANY WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.
WHILE MOVING TRAILING CABLE, OPERATOR WAS STRUCK BY THE CABLE, CAUISNG HIM TO FALL. HE SUFFERRED A CHIP BONE IN HIS LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REMOVAL OF SHIMS FROM 31330 SHOVEL. THE LATCH BAR WAS TRIPPED, PINHING THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE SHIMS.
LIGHTING A PROPANE HEATER,I.NAME INSERTED LEFT HAND PAST GALVINIZED STEEL SHIELD AND INTO HEATER.AS PROPANE IGNITED CAUSING A FLASH,JERKED HAND OUT.THE SHIELD HAD SHARP EDGES AND CUT THROUGH D SKIN AND TENDON ON BACK OF LEFT HAND ABOVE MIDDLE FINGER.RECD STITCHES AND CAST ON HAND & ARM.
ON 12-10-91 ABOUT 12:30 AM INJURED SAYS SHE WAS CAHNGING OUT FLOURSCENT LIGHT BULBS IN S & S.THE FOLLOWING THE SHIFT ABOUT 5:00 PM OF 12-10-91 SHE COMPLAINED TO HER IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR,THAT H ER CHEST WAS A LITTLE SORE.WHEN ASKED WHAT SHE DID,HER REPLY WAS "I DON'T KNOW THE ONLY THING I"VE DONE DIFFERENT WAS TO CHANGE SOME LIGHT BULBS." SHE FINISHED THE SHIFT AND IT WAS UNEVENTFUL
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A CHAIN BREAK OUT TOOL ON INGERSOLL RAND DRILL.CHAIN BROKE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN KNEE AND LEG.
EMPLOYEE TRIED LIFTING A 5 GALLON BOTTLE OF WATER TO PUT IT ON COOLER AND PULLED HER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING THE UNDER SIDE OF TORQUE TUBE ON A BD-180 TRUCK WHEN A FOREIGN PARTICLE FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT EYE WAS MDEICATED FOR REMO VAL OF THE PARTICLE.
LIFTING WIRE SPOOLS WITH ANOTHER MAN
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BELT CLAMPS FROM A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE OTHER END OF THE CLAMP DROPPED CAUSING THE CLAMP ENDS THAT HE WAS HOLDING TO PINCH HIS LEFT HAND, RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO T HE 4TH FINGER, REQUIRING SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE HAS A HOLE IN RUBBER BOOT.ALLOWED CONCRETE TO COME IN CONTACT WITH SKIN ON THE BRIDGE OF HIS FOOT,CAUSING CONCRETE BURN.
EMPL WAS POSITIONING CORNER PLATE APPROX 50# ONTO FRAME PLATE SLIPPED & FELL STRIKING EMPLS RIGHT HAND LACERATING MIDDLE FINGER. WOUND REQUIRED 8 STITCHES. HE WAS WEARING COTTON GLOVES.
ADJUSTING CHUTE BY PULLING ON CHAINS RUPT SPINAL DISC IN LOWER BACK
CARRYING 5 GALLONS UP 20 STEPS TO A CONTROL BOOTH,WHEN HE STRAINED LOWER LEFT SIDE BACK MUSCLES.
INJURED WAS CLEANING A DOOR STOOD UP AND TURNED AT THE SAME TIME RESULTING IN LOWER BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A HEAVY, WET SNOW OUT FROM IN FRONT OF THE FRONT DOORS OF THE OPERATIONS BUILDING. SHE WAS SCOOPING, LIFTING AND THEN CARRYING THE SNOW TO THE FLOWER BEDS. SHE WAS NOT LIFT ING IMPROPERLY OR TWISTING AND THROWING THE SNOW. SHE STRAINED MUSCLES IN THE LOWER BACK AND AGGRAVATED AN OLD INJURY.
EMPL WAS FUELING A BLADE ON THE SHOP READY LINE THE OVERFLOW HOSE WHIPPED OVER THE TOP OF THE BLADE FROM THE PRESSURE OF BEING FULL AND SQUIRTED THE EMPL IN THE L EYE EMPL WAS WEARING SAFETY G LASSES
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO LUBE A BLADE. HE HAD PULLED THE HOSE OUT FROM THE LUBE TRUCK AND WALKED WITH THE HOSE AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE. AT THIS TIME THE SWIVEL BETWEEN THE HOSE AND G REASE GUN CAME APART. THE HOSE WHIPPED UP AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NOSE AND FACE, CUTTING HIS UPPER AND LOWER LIP, REQUIRING TWO STITCHES IN HIS LOWER LIP.
EE WAS CARRYING 7-8 LARGE RUGS ON HIS SHOULDER AND PULLED A BACK MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON TOP OF DUST COLLECTOR BAG HOUSE.HE TURNED QUICKLY AROUND TO SAY SOMETHING TO A COWORKER.HIS NOSE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A PIECE OF IRON RESULTING IN LACERATION TO HIS LEFT NOSTRIL REQUIRING FOUR STITCHES.
THROWING WOODEN PALLETS INTO GARBAGE DUMP.
EMPL WAS LIFTING A CHOCK BLOCK APPROX 35 LBS WITH ONE HAND HE HAD RAISED IT ABOUT CHEST HIGH WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
HIGHWALL HAD COLLASPED AND BURIED CABLE AND J-BOX, REQUIRING THE CABLE TO BE DISCONNECTED AND REMOVED TO CHECK FOR DAMAGE. THE EMPLOYEE DISCONNECTED THE CABLE FROM THE J-BOX AND WAS PULLING I T BACK AWAY FROM THE BOX WHEN HE PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE IN THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT AS HE HAD JUST ARRIVED ON THE MINE SITE TO BEGIN HIS NORMAL SHIFT. AS HE WAS REACHING FOR HIS THERMOS AND LUNCH PAIL IN THE SEA T OF HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HISLOWER BACK MUSCLES.
EMPL WAS LIFTING ON A CHAIN THAT WAS HOLDING THE TRIP ARM ON A P&H SHOVEL WHILE PERFORMING THIS TASK HE SUFFERED A STRAIN TO HIS MID BACK
PUNCHED RIGHT ARM WITH TIE WIRE.RECEIVED TETANUS SHOT,ANTI-BIOTIC PRESCRIPTION,RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK FOLLOWING SOAKING REST OF DAY.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE DOOR OF THE ELEVATOR. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IS ADVENTIENLY CLOSED THE ELEVATOR DOOR ON THE FIRST EMEPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING LIGHT TUBE ON A L-800 END LOADER THE BAD TUBE BROKE AND CUT THE SIDE OF EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND THE LACERATION WAS 1.5 CM IN LENGTH AND REQUIRED 4 STITCHES
EMP. WA> PUMPING WATER OUT OF THE SUMP AND NOTICED THE BUTTERFLY VALVE WAS LEAKING ON THE BACK OF T HE TRUCCK. HE PUSHED UP ON THE VALVE HANDLE TO CLOSE THE VALVE COMPLETELY. HE WAS STANDIN ING IN A LOW SPOT BEHING THE TRUCK, WHICH PUT THE VALVE HANLDE APPROX. 1 1/2 FT. OVER HIS HEAD. AS HE PUSHED HE FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN HIS NECK. EMP. CONTINUED JTO HAVE DISCOMFORT IN T HE
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOOR ON M-36 UNIT RIG COAL HAUL TRUCK HE HAD JUST GOTTEN INTO HIS HAND (LEFT) SLIPPED ONTO THE DOOR JAM & THE DOOR CLOSED ON THE MIDDLE & RING FINGERS OF EMPLOYEES LEF T HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON FUEL HOSE TO RELOCATE ON EUCLID 170 TRUCK. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A SPRAINED RIGHT ELBOW WHEN HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE TRUCK FRAME OR FILTER.
EMP WAS CLEANIN1 UP COAL DUST ON THE FLOOR ON TOP OF SILO. SHE WAS STOOPED OVER SHOVELING WET COAL FROM THE FLOOR AND WHEN SHE STOD UP, SHE STRUCK THE BACK OF HER HEAD ON A STRUCTRURAL STEEL BEAM. EMP WAS W9ARING HARD HAT. EMP DECIDED TO SEE SHIROPRACTOR ON 12 11 87, AND REPORTED THIS TO EMPLOYER ON 12 13 87. THIS IS MSHA REPORTABLE
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1LACING AN AIR VALVE ON A UNIT RIG MARK-36 HAUL TRUCK HE HAD AIR VALVE IN VISE WHILE REPLACING FITTINGS WHILE TIGHTENING A FITTING VALVE SLIPPED OFF VISE & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON U PPER LIP CAUSIN1 A LACERATION REQUIRING 3 STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS AS8IGNED THE TASK OF MODIFYING THE PROTECTIVE COVERS FOR OXYGEN GAUGES ON A WELDING TRUCK. HE LIFTED A 150-LB (APPROX. WEIGHT) OXYGEN CYLINDER OFF OF THE SERVICE TRUCK AND THEN LI FTED THE CYLIND9R UP AGAIN TWO FEET TO PLACE IT BACK IN THE TRUCK. FOLLOWING LIFTING THE CYLINDER, EMPLOYEE EXPERIECED LOWER BACK PAIN.
CHECKING NITROG9N SYSTEM ON B CRUSHER FOR LEAKS.USED SAFETY BLOCK TO BRACE MOVEABLE PORTION OF B CRUSHER OPEN.WHEN REMOVING SAFETY BLOCK IT SLIPPED FROM HANDS AND DROPPED ON RIGHT FOOT FX 5TH PHALANGE OF RIG2T FOOT.
EE OPENED THE H2OD OF T HE TRUCK TO CHECK THE OIL. AFTER HE OPENED THE HOODHE STEPPED DPWN OFF THE BUMPER TO THE GROUND & FELT A PAIN IN THE CENTERAL PART OF HIS LOWER BACK. CK. 3
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING OUT THE RETURN IDLER TRAINER 150 LBS ON 302 CONVEYOR. DID NOT EXPERIENCE PAIN UNTIL 1130AM AT ABOUT 415 P.M. EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY LIFTING A 1/2INCH DRIVE SOCKE T. PAIN FELT IN3RIGHT WRIST.