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EE GOT DEBRIS IN HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE HELPING REPAIR A DOZER. AT THAT TIME HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. HIS EYE WAS CLEANED OUT & HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR TOBRADEX.
EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING A BACKHOE. WHEN HTE FUEL NOZZLE SHUT OFF AND HE PULLED THE NOZZLE OUT, DIESEL FUEL SPLASHED ON HIM, INCLUDING HIS FACE AND EYES. HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR EYE DROPS FOR HIS EYES.
EE PICKED UP A 6" SKIMMER, WHICH WEIGHS APPROX 50+ POUNDS, TO PUT ON THE BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK. AS HE DID HE FELT A STINGING IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER AREA. HE THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AT THE TIME. O N 10-4-99, AS IT HAD BEEN BOTHERING HIM, HE COMPLETED AN ACCIDENT REPORT ON IT. HE WENT TO THE DR. 10/5 & IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A SHOULDER STRAIN & HE HAD A FOLLOWUP 10/8. BEGAN LOSING TIME 10/
EE WAS HOLDING A HANDHELD RADION IN ONE HAND & SPRAYED ELECTRA CLEAN TO CLEAN THE RADIO. THE DPRAY DEFLECVTED OFF THE RADIO & INTO HIS EYES. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DR. AND RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION FOR HIS EYES. (HE IS REGULAR SCHEDULED DAYS OFF FROM 5/21-27/99 AND RETURNS TO WORK ON 5/28/99).
EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN LIFTING AN AIR BREATHER. HE IS PRESENTLY ON MODIFIED DUTY FOR 3WEEKS WHILE DOING PHYSICAL THERAPY
EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING ABOVE LOCKERS AT THE WASH RACK AREA TO RETRIEVE A BOX OF PAPER TOWELS AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. DR. REPORTED PROBLEM TO BE A STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE SQUATTED DOWN ON THE BED OF A BOOM TRUCK TO PRESHIFT A WELDING MACHINE. WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP, HIS LEFT KNEE LOCKED UP AND HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN HIS LEG. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL A ND SURGERY WAS PERFORMED THE NEXT MORNING FOR TORN CARTILAGE.
EE WAS MOVING 8" BLACK POLY PIPE. WHILE LIFTING IT TO HOOK UP A CHAIN, HE HURT HIS WRIST. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS INJURY TO HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL FEB 20 1998. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION U NTIL FEB 24. AT WHICH TIME THE DR'S DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT HE HAD FRACTURED HIS WRIST. A CAST WAS PUT ON IT.
EE WAS CLEANING A DOZER WINDSHIELOD. THE AIR CONDITIONER FILTER HOUSING, WHICH IS A FEW INCHES TO THE FRONT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD, HAD LOOSE MESH ON THE INSIDE AND HE GOT HIS RIGHT L ITTLE FINGER CAUGHT ON THE MESH. HE CUT HIS FINGER AND 8 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE 1" LACERATION.
EE HAD CUT HIMSELF WHILE WORKING AT THE FUEL ISLAND. A FIELD MECHANIC WAS CLEANING HIS CUT AND WAS JOING TO COVER IT. HE LOOKED AT IT AND SAW THE BLOOD AND PASSED OUT.
EE WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND NEXT TO HIS PICKUP TRUCK. HE REACHED INTO HIS TOOL BOX IN THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK TO SLIDE HIS TOOL TRAY TO THE SIDE. HE STATED THAT HE HURT HIS ARM AT THAT TIME. S UPERVISOR SENT HIM TO THE DR. DR PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY ON 6-12-97.
CARRYING A MAGDRILL ON A LADDER WHEN THE WEIGHT OF THE DRILL SHIFTED AND EMPLOYEE ALSO SHIFTED TO KEEP FROM DROPPING THE DRILL.
EE WAS PULLING ELECTRIACL CABLE THROUGH THE REVOLVING FRAME. EE WAS TAKENOFF WORK 7/15/97 CUASING INJURY TO BECOME REPORTABLE.
EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT OUT OF DIRT CHUTES OF A DRAGLINE INTO A 55 GALLON DRUM. WHEN HE TWISTED AROUND TO GET ANOTHER SHOVEL FULL, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA. HE WAS TAKEN TO TH E HOSPITAL & RELEASED. UPON A FOLLOWUP DR. VISIT, HE WAS PUT ON LIGHT DUTY. HE WILL RETURN TO FULL DUTY ON 5-9-97.
EE WAS MOVING 2 METAL OBJECTS WHEN HIS FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE 2 PIECES LACERATING HIS FINGER.
EMP AND COWORKER DROPPED A SECTION OF 2" PIPE WHICH LANDED ON THE EMPS FOOT.
EE WAS RAISING THE BACKDOOR ON THE DRAGLINE AND DUST OR FOREIGN MATERIAL GOT INTO HIS EYE. UPON\GOING TO THE DR, IT WAS DETERMINED THE SLIVER OF METAL WAS EMBEDDED IN HIS LOWER EYELID AND REMOVED.
EMP WAS INSTALLING A 7" PIN IN THE DRAG CLEVIS, WHEN THE PIN SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS PINNING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PIN KEEPER AND CLEVIS ON THE BUCKET RIGGING.
EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER PALESTINE WATERWELL SERVICES EMPLOYEE, EE REMOVED A 4-WHEELER FROM A MUDDY EMBANKMENT. EE LIFTED ON THE REAR OF THE ATV. EE STATES THAT AT THIS TIME, HE FELT A POP I N HIS LOWER BACK AND SAT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. EE ALSO STATES THAT HE TRIPED TO WALK OUT OF AREA WITH EE'S ASSISTANCE.
HE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE A SKIRT RUBBER ON THE CONNECTING CONVEYOR HOPPER CAR. PRIOR TO THIS TIME, THE HOPPER HAD BEEN SECURED FROM FALLING DIRT. APPARENTLY, DIRT WAS STUCK BETWEEN THE IMPACT CURTAIN AND THE IMPACT WALL AND AFTER THE MEN HAD BEEN WORKING FOR A FEW HOURS, IT BROKE LOOSE AND A CHUNK OF THE DIRT HIT HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS UPPER BACK.
EE WAS SLOT DOZING IN THE SPOIL WITH HIS DOZER. DIRT FELL ON HIS MACHINE & HE GOT OUT TO CLEAN IT OFF. HE PARKED THE DOZER BETWEEN TWO WALLS OF DIRT & WHILE STANDING WITH ONE FOOT ON THE TRACK & ONE FOOT ON THE STEP GOING TO THE CAB, A CHUNKOF DIRT FELL FROM THE WALL & HIT HIM ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, FRACTURING IT & PUSHED HIM AGAINST THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DOOR, BRUISING L SHOULDER
EE AND CO-WORKER WERE HANGING LIGHT BRACKETS ON A DRAGLINE BOOM THAT WAS ON THE GROUND. EE WAS WORKING FROM THE CATWALK AS EE WAS ON THE GROUND APPROX 7' BELOW, MOVING A LADDER. WHILE ON THE GROUND, EE HEARD EE SAY "WATCH OUT". EE LOOKED UP & WAS STRUCK ON THE TOP LIP BYA FALL C-CLAMP. THE CUT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
RICK CRAWLED UNDER A VAN TO REMOVE A BRAKE LINE AND DEBRIS FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE DESPITE HIM HAVING HIS SAFETY GLASSES ON. HE WAS TAKEN TO ANEMERGENCY ROOM WHERE THE FOREIGN OBJECT WAS REMOVED FROM HIS EYE.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING A BOGIE PIN IN A ROLLER FRAME & APPARENTLY HE GOT A PIECE OF SLAG IN HIS EYE HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 06-19-95 AT WHICH TIME AN EMBEDDED FOREIGN OBJECT WAS RE MOVED FROM HIS EYE & AN ANTI-BIOTIC PRESCRIPTIONWAS ISSUED TO HIM
EE OPENED THE DOOR TO HIS WORK TRUCK & REACHED UP WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO GRAB THE HANDLE TO PULL HIMSELF UP AS HE PULLED & STEPPED UP INTO THE TRUCK HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER HE WAS TA KEN TO THE DOCTORS X-RAYS WERE TAKEN & A POSITIVE DIAGNOSIS OF A DISLOCATED LEFT SHOULDER WAS MADE TREATMENT WAS RENDERED
EE WAS GOING TO REMOVE THE 48 POUND ANTIFREEZE PUMP FROM ITS FRAM E& CARRY OUTSIDE TO LOAD ONTO A TRUCK SHE BENT OVER TO PICK IT UP & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HER BACK
INJURED WAS HELPING HOOK UP BRAKE CABLES ON A TRUCK, TWISTED HIS BACK AND FELT A SLIGHT TUG. HIS BACK WAS STIFF WHEN HE LEFT WORK AND HE BEGAN HAVING MUSCLE SPASMS THAT NIGHT.
WHILE WORKING ON BUCKET RIGGING AT DDRAGLINE 26, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS STOMACH. LATER THAT EVENING, THERE WAS STILL PAIN & ON THE FOLLOWING MORING, THERE WAS SLIGHT SWELLING. EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DR.. THE HERNIA WAS DIAGNOSED & HE IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE SURGERY TO REPAIR IT ON 2-7-94. [THROUGH 2-3-94, HE HAS NOT LOST ANY TIME AT WORK.]
EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A PICK CLEANER AT THE CRUSHER. ONE END OF THE CLEANER WAS RESTING ON A NARROW SURFACE AND AS HE REACHED TO GRAB IT AND RAISED IT TO WELD, IT SLIPPED OFF AND CAUGHT HI S FINGER BETWEEN THE TIP OF THE CLEANER AND THE FEEDER BREAKER SHAFT, INFLICTING TWO LACERATIONS, WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES. ]
INJURED & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MOVING A 6" DISCHARGE PIPE BY HAND @ THE AREA D-3 RAMP. INJURED REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP THE PIPE & SLIDE IT & HIS BACK GAVE OUT ON HIM.
INJURED PERSON SUSTAINED A FRACTURE IN THE SMALL BONE OF HIS LOWER LEFT LEG. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FRACTURE WAS THE RESULT OF A SCUFFLE BETWEEN THE ACTING SUPERVISOR AND THE INJURED INDI VIDUAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A JACK STAND & IT FELL OVER ON HIS FOOT.
WHILE REMOVING A MAN BASKET OFF A BOOM TRUCK, EMPLOYEE PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE BASKET AND A DRAGLINE SHOE.
EE WAS EXITING A LOCKER ROOM AND A DOOR SLAMMED SHUT AS HE WAS WALKING THROUGH, HITTING HIM IN THE FOREHEAD. HE SAW THE DOCTOR ON FEB 25, 1993, BUT DID NOT START LOSING TIME FROM WORK UNTIL MA RCH 3, 1993.
EE MOUNTED A MOTOR GRADER IN MAINTENANCE SHIP & SEEMED TO HVE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RT ARM & SHOULDER AREA HE DID NOT GOT TO THE DOC UNTIL FEB 17 1993 AT WHICH TIME A FX WAS FOUND
WHEN PLACED HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE CHAIN STEP OF THE DRAGLINE SHOE, HIS TOE WAS IN AND HIS KNEE LATERAL AND WHEN HE PULLED HIS WEIGHT UP AND HIS FOOT STRAIGHTENED UP, HIS WEIGHT TRANSFERRED TO HIS LOWER BACK AND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS WORKING AT CHANGING OUT A TOOTH BASE ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET WHEN A CLOD OF DIRT FELL FROM THE CORNER OF THE BUCKET AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK.
95149ED WAS HELPING IN LIFTING REPAIRING AND SPLICING BLACK PLASTIC DEWATERING PIPE AS HE WAS WORKING HIS SHOULDER STARTING ACHING.
INJURED WAS PULLING A BEARING RETAINER OUT OF A RETARDER HOUSING. THE RETAINER FELL OUT OF THE HOUSING AND, UPON TRYING TO CATCH IT, HIS FINGERS GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TEH RETAINER AND A TABLE, C UTTING 2 OF HIS FINGERS WHICH REUIRRED STITCHES.
CONNECTING POWER TO WAGON CABLE FLPPED PLUG HIT IN MOUTH BROKE TOOTH
95149ED WAS LOADING A PIECE OF STEEL PLATE IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK.AS HE PICKED IT UP,HE SWUNG IT INTO THE TRUCK.HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND TINGLING IN HIS LEGS SHORTLY AFTER.
WORKING IN AIR CONDITIONER IN BACK HOE PUT FINGER IN FAN CUTTING THE FINGER
HE HAD REMOVED A BATTERY FROM A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND UPON SETTING IT DOWN, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
EE WAS HANDLING THE 25 KV TRAIL CABLE AT A DRAGLINE AND EXPERIENCED ABDOMINAL PAIN.
INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING AN END DUMP IN THE SHOP. A NITROGEN BOTTLE HAD BEEN PLACED AT THE BASE OF THE LADDER AND HE BACKED DOWN ONTO COAL ROLL STEEL ON A NITROGEN BOTTLE RACK PUNCTURING HIS L EFT BUTTOCK. THE PUNCTURE WOUND REQUIRED THREE STITCHES.
INJURED WAS HELPING TO LOAD A BOAT ONTO A BARGE PUMP.HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOAT AND THE PUMP HANDRAIL,FRACTURING HIS FINGER.
INJURED WAS CLOSING A GATE. THE GATE HIT A ROCK,CAN\ME BACK TOWARDS HIM AND HIT HIM,BREAKING HIS NOSE.
WE JUST GOT THE CORE BARREL OUT OF THE GROUND, THEN PUT IT ON THE STANDS AND FELT PAIN IN MY LOWER PART OF MY BACK. PULLED A LIGAMENT IN MY LOWER PART OF MY BACK.
INJURY OCCURED WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BELT CLAMPS OVERHEAD.
INJURED WITH THE HELP OF TWO OTHER MINERS WERE LOADING A 1 1/2" X20' CHOKER ONTO THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK.WHILE LIFTING THE CHOKER SHIFTED CAUSING A LOAD CHANGE TO INJURED.HE STRAINED HIS BA CK AND FRACTURED ONE RIB.