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EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING TIRE ON #720 COAL TRUCK WHEN HE PUT TIRE ON WHEEL A PARTICLE OF RUST FLEW INTO EYE FROM WHEEL.
EMPL CLEANING A3R SYSTEM ON TRUCK TAKING PLUG OUT OF AIR TANK.THE AIR TANK HAD SOME PRESSURE ON IT AND THE PLUG FLEW OUT FORCEFULLY AND HIT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL2SING DOOR OF COAL TRUCK. THEWINDOW WAS ROLLED HALFWAY DOWN WHEN DOOR SHUT WINDOW SHATTERED AND A PIECE OF GLASS ENTERED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HO2KING A FRAYED WIRE ROPE FROM THE WINCH OF A D9H TO A 30 INCH STEEL PIPE WHEN HE RAN A STRAND OF WIRE THROUGH HIS LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHUTTING DOOR OF GRADER AND SMASHED THUMB.
EMPL WAS AT SHOVEL.HE MOVED BARRELL OF GREASE CAUSING STRAIN TO BACK.
EMPL L IFTED 50 LB BAG CAUSING EXTERNAL HEMMOROIDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN CAB OF LECTRA WHEN BATTERY CABLE SHORTED & BURNED WHEN EXTINGUISHED, CHEMICAL WAS INHALED BY EMPLOYEE CAUSING HARD BREATHING AND HEADACHE.
EE WAS ENTERING3DOZER & HIT HIS HEAD ON DOOR.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED A DRILL CHAIN AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER. HE PLACED HIS HAND ON HOT MUFFLER FOR SUPPORT AND BURNED IT.
EE WAS PULLING ON FUEL HOSE & HURT HIS BACK DOING SO.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNDERNEATH 992 LOADER REPLACING THE BELLY PAN WHEN EMPLOYEE LIFTED BELLY PAN IT CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN EXCESSIVELY EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING HIS MECHANIC AT T IME OF ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A T R ANSMISSION IN ORDER TO FIX A GREASE PUMP IN THAT AREA, WHEN HE LIFTED TRANSMISSION HE HURT HIS LEFT HAND WHILE DOING SO
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING AT WELDING JOB TO BE PERFORMED ON DOZER AND HIT HIS HEAD ON GRILL OF DOZER THAT WAS ON HINGES CAUSING A SERIOUS CUT TO HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING 04 SHOVEL AFTER TURNING ON WELDER. AS HE STEPPED OFF LADDER ONTO GROUNG A KNOT APPEARED IN LOWER STOMACH AREA DIAGANOSED AS A RUPTURE. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK ON 9/ /20/84. HOSPITALIZED ON 9/24/84 FOR THEDICSL THEATMEUT OF HERINA.
EMP WAS CALLED TO #122 DOZER TO CHECK FOR LOOSE HYD TANK WHEN HE ARRIVED HE WALKED OVER TO DOZER AND PUT FINGER INTO BOLT HOLE ON BOTOM OF TANK WHEN DOZXER OPERATOR GOT OUT TO SHOW HIM THE T TANK WAS LOOSE HE SHOOK THE TANK WHILE EMP GOT STILL HAD HIS FINGER IN BOLT HOLE RESULTING IN INJURY TO HIS FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT DOZER EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO TRACK OF DOZER AND THE CLEATS IN THE DOZER TRACK CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO TWIST HIS ANKLE
EMPL REPLACING SEALS IN DIFFERENTIAL.MOVED ARM AND STUCK A WIRE IN IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT STOCKTON CHANGING THE BRAKE SHOES ON A LECTRA HAUL HE LIFTED COVER OF LECTRA HAUL AT AN ANGLE AND HURT HIS BACK
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE HYDRAULIC OIL HE TOOK THE DRAIN PLUG LOOSE BEFORE RELIEVING THE PRESSURE IN HYDRAULIC OIL TANK PRESSURE AND HOT OIL HIT HIM IN THE FACE
FOREMAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO INVESTIGATE A WATER LEAK IN A COAL TRUCK HE STEPPED UP ONTO BUMPER AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE HOOD
MECHANIC WAS CHANGING TRANSFER GEAR CASE OIL IN A 4X4 PICKUP TRUCK GEAR OIL SPILLED ON HIS HANDS MECHANIC SUFFERED A CHEMICAL REACTION RESULTING IN BLISTERED HANDS
EMPLOYEE STATES, HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LOAD SCRAP METAL INTO AN ENDLOADER BUCKET, WE BOTH HAD A HOLD OF PIECE OF METAL AND THREW IT INTO BUCKET. IT HIS ANOTHER PIECE OF METAL AND FLIPPED IT OUT OF BUCKET AND IT STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE. FRACTURED BONE AROUND RIGHT EYE AND ON CHEEK