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RESTRICTED DUTY. EE PICKED UP MONSTER ROOF MATT AND EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA. EE BECAME RESTRICTED ON 7-29-99.
MIGHT NOT BE WORK RELATED, PENDING A TOTAL INVESTIGATION OF PRIOR MEDICAL. EE HAD BEEN IN BATTERY CHARGING STATION THIS DAY WORKING BATTERIES. HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME BREATHING THAT EVENING AFTER WORK & WENT TO THE ER CLAIMING THE GASES IN THE BATTERY CHARGE STATION CAUSED HIS CONDITION. AREA WAS VENTILATED & HE SAID DOORS WERE LEFT OPEN WHEN HE WAS INSIDE
WHILE HE WAS DROPPING TUBE, PULLED RIGHT SHOULDER OUT. WENT ON RESTRICTED DUTY ON 6-28-99.
RESTRICTED DUTY, EE PULLING BRATTISH WHILE STANING IN ABOUT 1' OF MUD HURT LOWER BACK ON 4/30 EE RECD AN INJECTION IN HIS BACK & WAS RESTRICTED TO NO LIFTING, PUSHING OR PULLING OVER 30 PDS
DONALD L. DAVIS, WHILE PACKING TIMBERS UNDER APPARATUS, STEPPED BACK OUT OF THE WAY TO LET OTHERTEAM MEMBER PASS, AND TWISTED KNEE IN THE PROCESS.
EE STATED HE WAS PULLING THE ROCK DUST HOSE USING HIS LEFT LEG TO DO MOST OF WORK CAUSING A STRAIN OF THE LEFT HIP. ON 2-10-99 EE ADVISED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE DIDN'T FEEL HE COULD WALK OUT F O THE MINE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. EE HAS NOT BEENALLOWED TO GO BACK INTO THE MINE AS OF THIS DATE. HE IS WAITING TO SEE A PHYSICIAN.
EE INBY SIDE OF AIR LOCK DOORS TRIED TO SHUT IT HARD ENOUGHT TO LATCH THEM AND THE LATCH HANDLE CAME AROUND & HIT EE IN THE MOUTH BREAKING ONE TOOTH & CUTTING LIP
EE WAS TRYING TO PUT A LIGHT PLANT ON A PICKUP TRUCK BALL HITCH, WHILE LIFTING HE HURT HIS BACK& SHOULDER
EE ALLEGES HE PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK SETTING CRIBS. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL LATER. EE WAS LAYED OFF IN THE INTERIM: NOTE CO WAS UNAWARE THAT EE WENT TO HOSPITAL ON THE 27TH & MISSED WORK THAT DAY BECAUSE HE DID NOT REPORTTHE INJURY AS AN INDUSTRIAL INJURY WHEN HE WENT TO THE ER ROOM OPERATOR WAS NOT MADE AWARE THAT THE ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS OCCUPATIONALY RELATED
LTA, EE, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN AIRLOCK DOORS. THERE WAS ENOUGHT PRESSURE AGAINST THE DOORS THAT HE HAD TO YANK A COUPLE OF TIMES IN ORDER TO OPEN DOORS. HE FELT A POPE IN HIS LEFT ELBOW. NOTE: INJURY NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL 11-24, UNABLE TO COME TO WORK DUE TO THE INJURY.
RESTRICTED DUTY, EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MONSTER MAT UP ON BOLTER T.R.S. BY HIMSELF, TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS LIFTING ONE END OF A 24 FT PIECE OF IBEANTHE IBEAM ROLLED AND SMASHED HIS FINGER, EE LEFTINDEX FINGER HAS A SMALL BREAK AT THE TIP THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO US UNTIL THE 30TH AT THAT TIME I TOOK EE TO BE CHECKED.
EE WAS TRYING TO SET A CRIBB IN PLACE WHEN HIS HELPER GRABBED THE CRIBB AND THE CRIBB ROLLED OFF OF EE'S SHOULDER & SMASHED HIS INDEX FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND, THE TIP O THE INDEX FINGER WA S BROKE AND NEEDED 4 STITCHES.
EE WAS TRYING TO LEFT A 20' LENGTH OF WATERLINE WHICH WAS STUCK IN THE MUD. EE HAS STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
MEDICAL REPORTABLE, EE, WHEN IT PICKED UP THE CHECK BLOCK TO THROW ONTO TRUCK, I BUMPED MY LEFT ELBOW ON THE TRUCK BED. NOTE: EE WENT TO THE DR. ON 8-6-98 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TENNIS ELBOW A ND S WEARING A BRACE.
TRYING TO LIFT A BATTERY STAND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
MADE A POWER MOVE AND WAS ADDING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE. HE AND OTHER MAN WERE IN THE PROCESS OF HANGING THE CABLE WHEN INJURED PULLED OR STRAINED GROIN AREA.
MEDICAL REPORTABLE, EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A HYDRAULIC PUMP SETTING INTHE ROADWAY AND WAS PLACING ITIN THE TRUCK WHEIN IT SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EE ON ROOF BOLT TRAILER UNLOADING MATERIAL ONTO THE SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE CAUGHT ANKLE. TWISTED AND SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.
EE WAS LOADING A BRAKE FOR A JOY MINER ON THE BACK OF THE WAREHOUSE CUSHMAN TO TAKE OUT AND LOAD ON THE BACK OF TRUCK. HE NEVER FELT ANY PAIN UNTIL HE WENT TO GET OUT OF TRUCK IN THE TRAILGATE SECTION. PAIN WAS FELT IN LOWER BACK AND DOWN LEFT LEG.
HE WAS LOADING A BOX OF RESIN INTO THE MANTRIP, AS HE WAS IN MOTION OF PLACING THE BOX THROUGH THE DOOR, HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK THE HINGE PORTION OF THE DOOR CAUSING HIS SHOULDER TO JAM.
EE WAS SHARING WRENCH WITH EACH OTHER & HAD TO REACH OVER TO GET WRENCH & HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER. EE BECAME RESTRICTED ON 4/30/98 UNTIL HE FINISHES PHYSICAL THERAPY.
EE LIFTING TUBING, STRETCHING TO GET IT IN AND SLIPPED PULLING MUSCLE IN SHOULDER. EE WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY FEB 24.
EE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK ROLLING A PIECE OF COAL.
EE WAS PACKING BELT HARDWARE AT WILLOW CREEK MINE ON 1/21/98 EE DID NOT REPORT BEING INJURED TO ANYONE UNTIL 1/26/98 WHEN HE SHOWED UP FOR WORK WITH A DR'S RELEASE. THERE WERE NO PHONE CALLS M ADE BY HIM TO OUR COMPANY. EE SAID ON THE 26TH OF JAN. THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK MOVING HARDWARE. (DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 1/23/98)
MEDICAL REPORTABLE. HE WAS WALKING FROM THE PLATFORM TO THE OTHER CONTROLS TO ADD ANOTHER SCREEN AND ADVANCE THE PINNER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE BOX OF RESIN. HE DIDN'T GO TO THE DR. UNTIL SEPTEMBER 24, 1997.
EE LIFTING A PIECE OF 2" THICK WALLED PIPE INTO BACK OF ISUZU FLAT BED TRUCK WHEN PIPE SLIPPED OUT OF MY HAND AND PINCHED MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN PIPE AND METAL STRAP THAT GOES ACRO SS THE BACK OF TRUCK BED. THE PIPE WAS APPROX 4-5 FT LONG.
CLEANING WITH A SHOVEL ALONG A BELT LINE.
CUTTING MINE BELT IN ORDER TO INSTALL BOOTS ONTHE TAIL GATE DRIVE SHAFT. CUT LEFT THUMB BASE WITH CHAIN GUARD EDGE. HAD BEEN WEARING GLOVES BUT TOOK THEM OFF TO DO THE JOB.
RESTRICTED DUTY, EE LIFTING TUBE & TWISTED WHEN RAISING CAUSING BACK PAIN IN UPPER MIDDLE BACK.
RESTRICTED DUTY:OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, EE HAS LIFTED OR HELD VENTILATION TUBE UP WITH HIS HEAD AND NOT HAS PAIN IN HIS NECK AND HEAD ACHES.
RESTRICTED DUTY EE PULLED GROIN LIFTING HEADBOARD UP ON BOLTING TRAILER.
REPORTABLE, EE, WHILE HOLDING TOP CLUSTER ON ONE SIDE OF STRUCTURE, OTHER EES WERE LIFTING OTHER END WHEN EE'S END SLIPPED ON OF HIS HAND, HE TRIED TO CATCH IT CAUSING IT TO HIT THE BACK SIDE OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TIMBER ON BUCKET OF TRACTOR WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE DROPPED TIMBER, SMASHING EE'S HAND INTO BUCKE TCYLINDER, CAUSING EMPLOYEES THUMB TO BE INJURED.
MEDICAL REPORTABLE. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DELUGE SYSTEM APART OVER BELT DRIVE. WHEN PULLING PIPE APART, PRESSURE ON PIPE CAUSED RISER TO SWING OUT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN FACE BREAKING NOSE. EMPLOYE E RECEIVED 5 STITCHES WHERE SAFETY GLASSES CUT NOSE.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE BLOCK UNDER LEG ON FRAME OF EQUIPMENT DOORS. HE WAS BENDING DOWN AND STARTED TO LIFT UP FRAME AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WALKING THRU DRIVE THRU DOORS. EE HAND SLIPPED OFF THE DOOR AND DOOR STRUCK EE IN THE MOUTH CHIPPING HIS FRONT TOOTH.
RESTRICTED DAYS. HE WAS CLEANING SOME CULVERTS WITH A SHOVEL DURING THE DAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY HIS BACK FELT VERY TIRED. THE NEXT DAY HE WAS EXPERIENCING SEVERE BACK PAIN.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING TRASH OUT OF REAR PASSENGER AREA OF MANTRIP. HE REACHED INTO A PILE OF TRASH, AND DIDN'T SEE THE TIMBER SAW AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE.
REPORTABLE, EMPLOYEE HUNG 3350 MCM HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE WHEN CABLE CAME OFF HOOK AND SWUNG DOWN AND HIT MIKE IN THE RIGHT JAW BREAKING MOLAR TOOTH OFF AT THE GUM LINE.
STRUCK BY A PIPE AND KNOCKED OUT LOWER FRONT PERMANANT TOOTH.
EE RESTRICTED DUTY, MAN WAS LIFTING PUSH ETENSIONS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
HE WAS LIFTING AND PULLING ON A CABLE AND HURT HIS BACK.
PICKED UP AN 8' TIMBER TO MOVE OUT OF WALKWAY, PULLED GROIN.
EE WAS LIFTING A TUBE FROM LEFT SIDE OF ROOF BOLTERS TRAY, TRYING TO HANG THE TUBE FOR VENTILATION. EE APPEARED TO STRETCH TOO FAR WHILE LIFTING THE TUBE FROM THE GROUND. HE NOTIFIED SAFETY DE PT ON 3-24 AND HE WENT TO THE DR. ON 3-28 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SMALL HERNIA ABOVE BELLY BUTTON. NO SURGERY PLANNED. THEREFOR, THIS INCIDENT HAS BECOME REPORTABLE.
EE WAS HANGIGN MINER CABLE UP ON HOOKS AN DFELT HIS RIGHT ELBOW GIVE OUT.
EE WAS INSTALLING 3/4-2 1/2" RIGID CONDUIT THE DAY HE CLAIMS HE WAS INJURED.
WHILE BUILDING CRIB, BLOCK WAS BEING TOSSED UP TO THE TOP. EMP WAS SETTING THE BLOCKS AND DID NOT SEE THE NEXT BLOCK GET TOSSED UP TO HIM. IT STRUCK HIS THUMB.
TWISTED BACK UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE.
HERNIA. UNKNOWN AS TO WHEN HE DID THIS. DID NOT HAVE SURGERY UNTIL HIS VACATION IN DECEMBER AND THIS IS REASON THIS WAS NOT REPORTED EARLIER.