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1/8" shard of steel, from mine owned drill, hit miner in left pectoral.
The technician was installing a roll pin into repair link for chain and a small piece of metal broke off and was embedded into upper left arm. The wound caused bleeding which an EMT was able to get stopped before technician was transported by ambulance to the local hospital for care.
Employee had hand on the roller of a nose cone, from a D11 side frame, while hoisting the nose cone to the ground for maintenance. While guiding the nose cone to the ground, the right side landed on the ground first. The left side had not yet landed which caused the strap to rotate unexpectedly pinching the employees thumb.
Unloading the truck, twisted knee (worked full duty up till 9/1/16)
Employee was under a bull dozer changing a hydraulic hose. He was trying to bend it up in place and it slipped out of his hand and hit him in the forehead causing a cut - 4 stitches.
Employee was winding up a grease hose and the trigger caught on the grease rack and shot grease into his eye. No damage to his eye but doctor prescribed an eye drop for a safety precaution.
Employee was attempting to put a belly pan on a dozer and a weld broke letting the pan to drop hitting him in the arm and hand.
Injured employee was attaching a tow cable to his vehicle and in the process slid his hand down cable receiving a cut which required 6 stitches to close.
Employee picked up a drive shaft out of a D-9, he lifted it up about 2 feet and said he hurt his neck and shoulder.
Employee was starting up stairs into parts trailer and grabbed the hand rail. He felt something pop in his shoulder.
Employee was shoveling stemming, carrying tubes and climbing in and out of truck. No specific act, just started to hurt. Continued working until he saw a Dr on 2/4/2013 at which time he was informed he had a hernia and was given surgery to correct it.
Employee was trying to remove a Stop Sign that they thought was loose enough to do by hand, it was not. He strained his back.
Employee had lowered a PTO pump off a Lube Truck to the ground and was bending down to drag it out from underneath the truck and felt something pull in his back.
Employee was helping mechanics put a pin in a 992 boom when a pin above fell and crushed his pinky finger.
Employee was moving a 55 gal drum and lost his footing in the mud and pulled a muscle in his back.
EE was shoveling dirt off the highwall miner beams and felt something pull in his lower back.
EE had just replaced a drum of grease on his Lube truck and he screwed his grease hose onto it. When he shifted the lever to charge it with air, the end blew off and hit him in the chin. He received stitches.
Employee lifted a 3" water pump to set it up to pump water and when he turned he injured his back.
Injury was laying perferated plastic pipe for drainage. The pipes are in 10 foot sections and fit very thightly. He was turning the pipe to make sure the drain holes were lined up when the pipe was shoved together, His right index finger was cut off right behind his finger nail.
Injured was climbing up onto his Front End Loader and didn't see that the engine compartment door had come open and he ran into it causing a cut on his cheek that took stitches.
On the morning of the 13th EE was climbing down off D11 dozer, when he slipped and hurt his knee. Worked all week on it and on Monday the 20th reported it. Took off Tuesday the 21st and is still off.
On April 10th EE was installing a belly pan on a D11 dozer when the pan shifted and hit his hand. EE thought it was bruised. He went to the doctor on May 25th because he had some pain, they found that he had a hairline fracture on his thumb,they did not put a cast on because it had already started to heal. They reported on May 26th to me.
EE was putting a swing motor into a PC750 Trac Hoe. The gear wedged itself in the mounting hole and when he tried to straighten it up it slipped and pinched his thumb between the gear and mounting bracket. Went and had 5 stitches. Worked the next day.
While helping to install belly chain drive shaft, employee injured his left thumb when a guard swung down and hit his thumb while he had hold of the shaft. He was treated at a Medical facility. Had to have stitches.
EE was moving parts around in his delivery truck to make room for more parts. He smashed his finger between metal lifting bracket and side of bed. Had to go for stitches.
Suction hose on a 4 inch water pump become covered with dirt, causing it to have some pressure on it. When EE unhooked hose from pump, it flew up and hit him in the nose. EE had to have 4 stitches.
EE was putting hose for treatment of water in ditch, when the hose momentarily got caught on pole that holds the hose when not in use. When the end of the hose came loose it shot water into his right eye. Took him to hospital, was told to take 4 days off.
As employee was stepping off bottom step of ladder on his 988 loader he caught his wedding ring on a step. They had to cut the ring off his finger; took him to hospital for seven stitches.
Was picking rock out of coal on conveyor belt,rock rolled over and smashed finger.
Was leaning down under a radiator putting bolts back in the supports, when trying to get back out he pulled on an air hose which in turn pulled air gun down on his head.
Employee was removing some debris from the haulage road and sprained his lower back while lifting. **Date of Acc. 6/8/06, first day missed - 6/22/06 **
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A FLEXABLE STEP DOWN THAT WAS BENT UP UNDER THE BUMPER AND WHILE PULLING, THE METAL BASE LACERATED HIS HAND.
Two employees were unloading a pump out of the bed of a utility truck when one employee slipped and the other employee took all of the weight in an awkward position and twisted his back.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON BENCH BUMPER OF UTILITY TRUCK LIFTING A HYDRAULIC PORT-A-POWER INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK OVER THE TAILGATE WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE 6 INCH WATER HOSE BY PULLING ON IT AN FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE DISCHARGE HOSE FROM A 4 INCH WATER PUMP WHILE THE HOSE WAS STILL UNDER PRESURE. ONCE THE CLAMPS WERE RELEASED, THE METAL END OF THE HOSE SPRUNG BACK AND HIT EE IN THE MOUTH.
(5/24/05: DETERMINED THAT INJURY DID NOT OCCUR ON MINE PROPERTY.) EE was stepping on boards that were leaning against a wall, trying to break them into smaller sections. The bottom piece flew up between his legs into the groin area.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE PART OF A PANEL FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF A CATERPILLAR 992C FRONT END LOADER WHEN THE EDGE OF THE SIDE PANEL BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS DRIVING A GROUND ROD INTO THE GROUND WITH A DRIVING DEVICE WHEN THE DRIVER MISSED THE ROD BY BEING LIFTED TO HIGH & WHEN EE CAME SLAMMING DOWN WITH THE DRIVER, THE ROD CAME UP BESIDE TH E DRIVER & HIT HIS HAND IN THE THUMB AREA. TOOK 9 STITCHES IN IS THUMB.
WHILE CLIMBING UP THE LADDER ON A CAT 988B LOADER TO START IT UP, EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.
EE WAS UNDER AN AUGER ONT HE DECK OF A LOW BOY PREPARING FOR TRANSPORTATION. HE HARD HAT FELL OFF. WHEN BENDING DOWN AND RETRIVING THE HARD HAT. HE TURNED SLIGHTLY WHILE COMING BACK UP AND BUM PED HIS HEAD CAUSING A 1 INCH LAERATION. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPTIAL WHERE THE DR GLUED THE CUT TOGETHER.
EE AND OTHER PULLING AND STRETCHING A 3" WATER DISCHARGE HOSE FROM A WATER PUMP IN THE PIT UP OVER A HILL TO THE OTHER SIDE TO CLEAR THE WATER FROM THE PIT. WHILE TUGGING TWISTING AND PULLING THE HOSE, HE FELT A PULL IN HIS STOMACH AREA.
THE LIMESTONE CRUSHER HAD PLUGGED WITH ROCKS REQUIRING A CRANE TO REMOVE BIG ROCKS WHOLE. SMALL ROCKS WERE REMOVED BY HAND. EE REMOVED A ROCK TOO HEAVY TO BE REMOVED BY HAND, HURTING HIS BACK WHICH IS A CHRONIC CONDITION.
ACCORDING TO EE, AT APPROX. 12:30PM A LARGE PIECE OF COAL BECAME WEDGED ON THE CONVEYOR, WHILE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE COAL HE EXPERIENCED A PULLING/STINGING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK . HE DISCUSSED THIS WITH ASST. SAFETY DIRECTOR. WHO ADVISED HIM TO LEAVE THE MINE AND SEE HIS DRIMMEDIATELY. EE WORKED THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKAND REPORTED OFF ON 1-14-02.
EE AND EE HAD JUST LIFTED A 300 FT SECTION OF COILED WATER HOSE FROM THE BED OF A PICK UP TRUCK AND WAS UNWINDING IT ALONG SIDE AN OLD ROAD WHEN EE NOTICED A DULL PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE P AIN BECAME INCREASINGLY WORSE AS THE DAY PROGRESSED.
WHILE TAKING A SAMPLE FROM STONE PILES, SHOVEL HANDLE FRAYED AND A LARGE SPLINTER WENT IN THE RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB AND FIRST FINGER.