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EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM A SCRAPER AND FELT A TWINGE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM RUBBER TIRE DOZER AND TWISTED BACK.HE DID NOT NOTIFY ANYONE THAT HE WAS INJURED UNTIL 10-08-90.HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL HE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR ON 10-10-90.PAIN INCR
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BRAKE ON RAILROAD CAR AND STRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BRAKE ON RAILROAD CAR AND STRAINED BACK AND NECK.
TWO EE WERE DISCUSSING PROCEEDURES ON DOZING MATERIAL. WHEN DOZER OPERATOR GOT BACK INTO THE DOZER HIS THUMB WAS SLAMMED IN DOOR. TIP OF BONE IN THUMB WAS BROKEN AND THUMB TORN OPEN. BONE TIP REMOVED FINGERNAIL REMOVED AND THE THUMB WAS STICHES UP. THE DR DID A POOR JOB STICHING THE FIRST TIME IT HAD TO BE REDONE THE NEXT DAY.
INJURED PERSON WAS LIFTING BAGS OF AND AND SPRAINED HIS SHOULDER
THE INJURED MINER WAS HELPING REPLACE THE EQUALIZER ON THE HOIST ROPES. HE TWISTED WHILE LIFTING AND HURT HIS BACK. THE MINER REPORTED THE INJURY OCT 31, 1988. (SEE ATTACHED REPORT)
A PROBLEM WAS N2TED WITH A SECONDARY CRUSHER. THE PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE ARMOR PLATED ACCESS DOOR WAS BEING OPENED WHEN A SECTION OF THE ARMOR PLATE FELL OUT OF THE CRUSHER AND ONTO THE A NKLE OF THE EMP5OYEE. THE PLATE FELL ABOUT 3 FT.
WHEN DISMOUNTIN1 THEBOBCAT SKIN STEER LOADER THE OPERATOR. STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE R.O.P.S. CAB AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS NECK AND LOWER BACK.
INDIVIDUAL WAS REPAIRING A FUEL INJECTION PUMP ON A SCRAPER WHEN IT TURNED AND A SHARP TERMINAL BRUSHED ACROSS THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING A CUT WHICH REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.
THE OPERATOR LEFT THE CAB OF THE TWIN ENGINE SCRAPER HE WAS OPERATING TO START THE REAR ENGINE. WHEN HE RETURNED HE SHUT THE CAB DOOR ON HIS SEAT BELT. HE REOPENED THE DOOR AND AS HE REACHED TO PULL THE SEAT BELT, THE DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS LEFT HAND. THE INJURY CUT TWO FINGERS WHICH UPON MEDICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED STITCHES.