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EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A COVER PLAT EON A PROPEL GEAR CASES. EMPLOYEE WAS USING AIR TOOLS AND GRINDERS DURING THE OB TASK. IT ALSO WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION. EMPLOYEE DID HOWEVER RUB HIS E YE WITH HIS FINGEER WHILE DOING THE TASK. IT APPARS THAT HE MAY HAVE HAD THE RUST PARTICLE ON HIS FINGER AND & INADVERTANTLY RUBBED IT INTO HIS EYE. HISS EYE BECAME MORE IRRITATED AS THE DAY
EE WAS CHANGING THE CUTTING EDGES ON A 375 KOMATSU BULLDOZER. AS HE LIFTED A USED CUTTING EDGE TO PLACE IT IN THE BED OF HIS MAINTEANCE TRUCK, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE PAIN DIMINSHE D SHORTLY BUT WAS FELT AGAIN LATER IN HIS SHIFT WHILE PERFORMING ANOTHER TASK. THE NEXT MORNING HE CONTINUED TO FELL PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND PAIN RADIATING DOWN HIS LEG. HE WENT TO A PHYSI
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT ONE END OF A LAND 1/2INCH TOW CABLE THAT HAD BEEN USED TO PULL A DISABLED BULLDOZER. A 35LB CLEVIS WAS ALSO ATTACHED TO HTIS CABLE END. AS HE LIFTED CABLE, HE FELT P AIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMP CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 10\16. ON 10\16 HE WAS SEEN BY DR BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL PAIN THAT OCCURRED OVER WEEKEND. DR PRESCRIBED MEDS\REST. 1ST WORKDAY MISSED 10\16.
EE STRUCK RIGHT THUMB ON TRUCK CAB HAND HOLD AS HE WAS PREPARING TO CLIMB INTO THE CAB. EE REPORTED ACCIDENT ON 9-7-95. HE DID NOT COMPLAIN OF THUMB INJURY AND CONTINUED TO WORK. HE WAS SEEN B Y A PHYSICIAN ON 10-30-95 WHO DIAGNOSED HIS CONDITION AS A TORN TENDON. EE CONTINUES TO WORK BUT IS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY 12-7-95.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE RADIATOR CAP FROM A D 11 CATERPILLAR BULLDOZER TO CHECK THE WATER LEVEL IN THE RADIATOR. SINCE THE CAP WAS TIGHT, HE GRABBED THE CAP WITH BOTH HANDS AND TWISTED WITH AQUICK JERK TO LOOSEN IT. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RADIATING DOWN HIS LG. HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE PAIN. HIS FIRST DAY ADSENT FROM WORK WAS 7-13-95. HE WAS TREA
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING DRAGLINE MAINTENANCE CREW REMOVE A MOTION BRAKE ASSEMBLY ON THE 680 W BUCYRUS-ERIE DRAGLINE. THE ASSEMBLY, WHICH WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 60 LBS., WAS LOWERED TO THE FLOOR BY THE EMPLOYEE & A CO-WORKER. AFTER THE ASSEMBLY WAW PLACED ON THE FLOOR, THE EMPLOYEE STOOD UP. THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STANDING UP. EMPLOYEE TREATE
EMPLOYE EWAS OPERATING A D9H CATERPILLAR BULLDOZE RSINCE HE BEGAN HIS SHIFT AT 6 AM ON 11-29-94. AT APPROX 9:45 AM., HE WAS IINSTRUCTED TO EXCHANGE HIS DOZER FOR ANOTHER MACHINE THAT HAD JUST BEEN REPAIRED. HE PARKED HTE D9H BULLDOZER AND AS HE STARTED TO STAND UP FROM THE OPERATOR'S SEAT, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE HAD TO BE ASSISTED OUT OF THE DOZER SINCHE HE
EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A DRILL STEEL BY HANDTO ALIGN IT WITH ANOTHER STEEL. AS HE PULLED THESTEEL, HE FELT A PINCHING SENSATION IN HIS LOWERBACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND COMPLETED HIS SHI FT. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL THE 3RD OF OCT. HE REQUESTED VACATION DAYS FOR THAT WEEK. ON THE10TH OF OCTOBER, EMPLOYEE PHONED SUPERVISOR AND NOTIFIED HIM THAT HE WANTED TO COMPLETE AN ACCID
USED A PAIR OF USED GLOVES THAT MUST OF HAD A CHEMICAL ON OR IN THEM
MINING ENGINEER WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE THE OFFICE PARKING AREA FOR LUNCH. HE NOTIVED ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS BLOCKING HIS EXIT ROUTE. AS HE STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO ASK THE DRIVER TO MOVE HIS VEHICLE, HE CLOSED THE DOOR ON HIS HAND, PINCHING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE DOOR FRAME AND DOOR JAMB. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK BUT THUMB BECAME INCREASINGLY PAINFUL AND HIS DOCTOR HAD TO DRAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS GATHERING UP SOME TRASH (OILY RAGS, CARDBOARD, ETC.) IN THE DRAGLINE, MARION 7920, AND PUTTING IT IN A PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG. HE BENT OVER SLIGHTLY TO SPIN THE BAG BEFORE PLACING A TWIST TIE ON THE BAG. WHEN HE DID THIS, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE FULL GARBAGE BAG WEIGHED 30 LBS. THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 HRS. BUT ASKED TO LEAVE WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FIND A PART # ON LARGE BUSHING. WHILE IN SQUAT POSITION HE TRIED TO TURN BUSHING BY PULLING ON SKID. AS HE PULLED HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT GROIN. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK. DIAG: MAY 11, 1993 BY SURGEON. THIS IS A DELAYED LOST TIME ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE CONTINUES TO WORK. CHARGED MANDATORY 50 DAYS.
MECHANIC WAS CHANGING THE DUMP CABLE ON A 680-W BUCYRUS-ERIE DRAGLINE. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RE-SOCKET THE DUMP CABLE. AS HE WAS FORMING THE CABLE LOOP, HE REACHED WITH HIS RIGHT ARM FOR MORE LEVERAGE TO GET THE CABLE STARTED IN THE SOCKET. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING TEETH (21LBS) & SHANKS (43LBS) AWAY FROM BUCKET OF AN END LOADER TO TURN THE BUCKET HE WAS BENDING OVER PICKING UP &T WISTING WITH THE MATERIALS & PITCHING THEM APPTROX 6FT TO HIS RT AS HE PICKED UP ONE OF THE SHANKS HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK THE PAIN CONTINUED TO WORSEN & HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT
HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING HIS D3 DOZER FROM ONE DRILL BENCH TO ANOTHER WHEN HIS DOOR ON THE CAB CAME AJAR. HE REACHED FOR THE DOOR HANDLE WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHILE RESTING HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE DOOR FRAME FOR SUPPORT. WHEN HE SHUT THE DOOR HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB IN BETWEEN THE DOOR AND DOOR FRAME. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FRACTURED THUMB WITH LACERATIONS.