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EE WAS LOADING 201 BUCKET TECH FROM PALLET ONTO BNACK OF SUPPLY TRUCK WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP O ONE AND IT FELL THE TOOTH HIT THE FLOOR BOUNCED AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE LEFT FOOT.
54736YEE WAS REMOVING DRIVELINE ON FRONT-END LOADER WHEN IT SLIPPED AND FELL CATCHING HIS INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE DRIVELINE AND FRAME.
54736YEE WAS PULLING STEPS OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK LIFT WHEN STEPS STUCK.HE JERKED ON IT TO FREE IT AND AT SAME TIME HIT HEAD ON LIFT CAUSING HARD HAT TO JAM NECK.THIS PUSHED HIS NECK IN AWKWARD 76293ION.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A 10 QT. BUCKET WITH SOME TOOLS IN IT OUT OF THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPLACE A BEARING ON THE REFUSE VIBRATOR HE WAS LIFTING THE NEW BEARING INTO PLACE WHEN IT SLIPPED & FELL STRAIKING HIS RT FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS ASCENDING STAIRWAY ON BOTTOM FLOOR OF BREAKER WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT THIGH BY FALLING BREAKER ROCK. EMPLOYEES ABOVE HAD DISLODGED THE ROCK WHEN CLEANING UP A SPILL FROM T HE BREAKER.
EE WAS LEAVING OPER CAB ON 5TH FLR. OF PREPARATION PLANT HE TURNED QUIKCLY TO LEAVE THINKING CLODOOR WAS OPENED HE PUSHED ON GLASS AND HAND WENT THRU GLASS CUTTING HIS HAND.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE. COAL ON 3 RD FLR OF PREPA PLANT SOMETIME DURING THE SHIFT 700 P.M. HIS BACK EXPEREINCED PAIN. HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED HIS PAIN OR WHEN IT HAPPEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ON TRACK PAD ON A TRACTOR, REPAIRING IT, FOR AROUND 45 MIN. WHEN HE STOOD UP AND COULD NOT STARIGHTEN HIS RT LEG ALL THE WAY. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THIS KNEE HAS BEEN DOIN G THIS FOR MANY YEARS.
EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING WATER JUG UP ONTO TRACTOR TRACK. IN SO DOING HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE SAID THAT SOMETIME DURING THE COURSE OF HIS SHIFT HE HURT HIS BACK POSSIBLY WHEN MOVING POWER CABLE. HE DID NOT KNOW HWEN IT OCCURRED NOR DID HE KNOW OF A PARTICULAR INCIDENT OCCURRIN G THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED HIM TO HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A LARGE 3IN DIA BOLT & CUT HIS FINGER ON A SHARP THREAD
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING FAN BLOWER ASSEMBLY COVER THAT WAS ON TOP OF GARAGE ROOF COMPLAINED OF BACK BEING SORE NOTE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 03-05-90
EMPL MOVING LADDER UNDER HAUL TRUCK TO CHANGE STARTER.AS HE DID HE BENT DOWN AND FELT BACK MUSCLE PULL.
EE ALLEDGES THAT HE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS FRONT END LOADER AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HE HURT HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON RUN-OF-MINE FEEDER REPLACING TRUNNION ROLLERS, WHEN HE RAISED UP TO GET A WRENCH. IN DOING SO, HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A VALVE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PIECE OF METAL FROM RACK WHEN ANOTHER PIECE SHIFTED CATCHING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE TWO.
EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING CAB OF DRILL. HE WAS SHUTTING THE DOOR AND IT CLOSED CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME.
WHILE SETTING A 4X8X1/16 SHEET METAL PIECE ON TO A TABLE APROX 80 WITH ANOTHER EE PIECE FLIPPED AND JOLTED EE S BACK.
EMPL WAS REMOVING LARGE BRAKE DISC FROM BRAKING SYSTEM ON UNIT RIG HAUL TRUCK WHEN THE DISC SLIPPED PINNING HIS FINGER BETWEEN DISC AND AXLE HUB
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A BUNDLE OF 1INX4IN METAL BARS THAT WERE STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER WHEN HE CUT THE FINAL STRAP SEVERAL BARS FELL OFF THE STACK STRIKING THE TOP RT FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPLACE GEARING IN HOIST MACHINERY ON 3270 DRAGLINE. WHILE REMOVING SOME RAGS FROM GEAR, THE GEAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN GEAR AND SHAFT BEARING TRACE.
EMP IN PROCESS FO INSTALLING BELY PAN ON 637 CAT SCRAPER WHEN IT SLIPPED FALLING TO FLOOR STRIKING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A LARGE (3" X 24") BOLT IN THE BACK OF A WELD TRUCK TO DELIVER TO REPAIR SITE WHEN IT SLIPPED CAUSING IT TO CATCH THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE BOLT AND THE BED OF THE TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN CONFINED AREA,ON THE BREAKER WHEN HE RAISED UP STRIKING HIS HEAD ON BREAKER CHUTE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING FOR SWITCH TO SHUT OFF STATIONARY GRINDER WHEN AFTER SHUTTING IT OFF LET HAND DROP AND HIT WHEEL CUTTING THUMB.
EMPL ON LUNCH B9EAK IN PREP PLANT LUNCH RM.GETTING UP KNOCKED BROOM OVER LEANING AGAINST WALL INTO COFFEE POT ON SHELF.COFFEE POT FELL INTO EMPL LAP SPILLING HOT COFFEE ON HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING OUT OF ACCESS HOLE TO HOUSE ROLLERS IN LOWER FRAME OF DRAGLINE WHEN HE STRUCK HIS KNEE ON THE FLANGE AROUND THE HOLE.
BRAKE ON 61 R D9ILL HAD BEEN BLOCKED OPEN WHILE DRILL WAS BEING PROPELLED. EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BLOCK AND BRAKE CLOSED CATCHING HIS FINGER.EMPLOYEE DID NOT HAVE BRAKE CONTROL TURNED ON WHICH WOULD HAVE KEP7 THE BRAKE OPEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING THE HOOD OFF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON A 637 CAT SCRAPER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
WAS LIFTING A S4ALL PLATE IN PLACE TO WELD HANDS SLIPPED OFF AND BUMPED LEFT ELBOW ON SHARP CORNER
EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO GET SLACK IN HOIST CHAIN ON DRILL WHEN CHAIN TIGHTENED CAUSING HIS FINGER TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND SPROCKET.
EMPLOYEE DID NO7 KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED BUT BACK STARTED BOTHERING HIM. THE LAST THING HE DID WAS LIFT A GREASE PUMP OUT OF BARREL.
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING DRILL STEM TOOL INTO POSITION FOR USE. AS HE WAS RAISING TOOL IT CAUGHT JERKING THE TOOL FROM HIS GRIP. THE TOOL FELL BACK. CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN TOOL AND STOP.
EE WAS MOVING P6MP HOSE THROUGH A CABLE CORSSOVER WHEN THE HOSE CAME OF THE CROSSOVER STRIKING THE EE IN THE LEGS KNOCKING HIM DOWN.
EMP WAS ATTEMPT3NG TO REMOVE PLASTIC COVERING OFF OF SPIN ON FILTER PLASTIC BROKE AND THUMB WENT INTO OPENING THUMB WAS CUT BY THREADS IN OPENING
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO CHANGE TRAIL CABLE ON 3270 D/L WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO THROW A LOOP OFF OF CABLE SLED HE STRAINED HIS BACK
WHILE LIFTING S7AND, USED TO SUPPORT FRONT OF DOZER WHEN RAISED WITH HOIST SO THAT IT COULD BE REMOVED. STAND BECAME STUCK. EMPLOYEE PULLED ON STAND IT CAME FREE AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN STAND AND BLADE3CYCLINDER
EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING HYDRAULIC PUMP ON D-9 DOZER IT WAS AN AWAKWARD POSITION TO GET INTO TO LOWER PUMP INTO POSITION HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPL REPAIRING DC CONVEYOR.AFTER CUTTING FLIGHT OFF THE CONVEYOR HE DROPPED IT TO THE FLOOR.WHEN IT HIT THE FLOOR IT STRUCK SHOVEL FLIPPING IT INTO EMPL FACE CUTTING HIM BELOW LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WIRING ON HAUL TRUCK WHEN WIRE END CAUGHT ON HIS FINGER CUTTING IT
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING GREASE PUMP INTO NEW BARREL OF GREASE ON 61R DRILL. WHILE DOING SO HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON NEARBY PIECE OF MACHINERY CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE CAP FROM RADIATOR OF OVER HEATED HAUL TRUCK TO CHECK COOLANT LEVEL THE PRESSURE DID NOT RELEASE SO HE TURNED CAP SOME MORE WITH RT FOOT. CAP CAME OFF AND HO T COOLANT SPRAYED ONTO LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING TORCH HOSE FROM REEL, WHEN THE HOSE BUMPED A PIECE OF 1 102" X 51" ROUND STEEL OFF OF WELDING MACHINE, ROD FELL ABOUT 40" AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF RT. FOOT
WORK CREW WAS LOWERING BEARING CAP TO FLOOR WITH HOIST EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A PEDRSTAL PLATE TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE CAP ON THE FLOOR.HE LOST CONTROL OF THE PALTE AND IT FELL CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN PLATE AND CAP.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING DRIVE SHAFT ON UTILITY TRUCK WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON RUNNING BOARD WHILE COMING OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK.
EE WAS THROWING A PAPER TOWEL ITNO THE TRASH CAN & CAUGHT INDEX FINGER ON ROUGH CORNER OF METAL DOOR OPENING ON TRASH CAN COVER.
EMPL OPENING 10 LB CAN OF WELDING RODS WHEN LID CAME OFF AND CUT FINGER.HE WAS REPAIRING 8950 DRAGLINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING COME-ALONG FROM VIBRATOR FRAME WHEN SECTRION OF FRAME FELL CATCHING THUMB OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN FRAME AND COME ALONG.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING PLATFORM ON RT SIDE OF MAL MACHINE WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP FROM A BENT OVER POSITION STRIKING LEFT EAR ON THE CORNER OF AN ELECTRICAL POWER BOX.