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Lower back strain, numbness leg and hip while moving heavy (200-300 lb.) lab equipment without sufficient assistance. Hoping to get well on own, injured person chose not to see a doctor until 7/26/06. She has missed no work; as of 7/26 restricted duty 12 days; she is facility manager so able to fully work with restrictions.

EE was striking the wedge in the socket of a dragline drag cable. The wedge came free unexpectedly and dropped on the employee's left foot, striking the very rear edge of the steel toe in his boot. The force of the falling object turned the toe of the shoe sharply upward forcing a toe against the end of the cap.

Loading coal sample bags into back of a pick-up truck

While ee was attempting to lift an inspection door on the primary crusher at the plant, he experienced pain in his left arm. EE done light therapy for several months for a strained muscle then recently decided to have surgery to his left shoulder rotator cuff.

WHILE WORKING AS A MECHANIC, THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE BECAME IRRITATED. UPON EXAMINATION, A SMALL PARTICLE WAS OBSERVED. HIS EYE WAS FLUSHED & HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. DR. REMOVED A SMALL METAL PARTICLE WITH A Q-TIP. THE METAL PARTICLE LEFT A RUST RING THAT WAS REMOVED BY AN OPTOMITRIST ON 11/04/04.

While changing the spreader bar on a dragline bucket, the ee's right hand thumb was pinched between a chain link and the connecting eye on the spreader bar. Resulted in a laceration to the thumb that required suturing.

WHILE UNLOADING CUTTING EDGES (MOTOR GRADER) FROM VENDOR (DTS) TRAILER, THE VENDOR PUSHED ONE OF THE EDGES AND IT FELL FROM THE TRAILER STRIKING EE ON THE OUTER THIGH THEN ON THE TOP (BRIDGE) OF HIS LEFT FOOT. RESULTED IN BRUISING THE FOOT AND A FRACTURE OF THE BONE ABOVE THE SMALL TOE.

WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE THE VALUE CAP FROM THE AIR STEM FROM A 651 E SCRAPER TIRE. THE VALVE STEM BECAME LOOSE AND WAS EJECTED UNDER PRESSURE. SAND BLASTING HIS RIGHT PALM AND WRIST. EE WAS C HECKING THE AIR PRESSURE OF THE TIRES.

WHILE ASSISTING WITH THE CHANGE OUT OF THE DUMP ROPES ON THE 2570 DRAGLINE, A TANGLE DEVELOPED ON THE CABLE. WHILE TRYING TO UNDO IT THE END CAME OUT OF THE TANGLE STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT.

WHILE MOVING A HINGED GEAR COVER EE PUT HIS FINGERS IN THE HINGED OPENING. UPON LIFTING THE COVER IT CLOSED ON HIS FINGER

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY COUGHED CAUSING A SEVERE BACK SPASM. (N0TE: ATTACHED LETTER QUESTIONED THE VALIDITY OF THIS CLAIM ALTHOUGH THE DOCTOR FELT THE INJURY WAS WORK-RELATED).

EE WHILE CHANGING OUT A WIPER MOTOR WITH THE POWER ON, CUT THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE TRYING TO MOVE HIS HEAD WHEN THE MOTOR STARTED TO ROTATE INTO THE PARK POSITION.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE MANEUVERING A 130LB.PORTABLE GENERATOR TO THE TAILGATE OF A PICK UP TRUCK, THE GENERATOR SLIPPED CAUSING MUSCLE STR.TO HIS BACK AND NECK. EMPLOYEES DUTIES AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS MONITORING WATER ELEVA-TIONS AND VOLUMES IN PIEZOMETERS OUTSIDE ACTIVE MINING.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A MUFFLER FROM IT'S SHIPPING CRATE. MUFFLER SLIPPED AND CUT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE LOWERING OVERHEAD POWER CABLE FROM POWER POLE THE SHEAVE BLOCK BROKE STRIKING HIS THUMB, THE POWER HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED PRIOR TO THE WORK BEING PERFORMED. THE SHEAVE BL OCK APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION PRIOR TO BEING USED.

CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON TRACKHOE, CAUGHT INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND ON SHARP METAL CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING.

PULLING FUEL HOSE FROM LUBE TRUCK AND FELT PAIN IN NECK.

HELPING A SICK EE FROM A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO THE GROUND AND STRAINED BACK.