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OPERATING A DOZER OPERATOR RECEIVED A SUDDEN JAR WHICH RESULTED IN PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK. (THIS ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.)
EE STATED THAT HE BACKED HIS TRACTOR IN A HOLE THAT RESULTED IN SUDDEN JAR. EE COMPLAINED OF SORENESS IN NECK AREA.
OPERATOR AS TURNING DOZER PUSHING FILL FOR ROCK TRUCKS. TRUCK BACKED INTO DOZER, NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT, OPERATOR OF DOZER COMPLAINED OF BACK PAINS. FOREMAN OFFERED TO TAKE TO DR BUT OPERATO R REFUSED. WENT TO DR THE FOLLOWING DAY.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUSHING MATERIAL TO A 992C LOADER WHEN HE BACKED OVER A ROCK, CAUSING A WHIPLASH MOTION TO HIS NECK. XRAYS SHOWED NEGATIVE.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WALKING IN AN AREA IN PREPARATION TO BE SEEDED. AS HE WAS BACKING HIS DOZER UP, HE BACKED INTO A DITCH, CAUSING A QUICK JERK TO HIS BACK. THE PRELIMINARY REPORT IS A MUSCLE SPRAIN, AND HE HAS BEEN PLACED ON THERAPY. HE CONTINUED TO WORK HIS REGULAR SHIFT,THROUGH 11-8-00. THE FIRST DAY OFF WORK WAS 11-9-00.
EE WAS CALLED FROM THE SHOT TO TRAM TO THE FILL WHERE THE TRUCKS WERE DUMPING TO PUSH THE FILL OVER. WHEN HE GOT TO THE FILL HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD RUN OVER A ROCK AND HURT HIS BACK. HE FINIS HED HIS SHIFT BUT DID NOT RETURN THE FOLLOWING DAY. PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSIS - LOWER BACK SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE RAN OVER A ROCK WHILE BACKING HIS DION DOZER THROUGH A SHOT, CAUSING A QUICK JERK TO HIS LOWER BACK. PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSIS, LOWER BACK STRAIN. FIRST DAY OFF WORK 9-25-00.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ROCK OUT OF A SHOT, AS HE BACKED UP, HE RAN INTO A ROCK, CAUSING A QUICK JERK TO HIS BACK.
AS EE BACKED HIS DOZER UP, HE RAN OVER A HUMP, WHICH CAUSED THE REAR OF THE TRACTOR TO SLAM TO THE GROUND, CREATING A JOLT TO EE, FROM THAT POINT, EE WAS UNABLE TO STAND OR STRAIGHTEN HSI BACK . HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE JOB VIA AMBULANCE AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO HAZARD ARH.