A rock fell out of the right side of a 992G bucket into the 777 truck bed, driven by the injured. The impact of the rock jarred the truck and the driver. The driver complained on the next shift of pain in the left shoulder and hip.
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Showing 50 of 80EE was loading shot rock with a 992G and jarred the loader in some hard rock and hurt his lower back.
EE standing on the bus, which transports them to their equipment, when the driver went to slow down and hit the brakes injured was thrown into the windshield.
Employee was dismounting a 777 rock truck to go to the restroom when he stepped off the ladder and twisted his right knee. He continued to work the rest of the shift on Friday and worked on Saturday. He went to the doctor on Sunday Feb 12. He did not notify his supervisor until Feb 23 that he had had medical attention.
Employee was fueling a 777D, when he went to remove the nozzle the hose stuck open letting fuel out, which hit him in the face. Fuel went in his eyes, mouth and nose.
Employee was filling the antifreeze tank, when he pulled the hose from the tank he got antifreeze in his eyes.
Employee was starting a 992D loader. When he went to dismount the loader, he slipped down the steps. It was snowing and the step were slick.
Employee suffered back pain as he climbed onto his 992G loader.
Employee was operating a 777D rock truck when a loader put a large rock in the bed of his truck. The rock was off center, which caused the hauler to rock sideways. EE hit his left shoulder on the door post.
Employee was mounting a 988G Coal Loader when his hands slipped off the hand rails causing him to fall off the loader. He did not receive medical care or miss any time until November 6, 2005.
Employee stepped down of a Komatsu 400 Excavator and rolled his ankle.
Employee was dismounting a 777D when his foot slipped off the step. Employee caught himself, hurting his back and stomach.
Employee was changing a tire on a truck. He lifted the flat, muddy tire to place it in the back of the truck, when he felt strained in the back and groin area. The condition worsened as the day when on.
Employee was leaving the filter trailer. When she stepped onto the deck, a board broke causing her right leg to go through the deck.
EE was driving a rock truck down a hill toward the Cedar Grove deep mine when his a rough spot in the road. Foggy conditions was present.
Employee was performing a pre-shift inspection on his 777 Truck. He claims his lower back was injured after straightening up from bending over to look at the under side of the truck.
EE was operating a 785 when the loader loading his truck hit his hauler with its bucket, jarring him.
EE was pulling a fuel hose out to fuel the rock crusher, when he sprained the middle of his back.
EE loaded a rock in his bucket which was too large for his loader. The loader tipped forward and the rock fell out, letting the loader hit the ground. EE was not wearing his seat belt and was bounced out of his seat, striking his arm against the hand bar on the dash.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A LOADER. AS HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND HE TWISTED OR PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EE STEPPED OUT OF THE CAB ONTO THE DOZER TRACK AND WAS BENDING OVER TO HAND A PRESHIFT TO A MAN ON THE GROUND WHEN HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN.
EE was loading a 992C bucket pin into a mechanic's truck by hand. The pin slipped and mashed his little finger on his left hand between the pin and the truck's tail gate.
EE WAS STEPPING UP ON A SERVICE TRUCK WHEN HE TURNED TO CLIMB HIGHER, HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED.
Employee was transferring product from an anfo bin into a anfo truck, when the clam shell bucket on the anfo bin closed on his finger, cutting and breaking the ring finger on his right hand.
Employee slipped while climbing on a 992G loader to repair an antifreeze leak. He tried to catch himself with his left hand. He thought it had only sprained his left wrist, and did not go to the hospital. However the wrist did not improve so he went to the doctor on January 6, 2005. His left wrist was broken.
EMPLOYEE BACKED HIS D10N DOZER OVER A WINDROW ANOTHER DOZER HAD MADE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
Employee bent down to look at the alignment of wheel to hub. He rose and hit his head on rotating pad of tire hand.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH & CO-WORKER WAS USING A HAMMER TO REMOVE A BEARING & PIN FROM THE DOG BONE ARM OF THE LOADER. AS CO-WORKER SWUNG THE HAMMER, IT SLIPPED STRIKING THE BRIDGE OF INJURED EE'S NOSE. IT WAS A GLANCING BLOW. IT CAUSED AN ABRASION & SWELLING OF HIS NOSE.
Employee slipped on slick coal surface & fell, landing on his left shoulder and elbow. He bruised his shoulder.
Employee was picking up and carrying metal brackets to install boggie pins in a D11 dozer's roller frame, when he pulled a muscle in his chest.
EE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT A DRIVE LINE FREE AND A SPARK WENT BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND BURNED HIS EYELID.
Employee was removing a hose clamp from an oil level sight glass on a 120 excavator when the screwdriver slipped and punctured his left hand.
MECHANICS WERE REMOVING COUNTERWEIGHT BOLTS ON A 345 EXCAVATOR, WHEN ONE OF THE MECHANICS DROPPED A PIPE WRENCH, WHICH STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE. HIS PUPILS WERE UNEV EN, SO HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
EE SAID THAT A STEP WAS BROKEN WHEN HE GOT ON HIS TRUCK & THAT IT SHOOK HIM A BIT. AFTER TALKING TO HIM ON MONDAY, I FOUND OUT THAT HE THINKS HE MAY HAVE RUPTURED A DISC IN HIS BACK AND TORE A ROTATOR CUFF IN HIS SHOULDER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF.
MUD THAT HAD ACCUMULATED ON THE STEP CAUSED THEM TO BE SLIPPERY. EE WAS LEAVING THE MAIN OFFICE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.
HE WAS BUILDING A SAFETY STAND WHILE PUTTING IT TOGETHER HE STEPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A NAIL IN IT, RUNNING IT THREW HIS RIGHT FOOT.
WHILE LOOKING FOR OIL LEAKS A DROP OF OILY MUD FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM THE RAIL SIDE OF THE MAIN TRACK. IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVELING HE REPORTED GETTING A CATCH IN HIS BACK. HE DIDN'T MISS TIME OR RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME. ON OCTOBER 13, 2003, HE CALLED AND SAID HE WAS CONTINUING TO HAVE PAIN FROM THE INJURY. HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON THAT DAY.
THE EE WAS LOADING A C/02 BOTTLE IN STORAGE CABINET OF WELD TK. WHEN HE RAISED BOTTLE IN PLACE TO CHAIN IN PLACE HIS L.H. THUMB HIT SIDE OF CABIENT AND MASHED HIS THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A BUSHING OUT OF A LIFT ARM PIT, WIND BLEW FLAME THROUGH BORE AND BURNT RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE AND RIGHT ARM.
SEVERAL LARGE ROCKS WERE IN THE SPOIL BANK NEXT TO WORK AREA. ONE OF THESE ROCKS BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK HAULER THAT WAS INVOLVED ON THE RIGHT BACK CORNER. NO DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK, BUT THE IMPAC T INJURED THE DRIVER.
HE WAS FILLING TANK WITH WATER. WENT TO GET DOWN OFF OF THE TRUCK AND THE PIECE OF METAL HE WAS HOLDING ONTO GAVE LOOSE, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP, CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE BACK OF THE TRUCK WITH HIS LEFT HIP AND CUTTING THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.
HE WAS USING A GRINDER WHILE WORKING ON A 992 BUCKET. SOMETHING GOT PAST HIS WELDING HELMET AND IN HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS CUTTING BUSHINGS OUT OF A D10R HOIST JACK AND INHALED FUMES.
HE WAS GETTING OFF HIS TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
AFTER SERVICING D11N AS HE WAS GETTING OFF OF DOZER HE SLIPPED AND LEG WENT BETWEEN TRACK AND PUSH ARM.
DOZER BACKING UP IN RUN RIGHT TRACK WENT UP ON A ROCK DOZER TURNED OVER ON LEFT SIDE. SEAT BELT CAUGHT OPERATOR AROUND MIDDLE. TOOK HIM TO EMERGENCY ROOM TO BE CHECKED. THEY RELEASED HIM FROM EMERGENCY ROOM AROUND 4:00 AM ON 3/12/2003. EMERGENCY ROOM DR GAVE HIM A SLIP TO RETURN TO WORK ON 3/13/2003.
EMPLOYEE SAID WHEN HE WAS GETTING OFF HIS TRUCK HE MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT HIP. EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL IN AN AMBULANCE X RAYS INDICATED A BROKEN HIP AND PELVIS.
FALL WHILE DISMOUNTING HAULER. ALL HANDRAILS & STEPS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE.
HE WAS REBUILDING ROLLER FRAMES FOR D11 TRACTOR. TAKING SNAP RINGS OUT OF BOGGIE PIN COVERS WHEN HE GOT A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE.