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EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A PICK UP TRUCK WHEN HE FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING IN EYE. LATER, HE LOOKED IN A MIRROR AND IT APPEARED HE HAD A BLISTER IN HIS EYE. HE WAS CHECKED BY A MEDICAL DOCTO R AND AN OPTOMETRIST, GIVEN MEDICATION FOR THE CONDITION AND RETURNED MTO WORK WITHOUT RESTRICTION. THE CAUSE OF THE ONSET REMAINS UNKNOWN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A COAL HAULER COMING UP THE DX RAMP. THE TRAILER HITCH BROKE LOOSE AND THE TRUCK REARED UP. WHEN THE TRUCK CAME BACK DOWN, IT JARRED HIM. HE HAS BEEN SEEING A DOCTOR SIN CE THEN AND ON 10-6-00, HE MISSED HIS FIRST DAY OF WORK DUE TO THE INCIDENT.
THE INJURY INVOLVED NO ASPECT OF REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. THE INJURY INVOLVED EQUIPMENT 4011 THE INJURY OCCURRED DUE TO AN INTERNAL WELD OF THE TRAILER'S NOSE CONE FAILING.
EE IS A UTILITY OPERATOR AND AT THE TIME OF THE REPORTED INJURY WAS OPERATING A CH 120 EUCLID COAL TRUCK. HE HAS STATED THAT DURING THE TIME OF 3/8,9,10/2000 THE SEAT IN THE TRUCK WOULD NOT AD JUST CORRECTLY AND CAUSED INJURY TO HIS LOW BACK. NO REPORT WAS MADE TO THE COMPANY UNTIL HE MISSED WORK ON 3/20/00. AT THAT TIME HE FILED AN INJURY REPORT.