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EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING #31 CAT 631 SCRAPER WHEN HE RAN OVER CLUMP OF DIRT OR OTHER UNKOWN OBJECT. JARRED MACHINE & JERKED NECK. IS BEING TREATED BY A CHIROPRACTOR; NO LOST TIME.
INJURED WAS WORKING IN CLINKER TUNHNEL PUTTING ROCKS ONT EH CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A ROCK FELL HITTING HIM IN THE BACK.
EMPL OPERATING SMALL FORKLIFT ON ROCK OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA WHEN STEERING TIRE HIT LARGE ROCK CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO TURN CATCHING HIS RIGHT THUMB.EMPL REPORTED ACCIDDNT,DIDNT SEE DR UNTIL L ATE MAY,REFERRED TO ANOTHER DR 6-11-91.BEGAN LOSING TIME 6-12-91.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT WHILE HE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER, HE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE AREA OF HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE. A PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED PULLED OR STRAINED MUSCLES AND RELEASED THE EMPLOYEE TO RETURN TO WORK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS, BUT THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT FILL THE PRESCRIPTION. X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE.
MEN WERE RIDING IN BED OF PICKUP WITH TAILGTE UP WHEN TRUCK HIT POTHOLE THROWING WORKER AGAINST SIDE OF TRUCK BED
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A FORKLIFT TO PICK UP LARGE PIECES OF METAL ONE OF THE PIECES FELL INTO A PUDDLE AND SPLASHED MUD INTO HIS FACE. HE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION, HOWEVER A PIECE OF ABRASIVE M ATERIAL GOT UNDER THE SAFETY GLASSES SCRATCHING HIS RIGHT EYE. PHYSICIAN IRRIGATED THE EYE FOUND NO IMBEDDED MATERIAL BUT GAVE HIM A PRESCRIPTION FOR EYE DROPS.
I,NAME WAS SPOT7ING HOPPER RAIL CARS. HE NOTICED ONE OF THE AIR HOSE COUPLINGS LEAKING AIR. HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE COUPLING TO SEAL IT ANDTHE COUPLING BROKE LOOSE AND WHIPPED INTO HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS 5EFT HAND ANDCUT AND SMASHED IT.
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS DRIVING THE BUNKER TRUCK IN THE YARD, HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHILE SHIFTING GEARS, BRUISING RIGHT ELBOW.
EE STATS THAT D6RING THE NORMAL COURSE OF DUTIES THAT THE YARDS ROADS THE TRUCK VIBRATION & SHIFTING THE GEARS CAUSED HER PAIN IN HER UPPER BACK.
EMPL DRIVING WA7ER TRUCK IN YARD TURNED ON FRONT SPRAY AND AIR WENT OUT OF HIS SEAT.HIT A BUMP AND CAUSED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMP WAS DRIVING3WATER TRUCK IN THE YARD. EMP STATES THAT AIR CAME OUT OF AIR SEAT AND THE BOUNCING IN CAB OF TRUCK CAUSED HIM PAIN IN HIS BACK
EMP WAS DRIVING3LOADER AROUND A SAND PILE, WHILE TRAVELING AROUND SAND PILE, HE HIT A HOLE THAT WAS FULL OF WATER AND CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE PRETTY HARD, HE SAID THAT HE WAS WEARING SEAT BELT, HE HAD STRAIN T2 BACK
AS EE REACHED T2 REMOVE A FROZEN MATERIAL LUMP FROM THE BELT OF A FEED-O-WEIGHT THE BELT STARTED CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE MATERIAL LUMP & THE FEED-O-WEIGHT STRUCTURE. EE RECEIVED AN ABRAS ION TO THE BACK3OF THE LEFT AHND REQUIRING 2 SUTURES.
OPERATING ENDLOADER CLEANING UP WASTE MATERIAL WHEN MACHINE STRUCK HARD OBJECT BURIED UNDER MATERIAL STOPPING MACHINE AND BOUNCED HIM AROUND INT HE CAB.
EMP WAS HAULING MATERIAL TO RECYLCLE AREA HE WAS TOLD TO DUMP MATERIAL ON A LOWER LEVEL BUT WENT UP ON A HIGHER LEVEL AND BACKED TRUCK INTO A PIT 24 FEET IN DEPTH TRUCK LANDED ON ITS BACK SERIOUSLY INJURING DRIVER CAUSING BROKEN RIBS CLAVICLE ON LEFT SIDE CUTS AND BRUISES AND POSSIBLE INTERNAL INJURIES
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING MATERIL IN YARD EMPLOYEE THAT AS THE ROADS ARE NOT GRADED & THEY HAVE TO HAUL MATERIAL FASTER TO KEEP UP IT HAS PUT A STRAIN ON HER BACK
HE WAS DRIVING THE WATER TRUCK, HE STARTED TO GET SHARP PAINS AROUND HIS LEFT GROIN. HE ALSO STATES THAT HIS TRUCK IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN TO THE LEFT AND HE HAD TO MANEUVER THE TRUCK IN A AREA NEAR THE DREDGE.
EMPLOYEE IS DRIVING SKIPLOADER 856 IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF DUTY. HE STATED THAT THERE IS TOO MUCH PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO HAVE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TOO MUCH.
INJURED EE WAS HAULING MUD FROM STRIPPING & WAS RETURNING TOT HE QUARRY WHEN HIS TRUCK WAS HIT BY FREIGHT TRAIN.
EMP WAS RIDING IN PICKUP WITH WINDOW DOWN WHEN FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW IN RT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING DRAG CABLE AT BUCKET END WHEN OPERATOR ENGAGED CLUTCH, PULLING CABLE OUT OF CABLE SOCKET STRIKING EMPLOYEE ACROSS FACE CAUSING LACERATION TO BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE AND CONTU CONTUSION TO LEFT CHEEK.
INJURED HAD JUST FINISHED ALIGNING THE BELT ON A 24" CONVEYOR BELT. WHILE WATCHING THE BELT TO SEE IF BELT WAS ALIGNED PROPERLY; INJURED NOTICED AN IDLER ROLL NOT TURNING. INJURED STRUCK THE R OLL WITH HIS MACHINIST HAMMER; ROLL FREED UP SUDDENLY, BELT CAUGHT THE HAMMER, PULLED HAMMER INTO ROLLS, EVIDENTLY HAMMER HANDLE MASHED LEFT HAND AGAINST THE METAL FRAME WORK OF CONVEYOR, CAU
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THRU TUNEL AT CRUSHED ROCK STATION AND HIT A CHUCK HOLE CAUSING HIM TO INJURY HIS LOWER BACK
EE WAS DOING HIS NORMAL JOB DRIVING SKIPLOADER & STATES THAT THE SEAT OF SKIPLOADER CAUSED HIS BACK TO HURT.
EMP DROVE UNDER THE PLANT WITH THE BED UP ON HIS BUNKER TRUCK. THE TRUCK REARED UP ABOUT 45% ANGLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL HIT HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE