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WHILE DRIVING HIS JCI TRUCK UNDERGROUND, HE HIT A BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THIS JARRED HIS BACK.
DRIVING GOLF CART WITH FOOT HANGING OUT, STRUCK SWINGING DOOR WITH GOLF CART, THE DOOR SPRING BACK AND CAUGHT FOOT.
A SHIFT IN THE LOAD (PULLEY) PINCHED TIP OF FINGER AND CAUSED AN AVULSION.
EE WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE UNDER AN OVERHEAD DOOR WHEN THE PULL CORD CAUGHT ON HIS VEHICLE, CAUSING DOOR TO COME DOWN. EE HIT DOOR WITH HIS HEAD. FOUR SUTURES OVER HIS LEFT EYE.
WHEN BOLTING TROUGHING IDLERS TO CONVEYOR, CO-WORKER RESET EMERGENCY STOP CARD. START WARNING HORN WAS IGNORED & EMPLOYEES ARM WAS DRAWN THROUGH IDLER. BOTH MECHANICS FAILED TO FOLLOW COMPANY LOCKOUT PROCEDURES. BOTH MECHANICS HAD LOCKS ON THEIR MINE BELTS.
WHILE BACKING UP A PICKUP TRUCK, EE TURNED HIS HEAD TO LOOK BEHIND HIM AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON FLAT BED OF TRUCK REMOVING J HOOKS FROM ROOF TRUCK MOVED FORWARD & EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE
INJURED WAS DRIVING A SCISSOR LIFT TRUCK WHEN THE CANOPY STRUCK A CONVEYOR IDLER CAUSING IT OT FALL STRIKING THE INJURED ON THE RIGHT HAND. INJURIES RECEIVED ARE SMASHED MIDDLE FINGER AND FRAC TURED RING FINGER. DOCTOR HAD TO REMOVE SURGICALLY THE END OF THE MIDDEL FINGER AT NAIL KNUCKLE BECAUSE IT COULD NOT BE SAVED.
EMPLOYEE GOT HAND CAUGHT IN TROUGHING IDLER.
THERE ARE NO WITNESSES TO ACCIDENT & WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO SPEAK WITH INJURED EMPL. WE BELIEVE THAT HE WAS CLIMBING LADDER OF RR CAR HEN FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER & WAS RUN OVER BY WHEEL OF CAR . IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME WHETHER EMPL WILL NEED TO HAVE FOOT AMPUTATED.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON MANTRIP TRAILOR. VEHICLE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD EMPLOYEE TO ROLL SIDEWAYS MUSCLE IN HIS BACK NEXT STRAIN.
WHILE PUSHING I3 A ROOM WITH A WAGNER,(ROOM HAS JUST BEEN BLASTED)BUCKET OF WAGNER HIT A HEAVE IN THE FLOOR,CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE TOSSED TO THE SIDE,STRIKING PIPE THAT SUPPORTS CANOPY OF WAGN ER. 3
OPERATING SHUTT5E CAR, STEERING WHEEL KICKED BACK WHEN HE WAS TURNING IT, HE TWISTED HIS BODY AND FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK
EMP HAD JUST WA5KED OUT OF THE LUNCHROOM ANOTHER EMP GOT INTO A CUSHMAN PARKED BEHIND AND TO THE LEFT OF INJUREDS VEHICLE THE OTHER EMP BACKED HIS CUSHMAN BACKWARD PINCHING INUREDS LEFT FOOT A AND ANKLE BETWE9N THE TWO VECHICLES
EMPLOYEE TWISTE8 HIS ANKLE WHILE WORKING ON CONVEYOR BELT.
EMP WAS ADJUSTING THE CARBURERATOR ON A FORKLIFT IN THE MAINT SHOP AS HE REACHED BACK WITH HIS OFF HAND TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT HIS HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RADIATOR FAN BLADES
PALLETS OF CONVEYOR IDLERS WERE BEING SENT INTO THE MINE AND AS EMPLOYEE WALKED NEAR A PALLET ONE IDLER FELL FROM THE PALLET AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THRU BUMPER TYPE DOORS WITH CUSHMAN GOLD CART ONE DOOR HAD BECAME JAMMED AND BENT CATCHING LEG AND ANKEL THE ANKLE WAS TWISTED CAUSING LIGAMENT AND TIMBER DA MAGE BUT NO BROKEN BONES.
EMPLOYEE DROVE A JEEP DOWN THE SLOPE ANDPASSED IN FRONT OF THE EXHAUST AIR TUNNEL. THE WIND VELOCITY BLEW THE HOOD OF THE JEEP UP AND BACK ON THE EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES WHILE SUPERVISING THREE HOURLY EMPLOYEES IN THE MOVEMENT OF A LARGE PIECE OF GRATING HE WAS STRUCK BY THE BUCKET OF A FRONT END LOADER WHICH WAS BEING USED TO MOVE SAID GRATI NG INJURIES RECEIVED CONSISTED OF A BROKEN LEFT LEG