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Employee alleges that after a rock was pulled out, another rock rolled and injured finger.
Employee alleges was driving a haul truck and hit a bump and as employee was grinding teeth a tooth came out of employee's mouth.
Employee alleges they were driving a man lift and they hit a rock in the road and they came down hard on their left knee in the lift.
Employee alleges the seat in the Loader was hurting their back, shoulder and neck. Employee was seen by a chiropractor to get an adjustment.
The employee alleges EE was driving the loader across the pit and EE ran over a large rock causing the seat in the loader to bottom out. EE started having some pain in the middle and lower of EE's back.
Employee alleges they were cleaning the road with the loader and they hit a hard spot in the road causing them to move forward abruptly in the loader.
Employee alleges EE was operating a loader and EE hit a hole in the roadway and EE jammed EE's neck and shoulders.
Our tech arrived to location where tires are stored. Grabbed the tire needed an as he was moving the tire to the bed of the service truck (using the boom) a hydraulic fitting cracked causing a leak of hydraulic fluid causing the tire to drop form the boom hands. Out technician recognized the danger and moved but, the tire bounced hitting our tech in the leg.
Employee alleges he was getting out of the loader and he hit his right elbow on the pipe of the ladder he was climbing down from.
Employee alleges he was moving shot rock and the loader shifted causing him to slam his right elbow on the arm rest. Employee just started loosing time as of 12-14-2012.
Employee alleges he was driving loader to the crusher to haul rock and the loader jerked causing him to twist his lower back. We were just notified on 11-08-11 that he was going to be receiving his first epidural steroid injection. Depending on how he feels he could receive more. The employee is not loosing any time.
Employee alleges he was taking apart a piece of equipment and a metal side fell and hit the basket on the man lift. The man lift jerked and caused him to hit his face on the handrail and caused a fracture to his face.
Employee alleges he was lifting a stacker to slide in axles and the strap broke while he was attempting to put a pin in and it hit him in his left arm.
Employee alleges he was getting into the loader and he went to step up into the loader with his left hand on the rail and he twisted something in his lower back. He is seeing a chiro.
Employee was working on snow removal with his highlift when he struck a piece of frozen ice and it jarred him in his machine causing pain in his lower back. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK ON 1/28 & 1/29/09....FIRST DAY MISSED 1/30/09
Employee was using his left hand to hold the "raise bed" switch on his loaded haul truck. His hand slipped from the switch causing his bed to free fall approx 1-2' causing the employee's body to jar.
Employee was kneeling on a catwalk and was using a 3/4" pry bar to scrape build up from the top drum of a gravity take up on the #7 conveyor, while the belt was running. The belt grabbed the bar and pulled it through the drum causing the pry bar to be pulled from his hands causing lacerations from the mushroomed end of the bar.
Employee was operating a skidsteer cleaning up at the crushing plant. When he got out of the machine he felt a pain in his lower left back. (Not reported until 1/07/08).
EMPLOYEE WAS IN A MAN LIFT TURNING ANGLE BRACKETS IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION TO SET THE CONVEYOR FRAME ONTO THE BRACKETS. THE OPERATOR HOLDING THE END OF FRAME WITH FORKLIFT MOVED AND IT CAUSED THE CONVEYOR FRAME TO MOVE AND LET CONVEYOR COME DOWN , RESTING UPON EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB.
Ee states that he had just completed dumping and was turned around to make sure the bed was down on the rails while pulling forward. He hit a rut on the dump pad. The bounce of the seat caused him to hit his head on the top of the rear window frame. He received an abrasion to the head and his neck became sore 2 days later.
This over the road driver got out of his truck @ stockpile (restricted area) while waiting to be loaded to air up his low tire. On the ground he reaches into his truck to turn on a valve to put compressed air to his air hose. He then accidentally released his parking brake which allowed the truck to roll back and his leg ended up under the front wheel of his truck.
Employee alleges he was backing up dump truck and he flipped it over on its side.
Employee alleges he was operating a loader and he jammed his left shoulder causing pain to his shoulder, neck and back.
Employee was operating a bobcat at the crusher doing cleanup when his bucket hit something in the dirt causing him to jar in his seat. *****I realized that a form to MSHA had not been submitted. That is the reason for the delay. Any questions, please contact me.
Employee alleges he was driving a truck toward a sand pile and he hit a pot hole in the road causing his truck to bounce and injuring his neck, shoulder and back.
EMPLOYEE WAS BEING LOADED WITH SHOT ROCK BY A FRONT END LOADER. THE LOADER OPERATOR DUMPED THE ROCK INTO THE TRUCK HARD CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY.
OPERATING 992G ENDLOADER FEEDING PRIMARY CRUSHER HE RAN OVER ROUGH TERRAIN, JAMMING HIS SHOULDER INTO HIS NECK CAUSING SHOULDER STRAIN.
EE WAS IN HIS HAUL TRUCK WAITING TO BE LOADED BY PIT LOADER. THE LOADER DUMPED A BUCKET INTO THE BED AND WHEN HE STARTED BACKING UP THE LOADER HIT HIS TRUCK BED WITH HIS BUCKET, CAUSING THE TR UCK TO ROCK BACK AND FORTH.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS INVESTIGATING A NOISE COMING FROM AN ELEVATED HEAD PULLEY WHEN HE TURNEDTO LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE. THE 2 FT PRY BAR HE HAD IN HIS LEFT HAND INADVERTANTLY CAME IN CONTAC T WITH THE PINCH POINT OF THE HEAD PULLEY DRAWING IN THE BAR AND HIS HAND. HE PULLED OUT HIS HAND BUT RECEIVED 2 BROKEN FINGERS.
EE WAS OPERATING FRONT END LOADER ON FROZEN GROUND, CLAIMING THAT EXCESSIVE BOUNCING CAUSED BACK TO ACHE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING ROUNDS CHECKING GATE LOCKS. HE WENT TO GET OUT OF HIS TRUCK THINKING IT WAS IN PARK, INSTEAD IT WAS IN REVERSE. HE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND BY THE DOOR, HITTING HIS HEAD O N THE GROUND, BRUISING HIS RIBS AND HIPS.
EE ALLEGES HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK A RETURN IDLER OVER THE BELT AND THE HAMMER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE RETURN IDLER PULLING HIS RIGHT ARM INTO THE CONVEYOR.
EE ALLEGES HIM & ANOTHER EE WAS USING THE LOADERTO LIFT THE 3042 JAW BOULDER BREAKER ONTO A FLATBED TRAILER. HE WAS GIVING DIRECTIONS TO THE OPERATOR & HE SLIPPED ON ICE & THE BUCKET CAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE CATWALK WITH HIS HAND ON THE RAIL; A ROCK FELL FROM THE SECONDARYSCREEN AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF HIS HAND.
EE ALLEGES WHILE LOADING HAUL TRKS & OPERATING LOADER THE FLOOR WAS ROUGH & THE MACHINE KEPT TWISTING & TURNING, HE STARTED FEELING PAIN IN HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS WALKING ON CATWALK, THE CONVEYOR STOPPED AND ROCK HAD BUILT UP IN TRANSWER HOPPER AND ROCKS WERE RELEASED HITTING EMPLOYEE'S FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LARGE ROCK FLAGGING THE FRONTEND LOADER TO BUILD A RAMP FOR THE ROCK DRILL, WHEN THE ROCK HE WAS STANDING ON WAS HIT WITH THE TIRE OF THE MACHINE, CAUSING THE EMPLOY EE TO CATAPULT APPROX. 8' IN THE AIR. HE SUSTAINED A BROKEN COLLAR BONE, BROKEN RIB AND BRUISED LUNG.
EE ALLEGES HE WAS DRIVING IN HIS TRUCK AND HE STARTED HAVING PAIN IN HIS PELVIC AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP ON STOCKPILE WITH HIS WABCO HAULTRUCK TO DUMP A LOAD. THE PILE GAVE WAY CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GO OVER BACKWARD APPROX 25-30' DOWN.