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Employee was operating overburden belt fed by the backhoe. A large chunk of overburden fell off the top of the belt hitting the employee on the lower left side of the back.
Employee was operating a haul truck & somehow pulled a muscle in his back.
Employee was driving a truck in the plant area. The truck hit a hole in the road, and ee reported that his head bounced from side to side, making his neck pop.
EE WAS DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK WHICH HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD. EE SAYS HE WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT, BUT WAS THRU AROUND THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. HE COMPLAINS OF LOW BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE DROVE DUMP TRUCK 12-2-94. HE DID NOT SHOW UP FOR WORK 12-3-94. HE SENT WORD THAT HE WAS SICK. HE CALLED SUPERVISOR AT 4 PM 12-4-04 TO SAY HE HAD A BACK ACHE FROM DRIVING THE TRUCK. HE RETURNED TO WORK 12-5-94 AND WAS SENT TO DR. TO BE EXAMINED AND OBTAIN A RELEASE TO WORK. RETURNED 12-6-94.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK. HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND WAS BADLY JARRED. HIS INJURY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADE AND WAIST. A PINCHED NERVE OR DAMAGE TO CUSHION BETWEEN RIBS IS SUSPECTED, BUTNOT YET DETERMINED.
WAS DRIVING AN IN PIT DUMP TRUCK WAS GOING UP A SMALL INCLINE TRUCK JUMPED OUT OF GEAR & ROLLEDBACKWARD HITTING A PILE OF GRAVEL CAUSING HIM TO T URN OVER BATTERY WAS SITTING ON FLOOR OF TRUC K & IT HIT HIM IN THE HEAD
I.NAME MOVING MATERIAL AND HIT A BUMP WHEN ELBOW HIT STEERING WHEEL CAUSING A BAD BRUISE AND FLUID BUILD-UP.
HE WAS STANDING BESIDE CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE STARTED TO WALK AWAY FOOT SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND HE FELL ON THE BELT. HIS ARM WENT UNDER THE WIPER ON THE BUTT. IT BROKE SOME BONES INTOP OF HIS HAN D AND SCRAPED ALL SKIN OFF BOTTOM OF WRIST. SOME PIN WAS PUT IN HAND WITH SOME SKIN GRAFT. POSSIBLE LOSS OF HAND NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
HE WAS CHECKING3BELTS BEFORE STARTING UP CUTTING OFF SOME OLD PIECES. A HELPER TURNED THE BELTS ON BEFORE HE TOLD HIM TO NOTHING IS SUPPOSE TO START-UP UNTIL FOREMAN SAYS FOR THEM TO START.
HAD A FLAT ON T9UCK HAD GOTTEN DAR. JACKED UP TRUCK HIT WHEN HE WENT TO PUT GOOD TIRE ON TRUCK NEED TO BE JACKED UP HIGHER. COULD NOT HE PUT OLD TIRE UNDER AXLE AND CLIMBED UNDER TANK TO INSEI
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CONVEYOR BBELT WITH A PIECE OF METAL. THE PIECE OF METAL CAUGHT ON THE CONVEYOR BELT PULLING THE EMPLOYEES HANDS INTO THE SCREEN GUARD, RESULTS WERE LACERATION OF THE LEF T MIDDLE FINGER AND AMPUTATION DISTAL PHALANX RIGHT INDEX FINGER