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EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING TO LBS IN #8 MANTRIP. A X-CUT 181, THERE WAS AN APPARENT MALFUNCTION IN THE STEERING MECHANISM CAUSING THE MANTRIP TO STRIKE THE RIB. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A CUT UNDER HER C HIN AND BRUISED HER LEFT FOREARM AND RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK AND DROVE OVER A ROCK. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS IN A HAUL TRUCK WAITING TO BACK UNDER THE LOADER. ANOTHER EE IN A HAUL TRUCK ASSUMING THE FIRST TRUCK WAS GONE, STARTED TO BACK UP AND STRUCK THE FIRST TRUCK. EE RECEIVED A BRUISED HIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MOBILE EQUIPMENT WHEN BACK PAINS DEVELOPED. DOCTOR DIAGNOSED A RUPTURED DISC WHICH WAS CONFIRMED WITH AN M.R.I. EXAMINATION.
MINER WAS TRAMMING WHEN THE BOLTER OPERATOR'S DOOR RUBBED AGAINST THE RIB. EE TWISTED HIS BODY AND FELT SOME DISCOMFORT IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS WORKING WITH A CONSTRUCTION CREW ON THE LOWER BED WEST #4 NORTH PANEL IN ROOM 7 EAST WHEN SHE WAS INSTRUCTED TO OPERATE THE SCISSOR TRUCK. UPON LOCATING THE TRUCK SHE SAW THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT AIR IN THE TRUCK TO START IT. LUBETRUCK WAS PARKED NEARBY THE OTHER TRUCK. SHE STARTED THE LUBE TRUCK, AS WAS CARRYING THE AIR HOSE BEHING THE LUBE TRUCK SHE TURNED AND SAW THE
68935 MOVING BOLOGNA CABLE EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON BACK OF TRACTOR FORK FRAME WHEN TRACTOR OPERATOR ROLLED THE TRACTOR FORKS BACK THE EMPLOYEES FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FRAME & A 08849AULIC RAM RESULTING IN A LACERATION NEEDINGSTITCHES
THE EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO CLEAN OFF A BELT SCRAPER AT THE WASH PLANT. HE REMOVED THE GUARD, DID NOT DE-ENERGIZE THE BELT AND REACHED IN TO REMOVE THE DEBRIS. THE BELT CAUGHT HIS COVERALL SLEEVE AND PULLED HIS ARM BETWEEN THE BELT AND PULLEY. THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS TO RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.
I.NAME AND OTHER WALKED OUT OF DOORWAY AND ONTO A ROADWAY. INJ STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A FORK TRUCK. INJURIES TO RIBS,BACK AS A RESULT OF IMPACT BY TRUCK TIRE.IMPACT OCCURRED WHEN HITTING THE GR
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING ADUMPTRUCK LOADED WITH SILICA FROM THE QARRY TO THE CRUSHER. AS HE WAS CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS HE WAS STRUCK BY A U.P. TRAIN ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE DUMPTRUCK. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO BE PUSHED A SHORT DISTANCE AND A DERAILMENT OF SWITCH ENGINES. TRAIN CREW PULLED EMPLOYEE FROM WREACKAGE.
WHILE TRYING TO UNPLUG A DUST AIR LOCK FEEDER EMPLOYEE USED A 1-1/2PIECE OF PIPE TO HT THE FEEDER BLADE PIPE REBOUNDED OFF THE BGLADE WITH END OF THE PIPE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEES EAR CAUSING A 1 INCH CUT ON THE INSIDE CREASE OF THE EAR
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO COLUMBIA MACHINE CO. TO PICK UP A 5 H.P. ELECTRIC MOTOR. EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING SIGNAL LIGHT AND AS HE GOT THROUGH LIGHT, TRAFFIC HAD STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIM AND HE HIT TH E REAR OF THE CAR.
EMPLOYEE WS INJURED WHEN THE CUSHMAN HE WAS OPERATING STRUCK AN I-BEAM COLUMN. THE CUSHMAN STRUCK THE COLUMN AS HE REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP HIS JACKET FROM THE FLOOR OF THE CUSHMAN. THE CUSHMAN STRUCK THE COLUMN AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND THE STEERING WHEEL STRUCK I.NAME IN THE STOMACH CAUSING INTERNAL INJURIES.
MOVING R R CAR DOWN TRACCKS STARTED TO INCREASE SPEED TIGHTEN THE BRAKES DOD NOT SLOW DOWN UNHOOKED BELT JUMPED HOOK ON BELT RE ATTACHED TO LADDER RELEASED THE HOOK UMPED AGAIN RESULTIG I CONT USIONS AND HEAD LACERATION 4 STITCHES
EMPL STATED THE HYSTER WOULD NOT STAY RUNNING HE LIFTED THE HOOD UP AND WAS CHECKING THE LINKAGE WHEN HIS R HAND TOUCHED THE FAN CUTTING HIS FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS PAINTING AN OVERHEAD PIPE. THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM A STEEL BEAM INTO THE BUCKET OF THE FRONT END LOADE TO BE LOWERED TO THE GROUND.L WHEN THE OPERATOR SHIFTED THE LOADER INTO RE VERSE AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE LOADER ROLLED FORWARD AND PINNED THE EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE TOP EDGE OF THE BUCKET AND THE FLANGES OF THE BEAM.
HE WAS OPERATING CRUSHER FEEDER CAR A ROCK APPROX. 80 LBS. GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TH E ROOF AND THE CONVEYOR AND SHOT OUT ABOUT 10 FEET HITTING THE HANDLES OF 2 SHOVELS GLANCING OFF AND BOUNCING ACROSS THE DECK OF THE FEEDER CAR THEN STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK
ENTERING DOOR INTO UNIT4 ON FORK LIFT. REACHED OUT FROM FORK LIFT TO OPEN DOOR WHILE DOING SO HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF CLUTCH PETAL & JAMMED HIS HAND INTO WALL. EMP RECEIVED BRUISED KNUCKLES & S MALL ABRASION TO PALM OF HAND.
SEE ATTACHED REPORT-THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS EMPLOYEE'S SAFETY VIOLATIONS INFLUENCED EMPLOYEE TO EXAGGERATE THE INJURY IN HOPE OF AVOIDING TERMINATION.IN LIGHT OF THIS,WE ARE ASKING MSHA TO RULE ON THIS WITH RESPECT TO CLASSIFICATION.