EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 988 LOADER IN PIT FEEDING TELESMITH CRAWLER. HE BACKED UP AND RAN OVER A ROCK APPARENTLY STRAINING HIS BACK.
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EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING B-70 BACK TO PIT AS HE PASSED ANOTHER B-70 A ROCK WAS THROWN TO AVOID THE ROCK HE DUCKED BACK & HIT HIS HEAD ON THE REAR WINDOW
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EMPLOYEE HIT BUMP IN ROAD WHILE DRIVING B-70 CAUSING SORENESS TO NECK.DRIVER DID NOT NOTIFY EMPLOYER OF INJURY UNTIL 10-03-90.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING UP ON CONVEYOR WITH SHOVEL HANDLE SO TRACTOR EXHAUST COULD CLEAR. TRACTOR BACKED UP KNOCKING EMPLOYEE DOWN AND RUNNING OVER HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING LOADED FROM THE PIT TO THE PLANT. EMPLOYEE TOOK A CURVE IN THE HAUL ROAD TOO WIDE, WHICH CAUSED THE LOADED TRAILER PORTION TO GET IN MUDDY AREA AND START TO SLIDE.
DRIVING A LOADER AND IT STARTED GOING INTO A DITCH. AS IT DID SO, EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM CAB LANDING ON THE GROUND ON HIS SHOULDER.
HAND SLIPPED OFF CONTROL FOR BOWL & HIT HOT HYUDRAULIC LINE WHILE OPERATING SCRAPER.
PASSENGER IN OWL TRUCK THAT WAS BACKING UP & DRIVER RAN INTO PARKED TRUCK INJURING OUR EMPL DURING IMPACT.
EMPLOYEE DRIVING ENTRANCE ROAD TO PLANT AREA (DRIVING EXCESS SPEED 40 MPH/POSTED 15 MPH) HIT A BERM IN MIDDLE OF YARD WHICH HAD BEEN THERE FOR 3 DAYS. EMPLOYEE WENT TO OWL DOCTOR AND HAS FAILE D TO NOTIFY SUPERVISOR OF STATUS OF INJURY TO DATE OF 6/19/89.
CONVEYOR UNIT STARTED TO SHIFT WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REPAIRS TO CONVEYOR EMPLOYEE JUMPED TO THE GROUND
WENT HO;ME AFTER WORK ON 4-22-89 FELT PAIN IN WRIST. 4-23-89 FOLLOW UP WITH MED TREATMENT
EMPL DRIVING EU7LID OVER TRAP AREA DROVE OFF X-OVER RAMP AND DUMPED TRUCK INTO TRAP.TOOK A CRANE AND A LOADER TO REMOVE TRUCK FROM TRAP.
EMPL DRIVING EU7LID -BACK STARTED TO HURT.
EMP CLAIMS DUE 7O OPERATING OF LOADER DURING COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT LOADER AGGRIVATED BACK
EMPLOYEE WHILE 4ORKING DIRT ON A CONVEYOR BELT FLEW INTO EMPLOYEES EYE.
WHILE LOADING P3T TRUCK, THE 988 B LOADER HIT A BUMP HARD ENOUGH TO RAISE THE OPERATOR OUT O F THE SEAT AND HIF FOOT GOT CAUGHT UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL TEARING LIGAMENTS IN RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE BRUISE8 HIS TAIL BONE ON THE SEAT BACK WHICH HAD FALLEN DOWN BEHIND HIM WHEN THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING HIT A ROUGH PORTION OF THE HAUL ROAD CAUSING THE CAB OF THE TRUCK TO BOUNCE
EMPL DRIVING EU7 BOTTOM DUMP FROM PIT WITH LOAD OF MATERIAL TO DUMP INTO FEED TRAP IN BACK OF JAW CRUSHER.AS HE MAD HIS APPROACH 50' FROM TRAP DRIVER OVER.HE SAW ROUGH SECTION IN ROAD.EMPL STO OD UP IN CAB OF3TRUCK TO SMOOTH OUT RIDE OVER ROUGH SPOT.BOUNCED UP AND JAMMED HEAD AGAINST TOP
EMPL OPERATING 8CRAPER WHEN FOREIGN BODY ENTERED HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A STUCK RETURN ROLLER ON A CONVEYOR WITH A WRENCH THE ROLLER STARTED MOVING AND THE EMPLOYEE PULLED BACK ON THE WRENCH WHICH HIT ANOTHER ROLLER THE WRENCH SPUN AND CUT EMPLOYEES FINGER RESULTING IN A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED SERVICING THE WATER TRUCK AND WAS PARKING IT IN ITS PROPER PLACE. HE WAS TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, WHEN THE TIRES HIT A SHALLOW DITCH. THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN BACK WARDS, CATCHING HIS RIGHT THUMB IN THE WEBBING. EMPLOYEE WORKED REGULAR SHIFTS ON 2/19 AND 2/20. ON 2/21, HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT AND FOUND THAT HE HAD SUFFERRED A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT T