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EE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER WHEN HE DROVE OVER A SERIES OF HOLES AND BUMPS WHICH JARRED HIM SEVERELY. THE TECHNICIAN SUBSEQUENTLY BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE MIDDLE BACK PAIN WHICH RADIATED AROUND HIS SIDES.
EE WAS OPERATING A BD-180 TRUCK. A RUBBER TIRED DOZER HAD CLEANED UP WHERE A SHOVEL HAD BACKED UP. THE EE RETURNED TO THE SHOVEL AND ENTERED THE AREA WHERE THE DOZER HAD CLEANED UP WITH HIS TR UCK. HE CROSSED OVER THE 6-9 INCH WINDROWS LEFT BY THE DOZER. THE MOTION OF GOING OVER THE WINDROWS JARRED THE EE IN HIS SEAT. LATER IN THE SHIFT THE EE EXPERIENCED BACK AND NECK PAIN.
OVERBURDEN TRUCK OVERTURNED AFTER GOING THRU CORNER. OPERATOR SUFFERED NECK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE BELIEVES THE BACK AND FORTH SWAYING MOTION OF THE EUCLID HAUL TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING DURING DRIVE BY WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE GROUND SURVEYING A DUMP A HAUL TRUCK PASSED BY & STIRRED UP A LOT OF DUST A PARTICLE OF DUST BLEW INTO EMPLOYEES RIGHT EYE
EMPL OPERATING 170 TON HAUL TRUCK WHEN A SCREW POPPED OUT OF THE DASH OF THE TRUCK AND STRUCK RIGHT LENS OF OPERATORS SAFETY GLASSES.THE IMPACT CRACKED THE LENS IN 2 PLACES.OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF EYE IRRITATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HUAL TRUCK AND AFTER DUMPING THE BOX OFF THE TRUCK FELL APPROXIMATLEY ONE FOOT TO THE FRAME. THIS TRUCK WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND THE EMPLOYEE OPERATED ANOTHER HAU L TRUCK FOR THE REST OF THE SHIFT. AT APPROX 6AM ON THIS SAME SHIFT, EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN THE RIGHT SID EOF HER NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN MK-36 HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD AND THE SEAT BOTTOME DOUT. SHORTLY AFTER, THE EMPLOYE EEXPERIENCE DPAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
OPERATOR WAS RECLAIMING A BACKFILL AREA WITH A SCRAPER. HE STARTED DUMPING HIS LOAD OF DIRT IN 2ND GEAR (APPROX. 5 M/HR)AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK, JUST BELOW HIS RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE. HE WEN T IN TO SEE A CHIROPRACTOR AND WITH ONE TREATMENT WAS BACK TO WORK ON 9-30-91 AT FULL CAPACITY. HE STATE TO ME, ON HIS WAY INTO TOWN, THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED TO HIM SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST.
WHIEL EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HAUL TRUCK HE HIT A HOLE IN THE HAUL ROAD,CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED INSIDE THE CAB OF THE TRUCK.THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A LOWER BACK MUSCLE STRAIN.
EE WAS WORKING ON TOP OF THE SILOS IN THE COAL PREP PLANT WHEN A COUPLING DISINTERGRATED AND AP PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT LEG FRACTURING THE FEMUR.
OPER TRUCK HIT RUT IN ROAD, STRUCK HEAD ON ROOF OF TRUCK
EMPL WAS TRYING TO HOLD TAILGATE OPEN WHILE COAL CHUNKS FELL OUT. HE WASUNABLE TO HOLD TIALGATE OPEN & IT CLOSED ON RIGHT HAND.
EMPL OPERATING M-36 HAUL TRUCK.AS SHOVELJ BUCKET SWUNG OVER TRUCK BOX,LARGE CHUNK OF MATERIAL FELL OUT OF BUCKET,STRUCK HEADACHE RACK OF TRUCK JARRING I.NAME.SUFFERED CONCUSSION,CERVICAL LUMBA R STRAIN.
EMPL OPERATING HAUL TRUCK BEING LOADED BY SHOVEL.ELECTRICAL FAULT OCCURRED ON SHOVEL CAUSING LOADED SHOVEL BUCKET TO STRIKE FRONT SECTION OF DUMP BOX ON TRUCK JARRING EMPL -MUSCLE SPASMS-BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A COAL HAUL TRUCK.HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ORAD AND THE SEAT ON THE TRUCK BOTTOMED OUT.EMPLOYEE SUFFERED MUSCLE SPASMS TO HIS ABACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BD-AU,/ COAL HAUL TRUCK DURING SHIFT SHE EXPERIENCED NECK PAIN WHICH PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE AS THE SHIFT WORE ON HER NECK STIFFENED EMPLOYEE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR ON 4- 12-88
EMPL OPERATING 4-36 DUMP TRUCK HAULING OVERBURDEN FROM SHOVEL.LARGE ROCK 4' X 5' X 1' THICK FELL ONTO HEADACHE RACK OF TRUCK BOUNCED ONTO TOP OF RADIATOR.I.NAME BRACED BY HANGING ONTO STEERING WHEEL STIFFENI3G UP ARM AND SHOULDER AREA.AFTER,SHE WAS OK.HOWEVER WHEN WOKE UP 9-24 FELT NUMBNESS IN INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.REPORTED TO WORK DURING SHIFT FELT STIFFNESS & TINGLING BEGINN
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING AN M-36 END-DUMP TRUCK ON THE HAUL ROAD. SHE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD WHICH JOSTLED HER AROUND IN THE CAB, CAUSING NECK AND BACK PAIN AND A HEADACHE, WHICH WAS A REINJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON LEFT PLATFORM OF D-9 DOZER WHILE THE DOZER WAS BEING SERVICED A LOADED 170-TON HAUL TRUCK WAS LEAVING A SHOVEL TRUCK RAN OVER A SHARP ROCK 10.25LBS WHICH BLEW OUT THE RT.INSIDE TIRE 2F THE T RUCK AIR BLAST HURLED THE ROCK 179FT.STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON LEFKT FOREARM & CHEST FX.ARM IN 2 PLACES REQUIRING SURGERY
EMP WAS OPERATI3G A SCRAPER ON THE COAL HAUL ROAD WHEN HE CROSSED A SMALL DRAINAGE DITCH IN THE ROAD, WHEN HE HIT THE DITCH, HE WAS TOSSED AROUND A BIT IN THE CAB. HE SUFFERED A STIFF AND TEND ER NECK, DIAGNO8ED AS ACUTE CERVICAL AND THORACIC STRAIN AND SPRAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS HA6LING OVERBURDEN MATERIAL FROM TOP OF COAL BENCH TO BACKFILL AREAAND HIT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE HAUL ROAD RESULTING IN BACK INJURY