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Individual operating water wagon pulled into crosscut out of the way of traffic when a drill steel came through the floor striking right knee.
Riding in mantrip to work section hit a pothole bounced EE.
Driving the 31/2 to get bolting supplies and ran over a crib in the road jarring EE's head and back
Employee inadvertently walked between scoop bucket and rib and was struck when scoop moved.
An employee was standing on a Ramcar, washing it off, when another employee started to move a nearby Ramcar in the opposite direction. The moving Ramcar caught the roof bolter cable hanging from bullhorns, pulling the cable down. The moving cable forcibly struck the employee standing on the Ramcar, knocking that employee down on the Ramcar.
While riding in the back of a mantrip on a road that had been excessively watered, the employee struck against the mantrip shell when EE's vehicle slid into another mantrip that was stopped in the entry, resulting in back pain and a sprained ankle.
Driving a DF-54, when he hit a slick spot in the road causing the DF-54 to hit the rib.
Riding in the back of a mantrip at the end of his shift when EE hit his head against the top of the mantrip jamming his neck when the mantrip hit a bump.
EE states he had hand on hydraulic boom and leaned over fork truck to check position of hitch. Another employee rolled the forks back, catching EE's left ring finger between the barrel and the eye of the hydraulic cylinder, resulting in a laceration requiring sutures.
EE STATES HE WAS ROCK DUSTING THE BELT ENTRY USING SV-5 WHEN THE VEHICLE GOT STUCK.TO BACK THE VEHICLE UP,HE TURNED AROUND IN OPERATOR'S SEAT & PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK BEHIND HIM.WHEN VEHICLE MOVED,IT SLID TOWARDS BELT STRUCTURE,CATCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A RETURN BELT ROLLER HANGER, RESULTING IN A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS IN FORK TRUCK BASKET INSTALLING CRIB. AS BASKET WAS LOWERED, EMPLOYEE HIT RAIL ON BASKET, STRIKING HIS LEFT WRIST ON RAIL, CAUSING A LEFT WRIST FRACTURE.
Was operating a fork truck, as he went around a corner the rear tire caught a drill steel that was leaning aginst the rib pulling it forward striking him in the hard hat. The hard hat was forced down and caused a laceration to the L-side of his head.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS DRIVING RAMCAR, PUSHING ANOTHER RAMCAR UP THE HILL. HIS MACHINE CAUGHT ON THE TAILGATE OF THE OTHER, RISING HIGHER AS THEY DROVE. WHEN IT FELL OFF, IT CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO BE BOUNCED AROUND CAB, RESULTING IN FRACTURED VERTEBRA.
EMPLOYEE WAS INADVERTENTLY STRUCK BY THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE FORKS ON FORK TRUCK. HIS LEFT HAND WAS BY THE BOOM. HE PUT THE FORK ON HIS KNEE AS HE SLID FORK OVER. WHEN HE LET THE FORK OFF HIS KNEE, HIS LEFT PINKY FINGER WAS IN A PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE FORK AND THE BOOM.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HAULING SUPPLIES WITH FORKTRUCK. HE STRUCK A BUMP IN ROAD CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS SHOULDER AND ARM AGAINST CAB FRAME. SINCE THE DATE OF INJURY, NO RECORDABLE MEDICAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED; HOWEVER, EMPLOYEE INCURRED LOST TIME DUE TO THE INJURY ON 03/26/2008.
Employee was a passenger on SV-11. The vehicle engine stopped. Before the brakes set, the vehicle hit the rib causing the engine cover to strike the employee's legs, breaking both legs.
Employee states he was pushing a Ramcar up a hill with the Ramcar he was operating. He pushed it up the hill his car climbed up on the car being pushed. When the car being pushed caught traction it pulled out from under the car doing the pushing and it dropped to the floor. The employees hard hat come off and he struck his head against the canopy resulting in a laceration.
Employee was delivering samples to lab on 4-wheeler. Weather was a factor. Was coming into a corner when machine started to slide sideways catching and causing machine to roll over.
Employee states he lifted the forks, lost control with one hand allowing forks to fall catching his finger between forks and frame.
EE was driving vehicle from bathhouse to main road on his way back to shop. The ee came around a corner and there was a 5 yard loader pulling out onto the roadway, as the ee braked and tried to change lanes the loader did the same. The truck hit the load damaging the right front side of the vehicle. the driver hit the mirror with his head causing a lacertion
EE STATES THAT HE WAS CROSSING THE PARKING LOT TO COME TO WORK AND ANOTHER EE ARRIVING FOR WORK DID NOT SEE HIM & STRUCK HIM WITH VEHICLE. THIS DID NOT TURN INTO A LOST TIME ACCIDENT UNTIL 10/06/04
Employee states he blocked in the mantrip throttle to build pressure on compressor. When he drove forward with blocked throttle, the mantrip lunged forward striking another machine. He hit steering wheel with mouth. This did not turn into a reportable until 10/08/04.
EE STATES WHILE CHECKING A HOSE BETWEEN FT-3 ANDTRAILER, FT-7 STRUCK SGAINST FT 3, CAUSING HIS KNEE TO BE STRUCK BY FT-3 BUMPER. INITIAL X-RAY DID NOT REVEAL ANY FRACTURES, ON 11-11 MRI RESULT S SHOWED FRACTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE A FORK TO THE OUTSIDE OF BAR, WHEN THE TIP END OF THE FORK WAS RELEAS-ED, IT PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE FRAME OF FORK TRUCK AND THE BOTTOM OF THE FORK.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS DRIVING #2 POLARIS 6X6 FROM PUMP #3 TO PUMP #2. AS HE WAS STARTING DOWN THE HILL HE LET OFF GAS THE EBS LOCKED UP CAUSING THE ATV TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS. THE FRONT END HIT A SNOWBANK & STARTED TO ROLL. HE JUMPED OFF CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT ARM DISLOCATING HIS SHOULDER.
WHILE WORKING BETWEEN BOOM TRUCK AND ROOF BOLTER BOOM TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD AND PINNED HIS LEFT LEG BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE SAT DOWN TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM HIS BOOT. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PULLED THE FORKTRUCK INTO THE CROSSCUT, PINNING THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT BETWEEN THE BUMPER AND THE FLOOR.
EE STATES HE WAS OPERATING AN ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV) THE EE WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE ATV DOWN WHEN DESCENDING A GRADE. WITH INCREASING SPEED HE DECIDED TO JUMP OFF THE ATV