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Operator was backing a haul truck under shovel to be loaded and contacted shovel bucket. Impact caused a strain/sprain to operator neck and back region.
A haul truck contacted a roadside berm causing the truck to tip on its side, fracturing his left wrist.
While operating a front-end loader, a chunk of coal roller over the top of the bucket and damaged the windshield. The operator received small lacerations.
Four hours into the shift, an Operator complained of back, neck, and shoulder pain. The employee was evaluated and prescribed a muscle relaxer. The employee returned to work the following shift full duty without restrictions.
Haul roads were wet & slick from the water truck and cold weather conditions, employee failed to maintain control of vehicle.
Haul truck drove though a rough spot on haul road, jarring the operator. Pain meds were prescribed.
Equipment operator was watering a 2:1 fill slope and tipped onto its side while backing up. Operator sustained a minor scrape on elbow and complained of a headache.
Equipment operator was running a 657 scraper when he ran over a frozen dirt clod, approximately 1 foot by 1 foot, and jarred his back.
The air line supplying air to the operator's seat froze up causing the seat suspension to bottom out, which jarred the operator's back. This caused a lumbar strain.
A dirt particle or small piece of debris entered the employees left eye. The particle was flushed out, but the eye became infected, requiring prescription medication for treatment.
A fork lift was being used to assist in the installation of a shovel track pad. A shovel maintenance technician was struck in the head by the fork lift arm when the shovel track shifted, causing the fork arm to shift upwards.
A maintenance technician was lowering the outriggers to stabalize the pittman service truck. He lowered the hydraulic outrigger onto his foot, which resulted in a superficial bone fracture on the bridge of his left foot. The tecnician was wearing steel-toes shoes at the time of the incident.
The operator was pulling under the shovel with a coal truck to get loaded. The service braves were applied to abruptly causing the truck bed to bounce on the frame. The jarring motion caused pain in the upper part of the back.
The employee was operating a haul truck and getting loaded when the discharge of a bucket of material from the shovel rocked the truck jarring the operator. The haul truck operator reported back pain shortly after the incident.
The operator's haul truck was being loaded by a rubber tire loader. Material surged from the loader bucket as it was dumped and caused the truck to rock. This motion jarred the operator causing soreness to the lower back.
Employee had hooked cable to container, lifted up, into grooves of hopper. He was making a sweep with the blade when the container popped out of grooves and swung to the right where employee was operating controls.
WHILE OPERATING A COAL HAUL TRUCK, EE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD WHICH JARRED HIS LOWER BACK. AFTER REVIEWING THE CHIROPRACTIC DIAG. & EE'S PERSONAL TESTIMONY, WE BELIEVE EE HAD A PRE-EXISTING ILLNESS & THIS JARRING ACTION AGGRAVATED HIS PREV. BACK CONDITION. EE WAS DIAG. AS HAVING DISC DEG. IN 2002 WHICH HAS CONTINUOUSLY CAUSED BACK PAIN - TAKEN MEDS. & RECD. CHIRO. TREATMENTS.
EE WAS TROUBLESHOOTING ALT. SYSTEM ON A WATER TRUCK. TWO OF HER FINGERS CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BELT AND SHEAVE, CAUSING LACERATIONS AND HAIRLINE FRACTURE.
2 CRANES & WINCH TRUCK HAD TURNED HAUL TRUCK BED UPSIDE DOWN, THEN 2 CRANES LOADED THE OVERTURNED BOX ON FLATBED TRAILER. INJURED EE THEN WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF THE TRUCK BED WAS CENTERED PROPERLY ON TRAILER. A LODGED PIECE OF EARTHEN MATERIAL CAME LOOSE COMING DOWN & STRIKING EE.
ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN BELT/SHEAVE ASSEMBLY, BELT CAUGHT GLOVE PULLED FINGERS BETWEEN BELT AND SHEAVE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 24O TON DIRT HAUL TRUCKWAS SETTING UNDER A SHOVEL BEING LOADED WITH DIRT AS THE SHOVEL WAS SWINING INTO BED OF HAUL TRUCK SHOVEL LOST POWER CAUSING SHOVEL BUCKET TO SL AM INTO BED OF HAUL TRUCK, JARRING EMPLOYEE AROUND IN CAB, INJURING HER RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS DUMPING TRUCK AT HOPPER. THE BED WOULD NOT RAISE OVER 6". SHE DECIDED TO LOWER BED CAUSING IT TO FALL BACK DOWN. THE IMPACT CAUSED A NECKSTRAIN.
EMPLOYE DROVE HIS HAUL TRUCK THROUGHA V ERY ROUGH ROAD, FROM A DIRT SHOVEL TO A DIRT DUMP AND HIS SEAT BOTTOMED OT AND HIS BACK STARTED HURTING. HE WORKED UNTIL 12-6-00 SAW DR HE RECEIVE DMED ICATION RECEIVED A HERNATED DISC PER MRI RESULTS.