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Operator let air out of air ride seat and continued to operate with improper adjustment on seat for safe ergonomic operation of the end dump.
Employee was operating coal hauler when he became distracted and steered machine to the right on haul road and came in contact with guard rail. The incident caused employee to hit his left lower leg on unknown object in the cab causing injury.
Operator hit a bump in the road causing his head to contact the ceiling and coming down hard in seat.
Employee was operating a water truck. At 9:30 am, his left eye started irritating him & continued to worsen. He is unsure exactly when and what got into his eye. He was taken to a local ER & treated for a foreign body in his eye. His eye was rinsed and an antibiotic ointment was put on his eye as part of the treatment.
EE was operating a Cat 777 end dump. She stated that she was having problems with the operator's seat. She stated that she hit a small bump in the haul road and the seat bottomed out. Later, she felt pain in her neck & shoulders. She was taken to a local ER for treatment & released for light duty.
Employee, operating a coal hauler, had just left the backhoe after being loaded. She was turning to go up the ramp when the tires caught the mud, causing the hauler to jacknife. When the trailer hit the trailer stops, the force of the impact jarred her from side to side in the cab. She sustained two fractured ribs, bruising to her thumb, leg and ear. She was wearing a seat belt.
Operating an End Dump when the front tire hit a hole, which caused the steering wheel to jerk and spin around, which caught the right hand, causing the fracture.
Employee was operating an end dump, hit a bump in the road and felt pain in his back. He was treated by a doctor who placed restrictions on him for his work schedule of February 2-6, 2006.
Removed wheel chalk from bracket and when it came down, it caused something in arm to pull and felt a sharp pin.
Backed up in to pad to dump the load dozer operator asked me to back up more, so i did when side of pad gave way causing truck to roll over and set up right on haul road.
As ee was driving a loaded hauler away from a backhoe, the right rear trailer tires of hauler fell into a large hole, stopping hauler suddenly. His lt arm struck the steering wheel, rt elbow hit shift tower. He had seatbelt on. He went to a local ER, was treated & released to return to work w/restrictions for 5 days. On Fri 10/29/04 he started losing time from work.
EE STATES HE HIT A CHUCK HOLE AND THIS HURT HIS BACK A LITTLE (8/31/04). THE PAIN LEFT AND EE DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF 9/2/04 (EE DID NOT SPEAK TO SUPERVISOR UNTIL 9/3/04). EE CALLED 9/3/04 AND STATED THAT HE HAD LOWER BACK PAIN & WAS GOING TO A DOCTOR. DOCTOR EXAMINED EE AND PRESCRIBED 2 MEDS. DOCTOR GAVE HIM WORK RELEASE FOR 9/7/04.
EMPLOYEE CALLED IN SICK ON 7/20, CAME TO WORK ON 7/21 TOLD SUPERVISOR HE WAS URINATING BLOOD & WAS GOING HOME. CAME TO PICK UP CHECK ON 7/22/04 & TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR HE HAD A BAD VERTEBREA & HAD TO BE OFF UNTIL 7/26/04. EE SAID THE BOUNCING ON THE SCRAPER DID NOT CAUSE IT BUT HE WAS NOT TO RUN THE EQUIPMENT UNTIL HE WAS WELL. ON 7/28 EE REPORTED HE HURT HIS BACK ON SCRAPER.
Employee had completed his shift and was leaving site when a pickup driven by a NWR electrician ran into him as he was walking to his personal vehicle. he was hit on the right arm and sustained injury to wrist and elbow. he was transported to hospital. Both wrist and elbow were broken.
EE WAS TRANSPORTING A BACKHOE ON THE LOWBOY TO AREA D. THE TRAILER HIGH CENTERED AND THE TRACTOR REARED UP. WHEN THE TRACTOR CAME DOWN, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK AND LOWER BACK. (HE WAS WEAR ING HIS SEAT BELT.) HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 02-17-04 AND IS ON LIGHT DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A COALHAULER AND COMING TO THE CRUSHER. HE DOZED OFF, HIS HAULER CROSSED THE HAULROAD AND IT APPEARS THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER. HE DID NOT AND THE HAULER LAID OVER ON ITS LEFT SIDE. EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF HAULER BY HIMSELF. HE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL E.R. FOR TREATMENT AND HAS BEEN OFF WORK.
EE WAS A PASSANGER IN A SHIFT CHANGE VAN THAT WAS BEING DRIVEN FROM AREA D AT THE END OF THE NIGHT SHIFT. THE VAN HIT A SLICK SPOT IN THE ROAD, WHEN IT HIT GRAVEL, IT TURNED OVER. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF (5) PEOPLE IN THE VAN, ALL OF WHICH WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. THERE WERE (4) REPORTABLE INJURIES: 3 WORKERS FROM THE MINE AND 1 CONTRACT EE.
EE WAS DRIVING A SHIFT CHANGE VAN FROM AREA D ATTHE END OF THE NIGHT SHIFT. HE HIT A SLICK SPOT IN THE ROAD. THE VAN SLID & AS HE TRIED TO CORRECT IT, IT SLID TO THE LEFT & WHEN IT HIT GRAVEL, IT TURNED OVER. THERE WERE (5) PEOPLE IN THE VAN, ALL WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. (4)INJURIES WERE REPORTABLE: 3 FROM THE MINE AND 1 CONTRACT EE. EE HAD FRACTURED RIBS, RELEASED 1/21
EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A SHIFT CHANGE VAN THAT WAS BEING DRIVEN IN FROM AREA D AT THE END OF NIGHT SHIFT. THE VAN HIT A SLICK SPOT IN THE ROAD, SLID & AS THE DRIVER TRIED TO CORRECT IT, IT SLID TO THE LEFT & WHEN THE VAN HIT GRAVEL IT TURNED OVER. THERE WERE (5) PEOPLE IN THE VAN, ALL WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. THERE ARE (4) REPORTABLE INJURIES- 3 WORKED AT MINE, 1 CONT.EE
EE WAS DRIVING A FUEL TRUCK TO A DRAGLINE TO FUEL THE GROUND DOZER. APPROACHING THE DRAGLINE, HE HAD CB RAIDO COMMUNICATION WITH THE DRAGLINE CREW. HE TOOK THE WRONG ROAD TO GET TO THE DRAGLIN E AND INSTEAD WENT INTO A PIT AND NOT ONTO THE DRAGLINE BENCH. HE DROVE INTO THE PIT AND WAS INSIDE THE SWING RADIUS OF THE DRAGLINE. DIRT FELL FROM THE DRAGLINE BUCKET ONTO THE TOP THE CAB O
EE WAS STANDING ON THE RAIL ADJUSTING FACE CONVEYER ROLLERS. THE BUCKETWHEEL AND BELT WAGON STARTED TO BACK OUT OF THE CUT. AS THE SYSTEM MOVED, EE'S RIGHT FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RAIL AND A WHEEL OF THE HOPPER CAR. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL SINCE.
EE WAS PUTTING TRANSMISSION MOUNTS IN ON A COAL HAULER. A HYDRAULIC LINE WAS NOT TIED OFF OR DRAINED. HYDRAULIC OIL POURED OUT ON TO HIM & WHEN HE PUSHED THE HOSE AWAY, HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON A TRANSMISSION MOUNT. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 2-26-02, AT WHICH TIME THE DR. RESTRICTED EE'S WORK. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BURSITIS.THIS IS A WORKER'S COMP. CLAIM.
EE WAS OPERATING A COAL HAULER IN B AREA & HIT AMINE SHAFT CAUSING THE HAULER TO SHAKE & BOUNCE.THE CB MIKE HIT HER IN THE MOUTH CAUSING DAMAGE TO 3 TEETH. SHE WILL BE HAVING THESE TEETH FIXED AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR WHEN HER DENTIST IS ABLE TO SEE HER. EXACT DAMAGE TO TEETH WILL NOT BE KNWON UNTIL THEN.
VEHICLE SLID BACKWARDS DOWN RAMP, UNHITCHED FROM TRAILER AND FELL OFF RAMP.