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Employee was dismounting his dozer, his foot slipped on the lower push arm step, causing him to fall into the push arm with his torso.
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Employee was using a pry bar when it slipped and hit his thumb.
Employee was getting out of the cab of his loader when he slipped causing him to fall to the ground striking his right shoulder and side.
Employee was using a rope to pull the hood open on the service truck. While pulling the rope, slipped causing the employee to fall backwards, landing on his rear-end.
Operator was getting loaded at the trackhoe when a rock was dropped into the bed of his truck causing the employee to be shaken and jarred around inside the truck.
Employee was operating a 100 ton rock truck. After dumping a load, the bed came down and jarred the truck, causing the employee to be shook and injuring his neck.
Employee was cranking a gas engine. He pulled on the starter cord which backlashed and caused him to strain his hand and wrist.
Employee was climbing down from the service truck when he slipped and twisted his left knee.
Employee was walking when he stumbled on a rock and fell. He grabbed for the bumper on a truck and caught his right arm. As he fell with his right arm on the bumper, it caused him to dislocate his right shoulder. Reopened see DCN# 220101200018.EE is out having surgery.
Employee was changing a fuel filter on a CAT D10 dozer, when his foot slipped on the track, causing him to fall to the ground on his left arm. Jammed his arm around the elbow.
Employee was putting discharge hose on pump in pit. He cranked pump and it blew off the discharge hose at the pump. The hose struck employee in the chest.
EE had exited cab of 45 ton mobile crane & was walking on deck to outrigger to step down to the ground. He allegedly saw a spot of grease on the motor compartment & bent down to wipe if off. As he raised up he hit his head on the jib section which was folded up alongside of the boom. EE staggered & fell off the mobile crane to the ground below ( six foot fall).
Employee was getting off his service truck when he slipped and felt something pop in his left knee.
Employee was cleaning coal in the pit, he got off of his trackhoe to move a pump hose. When he moved the hose it caused a rock to slide off the dig face and roll down and struck him in the lower left leg and foot.
Employee was climbing down from his PC400 trackhoe when he slipped falling to the ground striking his face on a large rock.
Employee had just gotten off work, he was driving out of the mine on the haul road and was trying to pass two other employees and got off the road and hit an old gate post.
Employee was walking to the water pump when he stepped on the hose and slipped and fell.
Employee was getting on his dozer at the beginning of his shift, when he slipped and fell between the push arm and track. He injured his left shoulder and left hip.
Stemming holes.
Employee twisted his left ankle while dismounting his rock truck.
Employee was walking down a drill bench when he felt a pulling in his back, employee stated he thought he made it worse when he climbed up the ladder into the drill.
Employee was pulling on the discharge end of a water pump and felt a pull in his lower back.
Employee was getting off his D475 dozer slipped while still holding onto the handle and strained his left shoulder.
Employee was climbing off his loader and stepped down and twisted his left ankle.
When we arrived at the mine for the 1st shift, supervisor's found a D-10 dozer company # 221 had burned during the night. The evening shift had parked the dozer at 2:00 am. There were no signs of foul play.
Employee was servicing a trackhoe, when he climbed off the ladder stepping to the ground he twisted his left ankle.
Employee was walking through the parking lot, on his way to his vehicle, when he twisted his ankle. He went home and the pain got worse, he then went to the dr. and found out he had broken his ankle.
Employee was helping with a water pump, he slipped on some rocks and fell hitting his right knee.
Employee was exiting his rock truck at the end of his shift. As he was climbing down the ladder his foot slipped causing him to fall approx. 10 feet to the ground. He landed on his left arm. Employee broke his left wrist.
Employee fell from the service truck and landed on his neck/upper back.
Employee slipped and fell on the deck of a dredge, bruising the right side of his lower back.
Employee was helping change battery on his dozer. His foot slipped and caught his hand on the battery door. It cut and broke his pinky finger on his right hand.
Employee was operating 100 ton rock truck. When dumping, the truck blew a hydraulic line. The fluid sprayed on the engine causing a fire. When he exited the cab he burned his arms and head. He also hit his head on the way out of the cab causing a cut that required stitches.
Our employee was traveling in a "jon" boat out to a dredge. The boat had a small outboard motor attached to it. The throttle on the engine malfunctioned and the boat did not decelerate as anticipated. The boat then struck a ladder attached to the dredge. Upon impact, our employee fell forward, striking his knee on the deck.
Employee was pushing with dozer; ran over a rock that he could not see. When he came off the rock the jarring slammed him into the seat breaking his tailbone.
Employee was getting off his dozer; he slipped and as he fell his left leg got caught between the push arm and the track. The employee broke both bones in his lower leg.
Employee was getting back on dozer to move for a shot. A co-worker was backing beside the dozer. He struck employee, and ran over him with pickup truck. Employee suffered trauma to his head and chest.
Walking on bench, he stepped in a hole.
Employee was operating a trackhoe, clearing in advance of the mining. He was working in an area of trees; he moved his machine and a limb broke and came into the cab striking him in the left shoulder.
EE was getting on his dozer when he slipped causing his right leg to strike the track.
Employee was getting off dozer to use restroom. He slipped and fell onto the push arm striking his left knee.
Employee was trying to remove rusted cap on acetylene tank when he struck left thumb with hammer. Dr. diagnosed broken left thumb.
EE was fueling his dozer at the end of his shift, when he slipped and fell from the dozer, to the ground.
Employee fell from the left track on the Ex800 onto the ground striking his right shoulder.
The employee was leveling up on the highwall when he backed his dozer over the edge. The dozer went down the 40' wall backwards turning slightly to the right. The dozer appears to have hit on the right track at the back of the machine, then laid over on its side. During this fall the employee's head hit something on the inside of the cab. He had to have 7 stitches.
PC1800 was digging on a hard place in the pit. The bucket came in contact with an unfired booster and set it off. The bucket was on top of the primer. No damage just a few rocks sprayed in the immediate area. Also a loud bang.
He was lifting a piece of steel. He place a chain on the plate and on a loader bucket. When he lifted the plate he reached under the plate to move a cross tie; then the chain slipped off the loader bucket. The plate dropped and caught his right thumb and index finger.
Getting parts number, going down steps he slipped and fell.
Injured employee was leaning over a pulley area and suffered an injury to his knee.