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FIRE WAS DISCOVERED INTOOL TRAILERS BY SECURITY GUARD. NEW ALEXANDRIA & BRILLIANT FIRE DEPTS REPSPONDED. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY 4AM. FIRE MARSHALL FORD DETERMINED FIRE WAS CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL SHORT. FIRE WAS LIMITED TO TOOL TRAILERS. NO INJURIES OCCURED
EE WAS LIFTING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF ANTIFREEZE WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EE. AFTER THE TASK WAS COMPLETED HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN TO THE OTHER EE.
EE EE WAS OPERATING OUR TRUCK 1223 2 1/2 TON TANDOM FLATBED WHICH WAS PULLING AHAY MULCHING MACHINE USED FOR RECKMATION. WHILE ON STEEP HITT TRUCK WAS RUNNING ROUGH STALLING AND BACK FIRING. I N ATTEMPT TO RESTART ON HILL DRIVER NOTIED FLAME ON PASSENGER REACHED FOR EXTINGUISHER SAW FLAME UNDER SEAT SET BRAKE AND EXITED VEHICLE. FIRE DEPT CALLED TRUCK TOTAL LOSS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING OUT HOLES ON THE FAN ASSEMBLY OF #274 DOZER AND WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE ON THE DRILL, FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND UPPER BACK.
EE WAS KNEELING ON CONCRETE FLLOR IN SHOP REPLACING WHEEL BEARINGS ON EUCLID TRUCK.
EE WAS FUELING UP WHEN FUEL NOZZLE CAME OUT OF FUEL TANK ON DRILL SPLASHING FUEL ALL AROUND AND SPLASHING FUEL ALL AROUND AND SPLASHING FUEL IN EE'S FACE AND ARMS.
EE WAS OPERATING HI LIFT AND HE WAS GETTING OFF THE MACHINE TO CHECK THE HYDRAULIC OIL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LADDER STEP AND HIT HIS INDEX FINGER, LEFT HAND ON THE STEP.
EE WAS INSTALLING RADIATOR AND HOOD COWLING ON EUCLID TRUCK. WHILE STANDING ON LEFT FOOT AND TWISTING UPPER BODY AROUND TO REACH UP UNDER HOOD COWLING AND INSTALL HOLD DOWN BOLTS HIS LEFT KNEE WAS TWISTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM FOREMAN'S TRUCK TO DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCK & FELL ON RIGHT HAND, BRUSIING FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING SHOOTER IN GETTING SUPPLIES FOR BLASTING FROM MAGAZINE. SHOOTER HANDED HIM A BOX OF PRIMERS ON HIS WAY OUT OF MAGAZINE AND HE TRIPPED AND FELL, HURTING HIS LOWER BACK AN D LEFT RIB CAGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING 31/2IN IMPACT SCKET AWAY ON BOARD ABOVE WORK BENCH SOCKET FELL & WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH IT THE SOCKET LANDED ON HIS RT INDEX FINGER
WHILE SITTING INOPERATOR'S SEAT OF DOZER, EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE TURNED TO THE RIGHT TO OPEN THE CAB DOOR AND PULLED MUSCLES IN LEFT LOWER BACK AND NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING COAL TIPPLE WHEN A PIECE OF METAL PUNCTURED HIS RIGHT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS PACKING BLASTING MATERIAL INTO TRUCK. WHEN HE WAS CLOSING THE DOOR ON THE REAR OF THE TRUCK, A PIECE OF WIRE HANGING ON THE DOOR SWUNG AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT EYE UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ELECTRIC CABLE ON DRAGLINE TO HOOK ON TUB TO TAKE UP SLACK IN CABLE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND CLAIMS HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN THE BED OF TRUCK HELPING LOAD SUSPENSION CABLES INTO TRUCK. THE HAND BRAKE OF THE TRUCK LET GO, MOVING THE TRUCK FORWARD AND SHIFTING THE CABLE. THE CABLE HIT THE EMPL OYEE IN THE RIGHT LEG, KNOCKING HIM OFF THE TRUCK ONTO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BROKEN CLEVIS ON BE 1250-B DRAGLINE. HE THREW THE BROKEN CLEVIS ONTO THE BOOM TRUCK, HURTING HIS LOWER BACK, LEFT SIDE.
FOREMAN WAS TRANSPORTING EMPLOYEE FROM DRAGLINE TO PIT WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE HAUL RAOD CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT HIS HEAD ON TEH ROOF OF THE TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WELDING ON BUCYRUS-ERIE DRAGLINE SWING CASE #2 WHEN HE STOOPED DOWN AND SLIPPED ON AN OIL SPOT ON THE FLOOR, HITTING HIS TAILBONE.
EE WAS INSTALLING NEW BUSHING IN A BUCKET CLEVIS OFF B/E 1250-B DRAGLINE USING A HUYDRAULIC RAM TO PUSH NEW BUSHING IN CLEVIS. THE BOLT ASSEMBLY HOLDING THE BUSHING BROKE HITTING THE EE IN THE LEFT THIGH AREA.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS WELDING ON 1250-B BUCKET IN WELDING SHOP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A SCAFFOLD AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON D10 DOZER, BLOWING OUT RADIATOR WITH AIR HOSE. EMPLOYEE HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON BUT CLAIMS SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A REAR LIGHT ON TRK #1059 HE WAS REAMING HOLE & A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF & INTO RT EYE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TRANSMISSION DRAIN PLUG FROM TRUCK #1154 WITH A HAND WRENCH. AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE WRENCH IN BREAKING LOOSE THE DRAIN PLUG, THE WRNECH SLIPPED OFF THE DRAIN PLUG CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ELBOW TO HIT THE CONCRETE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING TIRE MAN IN CHANGING RIGHT FRONT TIRE ON #321 EUCLID TRUCK. TIRE MAN WAS APPLYING PRESSURE ON A 4 FOOT TORQUE WRENCH TO REMOVE TIRE LUG NUTS, THE TORQUE WRENCH SLIPPED O FF LUG NUT AND BOTH THE WEIGHT OF THE TIRE MAN AND THE TORQUE WRENCH LANDED ON TOP OF THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING DRAG SHAFT ON DRAGLINE.WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE DRAG SHAFT FRAME HE SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT KNEE HIT THE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARBON ARCHING ON WALKING MACHINERY (BUCYRUS-ERIE 1250-B DRALINE) RESULTING IN SMOKE INHALATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES FROM PICKUP TRUCK NO 1223 ONTO DRAGLIEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE TUB OF THE DRAGLINE TO THE GROUND WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT HIT THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING OUT GARBAGE FROM SUPERIOR SHOP IN TRUCK NO. 1217. HE WAS STANDING ON TAILGATE OF TRUCK, PICKED UP BARREL OF TRASH TO DUMP, AND SLIPPED OFF THE TAILGATE HITTING HIS RIGHT AR M.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON 1250B DRAGLINE, BUCYRUS-ERIE S/N116600, TO CHANGE DUMP CABLE. HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK OUT WEDGE FROM DUMP SOCKET AND SAYS HIS LEFT ARM WENT NUMB.
EMPLOYEE STATES HIS BACK HAD BEEN HURTING FOR THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF,BUT HE COULD STILL WORK AND LIFT THINGS WHEN NECESSARY,VERY CAREFULLY.HE STATES THAT ON SATURDAY AFTER MAKING ROUNDS AS A FILL-IN FOREMAN HE GOT OUT OF TRUCK #1264 AND HIS BACK WENT OUT.HE STATES HE HAD VERY BAD PAIN AND COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP. WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 02-10-92 WORKED 02-11 AND 02-12-92 OFF 02-13
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING GEAR CASE COVER FOR #14 BACKHOE OUT OF THE BACK OF #1264 TRUCK. AS HE WAS LIFTING COVER AND ATTEMPTING TO PUT COVER ON THE BOOM OF THE BACKHOE, HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE BOOM AND THE GEAR CASE COVER.
EMPLOYEE DROVE PICKUP TRUCK NO. 1264 TO LOWER GATE TO LOCK SAME. HE DROVE THRU THE OPEN GATE AND TURNED AROUND AND DROVE BACK THRU THE GATE FACING UPGRADE. HE STOPPED THE TRUCK APPROX. 20' AHE AD OF THE GATE, SET THE PARKING BRAKE, EXITED THE TRUCK AND WALKED DOWN THE GRADE. HE PULLED BOTH SIDES OF THE GATE SHUT, CLOSED AND LOCKED THE CHAIN AND AT THAT TIME HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PIC
EE STATED THAT HE WAS CUTTING TREES WITH AN 18 INCH CHAIN SAW WHEN THE BAR STUCK WHILE CUTTING AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE THRU SHEAVE FROM TOP OF MAST ON #565 DRILL WHEN HE CLAIMS HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING STONE ON TEH PORTABLE CRUSHER. THERE ARE 5 BELTS THAT RUN CRUSHER. ONE OF THESE BELTS STOPPED MOVING. WHEN EMPLOYEE TRIED TO RESTART BELT, IT MOVED, JAMMING EMPLOYEE'S HAN D BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN WELDING SHOP AND PICKED UP A CLEVIS TO PUT ON WORK BENCH FOR REPAIR WHEN HE CLAIMED HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPL CARRYING A 35 LB BUCKET OF TEXCLAD II LUBRICANT UP THE STEPS INTO DRAGLINE WHEN THE BUCKET CAUGHT UNDER HANDRAIL AND HE FELT A PAIN IN UPPER RIGHT ARM AND NOTICED THE MUSCLE HAD DROPPED.
EMPL WAS INSTALLING TORQUE CONVERTER PROPELLING SHAFT ASSEMBLY ON 790 HILIFT. HE STATED HE WAS SETTING SHAFT ASSEMBLY IN PLACE BY LAYING IT ON RIGHT SHOULDER & LINING UP BOLT HOLES WHEN HE FEL T CRACKING SENSATION IN BACK WHICH ALSO GAVE HIM SHARP PAINS IN RIGHT SHOULDER & RIGHT SIDE OF NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING BLASTING MATERIALS EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UPON TRAILER WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL HITTING HIS RT LEG (SHIN) ON THE TRAILER
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING GUARD ON DRAG GEAR, HAD GUARD BY HANDLE, GUARD SLIPPED PINNING RIGHT AND LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING COAL IN PIT WITH MICHIGAN L-320 FRONT END LOADER WHEN A LARGE ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM THE HIGHWALL STRIKING THE FRONT OF THE OPERATOR'S CAB, BREAKING THE WINDSHIELD AND JARR ING THE OPERATOR.
EMPL HELPING MOVE TRAILING CABLE.TRUCK WAS PULLING TRAILING CABLE AND GOT HUNG UP IN THE MUD.AS TRUCK WAS PULLED OUT OF MUD,TRAILING CABLE STRUCK EMPL ON LEFT KNEE KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE DRILL BENCH AND STEPPED INTO A MUD HOLE, TWISTING HIS RIGHT FOOT AS HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING EUCLID TRUCK NO 322 MOVING OVERBURDEN WHEN A LARGE ROCK WAS DROPPED INTO TRUCK BED JARRING CAB AND DRIVER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER OF HI-LIFT WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE SECOND STEP AND HE FELL LANDING ON RIGHT HAND, ARM AND SHOULDER.
EMPL WAS PUTTING TOGETHER BLADE ASSEMBLY ON HI LIFT & TOGETHER WITH HELPER WAS LIFTING UNEVEN END OF ONE OF PUSH BEAMS AS IT WAS BEING LIFTED BY TRUCK CRANE TO LEVEL ITS POSITION. EMPL CONTINU ED TO WORK UNTIL BLADE ASSEMBLY WAS COMPLETELY INSTALLED.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER ON AFTERNOON SHIFT MOVING DIRT, WHEN HE CLAIMS DOZER SLIPPED OFF ROCK AND HIS NECK WAS JARRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HI-LIFT. WHEN GETTING OFF THE MACHINE TO GREASE IT HE HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE MACHINE.
EMPL HELPING MECHANICS LIFT WATER PUMP ONTO REAR FRAME IN MINE SHOP.WHILE LIFTING PUMP END EMPL FELT SOMETHING PULL IN RIGHT GROIN AREA.