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EMPLOYEE UNCOUPLING HOSE FROM A PUMP WHICH WAS PLUGGED WITH DEBRIS, MUD, ETC AND THE BOWL OF THE PUMP HAD EVIDENTLY HEATED UP DUE TO NOW PUMPING THROUGH. WHEN EMPLOYEE TOOK COUPLER OFF HOT STE AM AND WATER SPRAYED HIS BACK CAUSING IT TO BE BURNED.
EE HURT HIS LEG WORKING IN THE TRIPPLE. HE WENT OUT OF THE TIPPLE AND WAS WORKING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 100 FT FROM THE TIPPLE WHEN HE GOT DIZZY AND PASSED OUT FALLING AND BROKE HIS JAW OF TEET AND PIT HIS TONGUE.
EE HAD FLAT ON TRUCK HAULING COAL. WENT TO CHANGE TRUCKS AND ATTEMPTED TO UNSCOTCH THE WHEEL WERE IT WAS PARKED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE ROCKAND GROUND AND PULLED THE SKIN BACK AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND LITTLE FINGER. HE VISTED LOCAL PHYSICIAN WHERE HAD HAD STITCHES AND WAS TREATED AND DISMISSED. HE RETURNED TO WORK.
MECHAINC HAS JUST FINISHED GREASING RIPPER PINS OF D10 DOZER. HE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACK AND PREREPAIRING TO CLIMB DOWN, WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE TRACK GROUSERS AND SLID DOWN THE TRAC K ON HIS BUTTOCK 4 TO 5 FT LANDING ON HIS FEET MECHANIC WAS DRIVEN TO HOSPTIAL, BY ANOTHER EE WEHREHE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING BRUISED THE BACKSIDE OF HIS HIP.
66954AN WAS ASSISTING OPERATOR JUMP START D-6 CAT DOZER. FOREMAN WAS STEPPING OFF D-6 DOZER TRACK ONTO BLADE PUSH ARM WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN PUSH ARM AND TRACK AS HE WAS FALLING. T 85095JURY INVOLVED: CUT ON SHIN AND BRUISED SHIN OF LOWER LEFT LEG. BRUISED KNEE OF LEFT LEG.
MECHANIC WAS REPAIRING A DOOR HINGE FOR A D-6 CAT DOZER. HE HAD A 3" LONG AND 1/8" THICK PIECE OF STEEL IN A VICE ON THE BACK OF A MAINTENCE TRUCK. WHEN HE LOWERED THE AIR GRINDER WITH A 4 1/2 " GRINDING DISK, THE DISK TOUCHED THE STEEL, THEDIST SHATTERED STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT HAND AND STOMACH. THE INJURY INVOLVED: CUT ON STOMACH, CUT TIP OF INDEX FINGER, CHIPPED & CRAC
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING REED DRILL AND WAS CLIMBING INTO THE DRIVING COMPARTMENT WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS FEET.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC, WITH AIR WRENCH, REMOVED SEGMENTS OFF FINAL DRIVE SPROCKET. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE DOZER TRACK THAT WAS WEDGED UP WITH A WOOD BLOCK WHEN BLOCK SLIPPED AN D TRACK FELL STRIKING RIGHT LEG. EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK WITH LAST TWO PADS OF TRACK AND SOEMS AMBULANCE WAS CALLED. EMPLOYEE WAS X-RAYED AT O'BLENESS HOSPITAL AND THEY FOUND TORN LIGAMENTS.
LIFTING 55 GAL DRUM OF ANTI FREEZE STRAINED HOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE HAD CLIMBED TO TOP OF TRUCK BED TO DISLODGE MATERIAL. WHILE DESCENDING THE LADDER AND AS HE STEPPED ON DECK HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS UPON THE TIRE OF THE LOADER, WITH ONE FOOT ON THE TIRE AND ONE FOOT ON THE LOADER ITSELF, INSTALLING A HYDRAULIC LINE. THERE WAS OIL SPILLED AS IT HAD SPRAYED UP WHEN THE LINE BUR ST, CREATING A SLIPPERY SURFACE. THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL OFF OF THE LOADER TIRE LANDING BETWEEN THE CAB OF THE LOADER AND THE LOADER TIRE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE BIT ON THE REED DRILL. HE CLIMBED UP INTO THE CAB OF THE DRILL, USING THE HAND GRIPS TO PULL HIMSELF INTO THE CAB, TO SET THE WRENCH ON THE STEEL. WHEN HE GOT INTO THE CAB OF THE DRILL HE COULD NOT STANDAS HE HAD SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP AREA. (SPAN OF STEP UP INTO DRILL CAB WAS BETWEEN THREE AND THREE AND A HALF FEET (3'- 3 2/3') AS THE DRILL WAS JA
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING THE SLOPE OF A SPOIL PILE FROM WHERE SHE HAD BEEN VIEWING THE PIT BELOW.AS SHE NEARED THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE,APPROX 3 FT FROM NATURAL GROUND,HER LEFT ANKLE TURNED UNDER AS HER FOOTING BECAME UNSURE ON A LARGE FLAT STOWHICH SHE WAS STEPPING ONTO.THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT FEEL THAT THE INJURY WAS SERIOUS EMOUGH TO SEE A DR.AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT;HOWEVER ON THE
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE TIRE OF LAODER. THE TIRE WAS SLICK AND ICY, THE EMPLOYEE LOOKING IUNTO THE ENGINE AND SLIIPPED AND FELL OFF THE TIRE ON THE GROUND. HE INJURED HIS SMALL FINGER O F HIS RIGHT HAND.
DOZER BROKE DOWN IN PIT AND EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO FIND MECHANIC. EMPLOYEE THEN STEPPED ON A LUMP OF DIRT AND TURNED ANKLE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT THINK INJURY WAS SERIOUS ENOUGH TO SEE A DR., HOWEVE R, SO ON THE 24TH OF NOV. AT WHICH TIME THE EMPLOYER RECOGNIZED THE INJURY AS REPORTABLE AND BEGAN FILING OF FORM 7000-1.
EMPL WAS ON CONVEYOR BELT CRUSHING A LUMP OF COAL WHEN THE SLEDGE HAMMER HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LE KNEE THE EMPL DID NOT THINK INJURY WAS SERIOUS SO HE DID NOT REPORT TO THE FOREM AN ON THE 14TH OF SEPT THE FOREMAN NOTICED THE EMPL LIMPING AND UPON QUESTIONING THE EMPL LEARNED OF THE INJURY AT WHICH TIME THE FOREMAN ADVISED THE MEPL TO GO TO A DR
A METAL STRIP HOLDING THE RUBBER CROSSING ONTO THE SCALES FOR TRUCK CROSSING WAS LOOSE AND STICKING UP WHILE WALKING BACK TO SCALE THAT TOES WENT UNDER METAL STRIPPING CAUSING TRIPPING AND FAL LING ONTO SCALES.
PUMPING WATER OUT OF A LANDING BARGE. I WENT TOSET THE PUMP FROM SAND FLAT BARGE ONTO A JUMBO BARGE. MY BACK STARTED ACHING AT THIS TIME.
OPERATOR HAD PARKED DUMP TRUCK AND BEGAN TO CHECK OIL IN ENGINE. HE CLIMBED ON TO HOOD OF TRUCK TOW ALK AROUND ON HOOD AREA TO CHECK OIL WHEN HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND APPROS 10 FT. TRUCK WAS AT INCLINE AND HAND RAILS WERE IN GOOD CONDITION FOR USE. HE STRUCK THE GROUND HITTING HEAD AND LANDING ON KNEES AND ELBOWS
EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKEN ON THE FACE AND FOOT BY A FROZEN DIRT CLOD OF ABOUT 2 FT IN DIAMETER THIS HAPPEN WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS H ELPING WELDER BY HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL WHICH WAS BEING WELDED ON T HE LIP OF A 992 FRONT END LOADER BUCKET. THE BUCKET WAS ELEVATED AND IN A DOWNARD EMPTYING POSITION SO EMPLOYEE COULD HAVE EASY ACCESS TO THE WORKING AREA. THE DIRT CLOD WAS FROZEN IN UPPER L
EMPL. WAS STRICKEN ON HEAD BY FROZEN DIRT CLOD ABOUT 2 FT. IN DIAMETER. THIS HAPPENED WHILE EMPL. WAS WELDING ON LIP OF CATTERPILLAR 992 FRONT END LOADER BUCKET. BUCKET WAS IN AIR TILTED D OWNDWARD EMPTYING SO EMPL. COULD HAVE EASY ACCESS TO WORKING AREA. BUCKET WAS FREE OF ALL MATERIAL EXCEPT IN ONE SPOT IN UPPER LEFT CORNER OF BUCKET ABOVE EMPL. WORK AREA. MATERIAL WAS FROZE
GUARD WAS REMOV9D FROM PULLY/BELT RUNNING AREA. EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO TURN PULLY BY GABBING BELT WITH HANDS AND TRYING TO GET PULLY FREE FOR MOVEMENT. PULLY WAS FROZEN UP AND WOULDN'T TURN. A T THE TIME A CR5NE HAD A CHAIN ATTACHED TO IT HOOK AROUND THE CONVEYOR TO PUT TENSION ON THE BELT. THE TENSION GAVE AND EMPLOYEES HANDS FEED THROUGH PULLY AREA ONE REVOLUTION . CRANE OR CHAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS AN3ASSISTANT ON THE DAVEY ROTARY AIR EXPLORATORY DRILL HIS DUTY WAS TO LIFT DRILL STEELS 15 FT IN LENGTH APPROX 150 LB ON ONE END TO CONNECT CABLE FROM HOIST SO IT COULD BE SWUNG INTO PLACE THE3DRILL STILL WILL LIE AT A 70 DEG ANGLE AND HOISTED INTO THE DRILL HEAD HE LIFTED UP THE END OF THE STEEL TO PLACE INTO THE HEAD WHEN INJURED
EMPLOYEE WAS FU9LING DRAGLINE WITH FUEL TANK MOUNTED ON FORKS OF LOADER, EMPLOYEE POSITIONED HIMSELF IN FRONT OF FORK AND LOADER ROLLED FORWARD PINCHING UPPER LEFT PORTION OF LEG. THIS RESULTE D IN CUT ON LEG3WITH SLIGHT DAMAGE TO ARTERY.
CAUSE UNKNOWN LOADER BURNED EXTENSIVELY