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EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS UNPLUGGING THE AIR LINES OFF OF 995 BELLY DUMP TRAILER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL APPROX 12FT TO THE GROUND & DISLOCATED HIS RT SHO8ULDER EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED WITH A SLING TO HIS RT ARM
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE MOUTH BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE & SUSTAINED A CUT LIP THAT REQUIRED 1 STITCH
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER (MIDDLE OF RIGHT HAND) WAS PINCHED AND LACERATED WHILE ADJUSTING A LIMIT SWITCH. THREE STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GREASE TRUCK ZZE WHEN THE RELIEF VALVE ON THE NOZZLE OPENED UP CAUSING GREASE TO BE INJECTED INTO THE EMPLOYEES RT HAND
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS HAMMERING ONT EH RIPPER POINT PIN WHENA FRAGMENT OF METAL FROM TEH PIN STRUCK HIM IN TEH RIGHT KNEE.
EE FELL INTO LEFT EYE WHILE CHANING BOLTS IN SWING PIN ON GREASE WAS CONFAMINATED WITH METAL CUTTINGS WHICH ENTERED INJURED S EYE.
EE WAS GETTING OFF OF HWY TRUCK 297 WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 3 FEET TO THE GROUND, CAUSING A BROKEN RT HIP.
EMPLOYEE CLAISM HE WAS PUTTING A WHEEL ONTO A SCRAPER AND HE REACHED INSIDE TO CHECK THE BRAKE LINING AND THE WHEEL MOVED PINCHING HIS MIDDLE FINGER.
EE WAS REPAIRING THE FAN ON TRUCK 232 AIR CONDITIONER, WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY TURNED THE SWITCH ON CAUSING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE FAN BLADE CAUSING A LACERATION THA T REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE HIT A BUMP AND A SLICK IN THE CUTTING AREA CAUSING THE SCRAPER TO ROLLE OVER .
WELDING ON DRAGLINE TUB, BETWEEN THEM CAUSING A FLASH TO EYES, FLASH BURN TO LEFT EYE.
PARTICLES IN EYES WHILE GRINDING OVERHEAD ON DRAGLINE TUB. LEFT EYE. GRINDING SHIELD IN USE AND SAFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS ADJUSTING THE MIRROR ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIWAY TRUCK 274, WHEN SHE SLIPPED OFF THE STEP AND SPRAINED HER LEFT WRIST AND RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS HELPING TO WELD WEAR BARS ON A SPREADER BAR ON 103 DRAGLINE BUCKET WHEN ONE OF THE WEAR BARS FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING A BROKEN BIG TOE.
AN EE WAS OPENING A HEATER VALVE UNDER THE 170T WABCO HAUL TRUCK. THE EE WAS STANDING ON A CABLE SUPPORTED LADDER LOST HIS FOOTING AND PUT HIS RIGHT AND OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF. WHEN HIS RIGHT HA ND WENT OUT IT STRUCK THE INSIDE OF THE TRUCK TIRE FRACTURING HIS WRIST.
OPERATOR OPEN PLEXI GLASS CAB WINDOW PROTECTOR ON CONVEYOR TO INSPECT COAL AS IT WAS BEING LOADED & A CHUNK OF COAL ROLLED BACK ON CONVEYOR & SMASHED THUMB.
EMPLOYEE HAD UNPLUGGED THE HEATER CORD ON HIS TRUCK & HAD WOUND THE CORD UP AS HE WAS WALKING TO HIS TRUCK HE TRIPPED OVER THE SAME CORD & FELL INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON TO 661 DOZER WHEN HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED EMPLOYEE FELL ONTO THE STEP OF THE LEFT TILT CYLENCLAR INJURING HIS RIBS ON HIS LEFT SIDE
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGINGDRAG ROPES ON 101 DRAGLINE, WHEN THE ROPE CLAMP ABOVE HIM SLID DOWN THE ROPE AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASCENDING A 16 FT LADDER TO SECURE IT. WHEN HE REACHED APPROX 12' THE LADDER KICKED OUT AND THEMEPLOYEE FELL FACE FIRST ONTO THE THE CONCRETE PAD BELOW. EMPLOYEES FEET WERE APPROX 6' OFF THE GROUND AT THE TIME OF THE FALL. EM PLOYEE IS A LABORER FOR PRO-DOOR BLD. SPECIALTIES, WHOM ARE SUB-CONTRACTING FOR CIVIL CONSTRUCTORS FOR DOOR INSTALLATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING AN OIL FILTER ON A 120 TON TRUCK WHEN HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE HAD SURGERY TO REPAIR HIS SHOULDER ON 6-14-93.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT GROUND 6:30 2-27-93 SHE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN JOLT WHILE DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK, RESULTING IN A SORE BACK. INCIDENT WAS REPORTED BY EMPLOYEE ON 3-9-93 AS NEEDING 1 RESGTRICTE D DUTY DAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING 651 DOZER ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HIS LEFT ANKLE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PUSH ARM AND THE TRACK FRAME, CAUSING A DISLOCATION OF HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON A RUBBER MAT AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING WEDGES FROM A DRAG ROPE SOCKET WITH A BATTERY RAM, WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED AND WAS HIT BETWEEN THE RAM AND THE DRAG ROPE SOCKET. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A BROKEN RIGHT IN DEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A ROCK NEAR A TRAIL CABLE, WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS LIFTING SOME TRUCK PARTS, WHIT A ROPE, UP ON TO THE DECK OF A HAULAGE TRUCK WHEN HE INJURED HIS SHOULDER. (EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED US 11-11-92) EMPLOYEE WAS PRESCRIBED MOTRIN BY HIS DOCTOR.
EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM 406 MECHANICS TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A STEEL CABLE WHICH ROLLED CAUSING A SPRAIN TO HIS RIGHT ANKLE A SPLINT WAS PRESCRIBED BY HIS DR EE DID NOT NOTIFY US OF ACCID ENT UNTIL 11-2-92.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BOARD 112 SHOVEL. EMPLOYEE JUMPED TO GRAB THE LADDER ROPE, AND WHEN HE LANDED HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON TOP OF THE ROCK HITTING HIS LOWER LEFT BACK . INJURY CONSISTS OF ONE BROKEN RIB AND POSSIBLY 2 CRACKED.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERTING A HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO SPREAD PART OF HIS LOAD OUT WHILE PULLING FORWARD TRUCK BOUNCED EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF SORE BACK EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOC WHERE HE WAS PRESCRIBED ADVIL FOR THE PAIN
54736YEE WAS STEPPING FROM THE SHOW OF 101 DRAGLINE TO THE TUB AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT THE SHIN OF HIS RIGHT LEG ON THE TUB RING,CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION TO HIS SHIN.LACERATION REQUIRED 02023ITCHES.
54736YEE WAS REPAIRING A FENCE AROUND A SUBSTATIOU AND, WHILE PULLING ONT EH FENCE HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPL INSTALLING A FAIRLEAD PIN ON 102 DRAGLINE WHEN IT FELL AND PINCHED FINGER. INJURY REQUIRED STITCHES TO RIGHT RING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS SCRAPING SOME GLUE FROM A VALVE COVER WHEN HE SLIPPED WITH THE SCRAPER AND CUT HIS LEFT WRIST.STTICHES WERE REQUIRED.
EMPL DRIVING HAUL TRUCK 223 WHEN HIT A BUMP CAUSING HEAD TO HIT THE ROOF OF THE CAB CAUSING INJURY TO NECK.TREATMENT FOR A PINCHED NERVE STARTED 6-22-92.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A TRAIL CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. (HIS SHOULDER WAS TREATED WITH A CORTISOUE SHOT).
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE TEETH ON A TOOL WRENCH FOR LOOSENING DRILL STEELS.ONE OF THE TEETH WAS STUCK SO THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO KNOCK IT LOOSE WITH A HAMMER IN DOING SO A SMALL PIECE OF ME TAL STRUCK HIM IN THE NECK STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
EMPL CUTTING WIRE ROPE ON DRAGLINE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE.NOTIFIED BY I.NAME OF INJURY 12-11-91.
EMPL WAS WALKING ON FROZEN UNEVEN GROUND WHEN HE LOST FOOTING & FELL STRIKING FACE ON GROUND. HE RECEIVED MINOR ABRASIONS & LACERATION REQUIRING STERISTRIPS & SOME DEBREDMENT.
EE WAS WORKING ON A COOLER LINE WHEN THE RATCHET HE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT, ALLOWING HIS HAND TO STRIKE THE COOLER BRACKET AND LACERATING THE PALM FIVE STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
EE WAS GRINDING WELD ON 226 TRUCK BED, WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL EMBEDED IN HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A U-UNIT ON 434 LUBE TRUCK.HE STRUCK THE JOINT WITH A HAMMER AND A SMALL PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO ENGAGE. P.T.O. ON 402 TRUCK WHICH HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE HAD HIS BACK TURNED TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, THAT WAS USING A HAND GRINDER ON A PIECE OF METAL, WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. PARTI CLE WAS IMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEE'S EYE AND WAS REMOVED BY A DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON TOP OF SHOVEL BUCKET WHEN HE WAS ACCDIENTALLY KNOCKED OFF BY A FELLOW EMPLOYEE, THAT WAS RUNNING A BOOM TRUCK. EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX. 8" TO BOTTOM OF BUCKET.
EMPL WAS HIT IN MOUTH BY IMPACT SOCKET.
EMPL CROSSING LOW CLEARANCE WALKWAY TO ENTER REVOLVING FRAME AREA ON 101 DRAGLINE.IN A STOOPED POSITION,RIGHT KNEE GAVE OUT CAUSING CARTILAGE DAMAGE.
STANDING ON TOP OF COAL SAMPLING CAROUSEL PULLING ON A PART WITH PLIERS,STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A DOZER WHEN HE FELT SOME IRRITATION IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPL CLIMBING LADDER ON TRUCK,SLIPPED,REACHED TOCATCH HIMSELF JAMMED LEFT SMALL FINGER ON HANDRAIL OF TRUCK.