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EE STEPPED OUT OF 992 G LOADER TO CLEAN WINDSHIELD WHEN HE SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL, HITTING FRONT FENDER OF LOADER BEFORE LANDING ON GROUND. HE BROKE HIS LEFT HIP AND LEFT ARM
Employee was cleaning the windows and he was climbing around dozer on the track to clean back window when ee slipped and fell hurting his right knee cap.
Hitting pin with hammer. A chip from the pin went into lower right leg. Chip had to be removed and required stitches in the leg.
Employee was being loaded by 992G loader boom and it struck the side of the truck bed. EE was complaining of a sore neck.
Employee got out of the loader & walked around the deck. It had snowed & when he stepped down onto a little platform he slipped on the snow, lost his footing & fell injuring his rt. knee.
Employee was trying to remove the bead seat from the tire with port-a-power tools when one of them slipped loose striking ee's little finger.
Employee was lifting portable water pump and pulled a muscle in his back.
Hooking a chain to a corner bucket tooth on a PC-300 Komatsu excavator when the operator slipped and hit the swing lever causing the bucket to swing and strike the victim.
Employee got out of loader, tripped, grabbed the rail but couldn't hold on and fell to the ground. He hurt his right shoulder and back.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF CAB OF ROCK TRUCK TO CLEAN MIRRORS. HIS HAND WAS ON DOOR LATCH WHEN THE DOOR CLOSED SHUT ON HIS LITTLE FINGER. FINGER WAS CUT OFF BELOW THE NAIL ON THE RIGHT HAND.
Employee was in rock truck the loader loaded the truck with a big rock the big rock jared the truck.
Employee was changing cutting edges on a grader when he lifted cutting edge; right side of stomach started hurting.
RECLAIMING SLOPE ON LEFT SIDE OF ACCESS ROAD TO WORKING AREA. DOZER CAME OVER A ROCK IN THE SLOPE THAT CAUSED IT TO OVERTURN. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED HEAD INJURIES TO RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD.
EE SAID HE BACKED OVER A ROCK WHILE TRACKING A SLOPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING EXCAVATOR, SLIPPED AND FELL OFF OF TRACK LANDED ON LEFT KNEE.
NO DESCRIPTION OF CONDITIONS TO THE ACCIDENT/INJURY/ILLNESS.
EE WAS WALKING AROUND TRUCK WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE BLEW OUT. WAS WAITING ON POWDER TRUCK TO FUEL UP.
EE SAID HE HIT A BUMP WHILE HE WAS TRAMMING HIS DRILL AND SAID HIT BACK, STARTED HURTING.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING MIRRORS ON COAL TRUCK AND FELL BACKWARD AND CAUGHT FALL WITH LEFT WRIST.
EE WAS WELDING ON CATWALK OF ROCK TRUCK EQUIP.# 29 WHEN HE FELL AND SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING ROCK CORE IN HOLLOW FIELD #6. HE BACKED TRACK LOADER INTO A STUMP. HE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN.
EE WAS COMING DOWN LADDER ON THE ROCK TRUCK & HE SLIPPED OFF HURTING HIS LEFT SHOULDER & ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE PICK UP ALMOST EMPTY BARRELL TO BACK OF PICK UP TRUCK, WHEN EE PULLED MUSCLE IN UPPER RIGHT ARM CAUSING MUSCLE TO SEPERATE FROM BONE.
METAL CAME OFF HAMMER & WENT IN CHEST. HE WAS PUTTING A PIN IN TOOTH ON BUCKET OF BACKHOE.
EE STATED THAT WHILE STEPPING OFF A LADDER HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WAS SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN AND WAS RELEASED TO REGULAR DUTY. AFTER STILL HAVING PAIN AN MRI WAS ORDERED AND SURGERY WA S SCHEDULED FOR 10/1/02. MEANWHILE HE WAS ABLE TO PERFORM REGULAR JOB FUNCTIONS. LOST TIME BEGAN ON 10/1/02. IT WAS INITIALLY A FIRST AID CASE UNTIL NOW.
FELL FROM FUEL TANK & LANDED ON A POLE THAT PUNCTURED HIS RIGHT BUTTOCK.
EE WAS PRYING ON LARGE ROCK BUCKET SLIPPED OFF ROCK CAUSING EE TO BRUISE LOWER BACK.
EE KNEELING ON THE GROUND TO LOOSEN TRACK ADJUSTER. GOT UP & TURNED AROUND TO GET A TOOL & LEFT KNEE POPPED VERY LOUD.
EE STARTED TO CLIMB STEPS ON FUEL TANK WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED, HITTING HAND & WRIST AGAINST STEP OF FUEL TANK.
OPERATOR WAS SETTING ON THE FILL WHEN A ROCK TRUCK BACKED INTO OPERATORS DOZER. OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF NECK, BACK & LEG PAIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
OPERATOR WAS OPERATING A LOADER AND HIT A ROCK WITH HIS BUCKET PRETTY HARD. WHEN HE DID THIS ITJERKED HIS NECK. HE COMPLAINED OF NECK AND BACK PAIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM ROCK TRUCK. EE SLIPPED ON STEP NEXT TO BUMPER OF THE ROCK TRUCK, CAUSING HIM TO LAND ON THE GROUND.
PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED EMPLOYEE WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME CAUSED BY NATURE OF EMPLOYEE'S JOB. CORRECTIVE SURGERY IS RECOMMENDED.
EMPLOYEE JUST COMPLETED A SHOT AND WAS GETTING INTO HIS TRUCK WITH MUD ON HIS FEET. HE SLIPPEDAND FELL, BREAKING HIS RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS WORKING THE FILL ON A D-6 DOZER HE WAS MOVING FROM 1 WORK AREA TO ANOTHER WHEN HE RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK STICKING UP & JARRED HIMSELF HE HAS CHRONIC BACK PROBLEMS BUT HIS CAUSED PAIN & N UMBNESS IN LEGS
EE WAS GETTING TOOLS OUT OF THE TOOL BOX ON HIS MECHANICS TRUCK WHEN HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE TOOL BOX
EE WAS TARPING HIS TRUCK(AUTOMATIC TARPER) AND THE TARP BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE TARP FRAME. HE REACHED UP TO UNTANGLE THE TARP AND FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK (14TH). THE PAIN B ECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE UNTIL HE BEGAN LOSING TIME (24TH).
WORKING ON THE HAUL ROAD ON TOP OF THE HOLLOWFILL. HE BACKED OVER A LARGE ROCK W/DOZER. HE WAS JARRED AND SAID HE THOUGHT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.