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IN SETTING UP A WATER PUMP, EE WAS PULLING ON HOSE, LOST FCOOTING, AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON BUCKET OF 992D LOADER WHEN HOT FOREIGN OBJECT WENT INTO HIS LEFT EAR.
WORKER PARTIALLY CUT TREE THAT WAS LEANING BACK UP HILL. HE MOVED 50 FT AND RESUMED CUTTING. THELEANING TREE FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE SHOULDER
EE WAS UNDERNEAT THE POWDER TRUCKK TIGHTENING A PUMP WITH A WRENCH. ONE ARM WAS BRACED ON THE GROUND. EE'S ARM HOLDING THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND INFALLING BACK UPON THE GROUND HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WAS DISLOCATED. EE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN JACKSON KY WHERE HIS SHOULDER WAS SET BACK INTO PLACE ON SAME DATE 9/1/98
EE WAS PLACING THE BELLY PAN ON A D8K DOZER. THE CHAIN HOLDING THE BELLY PAN SLIPPED AND THE BELLY PAN FELL CUTTING EE 'S FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THE FIRST JOINT OF EE'S FINGER WAS CUT OFF. HIS MIDDLE FINGER RECEIVED A CUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LIFT A BATTERY FROM 777 TRUCK. WHILE STANDING ON BUMPER OF TRUCK, EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE, SLIPPED AND FELL. WHEN EMPLOYEE'S FOOT (LEFT) STRUCK FROZEN GROUND, A BONE WAS BROKEN IN LEFT HEEL AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING & DISKING WITH D8K DOZER DOING RECLAIMING WORK WHEN DOZER TRACK RAN OVER LARGE SANDROCK & JARRED OPERATOR
EE SAID HE CUT A TREE AND TURNED QUICKLY TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. HIS BACK STARTED BOTHERING HIM. HE WENT TO DR GRADY STUMBO AT EAST KY. CLINIC AT MALLIE, KY 8-23-94. DR SAID HE HAD AN ACUTE MUS CLE STRAIN.
EE WAS OPERATING 14G GRADER TO CLEAR ICE AND SNOW FROM HIGHWAY. GRADER STARTED SLIDING OVER HILL. EE JUMPED FROM GRADER. HIS LEFT HEEL WAS BROKEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING THE 988B LOADER, GREASING THE BOOM, WHEN HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST BOOM ARM. RUPTURED CALCIUM DEPOSITS HAVE CAUSED INFLAMATION OF HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WS GETTING SEISMOGRAPH FROM BED OF PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE FELL. EMPLOYEE HIT HIS LEFT SIDE AGAINST HE TOP OF PICKUP BED, RESULTING IN ABROKE RIB ON HIS LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO UNHOOK A CABLE FROM A LOG ON A D6 DOZER. WHEN TENSION WAS LESSENED ON CABLE, THE LOG SWUNG AROUND STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT KNEE.
EMPL CAUGHT LEFT HAND IN DOOR HINGE OF ROCK TRUCK CAUSING THUMB NAIL AREA TO BE BROKEN.
DRIVER WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM TRUCK AFTER TARPING AND SLIPPED OFF THE STEP, HE CAUGHT HOLD AND TWISTED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RO2FBOLTING WHEN HE PINNED RIGHT ARM AGAINST RIB CAUSING FRACTURE OF RIGHT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS CH9CKING OIL IN 25C DRILL AND SLIPPED AND FELL. HE FRACTURED BOTH FEET.
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED IN #1 ENTRY ON 001 SECTION AND CAUSED WAS UNDETECTED FAULT IN MINE ROOF.SIZE OF FALL WAS 10'THICK X 18'WIDE X 120'LONG.
EMP WAS SHOVELI3G COAL FROM UNDERNEATH THE BELTLINE WHEN HE ENTANGLED THE SHOVEL IN THE BELTLINE CAUSING HIS RIGHT HAND TO BE PULLED INTO THE B ELTLINE. HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS FRACTURED
HE WAS REPAIRING INLOADER AND LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN FAN BLADE THE FIRST JOINTS OF 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS ON LEFT HAND WERE AMPUTATED