EE WAS LOADING HAY BALES INTO A PICKUP TRUCK. HE STEPPED AND STUMBLED INTO A HOLE WITH HIS RIGHT LEG AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
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Showing all 20EE HAD FIXED A FLAT TIRE ON A TRAILER. AS HE WAS RELEASING THE JACK, IT SLIPPED AND SLAMMED HIS HAND AGAINST THE JACK. IT INJURED HIS LEFT HAND AND MASHED HIS KNUCKLES.
EE WAS LIFTING CEMENT PIECES OF SLAB IN BACK OF THE CASE. HE SLIPPED ON THE WET, SLIPPERY GROUND, JARRING HIS BACK.
EE WAS DRIVING THE COAL TRUCK BETWEEN THE PIT AND THE STOCKPILE. HE HIT AN OVERSIZED ROCK IN THE HAUL ROAD AND IT BOUNCED HIM OUT OF THE SEAT. WHEN HE LANDED, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
EE WAS RUNNING THE FARM TRACTOR (BRUSHHOG) AT THE STRIP. WHILE HE WAS ON THE FARM TRACTOR, A CHUNK OF DIRT FLEW FROM THE TIRE INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS WALKING FROM THE CAB OF THE DRILL TRUCK TO THE REAR IN THE DARK. EE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK. AS HE STARTED TO FALL, HE TWISTED HIS BACK. WHEN HE GOT TO THE BACK OF THE DRILL, HE HAD EXTREME BACK PAIN.
EE WAS REMOVING THE BELLY PAN FROM A BULL DOZER. HE WAS USING A PRYING BAR TO REMOVE THE DIRT AND ROCKS. THE PRYING BAR SLIPPED AND RELEASED THE DIRT AND ROCKS. A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS MOUT H, JARRING HIS TEETH.
HE WAS MOVING ROCKS OUT OF A DIVERSION DITCH AND DEPOSITING THEM ON THE OUTSIDE SLOPE OF THE DITCH. HE WAS CARRYING A ROCK. AS HE STARTED DOWN THE OUTSLOPE OF THE DIVERSION DITCH, HE LOST HIS FOOTING THEREBY TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS PUMPING WATER FROM THE PIT TO THE TREATMENT POND. HE WAS TRYING TO START THE WATER PUMP WHILE STANDING ON A BANK. HIS FEET SLIPPED AS HE PULLED ON THE STARTER ROPE ON THE PUMP THEREBY P ULLING A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS TURNED IN HIS SEAT WHEN THE BULLDOZER CROSSED OVER A WINDOW.THE DROP WAS APPROX 4 1/2FT.HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN THE BULLDOZER WAS JOLTED BY THE DROP.
STEPPING OUT OF TRUCK L HAND SLIPPED FELLT O GROUND TWISTED LOWER BACK
I NAME WAS UNLOADING CRIBBING BLOCKS FROM THE BACK OF THE DRILLING RIG HIS FOOT SLIPPED & THE CRIBBING BLOCKS SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP THEREUPON TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK
I,NAME WAS DRAGGING A WATER PUMP HOSE OVER A DITCH. THE HOSE SNAGGED ON A ROCK. AS HE PULLED ON THE HOSE TO FREE IT, HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN THE MUD. HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK. HE INFORMED US OF T HIS INJURY ON 10-13-89. THIS IS A REOCURRENCE OFA BACK INJURY ON 5/19/89.
I NAME WAS WALKING TOTHE BACK OF THE DRILLING RIG HE TRIPPED OVER A COUPLE OF ROCKS & FELL HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK
HE WAS USING A 7HAIN SAW TO CUT DOWN SOME SMALL SAPPLINGS AT THE JOB.HE SLIPPED AND THE BLADE OF THE SAW TOUCHED THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES.
I.NAME CHANGING3OIL IN DOZER WHEN OIL SPLASHED INTO LEFT EYE.HE GRABBED DIRTY RAG TO WIPE EYE AND GOT METAL CUTTINGS IN LEFT EYE.
I NAME HAD JUST3MOVED THE DRILL TRUCK FORWARD HE WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE TRUCK TO RETURN TO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK TO CONTINUE DRILLING THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN HE PUT HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE GR GROUND HIS FOOT3SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL
AT APPROX. 800 AM ON MONDAY AUGUST 12 I NAME WAS WORKING ON A CAT D-10 BULLDOZER. HE WAS TURNING A GEAR ON THE FINAL DRIVE AND ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER I TOOK HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT UNIONTOWN HOSP TO BE EXAMINED THE DR SAID NOT TO WORK FOR ONE WEEK.
REPLACING BEARINGS IN FINAL DRIVE ON BULLDOZER.USING HAMMER HITTING PUNCH PLACING A RACE FOR A BEARING.STRUCK PUNCH WITH HAMMER AND PUNCH SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE.HAMMER SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK LEF T HAND.
GARY RODHEAVER WAS WORKING WITH ROSS SAVAGE ON THE TILT ARM OF THE BLADE OF A D9 DOZER THEY WERE PLACING THE ARM GARY WAS HOLDING THE ARM IN PLACE FOR ROSS WHEN THE ARM SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION AND SMASHED THE RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND