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EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO FRONT END LOADER AFTER STARTING COAL CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SNOW COVERED ICE.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN SCREW ON FUEL FILTER DOOR. LEFT SIDE OF DOZER D-10-N 3. THE SCREW DRIVER SLIPPED, EE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPLACE SIDE PANELS ON 992-C FEL. EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER THE TIRE TO PUT BOLTS BACK IN PANEL. HE BRUISED LEFT SIDE ABOVE HIS WAIST.
EMPLOYEE GOT UP ON TRUCK TO GET HIS FLASHLIGHT AND PUT HIS GRASE GUN BACK ON TRUC, HE GOT OUT OF CAB, WALKED AROUND FRONT OF CAB, SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND AND TWISTE DHIS RIGHT ANKLE, FE ELL APPROX 10'.
EE WAS OPERATING 992-C FEL FOR FOUR HOURS, GOT OFF FEL TO RELIEVE HIMSELF WHEN EE TURNED TO HIS LEFT, TRIPPED INTO LEFT FRONT TIRE OF FEL. HE BENT HIS RIGHT HAND BACK, INJURING WRIST - COULDN' T USE HIS RIGHT WRIST NORMALLY.
EMP WAS RAISING CAB ON 1976 FORD 700 WATER TRUCKTO CHECK MOTOR. 30-45 MINS LATER FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EMP CLAIMS HE INJURED HIS BACK. EMP PREVIOUS BACK PROBLEMS BEFORE HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THIS COMPANY.
TRUCK WAS LOADED PREPARING TO TARP TO LEAVE - OTHER TRUCK WAS APPROX 10' -15' BEHIND ALSO TRAPING TO LEAVE. TRUCK ROLLE FORWARD INTO OTHER TRUCK PINNING DRIVER BETWEEN THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK & THE FRONT OF THE OTHER TRUCK. DRIVER WAS MOVED BY LOADER OPERATOR - DRIVER WAS ADMINISTERED CPR - AMBULANCE CALLED CRUSHING INJURIES.
EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A TORQUE CONVERTOER IN A DOZER, WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION TO THE FROME OF THE DOZER, HE SLIPPED & FELL BETWEEN THE CONVERTER & SIDE FRAME, STRI KING LEFT SHOULDER ON THE BACK OF MOTOR, INJURING LEFT SHOULDER.
EE INJURED HIS RIGHT ARM [ELBOW AREA] WHILE TRYING TO START A GASOLINE PUMP ON A DIESEL FUEL TANK. WHILE PULLING THE CORD, EE STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE RIPPER OF THE D9H.
EMP CLAIMS HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE ASSISTING IN LIFTING 6" DISCHARGE HOSE.
HAD BEEN WET - TRUCKS MADE DEEP RUTS IN HAUL ROAD - GOT VERY COLD - RUTS FROZE - STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK TO CHECK LOAD AND TARP - SLIPPED INTO FROZEN RUT AND SPRAINED ANKLE - NECK SORE
EE WAS STANDING ON PIECE OF SLATE LOST BALANCE & FELL, CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING FUEL LINES ON 773-B#1 ROCK TRUCK WHEN EMPLOYEE GOT DIESEL FUEL & ICE IN RT EYE PIECE OF ICE FROM FUEL LINE
EMPLOYEE NEEDED PINS WELDED ON BUCKET SO HE TOOK HIS FEL550 INTERNATIONAL TO THE WELDER HE SHUT THE MACHINE DOWN GOT OUT OF MACHINE & WAS LEANING AGAINST THE DOOR WHEN THE NYLON STRAP ON THE D OOR BROKE & EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL TO THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 6FT
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK WHILE ASSISTING IN LIFTING DRAGGING DISCHARGE HOSE (6") TAKING UP SLACK.
EE CLAIMS HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK WHILE ASSITING IN LIFTING A SUCTION LINE 6 INCH INCH 20 FT LONG ALSO EE CLAIMS HE HAS A HISTORY OF LOWER BACK TROUBLE.
EE WAS REPAIRING 6 INCH PUMP WATER. EE LIFTED INTERMEDIATE WHICH WEIGHS APPROX. 55 LBS 12 INCH LONG AND 14 INCH IN DIAMETER GOT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ACCORDING TO EE HIS SHOULDER CAME O UT OF PLACE.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS WHILE RUNNING DOZER, PUSHING ROCK, HE FEELS THAT HE GOT A RUPTURE FROM BEING JARRED AROUND FROM TRYING TO PUSH ROCK OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS CO4ING DOWN LADDER OF CAT 988A AND LOST FOOTING CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT KNEE EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS BACKING DOWN LADDER
EMP WAS TRYING 7O ALIGN BELT UP ON CRUSHER AT THE HEAD PULLEY EMP WAS STANDING ON BUCKET OF LOADER USING BAR TO ALIGN BELT BAR JAMMED AND THREW EMP OFF BUCKET OF LOADER ONTO HOPPER OF POWERSC SCREEN APPROX 63FT TO HOPPER) CAUSING INJURY