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SLIPPED ON TRACK WHILE GETTING OFF OF HIS DOZER AND LANDED ON HIS BACK.
OPRATOR WAS GETTING OFF HIS DOZER. THERE WAS WET MUD ON TRACKS AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM.
EE WAS GRINDING ON A SCRAPER HOOD. A PIECE OF STEEL AND SOME OF THE GRINDING STONE, CAME OFF AND WENT INTO HIS EYE. EE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES OR GOGGLES AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANIGN OTU DUCK BOXES AND SLIPPED ON SLOPE OF POND WHEN A WASP FELW OUT OF THE DUCK BOX.
HE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER. THE SCRAPER WAS SHIFTING HARD. THIS CAUSED HIS HEAD TO SNAP BACK AND HIT THE BACK WINDSHIELD. HE STARTED FEELING WEAK, SHAKEY, HIS ARMS WERE NUMB AND TIPS OF FINGER S COLD.
PUSH TRACTOR WAS BACKING UP TO ANOTHE RPUSH, TRACTOR & BUMP THE BACK ONE. THE OPERATOR FELT A JAR AND WAS JERKED FORWARD.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE MAINTENANCE TRUCK IN THE PARKING LOT AREA WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HIT A POTHOLE CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE IN THE SEAT & CAUSE A BACK STRAIN. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 4 DAYS.
MAINTENANCE.
WHEELER WAS OILING ONT EH DRAGLINE AND WAS MOVING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF GREASE TO REPLACE AN EMPTY DRU. HE REACHED ACROSS THE DRUM WITH HIS RIGHT HAND (WHILE WEARING GLOVES) AND LEANED THE DRUM AWAY FROM THE WALL TO MOVE IT. THE DRUM SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DRUM AND WALL.
ON 5-30-91 I NAME AND SEVERAL OTHER WERE MOVING CROSS TIES AND CUTTING THEM IN HALF TO USE AS CRIBBING A PREPARATION FOR LOWERING THE DRAGLINE BOOM ON 5-31-91 AND WAS GETTING WORSE AFTER VISIT NG A DR SHE WAS PUT ON LIGHT DUTY.
STOPPED TO REFILL WATER TANKER; WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE CAB OF THE TRUCK, HE FELT "A SENSATION" IN HIS LEFT FOOT.
HE WAS ASSISTING MAINTENANCE CHANGE A DRAG CABLE END FOR END ON THE DRAGLINE. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN HE BENT OVER TO CONNECT A WINCH LINE HOOK OR WHEN HE USED A SLEDGEHAMMER TO TAP THE WEDGE OUT OF THE SOCKET (AFTER IT WAS LOOSENED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. ALTHOUGH HE FINISHED THE DAY AND 3 MORE, HE MISSED 2 DAYS THE NEXT WEEK.
EE AND OTHER WERE INSTALLING A BUCKET DUMP CABLE 1 3/4 INCH X 50 FT ON THE DRAGLINE. HE CUT THE OLD CABLE AT THE CROWFOOT SOCKET. AS HE WAS CUTTING THE SEOND END AT THE BUCKET ARCH SOCKET THE CABLE ROLLED OUT OF THE DUMP BLOCK SHEAVE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT FLANK. ALTHOUGH NO WORK DAYS WERE MISSED HE WAS ON AESTRICTED DUTY FOR 3 DAYS.
SOME MATERIAL STUCK IN AT TOP OF DUMP, STANDING ON GROUND REACHING UP WITH HOE TRYING TO CLEAN MATERAIL OUT OF DUMP MATERAIL BROKE LOOSE AT SAME TIME SLID HITTING HIM AND KNOCK ING HIM DOWN NOCK ING HIM DOWN
CLIMBING ON DOZER, RT FOOT IN STEP AT BOTTOM HELD RAIL, RAISED UP L LEG TO STEP ON PUSHARM L KNEE BUMPED EDGE OF TRACKS
TRAVELING NORTH ON ROAD LOST CONTROL OVERTURNED ON R SIDE NOT WEARING SEAT BELT
I NAME WAS REMOVING A 4FT FLORESCENT LIGHT FIXTURE FROM LUBE ROOM OF THE DRAGLINE I NAME WAS ASSISTING HIM BY HOLDING A 6FT STEP LADDER & PASSING TOOLS ELECTRICAN WAS RDMOVING SECOND OF TWO L OCKNUTS FROM TWO UNISTRUT NIPPLES WHICH HELD THEFIXTURE NIPPLE TURNED ALLOWING FIXTURE TO FALL UNEXPECTEDLY & CUT I NAME LEG
MOUNTAINS TEPS WRE SLICK DUE TO MORNING DEW, INJURED SLIPPED ON STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE ONT HE BRACE THAT SUPPORT THE ROLLOVER CAB.
I.NAME WAS OPERATING A DOZER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HAND UP TO HIS ELBOW. HE WAS TAKEN TO A DOCTOR WHO DIAGNOSED THE PAIN AS ACUTE EPICONDYLITIS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN AGGRAVATED B Y OPERATING THE BLADE CONTROL LEVER.
POURING WATER OUT OF SPIGOT OF DRINKING WATER COOLER AND GOT A PAIN, IN BACK. ALTHOUGH HE COMPLETED THE 12 HR SHIFT TAKEN TO HSP FORM TREATMENT . TAKING THERAPY
I NAME & I NAME WERE CHANGING THE BUCKET TOOTH POINT ON THE DRAGLINE USING A 4 LB HAMMER AS I NAME WAS DRIVING OUT THE NO 2 TOOTH POINT PIN THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF OF THE NO 3 POINT & STRUCK HI M IN THE LEFT KNEE ALTHOUGH I NAME DID NOT LOOSEANY WORK DAYS & DID NOT REQUIRE RESTRICT ED DUTY MOTRON WAS PRESCRIBED
HE WAS A PASSENGER IN A PICK UP TRUCK WITH ANOTHER MAN DRIVING. AS THEY DROVE THROUGH A HAUL ROAD CONSTRUCTION AREA HE HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HARD HAT AGASIST THE CB ROOF. HE LATER FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK.
ON 10/18/88 DURING HIS ROUTINE ANNUAL PHYSICAL BY CO DOCTOR EMPL REPORTED THAT HIS PERSONAL DR RECENTLY DIAGNOSED HIM AS HAVING HERNIATED DISC IN LOWER BACK. EMPL CLAIMED THAT IT STARTED ON 9/ 20 OR 9/21 WHEN LEFT LEG WENT NUMB WHILE WELDINGIN CROUCHED POSITION. IT WAS N OT ACCEPTED AS AN ON THE JOB INJURY UNTIL ON INVESTIGATION WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED. EMPL WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTION D
I.NAME WAS OPERATING A HIGH PRESSURE WASHER TO CLEAN A SCRAPER HE MOMENTARILY LEFTED HIS FACE SHIEDL TO UNTANGLE HIS SUPPLY HOSE THE WAND SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS STRIKING HIM IN THE UPPER LIP H IS LIP WAS CUT AND REQUIRED 5 STITCHES NO LOST TIME WAS EXPERIENCED
ON THIS DATE I.NAME WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER AND GOT DUST IN HIS EYE DESPITE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES HIS EYE BECAME IRRITATED AND WAS TREATED BY CLEANING NO LIGHT DUTY OR LOST TIME WAS INVOLVE D HOWEVER PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS ACQUIRED
I,NAME WAS ASSIGNED ROUTINE DUTIES SUCH AS FUELING EQUIPMENT, ROLLING UP HOSE ETC. AT THE END OF THE SHIFT, I,NA,E NOTICE SLIGHT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT WRIST. ON 7-26-88 HE REPORTED THAT HE VISITED A DOCTOR IN THE EVENING OF 7-25. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A SPRAINED WAIST WITH NO SPECIFIC CAUSE.
I.NAME WAS DISMOUNTING THE DRAGLINE AS HE RELEASED HIS HANDHOLD ON THE SHOE LADDER HIS FEET SLIPPED FORWARD AND UNDER THE SHOE CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS BACKSIDE THE GROUND WAS UNEVEN I.NAME HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS HE COMPLETED THE SHIFT BUT HAS MISSED WORK SINCE THEN
ON 5-31-88 I.NAME MOVED TWO FULL 55 GAL DRUMS OF OIL WITH A MECO 2 WHEELED HAND DOLLY DESIGNED FOR DRUMS THE NEXT DAY HE REPROTED A SORE BACK ON 6-3-88 HE SAW THE CO DR WHO PRESCRIBED MOTRO N NO LT DUTY WAS INVOLVED AND NO TIME WAS LOST
U,NAME WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A WEDGE INTO THE DRAG ROPE SOCKET ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET. A SMALL SLIVER OF STEEL FROM THE WEDGE GLANCED OFF HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND STRUCK HIS CHEECK. H E WAS TREATED WITH FIRST AID BUT UPON RECENT EXAMINATION FOR SCAR TISSUE, A PIECE OF IMBEDDED STEEL WAS FOUND AND REMOVED.
I.NAMEAND I.NAM9 WERE MOVING THE 7200 VOLT 2 IN DIAMETER TRAILING CABLE FOR A PAGE 736 DRAGLINERWITH THE USE OF AN ARDCO CABLE REEL MACHINE I.NMAE WAS OPERATING THE ARDCO TO DRAG THE CABLE WHI LE I.NAME LIFTE8 THE CABLE TO ATTACH A SLING TO ATTACH THE CABLE THE GROUND CONDITIONS WERE MUDDY AT THE END OF THE SHIFT I.NAME FELT THAT HE HAD STRAINED HIS BACK HE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK P
I NAME WAS ASSI8TING I NAME TO STRAIGHTEN THE STEEL GUARD BARS ON THE TOP OF A TEREX SCRAPER BOWL WITHA COME A LONG. AS HE TIGHTENED THE COME ALONG, ITS HANDLE KICKED BACK AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HAND BETWEE3 THE THUMB AND FOREFINGER, SPLITTING THE SKIN. FOUR STITCHES WERE REQUIRED
I.NAME WAS HAUL3NG DIRT WITH A SCRAPER TO THE SPOIL PILE. HE LET THE PAN DOWN ON THE HAUL ROAD & PULLED HIS BACK. THE DR DIAGNOSED LUMBO SACIAL STRAIN. I.NAME AT FIRST REFUSED TO ALLOW FOREM AN TO TAKE HIM3TO DR. HE LATER SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON HIS OWN.
I NAME WAS OPER5TING A DIESEL DRIVEN WATER PUMP WHENT HE SUCTION HOSE BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD. WHILE PULLING ON A ROPE TIED TO THE HOSE, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
I NAME IS A SCR5PER OPERATOR. THROUGH INATTENTIVENESS, HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS SCRAPER ON A CLEAR HAUL ROAD, FROZE HIS ACTIONS, TAKING NO PRECAUSTION TO CONTROL HIS MACHINE. THE SCRAPER TURNED OVER. HE WAS T5KEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A CHECK UP AND X RAYS AS A PRECAUTION.
WHILE CLEANING 7HE DRAGLINE TUB DECK AND LOWER PORTION OF THE REVELUING FRAME, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED SLIGHTLY WHILE IN A SQUATTING POSITION. IT CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE, AND AGGROVATE HIS BACK MUSC5ES.
I,NAME WAS OPER5TING A BULLDOZER TO CLEAR TREES AND VEGETATION. IN THE PROCESS, HE JOLTED HIS BACK.
I.NAME CHANGING3TAILLIGHT BULB ON TRAILER OF ON-ROAD HAUL UNIT.OLD BULB BROKE IN BASE HAND AS HE REMOVED IT CAUSING LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.CUT TREATED WITH 1ST AID HOWEVER FULL MOTIO N -BENDING-NOT 9ECOVERED AND SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR 8-18-87.
I NAME AND I NA4E WERE REMOVING MATERIALS FROM THE BED OF THE MAINTANCE TRUCK. AS I NAME WAS CLIMBING OFF THE TRUCK BED TO THE GROUND BY WAY OF REAR STEP BUMPER HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE. INVESTIGA SHOWED THAT I N5ME FAILED TO USE THE STEP PROVEIDED OR HAND HOLDS, AND WAS NOT FACING THE TRUCK. ALSO THE GROUND WAS MUDDY
I.NAME PARKED A3PICKUP TRUCK CROSSWAYS ON THE HAUL ROAD WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL PARK BRAKE SET AND ENGINE IDLING I.NAME EXITED THE TRUCK (HE WAS A PASSENGER) ON THE RT SIDE AS HE CROSSED 3N FRONT OF THE TRUCK IT STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK BUT HE WAS ABLE TO GET OFF TO THE SIDE TO AVOID FURTHER INJURY THE TRUCK CAME TO REST OFF THE EDGE OF THE ROAD PARTIALLY IN THE P
II AND I NAME R9MOVED THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL OF THE ROAD MAINTAINER AND THE LUGS ON THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HE BOTH FRONT FEET ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRONT AXLE AND USED A 2 INCH PIPE AS A PAYBAR RAISE AND SHAK9 THE RIGHT WHEEL THE ACLE PIVOTS IN THE MIDDLE WHILE II NAME ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE WHEEL THE PIPE SLIPPED AND I NAME FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS RIGHT HIP AREA ON THE OUTRIGG
I NAME AND II NAME HAD REPLACED HYDRAULIC LINE WHICH NECESSITATED REMOVAL OF THE TRANSMISSION FILTER COVER PLATE. WHILE REINSTALLING THE COVER PLATE. I NAME S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CO VER PLATE AND SIDE PLATE. HE RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS BACKER BELOW THE FINGERNAIL AND WAS CUT EIGHT SUSTRES WERE REQUIRED.
WAS GRINDING ON A PUMP DIFFUSER WHILE WEARING BOTH SAFETY GLASSES AND A FULL FACE SHIELDS TWO PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OUT AND IMBEDDED THEMSELVES IN I NAME LEFT EYE.