On 6/12/14 employee called in & said his back was hurting & couldn't work. He thought it was a pre existing injury of his sciatic nerve from 2008, he called back on 6/23/14 & said he wanted an accident report filled out due to jarring in a rock truck. He was off several days before reporting that he was injured at work.
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Showing 50 of 74Climbing down off of EX1100 Excavator, feet slipped out from under person, held body with both arms on ladder handrails. Pulled arms, shoulders & chest. Hanging 8-10" above ground, eased body off onto ground.
Repetitive use of hammers, wrenches, air guns and daily mechanic duties,
Service man was climbing off EX-1100 after putting oil in machine, lost his footing and fell approx 3' and landed on right side, hurting lower back.
Loader operator was loading 777 Cat truck with big rock. After rock was placed on truck he tried to push rock out of bed causing bed on truck to go up dumping rock out, and then the bed fell back down. Front wheels came off ground when rock came out of bed.
EE was seeding when he lost footing fell landing on right shoulder and arm. It was raining and muddy.
Employee was driving a fence post in the ground. The ground was muddy due to the weather. Employee slipped and fell hitting knee on rocks.
Employee was walking up mountain to go get a hose. The mountain was very muddy due to the weather. He slipped and fell in mud on knee and rolled about 10 foot down hill.
The operator was reclaiming on a slope in an excavator. The excavator started sliding, the right track was on a flat rock & it turned over landing on its right side. The operator was wearing a seat belt & was still in his seat when the first person arrived at the scene.
Employee had pulled on winch cable earlier in day, he reached overhead with wrench while working on drill and pain hit in neck, down back and in shoulder.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME 55-GALLON DRUMS AND HURT HIS BACK.
Employee got out of his excavator to check his hyd. oil & when he got back into the cab he twisted his knee.
Employee was operating drill and drilling holes in ground. The employee stepped out of drill onto the ground and twisted his knee when he began to walk.
STEPPED OFF TRUCK AND SPRAINED ANKLE.
EE WAS LOADING A DRILL ONTO LOWBOY. DRILL SLIPPED AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN METAL ON DRILL AND LOWBOY.
EE WAS OPENING HOOD TO TURN HEATER VALVES WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK & LEFT LEG. EE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS. EE SAID HE GOT HURT IN PREVIOUS JOB.
EE WAS CUTTING TREES AND HE REFUSED TO CLEAR THE TWO PATHS AROUND THE TREE HE WAS CUTTING. WHEN HE CUT THE TREE IT LANDED ON THE OTHER TREE THAT HE WAS TOLD TO MOVE AND THAT CAUSED ANOTHER TR EE THAT HE DIDN'T MOVE TO HIT HIM. THIS KNOCKEDHIM ABOUT 5 FT. HE WAS ALERT WHEN WITNESS GOT TO HIM AND HE WAS COMPLAINING WITH HIS LEGS AND KNEES.
EMPLOYEE MADE KNOWN OVER THE TWO-WAY RADIO THAT HE WAS GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE CAB OF HIS ROCK TRUCK TO URINATE. HE WAS FOUND MOMENTS LATER SITTING ON THE GROUND COMPLAINING OF BREATHING PROB LEMS. DURING THE PATIENT ASSESSMENT HE SAID HE HD STUMBLED AND FELL OFF THE FRONT OF THE ROCK TRUCK.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GREASE A TIW ROD END & HE HAD CO-WORKER TO STEER FRONT WHEELS BACK & FORTH & SOMEHOW HE GOT HIS HEAD PINNED BETWEEN THE TIE ROD & THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL.
COAL TRUCK POPPED OUT OF GEAR, TRUCK STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS, EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK.
DISMOUNTING DOZER AFTER SERVICING IT, HE TRIPPED ON TRACK AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS HIP.
EE REPORTED THAT HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK WHILE LIFTING A CONVEYOR BOOM JACK, FROM THE MINE FLOOR TO THE MANCAR APPORX.18" LIFT
WENT TO TRIALER TO GET TIME CARDS AND SLIPPED ON SNOW AND ICE. HE FELL ON ICE AND HAD SEVERE PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TIRE IN TRUCK - PULLED BACK.
EE LOOKED UP TO SEE ROCK COMING OFF WALL THREW UP HAND AUTOMATICALLY TO PROTECT HIMSELF- ROCK HIT HAND.
GET OUT OF LOADER TO CHECK OIL-FOOT SLIPPED ON OPERATOR FELL ABOUT 6' FROM TOP.
CLIMBING ON BUMPER WITH MUDDY FEET, HE SLID OFF AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HEAD AND SHOULDERS FELL ON TRAILER HITCH - RIGHT SIDE OF RIBS.
THE MECHANIC & OPERATOR OF THE DOZER WAS CHANGING A HOSE. WHEN THEY LOOSENED THE BOLTS, OIL SPRAYED INTO THE OPERATORS EYE.
EE WAS RIDING IN THE PICKUP-IN THE BACK OF TRUCK UP THE HILL. TRUCK STARTED THROUGH CURVE IN ONE LANE, MEET A COAL TRUCK COMING DOWN IN THE CRUVE, DRIVER OF PICKUP SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND THREW EE FORWARD IN BED OF TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING OIL IN END LOADER WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
BURNT EYES WELDING.
WAS LOADING HOLES. AS PRIMER WAS BEING PUT INTO HOLE BOOM ON LOADING TRUCK HAD BOLTS IN SWIVEL GIVE WAY & BREAK. BOOM FELL ON VICTIM WHO WAS LOADING HOLE.
WHILE CHANGING OIL FILTER THE FILTER FELL & CUT THROUGH FINGERNAIL ON RIGHT RING FINGER.
PULLING A CHAIN AND SLIPPED ON THE LOWBOY, PULLED LOWER BACK.
DRIVER OF COAL TRUCK BACKED UP ON BERM AND TURNED TRUCK OVER ON PASSENGER SIDE. DRIVER HAD A CUT OVER LEFT EYE AND SOME NECK PAIN. TOOK EMT TO SITE AND CALLED AMBULANCE.
WAS LOOKING FOR A SERIAL NUMBER ON THE GENERATOR, INSIDE OF THE STEEL BUILDING, DIDN'T HAVE A LIGHT SO EE REMOVED HARD HAT AND BENT OVER WRITING THE NUMBER DOWN THEN I RAISED UP BEFORE PUTTING HARD HAT ON BACK ON MY MEAD AND HIT MY HEAD ON TOP OF THE DOOR FRAME.
IT WAS RAINING VERY HARD AND EE WAS COMING OUT OF DOZER AND FELL FROM STEPS.
EE WAS CUTTING TREES OVER HIGHWALL-LOST FOOTING AND FELL TO ROCKS BELOW.
EE THOUGHT BELT WAS BROKE. WENT TO CHECK BELT AND IT WAS OK. LET EXCAVATOR COOL AND UNSCREWED RADIATOR CAP. EE WAS BURNT WITH STEAM ON RIGHT HAND.
CUT TREE AND FELL ON EMPLOYEE.
EE WAS HELPING TO SET A MOTOR ON A MOTOR BASE & GOT HIS RT. INDEX FINGER PINCHED IN BETWEEN THE MOTOR & BASE & CRUSHED THE END OF HIS FINGER.
PUTTING DUST COLLECTOR HOSE ON DRILL AND REACHED FOR WRENCH, PULLED DUST INTO EYES.
DRIVING ROCKTRUCK ON SURFACE HAUL ROAD, SAYS HE DROVE THROUGH A DIP IN ROAD CAUSING PAIN TO HIS BACK.
CLIMBING DOWN FROM D9 DOZER (SERVICING MACHINE) WHEN HE FELL BACK OFF HITTING HIS BACK ON ROLLER FRAME AND THEN HITTING THE GROUND ON THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT. HE WORKED THE REST OF SHIFT BEYOND 0 400 UNTIL 0530. GOING FOLLOWING DAY TO DR. DID NOT REPORT TO WORK 10-24-01 ON 2ND SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHEN GETTING ON DOZER AS IT WASRAINING. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED, BUT THE RIGHT FOOT STAYED SOLID CAUSING ALL HIS WEIGHT TO SHIFT ONTO RIGHT LEG. HE SAYS IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING TORE. HE CAME TO WORK ON 10-13-01. WORKED THRU WK 10-21 AND 10-25 GOING TO DOCTOR ON 10-26 FOR EXAM AND THEN RETURNING TO WORK 10-29-01.
THE L160 LOADER HAD JUST FIXED THE BERM WHEN HAULPAK BACKED UP TO DUMP MATERIAL. THE MATERIALUNDER THE DUMP GAVE AWAY CAUSING THE ROCK TRUCK TO GO OVER BACKWARDS- OVERTURNING ONCE.
STANDING ON LADDER WORKING ON LECTRA HAUL ROCKTRUCK WHEN HE FELL HITTING HIS KNEES, NOTE THIS WAS BEGINNING OF SHIFT, HE WORKED FULL 10 HR SHIFT PLUS TWO HOURS OVERTIME, NEVER REPORTED INCIDEN T TO SUPERVISOR, GATHERED INFO FROM WITNESS.
WAS TRAMMING FROM RECLAMATION SITE OF WORK ON ANOTHER COMPANY PERMIT WHEN HE TURNED ABRUPTLY AND LOST CONTROL. WENT INTO CREEK, BUMPING HIS HEAD CAUSING A BUMP ON HIS HEAD.
WAS GETTING READY TO MOUNT DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED UP ON PUSH ARM. HIS FOOTING SLIPPED AND HE FELL ACROSS TILT JACK.
WAS DRILLING WITH HIGH WALL DRILL WHEN AIR HOSE BLOWED INTO ONE PART OF HOSE CAME THROUGH WINDOW STRIKING HIM.