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The employee refueled the water pump and started the pump. He walked around the pump to see why it was not running when he arrived. He touched the radiator cap and it blew off, spraying his face with hot antifreeze.
Employee was trying to start a fuel truck. The battery/battery box that was on his dozer fell and landed on his left hand.
Employee was working on a dozer and during the course of the day his right leg started to bother him. He worked until quitting time and then went to the hospital the next day. He did not tell supervisor until 1-18-06.
On 1-9-2006 employee was loading holes at a shot location and injured left shoulder. The next day the employee was using a pry bar on a drill steel and injured right shoulder. MRI was performed and Doctor diagnosed rotator cuff injury of both shoulders. Reported information to employer on 1-25-2006. First lost day was 1-11-2006.
Making tubes off the heat truck. Lifted a full tube, felt pain in groin area.
Employee was using a pry bar in an attempt to remove a final drive when he felt something give in his back.
Employee was fabricating steel bars for a breaker when a piece of steel lodged in his right eye.
Employee was lowering a drill cylinder to the ground when the choker cable slipped and released the cylinder. The cylinder fell on top of him and pinned him to the ground.
Employee was operating a Cat D11N dozer pushing rock towards a Komatsu loader when the highwall fell on the right side and partially covered up the machine. The operator was entrapped a short period of time and extracated himself by kicking out the window glass on the oposite door.
EMPLOYEE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB UP ON THE FUEL TRUCK. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS CHEST AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FUELING A 575 DOZER. HE WENT TO STEP ON THE PUSH ARM AND SLIPPED, FELL TO THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD OF 992C LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS GETTING OFF AN EXCAVATOR. HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACKS AND FELL, CAUSING A BRUISE TO LOWER BACK.
Employee was using a cutting torch to repair a track when the oxygen hose burst and caught fire. Employee suffered 3rd degree burns to his left hand.
EE was in the process of dumping a tri-axle load of coal when the truck tipped over. the ee suffered a laceration to his right ear.
Unloading tri-axle dump truck when the hoist broke through the bed causing the employee to bounce into top of the cab.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PREP PLANT WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A FLOOR SUMP AND BRUISED HIS SHIN AND KNEE.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE LOST AIR PRESSURE. EE HIT THE BRAKES BUT COULD NOT STOP. THE TRUCK OVERTURNED ON ITS TOP, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF EE'S LEFT LEG. (EE WAS NOT THROWN FROM VEHICLE.)
EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN A TRUCK TAILGATE TO SEE IF ALL THE COAL HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BED. THE WEIGHT OF THE TAILGATE PULLED HIM FORWARD AND PINNED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE TAILGATE AND THE BODY OF THE TRUCK.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A CHUTE WITH AN OVERHEAD CRANE WHEN THE CHUTE MOVED AND PINCHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE CHUTE AND SEPARATOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER FROM HIS TRUCK TO CLEAN THE LIGHTS WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS BACK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE was helping the mechanics work on his drill he was holding a wrench when the mechanic pulled on a piece of pipe pinning and cutting his left index finger on a piece of metal
Excavator operator was cleaning along the high wall when a large piece of rock was dislodged and rolled into the cab pinning the operator in the cab for a period of 2 hrs and 47 minutes. Victim suffered a serious injury to the neck.
EE was attempting to reconnect the ground cable to the battery when the battery exploewde. pieces of the battery cut his face and battery acide was blown into his eyes, face and chest area.
INJURED WAS RUNNING A ROCK TRUCK. DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITY, HE MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND PUSHED OVER THE BARRIER AND WENT OVER THE DUMP SITE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO CLEAN THE TRACKS ON THE KOMATSU PC 4000 SHOVEL. WHILE PULLING ON THE BAR HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS ON TOP OF FUEL TRUCK ATTEMPTING TO FUEL A WATER PUMP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE FROST COATED WALKWAY AND FELL FROM THE TOP OF TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN R-50 TRUCK WHEN HE HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO JERK HIS ARM.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER AND HIS LEFT LEG MISSED A RUNG ON THE LADDER CAUSING ALL OF HIS WEIGHT TO BE PLACED ON HIS RIGHT LEG. EE STATED THIS CAUSED HIS RIGHT KNEE TO BE INJURED
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A BLADE JACK AND SLIPPED ON A BAR ON FRONT OF DOZER CAUSING HIM TO FALL & STRIKE HIS JAW & EAR CAUSING A BRUISE.
EE WAS CHANGING AN AIRLINE ON A 769 C CAT TRUCK. HE WENT TO REACH UPWARD TOWARDS THE AIRLINE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS BACKING UP DOZER AND RAN OVER A PILE OF DIRT. GOT WHIPLASH CAUSING A PINCHED NERVE IN NECK.
THE DRIVER OF A ROCK TRUCK FELL ASLEEP AND RAN AHEAD ON INTO ANOTHER ROCK TRUCK.
TRUCK DRIVER WAS PROCEDING OUT OF PIT WITH A LOAD OF COAL WHEN HE LOST POWER, ROLLLED BACKWARDS ABOUT 30 FT AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE HAUL ROAD. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO TIP OVER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF TRUCK. WHEN HE UNBUCKLED HIS SEAT BELT HE FELL TOWARDS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF TRUCK. AS HE FELT HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A CLOTHES HOOK AND SHOULDER STRUCK THE DOOR.
WORKER WAS HANDLING A HYRAULIC CYLINDER BY HAND AND IT ROLLED OVER AND PINCHED HIS LEFT ARM AGAINST OTHER CYLINDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING UP ON A KOMATSU EXCAVATOR. HE GRABBED THE HAND HOLD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND SLIPPED WHILE TRYING TO PULL HIMSELF UP, JERKING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER IN THE PR OCESS. HE NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR ON 4-21-03 AND CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 4-30-03 AND WAS INSTRUCTED NOT TO RETURN TO WORK. HE NOTIFIED US ON 5-1-03.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER, LOADING A ROCK TRUCK WHEN A ROCK CAME THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE LOADER STRIKING THE INJURED ON THE RT.LEG CAUSING A BRUISE.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE BIT ON HISDRILL RIG WHEN THE BIT SLIPPED AND LANDED ON HISMIDDLE FINGER.
EMPTY TRUCK WAS RETURNING TO THE PIT WHEN IT SLID INTO A LOADED TRUCK COMING OUT OF THE PIT. SNOW AND ICE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN A NECK STRAIN TO OUR EMPLOYEE.
EE HAD MADE REPAIRS TO A HEATER MOTOR A 992 C LOADER. HE TURNED THE MOTOR ON AND COULD NOT TELL IT IT WAS RUNNING SO HE STUCK HIS HAND IN THE AREA OF THE FAN WHICH CAUSED LACERATION TO HIS RIG HT HAND.
EE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR AN OIL LEAK ON THE 1800 HITACHI SHOVEL. HE WENT TO CLIMB DOWN FROM THE MACHINE AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE WET TRACK FRAME AND HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THE NEXT DAY WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BR OKEN FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD A OIL BARREL AND WHEN THEY DROPPED IT TO THE GROUND HE WAS HIT ON THE SHOULDER BY THE BARRELL SPIGOT.
EE WAS DRIVING IN A PIN ON THE HAND BAR OF A DOZER WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL LODGED IN HIS CHEEK.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE CAB OF HIS ROCK TRUCK WHILE GETTING LOADED WITH SHOT ROCK.A LARGE ROCK FELL OUT OF THE BUCKET OF THE SHOVEL AND HIT THE SIDEOF THE TRUCK CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO HIT HIS HEA D AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE CAB.
A DRILL STEEL CAME LOOSE AT THE TOP OF THE CAROOSEL AND WHEN TWO EE ATTEMPTED TO PUT IT BACK ANOTHER STEEL CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT WRIST.
EE WAS OPERATING A D-9N DOZER WHEN SMOKE STARTED TO COME INTO THE CAB. HE STOPPED THE DOZER AND USED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TO PUT THE FIRE OUT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE THOMAS FIRE DEPT WAS C ALLED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.
EE WAS LOADING CORNER BITS ONTO THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK WHEN ONE SLIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A RAILROAD CAR BRAKE WHEEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELEASING IT WHEN HE FELT A PULL AND STRAIN IN HIS LEFT UPPER ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC WHO WAS PUTTING UP THE BELLY PAN ON A D-11 DOZER. WHILE TWISTING AROUND, HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK BUT HIS KNEE CONTINUED TO BO THER HIM SO HE FINALLY DECIDED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR ON 4-2-02. HE NOTIFIED HIS FOREMAN FOR THE FIRST TIME ON APRIL 3RD CONCERNING THIS ACCIDENT.