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Employee was pushing rock with a Cat. D11 dozer when the blade of the dozer slipped on a rock, causing a quick jerk to the operator. Employee complained of lower back pain. He drove himself to the Mary Breckingridge Hospital in Hyden, Ky where an MRI is pending.
EE was in the process of cutting a beam with an acetylene torch when the oxygen hose came apart at the connection to the torch, causing a burn to his left hand. Diagnosis is pending.
As employee stepped down from the bumper of his mechanic's truck (a distance of approximately 24"), he stepped on a rock causing his left knee to give. He drove himself to the hospital where he was diagnosed as having possible ligament damage.
While taking the rear-end out of a Cat 992D loader, a wrench slipped causing ee to cut his left hand. He drove himself to Hazard ARH where he received 2 stitches. He then returned to the job and continued to work.
As EE was desending the haul road in his loaded coal truck, his brakes failed at the bottom of the haul road, resulting in his losing control and going over a 25' embankment. Prelimenary reports are that his left arm is broken at the wrist.
As the employee bent over to start a water pump, he felt something "pull" in his back. Employee continued to work until Friday (5-26-06), his first day off work. As of 5-30-06 his diagnosis is pending.
EE was hooking a boom cable to a dozer fender when he caught his left ring finger in the cable as a result EE had to have 4 stitches to his finger.
Stepping from last step of a stairway onto a concrete floor he felt a sharp pain in his right leg. EE neither slipped or fell.
Employee was dismounting Mack-600 powder truck, slipping on last step falling to concrete pad, bruising right ankle.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING A LOAD OF WATER UP THE ROAD WHEN SOMETHING BROKE ON THE TRUCK CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GO BACKWARDS APPROX 40-50 FEET. THE TRUCK CAB TURNED OVER ON ITS LEFT SIDE. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 5 STITCHES TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. HE WAS TAKEN TO HAZARD HRH WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.
Employee was walking on uneven ground when he stepped in a hole and twisted his right ankle. As a precautionary measure, he was x-rayed at the Hazard ARH where he was diagnosed as having a Sprain. EE returned to work on 4/22/05.
While changing air filters on a loader, ee lost his footing while standing on the counterweight of a 992G loader, causing him to fall approx 5 foot to the ground. EE was examined and x-rayed at Hazard ARH, where he was later released.
EMPLOYEE & CO-WORKER WERE DRAGGING A PUMP ACROSS A CONCRETE FLOOR WHEN IT CAUGHT ON A DRAIN & TURNED OVER STRIKING INJURED EMPLOYEE ACROSS THE TOP OF THE LT. FOOT. AS A RESULT EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 5 STITCHES.
Ee was in the process of dumping a load of rock when he backed over a 2 foot trench. He complained of a lower back injury, his diagnosis is pending.
EE WAS INSTALLING CONCRETE FORMS WHEN THE SCAFFOLDING ON WHICH HE WAS STANDING BECAME DISLODGED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
EE WAS ASSISTING THE CREW INSTALLING CONCRETE FORMS. THE SCAFFOLDING ON WHICH THE FOREMAN WAS STANDING BECAME DISLODGED, CAUSING THE FOREMAN TO FALL. AS HE FELL, HE STRUCK EE.
EE WAS TRYING TO BREAK A LARGE ROCK WHEN THE TEETH OF THE LOADER SLIPPED, CAUSING THE LOADER TO JAR, AS A RESULT EE'S LEFT KNEE STRUCK THE CONSOLE, HE DROVE HIMSELF TO THE DOCTOR. HE REMAINS OFF WORK, HIS DIAGNOSIS IS PENDING.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING SEED FROM A BOX TRAILER ONTO A HYDRO SEEDER TRUCK. EE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND OUT OF THE TRAILER, STRIKING HIS BACK ON THE FLOOR OF THE TRAILER , THE FALL WAS APPROX. 4 FT. DIAGNOSIS MUSCLE SPRAIN.
AS EE WAS ENTERING HIS LOAD AFTER THE NOON LUNCH BREAK, HE BENT OVER TO WIPE THE DUST FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. EE STATED THAT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE REPORTED THE INCIDE NT TO THE FOREMAN AND DROVE HIMSELF HOME. HIS DIAGNOSIS IS PENDING.
EE WAS LOADING THE EXPLOSIVES TRUCK. WHEN HE RAISED THE HANDLE OF THE POWDER BIN (WHICH ALLOWS AMONIUM NITRATE TO FLOW INTO THE TRUCK) HE FELT ASHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE DROVE HIMSELF T O THE HAZARD ARH WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK AND RELEASED.