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EMPLOYEE LIFTED A 60 LB ELECTRIC MOTOR CAUSING A STRAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE AND COWORKER WERE CHANGING SCREENS AND LIFTED SCREEN OVER A RAIL. EE TOLD COWORKER TO LET GO OF SCREEN AND WHEN IT DROPPED EE WRENCHED HIS BACK.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE WELDER TO REPAIR IT WHEN HE REMOVED THE GUARD TO CHECK ON A STUCK GOVERNOR CONTROL. HE REACHED UP TO FREE THE ROD AND HIS FINGERS SLIPPED, CAUSING THEM TO GET CAUGHT IN T HE FAN. EE SUFFERED NEAR AMPUTATION AND COMPOUND FRACTURES OF HIS INDEX FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
USING CUTTING TORCH ON METAL, A PIECE OF THE METAL FELL AND HIT AN AEROSOL CAN, CAUSING THE CAN TO EXPLODE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF BOAT CARRYING A PUMP, LOST BALANCE AND FELL FORWARD SMASHING HAND BETWEEN THE PUMP AND BOAT.
TRIPPED OVER GEAR SHIFT WHEN ENTERING DRILL WHILE TRYING TO LOOK AT BOOM AT SAME TIME
CHECKING OIL IN WATER TRUCK, WAS ON RIGHT FENDER CHECKING OIL, HE MISSED THE STEP AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE TRUCK.
CLIMBING OFF LOADER, FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF A SCREEN DECK REMOVING SIDE RAILS. AS HE WAS HOLDING A BOLT IN PLACE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO ALLOW THE FASTNERS (NUTS) TO BE REMOVED, THE AIR GUN WAS BEING APPLIED TO TH E NUTS, THE BOLTS TURNED THROUGH AND CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
JAW CRUSHER WAS NOT TAKING FULL FEED. EE EXITED LOADER TO CHECK CRUSHER CHAMBER AND AFTER NOTICING A TREE ROOT INSIDE, CLIMBED DOWN, LOCKED IT OUT AND CLIMBED BACK UP ON PLATFORM TO FREE ROOT. HE HAD DIFFICULTY, SO CLIMBED IN JAW AND SLID DOWN, CATCHING BOOT AND LODGING LEF IN JAW. TWISTED LEFT KNEE AND HEARD IT POP.
EE WAS WORKING UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A WASP FLEW BY HIM. HE TRIED TO WAVE THE WASP AWAY WHEN IT STUNG HIM ON HIS LEFT HAND. INITIALLY, THE EE THOUGHT IT WAS A BEE, BUT IT WAS A WASP WHI CH HE FOUND OUT LATER HE WAS ALLERGIC TO. HIS HAND WAS SLIGHTLY SWOLLEN THAT EVENING AND INCREASED IN SEVERITY OVER THE PERIOD OF 24 HOURS. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR ONE DAY FOR OBSERVATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AIR CONDITIONED FRONT END LOADER FOR MOST OF HIS WORK SHIFT. HE GOT OUT AND BEGAN SHOVELING BY THE CRUSHER AND WAS OVERCOME BY HEAT.
CREW WAS CHANGING CONE LLINER, PLACIDO PUT FINGER IN HOLE TO REMOVE A SHIM AND THE LINER FELL AND CUT OFF PORTION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER 1 ST JOINT.
WHILE SHOVELING AROUND FEEDER, EE STEPPED BACK AND STEPPED ON ROCK, TWISTING ANKLE ON RIGHT FOOT.
WHILE CLEANING THE TAIL SECTION OF A PIT CONVEYER, A ROCK FELL FROM THE HEAD SECTION OF ANOTHER CONVEYOR AND HIT HIM ON THE LOWER RIGHT BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HIS SUPERVISOR FREE A BLOCK ON A CRANE. THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT RING FINGERGOT BETWEEN THE CABLE AND BLOCK CAUSING INJURY.
WAS ON THE BACK OF XL5110 SCALER. WAS IN PROCESS OF ADDING OIL TO THE HYDRAULIC TANK AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE PLUG WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF PLUG INJURING FINGER.
GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL TO MAKE A NEW CONVEYERGUARD, PIECE OF STEEL ENTERED LEFT EYE.
WHILE TRYING TO PUNCH OUT CUT OFF BOLTS ON CRUSHER, MISSED HITTING FINGER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.
WHILE OPERATING THE SCALE AT BECKLEY PLANT, WINDOW FOR TICKETING TO TRUCKS WAS DIFFICULT TO OPERATE CAUSING INJURY TO RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER. PUT ON LIGHT DUTY.
EE WENT TO SEE DR. TO GO VOER EMG RESULTS WHICH WERE FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY. EE ALLEGEDLY CLAIMS THAT WHEN GOING BACK TO REGULAR DUTY, HE AGGRAVATED A PRIOR INJURY. HE WAS SENT TO DR. FOR AND EMG AND CAR. DR. PUT HIM ON LIGHT DUTY 6-13-00. PRIOR TO THIS, THE EE WAS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY FORM HIS PRIOR INJURY AND HAD BEEN WORKING HIS REGULAR WORK DUTY AND HOURS.
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER, EMPLOYEE'S RIGHTLEG SLIPPED THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE, CUTTING AND BRUISING HIS LEG.
EE WAS STANDING ON THE CATWALK BY THE CONE CRUSHER. HE STEPPED ONTO THE LEDGE OF THE CRUSHER AND WHEN HE JUMPED BACK DOWN, HE MISSTEPPED AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. EE STATES HE MIGHT HAVE HAD GREA SE ON HIS BOOT WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOOSE HIS FOOTING. HE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT BUT WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM LATER THAT NIGHT. HE RECEIVED A SPRAINED ANKLE FROM THIS INJURY/ACCIDENT.
RUNNING THE SCRAPER, EMPLOYEE LOOKED BACK AT CAN AND HIT A BUMP RESULTING IN HURTING HIS BACK.
WHILE MAKING A WELD, A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND WENT BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES INTO RIGHT EYE.
INJURED WAS LIFTING/ ROLLING I BEAMS TO CUT THEM WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE INDICATED THAT HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT HAND, THOUGHT IT COULD BE RELATED TO REPETITIVE MOTION FOR CRANE OPERATIONS. SURGERY CONDUCTED 3/3/00
EE WAS CLEANING A SCREEN BY USING A SMALL HAMMERTO BEAT ON SCREEN TO REMOVE EXCESS BUILDUP HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER A FEW HRS LATER HE INFORMED SUPERVISOR THAT HIS SHOULDER HURT & WAS TAKEN T CONCENTRA MEDICAL CENTERS WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A STRAIN TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER
EE WAS COMING DOWN THE STAIRS OF THE GENERATOR TRAILER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE 2ND STEP HE FELL FORWARD HITTING HIS HEAD AGAINST A LOADER BUCKET. EE SUFFERED A MILD CONCUSSION & A NECK SPRAIN
PULLING PEDESTAL OUT OF CRUSHER (TO CHANGE OIL) PULLING LIGHT SHOULDER.
UNDER #3 CONVEYOR CUTTING OLD TRESTLE OUT TO BE REPLACED, WELD BROKE AND STEEL PIECE FELL ON FINGER.
EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND WELDING A PIECE OF METAL AND A SMALL PIECE OF SOMETHING WENT UNDER THE GLASSES AND INTO THE RIGHT EYE.