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INJURED WAS GOING DOWN A 45 DEGREE EMBANKMENT TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE ROADWAY THAT HAD FALLEN OFF ON A PREVIOUS TRIP WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HURT HIS RIGHT KNEE. (REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT 08 -17-94).
EE WAS OPERATING A TRUCK WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SLIPPED OFF THE EDGE OF THE ROADWAY, HITTING A HOLE IN THE DITCH LINE; CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE AND HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE SAFE-TOP.
INJURED WAS UNLOADING A 1200 LB GOULD PUMP AND AS HE STARTED TO SLIDE PUMP HIS ARM CONTACTED A PROTRUDING BANDING EDGE. THE BANDING MATERIAL HAD BEEN CUT LEAVING A SHARP EDGE EXPOSED.
INJURED STEPPED DOWN FROM A SIDEWALK AND AS HE PUT HIS LEFT FOOT DOWN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A HYDRAULIC PUMP ON A JS800 LOADER.HE WAS ON HIS STOMACH LOWERING THE PUMP IN POSITION WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG AND BACK.THIS BECAME A LTA WHEN INJURED MISSE D HIS SHIFT 03-04-94 AND SOUGHT THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN.
INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE REPAIRING PINION SHAFT ON "D" ROD MILL AND LEFT OVERHEAD CRANE POSITIONED TOO LOW RESULTING IN INJURED HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE CRANE HOOK.
INJURED WAS DRAGGING BACK AT FACE WHEN THE DIPPER KNUCKLE FLOPPED OVER CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD BELOW HIS HARD HAT ON THE SAFE TOP.
INJURED WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF DISCHARGE BOX THROWING 2 1/2" GRINDING BALLS INTO MILL WHEN HE HIT HIS RING FIGNER BETWEEN BALL AND DISCHARGE BOX.
INJURED WAS REPAIRING EXHAUST FANS IN THE MILL SCREEN BUILDING AFTER TESTING THE CIRCUIT FOR SHORTS HE ENERGIZED THE STARTER A FAULT OCCURRED N THE MANUAL STARTER CAUSING IT TO EXPLODE & THE R ESULTING FLASH BURNED HIS RT ARM (INJURED REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT 08-26-93)
INJURED WAS MUCKING RIGHT RIB WHEN DIPPER HIT A "KNOT" IN FLOOR, THROWING HIM INTO ARM REST. (REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT 08-26-93)
INJURED WAS LOADING HOLES WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK THAT WAS UNDER WATER.
CO-WORKER WAS TAKING OFF A VICTAULIC COUPLING FROM POLY PIPE; PIPE STRUCK INJURED IN RIGHT KNEE WHEN IT CAME OFF.
REFUELING LOADER AND ANTICIPATED STEP FOR DISMOUNTING; HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO STEP. ( REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT 8/2/93)
INJURED WAS CHANGING MANIFOLD ON DUX ROCK BREAKER MACHINE- LIFTING BRACE HOOD.
INJURED DUMPED A DIPPER OF LIME INTO HOPPER CONVEYOR HE THEN DISMOUNTED LOADER TO PUNCH LIME ONTO CONVEYOR BELT AS HE DESCENDED LADDER HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL
A FLAT ROCK PLUGGED THE CHUT EBETWEEN #1 BELT AND THE ROBBINS SCREEN. INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE CLEARING THE CHUTE FROM THE WALKWAY #1. INJURED WAS STANDING AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE CONV EOYR. THE SCALING BAR WAS DRIVEN INTO THE HANG UP AND INJURED PULLED HARD ON THE BAR. APPARENTLY THE BAR CAME BACK FURTHER THAN HE EXPECTED, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL BACKWARD
INJURED AND CO-WORKER HAD BEEN MAKING REPAIRS TO THE MILL BIN. WHEN THEY STARTED TO EXIT THE MILL BIN INJURED REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE FELT A BURNING PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN HE CLIMBED OUT OF THE BIN.
INJURED WAS DRAGGING BACK A DRILL PLACE IN 65-SR5 FOR JARVIS CLARK ROOF BOLTER. AS HE BACKED, OBSERVING DIPPER, HE BECAME PINNED IN LOADER BY A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL HANGING ON THE WALL IN A ST EEL HOLDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING DRILL STEEL FROM A PERCUSSION DRILL WHEN METAL COUPLING BROKE AND A SLIVER OF STEEL (FROM THE COUPLING) STRUCK INJURED IN LEFT SIDE OF THE NECK.
INJURED WAS SERVICING THE BARFORD SURFACE LOADER. AS HE WAS GREASING THE BOOM, WHILE STANDING ON TOP OF THE FRONT TIRE, HE SLIPPE DON SOME GREASE TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE AND STRIKING IT ON TH E LOADER FRAME.
INJURED AND CO WORKER WERE HANGING AIR LINE. THEY WERE LIFTING 6 INCH LINE WITH MULE WHEN PIPE CAME OUT OF THE SADDLE AND HIT INJURED ON BACK OF NECK AS IT FELL.
95149ED WAS PUTTING A SPEEDY SLEEVE OVER THE RIGHT REAR SPINDLE OF #9 TRUCK HE WAS STARTING SLEEVE ON SPINDLE WITH HIS THUMBS SLEEVE HAD A SHARP EDGE WHERE HIS LEFT THUMB WAS (UNKNOWN TO INJUR 54?01S HE INSERTED PRESSURE THE EDGE OF THE SLEEVE PENETRATED HIS THUMB
95149ED WAS A RIDER IN A PICKUP TRUCK;BULLDOG JERKED CAUSING INJURED TO FALL BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A REAR WINDOW.
ROCK FELL OFF FACE WHEN FUSE WAS PULLED TO HOOK ON TRUNK LINE.
95103AKING DOWN GROUND;ROCK CAME DOWN GROUND BAR
JULY 16 INJURED WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT WHILE REBUILDING ENGINE. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL AUGUST 13 DIAGNOSIS WAS RECEIVED FROM DR DATED 10-12-92 STATING THAT INJURED HAD SUFFERED TENDONITIS RIGHT HAND.
INJ L THUMB CAUGHT IN BETWEEN BASKET AND DRILL BED ON RF BOLTER
INJURED WAS STANDING BESIDE THE DUX SCALING MACHINE WHEN THE DOOR OPENED AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK.THIS INJURY WAS CLASSIFIED REPORTABLE ONLY UNTIL 05-13-92 WHEN INJURED SOUGHT MEDCIAL TREATMENT .
INJURED WAS DRILLING A 3/4" PLATE. WHIEL HANDLING THE PLATE A SMALL SLIVER WENT INTO HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. THE SLIVER WAS REMOVED AT THAT TIME. HOWEVER, ON MARCH 9, 1992, THE FINGER BEGAN T O SWELL AND LOOK INFECTED AT THE POINT WHERE THE SLIVER ENTERED THE FINGER.
INJURED WAS PULLING A PUMP INTO POSITION WHEN HE SAID HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.HE AND CO-WORKER WERE PLACING A PUMP AT 66-RIC SUMP.INJURED CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL MARCH 17,1992.FIRST SHIFT A BSENT.WHEN HE REPORTED OFF DUE TO BACK PAIN.
INJURED AND CO WORKER WERE REMOVING A BOOM PIN. AS INJURED LOWERED THE PIN TO THE FLOOR HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. THE PAIN WENT AWAY AND HE DID NOT REPORT IT LATER THAT NIGHT HE REPORTED THE PAIN HAD GOTTEN WORSE.
INJURED WAS INSTALLINGA HYDRAULIC HOSE ON A SURFACE LOADER. HE WAS IN A SITTING POSITION WITH HIS HEAD DOWN AND TURNED TO THE SIDE. AS HE INSTALLED THE HOSE HE FELT A PAIN IN THE FRONT OF HIS THROAT.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING PTO ON A TRANSMISSION.AS HE LIFTED THE PTO AND TWISTED AROUND,HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.THE PTO WEIGHT IS APPROXIMATELY 75 LBS.
INJ WAS DISMOUNTING #3 GARNDER DENVER DRILL HE SLIPPED & FELL.
CLIMBING OVER CURB TO PUMP SLIPPED ON OIL
INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE CHANGING A FEEDER PAN ON #3 CRUSHER FEEDER. AS THEY WERE REMOVING THE PAN, A 3" X 3" X 1/2" X 20" LONG ANGLE, WHICH SUPPORTS THE CRUSHER, FELL STRIKING INJURED ON TH E RIGHT SHOULDER.
INJURED WAS DRIVING #9 TRUCK, WITH SEAT LEANING SIDEWAYS, OVER ROUGHT ROADS.
INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE CHANGING A HYDRAULIC HOSE ON A SURFACE FRONT END LOADER. INJURED WAS TIGHTENING A FITTING WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS REMOVING AN AIR TANK FROM AN ST-8 LOADER. AS HE AND CO WORKER LIFTED THE TANK UP ONEOF THE SIDE GUARD WELDS BROKE AND CAUSED AN 5 X 3/4 X 6 STEEL FLAT BAR TO FALL AND STRIKE INJURE D ON THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE FLAT BAR FELL AND STRIKE INJURED ON THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE FLAT BAR FELL WITHOUT WARNING.
DRILLING HOLES, STEPPED DOWN FROM MACHINE, ON ROCK SLIPPED STRAINED BACK
INJURED TWISTED HIS BACK WHEN LIFTING 50 POUND BAGS OF AMMONIA FROM POWDER WAGON TO LOADING MACHINE
INJ REPAIRING BOOM GUIDE SHELL ,CO-WORKER ACTIVATED GUIDE IN WRONG DIRECTION CAUSING SLIDE TO PINCH INJ THUMB.
INJURED, WHILE WALKING, STEPPED OFF A SMALL RIDGE IN THE FLOOR AND TWISTED ANKLE.
A ROCK WAS DISLODGED BY BARRING IN A SKIP POCKET AND ROLLED APPROX. 4' DOWN THE MUCK PILE STRIKING INJURED ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT.
INJURED WAS WALKING PAST 7' CONDITIONING TANK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOMETHING SLICK AND FELL PULLING A MUSCLE IN LEFT LEG.
AT THE END OF THE SHIFT INJURED WAS WALKING THROUGH THE OFFICE PARKING LOT WHEN HE FELL INTO A DITCH STRICKING HIS CHEST ON A DRAINAGE PIPE.
INJURED WAS WELDING AND INHALED WELDING FUMES CAUSING COUGHING AND NASAL INFECTION.
LIFTING ANFO BAG OFF A PALLET ON THE BOTTOM LAYER. (REPORTED 5-15-90).
INJURED WAS SHOVELING ROCK AND DEBRIS THAT HAD FALLEN UNDER BELT. HE WAS STANDING ON INCLINE LEVEL SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM FLOOR AND PUTTING IT ON THE BELT WHICH IS ABOUT WAIST HIGH.
INJURED WAS CUTTING 2" ANGLE LAYING ONTOOL BOX APPROX. 3' HIGH. WHEN HE CUT OFF A PIECE IT FELL ON TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT.