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Miner was lifting a train door opening bar when the door bound causing EE to strain a back muscle.
Miner was manually opening a dump train car when material sloughed down onto the door causing it to rapidly open jerking the miner's arms causing a shoulder strain
The team member was assisting with the installation of a new Dredge bucket when their left index finger became caught in-between a becket and the work platform causing a laceration.
Member was closing train dump gate and strained a rib muscle
Employee scratched left eye with a paper bag.
Injury to right shoulder while opening rail car doors to dump gravel at receiving facility. Injury exhibited as tear of long head bicep tendon.
Employee was cleaning the deck of the dredge off using a hose and was backing up while pulling the hose. They tripped over the anchor cable and their leg was momentarily caught beneath the cable during the fall causing a dislocation of the kneecap and fracture of the right femur lateral condyle.
Mechanic was changing a pulley on a motor and attempted to lift it with one hand when felt a "pop" in upper arm. Suffered distal tendon damage requiring surgery.
While employee was operating a FEL he began to feel pain in his lower abdomen. He could not identify any event or specific time the pain began. The employee went to a local clinic where he was given prescription medication and placed on light duty for seven days.
Employee was unloading rail cars. The bar he was using slipped and struck him in the upper lip casuing a laceration that was closed with 3 sutures.
Employee was crossing a parked gravel train between cars. Employee climbed over knuckle, grabbed bars and swung out. Employee missed toe kick on walkway and struck left shin, lacerating area that required stitches. Employee did not have lost time.
Employee stepped down off loader, let go of the ladder and stepped back when his heel rolled causing him to fall to the ground striking his wrist on the ground. X-ray revealed a broken bone in his wrist.
EE was walking back to the maintenance shed when he started to walk down on gentle slope, heater conductors had melted some snow and then it re-froze into ice. EE slipped and fell to ground, at the end of the shift, the ee's ankle was swollen and painful. EE took the following day off of work.
WHILE WALKING FROM SCREEN TO PLATFORM WET BOOT SLIPPED , EE PIVOTED AND FELL TO A CONVEYOR BELT.PULLEYS ON CONVEYOR BRUISED RIGHT SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK. EE STATED THAT HE WAS OK AND DID NOT WANT TO SEE A DOCTOR ON 4-2-03 AND ALSO ON 4-7-03 ON 4-18-03 EE REQUESTED TO SEE A DOCTOR AND WAS SEEN THE SAME DAY.