EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A 980C LOADER. AS HE DESCENDED THE LADDER HE STEPPED OFF ONTO THE SHOP FLOOR. WHEN HE DID HE TWISTED HIS BACK. HE HAD NO TOOLS OR OTHER OBJECTS IN HIS HANDS. IT CAUSED A MUSCLE STRAIN IN THE LOWER BACK.
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Showing all 42EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER TO FUEL HIS LOADER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON MUD AND HE GRABBED A PIECE OF SHARP METAL EDGE WITH HIS LEFT HAND. CUTTING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER. IT RE QUIRED TWO STITCHES TO CLOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WAITING TO LOAD A HAUL TRUCK AS THE TRUCK APPROACHED HE MISJUDGED HIS DISTANCE CAUSING A BACK STRAIN TO THE LOADER OPERATOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING HIS HAUL TRUCK TO BE LOADED HE MISJUDGED HIS APPROACH AND STRUCK THE LOADER CAUSING A SHOULDER STRAIN TO HIMSELF AND A BACK STRAIN TO THE LOADER OPERATOR.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPLICE A CONVEYOR BELT TOGETHER. AS HE WENT TO REPOSITION HIMSELF, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL STRIKING HIS KNEE AGAINST THE CONVEYOR, CAUSING A SEVERE CONTUSION TO THE R T KNEE, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICATION FROM THE DR.
HE WAS DIRECTING THE MOVEMENT OF THE ROCK BREAKER AT THE JAW CRUSHER. THE BREAKER SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK AND THE OPERATOR OVER-COMPENSATED FOR THE SLIP AND THE BREAKER TRAPPED HIS HAND BETWEEN I T AND THE ROCK BOX ON THE JAW CRUSHER, CAUSING LACERATION AND THE BREAKING OF HIS INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND. HE HAS MISSED NO TIME FROM WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY.
EE CAME IN AFTER THE WEEKEND AND SAID HIS LEFT LEG WAS HURT. HE SAID IT HAD HURT THE WEEK BEFORE BUT COULD NOT RELATE IT TO A SPECIFIC TIME OR PLACE. HE SITS ON HIS LEFT LEG TO SHOVEL SINCE HE SAYS HE HAD A PREVIOUS INJURY THAT MAKES IT HARD FOR HIM TO STAND UP AND SHOVEL.
EE WAS HELPING PUT ON A NEW CONVEYOR BELT. AS HE WAS HELPING ROLL OFF THE BELTING HIS FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROLL AND THE CHAIN HOLDING IT. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION AND CONTUSION ON HIS RT RING FINGER.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE CATWALK OF THE GYM CRUSHER WHEN HE STEPPED ON A LOOSE PIECE OF CATWALK MATERIAL AND FELL INJURING HIS SIDE. IT WAS A DEEP CONTINUS WITH NO LAST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY.
HE WAS TRYING TO POSITION THE ROCK BOX BACK OVER THE JAW CRUSHER. HIS PRY BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT AND THE METAL BOX, BRUISING HIS HAND AND POSSIBLY BREAKING HIS INDEX FING ER.
EE WAS HELPING REPLACE JAW SHINS. HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES. A PIECE OF METAL BECAME IMBEDDED IN HIS EYE AND HAD TO BE REMOVED AT THE DR. NO RESTRICTED DUTY OR LOSS TIME WAS IN CURRED DUE TO THIS.
EE WAS GOING TO REMOVE A LADDER USED FOR WORKING ON THE JAW CRUSHR. HE SLIPPED AS HE WAS REAACHING FOR IT AND HIT HIS SHOULDER ON THE JAW. CAUISNG A SHOULDER STRAIN, THIS WAS NOT REPORTED UN TIL 2-10-97. THIS WAS PLACED IN RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE WAS REPLACING IDLER ON A CONVEYOR BELT. HE PULLED ON ONE OF THE IDLERS & FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. DIGNOSED AS A LOWER BACK STRAIN.
EE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH HIS A/C. HE RAISED THE LID ON THE BATTERY BOX TO CHECK HIS WIRES. AS HE MOVED A RUBBER MAT TO CHECK THE BATTIERIES A SPARK OCCURRED & IGNITED THE GAS EXPLODING THE B ATTER. HE RECEIVE 1ST6 & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS FACE WITH SOME LACERATIONS, NO DAMAGE TO HIS EYES DUE TO HIS SAFETY GLASSES DIVERTING THE ACID.
EE WAS HELPING REPLACE BELT LACES. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL THE BELT BACKWARDS BY USING THE V-BELTS. THE BELT HAD SOME RESISTANCE TO IT. WHEN HE TRIED TO LET GO OF THE V-BELTS, THEY CAUGHT HI S THUMB BETWEEN V-BELT AND THE SHEAVE OF THE GEAR BOX, BREAKING HIS RT THUMB.
EMP WAS DOING MAINTENANCE ON A CONVEYOR. LAID TORCH DOWN AND KEPT IT LIT. TOOK OFF HIS GLOVES TOMOVE A PIECE OF MATERIAL. AS HE SWUNG AROUND HE FORGOT ABOUT THE TORCH BEING THERE AND RAN HIS H AND UNDER THE FLAME BURNING 3 FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EE WAS CHANGING A STARTER ON A LOADER. AS HE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS LOWER BACK MUSCLE STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING GREASE GUN TO A HAUL TRUCK. HE WENT TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND APPARENTLY HAD HIS RIGHT HAND STILL ON THE DOOR JAM. AS HE CLOSED IT HE CLOSED IT ON HIS HAND BREAKING THE FIR ST JOINT OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER.
EE WAS REPLACING LACES IN A CONYOR BELT. THE DIP CAME OFF AND HE WAS TRYING TO HOLD THE BOLT WITH HIS HAND AS HE USED THIS IMPACT WRENCH TO TURN IT THE BOLT TURNED AND CUT HIS FINGER. IT REQUI RED 5 STITCHES TO THE INDEX FINGER HIS LEFT HAND
EE WAS USING A PORTA POWER TO CHANGE A JAW LINER. HE GOT ONE SIDE OF THE BOLTS AHEAD OF THE OTHER & CAUSED THE PORTA POWER TO SLIP OUT & HIT HISKNEE CAUSING A CONTUSION. DUE TO A LACK OF COMMU NICATION I WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 2/28/96. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED FOR ANY FUTURE EVENTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AROUND A CONVEYOR ON A CONCRETE SLAB. SOME MATERIAL HAD BEEN WASHED AWAY FROM THE SLAB. AS HE STEPPED BACKWARDS HE SLIPPED OFF THE CONCRETE AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE. NO TI ME LOST FROM THIS INJURY ONLY MODIFIED WORK DUTY
EE WAS GREASING THE #11 BELT. FOR SOME REASON HE GOT UP ONTO THE BELT TO SEE IF THERE WAS GREASE COMING OUT OF THE BEARING. HE HAD NOT LOCKED OUT THE BELT AND THE PLANT OPERATOR RESTARTED THE BELT TO BEGIN RUNNING THE PLANT AGAIN. HE DID NOT SOUND HIS STARTUP ALARM AS PER PROCEDURE & EE WAS THROWN FROM THE BELT AND HIS ANKLE WAS CAUGHT IN THE BELT AND FRACTURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING SIDE PLATE BOLTS ON A SHAKER. AS HE PULLED DOWN ON THE WRENCH THE BOLT BROKE CAUSING HIS ELBOW TO STRIKE THE FRAME OF THE SCREEN, CHIPPING HIS TIP OF THE ELBOW. HE WENT TO THE DR. 3 MONTHS LATER WHEN HE REPORTED IT TO ME. THEY DRAINED THE FLUID OFF THE ELBOW AND GAVE HIM SOME MEDICATION FOR THE INFLAMATION. HE NOTIFIED US ON 12-20-95.
EMP WAS HELPING A MECHANIC ON D8 DOZER. THEY LIFTED THE BELLY PAN AND HE FELT PAIN. SAID HE DID NOT WANT TO GO TO DR. ON 10-18-95 CAME IN WITH SEVERE PAIN. TOOK HIM TO DR WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSE D WITH AN UMBILICAL HERNIA.
EE WAS HELPING CHANGE SCREEN ON THE SCALPER AS THEY WERE LETTING THE SCREEN DOWN HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SCREEN & THE METAL OF THE HOPPER THE SCALPER IT CAUSED A SEVERE LACERATION OF TH E MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND REQUIRING STICHES &LOSS OF FINGER NAIL
INJURED WAS TIGHTENING A ROW OF 1" BOLTS ON A 988 LOADER. HE PUT HIMSELF IN A STRAIN AND FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS TO US UNTIL 5-30-95. HE WAS SEEN BY A DOCTO R ON 5-31 WITH A LOWER BACK MUSCLE STRAIN.
INJURED WAS SHOVELING AROUND THE PLANT. HIS ARMSBEGAN HURTING & SWELLING. HE TAPED IT UP AND IT STARTED HURTING MORE. HE INFORMED HIS SUPERVISORHE WAS SENT TO THE DR. WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TENDONITIS AND PUT ON LIGHT DUTY.
EE WAS HAULING ROCK TO THE PLANT. A MECHANIC PULLED IN FRONT OF HIM AS HE WAS TRYING TO STOP, HIS LEFT TESTICLE LODGED UNDER HIS LEG CAUSING IT TO BE COMPRESSED AND LATER SWELL. HE DID NOT COM PLAIN OF ANY INJURIES UNTIL 2-1-95 AT WHICH TIMEWE TOOK HIM TO THE DR.
EE SAID HE WAS WALKING THRU THE PLANT & STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS ANKLE THERE WERE NO WITNESS & WE CANNOT GET HIM TO FIND TRANSPORTATION TO THE DOC
HE WAS HELPING REPLACE JAW CRUSHER LINERS. HE PULLED ON THE PRYBAR TO SEAT THE PLATE WHEN HE FELT THE BULGE IN HIS ABDOMEN.
INJURED CLEANING OUT RAIL CARS. HE STATED THAT AS HE WAS SHOVELING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. THIS IS ONE OF HIS ROUND JOB AND NOTHING UNUSUAL OCCURRING. THE DR HAVE DIAGNOISED IT AT BURSITIS AND TENDONITIS. THIS EMPLOYEE HAS ONLY WORKED HERE 2 MONTHS. HE HAS BEEN PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY FOR AT LEAST 1 WEEK.
INJURED TOLD UP ON 8-11-94 THAT 8-8-94 HE SLIPPED WHILE USING HT EWASH OUT HOSE CAUSING HIS KNEE TO BE HURT. THE DR DIDFIND A SMALL CONT. ON HIS LEFT KNEW BUT NO MAJOR PROBLEM. JSUT THE SMAL L BRUISE.
EE WAS LOADING AND WEIGHING RAIL CARS. THE SHIVE THE OPERATES THE RAIL CAR MOVES BROKE, SENDING A PIECE OF IT THROUGH THE BUILDING WHERE THE SCALE OPERATOR STANDS. A PIECE OF THE SHIVE HIT EE IN THE RT. BUTTOCK CAUSING AN 1-1/2" LACERATION REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.
EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER A BELT HE WAS SHOVELING ON AN ANGLE AS HE PUSHED THE SHOVEL UNDER THE BELT IT CONTACTED THE BELT CAUSING THE HANDLE TO HIT HIS FOREARM HE SUSTAINED A BRJISE TO THE LEFT FOREARM THE ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY ALLOWING MATERIAL TO BUILD UP TO CLOSE TO THE RETURN POSITION 8TH BELT CAUSING THE SHOVEL TO BE UP NEAR THE RETURN MOTION OF THE BELTING EMPLOYEE WAS PUT ON
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CONVEYOR BELT. HE SAW A NAIL STICKING THROUGH THE BELT. HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL IT OUT. IN DOING SO HIS TOOL SLIPPED AND THE NAIL LACERATED HIS WRIST. HE WAS GIVEN A TET NUS SHOT AND ONE STITCH IN THE WOUND.
HE WAS ASSIGNED TO MOVE AND REPAIR THE JAW FEEDER. HE LIFTED A SHORT PIECE OF I-BEAM FOR BRACING OF THE FEEDER. HE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY PAIN UNTIL LATER THAT NIGHT AT HIS HOUSE. HE REPORTED IT THE NEXT MORNING. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A MUSCLE STRAIN.
EE WAS REPAIRING A TRANSMISSION ON A HAUL TRUCK. HE HAS PUT ONE JACK ON TOP OF ANOTHER INSTEAD OF USING CRIBBING. THE TOP JACK SLIPPED OF THE OTHER CAUSING TAG TRANSMISSION TO FALL AND CATCHIN G HIS FINGER BTWEEN THE MOUNTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNDER A TAIL PULLEY WHEN HE SAID HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT SIDE. DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS IS A HYDROCELE OF LEFT SCROTUM - "HERNIA".
EE AHD BEEN WORKING IN THE CAB OF THE LOADER AS HE WAS DECENDING THE LADDER HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIS LEFT ELBOW & SHOULDER TO BE DRIVING INTO THE LADDER HE DIDNT WANT TO BE TREATED AT THAT TIME BUT HAS HAD PAIN EVER SINCE & WAITED TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT THE DOC EXAMINED HIM ON 09-14-93 DIAGNOSED IT AS A LIGAMENT STRAIN IN THE LEFT SHOULDER & ISSUED AN ANTICOFLAMENTORY DRUG WITH
INJURED WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A PIN IN A HYDRALIC LIFT CYLINDEROF A CAT. HAUL TRUCK. AS HE WAS DRIVING THE PIN OUT A PIECE OF METAL SPLIT OFF AND WENT INTO HIS LEFT FOREARM. REQUIRING REMOVAL A ND STITCHES!
EE WAS CHECKING THE PLANT FOR STARTUP. HE WENT AROUND TO START THE PUMP IN DUST CONTROL AND TURNED HIS ANKLE ON A ROCK. HE THEN WENT UP INTO THE PLANT AND STEPPED IN A HOLE CAUSING FURTHER PAI N TO THE ANKLE. DIAGNOSIS WAS A SPRAIN TO LEFT ANKLE.
ALLEGED HEARING LOSS.