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Employee has pain in right hand/wrist and left shoulder due to repetitive operation of front-end loader.
Employee alleges lower back strain resulting from releasing hand brake on engine. EE did not report alleged injury until 9/13/07.
EE was using a hydraulic jack to place metal liner up against crusher wall when the jack slipped hitting employees left forearm.
While operating haul unit, rear-end came loose from frame of unit causing unit to suddenly stop, resulting in strain/contusion to employee's abdomen caused by impact of seat belt.
Employee was climbing down off of shovel and stepped on rock, resulting in sprain of left ankle.
EE was hooking up hoses in water pit which resulted in alleged back pain.
While cleaning material buildup from underneath field conveyor using a Bobcat loader, the employee climbed out of the vehicle to inspect a pin which had worked loose on the boom arm. After climbing back into the Bobcat, the employee bypassed the safety devices and operated the equipment standing up and became pinned between the boom crossmember and the roof of the cab.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE ELECTRICAL PLUG WHEN HE BENT DOWN HITTING LEFT KNEE ON CORNER OF METAL RACK, RESULTING IN CONTUSION/ POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF KNEE.
WHILE POURING SECONDARY PIT, EMPLOYEE'S LEGS CAME INTO CONTACT WITH WET CONCRETE, RESULTING IN CONCRETE BURNS.
WHILE WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND SURFACE EE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES NECK STRAIN AS A RESULT OF RUNNING LOADER INTO A ROCKPILE TOO HARD.
EMPLOYEE STRAINED LEFT GROIN AREA WHILE CLIMBING UP AND DOWN THE HAUL TRUCK.
EE WAS INVOLVED IN CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CONVEYOR WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL APPROX 4' TO THE GROUND RESULTING IN FRACTURED LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT CLIMBING ON/OFF THE CRANE TO REPAIR SHIFTING MECHANISM RESULTED IN STRAIN TO LEFT KNEE.
EE LIFTING SCREEN TO PLACE IN LOADER BUCKET WHENHE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE SCREENS ON A SHAKER, HE CUT THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE EDGE OF THE SCREEN HE WAS PULLING OFF. NOTE: WORKGLOVES WERE BEING WORN AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDE NT.
EE WAS ASSISTING IN MOVING 5 CONNECTED RAILCARS TO AN ADJACENT TRACK BY MEANS OF A WHEELL TRACTOR. THE REAR RAILCAR BECAME UNCOUPLED FROM THE TRACTOR. THE EE SIGNALED THE OPERATOR OF TRACTOR T O BACK AWAY FROM THE REAR RAILCAR TO ALLOW RECOUPLING. AFTER THE WHEEL TRACTOR BACKED AWAY, THE EE POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE TRACTOR & RAILCAR. THE SLACK RELEASED FATALLY INJURING EE.
EE STRAINED MID-BACK WHILE CARRYING METAL BAR UPTHE STAIRS.
EE WAS HAMMERING A RIPPER TOOTH ON DOZER WHEN A PIECE OF THE TOOTH (STEEL) BROKE OFF AND EMBEDDED RIGHT THIGH.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A MIG WELDER WHEN THE SLAG BURNED THROUGH HIS GLOVE CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A TAILPULLEY WHEN IT SLIPPED, CAUSING RIGHT LITTLE FINGER TOBE CAUGHT BETWEEN SHAFT AND CONVEYER FRAME, RESULTING IN LACERATION OF FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CUTTING TORCH FRO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME RESULTING IN STRAIN TO HIS NECK AND LOWER BACK.
EE STEPPED DOWN OFF OF RAILCAR ONTO TRACKS AT WHICH TIME HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
THE WELDING TRUCK WAS BROUGHT TO THE SHOP AREA AND PARKED. THE MAINTENENACE CREW WENT TO THE WATER PUMPS AND DRAINED FOR THE NIGHT. UPON RETURNING TO THE SHOP AREA EE ROUNDED THE CORNER OF THE BLDG AND DISCOVERED THE WELDING TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE CREW TRIED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WHILE SUMMONING THE STRINGTOWN FIRE DEPT. ALL FLAMES WERE OUT WITHIN 25 MINUTES OF STARTING. FIRE BURNT