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EMP CHANGED OUT A N ALTERNATOR ON A COAL HAULER. IT TOOK TWO HOURS AFTER HE COMPLETED THIS TASK THAT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. EM DOES NOT REMEMBER LIFTING OR TWISTING I MPROPERLY, AT T HE END OF SHIFT HE FELT PAIN WHEN HE LEFTED HIS ARMS UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A REAR TRANSMISSION FROM A SCRAPER HE HAD THE TRANSMISSION HANGING FROM A OVERHEAD CRANE THE TRANSMISSION WAS HANGING UP ON THE STUDS SO HE PULLED ON THE LIFTING CHAIN TO FREE IT AND TRANSMISSION MOVED AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED UPON RT.REAR FENDER TO CHECK OIL IN REAR ENGINE HE SQUATTED DOWN & BENT FORWARD TO PULL DIPSTICK WIPED IT OFF & REPLACED IT HE THEN PULLED DIPSTICK OUT THE SECOND TIME & WHIL E REPLACING IT HE FELT A PAIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES HE STATED HE DID NOT TWIST OR SLIP BUT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY IMPROPER BODY POSITION
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING FAN BELTS AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL TO THE FLOOR HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON A METAL BRACE CAUSING HIS SPRAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS OUT BY THE TUB OF THE DRAGLING MOVING POWER CABLE. AS HE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM THE SHOE OF THE DRAGLINE, HE STEPPED ONTO A SMOOTH PAD OF DIRT LEFT BY A DOZER TRACK AND THE PAD OF DIRT MOVED SLIGHTLY AND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE AS HE STEPPED ONTO IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SEATED AT A DRAFTING TABLE.HE REACHED FOR A PENCIL AND AT THAT TIME HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.HE DID NOT NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION BUT MISSED WORK THE NEXT DAY DUE TO HIS BACK STRAI N.
EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING TRANSFORMERS ONTO A TRUCK FOR SALAVAGE. ONE TRANSFORMER GOT WEDGED AND HE USED HIS FOOT TO PUSH IT FREE AND HIS FOOT GOT PINCHED BETWEEN TWO OTHER TRANSFORMERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING HOLES IN A PIECE OF CAST IRON ON A DRILL PRESS TABLE THE PIECES OF IRON SLIPPED LOOSE FROM THE CLAMPS AND SPUN AGAINST THE CLAMP PINCHING HIS THUMB HIS THUMB REQUIRED SEV EN STITCHES 3
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 MOVING A 4'HIGHX 6' LONG BOLT BIN WITH A FORKLIFT.A SUPERVISOR HAD INSTRUCTED EMPLOYEE TO RUN THE FORKS UNDER THE BIN AND REST THE BIN AGAINST THE BACK OF THE FORKLIFT TO MOVE IT.THE EMPLOYE9 GO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO RUN THE FORKLIFT AND SET THE BIN ON THE END OF THE FORKS AND HE CHOSE TO STEADY THE BIN WITH HIS HANDS.SLID AND HIT HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE HAD FI3ISHED FUELING MOTOR GRADER AND WAS DISMOUNTING WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 3 FEET TO THE GROUND AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND BRUISEDIT.
EMP WAS WALKING3DOWN A SLIPED GRASS SNOW COVEREDEMBANKMENT TO CHECK A SEDIMENTATION POND. HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACKWARDS AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HE WAS NOT WEARING O OVERSHOES, JUST3SMOOTH BOTTOM BOOOTS
AN EMP WAS UP O3 16 FT SCAFFOLD ATTEMPTING TO SCREW A 1X11 PIPE INTO AN AIR COUPLING 20 FT OFF THE FLOOR. THE PIPE SLIPPED FROM EMP HANDS AND FELL TO THE FLOOR AND HIT THE EMP WORKING ON THE FLOOR BELOW IN 7HE ANKLE. THE NEXT MORNING THE INJ EMP SAW A DR AND HE WAS ADVISED TO STAY OFF HIS FOOT AND ELEVATE FOR TWO DAYS
EMPLOYEE PUT ON3THE CLIMBING HOOKS TO CLIMB A WOOD POWER CABLE ARCH POLE TO PUT THE STEEL CABLE BACK INTO THE SHEAVE. ON HIS WAY DOWN THE POLE ABOUT 15 FT FROM THE BOTTOM ONE OF HIS SPIKES LET GO FROM THE PO5E AND HE SLID IN HIS SAFETY BERLXXX BELT. THE POLE WAS IN GOOD CONDITION AND ALSO WERE HIS SPIKES.
EMPLOYEE WAS SE9VICING THE DOZER AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AT 3:30 PM. HE CALLED HIS SUPERVISOR AND SAID HE COULD NOT WORK BECAUSE OF PAIN. HE THEN WENT HOME. EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD NO INJURED HIS BAC5 TO HIS KNOWLEDGE. EMPLOYEE'S DOCTOR STATED HIS CONDITION WAS DUE TO OPERATING HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A LINK FROM THE CHAINS ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET TO REPAIR IT. THE LINK HE WAS REMOVING TIPPED AND STRUCK HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS SA4PLING SUBSOIL WITH A SOIL PROBE AND THE WIND BLEW FOREIGN MATERIAL, SOIL OR STEEL, INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING GLASSES.
EMP HAD WELDING3HOOD PART WAY DOWN OVER HIS FACE AND STEPPED OVER TO PICK UP AN AIR ARC AND STEPPED INTO AN INSPECTION HOLE IN THE TUB OF THE DRAGLINE ANOTHER EMP HAD REMOVED THE COVER FROM THE HOLE AND HE3DID NOT SEE THE HOLE
EMPLOYEE LOADED3AN ELECTRIC MOTOR ON A FLATBED TRUCK. IT WAS IN A WRONG POSITION WHEN HE THEN LIFTED MOTOR ABOUT ONE INCH. IT THEN SLID SIDEWAYS PULLING HIM INTO THE RAIL ON THE SIDE OF FLATBE D. 3
SCRAPER HIT BUM1 AND OPERATORS RIGHT ARM BUMPED SCRAPER BOWL CONTROLLS, CAUSING MUSCLE DAMAGE TO INNER ARM
EMPL HOISTING T9ANSMISSION INTO PLACE LIFTING EYE BOLT BROKE ON TRANSMISSION AND IT SWUNG TO REAR BUMPING AGAINST LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A DOZER AND THE LEFT SHOE BROKE OFF THE BLADE. HE THEN GOT OFF THE MACHINE TO LOOK AT THE SHOW. HE BENT DOWNT O TURN THE SHOE OVER AND STRAINED HIS BACK MUSCLES.
REPAIRING ON A 8RAGLINE BICKET EE WAS CLEANING DIRT FORM A PIN HOLE WHEN HE STOOD UP TO WALK AWAY HE WAS STRUCK BY A DRAG ROPE SOCKET BEING PUT INTO PLACE. HE RECEIVED A SMALL CUT TO THE FORE HEAD. 3
AFTER A NUMBER 7HIROPROCTOR TREATMENT AN MEDICAL UE TO RECOMMED SURGERY OF SERIES OF BACK PROBLEMS FROM THE PAST BROUGHT THIS DONES.
CARRYING A CAR 8OOR INTO BOX CAR WHICH HAD A STEEL FLOOR & LITE SNOW ON IT SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR & SCRAPED MY SHIN ON DOORWAY-RIGHT SHIN BONE 6" LONG AREA THAR SKIN WAS SCRAPED BUSTED BLOOD VI EN. 3
WHEN CHECKING BELTS AT TIPPLE A MOTOR SLIPPED FROM HELPERS HAND AND DROPPED ON I.NAMES SECOND TO LITTLE FINGER 8 TO 10 STITCHES TAKEN
AT END OF THE SHIFT EMP DISMOUNTED FROM THE DOZER, EMP JUMPED FROM, THE DOZER ARM A DISTANCE OF 3 FEET TO THE GROUND, RATHER THAN USING HAND HOLDS AND STEPPI NG OFF THE DOZER ARM
EE WAS TRYING TO FREE A PULLEY THAT WAS JAMMED BETWEEN A MOTOR MOUNT & CRANKSHAFT DAMPER. THE PULLEY CAME FREE & HE JAMMED HIS THUMB AGAINST A BRACE.
EMPL PUSH-PULLING WITH ANOTHER SCRAPER.FRONT SCRAPER WENT DOWN IN SAND AND REAR SCRAPER CLIMBED UP ON PUSH BLOCK.WHEN FRONT SCRAPER LOADED AND PULLED AWAY,REAR SCRAPER DROPPED DOWN AND BOUNCED CAUSING INJURY.WAS USING SEAT BELT.
EE WAS LIFTING ROLLERS FROM A CAT ON TO PALLETS.
RETURNING TO SHOP FOR MOON BRE A K STEPPED ON PATCH OF ICE AND SPRAINED ANKLE
EMPL REMOVING BOLTS FROM TRACK PAD.BOLT WOULDNT LOOSEN SO HE TOOK SLEDGE HAMMER AND HIT BOLT HEAD TO LOOSEN IT,WHEN CHIP FROM HAMMER FLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE NECK.
LIFTING POWER CABLE TO BE LOADED ONTO REEL TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN THE SNOW-COVERED GROUND CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND.HE WAS WEARING GOOD OVERSHOES.
PRYING CHAIN ON SPROCKET AND SLIDES A 24 IN BAR SLIPPED AND THUMB KNUCKLE STRIKING CHEST CAUSING SEVERE BRUISED RIBS
EMPL CHANGING DUMP ROPE ON DRAGLINE BUCKET.POUNDING WEDGE FROM DUMP ROPE SOCKET AND FROZEN DIRT FELL OFF BUCKET AND ROLLED OUT HITTING HIS LEGS.
I.NAME WAS WALKING ACROSS AN EMPTY STALL IN THE SHOP TO CLOSE AN OVERHEAD DOOR WHEN HE FELL ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR NO TRIPPING HAZARDS WERE FOUND TO CAUSE HIM TO FALL
EMPLOYEE HAD UNHOOKED A PORTABLE LIGHT PLANT FROM THE HITCH ON A PICKUP AND WAS MOVING IT TO A FINAL POSITION AND ONE WHEEL WAS SETTING ON A DIRT CHUNK AND IT ROLLED OFF THECHUNK THROWING HIM OFF BALANCE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK UP A HOIST TO AN EYE BOLT IN THE END OF SHAFT ON WORK BENCH EMP BUMPED THE SHAFT AND IT FELL OFF THE BENCH LANDING ON EDGE OF HIS STEEL TOE SHOE
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING AND GOT UP FROM A STOOL TO GET MORE WELDING RODS AND BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET HE WAS WELDING ON.
EE WAS REMOVING A BEARING RACE. HE CUT THE RACE WITH A TORCH THEN HE USED A HAMMER TO REMOVE THE RACE FROM THE SHAFT & A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL CAME OFF THE RACE & LODGED IN H IS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING 1/4" STEEL SHEET INTO THE STORAGE RACK AND THE CLAMP WEDGED. HE THEN TOOK A PRY BAR TO FREE THE CLAMP. THE SHEET TIPPED UPAND STRUCK HIS ARM.
2 EMPL LIFTING ROLLER OUT FROM REVOLVING FRAME ON DRAGLINE WITH BAR THROUGH OLLER WITH MAN ON EACH SIDE.IT SLIPPED OUT OF HAND AND ROLLER SLIDE STRIKING TOP OF HAND CUTTING IT.PALM OF HAND HIT CABLE HOLDER ON TUB AND CUT PALM REQ STITCHES ON TOP AND BOTTOM OF LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A MOTOR GRADER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT AND MISSED THE SECOND STEP OF THREE AND FELL TO THE GROUND AND LANDED ON MOWBOARD OF THE GRADER. EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD HOLD OF HAND RAILS BUT MISJUDGED HIS STEP.
EE WAS UNTANGLING A ROPE FORM AROUND A DISCHARGE HOSE ON A WATER PUMP. HE WAS STANING IN ABOUT 1" OF WATER ON TH E CLAY & HIS FOOT SLIPPED & FELL ON HIS RT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN OUT A PIN FROM THE POWER STEP TO HAVE A KEEPER WELDED ON THE PIN. UPON INSTALLING THE ARM THE STEP MOVED AND THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 8\ TO THE GROUND. THIS S TEP WAS ON A CAT DOZER D9L.
TRIM 480 WIRE FOR CUSTOMER FURNACE LOALER AND KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT TOP OF THUMB AND CUT THE ARTERY AND REQUIRED STITCHES
SLIPPED AND FELL ON GUARD RAIL PIPE WHEN GREASING DRAGLINE
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A SHAFT FROM A GEAR WITH A PUNCH AND A HAMMER, WHEN A CHIP OF METAL FROM THE PUNCH LODGED IN HIS WRIST.
EMP WAS DRIVING TRACTOR UP SLOPE ON FOURTH ATTEMPT IT SPUN OUT DUE TO ICE AND SNOW EMP PROCEDED TO BACK DOWN IN REVERSE TRACTOR SLID INTO AND OVER THE BERM AND PROCEDED DOWN THE SLOPING SIDE EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM THE TRACTOR BEFORE IT OVERTURNED
EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A SWING BOX ON THE 736 DRAGLINE WITH AIR WRENCH WHEN AIR HOSE CAME OFF THE COUPLER & STRUCK EE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING ON THE DRAGLINE ROLLERS AND JUMPED UP ONTO THE TUB AND STRUCK HIS KNEE ON A SHAFT STICKING OUT FROM A ROLLER.