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Employee was lifting samples off of sampling platform onto truck from ladder. Left boot got stuck on ladder while turning to put samples onto truck and twisted left knee.
EE was going to treat ponds when he exited his vehicle and he slipped and fell.
EE was getting a piece of metal, he dropped it and it hit the sode of his left foot and ankle area.
A mack tri-axle dump truck was backed into the shop for service work. Employee walked in front of the truck. The truck driver started the motor with the truck in gear and the truck moved forward pinning employee between the truck bumper and the garage door.
EE #1 was loading a RR car underneath the loading glove. EE #2 was above the loading chute preparing to bring more empty cars from the storage area. While letting the air off the first empty RR cars, they took off down the track. These runaway cars struck the car being loaded under the chute knocking EE #1 off of the car. The collision resulted in fracture of his right foot.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCK OFF PICKING TABLE. A LARGE LUMP OF COAL CAME OFF OF SCREEN AND BOUNCED ON PICKING BELT AND LANDED ON EMPLOYEE'S HAND.
WHILE DRIVING A CAT PIN, CAT PIN EXPLODED & A PIECE HIT HIM IN THE ABDOMEN.
Doing maintenance, Ee did not know he hurt himself.
HE WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK TO SEE IF COAL HAD RUN DOWN BIN. HE SLIPPED TRYING TO STAY OUT OF MUD AND FELL. HE WORKED DRIVING TRUCK UNTIL 4:00 PM. WHEN HE CAME IN WITH TRUCK HE SAID HIS LEFT K NEE HURT.
EE WAS TRYING TO UNTANGLE A PULL CABLE FROM BENEATH AND ADJACENT RR CAR. THE CABLE WAS BEING PULLED BY A D9 DOZER. THE DOZER OPERATOR DID NOT SEE THE EMPLOYEE AND PULLED THE DOZER FORWARD, THU S PUTTING TENSION ON THE CABLE. THE CABLE PINNED THE EMPLOYEE TO THE SIDE OF THE RR CAR INJURING HIS STOMACH AND BACK. THE DOZER OPERATOR LOOKED BACK AND IMMEDIATELY RELEASED TENSION ON CABLE
EE WAS WORKING ON A D68 DOZER ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE AN OIL LEAK. EE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF DOZER TRACKS AND LOST HIS FOOTING. HE FELL APPROX. 4 FT HE ATTEMPTED TO BREAK HIS FALL BY USING HIS AR MS AND HANDS HIS LEFT FOREARM FRACTURED WHEN STRIKING THE CONCRETE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A TRACTOR TRAILER LOADED WITH COAL. AS HE WAS RAISING HIS BED, HIS TAILGATE DID NOT OPEN. HE TOOK A PRY PAR AND ATTEMPTED TO PRY OPEN THE TAILGATE. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED, ST RIKING HIM IN THE STOMACH.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG CRUSHER. HE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF PLATFORM. HE STEPPED OFF OF PLATFORM, & FELL BACKWARDS, STRIKING HIS LOWER BACK ON HANDRAIL.
EE WAS ASCENDING A HILL TO REFUSE SITE WITH HIS INITIAL TRIP. HE DROVE APPROX. 500 FT. WHEN THE OUTPUT SHAFT BROKE COMING OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRUCK STARTED COMING OFF THE HILL BACKWAR DS AND UPSET OVER A SMALL EMBANKMENT. EE WAS TAKEN TO ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS FOUND OUT HE HAD TWO BROKEN RIBS.