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Employee was refueling a water pump when the diesel fuel oil splashed back into his eyes.
Employee parked the end-dump truck he was operating and was walking to his personal vehicle. He slipped on the snow and fell on his left wrist in the parking area of a surface mine site.
Employee had dismounted a bull dozer and slipped on some frosty grass falling on his right side.
Employee was repairing a cable on the coal chute at the river docks when then ladder slipped causing the employee to fall on his left foot.
Employee was assisting in the tear down and loading of D10N dozer onto a lowboy. The ROPS structure was removed and was being placed on the rear deck of the lowboy. As the structure was set down a lifting chain came loose and struck the employee.
Employee was assisting another employee put a grate over a coal bin when the grate slipped and struck his left foot and toes. Employee was wearing steel toed shoes.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE OFF ROAD TRUCK HE WAS GOING TO OPERATE WHEN AN INSIDE TIRE OFF A PARKED TRUCK BLEW-UP CAUSING A LOUD NOISE.
EE was checking fluid levels on a O&K hydralic shovel, when he slipped and fell against his left wrist, spraining it.
EE was pulling a backhoe counter weight on a roll-back truck, when the chain broke causing the tow cable to strike the EE in the mouth.
EE WAS GRINDING ON A DOZER BLADE WHEN THE GRINDING DISC CAME APART AND STRUCK THE EE'S FACE SHIELD AND SAFETY GLASSES CAUSING A SEVERE LEFT EYE INJURY.
EE was assisting a mechanic working on a D-10 dozer. As the EE was climbing up to the cab he grabbed a floorboard laying on teh track and lost his balance falling backward on his left hip.
EE was climbing up the dozer and felt a sharp pain in his left knee.
Employee was dismounting a cat d-11 dozer when his right foot slipped off the push arm causing him to slip and wrench injured his back.
Employee was stepping from a d9 dozer track to the lube truck when his right foot slipped off the edge and employee's right leg slipped between the bump and tracks.
EE WAS GETTING ON A HITACHI BACKHOE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT ELBOW
EE was climbing on the backhoe when his foot slipped and he fell on his side on the tracks of the backhoe.
Mechanic was unloading a water pump with a mechanic's truck and hydraulic crane. When the mechanic set the pump down he slipped on the mud and caught his left hand in the lift bar on the pump and smashed his finger.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING A ROLL OFF TRUCK BED WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE STARTED TO FALL. HE GRABBED THE HAND HOLD WITH HIS LEFT ARM, CAUSING A BAD SPRAIN.
Contractor employee was removing a hydraulic hose from an excavator. An O-Ring blew out and high high pressure oil hit the employee's forehead and right eye around his safety glasses.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING A SCRAPER IN THE RAIN WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS RIGHT SIDE AND SHOULDER.
EE WAS CLEANING UP COAL SPILLAGE IN THE CRUSHER AREA, WHEN AN OVERHEAD LIGHT FELL & STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD.
EE WAS WALKING AROUND THE FRONT OF THE FUEL TRK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SNOW COVERED ICE AND FELL AGAINST THE LEFT FRONT TIRE.
EE WAS LOADING AN 8 INCH SUCTION HOSE FOR A WATER PUMP WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS ADDING OIL TO A TRANSMISSION ON A KOMASTUDOZER. AS HE STEPPED BACKWARD TO DISMOUNT THE DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TRACK WHICH WAS SNOWCOVERED AND FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING THE DOZER HE WAS GOING TO OPERATE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE WET TRACK FROM RAIN. AS HE STARTED TO FALL HE GRABBED THE HAND RAIL AND JERKED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING A AREA TO PUT TOPSOIL WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN TOPSOIL CAUSING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT CALF AREA OF HIS LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO THE DOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE SCRAPER HE WAS OPERATING WHEN HE FELL ON HIS KNEES. HIS LEFT KNEE STRUCK A ROCK INJURING HIS KNEE.