INDIVIDUAL WAS GOING UP MOUNTING ON D-10 CAT DOZER WHEN INJURED SLIPPED OFF AND HIT GROUND APPROX 4 TO 5 FT
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Showing 50 of 51WHILE CRAWLING OFF DOZER OPERATOR SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT TAIL BONE ON PUSH BEAM OF DOZER.
WHILE PULLING P2WER CABLE FOR DRAGLINE, INDIVIDUAL TRIPPED ON FROZEN GROUND AND FELL ON BACK.
HE WAS TIGHENIN1 LUG NUTS ON HIS TRACTOR-TRAILER WITH TWO PIECE LUG NUT WRENCH-AS HE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE IN ORDER TO TIGHTEN NUT-THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT PUTTING A LOT OF BIND ON HIS B ACK. 3
WHILE INJURED W5S GETTING ON D9LDOZER,HE SLIPPED ON TRUCKS AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO TO GROUND FALLING ON POSTERIOR OF BODY.
WHILE STANDING 2N ROCK CUTTING HOIST CABLE. STEPPED BACK OFF ROCK AND LOST BALANCE FALLING ON RIGHT HAND.
WHILE BRAIDING 9NDS ON 1" CABLE,INJURED TWISTED RIGHT WRIST.
WHILE INJURED W5S GETTING OFF DOZER(D9L), SLIPPED AND RIGHT SIDE OF BODY FELL ON HAND HOLD ON PUSH ARM OF DOZER.
WHILE INJURED W5S GETTING ON TRACTOR, SLIPPED ON STEP AND HIT LEFT ELBOW ON FRAME OF TRACTOR
WHILE WORKING O3 DRAGLINE BUCKET INJURED WAS STRIKUNG WEDGES OUT OF BUCKET WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HE FELT PSTRAIN IN LOWER BACK
OPERATOR DRIVIN1 UP RAMP WHEN TRUCK LOST POWER ROLLING BACKWARDS STRIKING RIGHT BERM AT ANGLE AND OVERTURNING.
USING SLEDGE HA4MER TO REMOVE TOOTH FROM LOADER BUCKET WHEN PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF TOOTH AND HIT UPPER RIGHT CHEST.
WHILE INJURED W5S WORKING ON BOOM CRANE HITTING A WEDGE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER THE WEDGE FELL HITTING HIS LITTLE TOE OF RT FOOT
A DOOR ON THE 8HOP CLOSED ON HIS ARM
HE WAS WALKING3THRU THE SHOP WITH MUDDY SHOES ON WHEN HE TURNED A CORNER SLIPPED BUT DID NOT FAL ON CONCRETE FLOOR SPRAINING RT FOOT
CHANGING TOOTH 2N DRAGLINE BUCKET,INJURED HOLDING ROUND BAR WHEN I.NAME MISSED BAR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER HITTING RIGHT CHEEK OF FACE.SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF HANDS.
HE WAS IN THE 7UNNEL AT THE TIPPLE SHOVELING COAL FROM BENEATH A CONVEYOR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN H IS RT HIP
HE WASUSING A S5EDGE HAMMER TO POUND A STEEL ROLLER ON THE TOP STAND WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL CAME OFF OF THE ROLLER & LODGED IN HIS RT EYE
WHILE MOVING DR5G CHAIN TO HOOK UP TO A TRUCK, WENT TO MOVE THE CHAIN WITH PRY BAR, TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.
WHILE COMING DO4N STEPS AT THE LOAD-OUT TIPPLE INJURED STEPPED OFF LAST STEP & SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF SLAG (3IN) AND FELL DOWN TWISTING LEFT ANKLE
HE WAS CLIMBING UP THE SIDE OF T HE LOADER TO CHECK THE HEATER PLUG ON THE ENGINE THE STEPS ON THE SIDE OF LOADER ARE CUT OFF SO HE HAD NOTHING TO HOLD ONTO OR STEP ON TO CLIMB HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP BY HOLDING ONTO SIDE OF HOOD AND TRYING TO STEP ONTO A TIRE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL AROUND FIVE FEET TO THE GROUND
WHILE FIXING WATER HOSE IN PIT, A ROCK CAME OFF HIGHWALL (APPROX. SIZE 12" X 12") AND HIT MY LEFT FOOT.
HIS BACK BECAME SORE & PAINFUL FROM SUDDEN HEAVY JOLTING OF HIS TRUCK BEING LOADED FAST & ROUGH BY THE LOADER OPERATOR
WHILE WALKING INJURED STEPPED IN A HOLE AND FOOT TWISTED ON A PIECE OF STONE SPRAINING HIS ANKLE
WHILE INDIVIDUAL WAS SHUTTING A R/R CAR DOOR HE PUSHED THE DOOR WITH HIS LEFT LEG & SPRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS LEFT LOWER LEG.
USING A TRUCK HOIST WITH A CHAIN TO LIFT A COUNDERWEIGHT ON A FRONT-END LOADER THE LOAD SHIFTED IN CHAIN PINCHING HIS L HAND BETWEEN WEIGHT& FRAME OF THE LOADER
HE WAS CLEANING COAL WITH A FRONT -END LOADER WHEN HE SAW SEVERAL LARGE ROCKS FALL DOWN FROM THE HIGHWALL BESIDE HIM & STRUCK HIS LOADER.FEARINGMORE HIGH WALL WOULD COME DOWN HE LEFT HIS CAB & JUMPED OUT OF THE LOADER ONTO THE CLEANED COAL; INJURING HIS BACK.
HE WAS SHOVELING MUD FROM DOZER TRACKS WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN. HE CONTINUED WORKING WITH NO BREAK IN DAYS OFF TIL HIS LAST WORK DAY OF 7-28-85.
WHILE CRAWLING ON T HE INSIDE OF THE LOADE OUT BIN HE SLIPPED & FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BIN FALLING ONTO THE EDGE OF THE STEEL GATE HITTING HIS LEFT HIP LEG & KNEE TWISTING THE LEFT KNEE.
KING TO A TRUCK DRIVER WHO WAS PARKED BESIDE THE DOZER. THE TRUCK COASTED FORWARD AND INWARD TOWARDS THE DOZER CRUSHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DOZER DOOR AND THE RAILING AROUND THE CATWALK ON TH E TRUCK.
WHILE LIFTING A RETARDER TO BE PLACED IN A 637 PAN THE PART THAT CABLE WAS HOOKED ON RETARDER BROKE OFF & RETARDER FELL ON HIS RT HAND (APPROX WT OF RETARDER IS 225#)
WHILE HELPING A WELDER WELD A PIECE OF STOOL ON THE DRAGLINE HE FELT A FLASH IN BOTH EYES
WHILE GRINDING A BUSHING WITH AN ELECTRIC GRINDER A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO HIS RT EYE.
WHILE WALKING OUT OF THE REPAIR SHOP WITH HIS HANDS FULL OF TOOLS HE TRIPPED OVER BEARING RACES LAYING ON THE FLOOR. HE FELL TO T HE GROUND ON HIS TAILBONE. HE GOT UP & FELT A PAIN IN HIS B ACK WHICH KEPT HIM OFF OF WORK SINCE.
GETTING OFF OF 35 MICHIGAD LOADER STEPPING DOWN OFF STEPS MYLEG SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM STOP AND HIT INSIDE OF RIGHT KNEE.
WHILE CLIMBING ONTO A DOZER. THE STEEL TRACKS WERE COVERED WITH ICE & HE SLIPPED & HIS LT. FOOT WEDGED BETWEEN THE TRACKS & PUSH ARM & FRACTURED WHEN HE FELL.
WHILE OILING ON DRAGLINE MACHINE, FIRE STARTED AROUND THE CENTER PIN AND I WAS OVERCOME BY SMOKE TRYING TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.
WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AT TOP OF DRAGLINE STRAINED RT SHOULDER AS I WAS HOLDING ONTO BEAM WITH RT HAND AND WORKING WITH LT HAND
WHILE STEPPING TO GET ON A ROCK TRUCK I SLIPPED OFF STEP & GRABBED RAILING TO AVOID FALLING, PULLING MY RT. ARM.
HE WAS CARRYING A 5 GAL BUCKET OF MOTOR OIL WITH HIS ARMS EXENTED FOR BALANCE. HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE IN THE GROUND AND FELL DOWN, TWISTING HIS BACK WHICH CAUSED THE PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK.
WHILE TRUCK WAS BACKING N STOCKPILE TO UNLOAD THE DRIVER BACKED OVER THE BERM & TRUCK FELL OVER ON ITS SIDE.
HE WAS OPERATING A PAN & DRIVING UP OVER A PILE OF SPOIL WHICH WAS PARTIALLY FORZEN. THE ROADWAY UP OVER THE PILE SLID SIDEWAYS & THE PAN TURNED OVER. AS IT WAS TURNING OVER, MR. FANKHAUSER JU MPED OFF ONTO THE GROUND-A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 10 FT.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF AN ACCIDENT ON 050383 OF WHICH A COPY IS ATTACHED WHILE CLOSING DOOR ON RRCAR WITH PRY BAR HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO BAR & HIS HELPER SLIPPED & FELL ON TOP OF HIS R KNE E
WHILE THE TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING WAS BEING LOADED WITH OVERBURDEN, A BIG ROCK WAS UNLOADED FROM THE LOADER ONTO HIS TRUCK, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO JAT AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
WHILE WORKING IN A PIT, A ROCK 21/2 FT.X 2 1/2 FT. CAME DOWN OFF OF THE SPOIL AND HIT HIS RT. LEG BETWEEN THE KNEE AND ANKLE.
WHILE UNLOADING A 6 IN WATER PUMP FROM A FRONT END LOADER, THE TONGUE OF THE PUMP SLIPPED OFF OF THE SUPPORT AND FELL ON HIS LT. FOOT.
WHILE SHAKING THE SHAKER ON THE COAL FURNACE IN THE TIPPLE, THE HOT COALS IN THE FURNACE IGNITED AND EXPLODED IN HIS FACE.
WHILE THE TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING WAS BEING LOADED WITH OVERBURDEN, A BID ROCK WAS UNLOADED FROM THE LOADER ONTO HIS TRUCK, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO JAR AND TWIST HIS NECK.
HE WAS CARRYING A 6 IN WATER PUMP ON FRONT OF A FRONT END LOADER TO PLACE THE PUMP ON A PAD IN THE PIT. THE PIT AROUND THE PAD HAD 3 FT. OF WATER IN IT SO HE HAD TO CRAWL FROM THE CAB OUT OVER THE MOTOR AND TIRE TO UNHOOK THE PUMP. WHEN HE CLIMBED BACK WITH WET MUDDY BOOTS HE SLIPPED ON THE LOADER AND FELL, TWISTING HIS BACK;BUT HE CAUGHT HIMSELF AND HUNG ON.
CLOSING DOOR ON MINE RUN BIN,COAL CAME DOWN AND AS HE WENT TO GET OUT OF WAY,TWISTED HES RIGHT HIP.