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STRIPPING COAL AND DOZER SPUNG OFF LARGE ROCK-JOLTING DOZER AND OPERATOR CAUSING OPERATOR TO HAVE SUDDEN IMPACT HE FELT PAIN IMMEDIATELY IN LEFT SIDE AND LEFT SHOULDER WENT HOME NEXT DAY HAD T O GO TO DR.HAD X-RAYS TAKEN.
SORTING COAL ON PICKING TABLE AND TOSSING COAL OFF TABLE,HAND HIT BUTTON SUPPORT OF HORN BREAKING LITTLE FINGER.
SHOVELING COAL FROM GROUND TO FEEDER BELT AND FELT STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.MISSED WORK ON 11-30 CAME BACK 11-3 WORKED UNTIL 11-11 WHEN BACK STARTED TO HURT WENT TO DR -XRAYS AND SAID BACK WAS OUT AID BACK WAS OUT OF PLACE.
WAS DOING REPAIR WORK ON A D#10 (B-23) SLIPPED AND TWISTED MY BACK. FELT INSTANT PAIN IN LOWER BACK- BUT FINISHED THE SHIFT AT 5 PM.
WAS MOVING POWER CABLE OVER ROCKS - FOOT SLIPPED AND HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK
HE WAS OPERATING THE D10 HE WAS BENCHING OFF FOR THE 7800 HE MADE A SUDDEN TWIST LOOKING BACK AND WHEN HE DID HE FELT A SNAP AND FELT PAIN INSTANTLY IN NECK AND SHOULDER BLADE
WAS KNOCKING MUD OUT OF THE DRAW FOR HOLES AND THE PIN DROPPED - HITTING LEFT THUMB WENT TO E/R ST JOHNS HOSPITAL HAD SEVEN STITCHES PUT IN
I WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE CAB AS I STEPPED ON THE RUNNING BOARD WITH MY RIGHT FOOT IT SLIPPED CAUSING MY LEFT LEG TO HIT THE CAB - MY LEFT SHIN HIT THE CAB CAUSING IT TO SWELL THE M.T. PUT ICE ON IT IMMEDIATELY
HE WAS GETTING THE GRADER IN POSITION TO PUSH A LOADED DART TRUCK OUT OF THE PIT THE LOADER SWUNG AROUND DIDNT SEE GRADER & HIT THE GRADER FROM BEHIND IT HIT VERY HARD CAUSING HIM TO LURCH FO RWARD THEN BACKWARDS HE FELT PAIN IMMEDIATELY IN HIS BACK & HIS HEAD STARTED TO HURT
WAS OPERATING THE B 13 PAN WHEN THE DOZER WHICH PUSHED THE PAN HAD A SLACK BETWEEN THE 2 MACHINES WHEN THE DOZER WENT TO PUSH IT HIT THE PAN HARD AND JOLTED HIM HE FLET PAIN IN BACK OF NECK AND SHOULDERS
HE WAS STEPPING OFF WOODEN PLANK ONTO THE SKID HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE SKID STRIKING THE END OF THE SKID HE FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER ONT HE END OF THE SKID WAS TAKEN TO ER AT ST JOH JOHNS MEDICAL CENTER
HE WAS USING CHERRY PICKER TO LIFT THE FRACTION BAND INSIDE OF 7400-THE FRICTION BAND SWUNG AROUND & HIT HIS LEFT KNEE-DID NOT REQUIRE ANY EMERGENCY TREATMENT.
HE WAS DRIVING A DART LOADED WITH COAL ALONG TH E HAUL ROAD. THE ROAD WAS BEING WORKED ON. IN ORDER NOT TO HIT A LARGE STONE HE SWUNG THE DART TO THE RIGHT HITTING A LARGE POT HOLE. IT JARRE D THE DART & THE SEAT IN WHICH HE WAS SETTING HIT BOTTOM. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HAD TO HAVE MEDICAL TREATMENT.
HE PICKED UP CUTTING EDGE TO LOOK FOR A PART NUMBER IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING THE EDGE IT SLIPPED AND ANOTHER PART OF THE CUTTING EDGE CUT HIS FINGER HE WAS TAKEN TO HARRISM COMM HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT WHICH REQUIRED ABOUT 5 STITCHES
HE WAS PUTTING A GREASE HOSE ON DRAG BRAKE WHEN HE ACCIDENT BUMPED THE AIR VALUE AND KNOCKED IN OPEN. THE PRESSURE LET HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF FACE BETWEEN EAR & EYE. BROKE THE SKIN ON IN FAC E CAUSED ON RINGING IN HIS RIGHT EAR.
HE WAS PUMPING WATER IN THE 7800 PIT HE CLAIMS HE SLIPPED ONA LUMP OF COAL IN THE WATER HE THOUGHT HE BROKE HIS ANKLE THERE WAS A LITTLE SWELLING WHEN BOOT WAS REMOVED HE WAS TAKEN TO ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY ROOM IMMEDIATELY