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EMPLOYEE REMOVING ROLLERS ROLLER FELL DROPPING ON HIS FINGER
WHILE WALKING DOWN TEH LEFT PROPEL GIRDER ENTROUTE TO TURN ON AN AIR HOSE, INJURED SLID DOWN ONT HE INCLINE ON THE PROPEL. HE WALKED DOWN FOWARD INSTEAD OF BACKING DOWN.
54730CLEANING WALLS IN REVOLVING FRAME WITH POWER CLEANER 155. CONTINUED USE OF THE CITRAKLEEN THROUGHOUT WEEK CAUSED DRYING, SWELLING AND BLISTERS ON BOTH HANDS.
(MECHANIC- HERNIATED DISC- LUMBAR SPINE)
BENDING RAIL POST FELL ON R ARM UNDER HIM FRACT THE R WRIST
REPAIRING CABLE SLIPPED HIT R THIGH
WHILE CUTTING SOME PLATE STEEL, WAS MOVING CUTTING TORCH WHEN A PIECE OF IRON FELL ONTO RIGHT FOOT BEHIND STEEL TOE OF BOOT. THIS CAUSED COMMINUTED FRACTURES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND METATARSAL OF THE RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED A GRAND MAL SEIZURE WHILE EXAMINING A DRAGLINE.CONSTRUCTION AREA AND DUE TO MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS FROM THE SEIZURE THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF THE T-12 V ERTEBRAE-ATTACHED LETTER.
TRIP LEVER FOR ROCK DOOR ON CRUSHER WAS JAMMED OPEN AND THE CLOSED SUDDENLY STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THEMOUTH. THIS CAUSED A LACERATIONTO THE RIGHT LOWER LIP AND FRACTURE TO TH E RIGHT UPPER LATERAL INCISOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING 1 5/16" HOLES UNDER THE REVOLVING FRAME WHEN THE BIT SEIZED.CAUSING THE MAGNETIC BASE TO RELEASE SPINNING INTO THE EMPLOYEES LEFT LEG.
EE WAS HAMMERING NAIL INTO 2X4 TOE BOARD, AS HE STRUCK NAIL, IT FLEW UP AND HIT HIS FRONT LEFT TOOTH ON HIS BOTTOM JAW CAUSING IT TO CHIP OFF.
EMPLOYEE WS UNHOOKING SAFETY BELT AFTER COMPLETING WELD. AS HE WAS UNHOOKING THE SAFETY BELT, THE LANYARD HUNG UP AND HE JERKED THE LANYARD CAUSING IT TO COME LOOSE AND HIT HIM IN THE FRONT O F HIS MOUTH CAUSING HIS TOOTH TO CHIP.
EE WAS WELDING IN REVOLVING FRAME OF DRAGLINE AS HE WAS WELDING A PIECE OF HOT SLAG LANDED ON HIS COVERALLS THEN BURNING THRU AND MAKING CONTACT WITH HIS SKIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS BRUSHING & CHIPPING SLAG PARTICLES OF DUST GOT INTO HIS EYE
DRIVER STEPPED DOWN OFF BACK OF TRUCK TRACTOR. CAUGHT LEFT FOOT IN STEP CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE AND CAME DOWN ON THE GROUND WRONG WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EE DIAGNOSIS THE EMPLOYEES CONDITION AS ACCUMULATIVE INFLAMMATORY TO THE RIGHT ANKLE WHERE POSSIBLE TISSUE GROWTH IS CAUSING PRESSURE TO A NERVE. INJECTIONS OF ZYLOCAINE AND DALOLONE HAVE FAIL ED TO RELEASE THE ACCUMULATIVE PAIN AND DIAGNOSTIC SURGERY WILL PROBABLY BE REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING A WEDGE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF THE SLEDGE AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LOWER LIP.
TRYING TO HAND CHOCKER SLIPPED OUT LANDED ON FLOOR CAUSING FRACT
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EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SWING PINIONS ON 2300 P&H SOVEL WHEN HE REMOVED THE LAST BOLT.THE PINION CAME DOWN PINCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN AIR IMPACT WRENCH AND SHOVEL TRACK.
WHILE ALIGNING HOLES TO PUSH A PIN OUT OF A CRUSHER ROLL A 2IN METAL SHAFT BY 3FT LONG FELL APPROX 3FT ONTO I NAME TOES BAR STRUCK HIS TOES BEHIND THE STEEL TOE OF THE BOOT CAUSING A FX OF THE LEFT GREATER TOE METATARSAL
WHILE INSTALLING A 2IN PIPE IN #2 TUBE THEY CAME ACROSS A METAL DUST DEFLECTION PLATE THEY CUT A NOTCH IN THE PLATE & WHEN I NAME REACHED BACK TO ADJUST THE PIPE INTO THE FIRST CLAMP HE RUBBED HIS WRIST ON A SHARP EDGE CAUSING A LACERATION THE LACERATION ON HIS RT WRIST REQUIRED 4 SUTURES
EMPLOYE WAS STEPPING OFF OF A HAUL TRUCK ACCESS LADDER WHEN SHE TWISTED HER RIGHT ANKLE. THIS RESULTED IN A SMALL AVULSION FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT LATERAL TALUS AND A SPRAIN.
HE WAS CUTTING A BUSHING IN HALF WITH A RAZOR KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED, LACERATING HIS RIGHT THIGH. THE LACERATION WAS 3 CENTIMETERS LONG AND REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.
EMPL WAS OWRKING ON CIRCLE OF 16G MOTOR GRADER WHEN AIR IMPACT WRENCH HE WAS USING BLEW FOREIGN PARTIAL INTO RIGHT EYE. PARTICAL WAS IMBEDED AND REMOVED BY DR.
WHILE DISMOUNTING MACHINE, EMPLOYEES RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN INSIDE DOOR HANDLE AND FRAME OF DOOR RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO TIP OF INDEX FINGER.
STEPPING FORM HAUL TRUCK LADDER AND REACHING FORM A CHOCK THE EMP STRAINED HIS L KNEE.
HELPING INSTALL BELTS ON CRUSHER 6 FT BULL WHEEL SHE FELL 3 FT OFF TO CONCRETE FLOOR INJ LOWER BACK 5 TH DIGIT OF L HAND LACER. BACK OF HEAD
A WABCO HAUL TRUCK STRUCK A ROUGH SPOT IN A HAUL ROAD, THE OPERATORS SEAT BOTTOMED CAUSING A NECK AND SHOULDER STRAIN TO THE OPERATOR. (THE EMPLYEE RECEIVED CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT.)
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27 YD DIPPER OF OVERBURDEN UNLOADED ON REAR OF TRUCK .DUE TO TRUCK STOPPING SHORT OF TAIL,CAUSED TRUCK BED TO RISE AND FALL.STRAININ TRUCK OPER NECK,MIDDLE AND LOWER BACK.
PERSON WAS DECENDING A FLIGHT OF STAIRS WHEN HER HEEL CAUGHT CAUSING HER TO FALL DOWN 4 TO 5 STAIRS WITH THE FOLLOWING INJURIES NECK STRAIN CONTUSED L KNEE CONTUIED SHOULDER SMALL LACERATINS T O THE FACE LATERAL TO THE EYE PERSON WAS SEEN BYA CHIROPRACTOR FOR THE NECK STRAIN
PERSON WAS BACKING A HAUL TRUCK UNDER A SHOVEL TO BE LOADED WITH OVERBURDEN., WHEN THE FIRST DIPPER WAS PLACED IN THE BAD WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IN THE REVERSE MADE, CASUING A WHIP LASH EFFECT TO THE OPERATOR STRAINING HER NECK.
HIS TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED WITH OVERBURDAN WHEN A CHUNCK OF MATERIAL FELL FROM THE DIPPER STRICKING THE INSIDE ON THE BOX JARRING THE TRUCK. CAUSING LUMBERAL SACRAL AND CERVICAL MUSCLES STRAI N TO THE OPERATOR.
EXITING OUR EQUIP READY LINE WHEN HE STEPPED ON ICY AREA CAUSING HIM TO FAL SRRAINING HIS R. WRIST A(D SHOULDER. RX FOR TYLONOL PRESCRIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A CABLE CHOCKER BURIED IN A BERM WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TRACK ROLLERS FROM CARRIER OF A BLAST HOLE DRILL WHEN ROLLER FELL STRICKING HIM ON RT.FOREARM & WRIST AREA CAUSING TENDONITIS CONDITION REQUIRING RX DOSAGE OF INDORIN AT ONE PILL EVERY 8HRS.FOR THE SWELLING EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOC.100688 AT 700PM
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS (VERIFIED BY HEARING PROCESS) THAT SHE HAS DEGENERATIVE BACK PROBLEMS CREATED THROUGH HER 10 YEARS OF EQUIPMENT OPERATION AT CONDERO MINE. VARIOUS OFF THE JOB ACCIDENTS MIGHT A LSO HAVE ASSISTED THIS BACK PROBLEM.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 80 LB BELT IDLERS ONTO A SMALL DUMP TRUCK WHEN HE PUSHED AN IDLER FORWARD IN THE TRUCK BOX CAUSING A THORACIC BACK STRAIN (REQUIRING CHIROPRACTIC CARE).
EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING A CABLE CHOKER FROM A RUBBER TIRED DOZER THAT WAS CONNECTED TO A LIGHT PLANT WHEN THE KINK IN CHOKER FLIPPED CAUSING CHOKER TO STRIKE THE BACK OF HIS RT.WRIST CONFUSING & PUNCTURING AREA X-RAY WERE NEGATIVE FOR A FX.BUT A TETNUS INJECTION WAS ADMINISTERED FOR THE PUNCTURE
LIFTING GARBAGE AND MOP BUCKETS.
INJURED WAS REMOVING A WATER PUMP SUCTION HOSE FROM A SUMP, WHEN THE REINFORCING WIRE LACERATED THE HEEL OF HIS LEFT HAND. REQUIRING 3 SUTURES TETNIS INJECTION.
I.NAME DESCENDI3G RAMP WHICH HAD THAWED.TRIED TO TURN ACROSS RAMP.FUEL TRUCK TURNED SIDEWAYS,SLID,CONTACTED SOME SCARIO AND WINDROW,TRUCK ROLLED 1 3/4 TIMES DAMAGING CAB BEYOND REPAIR AND SEVE RAL PIECES OF B9NT METAL THROUGHOUT THE UNIT ALOSO THE DRIVER RECD BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING ON A SHOVEL BUCKET, WHENWIND BLOWN DUST ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE, WHICH REQUIRED ON OPTOMATRIST TO REMOVED THE FORIGN OBJECT (RECD FIRST AID 11-24-87) (RECD DR. TREATMENT 11-2 4-87). 3
EMPLOYEE WAS MA5ING A GASKET FOR AN AIR CLEANER COVER WHEN HIS RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED INCISING THE 3RD DIGIT OF HIS LEFT HAND
WHILE LOWERING 5 TRACK MOUNTED LADDER EE PLACED HIS FOOT IN A HOLE IN THE SIDE RAIL OF T HE LADDER TO PUSH IT DOWN. WHEN THE LADDER LOWERED THE EE'S FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE H OLE & THE WALKW5Y. IMPACT WAS JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE OF EE'S BOOT & RESULTED IN FRACTURE OF MIDDLE PHALANGE OF LEFT GREAT TOE.
I.NAME WAS BACK3NG THE LOADED 170-C ONTO A DUMP TO WIDEN A ROAD WHEN THE LEFT REAR DUALS TOUCHED BERM THE RT.DUAL WENT INTO A LOW AREA CAUSING TRUCK TO ROLL ONTO THE RT SIDE
PERSON WAS INST5LLING A 400 TO 500 POUND BRUCKET SMUBBER ON A P&H 2300 SHOVEL WHEN A 2 INCH SLING WAS OUTBY SHARP EDGES CAUSING THE SMUBBER TO PIVET BACKWARDS CATCHING THE PERSONL LEFT LEG BAD LY CONTUSING TH9 SHIN AND CALF AREAS.
I NAME S TRUCK 4AS STUCK IN A SOFT SPOT THE TRUCK COULD NOT BE PULLED LOADED, IN THE ATTEMPT TO DUMP THE LOAD THE BED RAISED ONLY 6 INCHES THE IN THE PROCESS OF LETTING THE BED DOWN IT JOLTED THE TRUCK CAUS3NG A NECK STRAIN TO THE OPERATOR SHE WAS TREATED BY A CHIROPRACTOR ON 5-27-86 AFTER WORKING HER NEXT SHIFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
I.NAME SLIPPED 2N PATCH OF ICE IN EMPL PARKING LOT WALKING TO PERSONAL VEHICLE AFTER WORKING HOUS.STRAINING LOWER BACK.