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LIFTING LOCK RING ONTO HUB- SLIPPED FROM HAND- GAVE EXTRA BOOST TO GET LOCK RING ONTO HUB & NOT ON FOOT- LOCK RING HOOKED TOP OF HUB AND SMASHED FINGER ON BOTTOM OF HUB.
EE WAS OPERATING AN OVERBURDEN HAULAGE TRUCK WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW AND CAME OFF FROM THE RIM. THE TRUCK DROPPED TO ITS AXLE AND CAME TO A STOP. WHEN THE TRUCK DROPPED TO THE AXLE, THE OPERATOR WAS FORCED UP INTO THE CAB'S CEILING AND THEN BACK DOWN INTO THE OPERATOR'S SEAT. EE SUFFERED LOW BACK PAIN.
TECHNICIAN WAS LOADING A SMALL ROW BOAT INTO A TRUCK WHEN SHE FELT A POP IN HER LOWER BACK SHE EXPERIENCED NO PAIN HOWEVER AS THE DAYS PROGRESSED SHE BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK SHE R EPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HER SUPERVISOR ON OCT 13TH & RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR A LOWER BACK STRAIN ON OCT 14 1994
EE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER WHEN HE DROVE OVER A SERIES OF HOLES AND BUMPS WHICH JARRED HIM SEVERELY. THE TECHNICIAN SUBSEQUENTLY BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE MIDDLE BACK PAIN WHICH RADIATED AROUND HIS SIDES.
EE AND OTHER AND ANOTHER WERE MOVING GATE VALVE OVER CONCRETE FORM WHEN GATE VALVE DROPPED ON EE RIGHT HAND PINCHING FINGERS BETWEEN VALVE AND ROCK SURFACE CAUSING LACERATIONS AND FRACTURES IN KNUCKLES OF TWO FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A4" X 1/4" STRAP OF IRON WITH A CUTOFF SAW WHEN HE RECEIVED METAL PARTICLES IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
CO-EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYE FILLED A GALLON PLASTIC JUG WITH CO2 AND THREW IT UNDER A NEARBY TRUCK. THE JUG EXPLODED, SENDING IT ACROSS THE SHOPA ND I NTO A STORAGE BIN. THE EXPLOSION AND PERCUSSION CAUSED THE CO-EMPLOYEE TO RECEIVE A TYMPANIC CONTUSION IN THE LEFT EAR.
THE TARP SLIPPED WHEN OPENING THE DOOR OF THE FORK LIFT. A HOOK CAUGHT NOSE, TEARING A PIECE LOOSE.
WELDER RECEIVED WELDING BURNS TO HIS LEFT EYE DURING A WELDING OPERATION.
METAL FLOOR GRATING PULLED OFF FLOOR AND LEANED AGAINST THE POLE. EE WALKED BY AND IT FELL ON HIS FOOT.
EE WAS CHANGING THE CARBIDE INSERTS ON A CUTTING OF A FLANGE FACER. HE WAS FACING THE ROLLER PATH OF A SHOVEL. HE TURNED THE CUTTING HEAD TOO FAR AND HIS LEFT SMALL FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN A PNCH POINT BETWEEN THE CUTTING HEAD AND THE ROOLER PATH OF THE SHOVEL.
THE WIND CAUGHT DOOR OF TOOL TRAILER AND SWUNG IT SHUT HITTING EE.
EE PICKED UP A SHACKLE AND THE WIRE SLING UNRAVELED AND CAUGHT THE EE IN THE TOOTH, CHIPPING THE UPPER RIGHT FRONT TOOTH.
EE EXPERINECE AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO LYSOL SPRAY WHICH WAS SPRAYED IN THE OPERATOR'S CAB OF THE UNIT HE WAS OPERATING.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AN INSULATOR WHENIT SLIPPED AND STARTED TO FALL. AS THE INSULATOR FELL, THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH IT AND CUT HIS HAND ONA PIECE OF ANGLE IRON DURING THE PROCESS.
EE WAS OPERATING A BD-180 TRUCK. A RUBBER TIRED DOZER HAD CLEANED UP WHERE A SHOVEL HAD BACKED UP. THE EE RETURNED TO THE SHOVEL AND ENTERED THE AREA WHERE THE DOZER HAD CLEANED UP WITH HIS TR UCK. HE CROSSED OVER THE 6-9 INCH WINDROWS LEFT BY THE DOZER. THE MOTION OF GOING OVER THE WINDROWS JARRED THE EE IN HIS SEAT. LATER IN THE SHIFT THE EE EXPERIENCED BACK AND NECK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A 1/2 INCH FLEX HOSE FOR AVALVE STEM WITH NEW BLADE, THEKNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT THUMB REQUIRING STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH AIR CYLINDERS. AIR BLEW DUST AROUND AND A SMALL PIECE OF DUST LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
TECHNICIAN WAS USING A AEROSOL PROPELLED STARTING FLUID TO START AN ENGINE HWEN HE RECEIVED SOME OF THE ETHER BASED FLUID INHIS LEFT EYE AND SUFFERED CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
AFTER GRINDING ON DOZER BLADE, FELT IRRITATION TO LEFT EYE. PATIENT HAD RUST IN CORNEA OF LEFT EYE WHEN SEEN BY A DR OF OPTOMERTRY.
CONSISTANCY-LOOSE DIRT AND SAND WITHA SMALL AMOUNT OF MUD, SOFTBALL SIZED CHUNKS OF CLAY AND HARD DIRT ROCKS ALSO SOFTBALLS SIZED.
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM HER PARKED CAR IN THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT WHEN SHE SLIPPED IN THE SNOW AND FELL. SHE HIT HER HEAD ON A PARKED VEHICLE AND WRENCHED HER BACK.
WHILE GRINDING ON SHOVEL PART EE GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE.
GRINDING PAINAT IN A TIGHT SPOT WITH HOOD ON & SAFETY GLASES ON. METAL SHAVINGS & PAINT CHIPS BLEW AROUND THE HOOD & SAFETY GLASSES & LODGED IN THE EYE (LEFT EYE).
EE WAS PLACING CABLE IN HOLDERS WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. IT WAS THOUGHT THAT ALL OF THE METAL WAS REMOVED FROM THE EE S EYE, HOWEVER AFTER TWO WEEKS THE EE BEGAN TO SUFFE R HEADACHES AND SORENESS IN THE RIGHT EYE. WHEN HE WAS EXAMINED BY AN O.D. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT METAL REMAINED IN HIS EYE.
EE WAS WALKING TO LIGHT DUTY PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON BLACK ICE, CAUGHT HIMSELF IN A CROUCH POSITION EXTENDED HIS LEFT LEG AT 90 DEGREES AND DISLOCATED HIS LEFT HIP.
TECHNICIAN STEPPED ONTO A COAL CHUNK AND TWITED HER RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS HELPING OTHER FIX LIGHT ON RIGHT SIDE 154 DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND HIS KNEE TWISTED AND POPPED.
WELDER WAS AIR ARCHING WELD ON SHOVEL BUCKET WHEN HE RECEIVED STEEL PARTICLES IN BOTH EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING TRAILING CABLE WHEN HE FELT A "POP" IN HIS BACK & SUBSEQUENTLY SUFFERED LOWER BACK PAIN.
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
WHILE USING A CRESCENT TO LOOSEN A PRESSURE SETTING DEVICE THE WRENCH CAME LOOSE & THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND STRUCK THE WIRE MESH GUARD CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND TO THE 2ND DIGIT.
WELDER WAS GRINDING ON THE BOTTOM OF LOADER BUCKET WHEN FILINGS FELL FROM HIS GRINDING SHIELD INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
TECHNICIAN WAS DISMOUNTING FROM EQUIPMENT LADDER WHEN HE STEPPED BACK ON STEP ON THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE ON A MEDIUM ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON BWE DISCHARGE BELT WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL ON THE BELT TWICE.
METAL PARTICLES FELL INTO LEFT EYE WHEN PUTTING WELDIGN HOOD ON HEAD.
WHIEL PACKING A CULVERT CONTAINING A CENTER PIN WITH DRY ICE, A LARGE CHUNK OF ICE WAS BROKEN ON THE SIDE OFTHE CULVERT. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HADN WAS HOLDING THE CULVERT INT HE SPOT WHERE THE ICE MADE CONTACT WITH THE CULVERT, LACERATING THE EMPLOYEE'S LITTLE FINGE RON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A P & H 4100 GUSSET AND GOT A METAL FRAGMENT IN HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE WAITED FOR THREE DAYS BEFORE SEEING A DR ALLOWING RUST TO DEVELOPE IN THE EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING METAL WHEN FOREIGN BODIES BECAME ENTRAPPED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING LADDER DURING A S.M.E.T. TRAINING SESSION AT AN AREA MINING COMPANY WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.
REACHED FOR GRAB HANDLE TO ENTER CRANE CAB DID NOT GRAB THE HANDLE & FELL FROM DECK OF THE CRANE BRUISED & ABRASION BELOW THE ELBOW RT FOREARM
APPARENTLY, COAL DUST IN THE DUST COLLECTOR SPONTANEOUSLY IGNITED WHILE THE DUST COLLECTOR WAS SHUT DOWN. WHEN THE DUST COLLECTOR WAS STARTED UP THE MAIN FAN CAUSED DUST INSIDE THE COLLECTOR T O BE PLACED IN SUSPENSION AND IGNITED BY THE BURNING COAL WHICH RESULTED IN THE FIRE AND EXPLOSION.
WHILE GRINDING ON THE HORSE COLLAR OF UNIT 26613, LEFT SIDE OF FRAME, PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO TECHNICIANS LEFT EYE.
WHILE WORKING UNDERNEATH A RUBBER TIRE DOZER TECHNICIAN WAS DRIVING OUT BOLTS WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO HIS RT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND GRINDING INSIDE CAR BODY ON UNIT 295 BE SHOVE. A PIECE OF METAL [SLIVER] GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
WHILE MOVING TRAILING CABLE, OPERATOR WAS STRUCK BY THE CABLE, CAUISNG HIM TO FALL. HE SUFFERRED A CHIP BONE IN HIS LEFT THUMB.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF 927 SERVICE TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE STARTED TO FALL, AT WHICH TIME HE REACHED TO GRAB THE HANDRAIL AND HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN AN EXPANDED META L GUARD.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REMOVAL OF SHIMS FROM 31330 SHOVEL. THE LATCH BAR WAS TRIPPED, PINHING THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE SHIMS.
TIP OF HOOK BLADE BROKE ALLOWING BLADE TO SLIDE ACROSS BELT AND INTO HAND/CUT ON HAND 2 1/2" LONG.