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SUBJECT WAS RECEIVING WOOD BLOCKING FROM FELLOW WORKER WHO WAS HANDING THEM DOWN TO HIM, FROM A TRUCK. FELLOW WORKERS HANDS SLIPPED OFF OF BLOCKING & FELL SMASHHING SUBJECTS LEFT THUMB AGAINST SIDE OF MACHINE.
SUBJECT SAID HE WAS PLACING ROCKY MATERIAL ONTO HAULROAD, AND BACK DRAGGING BUCKET TO TURN AROUND AREA AND PROCEEDED INTO PIT FORWARD, BUT THIS TIME THE PICK-UP WAS IN TURN AROUND AREA AND HE DID NOT SEE IT. HE BACKED INTO THE FRONT END OF PICK-UP.
HE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH AND HIS HAND, ARM, SHOULDER STARTED TO GET NUMB AND THEN HURT.
SUBJECT WAS PUSHING DIRT RECLAIMING LAND AND THE TRANSMISSION JERKED AND CAUSED HIS NECK AND BACK TO HURT.
SUBJECT SAID HE HAD JUST PUSHED A PAN TO LOAD IT AND AS HE WENT TO BACK UP HIS DOZER HE DROVE OVER A ROCK AND WAS TURNING AROUND AT THE SAME TIME AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE HOIST LEVER THE DR SAID HE WILL BE UNABLE TO WORK FOR AT LEAST 4 DAYS
SUBJECT WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A SWIVEL ON HYDRFAULIC JACK CYLINDER LINE & HE THOUGHT HIS HELPER HAD CONTGROL OF IT BUT WHEN HE TOOK HIS BOLT OUT IT FELL PINCHING HIS THUMB AGAINST PLATE
SUBJECT WAS OPE9ATING A PAN AND WAS LOOKING BACK AT THE BOWL AND WAS GOING FORWARD WHEN HE DROVE OVER A CLUMP OF DIRT-MUD AND THE SUDDEN JAR CAUSED HIS BACK "WHICH HE HAS BEEN UNDER TREATMENT3FOR" TO START HURTING-LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.
MINE AREA WAS V9RY MUDDY DUE TO WEATHER-SUBJECT WAS STANDING ON AN AUGER FLYTE WHEN ONE OF THE LOWER ONES MOVED AND HE FELL BETWEEN THEM AND HIS LEFT LEG WAS SQUEEZED JUST ABOVE THE KNEE BETWE EN TWO AUGER FL2TES. THESE WERESSTORED ALONG HAUL ROAD & WERE BEING MOVED INTO THE PIT
HE SAID HE HELP9D TO PUT ON HOIST CABLE ON. HE MUST HAVE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK BECUASE IT WAS SORE.
SUBJECT LEFTED 7HE END OF A RAILROAD TIE INTO THE BUCKET OF THE HILIFT AND SOMETHING PULLED IN HIS BACK
SUBJECT STEPPED DOWN OFF OF PUSH TRAM AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE MUDDY GROUND AND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE
SUBJECT SAID HE WAS STANDING ON THE LEDGE ALONG SIDE OF THE FUEL TRUCK AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND BUT HIS FOOT LANDED ON THE LIP OF THE 5 GALLON CAN.
SUBJECT TWISTED HIS KNEE & KNEE STARTED TO SWELL UP SO HE WENT TO SEE A DOCTOR.
SUBJECT SAID HE WAS BACKING UP HIS DOZER & WENT OVER A LARGE ROCK & JARRED HIS BACK.
SUBJECT WAS COMING DOWN ROADWAY FROM THE BENCH WHEN HE FELT THE DOZER SINK DOWN AND WHEN THE SAW HIS BLADE COME UP HE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND DISMOUNTED THE DOZER THEN IT ROLLED OVER ONE TURN ONTO ITS SIDE, AS THE SOFT CLAY SLID OFF OF ROCK FORMATION.
SUBJECT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT CHAINS ONT HE WHEELS OF THE GRADER & SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS BACK.
SUBJECT HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF OF HIS DOZER AND AS THE WENT TO TURN AROUND HE SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING HIS LEG KNEE.
SUBJECT SAID "HE WAS STEPPING ON AN AUGER FLUTE AND HE SLIPPED (DUE TO MUD ON HIS SHOES) AND FELL STRIKING HIS SHOULDER.
SUBJECT WAS JUST STEPPING DOWN TO THE GROUND WITH ONE FOOT ON THE LADDER, HE SLIPPED & REACHED OUT AGAINST THE BANK TO CATCH HIMMSELF & HURT HIS FINGER
SUBJECT WAS COMING OUT THE ROAD & SOMETHING MUST HAVE FLOWN INTO HIS EYE BECAUSE IT STARTED TO BOTHER HIM VERY BAD. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY OUR "EMT" BUT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND IN THE EYE, AFTER TREAMENT HE WAS SENT BACK TO WORK.
SUBJECT HAD JUST LIFT ED HIS HIOOD TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE AND A PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OFF OF THE WELDING ROD HE HAD JUST USED AS IT COOLED OFF AND FLEW INTO HIS EYE
SUBJECT WAS PICKING STONE WHEN AN ELEVATED PLASTIC AIR DUCT CAME LOOSE & FELL APPROX 3\ STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND AFTER IT GLANCED OFF OF HIS HARD HAT. THIS WAS A PIECE OF PLASTIC SEWER P IPE 6"X10\ WITH A TEE ATTACHED TO MAINLINE.
THE DOZER WAS RECLAIMING OVERBURDEN BAC INTO FORWARD PIT INSTEAD OF KEEPING MACHINE LEVEL & STRAIGHT & PUSHING UP A RAMP HE STARTED PUSHING ON A SLOPE AT AN AGLE AND SLID OFF OF A B16 ROCK & U PSET THE DOZER ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE.
SUBJECT WAS WORKING BELOW A DOZER (WHO WAS PUSHING DIRT) HOOKING UP A WATER PUMP HOSE ANDA CARGE PIECE OF WET DIRT ROLLED AROUND THE EDGE OF THE DOZER BLADE AND ROLLED DOWN SLOPE INTO HIM KNOC KING HIM DOWN.
SUBJECT WAS THREADING A PIECE OF PIPE AND WHEN HE PUSHED DOWN ON THE THREADER HANDLE HIS HAND STRUCK ANOTHER PIECE OF PIPE WHICH HAD A SHARP EDGE.
SUBJECT CLAIMB THAT WHEN HE HAS TO MOVE HIS HEAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE TOO MUCH HE HAD PAIN IN NECK.
SUBJECT ATTEMPTED TO GRAB AN OBJECT THOUGHT TO BE A PIECE OF TAPE OFF OF A MOVING FAN BELT AND HIS FINGER WAS STRUCK BY THIS OBJECT UNKNOWN
SUBJECT WAS GETTING ON HIS DOZER AND SLIPPED BACKWARDS AND AS HE WENT BACK HE GRABBED A HAND HOLD AND THE SUDDEN JAR PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK
SUBJECT WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND A SURVEY PARTY VEHICLE AND AS HE DROVE OVER THE BERM THE BOWL OF HIS PAN CAUGHT A BIG ROCK CAUSING THE BACK TO SLIDE OVER THE EDGE AND IT FLIPPED THE PAN O VER. NOT ANY LOST TIME SHOWN WILL BE DUE TO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE SUBJECT SAID HE IS AVAILABLE TO WORK.
SUBJECT WAS HELPING TO PLACE A CULVERT PIPE IN A DITCH WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE
SUBJECT WAS REMOVING A RAG THAT HE HAD PLACED NEAR THE FLY WHEEL ON A PUMP HE HAD JUST STARTED AND IT CAUGHT HIS HAND
SUBJECT TOLD HIS FOREMAN THAT HE RAISED UP WHILE WORKING UNDER THE MACHINE AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AND JAMMED HIS NECK.
SUBJECT WAS PLACING TOPSOIL WITH A PAN AND HE GOT TO CLOSE TO THE EDGE THE DIRT GAVE WAY AND THE PAN ROLLED OVER NO INJURY