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FIRE WAS DISCOVERED INTOOL TRAILERS BY SECURITY GUARD. NEW ALEXANDRIA & BRILLIANT FIRE DEPTS REPSPONDED. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY 4AM. FIRE MARSHALL FORD DETERMINED FIRE WAS CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL SHORT. FIRE WAS LIMITED TO TOOL TRAILERS. NO INJURIES OCCURED
EE WAS LIFTING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF ANTIFREEZE WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EE. AFTER THE TASK WAS COMPLETED HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN TO THE OTHER EE.
EE EE WAS OPERATING OUR TRUCK 1223 2 1/2 TON TANDOM FLATBED WHICH WAS PULLING AHAY MULCHING MACHINE USED FOR RECKMATION. WHILE ON STEEP HITT TRUCK WAS RUNNING ROUGH STALLING AND BACK FIRING. I N ATTEMPT TO RESTART ON HILL DRIVER NOTIED FLAME ON PASSENGER REACHED FOR EXTINGUISHER SAW FLAME UNDER SEAT SET BRAKE AND EXITED VEHICLE. FIRE DEPT CALLED TRUCK TOTAL LOSS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING OUT HOLES ON THE FAN ASSEMBLY OF #274 DOZER AND WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE ON THE DRILL, FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES HIS BACK HAD BEEN HURTING FOR THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF,BUT HE COULD STILL WORK AND LIFT THINGS WHEN NECESSARY,VERY CAREFULLY.HE STATES THAT ON SATURDAY AFTER MAKING ROUNDS AS A FILL-IN FOREMAN HE GOT OUT OF TRUCK #1264 AND HIS BACK WENT OUT.HE STATES HE HAD VERY BAD PAIN AND COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP. WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 02-10-92 WORKED 02-11 AND 02-12-92 OFF 02-13
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING GEAR CASE COVER FOR #14 BACKHOE OUT OF THE BACK OF #1264 TRUCK. AS HE WAS LIFTING COVER AND ATTEMPTING TO PUT COVER ON THE BOOM OF THE BACKHOE, HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE BOOM AND THE GEAR CASE COVER.
EMPLOYEE DROVE PICKUP TRUCK NO. 1264 TO LOWER GATE TO LOCK SAME. HE DROVE THRU THE OPEN GATE AND TURNED AROUND AND DROVE BACK THRU THE GATE FACING UPGRADE. HE STOPPED THE TRUCK APPROX. 20' AHE AD OF THE GATE, SET THE PARKING BRAKE, EXITED THE TRUCK AND WALKED DOWN THE GRADE. HE PULLED BOTH SIDES OF THE GATE SHUT, CLOSED AND LOCKED THE CHAIN AND AT THAT TIME HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PIC
EE STATED THAT HE WAS CUTTING TREES WITH AN 18 INCH CHAIN SAW WHEN THE BAR STUCK WHILE CUTTING AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE THRU SHEAVE FROM TOP OF MAST ON #565 DRILL WHEN HE CLAIMS HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPL CARRYING A 35 LB BUCKET OF TEXCLAD II LUBRICANT UP THE STEPS INTO DRAGLINE WHEN THE BUCKET CAUGHT UNDER HANDRAIL AND HE FELT A PAIN IN UPPER RIGHT ARM AND NOTICED THE MUSCLE HAD DROPPED.
EMPL WAS INSTALLING TORQUE CONVERTER PROPELLING SHAFT ASSEMBLY ON 790 HILIFT. HE STATED HE WAS SETTING SHAFT ASSEMBLY IN PLACE BY LAYING IT ON RIGHT SHOULDER & LINING UP BOLT HOLES WHEN HE FEL T CRACKING SENSATION IN BACK WHICH ALSO GAVE HIM SHARP PAINS IN RIGHT SHOULDER & RIGHT SIDE OF NECK.
EE HAD REMOVED BOTTOM OF SEAT ON 274 DOZER TO FILL THE TRANSMISSION WITH OIL. WHILE HE WAS FILLING SAME HE WAS ASKED TO MOVE THE DOZER OUT OF THE WAY. AT THAT TIME HE SAT DOWN IN THE SEAT WITH NO CUSHION AND WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE TRNTRANSMISSION RESULTING IN HITTING HIS TAILBONE AND THE SMALL OF HIS BACK ON THE FILL TUBE.
ATTEMPTING TO ENTER CAB OF WATER TRUCK AFTER FILLING IT WITH WATER. TEPPED UP ON WET FUEL TNAK TO ENTER THE CAB WHEN FT SLIPPED . GRABBED THE DOOR WITH L ARM HE CLAIMS FELT PAIN IN BACK
EMPL WAS ON THE DRILLING DECK OF 40-R DRILL ATTEMPTING TO THAW OUT A FROZEN PIN OUT OF SIGHT OF THE OPERATOR HE WAS HOLDING ONTO SLIDE RAIL OF CROSS HEAD WITH L HAND AND USING TORCH WITH R HAN D THE DRILL OPERATOR LOWERED THE CROSS HEAD TO DRETRIEVE DRILL STEM WHEN I NAME HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CROSS HEAD SLIDE RAIL AND THE CROSS HEAD GUIDE
EMPL CLAIMS THAT AFTER EARING LUNCH HE WAS WALKING DOWN ACCESS ROAD TO RESUME JOB. HE STEPPED UP ON ROCK WHICH WAS ON SIDE OF ROAD TO LOOK OVER EDGE. WHEN STEPPING OFF ROCK HE FELL & LANDED ON LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE PIN FROM THE RT TOP LIFT JACK WITH A BAR THE PIN FELL OUT ENOUGH TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON THE JACK CAUSING THE BAR IN THE HOLE TO FLY UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE O N LEFT CHEEK
EMP. WAS REPA2RING TRANSMIISION ON LOADING SHOVEL. WHILE USING COFFIN HOIST, HANDLE LODGED IN TRANSMISSION. WHEN DISLODGING HANDLE, LEFT HAND MIDDLE FINGER BRUSHED AGAINST TRANSMISSION GEAR. RESULTING IN METAL SPLINTER IN FINGER.
EMP HAD FINISHED HELPING OILER MOVE ELECTRIC CABLE AND WAS RETURNING TO TRUCK. AS HE W AS APPROACHING THE TRUCK HE TURNED HIS ANKLE ON A ROCK
AFTER LOADING L5ST COAL TRUCK EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF SHOVEL PUT FOOT ON TRACK SLIPPED & FELL TO THE GROUND HE TRIED TO STOP HIS FALL & HIT LEFT ARM ON GROUND HEEL OF FOOT STRUCK ON TRACK G ROUSER 3
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING AMONIA NITRATE TRUCK TO BLASTING AREA UP GRADE AND WHEN ALMOST AT THE TOP HE LOST POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO A LOWER GEAR AND THE TRUCK STARTED BACKWARDS DOWN THE S LOPE. ROAD WAS3DRY WITH LOOSE MATERIAL AND BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD. HE MADE A SHARP TURN AND OVERTURNED.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST9PPING DOWN LADDER OF EUCLID TRUCK,AND ON BOTTOM STEP LOST HIS BALANCE.WHEN HE WAS FALLING,HIS WEDDING BAND GOT CAUGHT IN THE STEP GRATING WHICH CUT HIS FINGER.AT THE TIME HE DI DN'T REALIZE HE3CUT HIS FINGER.
FIRE OF AN UND9TERMINED ORIGIN OCCURRED ON A FRONT END LOADER BETWEEN THE CAB AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT THE FIRE CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE REAR SECTION OF THE FRONT END LOADER NO PERSON PERSONNEL INJUR3ES RESULTED
EMPLOYEE HAD BA7KED FERTILIZER TRUCK UP BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF 9 INCH HOLES WHICH HAD BEEN DRILLED. HE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND REACHED FOR THE HOSE, TAKING A STEP WITH HIS RIGHT LEG AND STEPPED INTO ONE OF T2E HOLES.
EE WAS STANDING ON THE PICKING TABLE CATWALK WHEN HE REACHED DOWN & CROSS THE PICKING TABLE BELT TO PICK UP A SULPHUR BALL-35#. EE LIFTED THE SULPHUR BALL WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF A SHARP PAIN IN UPPER LEFT BACK UNDER SHOULDER BLADE.
EMPLOYEE HA DJUST FINISHED GREASING HIS DOZER WHEN HE WAS GETTING BACK INTO CAB AND A ROCK FELL FROM ATOP THE HIGHWALL AND HIT ABOVE HIM, FELL TO A LOWER SHELF AND SHATTERED. A PIECE OF THE RO CK HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK LEFT SHOULDER.
EE ATTEMPTED TO WALK FROM OFFICE TO PIT TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE & LANDED N HIS BACK. EE GOT UP & WORKED SCHEDULED SHIFT BUT COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN ALL DAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING OUTSIDE OF DRAG CAB EATING HIS LUNCH WHEN THE WIND BLEW AND A PIECE OF RUST BECAME LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE RUST CAME FROM, WHETHER OFF OF T HE BOOM OR FROM HIS CLOTHING.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON FENDER OF EUCLID STEAMING OFF ENGINE. WHEN HE FINISHED HE STEPPED DOWN ONTO THE BUMPER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND (APPROX. 5 FEET) STRIKING THE LEFT SIDE O F HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND. HE RECEIVED A SMALL CUT ON THE SIDE OF HIS LEFT EAR.
EMP HAD JUST PARKED HIS AMONIA NITRATE TRUCK OVER A HOLE TO BE FILLED AND UPON STOPPING AND TURNING THE SAME OFF HE PROCEEDED TO THE SIDE OF THE T RUCK TO OBTAIN A DRINK OF WATER AND WHILE DOI NG SO THE HOLE OVER WHICH THE TRUCK WAS PARKED WENT OFF THE EMP INDICATES HE WAS THROWN TO THE HGROUND WHICH OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE AREA INDICATED HE WAS EITHER THROWN, RAN OR FELL WHEN THE L
FOR LUNCH UKE OPERATORS PARK MACHINES SO HOODS MAKE LG. AREA FOR THEM TO SIT TOGETHER. STEPPING FROM ONE TO ANOTHER HE SLIPPED & FELL BETWEEN MACHINES APPROX 2\ FELL TO THE GROUND. RECEIVED CU T TO BACK OF HEAD, CHEST BRUISED ABRASIONS ON INSIDE RIGHT FOREARM STOVED FINGER BRUISED HIP & SHIN-RIGHT.
THE AREA WAS WELL LIGHTED STANDING ON GROUND NEXT TO DRAGLINE THE GROUND SURFACE WAS ROCKY JEFF PICKED UP THE DRAGLINE CABLE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK JEFF COMPLAINED OF THE PAIN BUT WEN T IMMEDIATELY BACK TO WORK