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Employee lost his balance and jumped from D9 dozer walkway resulting in a fracture to his right heel.
Employee was diagnosed with heat exhaustion.
Employee pinched his finger between a sledgehammer handle and a metal bulk prill bin, resulting in a fracture to his left ring finger.
Installing right steering cylinder, driving in bearing using hammer, hammer slipped out of hands hitting employee in left leg above knee.
EMPLOYEE WAS ARC GOUGING METAL WHEN SOME METAL BOUNCED OFF THE WALL BEHIND HIM AND ENTERED INTO HIS WELDING HOOD AND INTO HIS EYE, ALSO EYE WAS BURNED BY WELDING RAYS.
Employee was striking a loader tooth with a hammer when a metal fragment struck him in the left thigh.
Employee was tightening segment bolts on a D10 Dozer with an impact wrench. He suffered an abdominal strain or hernia. * Note: Employee did not start missing work until 4/14/05.
Employee tripped over tire and fell (torn ligament in shoulder - surgically repaired on 6/2/05).
Employee was removing a crib block from underneath a D10 dozer track after the track had been bolted together. Two of the track pads came together, severing the tip of the employee's right little finger just below the fingernail.
Employee stepped in an open 8" drill hole, fell backwards to the ground and his foot became stuck. His foot was quickly dislogded from the hole and he suffered strains/sprains to his right hip and lower back.
Employee was trouble shooting a brake problem on the Cat Lowboy trailer. He began to loosen the bleeder plug to check for pressure. The bleeder plug blew out of the cylinder causing fluid to spray into the employee's eyes.
Employee's portal vehicle was struck by a deer while driving on mine property. The air bags deployed causing the driver to enter the ditch and into a sump along the roadway. Employee suffered a fracture to his left ring finger. * Medical records diagnosing and confirming the injury were not available until 12/10/04.
EE WAS PULLING FUEL HOSE TO TRUCK TANK, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. DID NOT REPORT UNTIL 11/08/2004, TREATED BY DR, GIVEN RX AND ONE WEEK RESTRICTED DUTY.
Employee was climbing up ladder to operator's cab of auger and slipped. Left index finger got caught while attempting to grasp a rail.
After boarding the 16G grader, the employee lost his balance, turned and jumped to the ground. He sprained his ankles and left shoulder. * Note - Employee did not start missing work until 10/6/04.
Employee bent over to pick up a piece of nylon rope and experienced pain in his lower back. He was diagnosed with a lumbar strain.
Employee was using a razor knife to cut an old radiator hose. His forearm came in contact with the open blade, resulting in a cut that required 14 stitches to close.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BRAKE ROTORS ON HAULPAK 830 TRUCK. THE WRENCH SLIPPED & HE HIT HIS RT. ELBOW ON CALIPER. THE NEXT DAY HIS ELBOW STARTED TO SWELL & HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO BE CHECKED. INFECTION CAUSED LOST TIME AND EE WAS SCHEDULED OFF THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
Employee was using an endloader to move a large rock from the dig face. A section of the rock broke loose, causing the endloader to jar the employee resulting in a strain to the neck and shoulder.
Employee fell from the bumper of his service truck. He was attempting to raise the hood and was using the grill section as a grab handle. The grill section broke away, causing him to loose his balance and fall onto the concrete shop floor. He has contusions to his lower back and left arm.
Employee was ejected from a hydraulic manlift and fell approximately 12-14 feet to the ground. He received fractures to his left shoulder, left knee and left femur.
Employee was struck by a flying piece of metal from a dozer track which was being unloaded. He suffered a laceration to his stomach and arm.
Employee came in contact with a dozer push arm that he was welding on and was burned.
Employee turned to look rearward while backing his loader down a slight incline and strained his lower back.
Repetitive motion, trigger finger.
EE came to work not feeling well. An ambulance was called and the ee apparently suffered a heart attack in the ambulance in route to the hospital.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING A CHOKER ON X-BRACING & FELT PAIN IN THE LEFT SHOULDER, WHEN HE REACHED UP TO ADJUST IT.
EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED NECK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT INDEX FINGER BY BOLT/NUT FROM CUTTING EDGE ON 575 KOMATSU DOZER. *NOTE: EMPLOYEE DID NOT VISIT DOCTOR UNTIL 1-16-04. MANAGEMENT WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DIAGNOSI S UNTIL 1-17-04. MEDICAL RECORDS WERE NOT OBTAINED UNTIL 1-21-04.
LAB TECHNICAN WAS CRUSHING COAL SAMPLE-LIFTING TRASH CAN OF COAL TO HOPPER OF CRUSHER-HE APPARENTLY STRAINED ABDOMINAL MUSCLES WHILEWORKING-EE DID NOT SAY ANYTHING TO CO-WORKERS OR REPORT TO S UPERVISOR HE WAS HURT-CALLED IN THE NEXT DAY AND REPORTED HE WOULD BE OFF 2 WEEKS.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A 4'-0" PC OF 4" DIA PIPE, APPROXIMATELY 45 PDS. THE 40 DEGREE FITTING WAS ATTACHED WITH A SMALL LENGTH OF PIPE ATTACHED, MAKING AN "L". THE EMPLOYEE WALKED THROUGH A DOORWAY AND THE PROTRUDING PIPE STRUCK THE DOOR FRAME CAUSING THE EMP TO TWIST SUDDENLY. EMPLOYEE REPORTED A DULL PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A SECTION OF BEAM OUT OF THE FLOOR STEEL FOR REPLACEMENT. WHEN THE CUT WAS COMPLETED, THE BEAM SHIFTED. HE JUMPED BACK, LOSING HIS BALANCE, FALLING APPROXIMATELY 4' TO THE FLOOR BELOW. HE WAS WEARING A HARNESS THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE STEEL BUT AT FLOOR LEVEL. THE LANYARD WAS NOT CONNECTED HIGH ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE FALL.
AFTER MAKING DELIVERY, DRIVER UNCOVERED 3"HOSE FROM STORAGE TANK. HE FAILED TO RELEAVE PRESSURE BY UNCOUPLING ONE SIDE AT A TIME, AS TRAINED 2 WEEKS PRIOR. ONCE UNCOUPLED THE HOSE FLEW BACK STRIKING HIM IN THE UPPER LIP CAUSING A DEEP LACERATION. HE SOUGHT IMMEDIATE TREATMENT BY PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION.
VICTIM WAS TRAMMING AN EXCAVATOR THRU A WET AREA TO GAIN ACCESS TO A ROAD CULVERT THAT HE INTENDED TO CLEAN OUT WITH THE MACHINE. THE LEFT TRACK OF THE MACHINE SLID OVER INTO A MIXTURE OF WATE R AND FINE MATERIAL MUD AND THE MACHINE TIPPED OVER ON ITS LEFT SIDE, CAUSING THE CAB TO GO UNDER THE WATER AND MUD. THE OPERATOR WAS TRAPPED IN THE MACHINE UNDER THE WATER AND MUD FOR APPROX
EE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM WORK AREA & EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RT. CALF. NOTE: EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 11/2/03.
EE DROPPED DRILL BIT SUB SECTION, PINCHING LT. INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE FELL APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET FROM THE SHOVEL CATWALK WHILE CLEANING HANDRAILS.
EE TRIPPED OR STUMBLED ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON, RESULTING IN A SPRAIN AND CONTUSION.
EMPLOYEE JAMMED HIS HEAD INTO AN AIR INTAKE TUBE, STRAINING HIS NECK. EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 9-8-03.
EMPLOYEE CLIMBING DOWN THE STAIRS OF AUGER TRUCK, SLIPPED ON STEP, HIT RIGHT SHIN ON STEP. RESULT - CONTUSION OF RIGHT SHIN (AREA BELOW RIGHT KNEE).
EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE DISMOUNTING PORTAL BUS, STRAINING HIS NECK AND LEGS.
EE INHALED FIRE EXTINGUISHER CHEMICAL.
EE WAS STRUCK IN THE R THIGH BY A FRAGMENT OF METAL.
EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE STEERING COLUMN, RESULTING IN A CONTUSION.
EE ALLGES A LOSS OF HEARING WAS DYE TO EXPOSIVE OF NOISE HE WAS EXPOSED TO WHILE IN THE EE OF HEBET MINING. HE WAS GRANTED A 10.40% AWARD BY THE WV WORKERS COMPENSTATION DIVISION.
EE WAS JARRED WHEN THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING REARED UP & THEN CAME DOWN SUDDENLY
REPAIRING/REMOVING SHIFTING DEVICE FROM TRUCK, STRAINED (R) SHOULDER.
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS REPETIVE MOTION SYNDROM IN BOTH HANDS CARPAL TUNNEL
EE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL WHEN IT SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS FINGER
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES TO CONTRACTING COAL WORKER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS AS A RESULT OF HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH HOBET MINING INC AND WAS GRANTED A 30% AWARD BY THE WV WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION.