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He was checking a water pump hose for frozen spots when he tripped on a piece of frozen dirt and fell face first to the ground. He caught himself when he was falling with both hands breaking both wrists.
He was tightening bolts on a Cat D11 dozer when the wrench slipped and struck him on his wrist and fractured it.
Truck owned LJF Inc.enroute for load of coal-Bonita Job. Truck shut off going up grade, coasted truck backward to side road. Driver saw electrical smoke coming between front of battery box & rear of front tire. Wires started flaming, put out with fire extinquisher, flames kept erupting, fire out of control. Loader operator got water in his bucket dumped on fire until out.
He was moving a 1000 pound piece of steel when the cables lost tension and it fell onto his right leg. Broken lower right leg.
While operating rubber tired front end loader in rock in pit area the tooth of the loader slipped off a rock which shook the loader and he felt pain in his lower back.
Hydraulic line broke on Hitachi 1800 Shovel, employee slipped on oil and fell.
While climbing up the ladder on Cat 980C Wheel Loader, he lost his grip and footing on ladder and fell to the ground injuring his chest and leg.
He was walking from his pickup truck to the wheel loader to start work when he slipped on some ice that sloped downward. He lost his footing and rolled his ankle and then fell down on it, spraining his ankle.
EE was walking in fresh snow up a grade to the upper level where his vehicle was parked. He slipped in the snow and fell to both knees, which one leg went behind him. Swelling happened in both knees.
While hauling dirt to dump in a Cat 777D off highway truck, he ran over a rock on the road and bounced in his seat. he hit his elbow on the arm rest, causing a contusion to the elbow.
EE WAS STANDING BEHIND A CO-WORKER PUTTING TENSION ON A COME-A-LONG WHEN THE HAMMER HIS CO-WORKER WAS USING SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND HIT HIM ON THE NOSE, CAUSING A LACERATION.
HE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON A HITACHI 1800 EXCAVATOR WITH A WRENCH. WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP HE FELT A VERY SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA. (STRAIN).
PUTTING ON AUGERS WHEN HOOK CAME UNDONE AND AUGER FELL ONTO LEFT FOOT.
HOOK FROM HYDRAULIC HOIST FLEW OFF AND HIT MOUTHBREAKING AND LOOSENING SEVERAL TEETH AND CUTTINGLIP.
WHILE GETTING INTO WATER TRUCK HE SLIPPED ON THE FUEL TANK AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND CAUSING A CONTUSION TO THE HIP.
HE WAS PUSHING DIRT WITH A BULLDOZER ON ROUGH BOTTOM ROCK WHICH CAUSED PAIN IN SIDES FROM JARRING AND SHAKING FROM THE DOZER, WHICH LED TO A HERNIA.
HOOKING CABLE ONTO AUGER WHEN CABLE GOT BEHIND NEXT ROW OF AUGERS & PULLED AUGER FROM PILE ONTO HAND SMASHING BONES OF LEFT HAND.
HE WAS PICKING COAL OFF OF CONVEYER BELT AND PINCHED HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND BONEY COAL CHUTE ON TIPPLE. HE LATER FOUND HE FRACTURED A FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
HE WAS SHIFTING THE BED LEVER TO RAISE OR LOWER THE TRUCK BED. THE LEVER WAS VERY STIFF AND HARD TO MOVE, WHICH STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AND GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE STATES: ON JOB SITE (BLASTING PREPARATION) HE BLACKED OUT. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE.
EE WAS LIFTING A TURB CHARGER THAT WAS SITTING ON THE COUNTERWEIGHT OF A RUBBER TIRED LOADER. THE CREATED A PULLING THE THE GROIN AREA WHICH CAUSED A HERNIA.
EE WAS PUTTING OIL INTO A CAT DION BULLDOZER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF DOZER AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
PULLING TOOLS HE STUCK HIS FINGER BETWEEN AUGER AND KELLY BAR.
EE WAS SITTING INT HE OPERATORS CAB OF A CAT 777A OFF HIGHWAY TRUCK WAITING TO GET LOADED. WHEN THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING THE TRUCK. A ROCK DROPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE BED OF THE TRUCK WH ICH JARRED THE OPERATORS CAB WHERE THE EE WAS SITTING. HE SUSTAINED A STRAIN THE UPPER BACK AREA.
HE WAS USING A CAT 980B LOADER, WHILE USING IT'S HYDRAULICS AND A CHAIN TO RESET A WATER PUMP. AFTER RESETTING THE PUMP, HE WENT TO DISCONNECT THE CHAIN WHILE STANDING ON THE TIRE OF THE PUMP. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE TIRE ONTO THE GROUND, FRACTURING HIS RIGHT HEEL.
OPERATOR SLIPPED ON THE WET CATWAKL OF A CATERPILLAR D9H TRACK TIE DOZER AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED A BROKEN RIB AND A SLIGHT CONCUSSION.
AUGER MACHINE OVER-HEATED AND RADIATOR CAP BLEW OFF THROWING FLUID ON HIS ARM CAUSING BURN.
WHEN STEPPING OFF A CRAWLER EXCAVATOR HE TRIPPEDON A ROCK AND FELL DOWN STRAINING HIS BACK. THISINJURY WAS NOT REPORTED WHEN OCCURRED. IT REOCCURRED AND IS NOW REPORTABLE. 1ST DAY OFF 10/11/01
REMOVING DEFECTIVE HOSE FROM RUBBER TIRES LOADER. WHEN HOSE CLAMP WAS REMOVED, THE HOSE END DROPPED AND HIT PELVIS AREA CAUSING HERNIA.
HE WAS CLIMBING DOWNT HE LADDER OF THE ROCK TRUCK AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON THE LADDER AND HE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND BREAKING HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM.