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WHILE WASHING A PICKUP TRUCK CUT HIS SHIN ON THE SIDE OF THE WAS BAY GRATING. HE COULDN'T SEE A RECTANGULAR SECTION OF GRATING HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR REPAIR BECAUSE 1" TO 2" OF DIRTY WATER COVE RED THE AREA. HE WALKED BETWEEN THE FOUR TRAFFIC INTO THE SUMP NOT REALIZING THE CONES WERE PLACED TO DELINEATE THE OPENING IN THE FLOOR. FIVE STITCHES WERE TAKEN IN HIS SHIN.
WHILE WALKING OUTSIDE AROUND THE MAGNET HOUSE ON CONVEYOR BELT 1 HOWARD SLIPPED ON THE SNOW AND ICE AND FELL TO THE GROUND HE WRAPPED HIS RIGHT ANKLE REPORTED THE INJURY AND WENT GROUND. HE WR APPED HIS RIGHT ANKLE REPORTED THE INJURY AND WENT HOME HE WENT TO THE HOPSITAL EMERGENCY ROOM WITH INCREASING PAIN DURING THE SAME EVENING THE DIAGNOSIS WAS PROABLE LIAGMATE INJURY AND POSSI
WHILE CLOSING AND LATCHING RAIL CAR DOORS INJURED BEGAN TO NOTICE BACK PAIN.THE NEXT DAY THE PAIN WORSENED AND HE WAS EXAMINED BY A CHIROPRACTOR.THE PAIN WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN INFLAMMED DISK HE IS EXPECTED TO MISS 10 DAYS OF WORK.
68935 GRIDNING ON A WELDED METAL HE FELT A SMALL HOT PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM IN HIS EYE IT BEGAN TO BOTHER HIM AFTER HE ARRIVED HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY HE WENT TO A DR AND HAD SOME FORIEGN M 13599AL REMOVED FROM HIS EYE HE BELEIVE THE MATERIAL BOUNCED OFF A WELDING SHIELD PAST HIS SAFETY GLASES AND HIS EYE.
GETTING INTO A PICKUP TRUCK TOOL BOX A CAN OF STARTING FLUID (PRESSURED ETHER) EMPL WAS HOLDING CONTACTED TOOL BOX LID SPRAYING THE FLUID PAST ASAFETY GLASSES INTO RIGHT EYE.DR FLUSHED EYE AND APPLIED MAXITROL-BELIEVED TO BE A RX MEDICATION
14475D OFF EQUIP HIT ROCK TWISTED R KNEE
PLACING DRAG CHAIN HOOK-UP RING OVER POST ON DOZER BLADE,I.NAME CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN RING AND BLADE POST CAUSING A CRUSHING INJURY TO RIGHT RING FINGERTIP.EMERG REM DR REPORTED FINGERTIP BONE WAS FRACTURED.
EE WAS WORKING SWING SHIFT (3:PM TO 11:30PM) PERFORMING MAITENANCE WORK ON THE DRAG SCRAPER LOCATED ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF THE TRUCK DUMP. AT 9:58PM, HE NOTICED SOME SMOLDERING COAL. AT 10:01 P M WITH WATER HOSE IN HAND HE STARTED HOSING DOWN WITH WATER THE SMOLDERING COAL. CAUSING A FLASH BACK. RESULTING IN FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RIGHT HAND AND FOREARM.
EMPL WORKED SHIFT FROM 6:00 AM UNTIL 4:30 PM DURING WHEN HE WAS WELDING GRINDING & AIR ARCING. HE HA NO EYE IRRITATION UNTIL AFTER HE ARRIVED HOME AT 5:30 PM. HE WENT TO DR SAME DAY & HAD META L PARTICLE REMOVED. IT IS PISSIBLE PARTICLE FELL INTO EYE AFTER HE LEFT MINE.
A METAL SLIDING CAB DOOR CAME UN-STUCK WHILE PULLING ON IT AND CUAT THE OPERATORS HAND BETWEEN THE DOOR AND FRAME. THE OPERATOR HAD SEVEN STICHES TO CLOSE THE CUT ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
ON 9/26 EMPL REPORTED HE HAD GONE TO CHIROPRACTOR ON OWN FOR BACK ADJUSTMENTS. HE REPORTED HE HAD STEPPED OFF LADDER OF WATER TRUCK & HE FELT PAIN IN LUMBAR AREA WHEN HIS EXTENDED LEFT FOOT HI T GROUND.
DRAGLINE OPER STRUCK BUCKET TOOTH WITH SLEDGE HAMMER CAUSING STEEL CHIP TO FLY OFF AND HIT LEFT CHEEK.7 STITCHES REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE CUT.
A SMALL AMOUNT OF DIRT AND COAL DUST FELL BY 33 SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS LEFT EYE WHILE HE WAS WORKING UNDER A PICK UP TRUCK ON A RAISED RACK COAL SPECK WAS SLIGHTLY IMBEDED IN THE EYE.
EE WAS ROLLING A BRAKE ROTO INTO THE WAREHOUSE WHEN THE ROTOR CAUGHT ON HIS COVERALLS, FELL OVER AND PULLED HIM DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE ROTOR LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT AND BROKE THE LATERAL META TARSAL.
WHILE INSTALLING LIFTING EYES ON A SCETION OF SCREW CONVEYOR LOCATED 8 FT ABOVE THE GROUND EE ATTEMPTED TO RESPOSITION THE LADDER HE JUST CLIMBED WHILE STANDING ON THE 2ND RUNG BY SLIDDING IT UNDER HIM AND HANGING ONTO THE CONVEYOR. THE LADDDER FELL AWAY THE LOST HIS GRIP AND FELL OR WITH THE LADDER STEPPING ON THE LADDER WITH HIS RIGHT LEG WHICH BROKE THE LEFT LEG WHEN WAS CAUGHT
WHILE LOWERING PORTABLE WHEEL MOUNTED WATER PUMP IN NO 2 DRAGLINE PIT INJ WORKING NEAR EDGE OF HIGHWALL SLIPPED AND FELL TO BOTTOM ABOUT 160 FT. WATER PUMP USING 3 WIRE ROPES ATTACHED TO FR ONT END LOADER AND 2 SCRAPERS PUMP BEEN LOWEREDNEARLY TO BOTTOM OF PIT WHEN ACCIDENT OCC
WHILE MOVING TRASH BAGS A COFFEE CAN LID CUT THROUGH A PLASTIC TRASH BAG INTO HIS HAND. THE LACERATION TOOK 7 STITCHES TO REPAIR.
WHEN DISMOUNTING A CRANE IN THE SHOP HE FELT PAIN IN H IS LOWER BACK WHEN TAKING THE LAST STEP TO THE FLOOR WITH HIS RT LEG A CHIROPRACTOR HAS TREATED HIM WITH ADJUSTMENTS & ELECTRICAL STIMULA TION
EE REMEMBERED HE HAD PAIN IN HIS NECK ABOUT 10:30AM. ON 12-1-90 HE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR WHO DIAGONOSED THE PAIN AS A STRAIN AND PINCHED NERVE AGRIOATED BY FLIPPINE A WELDING VISOR WITH HIS HEAD. THE EMPLOYEE STATED THERE WASN'T AN INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT RELEATED TO THE PAIN. TREATMENT INCLUDES ADJUSTMENTS AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION.
HE HAD SLIPPED & FALLEN ON 8/29/90 WHILE WASHING DOZER. HE WAS UNSURE IF THERE WAS CONNECTION BETWEEN MEDICAL PROBLEMS & FALL. A WEEK LATER ON 11/13/90 HE REMEMBVER EARLIER CONVERSATION WITH D RS WHO TOLD HIM INCIDENT WAS RELATED TO HIS MEDICAL PROBLEMS.
WHILE WASHING A BOOM CONVEYOR HE INNATTENIVELY STEPED BACKWARD OFF A STEP AND CAUGHT HIMSELF USING THE HAND RAIL AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP. HE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR ON HIS OWN A ND RELEIVED APPROX. FIVE "ADJUSTMENTS" FOR "BACK ALLENMENT."
ON 6-5-90 THE EE REQUIESTED TIME OFF BECAUSE OF BACK PAIN REPORTING AT THE TIME HE HURT IT ELEVEN DAYS BEFORE WHILE MOVING DRAGLINE CABLE BY HIMSELF HIS DR THEN DIAGNOSED THE PAIN AS LUMBER D IXK DIEASE. ANOTHER DR LETTER DATE 7-7-90 REFERSTO TWO DEGENERATED DISK L4/5 L5, S1. MONTH AS WORKERS COMP. DIVISON HAS NOT RULLED WEATHER THE PAIN IS A OCCUPATIONAL DIEASE OR AN INJURY HIS IS
WHILE USING A IMPACT WRENCH A PIECE OF CHROME CAME OFF THE SOCKET AND IMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT HAND. THEN A DOCTOR REMOVED THE FOREIGN OBJECT AND ADMINISTERED AN ANTIBIOTIC.
LONG PRY BAR BEING USED TO CLOSE RAIL CAR DOORS SLIPPED OFF LATCH & PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN BAR & LEG. ONE STITCH & TETNAUS SHOT WAS GIVEN.
THE INJURED WAS AIR ARCING ON THE DRAGLINE.WHEN HE LOWERED THE TORCH HE WAS INATTENTIVE AND LET THE TORCH TIP CONTACT HIS LEFT LEG.A DOCTOR TREATED THE SMALL THIRD DEGREE BURN AND PRESCRIBED A
DRIVING BEARING RACE OFF SPINDLE USING BAR, INJ REACHED OUT TO KEEP THE RACE FROM FALLING, STRUCK BY BAR AT FINGER NAIL BASE, SOME BLEEDING BRUISED AND BROKEN BONE.
EMPLOYEE CLOSED RAILCAR DOORS BETWEEN 9-11AM ABOUT 200 OR 230PM LATERIN THE SAME DAY HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RT SHOULDER TO DATE I NAME HAS SEEN 3 DOC. WHO HAVE ADMINISTERED INJECTIONS & GIVEN H IM PERSCRIPTIONS
WHEN WALKING ON TOP TWARDS THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AT NIGHT TO CHECK ON THE WATER BEING DUMPED INTO A BLADDER THE EMPL DID NOT SEE AN INSPECTION PLATE WAS OPEN AND STEPPED INTO THE OPENING STRII NG HIS L SHIN ON THE TANK EDGE TWO STITCHES WERE TAKEN TO CLOSE THE CUT
WHILE LOADING A PALLET WITH PLYWOOD AND BELT CLAMPS ONE CLAMP FELL 6 INCHES OFF THE PALLET AND STRUCK THE TOP AREA ON EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT.THE FOOT WAS X-RAYED ON 03-06-89 A CHIPPED BONE WAS DI SCOVERED AND A GELCAST WAS APPLIED.
WHILE DRILLING COAL I.NAME CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN A PULL DOWN CHAIN AND SPROCKET. A BAR WAS USED TO RELEASE HIS FOOT. THE COMPRESSION INJURY TO SOFT TISSUE WAS IN THE FORM OF BRUISI NG AND A CUT.
OVERCOME BY HYDROFLUORIC ACID FUMES IN LAB TRAILER WHEN POWER TO LAB TRAILER WAS SHUT DOWN BY MINE ELECTRICIANS, RESULTING IN NO POWER TO VENTILITION HOOD.
AFTER COUPLING DRAGLINE POWER CABLE IN A RAIN SOAKED MUDDY AREA HE FELT A PIN IN HIS LOWER BACK,.
ON 2-11-88 I.NAME SUPERVISOR SUBMITTED A REPORT OF A SLIP AND FALL OVER A CABLE SLED WHEN I.NAME LIFTED A CABLE END WHEN THE HUMAN RESURCE MANAGER AND I INTERVIEWED HIM HE REPORTED HE HAD BEEN UNDER THE CARE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FOR YEARS FOR BACK PAIN AND THE SLIP AND FALL DID NOT REINJURE HIS BACK ON 4-14-88 HE UNDERWENT SURGICAL EXCISION A LETTER WAS RECEIVED IN MID MAY FROM
WHEN MOVING THE3DRILL HE OPENED THE CAB DOOR TO SEE BETTER DURING A WINDY SNOW STORM.HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE DOOR JAM AND THE WIND BLEW THE DOOR WHICH STRUCK HIS HAND.
EMP WAS WELDING3IN A TIGHT OVERHEAD SPOT AND COULD NOT SEE IF THE CRACK WAS WELDED COMPLETELY, RAISED HIS WELDING HOOD AND TITED HIS HEAD BACK TO THE RIGHT WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OFF AND FELL BY HI8 SAFETY GLASSES INTO THE CORNER OF RIGHT EYE. EYE HAD A HEAT BURN AND ABRASION IN THE WHITE AREA NEXT TO THE NOSE. THE CORNEA WAS NOT AFFECTED NOR WAS HIS VISION
WHILE ATTEMPTIN1 TO MOVE A 55 GAL BAREL OF SURFACTANT THE EMP LOST HIS WET GRIP ON THE BAREL AND FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS BACK ON SOME ROCKS
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 CLEANING THE DRAGLINE FLOOR ON THE LUBE ROOM ON HIS HANDS & KNEES WHEN THE WIND BLOW AN OUTSIDE DOOR SHUT ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPL LIFTED AIR LINE TO GO UNDER IT AND PULLED IMPACT WRENCH ATTACHED TO IT AND IT FELL TO GROUND.AIRLINE PULLED LEFT THUMB BACK AND SPRAINED IT.RX FOR SWELLING /PAIN.
DRIVING A BEARING ON FRONT SPINDLE,EMPL PLACED THUMB BETWEEN PUNCH HE WAS STRIKING WITH HAMMER AND SPINDLE.4 MOS AFTER ACCIDENT EMPL HAD BONE CHIP REMOVED FROM THUMB -10-23-87-FROM THUMB JOING T BY DR.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1LACING A TOOTH ON A DRAGLINE BUCKERT WHEN A CHIP OFF THE TOOTH PUNCTURED HIS NECK DR.REMOVED THE CHIP & PUT IN TWO SUTURES TO CLOSE THE LACERATION
THE SAMPLER SYS7EM WAS TRIPPED I.NAME WAS CALLED IN T O FIX PROBLEM. SYSTEM WAS SHUT OFF & WAS PLUGGED AT THE AIRLOCK. I.NAME SHUT OFF SYSTEM BEFORE WORKING ON IT. I.NAME CLEANED OUT THE AIR LOCK, HE PICKED3UP A PIECE OF COAL AT THE END OF TURN BUCKEL & WHAT WAS IN THE AIRLOCK BROKE & TTOOK PART OF HIS LEFT THUMB.
THE EMP.UNHOOKE8 THE TRAILER FROM A PICKUP WITHOUT CRIBBING THE REAR OF THE TRAILER.THE TRAILER TONGUE CAME UP AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT EYE.HE RECEIVED A LACERATED EYE BROW REQUIRIN G FIVE STITCHES1
A CHOKER SLING IN USE BY THE INJURED EE FAILED & SEVERAL PIECES OF METAL WERE PROPELLED THRU THE AIR. ONE PIECE STRUCK EE IN THE RT BREAST.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE MAIN HALLWAY TOWARD THE FIRE DOOR. AS THE EMPLOYE REACHED TO TURN THE HANDLE THE DOOR WAS OPENED FROMM THE OTHER SIDE JAMMING THE EMPLOYEES SHOULDER.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE LOWER BAR OF THE HANDRAIL SURROUNDING THE SCREEN TO THE STOKE PLANT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SEVERAL BOLTS, THE MECHANIC SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS TAILBONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO AN ALLEN WRENCH WHEN THE SET SCREW CAME LOOSE THUS CAUSING THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT INDEX FINGER TO STRIKE THE PIPE CUTTING BLADED. LACERATED FINGER NEEDED THESE S TITCHES.