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THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A SPRAY NOZZLE ON THE WASH RACK SPRAY TOWER WITH A WRENCH. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND THE EMPLOYEES HAND STRUCK AN ADJACENT SPRAY NOZZLE CAUSING A ONE INCH LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
THE EE S RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BY AN AIR VALVE CONTROL ROD THAT ACTIVIATED THE HYDRAULIC VALVE FOR THE AIR COMPRESSOR ON THE TEREX LUBE TRUCK. WHEN THE CONTROL ROD ACTIVATED IT CAUGHT THE EE INDEX FINGER CAUSING AN AVULISON TO THE TIP OF HIS FINGER.
THE EE STATED WHILE REMOVING A PARKING BRAKE DRUM FROM A 100 TON TRUCK THE DRUM SLIPPED AND HE REACHED TO CATCH IT. THE EE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER CATCHING THE BRAKE DRUM.
WHILE INSTALLING A BEARING CAP ON THE DRAG DRUM SHAFT OF THE PAGE DRAGLINE THE EE DROPPED A 2 3/4" X 24" BOLT ON THE TOP OF HIS LEFT THUMB.
THE EE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE HOOD TO THE CAB DECK OF A WABCO 85D END DUMP TRUCK APPROX. 2 FT IN HEIGHT AND STEPPED ON AN EYE BOLT MOUNTED ON THE CAB DECK. THIS CAUSED THE EE TO TWIST HIS ANKLE .
THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE WORKING UNDERNEATH AN 85 TON TRUCK HE HURT HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE EXITING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK AFTER THERE WAS A FLASH FIRE ON THE PARKING BRAKE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS S EEN BY A DOCTOR WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A STRAIN TO A LIGAMENT. AN MRI ON 5-1-96 SHOWED A TORN MENISCUS CARTILAGE REQUIRING SURGERY ON 5-14-96 RESULTING IN LOST TIME.
THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE REPAIRING THE WELDING SHOP OVERHEAD DOOR HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE FIRST STARTED NOTICING THAT SOMETHING WAS IN HIS EYE AFTER HE UNHOO KED THE AIRHOSE TO AN M-PACT GUN HE WAS USING. THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
THE EMPLOYEE RAISED THE BED ON 1390-419 END DUMP TRUCK TO DUMP A LOAD OF MATERIAL. WHEN THE HOIST CYLINDERS FULLY EXTENDED THE BED ROCKED BACK AND THE HOIST CYLINDERS CAME LOOSE FROM THEIR MOU NTING SOCKETS ON THE FRAME. THIS ALLOWED THE BEDTO COME CRASHING DOWN UNDER NO CONTROL WHEN THE EMPLOYEE PULLED FORWARD TO CLEAR BED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT BUT WAS BOUNCED IN
WHILE EE WAS WORKING ON A STEERING CYLINDER FOR AN 85 TON TRUCK, THE CYLINDER FELL APPROXIMATELY 8", PINNING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE SHOP FLOOR AND THE CYLINDER.
THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE WALKED INTO IS OFFICE AFTER BEING OUT IN THE WAREHOUSE & FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE THE EMPLOYEE SAID HE HAD BEEN WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT ON APRIL 24 1995 WHILE WORKING ON A WIPER FOR THE SHORT CONVEYOR ON 921 MINER HE PICKED UP A 1/2IN X4IN X6FT PIECE OF METAL CAUSING INJURY TO HISBACK THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT FEEL PAIN THEN OR REPORT THIS INJURY AS WORK RELATED UNTIL MAY 9 199 5 AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED BY HIS DOCTOR WITH TWO HERINATED DISC IN HIS LOWER BACK THIS WAS AFTER I HAD TALKED TO THE EMP
THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE INSTALLING A UHF RADIO IN 389 WATER TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE STATED IT COULD HAVE OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS DRILLING OR WHEN HE WIPED HIS BRO W OF SWEAT. A SMALL FRAGMENT OF METAL WAS FOUND EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EE STATED THAT WHILE DISMOUNTING A 16G MOTORGRADER HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. THE EE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE CIRCLE CAUSING A 1/2"-3/4" LACERATION REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.
THE EMLOYEE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER ON AN 85 TON WABCO HAUL TRUCKA ND JAMMED HIS RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND ON THE LADDER.
THE EE A MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON A DIFFERENTIAL PINION OF A 100 TON TRUCK IN THE SHOP. THE PINION WAS HOOKED TO THE OVERHEAD CRANE WITH AN EYEBOLT AND WAS ELEVATED APPROX. ONE INCH ABOVE THE W ORK BENCH. THE EYE BOLT UNSCREWED ALLOWING THE PINION TO FALL ONTO THE EE S RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
THE EE AN ELECTRICIAN ALLEGED THAT WHILE BREAKING LOOSE A MOTOR COUPLING WITH A WRENCH ON THE 2 DRAG MOTOR OF THE PAGE DRAGLINE HE STARTED TO DEVELOPE LOWER BACK PAIN. THE EE STATED THIS WAS A N AGGRAVATION OF A CHRONIC CONDITION.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CAT DOZER PLOWING IN LIME WHEN HE GOT LIME DUST IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS UNHOOKING A CABLE FROM A MACHINE WHEN THE CABLE UNEXPECTEDLY MOVED CAUSING THE 1 INCH CUT TO HIS INDEX FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.
THE EE ALLEGED WHILE PUSHING A RAMP INTO THE PIT WITH A DOZER HE STOPPED THE DOZER IN THE CUT TO GET OUT AND USE THE BATHROOM. WHILE STANDING ON THE TRACK SOME MATERIAL SLOUGHED FROM THE CUT A ND STRUCK THE RIGHT LEG OF THE EE PUSHING IT INTO THE SIDE OF THE DOZER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CAT SCRAPER BEING LOADED IN THE CUT AREA WHEN HE WAS BEING PURSHED BY THE CAT DION PUSH TRACTOR THE PURSH TRACTOR BUMPED THE SCRAPER JERKING THE OPERATOR CAUSING THE I NJURY
THE EMPLOYEE INJURED HSI BACK OPERATING A SCRAPER IN THE PIT. THE EMPLOYEE DROVE OVER A PILE OF DIRT JARRING HIS BACK. SINCE THAT TIME TH EEMPLOYEE HAS CONTINUED TO HAVE PERIODIC BACK PAIN. THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DR FOR AN MRI ON FRIDAH, 12-16-94, THE MRI SHOWED A HERNIATED DISC REQUIRING HIM TO BE OFF WORK.
EMPLOYEE STATES SHE WAS GETTING A TIRE FROM ABOVE WORK AREA SHE USED THE LADDER TO CLIMB UP TO THE TIRE SHE ALLEGEDLY THREW DOWN THE TIRE THE TIRE BOUNCED & HIT THE LADDER KNOCKING THE LADDER OUT FRO UNDERNEATH HER SHE FELL APROX 5FT ON TO CEMENT & ALLEGEDLY INJURED HER BACK & HER RT FOOT/ANKLE
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE LOADING USED DRAGLINE BUCKET TEETH ONTO A METAL SLED A TOOTH WAS DROPPED CAUSING A METAL SLIVER APPROXIMATELY 1/4IN LONG TO FLY OFF IMBEDDING IN THE EMPLOYEES L EFT FOREARM
THE EMPLOYEE, (A SUPERVISOR) ALLEGED HIS RIGHT GLOVE AND THUMB GOT CAUGHT AND WRAPPED AROUND THE SHAFT OF A 10" HONE THAT WAS CONNECTED TO A 1/2" DRILL MOTOR. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHE R EMPLOYEE WHO WAS OPERATING THE DRILL WHEN THIS OCCURRED.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED HE HIT A BUMP WHILE OPERATING A SCRAPER IN THE SELECT FILL AREA AT THE ASH PIT CAUSING PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED HIS INJURY ON SEPT 2 1993
THE EE ALLEGED THAT HE HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE ASH TRAY IN THE CAB OF HIS 100 TON TRUCK. HIS TRUCK SPUN OUT ON THE RAMP AT THE SAME TIME THE RUBBER TIRED DOZER WAS MAKING CONTACT TO PUSH HIM UP THE RAMP CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED IN THE TRUCK.
THE EE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS BOUNCED IN THE SEAT OF HIS HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE HIT A ROUGH SECTION OF ROAD IN THE PIT. THE EE STATED HE STARTED HAVING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HIP. THE EE WAS WEARING HIS S EAT BELTS.
ATHE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE WORKING IN THE PIT HE STUMBLED OVER A PIECE OF COAL & HAD TO STEP FORWARD WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT TO CATCH HIMSELF. THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE DID NOT FALL & FELT NO PA IN. THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY EXPLANATION HE COULD GIVE FOR HIS INJURY. HE REPORTED THE INJURY AT 3 AM ON 7/2/93 WHEN HIS FOOT STARTED HURTING. BEFORE HE CAME TO WORK.
THE EE ALLEGED WHILE CHIPPING SLAG FROM A WELD WITH AN AIR CHIPPER HE GOT SLAG INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THE EE STATED THAT THE CLEAR LENS INSIDE HIS WELDING HOOD WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED ALLOWING THE SLAG TO COME THRU THE EE STATED HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
THE EMPLOYEE SAID THAT WHEN HE DRAPED THE CARBON ARC GOUGING ASSEMBLY OVER HIS ARM TO CHECK HIS PROGRESS THE YELLOW HOT TIP OF THE GOUGING ROD STRUCK HIS UPPER LEFT THIGH PENETRATING HIS PANTS AND PUNCTURE HIS LEG APPROX. 1/4 INCH.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED WHILE TROUBLE SHOOTING AN AIR OPERATED LUBE PUMP HE PLACED HIS HAND OVER THE PUMP SUCTION PORT TO DETERMINE IF THE PUMP WAS CREATING A VACUUM AND HIS LITTLE FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE PUMP PISTON AND THE PUMP BODY.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT AFTER USING A TORCH TO CUT A BROKEN DUMP ROPE (1 1/2" WIRE ROPE CABLE) ON THE PAGE DRAGLINE BUCKET THE HOT END OF THE ROPE DROPPED AGAINST THE INSIDE CALF OF HIS RIGH T LEG. THE CABLE BURNED THROUGH HIS PANTS CAUSING A 1" X 4" SECOND DEGREE BURN.
EE ALLEGED WHILE MOVING A BOOKSHELF TO WAX THE FLOORS HE FELT PAIN IN HIS STOMACH. THE EE DID NOT NEED MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE PAIN HAD GOTTEN BETTER. THE PAI N RETURNED IN APRIL AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA. BECAUSE OF HIS INJURY THE EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON MAY 17, 1993 AND WILL BE OPERATED ON MAY 20, 1993.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE REMOVING AREAR DIFFERENTIAL FROM A 100 TON HAUL TRUCK HIS LITTLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TEH DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING AND ASUSPENSION CYLINDER WHEN THE DIFFERENTI AL HOUSING SLIPPED OFF IT'S BLOCKING AND PIVOTED UP IN BACK. THE EMPLOYEE FRACTURED THE TIP OF HIS LITTLE FINGER.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE CHANGING TEETH ON 123 EASI-MINER HE STRUCK A TOOTH WITH A 2 LB. HAMMER. A METAL SLIVER FROM TEH TOOTH WAS EMBEDDED IN HIS LEG. THE SLIVER WAS APPROX. 3/4" LONG AND 1/8" THICK.
CLIMBING ON CAT SLIPPED JAMMED R THUMB ON HANDRAIL OF LAODER TWO SM BONE CHIPS IN R THUMB
AT THIS TIME THERE IS NOT IMMEDIATE ONSET OF INJURY.THE EMPLOYEE STTAES THAT HE CANNOT PERFORM HIS JOB DUTIES AS A MECHANIC,BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF HIS BACK.HE ALLEGES THAT HE FIRST INJURE D HIS BACK AT THE MINE IN 1982.THERE IS NOT RECORD ON FILE OF THIS INJURY.THE EMPLOYEE IS OFF WORK PENDING EVALUATION OF HIS BACK BY A DOCTOR.
OPERATING SCRAPER,EMPL COMING OUT OF CUT WITH A LOAD ON THE FRONT,WHEELS ON SCRAPER DROPPED INTO A HOLE BEFORE CUSHION HITCH WAS ACTIVATED.EMPL WORKED THE REST OF SHIFT AND TOLD SUPV AT 3:30PM THAT HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE, AN ELECTRICIAN, ALLEGED THAT WHILE PRYING A DROP LIGHT HOUSING APART USING A SCREW DRIVER AND HIS POCKET KNIFE, THE LOCK ON THE KNIFE RELEASED AND CLOSED ON HIS FINGER. THE EMPLO YEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.
THE EE AND THREE OTHER CO WORKERS WERE WELDING SWING SEGMENTS INSIDE THE TUB OF THE MARION DRAGLINE. THEY HAD THREE FANS ON AND WERE WORKINGTWO AT A TIME FOR 15 MIN INTERVALS THEN WERE COMING OUTSIDE TO COOL DOWN. AFTER LUNCH EE DID NOT COOL DOWN ENOUGH AND SUFFERED HEAT EXHAUSTION.
THE EE ALLEGED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT THE END OF A TRAILING CABLE OUT OF THE DOOR OF A JUNCTION BOX HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE LIP OF THE DOOR OPENING FOR THE CABLE CAUSING A LACER ATION HIS RIGHT FOREHEAD REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE INSTALLING BOTTOM TRACK ROLLERS WITH A FELLOW EMPLOYEE ON CRAWLEWR TRACK OF A EASI0MINER HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB.THE TRACK ROLLE RS WEIGH APPROXIMATELY 125 LBS.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE CHANGING A TIRE ON A 651 SCRAPER HE WAS MOVING FROM SIDE TO SIDE PRYING THE BEAD SEAT BAND LOOSE.WHILE WALKING TO THE OTHER SIDE THERE WAS MOVEMENT IN THE TIRE. THE EMPLOYEE IN A REFLEX MOTION SUDDENLY TURNED TOWARDS THE TIRE TO CATCH THE HEAD SEAT BAND,WHICH NEVER DID FALL,PULLING A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER GROIN.AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO PREVENT A P
THE EE WAS DESCENDING FROM THE PUSH BLOCK ON THE REAR OF 100 TON BELLY DUMP TRUCK WHEN THE EIGHT FOOT WOODEN STEP LADDER HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND FELL CLAUSING THE EE TO FALL. THE HEIGHT FROM THE TOP OF THE PUSH BLOCK TO THE GROUND WAS 5 FT 4 INCH THE EE WAS CAUGHT BY A FELLOW EE AND HE LANDED ON HIS FEET. THE LADDER HAD NOT BEEN SECURED TO THE TRUCK.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE WELDING ON THE MARIONDRAGLINE BUCKET HE HAD HIS BODY IN THE SAME POSITION FOR A PERIOD OF 4 TO 5 HOURS. AFTER STANDING UP AT THE END OF SHIFT THE EMPLOYEE FELT A STIFFNESS AND PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR FOR A TREATMENT OF HIS BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE NOTICED STIFFNESS IN HIS LOWER BACK UPON RETURNING TO THE ELETRICAL SHOP AFTER COMPLETING A POWER CABLE HOOK UP AT A JUNCTION BOX FOR THE 740 PAGE DRAGLINE.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS CALLED BY A SUPERVISOR TO DRIVE OUT TO A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WAS BROKE DOWN ALONG THE HAUL ROAD. HIS SUPERVISOR HAD PARKED NEXT TO THE EQUIPMENT WITH HIS H EAD LIGHTS ON AND GOT OUT OF HIS PICKUP TO CHECK THE EQUIPMENT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD AND RAN INTO THE EQUIPMENT WITH A PICKUP. HE STATED THAT HE WAS BLINDED BY THE SUPERVIS
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE OPERATING A 16G MOTOR GRADER IN THE PIT, A PIECE OF DIRT CAME OUT OT THE A/C BLOWER AND GOT UNDER HIS RIGHT EYE LID. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM AND HAD IT WASHED OUT. THE DIRT PARTICLE DID NOT SCRATCH HIS EYE, BUT HE WAS GIVEN MEDICATION AS A PRECAUTION. THIS WAS STANDARD PROCEDURE AT THE HOSPITAL TO PR
EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE PAINTING GUARDS ON THE GROUND BELOW THE FAN TAIL OF THE MARION HE WAS STUNG BY WASP.WASP STING TO RIGHT KNEE.EMPLOYEE IS ALLERGIC TO INSECT STINGS.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE HAMMERING A BUSHING INTO THE CHEEK OF THE DRAGLINE BUCKET HE OVER SWUNG,MISSING THE BUSHING.THE FORWARD MOMENTUM CARRIED THE HEAD,OF THE SLEDGE HAMMER,PAST THE BUSH ING CAUSING A PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE BUSHING. AS A RESULT THE FINGER WAS STRUCK AGAINST THE OUTER EDGE OF THE BUSHING.SEVERE LACERATION AND CONTUSION TO THE INDEX FINGER OF RI