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EE REPORTED HE HAD SOME SWELLING AND REDNESS ON HIS LEFT ELBOW. HE THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN INSECT BITE, HOWEVER HE DIDN'T RECALL FEELING ANYTHING.
EE STATED HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE DOZER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT TO TURN OFF THE LIGHT PLANT. WHEN HE STEPPED OFF AND ONTO THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS LEG AND ANKLE. APPROX. 3 WEEKS TO HEAL THE TO RN LIGAMENTS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS THE OPERATOR OD A LOADER. WHEN BACKING IN THE PIT AREA HIS LEFT REAR TIRE FELL INTO A HOLE WHILE THE BUCKET WAS IN THE AIR. THIS CAUSED THE LOADER TO TILT JOLTING THE OPERATOR SHARPLY. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SIDE LOWER BACK. APPROX. 5 DAYS TO RECOVER.
EMPLOYEE WORKING IN REVOLVING FRAME WAS OVERCOME BY HEAT.
EE STATED HE DROPPED A PIECE OF WOOD CRIBBING ON HIS FINGER. THE TIP OF HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WASSMASHED. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE SHIFT AND WENT TO THE DR. AFTER THE SHIFT WAS OVER. THE CONT USION REQUIRED 5 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND. NOTIME WAS LOST DUE TO THIS INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SCRAP PIECES OF A CULVERT. THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE SUSTAINED A HERNIA DURING THIS ACTIVITY. WE WERE NOT NOTIFED OF THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 7-3-95 AND DUE TO THE HOLIDAY WE WERE UNABLE TO INVESTIGATE THIS REPORT UNTIL 7-5-95.
THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WEARING EAR PLUS AND HIS RIGHT EAR STARTED TO HURT AND SWELL.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE SLIPPED ON WET METAL OR POSSIBLE NYLON TIE. HE FELL BACKWARDS ON HIPPS, BOTH KNEES HAVE ABRASIONS FROM STRIKIN ENGINE COVERINGS.
EMPLOYEE STATAED HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE GRADER AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT ON FRIDAY 3/3/95. ON MONDAY 3/6/95 HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE SAFETY DEPT. THE DOCTOR REPORTED HIS CONDITION AS A ST RAIN TO THE LOWER BACK & RIGHT LEG. 10 DAYS OF REST, WITH POSSIBLE RETURN ON 3/14/95.
THE EE STEPPED OUT OF THE CAB OF 245 BACKHOE 3342 ONTO THE CATWALK TO LET A MECHANIC WORK ON THE CB RADIO. HE WAS FACING AWAY FROM THE MACHINE AND STEPPED TO THE SIDE TO ALLOW ROOM FOR THE MEC HANIC TO GET INTO THE CAB. HE STEPPED THRU A 6" GAP IN THE CATWALK WITH HIS LEFT FOOT, TWISTING HIS ANKLE AND FALLING TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD LIFTED 8" BLACK PIPE TO PLACE IT ON THE WELDING MACHINE. HE FELT A PULLING IN HIS RIGHT SIDE AS HE PUT THE PIPE DOWN. DOCTORS REPORT STATED A POSSIBLE TORN MUSCLE IN THE RIB OR UPPER ABDOMINAL AREA. 1 WEEK OFF FOR REST.
EE ALLEGES HIS WAS UNLOADING DRAGLINE PARTS FROM THE WELDING TRUCK WHEN HE FEL A POP IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. DR. GAVE HIM A WEEK OFF FOR A DISLOCATED SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE MOVING A 6" DISCHARGE PIPE ONA PUMP IN THE A-3 MINE AREA. HE WAS LIFTING THE PIPE TO MOVE IT AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS UPPER ABDOMINAL AREA. HE WAS SEEN AT THE DR. ON 1-23-9 5 AND GIVEN THREE WEEK OFF TO HEAL.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE LOADING TOOLS ON TRUCK HE TURNED & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. LOST TIME DIDN'T START UNTIL 11-22-94.
EE STATED HE WAS HELPING TO PUSH A BARGE PUMP OUT INTO THE POND. HE BECAME STUCK IN MUD UP TO HIS WAIST. HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL HIMSELF LOOSE, PULLING A GROIN MUSCLE. ON 11-02-94 HE DID THE SAME RE-INJURING THE GROIN AREA AGAINS. POSSIBLE OUTFOR TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE INJURY CAN BE RE-EXAMINED.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOWER THE BELLY PAN ON JOHHN WILSON S D4, THE PAN FELL UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING LACERATION AND A SIMPLE FRACTURE TO THE RIGHT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED SWELLING IF HIS LEFT KNEE AFTER WORKING ONA HARD SURFACE. THE SWELLING WAS WORST THE NEXT DAY. HE HAS BEEN TREATED FOR AN INFECTION IN THE KNEE. PUT ON LIGHT OR RESTRICTED DUTY. THIS RESTRICTS HIS WORKING ON HIS KNEES, HOWEVER OTHE RPOSITIONS ARE FINE.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE COAL HOPPER DURING REPAIRS. THE LADDER HE WAS USING TILTED WHILE HE WAS DESCENDING ON IT. THE ROPE HOLDING IT BECAME LOOSE. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF ON ONE RUNG WITH HIS KNEE. H E RECEIVED A STRAIN TO THE KNEE AS A RESULT. HE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING IN THE CONTROL ROOM WITH RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATOR OF 85 TON HAUL TRUCK HE NEGLETED TO LOWER BED OF TRUCK AFTER DUMPING HE TRAVELED DOWN ROAD WITH BED RAISED STRIKING THE TOP OF UNDERGROUND ROADWAY WITH THE RAISED BED IMP ACT WAS APPROX 35 MPH HIS HEAD STRUCK THE TOP OFWINDSHIELD OF CAB ON IMPACT SEAT BELT WAS BEING WORN THE TOP OF THE SUPERSPAN MEASURES AT 22FT 8IN HIGH & 28FT WIDE
MECHANIC HAD JUST FINISHED FUELING MACHINE STEPPED OFF MACHINE ON TO BERM GROUND FUEL TANK. SLIPPED AND LOST BALANCE. FELL WITH RIGHT LEG PARTIALLY ON MACHINE PARTLY ON BERM WITH BODY WEIGHT O N LEG. RESULTING IN FRACTURED SHIN BONE.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD SOME DUST BLOWN IN TO HIS RIGHT EYE WHEN HE STARTED THE GRINDER IN THE WELDING SHOP. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. THE DOCTOR FOUND A SMALL PIECE OF CLEAR PLASTIC EMBED DED IN HIS EYE.
MAN HIT PLATE ON BOTTOM OF BUCKET WITH A HAMMER AND METAL FRAGMENT FROM PLATE PUNCTURED RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE EQUIPMENT WASH AREA. HE WAS MOVING METAL GRATING AND DIDN'T ASK FOR ASSISTANCE OR OBTAIN THE PROPER EQUIPMENT FOR LIFTING. HE HAS A HISTORY OF LO WER BACK PROBLEMS AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE LIFTED THE GRATING.
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE PIT FLOOR TO CHECK A PUMP. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, TWISTING HIS KNEE. HE WORKED COMPLETE SHIFT.
EE STATED HE WAS KNEELING AND BENDING TO CHANGE THE CUTTING EDGE ON #4642-481 BLADE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK. EE STATED THE PAIN DID NOT BECOME INTOLERABLE UNTIL THE FO LLOWING DAY AT APPROX. 3:30 PM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A DOZER AFTER CLEANING IT. HE LOST HIS FOOTING WITH LEFT FOOT CAUSING HIS RIGHT LEG TO BE OVER EXTENDED OVER THE HOIST RAM ON THE BLADE. PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT LEG AND KNEE.
ON THE 1ST LOAD OF THE DAY OPERATOR HIT A DRAINAGE DITCH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CUT AREA BEFORE ENTERING HAULROAD. DITCH HAD BEEN CUT IN CASE OF RAIN. OPERATOR NOT KNOWING THE DITCH WAS THERE HIT DITCH SEVERLY BOUNCING AND HIS FACE HIT THE STERRING WHEEL. RESULTING IN FRACTURED NOSE.
ON 4-20-94, EMPLOYEE DROPPED A 8" X 8" CRIBBING BLOCK ON RIGHT FOOT. ON 4-28-94, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND FOOT STARTED TO SWELL, X-RAY SHOWED FRACTURE TO FOOT.
EMPLOEYE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN OR WHERE HE GOT A SLIVER OF METAL IN HIST WRIST. HE DID BECOME AWARE OF IT ON 4-25-94 WHEN A NOTICED AN INFECTED AREA ON HIS WRIST. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK DUE TO THE INFECTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER IN THE REPLACEMENT JOB OF TOOTH ON DRAGLINE METAL MUSHROOMED SENDING PIECE OF METAL INTO HIS THIGH ONE STITCH WAS USE TO CLOSE WOUND
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP LUNCH BOX, BUMPING AGAINST HANDLE ON THE DOOR AT DOZER HE WAS OPERATING.
WHILE WELDING IN A WINDY AREA SOME WELDING SLAG WAS BLOWN INTO EMPLOYEES EYE PROTECTIVE APPARREWL WAS BEING USED
EE WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ACCOUMULATION OF GRINDING PARTICLES AT THE TOP OF GRINDING FACE SHIELD.
EE WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ACCUMULATION OF PARTICLES AT THE TOP OF GRINDING FACE SHIELD.
2 MEN WERE GRINDING SIDE BY SIDE OBJECT GOT INTO EYE AND SUCK INTO EYEBALL.
THE HURON EASI-MINER; 3768-005, CAUGHT FIRE SOMETIMES BETWEEN 6:00 AND 7:00 AM. A WATER TRUCK WAS USED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT A APPROX. 7:20 AM.
WHILE WORKING IN WELDING SHOP, EE DROPPED A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON ON HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PICKING UP CRIBBING AND WAS BITE ON THE LEFT HAND BY A UNKNOWN ASSAILANT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE WORKING IN THE PIT AS A MECHANIC A LARGE GUST OF WIND BLEW DIRT & SAND INTO HIS EYES SOME SAND WAS DEPOSITED IN HIS LEFT EYE & HAD TO BE IRRIGATED OUT AT THE HOSPITA L HE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY
INSECT BITE. EMPLOYEE WAS UNSURE AS THE EXACT TIME AND PLACE THE BITE OCCURRED, BUT THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WHEN HE WAS MOVING SOME DOZER TRACKS TO ANOTHER LOCATION. HE FELT NO BITE BUT THE IRRITAION AND SWELLING STARTED SHORTLY AFTER THAT.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS DESCENDING THE RIGHT LADDER OF THE SERVICE TRUCK WHEN HE HEARD AND FELT A POP IN HIS KNEE. HE STATED HE HIT NOTHING OR TWISTED IN ANY WAY. HOWEVER HE FELT PAIN IN THE KN EE FROM THAT POINT ON.
WHILE REMOVING A 27.00 X 49 TIRE AND WHEEL FROM TIRE RACK, THE TIRE FELL FORWARD PINNING HIM AGAINST A D11 DOZER ARM.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ON THE PLATFORM OF THE PORTABLE PUMP CHECKING THE FLUID LEVELS & AFTER CHECKING THE LEVELS HE DISMOUNTED USING THE THREE POINT CONNECTION HE STEPPED ON A ROCK ON THE GRO UND TWISTING HIS ANKLE DOC REPORT STATED THE INJURY AS TORN LIGIMENTS TWO WEEKS IN A WALKING CAST
PLEASE SEE ATTACH SUPERVISOR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT EE DUMPED HIS LOAD AND ATTEMPTED TO BACK OUT TO TURN AROUND AND BACKED INTO FRONT OF OTHER TRUCK PINNING EE IN THE CAB.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MOVE A 6" BLACK PIPE USED IN THE PIT FOR DEWATERING. THE PIPE HUNG ON SOME UNKNOWN OBJECT AND JUST AS THE EMPLOYEE APPOUCHED THE PIPE THE PIEP TENSION RELEASED LETTING
HELPER SUFFERED EYE INJURY DUE TO AIR BLOWING DEBRIS IN LEFT EYE.
WELDER WAS MOVING A PIECE OF PLATE AND BACKED INTO A PARTIALLY UNCOVERED MANHOLE. INJURED CAUGHTHIS FALL BY BRACING HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT FOREARM. RECEIVED A CONTUSION TO LEFT FOREARM.
RIGGER WAS DRILLING BOLTS AND STATES THAT DRILL BIT BROKE PUNCTURING LEFT INDEX FINGER AND HAND.
THE EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SECURING A SWING FRAME ON A FLAT BED TRAILER. HE WALKED AROUND THE FRAME AND STEPPED ON A LOOSE PLANK- THE PLANK CAME UP AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE, BREAKING HIS NOSE A ND CAUSING HAIRLINE CRACKS IN THE FRONTAL, ETHMOID AND MAXILLARY SINUSES.
WELDER WORKING CLOSE TO CO-WORKERS GRINDING; GRINDING DUST/FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE.