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INJURED WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO UPPER DECK OF 04780 HITACHI SHOVEL CARRYING TWO CANISTERS OF DIRECT INJECTION ETHER. INJURED FELL FROM TOP OF LADDER TO TRACK & THEN TO GROUND. [GROUND FROZEN]
INJURED WAS USING HIGH PRESSURE STEAM CLEANER TO CLEAN OIL &DIRT FROM THE JOY LAUNCH VEHICLE AS HE WAS PULLING THE HOST UP THE STAIR IT RUPTURED JUST BELOW THE HANDLE HE WAS SPRAYED WITH HOT W ATER & STEAM BEFORE HE COULD ESCAPE HE RECEIVED MINOR (1ST DEGREE) BURNS TO HIS FACE & BACK
INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING FROM 777B TRUCK FACING THE TRUCK. AS HE STEPPED ON THE LAST STEP (CABLE) IT SWUNG IN AND HE SUFFERED AN INJURY TO THE KNEE. THIS WAS A REINJURY AS HE HAS HAD SURGERY IN 1991 WHILE IN THE SERVICE.
EE WAS LIFTING WOODEN BLOCKS FOR CRIBBING UP THE REAR OF A CATERPILLAR 637E SCRAPER. AS HE LIFTED THE BLOCK (ABOUT 30#) HE SUFFERED A HERNIA IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS ABDOMEN.
INJURED WAS DROPPING WET HOLE BAGS (BLASTING AGENTS) DOWN THE BLASTHOLE WHICH WAS ABOUT 35 ' DEEP. AS THE LAST BAG WAS DROPPED IN TEH BLASTHOLE TH EWATER SHOT OUT OF THE TOP OF THE HOLE AND F ILLED HIS EYES WITH WATER AND SAND.
INJURED WAS HELPING EE & EE LIFT A BELT ROLLER UPON THE WORK BENCH AS INJURED WAS LIFTING HE SUFFERED LOW BACK PAIN
INJURED ALLEGES THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE HELPING CARRY AN INJURED EMPLOYEE ON A STRETCHER TO THE AMBULANCE ON TUES (AUG 30) HE SERVED ON JURY DUTY HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 7:30PM THAT EVENING HE NOTIFIED US ON WEDNESDAY
INJURED WAS SETTING A WATER PUMP IN THE SWABY PIT (003). HE HAD STRUNG THE HOSE, SET THE PUMP AND HAD JUST CHECKED THE OIL. HE HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE PUMP AND THE HIGHWALL. A RO CK FALL OCCURRED AND HE WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK AND KNOCKED DOWN. A FEW SECONDS LATER, MORE SHALE BROKE LOOSE AND PARTIALLY COV. HIS LEGS. HE WAS REMOVED AND TRANS BY AMBU. TO GREENE CO HOSP.
INJURED WAS REMOVING A BEARING FROM THE EJECTOR DOOR ROLLERS FOR A CAT 637E WHEN HE CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
THE RIGHT REAR IDLER ON 07110 FAILED AND THE INJURED WAS REMOVING HT RIGHT SIDE DOZER TRACK ON TEH CAT D7H. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS ON THE DOZER TRACK AND HE WAS USING A HAMEMR WITH HIS LEFT HAND T O BREAK THE TRACK. THE TRACK DROPPED AND PINCHED/LACERATED HIS INDEX FINGER.
INJURED WAS BANDING A WATER HOSE WHEN HIS THUMB HIT A SHARP EDGE CUTTING HIS THUMB REQUIRING SUTURES.
INJURED WAS MOUNTING TRACTOR OF A CAT 637E WHEN HE LOST FOOTING. INJURED THEN FELL BACKWARDS OFFEQUIPMENT AND GOT HIS LEFT LEG HUNG IN THE TOP STEP. THIS IN TURN CAUSED INJURY TO HIS LEFT KNE E.
INJURED WAS DRIVING CAT 777B DOWN THE HAUL ROAD,HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSING HIS BACK INJURY.
INJURED WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE BACK OF THE POWDER TRUCK WHEN THE CABLE STEP BROKE AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
INURED WAS PULLING OUT TOOL DRAWER FROM THE TOOL BOX ON THE LEFT SIDE OF GREASE TRUCK #GT-10. HE PULLED THE TOOL DRAWER OUT SO FAR THAT IT CAME OUT OF THE TOOL BOX AND DROPPED ON HIS FOOT. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT SUNDAY NIGHT AND THE X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE. HE MISSED ONE DAY OF WORK. THE INJURY WAS REPORTED ON 7-21 WHEN ANOTHER PERSON CALLED HIM AT HOME.
INJURED WAS AIR ARCHING ON TRUCK BED OF A CAT 785B TRUCK. HE FELT SOMETHING STING HIS EYE BUT THE PAIN WENT AWAY. A FEW DAYS LATER HIS VISION IN HIS EYE BECAME BLURRY. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATM ENT ON JULY 11TH. A SMALL PAINT CHIP WAS REMOVED
INJURED WAS CLIMBING IN REAR OF SERVICE TRUCK SO HE COULD REACH THE BOOM OF THE BACKHOE FOR MAINTENANCE WORK. IT WAS RAINING OUT DURING THIS TIME. AS HE WAS CLIMBING FROM THE TRUCK BED TO TH E TOOL BED TO THE TOOL BOX HE SLIPPED, CAUGHT HIS THUMB ON THE TOOL BOCX AND DISLOCATED HIS THUMB.
WHILE CHANGING CUTTING EDGES ON 16120 16G CAT MOTOR GRADER, INURED, WAS HOLDING CUTTING EDGE BOLTS DOWN WITH RIGHT HAND AND RUNNING IMPACT WRENCH WITH LEFT, BOLT SPUN.
INJURED WAS HOLDING A 2" X4" PIECE OF WOOD WHILE ANOTHER MECHANIC STRUCK IT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. THEY WER EDRIVING IN A PIN ON THE DOZER TRACK OF A CAT D9N. THE WOOD SPLIT AS IT WAS HIT AND THE SLEDGE HAMMER STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND AND FRACTTURED HIS FINGER.
INJURED WAS TRYING TO PUT AIR CONDITIONER COVER BACK INTO PLACE ON 988B END LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO HAND RAIL.
INJURED WAS CLIMBING UP ONTO LOWBOY TO PERFORM SOME MAINTENANCE WORK AND WHEN HE PULLED HIMSELF UP HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS PUTTING A CHAIN BACK ON SPROCKET WHEN HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN THE SPROCKET AND THE TEETH RAN THROUGH HIS RIGHT FINGER AND TORE OFF PART OF HIS NAIL.PART OF HIS NAIL WAS SURGICA LLYY REMOVED.
IJURED WAS HELPING REPAIR A CATERILLAR 637 IN THE SHOP. HE WAS HOLDING A 4"PIPE FOR ANOTHER MECHANIC TO WELD AND SUFFERED LOWER BACK HAND. INJURED SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT O N 2/28/94. INJU RY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 3/5/94.
INJURED WAS GOING TO MOVE TRUCK DRILL & WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO GET INTO THE CAB HE HIT HIS MOUTH ON CAB DOOR HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT & RECEIVED TEN SUTURES
INJURED WAS CLIMBING UP 637E SCRAPER TO CHECK OIL AND WAS INJURED WHEN PULLING HIMSELF UP.
INJURED SPRAINED HIS ANKLE ON FROZEN EARTH WHILEDISMOUNTING FROM 16G ROAD GRADER. INJURED REGULAR SCHEDULED DAYS OFF WERE 2-2-94 AND 2-3-94.
INJURED WAS HELPING PICK UP BLOCKS AFTER A TIRE REPAIR WHEN A CONTRACTOR THREW A WOODEN BLOCK WHICH STRUCK INJURED'S FOOT.
INJURED WAS SHOVELING DRILL SHAVINGS INTO DRILL HOLES WHEN HE OVEREXTENDED HIS REACH AND PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS CHEST AREA.
INJURED HAS REPEATEDLY INJURED AND REINJURED HIS BACK DURING THE PAST TWO MONTHS. THE INJURIES OCCURRED AS HE WOULD PULL UP ON THE PLASTIC HOLE LINERS DURING BULK ANFO LOADING. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 1-24-94. HIS TIME AWAY FROM WORK BEGAN ON 1-26-94.
INJURED WAS WORKING OUTSIDE TRYING TO THAW TRUCK SCALES AND FROZEN WATER PIPES. LATER IN THE DAY HE FELT PAIN IN LEFS AND SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. (TEMPERATURE WAS -15 DEGREES PLUS WIND CHILL ).
INJURED RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK WHILE OPERATION 637E WHICH THREW HIM SIDEWAYS & CAUSED HIM TO SMACK HIS HEAD ON RIGHT WINDOW BAR.
INJURED WAS LIFTING A PORTION OF CAT WALK INTO HIS TRUCK WHEN IT CAUGHT O SOMETHING AND SLIPPED HITTING HIM IN THE CHEST RIB AREA.
INJURED WAS HURRIEDLY CLIMBING UP ONTO A 637E SCRAPER WHEN HE YANKED HIMSELF UP ONTO THE MACHINERY WHICH CAUSED A STRAIN TO HIS THORACIC AREA.
INJURED TRYING TO PRY OFF DUST COLLECTION HOSE ON DUST COLLECTION BOX WHEN THE BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF STHE HOSE & STRUCK INJURED ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE CUTTING HIS EYEBROW WHICH REQUIRED SI X SUTURES.
INJURED WAS HELPING UNLOAD FUEL TANKS FROM REAR OF PICKUP WHEN THE OTHER PERSON DROPPED HIS END OF TANK AND INJURED TRIED TO CATCH IT. INJURED SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 11/23/93. INJURED'S S CHEDULED DAYS OFF WERE 11/25 AND 11/26.
INJURED WAS UNDER NEAT CAT 637E SCRAPER REMOVING ENGINE OIL DRAIN PLUG. AS HE WAS REMOVING PLUG SOME DIRT FELL INTO HIS EYE.
INJURED HAS DEVELOPED KNEE PROBLEMS DUE TO REPEATED MOUNTINGS AND DISMOUNTINGS OF EQUIPMENT, WALKING THROUGH MUD, AND TRIPS AND FALLS WHILE PERFORMING WORK DUTIES.
INJURED WAS SITTING IN A CAT 777B BEING LOADED WHEN A LARGE ROCK ROLLE DOUT OF THE BUCKET AND STRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRUCK BED. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO SHIFT TO THE RIGHT THROWING HIKM INTO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAB.
INJURED AS BACKING BULT TRUCK NEXT TO HIGHWALL WHEN ROCKS BEGAN FALLING FROLM HIGHWALL STRIKING HIS LEFT ARM WHICH WAS HANGING OUT THE WINDOW.
INJURED BEGAN SHOVELING DRILL SHAVINGS INTO BLASTHOLE. SHARP PAIN DEVELOPED IN LEFT SIDE WHILE SHOVELING. THE PAIN INCREASED & HE WAS TAKEN TO GREENE COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL.
DURING A TEN WEEK TIME PERIOD HE WAS ALLEGED AN INCREASE IN LOWER BACK PAIN. THERE WAS NO INCIDENT THAT CAUSED HIS PAIN. HE ASKED FOR MEDICAL HELP ON10-18-93.
INJURED WAS OPERATING CAT D8L DOZER WORKING FIL. THE HEATER WAS EMITTING FUMES FROMANTIFREEZE. HE BECAME ILL FROM INHALING HTESE FUM,ES AND ASKED TO GO HOME. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 1 0-19-93.
INJURED WAS AIR ARCING ON SHOVEL BUCKET & WAS FLASHED RESULTING IN A BURN TO HIS LEFT EYE. INJURED SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 10/16/93. SCHECULED OFF WORK ON 10/17 & 10/18.
INJURED WAS CHANGING LEFT TRACK ON A D11N A RIPPER WAS USED TO JACK TRACTOR UP AND WHEN RIPPER SHANK WENT DOWN INTO RAIL A PIECE OF METAL BLEW OFF RAIL AND STRUCK INJURED IN RIGHT ARM.
INJURED ALLEGES THAT ON 9/23/93 HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM WHEN DESCENDING STAIRS IN WASKPLANT & INJURED BACK. THEN ON 9/26/93 HE SLIPPED OFF STEP WHILE MOUNTING A TEREX 3308 END DUM P GOB TRUCK & ALSO INJURED HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 09/28/93. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 09/29/93.
INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING FROM END DUMP TRUCK HESLIPPED FROM THE BOTTOM STEP & FELL ON HIS RT KNEE TEARING LIGAMENTS THERE WERE NO DEFECTS IN THE STEP HE HAD SURGERY ON SEPT 11 & WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL
INJURED WAS DRIVING UP A RAMP AND HIT A LARGE HOLE IN THE ROAD WHICH RESULTED IN HIS MOUTH HITTING THE STEERING KNOB AND BREAKING OFF A TOOTH AND CUTTING HIS INSIDE LIP AREA.
INJURED WAS OPERATING C45K BLASTHOLE DRILL. WHILE SITTIG IN THE OPERATORS CAB, HE REACHED TO HIS LEFT TO OPEN THE DOOR. AS HE REACHED HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE UPRIGHT CAB FRAME SUPPORT.
INJURED DRIVING GT-6 FROM PIT TO THE SHOP. HE STRUCK HOLE IN COAL YARD AND WAS THROWN UP INTO CAB ROOF. WORKED FOR SIX SEVEN DAYS THEN SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 8-25-93. PRESENTLY UNDERGOING PHYSICAL THERAPY.
DECEASED WAS DRIVING HIS 1982 F350 SERVICE TRUCK FROM THE MAINTENANCE SHOP TO THE N. (001) PIT. WITNESS, DISCOVERED HIS TRUCK IN A DITCH E. OF THE HAULROAD. HE FOUND DECEASED SLUMPED OVER IN T HE FLOOR BOARD OF THE TRUCK. HELP WAS SUMMONED & CPR WAS STARTED. THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED AT 11:00 PM. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL ARRIVING AT 11:18PM AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 11