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OILER HAD CLIMBED UP INTO A LOADER TO PUT WATER IN RADITOR. WHILE CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER EMPLOYEE ALLEGED HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND.
EMPL WAS DOING CLEAN UP WORK SHOVELING ETC WHILE SHOVLEING MEPL ALLEGED THAT HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK ON 7/17/89 HE REPORT TO DR FOR EXAM HE CAME BACK TO WORK BUT ON 8/14/89 PAIN GREW W ORSE EMPL REPORTED BACK TO DR SIMILIAR INJURY OCCURRED ON 5/4/88 WITH NO LOST WORK DAYS ON 8/14/89 EMPL WAS REQUESTED BY DR TO TAKE 3 WEEKS OFF
STANDING ON TRACKS ON DOZER PLACING BOX COVER BACK ON BATTERY FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EMP TO FALL TO GROUND EM ALLEDGED THAT INJ R SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A FRONT ENDLOADER FROM A SURFACE MINE TO A TIPPLE. WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A SLOPE ON THE COAL HAUL ROAD THE EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL WITH THE ENDLOADER HITTING HILLSIDE. UPO N IMPACT EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST WINDSHIELD CAUSING A STRAING TO NECK AREA.
RECLAMATION EMPL WAS ROCKING A PON SPILLWAY WITH A 963 CAT TRACK LOADER EMPL STEPPED OUT OF LOADER TO LOOK OVER EMBANKMENT TO SEE WHERE TO PLACE ANOTHER ROCK WHILE PREPARING TO LOOK OVER EMBAN KMENT EMPL STEPPED ON AN UNSTABLE ROCK WHICH FLIPPED AND TRAPPED HIS LEG BETWEEN TWO ROCKS CAUSING A COMPOUND FRACTURE TO LOWER L LEG
SHOVELING LOOSE WET COAL FORM AROUND ONTO BELT LINE FELT TIGHTNESS IN LOWER BACK 3-23-89 TO DR.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANIC TO ISTALL HOSE ON A 988B CATERPILLAR ENDLOADER WHEN EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PULL HOSE INTO PLACE HE ALLEDGES HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN RT RIB CAGE EMPLOYEE COMPLETE D FULL SHIFT OF WORK BUT THE FOLLOWING MORNING EMPLOYEE CALLED HIS FOREMAN & REPORTED THAT HE WAS VERY SORE & WAS GOING TO DOCTOR
EMPLOYEE WAS USING WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON COAL CRUSHER ON THE DATE OF 2-16-89. AT THAT TIME THERE SEEMED TO BE NO INJURY. HOWEVER EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT LEFT HAND BEGAN TO HURT AND ON 2-23- 89, HAND BEGAN TO SWELL AND HURT FROM HAND TO SHOULDER AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING UP A FULL BAG OF CRUSHED COAL SAMPLES. AS HE LIFTED THE BAG HE ALLEDGED HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL SPILLAGE FROM UNDER TIPPLE TAILPIECE WHEN HE TWISTED AND FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN HIS BACK. HE WENT TO SCALE HOUSE AND INFORMED FOREMAN OF ALLEGED INJURY. DID NOT CO MPLETE SHIFT. REPORTED TO DR THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A TRACK LOADER ON A SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATION WHEN ONE SIDE OF THE TRACK RAN OVER A ROCK WHILE TRYING TO TURN LOADER IN DIFFERENT POSITION CAUSING THE LOADER TO OVE RTURN ON ITS SIDE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT IT APPEARED THAT EMPLOYEE WAS UNHURT AND HE CONTINUED HIS SHIFTS WORK REPORTED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING MORNING AT 700 AM HOWEVER AT 10 AM HE
EMPL WAS OPERATING 980B CATERPILLAR ENDLOADER AT COAL TIPPLE. EMPL STOPPED LOADER TO DISMONT. BING DOWN LADDER TO STEP FROM LOADER TO GROUND HE STEPPED ON LUMP OF COAL FRACTURING RIGHT ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 992C CAT. ENDLOADER IN SURFACE MINE PIT. WHILE EXTENDING THE BUCKET REACHING FOR A LARGE ROCK TRYING TO POSITION IT FOR LOADING, WHILE POSITIONING THE ROCK IT SLID I NTO THE BUCKET CAUSING THE REAR END OF THE LOADER TO RISE THROWING THE OPERATOR FROM SEAT INSIDE THE CAB.
EMPL COMPLETED WORK WHILFT WHILE LAYING ON COUCH AT HOM EMPL STATED HE FELT SORENESS IN LOWER BACK AND LEG EMPL ALLEGED POSSIBLE INJURY OCCURRED WHILE LOADING ROCK WITH 992 C CATERPILLAR FRONT END LOADER 5-19-88 I NAME CALLED OFFICE TO SAY HE HAD BEEN TO DR SAYING POSSIBLE BACK PROBLEM
AN ALLEGED INJURY OCCURRED WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTING THE BRAKE ON A RAILROAD CAR AT A PREP PLANT WHILE TURNING THE BRAKE WHEEL EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THEN HE FELT SOME POP IN HIS RT.WRIST
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D-7 CATEPILLER DOZER IN THE FILL AREA WHEN HE BACKED OVER A ROCK CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO JAM BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING RAIL ROAD CRS PREPARING TO LOAD TRAIN AT PREP PLANT. WHILE CLOSING THE RAIL CAR DOOR HE FELT SOMETHING PULL UNDER LEFT SHOULDER BLADE. ON 2-24-88 HE REPORTED TO DOCTOR'S OFFICE THE EVENING AFTER WORK, DR REPORTED STRAIN MUSCLE. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED FULL TIME WORK THUR 3-2-88 WHEN PAIN GREW MUCH SEVERE EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO DR. AND WAS HOSPITALIZED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING TIMBER WITH A CHAIN SAW.HE HAD CUT A TREE AND WAS STEPPING OVER TO ANOTHER TREE.WHILE STEPPING HE STEPPED ON ANOTHER FALLEN LOG AND IT ROLLED CAUSING EMPLOYE TO FALL AND STRIKE LOWER RIGHT FLANK OF BACK AGAINST LEG.EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3:00 THAT AFTERNOON BEFORE SEEING A DR.
EMPLOYEE WAS BE3DING TO PICK UP A BOX OF DYNAMITE TO LOAD INTO ANFO TRUCK.WHILE LIFTING HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WROK AND DID NOT REPORT INJURY THAT DAY.THE N9XT DAY EMPLOYEE DID NOT WORK AND REPORTED TO LOCAL DR.S OFFICE
EMP WAS DISMOUN7ING FROM HIS BULLDOZER. AS HIS FOOT TOUCHED THE GROUND HE STUMBLED ON A ROCK AND BROKE HIS TOE, HE WAS WEARING SAFETY BOOTS
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A GARDNER DENVER 16 HIGHWALL DRILL EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING NEAR A THIRTY FOOT HIGHWALL WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING DIRT AND MUD FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL COMPLETELY COVERING THE EMPLOYEE INSID9 DRILL CAB AND ALSO COVERING THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE DRILL THE FORCE OF THE DIRT AND MUD CRUSHED THE CAB OF THE DRILL RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF THE EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG RECLAIMING WORK. HE PULLED HIS D-3 CATERPILLAR DOZER TO A STOP AND WAS GETTING DOWN FROM DOZER TO EAT LUNCH. THE WEATHER WAS A MISTY RAIN. WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON TRACKS OF DOZER, HIS F9ET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL STRIKING HIS LEFT ELBOW AGAINST TRACK CAUSING A BRUISE TO ELBOW.
ON 5 18 87 I NA4E HAD JUST CLIMBED OFF A DOZER WALKING TOWARD MECHANIC. WHILE WALKING HE SLIPPED ON MUDDY GROUND AND LOSE ROCK LOOSING BALANCE TWISTED RT KNEE, HIP AND L OWER BACK, LOSING CO CONSCIOUSNESS M2MENTARILY. HE DID NOT LEAVE WORK BUT REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN. MR STONE STATES OVER THE MONTHS HE HAD SOME CONSTANT MINOR PAIN. BUT ON 7 30 87 HE REPORTED TO CO OFFICE IN SEVE
ON 5-11-87 I.NA4E TIGHTENED UP AND BECAME PAINFUL AFTER HE HAD BEEN SHOVELING AROUND TIPPLE AREA. THE PAIN GREW WORSE DURING THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND BY 5120 HE FINALLY GAVE UP AND REQUESTED AN APPOINTMENT BE 4ADE WITH DR
EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG MECHANICAL WORK ON A D-9 CATERPILLAR DOZER, WHILE WORKING HE WAS USING A METAL BAR TO LEVERAGE A TOOL. THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT RIGHT HAND AGAINST FRAME OR DO ZER. 3
EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG SOME CLEAN UP WORK. WHILE BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A LUMP OF COAL HE JERKED AJAMMED A STICK WEED IN THE EYE.
I.NAME WAS USIN1 A CHAIN SAW TO CLEAR A HOLLOW FILL. WHEN SAWING THERE WAS AN OLD CABLE GROWN INTO A TREE AND THE SAW HIT THE CABLE AND BOUNCED BACK HITTING, HIS LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE
EMPL DRIVING RO7K TRUCK.BACKED TRUCK UNDER ENDLOADER BUCKET.LOADER LOADED 2 BUCKETS,THE 3RD BUCKET ..IT HIT BED OF ROCK TRUCK.EMPL WAS WEARING SEAT BELT BUT FROM THE IMPACT OF THE BLOW TO THE TRUCK IT KNOCK9D HIM INTO THE DOOR JAMMING HIS LEFT HAND AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING ELECTRICAL MOTOR ON TIPPLE AFTER REPAIRING MOTOR EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM TOP OF TIPPLE AT THAT TIME HE FELT STING IN BACK THE MORNING OF 12-10-86 EMPLOYEE CALLED FOREMAN SA YING HE COULD N2T GET OUT OF BED WENT TO DR DR THINKS VERTABRAE DAMAGE
EMP WAS PUSHING3WITH DOZER IN FILL AREA AND LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING.
I.NAME WAS CLIM6ING UPON END LOAD WHILE CLIMBING UP LADDER OF ENDLOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND I.NAME FELL TO THE GROUND FALLING ON HIS RT FOOT
I.NAME WAS HELP3NG END LOADER OPERATOR ADVANCE RAIL CARS BY HOOKING & UNHOOKING THE HOIST CABLE THE CABLE WHICH WAS PULLED TIGHTLY SLIPPED OFF THE RAILROAD CAR STRIKING I.NAME IN THE CHEST
I,NAME WAS USIN1 A HAND GRINDER ON A METAL BATTERY BOX FOR AN AUGER. THE DISC OF THE GRINDER SPUN OFF ITS SPINDLE BECAUSE THE EYE OF THE DISC PULLED LOOSE. DISC STRUCK I,NAME RIGHT SHIN CAUSIN G A CUT WHICH R9QUIRED TWENTY FOUR STITCHES.
I NAME WAS SEAT9D IN H IS TRUCK WAITING WHILE ANOTHER MAN LOADED THE TRUCKK WITH AN ENDLOADER THE BUCKET OF THE LOADER BOUNCED OFF A ROCK IN THE LOAD BUCKET STRUCK TRUCK IMPACT THREW I NAME FORWARD AND HE 8TRUCK GEAR SHIFT COLUMN WHICH TWISTED HIS BACK
I NAME WAS ROLL3NG V BELT ON WRENCH TO SEE IF THE WRENCH WAS IN NEUTRAL ANOTHER EMP HAVING NO IDEA I NAME WAS AROUND THE WRENCH STARTED THE WRENCH CATCHING I NAMES HAND BETWEEN V BELTS AND PULLEY ON WRENC2 THE RESULT WAS SEVERING THE RIGHT THUMB BACK TO THE JOINT
EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO SWITCH RAILCARS BY THROWING RAIL SWITCH ARM OF SWITCH FELL ON HIS HAND HIS HAND BEGAN TO SWELL DURING NIGHT FOLLOWING ACCIDENT AND HE REPORTED TO DR THE FOLLOWING MOR NING 3
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACK OF A JOHN DEERE 550 TRACTOR WHICH WAS BEING SERVICED-ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TRAMMED THE J.D. 490 EXZCAVATOR BESIDE THE TRACTOR TO HAVE IT SERVICED-WHEN STOPPING THE MACHINE THE BOOM ACCIDENTLY STRUCK I,NAME CAUSING HIS HAND TO STRIKE THE ROLL CAGE OF THE TRACTOR CAUSING A FRACTURED JAW & CHEEKBONES.
EMPL ADDING WATER TO RADIATOR OF LOADER HE WAS STANDING ON AND STEPS BUILT IN FRAME OF MACHINE WHEN HE FINISHED ADDING WATER HE TURNED TO DISMOUNT SLIPPED LOSING BALANCE AND FELL 6\ TO GROUND.
EMPLOYEES I.NAME #1 AND #2 WERE USING A CAT D7 TRACTOR WITH WINCH WERE PULLING TREES FROM BELOW A BENCH - WHEN A TREE CAME OVER THE BERM IT ROLLED OVER STRIKING EMPLOYEE I.NAME #1 IN THE BACK.
EE WAS DRIVING TRACK PIN IN T RACK OF CAT 06 DOZER WHEN HE STRUCK PIN WITH HAMMER SLIVERS OF METAL FLEW FROM TRACK & STRUCK EE IN RT HAND & ON NOSE INCISION WOUND IN NOSE 1 STITCH INCISION WO UND IN HAND 7 STITCHES.
EE WAS DRIVING SHANK ON LOADER BUCKET WITH SLEDGE HAMMER A SPLINTER OF METAL FLEW FROM HAMMER & STRUCK EE IN LEFT THIGH.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING HAMMER TO DRIVE ALLIGATOR CLAMP TOGETHER ON TRACK ON CAT D9H TRACTOR-WHEN HE STRUCK THE CLAMP A SMALL SLIVER OF METAL FROM THE TRACK FLEW OFF STRIKING HIM IN THE LEG IN THE UPPER THIGH AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER & PUNCH TO DRIVE BUSHING OUT OF ROLLER FRAME IDLER ON A CAT D9H TRACTOR AND WHILE STRIKING AT PUNCH HE MISSED AND STRUCK HAND WITH THE HAMMER.
I.NAME THE MECHANIC WAS GUIDING A DOZER WHILE IT WAS BACKING UP TO A TRACK THAT WAS OFF WHILE REPAIRING ROLLER FRAME AS THE SPROCKET SEGMENTS CONTACTED THE TRACK A PIECE OF METAL SPLINTERED OFF & STRUCK I.NAME IN THE NECK.
EES LOADER WOULD NOT START WHILE WAITING FOR MECHANIC TO BOOST START HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE BATTERY TERMINALS TO CLEAN THEM-THE WRENCH HE WAS USING GROUNDED TO FRAME POSITIVE TERMINAL THR U EES WEDDING RING THUS BURNING HIS HAND.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO CLOSE BOTTOM HOPPER DOOR N AN EMPTY RAILROAD CAR-AS HE PRYED WITH BAR-IT (THE BAR) SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SHIFT HIS WEIGHT ONTO RT FOOT-THIS RT FOOT SL IPPED IN LOOSE MATERIAL (GRAVEL) ALONG TRACK & BROKE EMPLOYEES ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICE ROCK TRUCK AT END OF SHIFT AND SLIPPED ON WET BUMPER AND FELL TO GROUND
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SHOVEL LOOSE COAL AROUND BEOKEN CLAIN LINE HE STRAINED BACK WHILE SHOVELING OR HELPING LIFT THE CAHIN ONE ONE HELP SAW HIM STRAINED BACK BUT LATER IN THE SHIFT HE REPORTED BACK PAIN TO THE FOREMAN DATE ACCIDENT 9-15-83.
EMP WAS CONNECTING ROAD GRADER TO WATER TANK HE PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN LATCH PIN AND DRAW BAR
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING SPOIL FROM COAL PIT TO 1 HOLLOWFIRE WHEN EMPLOYEE BACKED UP TO DUMP WHILE SPOTTER WAS GONE TEMPORARILY HE BACKED TRUCK OVER DUMP AT AN ANGLE RIGHT SIDEFIRT TRUCK OVERTURNE D APPROX 35FT BELOW DUMP POINT EMPLOYEE REMAINED IN TRUCK UNTIL IT CAME TO REST DRIVER WAS FOUND TO HAVE DRUGS VALIUM IN HIS POSSESSION HOSPITAL EXAM FOUND BROKEN LOWER BACK AND HE HAD HEART