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Employee was attempting to repair a support on a float barge when EE's foot slipped and EE fell over onto hip causing a bruised hipbone.
1/8" shard of steel, from mine owned drill, hit miner in left pectoral.
Employee was standing on front platform helping a mechanic bolt a light bracket on the lift cylinder of a D11 bulldozer after they had replaced Hyd. hoses. The employee lost balance and handhold causing EE to fall. Employee received a cut on the head that required stitches.
Employee was getting a fuel hose to fuel a loader and slipped on ice and snow pack, employee stuck hand out to catch self. Employee's hand landed up against the ladder bending index finger back and fracturing it.
Employee was climbing down off Highwall Miner and either slipped or missed a step and fell to the deck and then onto the ground. Employee broke employee's leg right above employee's ankle in the fall.
Employee had a hand on a cluster of hydraulic lines, troubleshooting a leak. Employee grabbed a hose, which was lying up against the frame of the truck and pulled it away, when oil shot out and penetrated the right middle finger. Employee was wearing gloves and had two rags wrapped around the hose.
Employee was operating a Cat D400E Articulating Truck constructing a stream channel when the employee became stuck. While a dozer was assisting the employee, the tractor tipped over. Employee received a small cut on left arm requiring 2 stitches. Operator was wearing seat belt.
Operator noticed that a culvert was plugged up on one end so ee got off machine to go and shovel it out. On ee way ee twisted ankle on uneven ground on the pit floor. Operator worked the rest of the shift but the next morning ankle was swollen so ee called off work and went to the doctor.
The technician was installing a roll pin into repair link for chain and a small piece of metal broke off and was embedded into upper left arm. The wound caused bleeding which an EMT was able to get stopped before technician was transported by ambulance to the local hospital for care.
Employee was working on a side auger bulk unit and had hand on a hydraulic ram. When the employee moved the ram it closed completely, catching the employee's hand between the ends giving the employee a fracture and lacerations.
Employee had hand on the roller of a nose cone, from a D11 side frame, while hoisting the nose cone to the ground for maintenance. While guiding the nose cone to the ground, the right side landed on the ground first. The left side had not yet landed which caused the strap to rotate unexpectedly pinching the employees thumb.
Operator had just dumped the load and heard a loud thud and then fire came up around the cab, operator put machine in park and applied the parking brake and exited the machine. Fire was too big to fight so EE got away from it.
Employee was operating a D-6 dozer and was backing up at a 2 to 1 slope and went to shift into forward and the transmission did not catch causing the dozer to free wheel. The operator dropped the blade and this caused EE to lunge forward and rotate from the waist hitting head on the window frame. Operator was wearing seatbelt. Operator received stitches.
Machine was parked at 1:45am the morning of the 28th and the operator went home, at 3:00am that night a miner that was still there noticed that the equipment was on fire and called 911. No one was around the equipment for over an hour so the origination of the fire is unknown.
Unloading the truck, twisted knee (worked full duty up till 9/1/16)
Operator said ee hurt back when ee hit a bump in the road. Upon new evidence this has become reportable.
EE was using a socket to tighten a lid on a Hyd. filter lid and the wrench slipped causing the EE to lose his balance and fall.
EE was using a porta power to remove a pin and was using his leg to steady it to get started and a metal splinter came off the pump or all thread and went in his skin of leg.
Employee was out on deck of a D11T Dozer when he noticed smoke coming out of the front of the machine. He turned to get fire ext. and when he turned back the fire was coming out of engine compartment. Employee shut it off and got off the machine.
Employee was under a bull dozer changing a hydraulic hose. He was trying to bend it up in place and it slipped out of his hand and hit him in the forehead causing a cut - 4 stitches.
Employee was using a sledge to knock a spacer out and the spacer flew and hit him in the cheek. 4 Stitches required
Employee was winding up a grease hose and the trigger caught on the grease rack and shot grease into his eye. No damage to his eye but doctor prescribed an eye drop for a safety precaution.
Employee was climbing up on his rock truck and slipped and fell.
Employee was walking across the parking lot and slipped on ice spraining his ankle.
Employee was back dragging a drill bench when he backed over an embankment and roll his dozer over onto its side.
Employee was stepping off a D-6 push arm and slipped on ice causing him to fall about 2 feet to the ground. Employee suffered a hairline fracture in his wrist.
Employee was getting into his dozer and slipped causing the door to slam shut on the very tip of his middle finger breaking it.
Employee was changing oil filters on his loader and slipped and fell injuring his arm. He fell 38 inches to the ground.
Employee was attempting to put a belly pan on a dozer and a weld broke letting the pan to drop hitting him in the arm and hand.
Injured employee was attaching a tow cable to his vehicle and in the process slid his hand down cable receiving a cut which required 6 stitches to close.
EE was in a hurry to get fire extinguisher from in back of his cab and slipped and fell from the cat walk. EE landed on his foot breaking bones in his ankle.
Employee was loading rock trucks and as far as we can tell a Hyd. Line broke and shot oil over onto the turbo. A fire started which could not be put out in the 30 minute span.
Employee was driving a pin into the track segment and a piece of metal came off and hit another employees arm causing a cut that required 5 stitches.
Employee was climbing back into the pickup truck after checking water pump and slipped getting in. When he slipped he shut the door on the tip of his middle finger and broke it. It was raining and muddy.
Employee was climbing into a 16G Cat grader when the wind blew the door around and hit him in the side of his head causing a cut requiring 4 staples.
Employee picked up a drive shaft out of a D-9, he lifted it up about 2 feet and said he hurt his neck and shoulder.
Employee was driving up out of pit and the sun blinded him and he run his water pumping truck up a bank and laid it over on its side. He worked the rest of shift and the next day and then took 2 days off.
Employee was climbing down the ladder of a 988F loader and slipped on the last step. Employee did not fall but twisted his shoulder when he slipped.
Employee was climbing up ladder of Rock truck, he had mud on his feet and slipped and twisted his back.
Employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell.
Employee was starting up stairs into parts trailer and grabbed the hand rail. He felt something pop in his shoulder.
Employee was shoveling stemming, carrying tubes and climbing in and out of truck. No specific act, just started to hurt. Continued working until he saw a Dr on 2/4/2013 at which time he was informed he had a hernia and was given surgery to correct it.
Our stripping shovel caught fire from an electrical short down in the tub of the machine. The short caused the electric line to melt and ignite grease that is inside the tub. Major electrical damage.
Employee was standing out and in front of a 345 Trac hoe giving directions to the operator helping him guide the track back on that had jumped off the bottom rollers when a metal splinter came off and entered his arm causing a cut muscle.
Employee was running a loader and was thrown from his seat into the upper part of cab hitting his head on a radio causing a cut requiring 4 stitches.
Employee was clearing debris off highwall miner beams and slipped and twisted his knee.
Employee was ripping rock with a dozer and when he went to back up the left side track dropped in a 3 foot hole causing a jolt to the operator.
Employee was trying to remove a Stop Sign that they thought was loose enough to do by hand, it was not. He strained his back.
Employee had lowered a PTO pump off a Lube Truck to the ground and was bending down to drag it out from underneath the truck and felt something pull in his back.
Employee was helping mechanics put a pin in a 992 boom when a pin above fell and crushed his pinky finger.