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EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER MECHANIC WERE CHANGING A LOADER TIRE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LIFTING AND PUSHING THE REPAIRED TIRE ONTO THE LOADER.
I.NAME WAS HOLDING PIN HAMMER ON DOZER TRACK AS E.NAME WAS TRYING LOOSEN TRACK. A SLIVER OF METAL FLEW OFF AS THE HAMMER WAS STRUCK AND HIT I.NAME IN THE RIGHT EYE.
NORMALLY-I,NAME A 992 MODEL LOADER (CAT)-ON 2-5-90 HE WAS PLACED ON A 560 LOADER. WHILE OPERATING THE 560, HIS BACK WAS IN A STRAIN. HE WENT TO DOCTOR ON 2-12-90 FOR TREATMENT-ON 2-19-90 HIS D OCTOR RULED OUT KIDNEY & OTHER PROBLEMS AND DELCARED HIS LOWER BACK PROBLEM AS JOB RELATED.
I NAME WAS REPAIRING A 295 PAN-O RINGS-WHEN HIS WRENCH SLIPPED HITTING HIS RT HAND & FINGER HIS 3RD FINGER WAS SPLIT OPEN WITH/REQUIRING STITCHES & RESULTING IN AN INFECTION
COAL TRAILER WAS LOADED WITH COAL & I NAME CLIMBED ON TOP OF THE RIG TO LEVEL OUT COAL HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL OFF THE TRAILER SIDE & HIT THE GROUND HE HIT ON HIS LEFT SIDE & BROKE HIS LEFT ARM & DISLOCATED HIS LEFT HIP
I,NAME WAS TRYING TO LIFT A 55 GALLON BARRELL OF OIL FROM ITS SIDE TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION. JUST AS HE STRAIGHTENED UPRIGHT-THE LOWER BACK MUSCLE WAS STRAINED.
MOVED HO;SSE FORM OVERHEAD POSITION FOOT SLIPPED HE SCOOTED OFF YOKE OF DOZER. FELL R. FT. AND LEG TWISTED CAUSING WHAT THOUGHT TO BE MINOR INMJ.
I.NAME OPERATING LOADER SINCE DOZER WAS DOWN.WAS IN PROCESS OF GETTING OFF LOADER WHEN FOOT SLIPPED FROM LOADER PLATFORM CAUSING HIM TO FALL BOTTOM FIRST ON LOADER TIRE.FALL RESULTED IN WHIPLA SH TYPE INJURY TO NECK.
THE INJURED HAD PICKED UP AN 8 TO 10 POUND HOSE-HAD STOOD UPRIGHT WHEN BODY/BACK TWISTED CAUSING A BULGED/SLIPPED DISC IN LOWER BACK.
INJ HA JUST REPORTED TO WORK AND WA> DOING ROUTINE CHECK ON EQUIP. HE CLIM BED UPON DOZER TO S TART IT UP WHEN FOOT SLIPED ON DOZER TRACK. RT. LEG CAUGHT BETWEEN DOZER PUSH ARM AND ROLER FRA ME WHILE REST OF BODY FEL TO GROUND RT. LEG REMAINED STUCK CAUSING FRACT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING FLAT TRUCK TIRE WHEN RIM SLIPPED FROM THE TIRE AND FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND. THE MIDDLE FINGER WAS BRUISED AND THE FINGERNAIL MASHED REQUIRING NAIL TO BE SPLIT IN ORDER TO RELEASE PRESSURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO REMOVE REAR SPRING ON INTERNATIONAL TRUCK WHEN THE SPRING (WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 150 POUNDS) FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING BRUISES TO HIS LEFT FOOT.
I NAME AND 2 OTHER MEN WERE UNLOADING A BOX OF POWDER WEIGHING ABOUT 150 LBS AS HE BENT TO LIFT THE BOX HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN THE LOWER BACK
I NAME WAS OPERATING DOZER AT MINE SITE WHEN SIND BLEW A PIECE OF BACK LEAF INTO LEFT EYE.
HE WAS CHANGING3A FLAT TIRE ON COAL TRUCK AT THE MINE SITE WHEN THE TIRE EXPLODED. HE RECEIVED BRUISES TO RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER, AND HIS HEARING HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY DAMAGED.
I NAME WAS WORK3NG ON A DRILL RIG CHANGING ROTATION HOSE, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HIS RT ARM CAUGHT THE BOOM OF THE RIG CAUSSING A DISLOCATION AND POSSIBLE TEAR OF HIS RT SHOULDER ALONG WITH MINOR SCRA7CHES TO RT ARM
EMPLOYEE STEPOP9D OFF LOADER MISSED STEP AND IMPACT HURT LOWER BACK.
INJ WAS USING A3SLEDGE HAMMER TO ALIGN THE ARM ON A DOZER HIS HAND WAS CLOSER TO THE HEAD OF THE HAMMER THAN HE REALIZED AND THE END OF THE HANDLE FLEW UP AND STRUCK HIM IN HIS L EYE
EMLOYEE WAS LOA8ING OUR POWDER TRUCK WITH AUSTINITE FROM A STORAGE TRAILER THE HIGH WINDS CAUGHT THE TRAILER DOOR AND KNOCKED EMPLOYEE OFF TRUCK HIS LEFT SIDE AND BACK WERE BADLY IS BRUISED AN D X RAYS PROVED3NO BROKEN BONES.
WAS LIFTING A LARGE LUMP OF COAL THAT HAD FALLEN OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT TO PUT IT BACK ON THE BELT.