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STEPS FELL AS EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THEM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS, BRUISING THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING COVER PLATE FROM SCRUBBER ON HIGHWALL MINER. HE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE PLATE, ALLOWING PLATE TO FALL ONTO HIS FINGER, AVULSING TIP OF FINGER (MIDDLE FINGER, LEFT HAND).
EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING D10N DOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM STEP. HE HELD ONTO GRAB BAR TO PREVENT FALL. PULLED MUSCLES IN UPPER RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISCONNECTING ELECTRRICAL SUPPLY CONNECTIONS AND REMOVING STEEL CONNECTING PINS FROM FROM ADD CARS AS UNTI WAS BEING REMOVED FROM DRIFT. EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT BECAME CAUGHT BETWEE N EAR OF PUSH/PULL JACK AND SIDE PIN OF ADD CAR,CAUSING CRUSHING INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT FOOT AND AMPUTATION OF THE LARGE AND FIRST TOES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON ADD CAR UNTI WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BELT CAR STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.
EMPL WAS PREPARING TO MAKE MECHANICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN 2 ADD CAR UNITS WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED INBY HIGHWALL BEING MINED. EMPL WAS THROWN OFF LAUNCH PLATFORM SUSTAINING 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO F ACE & UPPER CHEST, FRACTURED JAW AVULSED EAR, MULTIPLE LACERATIONS & BLUNT TRAUMA INJURIES.
EMP PREPARING TO ATTACH ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CABLE BETWEEN ADD CAR COAL CONVEYING UNITS WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED INBY THE HIGHWALL BEING MINED. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN OFF LAUNCH PLATFORM SUSTAINING FATAL BLUNT TRAUMA INJURIES AND BURNS.
EMPL WAS OPERATING HIGHWALL MINING SYSTEM WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED INBY HIGHWALL BEING MINED. WINDOWS OF OPERATORS COMPARTMENT WERE BLOWN OUT. EMPL SUFFERED BURNS TO HANDS, ARMS & NECK & MULTIP LE LACERATIONS.
EMPL WAS PREPARING TO MAKE MECHANICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN 2 ADD CAR UNITS WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED INBY HIGHWALL BEING MINED. EMPL WAS THROWN OFF LAUCH PLATFORM SUSTAINING 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO FA CE & UPPER CHEST MULTIPLE LACERATIONS & B LUNT TRAUMA INJURIES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON ADDCAR UNIT. HE STEPPED FROM ONE CAR TO ANOTHER TWISTING ANKLE.
EE WAS MOUNTING D 10 DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE DOZER TRACK ONTO THE CATWALK, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER WHEN DUST LODGED IN EYE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 3-24-91.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMTPING TO REPAIR BRAK CHAMBER ON TRACTOR TRAILER. EMPLOYEE RELEASED TENSION ON SPRING ALLOWING IT TO COME OFF CHAMBER, STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING 6" PLASTIC WATER HOSE OVER A DIRT EMBANKMENT.EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL,INJURING RIGHT SHOULDER.
INSTALLING DRAINAGE TILE IN DITCH ON INACTIVE MINE SITE. PYRAMID MINING BUTLER CO.KY. WHEN DIRT BROKE AND FLUFFED INJURY OCCURED WHEN TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. EMPLOYEE HAS SINCE QUIT AN D GONE TO WORK AT UNDERGROUND MINE.
INSTALLING DRAINAGE TILE IN DITCH ON INACTIVE MINE SITE. PYRAMID MINING BUTLER CO.KY. WHEN DIRT BROKE AND FLUFFED INJURY OCCURED WHEN TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. EMPLOYEE HAS SINCE QUIT AN D GONE TO WORK AT UNDERGROUND MINE.
INSTALLING TILE IN DITCH ON INACTIVE MINE SITE, DIRT BROKE OFF FLUFFED OVER HIM , HE WAS ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES WITH BACK TO DIRT LEVELING TILE
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP 24IN METAL PIPE WITH BACKHOE BUCKET PIPE DISLODGED FROM BUCKET STRIKING OEPRATORS CAB BREAKING GLASS BROKEN GLASS FROM OEPRATORS CAB WINDOW CUT EMPLOYEES LE FT FOREARM
EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER, STRIKING SIDE OF BULT AMONINUM NITRATE BIN TO LOOSEN CAKED ANFO. EMPLOYEE STRUCK HAND WITH HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON A FRONT END LOADER.NEAR THE END OF THE SHIFT HE STATES THAT HE DEVELOPED SEVERE PAINS IN HIS LOWER BACK.EMPLOYEE DOES NOT RECALL A SPECIFIC EVENT TH AT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS INJURY.
EMPL HAD COMPLETED LOADING OIL DRUM INTO BED OF PICKUP TRUCK. EPL STATS THAT LEFT LEG GAVE AWAY WHILE HE WAS STANDING IN PICKUP.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING BOOM ON PORTABLE LIGHT XXX PLANT. EMPLOYEE PLACED HIMSELF IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHILE TRYING TO RETRACT BOOM,S TRAINING MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A FRONT-END LOADER, WHEN HE DROPPED A WRENCH HE WAS USING. WHILE DISMOUNTING LOADER, EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE, RESULTING IN HIM JUMPING FROM LOADER. J UMP FROM LOADER RESULTED IN STRAINED LUMBAR MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D-11 DOZER WHEN HE HIT A TREE STUMP WITH THE DOZER BLADE.EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT JARRING ACTION CAUSED BY DOZER HITTING STUMP CAUSED PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP PUMP HOSE, EE STATED THAT HE GOT A CATCH IN HIS BACK.
STOPPED CONVEY TO REMOVE ROCK LOST GRIP IT FELL ON L HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING OFF WATER PUMP LOCATED IN PIT BY HIGHWALL. SMALL ROCK FELL FROM HIGHWALL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT WRIST.
EMPL STOPPED GRADER TO ATTACH CHAIN FROM REAR OF GRADER TO FRONT OF FUEL TRUCK TO PULL TRUCK ONTO DRILL BENCH.SPRING IN PARKING BRAKE LEVER ON GRADER BROKE ALLOWING PARKING BRAKE TO DISENGAGE. GRADER ROLLED BACK PINNING EMPL LEFT LEG BETWEEN RIPPER ON GRADER AND TRUCK BUMPER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER A D-5 DOZER, INSTALLING TRANSMISSION HOSES. A PIECE OF DRY MUD DISLODGED FROM DOZER FRAME. DIRT STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A LOADED COAL TRUCK FROM PIT OT MINE CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK IN CURVE ON HAULAGE ROAD. TRUCK TURNED ONTO RIGHT SIDE, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN AGAINST INTERIOR OF TRUCK CAB. RESULTING IN CONTUSIONS TO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM, RIGHT LEG, AND CHIPPED VETERBRAE IN LOWER NECK.
EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER MECHANIC WERE STACKING CRIBBING BLOCKS. EMPLOYEE REACHED TO PICK UP A BLOCK WHEN BLOCK IN OTHER MECHANIC'S HAND SLIPPED. BLOCK STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND CAUSING MODERAT E CRUSH INJURIES TO TIPS OF MIDDLE AND LITTLE FINGERS.
EMPL WAS REMOVING AIR FILTERS FROM INGERSALL RAND DRILL. EMPL STEPPED BACK ONTO LOOSE ROCK CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE PULLING MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PIN FROM LIFT CYCLINDER OF CAT 988 FRONT END LOADER.WHEN PIN WAS REMOVED TILT CYCLINDER FELL OUT FROM ABOVE STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND AND WRIST.
DRAFTING BARGE WHEN WINCH CABLE BECAME CAUGHT BETWWEN LOADED BARGE AND WORK BARGE WHEN WINCH PULLED FREE IT SNAPPED UP STRIKING EMP IN KTH EFACE AND ON THE R LEG.
EMPL STEPPED OUT OF DRILL CAB ONTO ROCK TURNING RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOOR TO EXPLOSIVES MAGAZINE WHEN LOCK COVER ON DOOR STRUCK HIM ABOVE RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLT WITH WRENCH, STRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAS REQUIRED ADDITIONAL CORRECTIVE SURGERY AS A RESULT OF INJURIES RECEIVED TO FINGERS IN ACCIDENT 1-22-89.
EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING CAB OF COAL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.CHIPPING BONE IN RIGHT FOOT.
EMPL WAS TRYING OFF BARGE WHEN HE LSOT FOOTING. EMPL FELL PULLING LIGAMENTS IN LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING GRADER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL. STRIKING HIS BACK ON GRADER TIRE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING TENSION ON DRIVE CHAIN TO AUTOMATIC COAL SAMPLER EMPLOYEE PULLED ON DRIVE CHAIN CAUSING SAMPLE CURRER TO MOVE PULLING CHAIN AND EMPLOYEE THUMB OUT DRIVE SPROCKET EMPLOYE S THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN DRIVE SPROCKET AND CHAIN RESULTING IN AVULSION OF EMPLOYEE S LEFT THUMB AT FIRST JOINT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO CHECK COOLANT LEVEL IN RADIATOR OF D-10 AS EMPLOYEE RELEASED PRESSURE ON RADIATOR CAP HOT COOLANT SPRAYED ONTO EMPLOYEES CHEST AND UNDER PORTION OF LEFT ARM CAUSING 1 ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS
EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING BULK EXPLOSIVES TRUCK,WHEN CONTROL LEVER ON PRELL BIN KICKED BACK,STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB.
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT A SLAMANER WHEN FUMES IGNITED AND FLASHED BACK IN EMP FACE, CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO EMP FACE
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING PUMP TRUCK WHEN FRONT WHEEL STRUCK ROCK CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO JERK FROM HIS HAND SPOKE IN STEERING WHEEL STRUCK THUMB OF EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND BREAKING THUMB
EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING EXHAUST SYSTEM ON TEST DRILL EMPLOYEES CLOTHING BECAME ENTANGLED IN POWER TAKE OFF CAUSING BRUISES TO EMPLOYEES HIP & LEGS
EMPLOYEE WAS FU9LING D 10 WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT SHOULDER BLADE BY A SMALL PIECE OF FLYROCK FROM BLAST HOLE THAT BLEW OUT. EMPLOYEE EITHER IGNORED OR DID NOT UNDERSTAND HIS FOREMAN S I NSTRUCTIONS TO 7LEAR THE AREA PRIOR TO SHOT BEING FIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS RA3SING HOOD ON A MACK COAL TRUCK THAT WOULD NOT START. WHILE RAISING HOOD, EMPLOYEE INJURED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DI8MOUNTING FUEL TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE.