EE was seeding when he lost footing fell landing on right shoulder and arm. It was raining and muddy.
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Showing all 38Employee was walking up mountain to go get a hose. The mountain was very muddy due to the weather. He slipped and fell in mud on knee and rolled about 10 foot down hill.
Employee had pulled on winch cable earlier in day, he reached overhead with wrench while working on drill and pain hit in neck, down back and in shoulder.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME 55-GALLON DRUMS AND HURT HIS BACK.
Employee got out of his excavator to check his hyd. oil & when he got back into the cab he twisted his knee.
Employee was operating drill and drilling holes in ground. The employee stepped out of drill onto the ground and twisted his knee when he began to walk.
STEPPED OFF TRUCK AND SPRAINED ANKLE.
EE WAS LOADING A DRILL ONTO LOWBOY. DRILL SLIPPED AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN METAL ON DRILL AND LOWBOY.
EE WAS OPENING HOOD TO TURN HEATER VALVES WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK & LEFT LEG. EE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS. EE SAID HE GOT HURT IN PREVIOUS JOB.
EE WAS CUTTING TREES AND HE REFUSED TO CLEAR THE TWO PATHS AROUND THE TREE HE WAS CUTTING. WHEN HE CUT THE TREE IT LANDED ON THE OTHER TREE THAT HE WAS TOLD TO MOVE AND THAT CAUSED ANOTHER TR EE THAT HE DIDN'T MOVE TO HIT HIM. THIS KNOCKEDHIM ABOUT 5 FT. HE WAS ALERT WHEN WITNESS GOT TO HIM AND HE WAS COMPLAINING WITH HIS LEGS AND KNEES.
EMPLOYEE MADE KNOWN OVER THE TWO-WAY RADIO THAT HE WAS GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE CAB OF HIS ROCK TRUCK TO URINATE. HE WAS FOUND MOMENTS LATER SITTING ON THE GROUND COMPLAINING OF BREATHING PROB LEMS. DURING THE PATIENT ASSESSMENT HE SAID HE HD STUMBLED AND FELL OFF THE FRONT OF THE ROCK TRUCK.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GREASE A TIW ROD END & HE HAD CO-WORKER TO STEER FRONT WHEELS BACK & FORTH & SOMEHOW HE GOT HIS HEAD PINNED BETWEEN THE TIE ROD & THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL.
COAL TRUCK POPPED OUT OF GEAR, TRUCK STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS, EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK.
DISMOUNTING DOZER AFTER SERVICING IT, HE TRIPPED ON TRACK AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS HIP.
WENT TO TRIALER TO GET TIME CARDS AND SLIPPED ON SNOW AND ICE. HE FELL ON ICE AND HAD SEVERE PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TIRE IN TRUCK - PULLED BACK.
EE LOOKED UP TO SEE ROCK COMING OFF WALL THREW UP HAND AUTOMATICALLY TO PROTECT HIMSELF- ROCK HIT HAND.
GET OUT OF LOADER TO CHECK OIL-FOOT SLIPPED ON OPERATOR FELL ABOUT 6' FROM TOP.
CLIMBING ON BUMPER WITH MUDDY FEET, HE SLID OFF AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HEAD AND SHOULDERS FELL ON TRAILER HITCH - RIGHT SIDE OF RIBS.
THE MECHANIC & OPERATOR OF THE DOZER WAS CHANGING A HOSE. WHEN THEY LOOSENED THE BOLTS, OIL SPRAYED INTO THE OPERATORS EYE.
EE WAS RIDING IN THE PICKUP-IN THE BACK OF TRUCK UP THE HILL. TRUCK STARTED THROUGH CURVE IN ONE LANE, MEET A COAL TRUCK COMING DOWN IN THE CRUVE, DRIVER OF PICKUP SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND THREW EE FORWARD IN BED OF TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING OIL IN END LOADER WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
BURNT EYES WELDING.
WAS LOADING HOLES. AS PRIMER WAS BEING PUT INTO HOLE BOOM ON LOADING TRUCK HAD BOLTS IN SWIVEL GIVE WAY & BREAK. BOOM FELL ON VICTIM WHO WAS LOADING HOLE.
PULLING A CHAIN AND SLIPPED ON THE LOWBOY, PULLED LOWER BACK.
DRIVER OF COAL TRUCK BACKED UP ON BERM AND TURNED TRUCK OVER ON PASSENGER SIDE. DRIVER HAD A CUT OVER LEFT EYE AND SOME NECK PAIN. TOOK EMT TO SITE AND CALLED AMBULANCE.
WAS LOOKING FOR A SERIAL NUMBER ON THE GENERATOR, INSIDE OF THE STEEL BUILDING, DIDN'T HAVE A LIGHT SO EE REMOVED HARD HAT AND BENT OVER WRITING THE NUMBER DOWN THEN I RAISED UP BEFORE PUTTING HARD HAT ON BACK ON MY MEAD AND HIT MY HEAD ON TOP OF THE DOOR FRAME.
IT WAS RAINING VERY HARD AND EE WAS COMING OUT OF DOZER AND FELL FROM STEPS.
EE WAS CUTTING TREES OVER HIGHWALL-LOST FOOTING AND FELL TO ROCKS BELOW.
EE THOUGHT BELT WAS BROKE. WENT TO CHECK BELT AND IT WAS OK. LET EXCAVATOR COOL AND UNSCREWED RADIATOR CAP. EE WAS BURNT WITH STEAM ON RIGHT HAND.
PUTTING DUST COLLECTOR HOSE ON DRILL AND REACHED FOR WRENCH, PULLED DUST INTO EYES.
THE L160 LOADER HAD JUST FIXED THE BERM WHEN HAULPAK BACKED UP TO DUMP MATERIAL. THE MATERIALUNDER THE DUMP GAVE AWAY CAUSING THE ROCK TRUCK TO GO OVER BACKWARDS- OVERTURNING ONCE.
WAS GETTING READY TO MOUNT DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED UP ON PUSH ARM. HIS FOOTING SLIPPED AND HE FELL ACROSS TILT JACK.
WAS DRILLING WITH HIGH WALL DRILL WHEN AIR HOSE BLOWED INTO ONE PART OF HOSE CAME THROUGH WINDOW STRIKING HIM.
WAS PUTTING WATER IN D 11 DOZER OR ANTI FREEZE. WHEN HE FILLED 5 GAL CAN UP WITH ANTI FREEZE AND ATTEMPTED TO CARRY IT UPON THE DOZER. HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN PRIVATES.
TREE WAS LODGED IN A BIND UNDER BACK HOE WHEN EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE PART OF THE TREE IT RELEASED AND PULLED HIS HAND INTO THE BACK HOE CAUSING INJURY TO FINGER.
WAS CUTTING TRACK PIN FROM TRACKOF A DOZER. HAD TO LAY DOWN TO CUT PIN. A PIECE OF HOT SLAG METAL BLEW FROM PIN AND WENT INTO LEFT EAR. EMPLOYEEDIDN'T THINK HE WAS HURT AND DIDN'T REPORT THIS TO FOREMAN UNTIL 3-7-00 WHEN EAR BECAME INFECTEDHE GOT A PRESCRIPTION FOR INFECTION.
BACKED UP ON ROAD TO TAIL DUMP A LOAD OF SHOT ROCK WITH 50 TON EUCLID ROCKER BED TWISTED SIDE WAYS CAUSING TRUCK TO SHIFT IT WEIGHT TO ONE SIDE AND TURN OVER DRIVER SUFFERED SOME BRUISES. BUT APPERED OK.