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EE WAS CLIMBING ON A ROCK TO CLEAN HIS BACKUP LIGHTS, AND FELL OFF THE ROCK. THE EE HURT HIS RT ELBOW, WRIST, AND RIBS.
THE BUCKET ON THE LOADER DROPPED, STRIKING THE BED OF THE ROCK TRUCK EE WAS OPERATING.
EE MISSED BOTTOM STEP ON LOADER LADDER. PAIN IN BACK.
WHILE EE WAS CLIMBING OFF THE GRADER, THE WIND WAS BLOWING, CAUSING THE DOOR TO HIT THE EE IN THE SIDE.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A VALVE OFF OF A TORQUE CONVERTER, THE VALVE FELL AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.
EE MOVING SIGN, CONTACTED POISON IVY.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER ON THE ROCK TRUCK WHEN THE LADDER CAME OUT FROM UNDER HIM, LANDING THE EE ON HIS LEFT LEG.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP ROCK TRUCK LADDER, WHEN HE SLIPPED, TWISTING HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCK KNOCKERS OFF A ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING PUNCH WITH A HAMMER INSTALLING A PULLDOWN CHAIN WHEN HE MISSED THE PUNCH AND INJURED HIS LEFT THUMB.
EE WAS BLOWING BOLT HOLES OUT WITH AN AIR HOSE, WHEN HE BLEW A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE.
EE HIT SELF WITH HAMMER WHILE CHANGING TIRE.
EE ALLEGES HE WAS HAVING PAIN IN HIS HANDS, ARMS& BACK OF HIS NECK FOR APPROX 1 MONTH BEFORE MISSING ANY WORK. EE NEVER MENTIONED THIS TO HISSUPERVISOR. THIS INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 9/25/97.
EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK. WHEN HE BACKED OVER A SPOIL BANK.
EE WAS WORKING UNDER A TRUCK, WHEN HE CAME OUT, RAISED UP & HIT HIS HEAD ON THE DOOR OF THE TRUCK.
A MECHANICS HELPER WAS DRIVING A PIN IN A DRILL.WHEN A PIECE OF METAL HIT EE IN THE LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PUT OUT FIRE WHILE BREATHING SMOKE.
WELDING ON DRILL WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS LIFTING A WET HOLE BAG & PUTTING IT INTO A HOLE WHEN HE PULLED HIS LOWER BACK.
AFTER FUELING LOADER EMP WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WHEN A PIECE OF METAL GOT BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTLY KNOCKED AIR ARC OFF DOZER FRAME AND STRUCK ARC NEAR HIS EYES.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS DOZER AT QUITTING TIME USING PROPER TECHNIQUE WHEN HE FELT A MINOR PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK. EE STATES THE PAIN WORSENED OVER THE WEEKEND AND HE REPORTED THE INJURY 2 -3-97 AT 5 AM.
EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK AND WAS RETURNING FROM THE DUMP WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROADWAY JARRING THE TRUCK..
EE WAS BOOSTING A LOADER WHEN A SPARK OCCURRED AT THE BATTERY AND THE BATTERY EXPLODED. EE WAS AWAY FROM THE BATTERY BUT BATTER ACID SPRAYED ONTO THE EE'S FACE AND EYES. EE'S EYES WERE IMMEDIA TELY FLUSHED WITH WATER AND HE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL ER FOR FOLLOWUP TREATMENT.
EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK AND WAS BEING LOADED IN A PIT AREA. AS THE LOADER WAS PLACING A BUCKETFUL OF MATERIALINTO THE BED, THE BOOM SUDDENLY DROPPED AGAINST THE BED RAIN, JARRING THE E E.
EE WAS MOUNTING HIS DOZER AT THE BEGINING OF THE SHIFT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT THIGH. EE WAS UTILIZING PROPER MOUNTING TECHNIQUE AND USING ALL STEPS AND GRAB-I RONS.
EE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT A PIECE OF CHAIN. THE TORCH WOULD NOT LIGHT AND OXYGEN SATURATED AN OILY GLOVE AS HE WORKED WITH THE TORCH. THE GLVOE IGNITED, BURNING THE BACK OF THE EE'S LEFT HAN D AND FINGERS. EE STATED HE WAS AWARE OF OILY CLOTH BEING EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE WITH OXYGEN BUT FORGOT AT THIS TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS SIDE CUTTING A SLOPE WITH A DOZER WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK BENEATH THE SURFACE. AS THE DOZER WAS MOVING FORWARD IT SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK JARRING THE MACHINE AS IT CAUGHT TRACTION AG AIN.
EMPLOYEE BEGAN EXPERIENCING SEVERE LOWER AND MIDDLE BACK PAIN WHILE OPERATING HIS LOADER. EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVEN TO MEDICAL FACILITY FOR EVALUATION AND TREATMENT. CONDITION MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO PREVIOUS WORK INJURY 4/94.
EE WAS LIFTING A FAN INTO PLACE & WAS BRACING HIMSELF BY RESTING HIS LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST A METAL TUBE. AS EE LIFTED THE FAN HE SAID HE FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN HIS SHOULDER. EE SAID THE SHOULD ER DID NOT START HURTING UNTIL MONDAY 3/18/96 & HE WENT TO A DOCTOR ON 3/19/96 AFTER REPORTING TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER TO REMOVE AN EXHAUST STUD FROM AN ENGINE WHEN RUST GOT BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES, INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. WIND WAS VERY HEAVY THAT DAY AND BLEW THE RUST PARTICLES BEHIND HIS SAFFEY GLASSES. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REALIZE MATERIAL WAS IN HIS EYE UNTIL 2-26-96 WHEN HE REPORTED IT TO MANAGEMENT.
DURING WEEKEND A SECURITY GUARD HEARD NOISE IN REBUILD SHOP AND OPENED A SLIDING DOOR TO INVESTIGATE. ACROSS ROOM HE SAW FIRE COMING FROM THE FURNACE ROOM. GUARD REPORTED EVENT VIA RADIO & LOC AL FIRE DEPT AND MINE MNGMNT WERE CALLED. NOONE IN BLDNG AND FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED IN 1 1/2 HRS.ELEC. POWER SEVERED & AREA BARRICADED & POSTED TO PREVENT ENTRY. PRELIMINARY: FURNACE FIRE.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING A LOADER CAB WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. EMPLOYEE DID NOT FALL DOWN BUT JERKED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKIGN BENEATH A WELDING TRUCK INSTALLING A LEAF SPRING. DIRT FROM BENEATH THE TRUCK BECAME DISLODGED AND GOT INTO EMPLOYEES RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE FINISHED WORKTHAT SHIFT AND REP ORTED THE ACCIDENT AT THE BEGNINNING OF HIS NEXT SIFT 12-11-95.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A LOADER PIN COLLETT IN PLACE WHILE ANOTHER MECHANIC WAS HAMMERING IT IN. THE HAMMER STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LITTLE FINGER. EMPLOYEE WENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION THE FOLL OWING MORNING 12-9-95.
EE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER WHEN IT KICKED BACK AND THE ROTATING DISC CONTACTED THE EE S LEFT FOREARM.
EE WAS FUELING A GRADER AND BEGAN TO STEP DOWN FROM THE MACHINE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A STEP. EE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE HANDRAILS AND STOPPED HIS FALL. EE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK AS HE STOPPED HIS FALL. EE FELT NO EFFECTS FROM EVENT AT TIME, HOWEVER, HIS BACK BEGAN BOTHERING HIM THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY, AND HE WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION.
EE WAS PALCING A STEEL CABLE INTO ITS STORAGE MOUNT ON THE BED OF A ROCK TRUCK WHEN ONE OF THE CABLE ENDS SLIPPED OUT AND THE CABLE SWUNG DOWN. EE STOPPED THE CABLE BY CATCHING IT IN HIS ARMS. EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AS HE CAUGHT THE CABLE END.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROMTHE 6IN WATER PUMP TO HIS WATER TRUCK EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HANDS IN HIS POCKETS WHEN HE SLIPPED ON MUD FALLING ONTO HIS LEFT ELBOW
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE A TRANSMISSION FROM A SERVICE TRUCK DIRT FELL FROM BENEATH THE TRUCK & GOT INTO EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE EMPLOYEE WENT TO EYE DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING DAY
EMPLOYEE WSA SHUTTING HT EDOOR OF HIS ROCK TRUCK WITH BOTH HAND SWHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER IN THE DOOR WAY. THE LACERATION SWERE NOT LARGE BUT REQUIRED SUTURES (10) TO FACILITATE FASTER HEALING.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BOLT FORM INSPECTION PLATE ON A DOZER FRAME. AS EMPLOYE EPULLED ON THE WRENCH, IT SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT ALLOWING THE EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HIS FINGER ON THE EDGE OF A DRIV E SEGMENT (METAL). THE BLOW RESULTED IN A LACERATION ON THE FINGE RJOINT THAT REQUIRED THREE SUTURES TO FACILIATATE FASTER HEALING.
EE WAS WALKING BESIDE HIS WATER TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK, TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EE WAS PUSHING A LARGE ROCK WITH HIS DOZER WHEN THE ROCK ROLLED OVER AND CAUGHT THE BOTTOM OF THE BLADE, ROCKING AND JARRING THE DOZER.
EE AND TWO OTHER MECHANIC WERE ATTEMPTING TO COLD START A ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE NOTICED THE ATTEMPATOR WAS LOCKED UP. WITHOUT TELLING THE OTHER MECHANICS HE REACHED IN TO THE PULLEY TO CHECK IT B ETWEEN CRANKING. AS HE ATEMPTED TO TURN TO THE PULLEY FACE, THE OTHER MECHANIC BEGAN TO CRANK THE ENGINE. EE JERKED AND HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND WERE PULLED AROUND THE PUL
EE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS GRADER AND STEPPED DOWN ONTO UNEVEN GROUND. EE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE AS HE PUT WEIGHT ON HIS FOOT.
EE WAS CLEANING WINDOWS ON HIS LOADER AND WAS STEPPING FROM THE FRONT FENDER TO THE OPERATORS PLATFORM WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. THE HANDRAILS STOPPED THE EE FROM COMPLETELY FALLING BUT HE STRUCK HIS LEFT LEG ON THE FRONT OF THE FUEL TANK. EE RECEIVED FIRST AID FOR THE CUT ON HIS SHIN AND S COMPLETED HIS SHIFT. EE WENT TO A DR THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON WHEN HIS LEG BECAME SORE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO THE COUNTERWEIGHT OF A LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED BEHIND THE STEP. EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS AND WAS CAUGHT BY HIS LEG BEHIND THE STEP. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED WORKING TH E REST OF HIS SHIFT AND REPORTED THE ACCIDENT AT 6:30 AM THE NEXT MORNING AT WORK.
EE WAS HELPING A WLDER TO REPAIR THE BOOMARMS ON A 988 CATERPILLAR LOADER, WHILE STANDING NEAR THE OBJECT BEING WELDED HE HAD A WELDING FLASH IN HIS RIGHT EYE.