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WHILE SERVICING A 16G MOTORGRADER, EE SLIPPED AND JAMMED HIS FOOT ON THE BUMPER OF THE SERVICE TRUCK.
EE DROVE #90 DIOR CATDOZER OFF THE EDGE OF COAL THIS RESULTED IN THE DOZER DROPPING 12 FT VERTICALLY. THE DOZER CAME TO REST ONT HE BLADE, EE WAS TRHOWN FORWARD HITTING HIS HEAD AND RIGHT ELBO W. DARKNESS & DISTRACTIONS PREVENTED HIM FROM SEEING THE DROP OFF. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED
ON SEPT 23 EMPLOYEE SPENT ALL SHIFT WELDING ON 770 TUB. MUCH OF THE TIME WAS IN KNEELING POSITION. AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT HE COMPLAINED OF KNEE PAIN. ON SEPT 24 HE AGAIN WELDED ON 770 TUB. AT END OF SHIFT HE WENT TO DR. - DIAGNOSIS INFLAMED BURSA SAC WHICH RETAINED FLUID. CORTISONE INJECTION.
WORKER WAS DOING REFURBISHMENT WORK ON A DRAGLINE BASE WHEN HE STEPPED INTO AN OPEN MANHOLE ON THE TOP OF THE BASE.
WHLE TRAVERSING A STEEP [25%] SLOPE WITH CAT 400 ARTICULATING DUMP TRUCK, EE ROLLED ONE & ONE HALF TIMES, COMING TO REST ON THE TRUCK'S TOP & LEFT SIDE.
WHILOE POSITIONING THE TRANSMISSION/DIFFERENTIALTO REPAIR 165 MOTORGRADER, EE CAUGHT HIS HAND & ARM BETWEEN THE TRAN/DIFF AND THE FRAME. THE WEIGHT CAUSED A CUT TO THE WEB OF HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB & FOREFINGER
WHILE WASHING #12 PICKUP WITH P.M. SHOP PRESSURE WASHER, EE PASSED THE WAND OF THE PRESSURE WASHER OVER THE TOP OF HIS LEFT SHOE. HOT WATER PENETRATED THE SEAMS OF THE SHOE BLISTERING THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE CHECKING THE OPERATION OF AN AIR CONDITIONER HE LOST HIS BALANCE & TO PREVENT FALLING GRABBED THE UNIT TO STEADY HIMSELF HIS MIDDLE FINGER CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE MOVING BLADES RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND(3 SUTURES)
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHEN HE WAS COMPLETING THE TOP CUT OF PLATING FROM THE DOZER BLADE, IT SUDDENLY CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK HIS HELMET KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION ON TH E CHEEK BONE AND A SMALL LACERATION BELOW THE NOSE.
EMPLOYYEE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS PRYING CONDUIT WITH A PRY BAR, WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED OFF THE CONDUIT AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT THUMB AGAINST A STEEL BEAM, RESULTIN GIN A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE PLACED A BAR THROUGH THE DRAGLINE BUCKET CHAIN & WAS PRYING ON IT WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS RESULTING IN A SPIRAL FRACTURE TO THE RIGHT LATERAL MALLEOLUS.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHEN HE WAS GRINDING ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET IN THE SHOP A SMALL SLIVER OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING AN IRRITATION TO THE EYELID.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE PLOWING SNOW WITH #40 TRUCK THE PLOW BLADE CAUGHT ON THE SOFT SURFACE OF THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE TRUCK TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE UNRESTRAINED DRIVER'S FACE HIT SOMETHING IN THE CAB RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE FULL LENGTH OF HIS NOSE. HE ALSO RECEIVED A FRACTURE OF THE L-1 VERTEBRAE.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE MOUNTING #92 DOZER, HE GRABBED FOR THE DOOR HANDLE AND MISTAKENLY GRABBED THE WIPER BLADE WHICH GAVE AWAY-CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL BACKWARDS. HE FEL L FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROX. 6 FT. LANDING BETWEEN THE TRACK AND PUSH ARM, RESULTING IN A FRACTURE OF THE 7TH POSTERIOR RIB.
PULLING ON POWER CABLE RESULT HERNIA
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD TAKEN HOLD OF A GREASE BARREL TO TIP IT UP SO IT COULD BE PUT ON THE FORKLIFT. THE BARREL HAD A SHARP LIP ALL THE WAY AROUND IT. THE BARREL WAS WET FROM RAIN AND SO WERE HIS HANDS. THE BARREL SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER, WHICH REQUIRED 2 SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHEN HE DISMOUNTED #72 SCRAPER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE HANGING STEP. HE PARTIALLY CUAGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT ARM, RESULTING IN UPPER BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT A CLEVIS FELL FROM THE WALL AND STRUCK HIS FOOT RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO HIS LITTLE TOE ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
POSITIONING ELEC T CABINET THAT BEING LOWERED STRAINED BACK WHEN WIND CAUGHT CABINET
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS MOUNTING A SMALL TRANSFORMER ON A POLE AND WHEN HE REACHED TO GET ANOTHER BOLT THE TRANSFORMER SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND AT THE BASE OF THE THUMB WHICH REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING FROM RIGHT SHOE TO LEFT SHOE BY CUTTING ACROS TUB. HE STEPPED ON ICY SPOT BOTH OF FEET WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL ON TUB ON BACK RESULTING IN SPRAIN STRA IN TO THORACIC SPINE.
EMPL CLAIMS THAT HE WAS PUSHING SCRAPER WITH SCRAPER. 1ST SCRAPER HIT ROCK CAUSING SCRAPER TO DROP 4-6' WHICH RESULTED IN PULLED MUSCLE IN ABDOMEN.
EE CLAIMS THAT WHEN THE BOLTS WERE REMOVED FROM THE MASTERLINK ON A DOZER, THE TRACK JUMPED CATCHING THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE PADS. APPROX. 2X2 V SHAPED AVULSION.
EMPL CLAIMS THAT WHILE DISMOUNTING A DOZER HIS LEG FELL BETWEEN THE DOZER ARM AND THE TRACK RESULTING IN A CONTUSION TO HIS LOWER LEG
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE ASSISTING MECHANICS IN REPLACING THE CENTER CUTTING EDGE OF THE CAT DOZER WHICH HE WAS THE OPERATOR HE WAS STRUCK BY A METAL SLIVER BENEATH THE RT NOSTRIL WHILE CLEA NING WITH AN AIR CHIPPER
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS REPLACING THE HANDLE TO A SLEDGEHAMMER AND WAS KNOCKING THE WEDGE IN WITH ANOTER SLEDGEHAMMER AND HIT HIS FINGER. THE TIP OF HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER WAS AMPUTATED .
EMPL CLAIMS THAT HE LIFTED ST4EM BELL ADAPTER TO PICK UP CHAIN THAT WAS BENEATH IT. DRS DIAGNOSIS WAS STRAINED LOWER BACK.
CLAIMS WHILE HAULING OERBURDEN WITH SCRAPER HE RAN OVER RO CK WHICH RESULTED IN JAR TO BACK CUASING LUMBAGO PAIN.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT THE FRONT WHEELS OF A TRUCK WERE CRAMPED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT A RUN AWAY WHICH CAUSED PRESSURE TO BUILD IN THE POWER STEERING MACHANISM. THE HOT FLUID SPRAYED ON TO THE FACE AND RIGHT ARM RESULTING IN BURNS TO THE ARM.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE TRIPPED ON FORKLIFT FORKS AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON THE GROUND RESULTING IN CONTUSION OF THE SACRUM.
EMPL CLAIMS THAT WHILE RIPPING COAL WITH A DOZER IN THE LOADING PIT HE SLID OFF THE COAL FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROX 2 1/2 TO 3' JARRING HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP RESULTING IN NUMBNESS IN HIS L LEG
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE DOZER ARM BLADE ONTO THE GORUND HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHICH RADIATED DOWN HIS LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS HIT IN THE LEFT EAR BY DEBRIS FROM A WIRE WHEEL THAT WAS BEING USED BY ANOTHER PERSON HE RECEIVED A CONTUSION OF THE LEFT EARDRUM AND LOSS OF HEARING THAT COULD HA VE BEEN PRESENT PREVIOUS TO ACCIDENT
EMPL SLIPPED DE8CENDING STAIRS ONTO TUB CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH RIGHT HAND.EMPL HAD GREASE GUN IN LEFT HAND.AREA WAS SLICK DUE TO WIND AND SNOW.
HIGHWALL COLLAS1ED ON AUGER ON THE ABOVE DATE MSHA & COMPANY ARE INVESTIGATING
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3HE WAS BRUSH PAINTING WITH ACRYLIC ENAMEL RED SPOT BRAND PAINT AND XYLENOL THINNER IN THE CENTER WING ROOM. HE STATED THAT HE FELT DIZZY AND WENT TO THE LANDING ON THE RIGHT SH OE WHERE HE LOS7 CONSCIOUSNESS.
INJURED CLAIMS 4HILE LIFTING A TRAILING CABLE OVER A ROCK HE SPRAINED HIS BACK THE CABLE WAS HUNG UP ONTOP OF A ROCK AND I.NAME PULLED AND LIFTED THE CABLE OFF I.NAME WORKED 6NTIL 6-19-86 AND HAS BEEN OFF WORK FROM THEN
WHILE DISMOUNTI3G SCRAPER AFTER HE CHECKED RADIATOR,FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING I.NAME TO STRIKE PUSH FRAME FX 5TH & 7TH RIBS-CRACKED RIB.