AS LOADER WAS LOADING SHOT MATERIAL INTO TRUCKS A ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF THE BUCKET CAUSING LOADER TO LURCH CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER BACK..
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Showing all 17EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING EXHAUST SYSTEM ON MECHANIC'S TRUCK WHEN HE GOT A PIECE OF RUSTY METAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE. DOCTOR NUMBED THE EYE, REMOVED METAL, PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.
FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW CAUSED SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. AS EE WAS GOING DOWN THE STEPS AT THE OFFICE TRAILER SHE SLIPPED AND FELL. HER RIGHT ANKLE WAS SPRAINED AND TWO BONES BROKEN IN THE RIGHT FOO T.
EE WAS REMOVING DRIVE SHAFT FROM TRUCK. PARKING BRAKE WAS APPLIED. HOWEVER WHEELS WAS NOT BLOCKED. WHEN THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS REMOVED THE TRUCK ROLLED FORWARD ONTO HIS LEFT LEG AND KNEE NO BROKE N BONES JUST BRUISED MUSCLES AND TENDONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE A WATER HOSE ADN CLAIMS TO HAVE PULLED A MUSCLE (OR POSSIBLY HERNIA). NO REPORT OR COMPLAINT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
EE WAS GREASING STACKER BELT BEARING WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE FEEDER BELT AND BOUNCED ONTO HIS HAND, RESULTING IN ABRASIONS AND LACERATIONS WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
EE IS AN EE OF D.H. CAMPBELL INC. (CONTRACT HAULERS). EE WAS HAULING HIGHWALL MINE ADDCARS TO A DIFFERENT PIT AREA. AS HE STEPPED UP ON THE TRUCK, HE SLIPPED & FELL. HE HIT THE GROUND, BRUISIN G HIS BACK AND KIDNEYS.
EE THOUGHT HE HAD GOTTEN SOME GRIT IN HIS EYE SOMETIME ON 7-18-97. ON 7-19-97 IT WAS BOTHERING HIM ENOUGH THAT HE WENT TO THE DR AND THEY REMOVED A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE PULLED A MUSCLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK. HE WENT TO DR. AND CONTINUED WORKING. ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1997. BY DOCTOR'S INSTRUCTIONS, HE QUIT WORK BECAUSE OF CONTINUING DEGENERATIVE CONDITION.
EE WAS HAMMERING ON MARTEN LINK OF CONVEYOR CHAIN, WHEN IT CHIPPED AND A PIECE STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT THIGH REQUIRING STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS MINING FLOCCULANT WHEN HE SLIPPED IN SPILLED WATER AND FELL CAUSING CONTUSIONS TO BACK AND NECK.
EMPLOOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILLE DESCENDING A FLIGHT OF STAIRS. INFLICTING ABRASIONS TO HIS RIGHT HAND AND BACK.
EMP WAS HAULING MATERIAL FROM PIT WHEN HE HIT A HOLE, CAUSING HIM TO BE BOUNCED AND JARRED. THISRESULTED IN A PULLED BACK MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE PLACEMENT OF RAILROAD CARS PRIOR TO BEIGN LOADED. AS HE STARTED TO STEP UP ON THE STEP HE SLIPPED FRACTURING HIS LEFT ANKLE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL AND HIS RIG HT FOOT GO TANGLE DIN THE TRAIN WHEELS, WHICH WRERE SLOWING ROLLIGN BACKWARDS, AND THIS PULLED HIM UNDER THE TRAIN CAR AMPUTATING HIS RIGHT LEG APPROXIMATELY 6" FROM THE HIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PUMP WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE AND OR TENDON.
WHILE LIFTING HEAD SECTION (20') OFF A 36" STATIONARY STACKER BELT, THE UPON SEPARATING ROTATED BECAUSE OF MOTOR AND DRIVE WEIGHT. THE ROTATION CAUSED THE CONVEYOR TO SWING BACK TO WHERE EMPLO YEE WAS ON THE 2ND SECTION OF THE CONVEYOR STRIKING HIM AND CUTTING BOTH EARS, HIS FACE AND BREAKING HIS RIGHT ARM.
EE WAS REPAIRING A BREAKER WHEN THE ADJACENT BREAKER EXPLODED BURNING HIS LEFT HAND.