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The injured party had climbed on a loader to use it. The loader had just been pressure washed. Injured party was cleaning the windshield, when he slipped and fell.
Injured party needed to measure something on the DrillTech drill. He got his step ladder out of his truck and climbed about 2 steps when he jammed his head into a cross beam jamming his neck.
Injured party had step off the his equipment was standing in mud. He turned to go pick something up when his left knee stuck in the mud causing him to twist his knee.
A fuel truck pulled up to the fuel tanks. when the driver got out he noticed smoke & fire coming out from behind cab. Called for help. Fire Dept arrived about 15 minutes later & extinguished the fire. No one was injured. There was only about 150 gal of fuel in the tank at the time of the fire.
Injured party was driving a 777C end dump truck hauling rock out of the pit. The shovel excavator that was loading him swung around to put a load in the truck bed when it hit the back of the 777C end dump truck jarring the operator.
Injured had just got through greasing a D9N dozer and as he was climbing down his foot slipped causing him to land on his left ankle spraining it.
Injured party was getting off his bulldozer at quitting time, when he slipped as his foot touched the ground, causing him to strain his lower back. It had rained that afternoon and everything was muddy.
Injured party was holding a pin while someone was hitting it. A piece of metal flew off and struck him on his right wrist. *Didn't miss any work.
Injured party was climbing the ladder to get on his back dump truck when he struck his left knee against the ladder.
Injured party was welding on a stabilizer bar on a bolt when a piece of metal popped or blew up under his shield and lodged in his right eye. He worked the rest of his shift & did not go to the doctor until 5-19-07.
Inj EE was washing down his service truck when the steam jenny handle busted in his hand. Steam want was a ST-1500. Do not beleive the steam jenny had anything to do with this. The handles are abused and this probably caused the want or handle to bust. EE did not miss any work.
The dozer was down and several mechanics were working trying to get the track off. As the track was coming over the sprocket, one of the bushings got in a bind and a piece of metal popped off the tip of the sprocket, striking injured party under his right eye on his face.
Injured party was walking on a belt when he sliped and fell backwards striking his left shoulder. Did not miss any work until 1/24/07. This accident happened on 10/23/06. The dr did not do anything to him and he did not miss any work. Missed his 1st day of work on 1/24/07.
EE was G.P.S. the coal pit in north end of pit when a rock came off wall and hit him. He fell back onto other rocks hitting his head, right leg and left side.
Airing up a tire of a Mack truck, when the tire blew out and blew dust and small rocks into his face and left eye.
GOING DOWN THE RAMP IN THE WATER TRUCK & CAME OUT OF GEAR, TURNED RIGHT TO MISS HIGHWALL & ROLLED OVER ONE TIME. THE TRUCK WAS FULLY LOADED WITH WATER. THE SEAT BELT WAS ON. THE INJURED WENT TO THE E.R. & HAD SEVERAL STITCHES PUT IN HIS LEFT HAND, HE NICKED THE TENDON IN HIS HAND.
GETTING OFF OF DOZER, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND TOE OF BOOT WAS CAUGHT ON TRACK PAD CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF THE DOZER. HE STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS SHOULDER AND BACK.
WHILE PICKING UP A PULL CABLE HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
PARKING BRAKE ON GREASE TRUCK FAILED TO HOLD WHILE GREASER WAS SERVICING DOZER. IT TOOK OFF ROLLING BACKWARD TOWARDS FUEL TRUCK; GREASER JUMPED OFF OF DOZER TO STOP IT, HE HURT HIS BACK.
OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING SHOVEL, HE SLIPPED & LANDED HARD ON ONE FOOT, TWISTING HIS BACK.
CLIMBING OFF OF WELDING TRUCK. SLIP ON TRAILER HACKE ON BACK OF TRUCK.
LEFT FOOT SLIP OFF STEP ON BACK OF GREASER TRUCK HITTING BACK OF LEFT LEG ON STEP PULLING MUSCLE IN LOWER LEG.
EE WAS FUELING THE 1800 SHOVEL. WHEN COMING BACK DOWN THE LADDER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE SECOND STEP AND FELL BACK ON HIS BACK ON THE ROCK FLOOR. LANDED ON SMALL ROCK.
HAD REPLACED VALVE (APPROX WT 5#) ON D-11. TURNED TO GET OFF OF THE D-11 AND TWISTED BACK (PULLED MUSCLE).
WASHING ENGINE ON 1800 SHOVEL. FILLING UP A SPRAY BOTTLE FROM A 5 GALLON BUCKET (WITHOUT A HANDLE) OF WASHING SOLUTION AND DROPPED THE BUCKET. WASHING SOLUTION SPLASHED INTO EYES.