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WHILE UNLOADING A CRIB BLOCK FROM HIS TRUCK, HE STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
WHILE MOUNTING A DOZER, HE SLIPPED & FELL TO THE GROUND.
THE INJURED, A SECURITY GUARD, WAS MAKING HIS ROUNDS AND CHECKING PROPERTY WHEN HE OBSERVED 3 4 WHEELERS (ATV) PARKED NEAR A DOZER. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, CHECKED DOZER, FOUND NOTHING NEAR A DO ZER. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE WHEN HE WAS WALKING BACKTOWARDS VEHICLE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN BACK OF HEAD AND KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS FOR 30-40 MIN.
WHILE LIFTING A REAR SPRING ON A SERVICE TRUCK, THE PERSON FELT PAIN IN BACK AND GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING OUT FROM UNDER A D11 DOZER STRIKING HIS KNEE ON PUSH BEAM.
OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM FILED.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD COMLETED GREASING THE BUCKET ON A 988 LOADER WHILE STANDING ON THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE LOADER HE ATTEMPTED TO STEP DOWN AND WHEN DOING SO, HE APPARENTLY TWISTED HIS KNEE CAUSING IT TO GIVE OUT. THE EE HAS HAD PREVIOUS KNEE INJURIES AND APPARENTLY RE-INJURED THE KNEE.
EE STATED THAT WHILE USING A SET OF COMEALONGS THE BRAKE SLIPPED CAUSING THE HANDLE TO FALL AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAUGHT HIS FINGERS IN BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND ROLLER FRAME OF THE DOZER HE WAS WORKI NG ON. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE BONE IN HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. NOTE: CO. SAFETY DIRECTOR DID NOT RECEIVE INJURY REPORT UNTIL 3-18-2002.
OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS
WORKING ON CAT 785 TRUCK VERY MUDDY CONDITIONS, CLIMBING A LADDER, SLIPPED AND FELL LANDED ON RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING OUT HIS DRILL FOR REPAIRS THE AIR FROM FAN BLEW SOME RUST PARTICLES IN HIS LEFT EYE.
WHILE CLOSING THE DOOR ON THE INGERSOL RAND DRILL HIS RIGHT HAND AND THUMB GOT CAUGHT IN THE DOOR JAM, MASHING HIS THUMB. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE AND THE THUMBNAIL HAD TO BE REMOVED.
EE MADE REPAIRS TO WINDSHIELD ON LOADER. ATTEMPTED TO DISMOUNT ON RIGHT SIDE OF MACHINE. JUMPED FROM AMCHINE TO GROUND. STOVCE UP RIGHT LEG.
ON 10-25-01 EE TOLD SUPERVISOR THAT HE FELL ON 10-02-01 WHILE DESCENDING THE STEPS FROM THE FUEL TANKS. NOW HAS A STRAINED NECK.
OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM FILED.
EMMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER, LOADING MATERIAL INTO 785 ROCK TRUCK. THE REAR OUTSIDE TIRE ON THE TRUCK BLEW OUT AND SENT A 2"X 2" ROCK THRU THE SIDE GLASS ON THE LOADER STRIKING HIM IN THE M OUTH. 5 STICHES IN LOWER LIP, 3 TEETH EXTRACTED.
EE WAS LOADING A SHOT, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND CAUSED HIS RIGHT KNEE TO BE BENT BACK UNDER HIM. HE HAS TORN LIGAMENTS IN RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING A TOOTH OFF HTE LOADER BUCKET. HE STRUCK IT WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE CHIPPED OFF STRIKING HIM THE ABDOMEN. DR'S REMOVED THE IMBEDDED METAL AND APPLIED TWO STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
OPERATOR WAS USING THE LOADER TO PUSH A ROCK OUTOF THE PIT AREA. THE ROCK SLIPPED CAUSING THE LOADER TO BOUNCE VIOLENTLY. THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN INTO THE TOP OF THE CAB WHICH RESULTED IN HIS NECK AND BACK BEING STOVE UP. HE STATES HE WAS WEARING THE SEAT BELT.
EMPLOYEE SAYS HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE STEPS TO THE FUEL BARRELS TWISTING HIS KNEE.
OCCUPATIONAL PNEUM0CONIOSIS CLAIM FILED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER D11 DOZER. HE CLIMBEDOUT AND HAD TO CROSS THE TILT CYLINDER. HE TRIPPED OVER THE CYLINDER AND FELL, CATCHING HIS FALLWITH HIS RIGHT HAND.