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While bending over to pick up a piece of paper between seats in mantrip van, ee twisted his back. He has had a history of back problems. Reason being late mine has been on vacation shut down.
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER ON A 777 ROCK TRUCK. THE LADDER BROKE CAUSING EE TO FALL AND HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER ON THE LADDER CAUSING A CUT.
TIGHENING BOLTS ON ALTERNATER ON MACK TRUCK. 3/8 RATCHET SLIPPED PINNING FINGER BETWEEN RATCHET AND TRUCK FRAME, LACERATED RIGHT HAND 5TH FINGER - 3 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING HOSE OFF OF FUEL TRUCK. REEL JAMMED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO JERK AND HE HAD HIS BODY IN A TWISTED POSITION. EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WHILE WALKING ACROSS HOOD OF ROCK TRUCK, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE/OIL CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON RT SIDE. HAD PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE AND LOWER BACK.
EE WAS BACK DRAGGING ROAD GOING DOWN TO PIT AREA. IT WAS SNOWING AND VISIBILITY WAS LOW. HE BACKED OVER A ROCK WHILE LOOKING OVER SHOULDER AND IN A TWISTED POSITION. FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE HAD STOPPED DOZER FOR RE-FUELING. A LARGE ROCK HAD ROLLED FROM HIGH-WALL IN FRONT OF DOZER. EE NOT SEEING ROCK TRAMMED DOZER OVER ROCK JARRING NECK AND LOWER BACK.
WHILE HAULING ROCK FROM THE PIT TO THE FILL AREA, EE HIT AN UNEVEN SPOT IN THE ROAD, CAUSING THE SEAT OF THE TRUCK TO BOTTOM OUT. EE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK INSTANTLY.
EE GOT OFF OF DOZER TO MOVE GUARD AND STEP OUT OF ROADWAY. BOLTS HAD BROKEN AND GUARD FELL OFF OF DOZER. ABOUT 1 HR LATER EE STATED BACK WAS HURTING. EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 2-10-03 WHEN AF TER A VISIT TO HEALTH UNIT HE WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE WAS OPERATING END LOADER, AND WHILE BACKING UP HE RAN UPON A ROCK. WHEN LOADER CAME OFF, IT BOUNCED HIM AROUND IN CAB, CAUSING HIM PAIN IN NECK & BACK. EE STARTED MISSING 2-5-03.
MECHANIC WAS CHARGING BATTERY ON 604 DOZER AND BATTERY BLEW UP THROWING ACID AND DEBRIS INTO HIS RIGHT EYE AND FACE.
STANDING ON BELT STRUCTURE CLEANING FEEDER CHUTE ON NO. 1 DUMP AT GLORY HOLE, AND FELL ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR AND HURT UPPER BACK.
WHILE OPERATING DOZER HE STRUCK A ROCK WITH DOZER TRACKS, JOLTING BACK.
EE WAS CLEANING TUNNEL AND TRIPPED ON STEPLADDER LYING ON PLATFORM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. 5', LANDING ON HEAD & BACK. CAUSING SMALL CUTS TO HEAD AND HURTING BACK.
MECHANIC WAS INSTALLING FAN GUARD ONTO D8L TRACTOR. HE TWISTED WHILE INSTALLING GUARD INJURYING HIS BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING ENDLOADER, AND WHILE TRAMMING IT TO PIT, HE RAN OVER A ROCK, CAUSING HIM TO BE JERKED AROUND, AND HURT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN HE BRACED IT AGAINST STEERING WHEEL.
EE WAS CLEANING MUD OFF MASTER LINK ON DOZER WITH HAND AND CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WHEN HIT SHARP PIECE OF METAL REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.
WHILE SETTING DOWN ON A TRANSMISSION OF A 777, EE REACHED TO GET A (PICK UP) 17 LB SHORT DRIVE AND SPRAINED HIS ARM. (ELBOW)
EMPLOYEE WAS OFF WORK DUE TO SICKNESS. EE LATER CAME BACK AND SAID WORKER'S COMP HAD RULED HIM BEING OFF WAS COMPERABLE FROM PULLING ON RACKET, TIGHTENING BOLT ON FINAL DRIVE OF DOZER, HURT RI GHT SIDE. WE THOUGHT HE WAS OFF SICK IS THE REASON FOR LATE REPORT.
EE WAS STEMMING HOLE FOR SHOT ON BSK-4 JOB SITE,AND GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING DOZER & HAD SHIFTED INTO FORWARD GEAR, & DOZER HESITATED & THEN LUNGED FORWARD, THROWING HIM BACKWARD SUDDENLY CAUSING PAIN IN NECK & SHOULDERS. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 5-3 0-02.
EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF GREASE TRUCK & GOT BOOT CLEAT CAUGHT IN STEP OF TRUCK, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE, STEPPING DOWN TO GROUND.
OPERATING LOADER AND BUCKET ON LOADER CAME DOWN FAST AND WHEN HE PUT BUCKET LEVEL CONTROL IN LOCKED POSITION, BUCKET STOPPED SUDDNELY, CAUSING JARRING EFFECT TO LOADER, INJURING HIS BACK.
EE WAS GETTING UP ON DOZER USING HAND RAILS AND FOOT SLIPPED AND HE HAD ONE HAND ON RAIL(HAND) AND HIS RT. SHOULDER HIT LIGHT BRACKET, BRUISINGSHOULDER.
BACKING ACROSS RECENT SHOT AND DOZER SAT DOWN HARD ON SOME SOLID MATERIAL AND JOLTED OPERATOR.
EE WAS TRAMMING LOADER AT TAYWOOD CONTOUR IN PITAND RAN OVER DIP IN PIT AND JARRED BACK PULLING MUSCLE.
DISMOUNTING PLATFORM, HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO DOZER TRACKS, SKINNING HIS NOSE AND CHIN AND BREAKING A BONE IN THE RIGHT WRIST.
PERSON WAS DRIVING A 10 WHEELER ON A STRAIGHT ROAD AND TRUCK DROVE LEFT HANDED INTO A SUMP HOLE ABOUT 4 1/2' DEEP.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHUTTING DOOR ON DRILL AND DOOR HANDLE CAME OFF AND HE HIT HIS RIGHT HAND/WRIST AGAINST THE DOOR FRAME RESULTING IN BRUISES.
MECHANIC WAS APPROACHING AREA WHERE HE WAS TO INSTALL FINAL DRIVE ON D8L TRACTOR WHEN HE STEPPED ON UNEVEN FOOTING AND TWISTED KNEE.
MECHANIC HAD TAKEN FLOOR BOARD OUT OF A DOZER. THE GREASER WAS CHECKING HYDRAULIC OIL. HE WENT THRU THE CAB TO GET TO THE HYDRAULIC TANK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DOZER. IT WAS DARK AND HE DIDN'T H AVE HIS FLASH LIGHT. HE THEN STEPPED INTO THE CAB AND FELL THU THE OPENING IN FLOOR BOARD.
WHILE USING SHOVEL TO CLEAN DOZER TRACK HE STRUCK A TOOTH WITH A SHOVEL HANDLE BREAKING A TOOTH.
EMPLOYEE STOPPED HIS 10 WHEELER, HE WAS DRIVING TO ASK GRADEALL OPERATOR WHERE HE WANTED HIM TO PARK AND ANOTHER 10 WHEELER STRUCK EMPLOYEES 10 WHEELER IN THE RIGHT REAR, CAUSING EMPLOYEES BAC K TO STRIKE BACK ON THE SEAT, GIVING HIM A JOLT.HE DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS TILL 3-9-01.REASON FOR BEING LATE IS WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS DUE TOACCIDENT. HE WAS IN HOSPITAL GETTING TEST RAN.
EE WAS GRADING A SLOPE WITH A DOZER AND WHILE BACKING UP DOZER, HE RAN OVER A ROCK, JOLTING DOZER HURTING HIS BACK.
WHILE WALKING DOWN STEPS AT DRAW OF TUNNEL EE CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN STEPS CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD, BREAKING FOOT BONE.
HE HAD EXACERBATED A PREVIOUS INJURY FROM YEARS OF REPETITIVE TRAUMA BY OPERATING EQUIPMEN. REASON FOR BEING LATE HAD TO WAIT ON DR. REPORT.
EE WAS WORKING UNDER A 758 CAT TRUCK TO INSTALL A VALVE ON THE TRANSMISSION WHILE SQUATTING UNDER THE TRUCKI FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. WHEN HE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK HIS LEF T KNEE POPPED.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROCK TRUCK AND RAN OVER BUMP OR ROCK, JARRING HIM AND RESULTING IN PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDER IN HIS BACK. HE STARTED WORKING RESTRICTED DUTY ON 7/25/00.
EE IS OFF WORK DUE TO CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AS OF 1/26/01
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TORQUE SHAFT OUT OF BIN AT WAREHOUSE ADN STRAINED BACK.
EE WAS LOADING ROCK TRUCK WITH LOADER & GOT BUCKET TO CLOSE TO TRUCK BUCKET TOOTH CAUGHT TRUCK BED SO HE DROPPED LOADER BUCKET TO KEEP FROM JARRING TRUCK BOOM LOADER BUCKET DROPPED SUDDENLY CAUSING LOADER TO JAR, SHAKING HIM UP HURTING BACK
EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM POWDER TRUCK AND GOT FOOT CAUGHT IN STEPS AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
LIFTING ROCK OUT FROM BETWEEN PUSH ARM AND ROLLER FRAME OF DOZER, AND FELT TIGHTNESS IN MIDDLE PART OF BACK.
EE HAD BEEN HAVING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW. WHEN HE WENT TO DR HE SAID HE HAD TENDINITIS IN ELBOW. HE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 2/28/00, BUT WE PUT HIM ON LIGHT DUTY. THIS IS AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNES S.