Employee was changing a roller on the refuse conveyor belt. Employee bent over to pick up the old roller and when employee lifted roller, employee felt pain in employee's back.
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Showing 50 of 89Employee was climbing steps on a Komatsu end loader and EE's footing slipped and EE fell.
Employee was welding conduit under a beam. Employee lost balance and fell and hurt back and left leg. Employee did not report this till 5/6/16. *Employee has not missed any work. **Employee went to doctor on 5/19/16. They took employee off work.
Employee was helping pull drill steel from mast onto the boom truck. The drill steel swung free striking door of operators cab as employee was exiting cab. The door struck ee on left side of head.
Employee was moving a piece of scrap pipe across the 2nd floor when he felt pain in his right shoulder.
Employee was coming down stairway when he slipped and lost his footing. He grabbed a hold of handrail hurting his left wrist and middle back.
Employee was cleaning bottom floor of dump putting materials in wheelbarrow. When he picked up wheelbarrow he felt pain in his back.
Employee was on top of dryer screen hooking chain for maintenance and right foot went through plastic door.
Employee was removing a shaft for a belt leveling harness from the back of a pickup and felt pain in his back. Employee worked until 7-31-15 then went to his Doctor. They took him off work on 7-31-15.
Employee was changing screen basket. They had removed old screen and getting new screen ready to install they rolled the screen on its side and employee felt pain in groin.
Employee had removed a cutting edge from a loader bucket. As he was picking up cutting edge to get out of the way he felt a pain in his back.
Employee climbing onto cyclone to work on a 10" elbow. He pulled himself up with his arms and felt pain in his back.
Employee was putting a liner in a wash box when he burnt him self with a plasma cutter.
Employee was changing bottom belt on belt line. He was carrying a belt roller and felt pain in his back.
Employee was changing oil in pumps he picked up full Runyon bucket and felt pain in his lower back.
Employee was working in basement of the plant cleaning when he stepped into a drain ditch that the cover was off of his right foot went into the drain ditch. Employee worked until 9/8/14 then went off work.
Employee was weed eating around the belt line when he saw a snake. He stepped backwards and tripped and twisted his left ankle.
Employee was changing batteries in a 773 rock truck when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
Employee was removing a bolt from a 12" slurry line when he twisted around he felt pain in his back.
Employee was working on dilute pump. While he was positioning wear ring to go in pump the wear ring slipped and caught his right middle finger between ring and shaft. He received 3 stitches on his finger.
Employee stepped into crack at concrete joint and twisted his left ankle while entering plant
Employee was getting in to fuel truck to get his gloves, his left foot slipped on step he caught himself with his left hand on the steering wheel and pulled muscle in his back.
A non injury belt fire occurred at the No 2 clean coal silo. The fire was reported immediate when found.
Employee was loading a piece of grating in the back of a truck, when he cut his middle finger on his right hand, he received 3 stitches.
Employee was changing oil in pumps, he was lifting runyon bucket and twisted around he felt pain in his lower back.
EE was walking in 2nd floor to check on refuse belt when he slipped on ice and fell on his left shoulder. Pulled muscle in shoulder.
EE was helping to load a air compressor into the bed of a pickup truck. When he stepped up onto the truck bed he felt a sharp pain in his right ankle.
Employee was placing metal in metal rack. While lifting metal he felt pain in his lower back.
Employee was using oxygen and acetylene torch doing repairs. The acetylene hose was leaking and ignited in side of his welding glove and burn his left hand.
Employee was on the deck of the locomotive when a belt roller can fell from over head belt structure striking the hand rail on locomotive and glancing off and hit him in the right shoulder.
Employee was on a elevated platform. When he pulled on a handle to open a gate the handle broke. Causing him to fall off platform on his back.
Employee was getting onto dozer when he felt pain in his lower back. Employee worked until 9/25/13 then went off work.
The connecting band on a drain pipe came loose and struck employee in left side of face on his cheek.
Employee was relocating a 6" pipe. He picked up the end of pipe pushing it while another employee was pulling on the opposite end. He felt pain in his lower back. Employee continued to work until 4-29-13.
Employee was shoveling belt and bruised hand with shovel.
EE was changing oil in a pump when he picked up a 5 gal. bucket of oil and felt pain in his lower back.
Employee was walking past flocr bin when he stepped onto slick spot on floor his feet flipped out from under him he. Fell backswords onto floor hurt his upper back and neck.
EE was installing a chain flight in wash box while he was lining up flight he got his right thumb caught between the flight and chain sprocket in sprained his thumb.
EE was getting on a dozer when he twisted his right ankle.
Employee was cleaning plant floor. When he stepped on a bolt causing him to slip and fall his left leg went under his body and twisted his left knee.
EE was loading belt structure onto a flatbed truck when he felt a sharp pain in his right wrist.
A non-collision roll over accident occurred. When unit CT 135 was topping out a uphill left hand turn when the truck experienced a non collision roll over. The driver received 6 stitches over his right eye.
Employee was cleaning ditch out shoveling and strained his back.
EE was welding on a end loader bucket using a bottle jack to hold a piece of metal in place when he cut his ring finger on hand on the jack handle. 12 stitches.
Employee was cleaning 2nd floor of plant when a piece of 4" piece of metal fell from 3rd floor where it was being cleaned hit him on his right shoulder. Bruising it.
EE was carrying a bucket of oil when he stepped on a bolt laying on the floor. He lost his footing and slipped and fell, hurting his back and left wrist.
EE was pulling a water hose across the cat walk back into the plant and stained his right shoulder.
EE was cutting tape loose from a water connected hose with a utility knife. When the knife slipped and cut the top of his left hand between his thumb and forefinger. EE received 4 stitches, no lost time.
EE was moving a dryer screen across floor, when his left hand slipped on the sharp edge of the dryer screen, cutting his left hand. He received 4 stitches, no lost time.
Employee was washing floor with water hose after using it he threw hose down and nozzle hit the floor causing hose to come on full stream and hose whip lashed up and nozzle hit him over the left eye.