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Pumper was spotting the water truck under the temporary horses head on the lake bottom dump. Pumper climbed on top of the berm for a better view. As pumper was coming down off the berm, miss stepped and rolled ankle causing a sprain to ankle.
Technician slipped off boarding ladder. Technician's face contacted ladder causing a tooth to become dislodged. Tech was taken to the ER where the tooth was reinserted and the employee returned to work the next day. Employee will see dentist for additional work to fix tooth.
Track dozer operator pushing down in the cast and was backing up over the coal rib which jarred the operator resulting in a back strain/sprain
A truck driver's hand was pierced by a pressurized narrow stream of hydraulic fluid from a trailer. This happened while unhooking truck from trailer.
Employee was removing pin from steering cylinder to the bell crank. As pin came out, cylinder shifted forward and pinched finger between cylinder and bell crank. This smashed the finger.
Operator was doing a walk around inspection on blade 3500 & struck hardhat on circle assembly frame. They reported to supervisor & said that they felt ok with slight pain & just wanted to report incident. On 2/26/2016 they reported to safety & human resource that they were still having pain. On 4/5/16 was seen & diagnosed with bulging disc in neck, & placed on restricted duty
Mechanic was putting away a tie rod off of a CAT 789 haul truck. Six days later they informed their supervisor that they thought they received a back injury putting away the tie rod. The EE's medical records indicate a history of back pain and sciatica which is what the EE is being treated for. Medical reports also indicate that sciatica can be caused by herniated/slipped discs.
Employee was operating a road grader blading a haul road, backed the machine up and ran over a large rock jarring the operator which caused the operator to experience pain in the neck and shoulder area. The doctor diagnosed this as a neck strain/sprain. Prescribed pain medication and physical therapy.
Operator was backing a haul truck under shovel to be loaded and contacted shovel bucket. Impact caused a strain/sprain to operator neck and back region.
Operator had dismounted the blade and was walking away from the machine when he slipped on the snow covered ground landing on his left knee. The MRI showed a tear in the cartilage
Employee slipped on the ice and fell on his lunch box while approaching a crew van at the end of shift
Employee was climbing down from a ladder that was used to gain access to the top of a shovel bucket job. As he descended the ladder, it slipped out from underneath him. As he was falling he reached out and grabbed onto the shovel latch bar to catch himself from falling resulting in a dislocated left shoulder.
Employee was doing a clean-up in front of the shovel, when the moldboard caught a rock stopping the blade's forward motion jarring the employee's neck and back.
Employee was dismounting a Cat track dozer and lost his footing spraining his left knee. It was determined on 10/12/2015 when he finally saw an orthopedic specialist that he tore his ACL & MCL.
While drilling holes in a plate on a drill press, metal stringer shaving swung around and caught glove.
Employee was throwing cribbing onto climbing jacks and cribbing hit jack and bounced out and hit employee on the bridge of the nose. Resulting in a laceration requiring stitches.
The operator was dismounting her haul truck when she stepped off she stepped onto a rock rolling her ankle. At her follow-up appointment on 08/25, the doctor scheduled her for an MRI (08/27/15). On 08/29, the doctor diagnosed her with a really bad strain and put her in a cast.
A mechanic was removing a brake disc plate with a pry bar. As the plate came loose, the end of the bar contacted the mechanic on the chin. The contact resulted in a 1" laceration that required stitches.
while stepping on to the bottom rung of equipment ladder, the employee's foot slipped off rung. The employee caught himself with his arms, which resulted in a hyper-extension of his shoulder. Initial diagnosis was a sprain. On 5/19/15 the injury diagnosis was upgraded to a tear that will require surgery.
Haul truck operator twisted knee dismounting HT. A 2015 audit of employee injuries we discovered employees initial knee injury was on 4/19/15. It appeared to be a First Aid injury. First work day missed was 5/22/15, surgery 10/29/15.Reporting delay waiting on medical doc's determining degenerative or new injury documentation traced the injury back to a work place injury.
A haul truck contacted a roadside berm causing the truck to tip on its side, fracturing his left wrist.
EE placed himself in an awkward position in order to reach a bolt he was attempting to remove. He had his left leg propped up on a motor housing and his right leg and right shoulder bracing against the hoist. His right shoulder slipped causing his left knee to pop from the weight drop.
While dismounting a motor grader/blade, employee missed a step and fell to the ground.
Descending the access ladder when foot slipped, caught self with his left arm going through the ladder steps, hurt left shoulder.
A Technician was assisting a motor grader move trail cable. He was putting rope tied to a cable horn on to the grader ripper. The Technician stepped into a loop in the rope causing him to fall to the ground as the grader pulled forward. The Technician had a bruise and was unable to return on his next scheduled shift due to swelling. His next scheduled shift was 1/9/15.
While removing a pin for a dozer undercarriage, a Maintenance Technician pinched his thumb with the slide sledge.
Electrician was leaving electrical shop and wind gusts of 40+ mpg shut the door on his finger, fracturing the tip of his finger
Employee was descending locomotive steps when the ballast gave away under her feet which caused her to fall.
After power washing trucks, employee complained of left wrist pain
Bent over to pick up a Rad1800 tool & back started to hurt before his finger tips reached the tool. The accident wasn't reported to management until 09/29/2014. Accident still is being investigated to see if it is a work related injury.
While employee was assisting another employee replace the bearing on a tail roll, she got debris in her left eye.
Torquing bolts on push blade when fingers were caught betwee the blade and the acuator for the pneumatic torque wrench causing fracture and laceration requiring stitches to two fingers.
The 651 scraper traveling down a ramp at approximately 8 m.p.h. Scraper started riding up the side of the parallel berm, went over the top of the berm, and down the other side 30 feet stopping at the bottom of the other side. The machine had no damage and the employee was wearing his seat belt.
Employee lost his balance, slipped and fell back onto right hand and wrist resulting in a fracture.
While changing bucket teeth for a shovel, a small piece of metal broke off the tooth and struck ee in the leg. The result was a 1/4 inch cut. The cut required no treatment at the time of injury. On 6/11/15, the ee had a procedure to repair a narrowed artery under scar tissue. The damaged is the result of the injury that occurred on 2/11/14.
Employee was pushing a hand tool cart in the shop area and felt pain in her lower abdomen
While operating haul truck, & while loading under a shovel, haul truck opr leaned over in the seat to grab a roll of paper towels & hit her head on gear lever when a chunk off the bucket contacted truck bed. 8 days later, after experiencing headaches & vision problems, the opr was diagnosed w/a concussion resulting from contact w/gear selector. Mine rec'd documentation on 2/4/14.
EE had finger pinched between hydraulic ram and stairway tread while moving ram down stairway resulting in sutures.
While handling a scrap piece of wire rope, strand punctured leather glove and finger of EE causing a puncture/tear that required sutures.
While installing a nut on the end of a hydraulic ram, EE cut the tip of his finger on the frame resulting in 6 sutures. Machine was locked and tagged out. EE was wearing leather gloves.
Employee was working on top of a bench placing a marker stake near a highwall when the ground under him collapsed, dropping him to a muck pile.
EE stepped out of pickup onto uneven ground, twisting ankle.
Climbing down off of catwalk employee's leg hung up causing strain/sprain to knee.
A Welder complained of eye irritation on 8/29/13. An eye doctor found a small piece of debris in the eye and prescribed antibiotic drops. It is believed the debris entered the eye sometime the previous shift. The cause is not known as the Welder wore all required PPE during welding/grinding activities.
A mechanic was carrying two breathers in his hand when he slipped and contacted his elbow. The contact resulted in a two inch laceration on his elbow that required stitches.
Employee turned on the wash down water hose before he could pick up the hose it started spraying and the end of the hose struck him in the safety glasses
Employee struck head on cyclinder head requiring four staples behind the ear.
While employee was operating shatter box, he was distracted and inadvertently placed his hand in a pinch point, resulting in a laceration with finger tip fracture. Employee had not followed procedure and did not close the lid to the box while it was in operation.
While dismounting haul truck, an EE hyper-extended his shoulder while stepping from the second to last rung to the bottom rung. The extension resulted in damage to his rotator cuff. The EE was seen by an Ortho. Dr. on 12/18/12 and surgery is recommended to repair the rotator cuff.
While changing conveyor roll a Plant Tech's finger became pinched between the roll and the frame. The EE was wearing leather gloves. The EE received a 1/2 inch long laceration that required stitches. The EE RTW full duty.