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EE WAS GETTING OFF AN EXCAVATOR. HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACKS AND FELL, CAUSING A BRUISE TO LOWER BACK.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE LOST AIR PRESSURE. EE HIT THE BRAKES BUT COULD NOT STOP. THE TRUCK OVERTURNED ON ITS TOP, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF EE'S LEFT LEG. (EE WAS NOT THROWN FROM VEHICLE.)
INJURED WAS RUNNING A ROCK TRUCK. DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITY, HE MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND PUSHED OVER THE BARRIER AND WENT OVER THE DUMP SITE.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A BLADE JACK AND SLIPPED ON A BAR ON FRONT OF DOZER CAUSING HIM TO FALL & STRIKE HIS JAW & EAR CAUSING A BRUISE.
INJURED WAS BACKING UP DOZER AND RAN OVER A PILE OF DIRT. GOT WHIPLASH CAUSING A PINCHED NERVE IN NECK.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER, LOADING A ROCK TRUCK WHEN A ROCK CAME THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE LOADER STRIKING THE INJURED ON THE RT.LEG CAUSING A BRUISE.
INJURED WAS DOING MAINTENANCE ON SHOVEL. WHILE LOOSENING RADIATOR CAP THE PRESSURE PUSHED ANIT-FREEZE OUT CAUSING A BURN TO RIGHT ARM.
DRIVIER WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER TO CLEAN HISTRUCK OUTSIDE THE SHOP AREA. HE WENT INSIDE TO ANSWER THE PHONE AND TRIPPED, RESULTING IN A SEVERE SPRAIN.
INJ WAS WORKING ON DOZER WHEN HE SCRAPED HIS MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND ON TRACK OF DOZER CAUSING AN ABRASION. HE KEPT WORKING & ON 2/20/01 ENT TOHOSP AFTER HIS FINGER BECAME INFECTED
INJ WAS STEPPING OFF THE BUMPER OF A MECHANIC TRK ONTO FROZEN GROUND WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHTANKLE CAUSING A SPRAIN
INJURED WAS FILLING UP A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHENTHE FUEL NOZZLE FLEW BACK AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE JAW CAUSING A BRUISE.
INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS AND FELL INJURING RIGHT KNEE, CAUSING A STRAIN RIGHT KNEE.
A RISH EQUIPMENT MECHANIC PULLED HIS SERVICE TRUCK INTO THE PIT NEXT TO A HITACHI SHOVEL. AFTER MECHANIC WORK WAS COMPLETED ON THE SHOVEL, THE MECHANIC GOT INTO HIS TRUCK TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY . THE SHOVEL OPERATOR STARTED THE SHOVEL AND SWUNG AROUND BEFORE THE MECHANIC WAS CLEAR. THE SHOVEL'S COUNTERWEIGHT STRUCK THE CAB OF SERVICE TRUCK INJURING THE MECHANIC.
COAL TRUCK WAS WITHIN ONE BUCKET OF BEING LOADED IN THE PIT. A SECTION OF THE HIGHWALL FELL IN ON THE FRONT SECTION OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS THE RESULT OF THE EVENT.