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EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING THE COAL LOADER ON HAUL ROAD WHEN ELECTRICAL WIRING SHORTED OUT SETTING FIRE TO HYDRAULIC LINES CAUSING A FIRE. EMPLOYEE EXITED THE LOADER AND RECEIVED FIRST & SECOND DEG REE BURNS. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE TO LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING DOWN HILL AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN HIS LEFT WHEEL HIT A HOLE WITH A ROCK IN IT. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN FROM SEAT STRIKING FRONT SEAT.
WHILE PRYING ON FRAYED WINCH CABLE THE CABLE SLIPPED PULLING EE S GLOVED HAND BETWEEN WINCH CABLE CUTTING TIPS OF FIRST TWO FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.
WHILE WORKING ON RETAINING WALL INSIDE PERSONNELLIFT CAGE, MIDDLE FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN CAGEAND REBAR REMOVING SKIN AND TISSUE FROM FINGER TIP. LEFT HAND INVOLVED IN INCIDENT HAD NO FRACT URE OR DISLOCATION. LOSS OF TISSUE ONLY.
A SMALL FIRE OCCURRED AT STOCK PILE PREP. PLANT.AFTER BEING NOTIFIED THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED IMMEDIATELY.
LOADED COAL TRUCK WAS LEAVING PIT. FOR SOME REASON STEEP HAULWAY ROAD TRUCK ROLLED BACK. APPARENTLY DRIVER TRIED TO JUMP OUT. HE WAS CAUGHT BY TRUCK AND KILLED.
AS EE WAS DISMOUNTING FORM SERVICE TRUCK, HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HIS LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING. POSSIBLE STRAINED MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CLOSING THE DOOR TO CAP MAGAZINE AS HE CLOSING THE DOOR HE POSSIBLY PULLED A TENDON IN HIS RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
EE WAS PULLING THE HEAD OFF AN ENGINE. PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE MOVING A PUMP DISCHARGE WATER LINE FROM THE PIT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE REPROTED THAT WHILE BACKING DOWN INTO A PIT, HE RAN INTO A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CONNECTING DISCHARGE HOSE TO BULK TANKER.AS HE STRAIGHTENED UP, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.TREATED AT LOCAL MEDICAL FACILITY. PRESCRIBED MEDICATION AND REST.
EE WAS ON TOP OF A USED OIL TANK. HE SLIPPED & FELL APPROXIMATELY 6-8' TO GROUND, LANDING ON HIS FEET. CLAIMS INJURIES TO HIS HEAD, NECK, SHOULDER, BACK, TESTICLES AND THE REST OF HIS BODY.
EE'S FOOT SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM RUNG AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING TRUCK LOWER BACKPAIN
MECHANIC WAS INSTALLING HOOD ON DOZER WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE "POPPED" OUT OF JOINT WHEN HE TWISTED.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE FUELING GRADER HE SLIPPED OFF STEP AND FELL ONTO GROUND.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS OPENING A CAN OF WELDING RODS AND CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON LT. HAND.
MECHANIC WAS INSTALLING FRONT BELLY PAN ON DOZER, THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND THE PAN FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM. ABRASIONS TO LOWER ARM.
WHILE OPERATING THE FRONT ENDLOADER A ROCK ROLLED AND STRUCK THE ENDLOADER BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF D11 DOZER UNDER FOGGY CONDITIONS HIS FOOT SLID DOWN BRACE AND LEG WENT BETWEEN PUSHARM AND TRACK.
EE STATED THAT WHILE GETTING OUT OF HIS TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TRUCK STEP. HE GRABBED THE HAND RAIL WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.
THE SECURITY GUARD WAS RELIEVED FROM HIS POST AT 6 AM. HE WAS LEAVING THE PROPERTY AT 6:15 AM WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH AN EMPTY COAL TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE BEING LOADED THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING WAS SHAKEN, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIBS.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS MEASURING DRILLED HOLE WITH A STRING TAPE. HE DROPPED THE TAPE, BENT TOPICK IT UP AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE STATED THAT WHILE LIFTING A BOX OF BLASTING CAPS, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
CONTRACTOR WAS WORKING ON A DRILL WHEN HE STEPPED IN A BORE HOLE & FRACTURE HIS BIG TOE ON RIGHT FOOT.
EE GOT A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN LEFT EYE. APPARENTLY WIND BLOWN. REMOVED WITH Q-TIP.
EE STRAINED MUSCVLE IN LOWER STOMACH WHEN OPENING DOOR ON POWDER BIN.
EE WAS SERVICING THE DRILL. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON WALKWAY AND HIT HIS HEAD ON RAILING. CONTUSION TO LEFT SIDE OF HEAD.
SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING TOP BIN DOOR TOGETHER ON ANFO TRUCK. HE WAS USING HIS LEG TO SLIDE IT SHUT. IN DOING SO HE SAID THE DOOR STUCK AND HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS KNEE.
EE GOT OFF LOADER TO LOOK AT PIT FLOOR, STEP ON A BLOCK OF COAL AND TURNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
CONTRACTOR SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE HAND RAIL WHILE FUELING EQUIPMENT. BRUISED RIBS ON LEFT SIDE.
HE HIT A BUSHING WITH A HAMMER CAUSING A PIECE OF METAL TO COME OFF STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.
EE WAS WORKING UNDER A OFF HIGHWAY TRUCK, REMOVING OIL PAN. THE WORK REQUIRED THE EE TO BE IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. CAUSING STRAIN TO NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A SMALL HYDRAULIC PUMP FROM A D9N TRACTOR; AS HE PULLED THE PUMP LOOSE TO PICK IT UP, HE FELT A SNAP IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA. LEFT LEG BEGAN TO HAVE NUMBNESS.