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EMPLOYEE , WHILE TRYING TO STEP DOWN OFF 777 A HAULER LADDER TO GROUND, STEEPED ON UNLEVEL GROUND SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF CLOSING THE DOOR OF A DK45 DRILL TECH HIGHWALL DRILL, WHEN CLOSING DOOR EE CAUGHT LEFT THUMB AGAINST DOOR JAM AND HINGED AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF BREAKING COAL IN PIT AREA WITH A 988 B CAT FRONT END LOADER, FRONT END LOADER BUCKET CAUGHT GROUND AND STOPPED ABRUPTLY, CAUSING EE TO BUMP INTO FRONT END LOADER STEERING WHEEL.

EE WAS CHECKING BATTERIES ON D-10 DOZER (CAT). A METAL BATTERY COVER HAD BEEN RAISED TO GAIN ACCESS TO BATTERIES. HE FAILED TO SECURE LID COVER. HE WAS STRUCK BY COVER WHILE WORKING ON BATTERI ES. THIS COVER IS HINGED AND ATTACHED TO MACHINE FRAME.

EE TRAMMED ESCAVATOR OVER ROUGH TERRAIN AT TOO HIGH RATE OF SPEED CAUSING ABRUPT MOVEMENT AND EVENTUAL PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

MATERIAL BEING EXCAVATED FROM HIGHWALL CAME LOOSE FELL FROM WALL THRU CAB AND STRUCK VICTIM ON LEFT LEG AND RIGHT KNEE CAUSING SCRAPES & BRUISES. FIRST AID ONLY NO MEDICAL TREATMENT ADMINISTER D

EMPLOYEE INJURED RIGHT GROIN AREA, WHILE STEPPING UP ON LADDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO BULK BIN COVER TO DETERMINE LEVEL OF BULK IN BIN.

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF OPERATING THE CONTROL LEVERS ON A D-65 EX-12 KOMATSU DOZER. THE MOVEMENT OF THE LEVERS TO TRAM & MANEUVER MACHINE CAUSED PAIN IN LEFT HAND & EVENTUAL PULLED LIGAMENT IN HA ND DIAGNOSIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF STEPPING OFF OF 777-A HAUL TRUCK LADDER. WHILE STEPPING OFF SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE WHEN CONTACT WAS MADE WITH GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING HIGHWALL WITH 350C CAT EXCAVATOR ON UNDETECTED ROCK OF SMALL SIZE WAS UNDETECTED BY INJURED. ROCK HIT PROTECTIVE CAB, CAUSING JAR AND BRUISE TO RIGHT LEG. CAB WAS POSITION ED AWAY FROM HIGHWALL DURING THE PROCESS OF SCALING HIGHWALL.

VICTIM WAS OPERATING CAT D11N DOZER IN ROAD PREPARATION WORK. THE ROADWAY BECAME SOFT AND ELEVATED, HIDDEN AREAS CAUSED TO DOZER TO SLIDE & OVERTURN. THE VICTIM RECEIVED INJURY TO LEFT SHOULD ER AND ONE RIB. TREATED & RELEASED AFTER INITIAL TREATMENT. (RAIN & VISIBILITY WERE FACTORS).

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER(CAT D-ION) ON SPOILAREA,BACKED UP AND OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY, TRACKEDSLIPPED OFF ROCK,JARRED EMPLOYEE CAUSING PAIN IN NECK AREA FROM SUDDEN JAR & IMPACT.

EE WAS USING A 1 1/2"" AIR IMPACT TOOL WHILE STANDING ON LADDER AND REACHING OVER HEAD TO TIGHTENCOLLET BOLTS OF 922-C CAT FRONT END LOADER BOOM PINS. EE FELT SMALL PAIN TO LOWER BACK, NOT SIGN IFICANT AT TIME. REPORTED 2 DAYS LATER AS STRAINED LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE OPERATING 375 KOMATSU DOZER, CLEANING HIGHWALL OF DEBRIS AND TREES, SLID OFF TREE AGAINST HIGHWALL WITH DOZER FRAME, CAUSING SUDDEN IMPACT IN CAB AND SEAT COMPARTMENT .

EE BECAME WEAK FROM HEAT & LOSS OF FLUID DUE TO 95 DEGREE TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY.

WHILE GRINDING METAL BOX, EMPLOYEE FELT OBJECT ENTER EYE, METAL CAUSED DISCOMFORT TO EMPLOYEE LATER IN THE DAY AND WAS REMOVED IN EMERGENCY ROOM. EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSE S.

EE WAS EXITING LOADER (992) CAB BY MEANS OF EQUIPMENT LADDER, STEPPED TO GROUND FROM BOTTOM STEP (2 FT) TWISTED BACK.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STEPPING FROM BULK TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF OF STEP AND SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE AND FRACTURE. (APPROXIMATELY 2' DROP)