Twin Buttes-Oxide Plant: 17 incidentes reportables Metal/Non-Metal

EMPROPER MACHINE OPERATION-MACHINE TABLE WAS RAISED BY POWER FEED, INSTEAD OF HAND CRANK WHEN DRILL BIT MADE CONTACT WITH MATERIAL BEING DRILLED BITS CUTTING EDGE SHATTERED FRAGMENT STRUCK EMP LOYEES SAFETY GLASSES AND SHATTERED SAME, IT IS BELIEVED GLASS FRAGMENTS STRUCK EYE

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN SHOVELING OVER A PERIOS OF TIME AND DEVELOPED LOWER BACK PAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A WELDING CABLE UP TO #2 S.H. CRUSHER WHEN THE CABLE COUPLING CAME LOOSE AND HE FELL.

WHILE WORKING EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER MOVING SOME STEEL PLATES ON THE GROUND WHEN HE WENT TO GET UP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING A GUARD RAIL FELL OFF FROM AN OVERHEAD CRANE AND HIT HIM UNDER HIS RIGHT ARM INJURING RIBS.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING THE MAIN 4-HOOK SAFETY SWITCH ON MAIN OXIDE CRANE. WHJEN DISMOUNTING THEHE LOST HIS FOOTING CAUSING HIM TO FALL HE HIT HIS HEAD AND LANDED ON A HANDRAIL ON HIS LEFT SID E HURTING HIS RIBS

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE UNLOAD R&O OUTSIDE THE OXIDE SHOP WHEN THE OPERATOR PUT OUT RIGGER DOWN ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS MILLING BOSS BARS IN THE MACHINE SHOP. WHILE SETTING BARS INTO PLACE ONE BAR HUNG UP, FELLOW WORKER WAS APPLYING PRESSURE BAR HUNG UP THEN SLIPPED, CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN BAR AN D PLATE.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN DOING A LOT OF PHYSICAL LABOR IN THE MINES AT THIS TIME AND HAD SEVERE PAIN IN THE LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM WITH MUSCLE SPASM AND INABILITY TO MOVE THE ARM. EXAM : SEVERE MUSCLE SPASM IN THE TRAPEZIUS TRIANGLE, NO WEAKNESS IN THE ARM BUT SEVERE LIMITED ROM.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRIPPING STARTER SHEETS WHEN THE END OF ONE OF THE SHEETS WENT THROUGH HIS LEATHER GLOVE CUTTING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER

EE WAS OPERATING INTERLAKE MACHINE. WHILE LOADING IT WITH COPPER LOOPS FOR THE STARTER SHEET THE LOOPS SHIFTED AS EE WAS REMOVING THEM FROM RACK HITTING HIM ON TOP OF LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING LEACH DISCHARGE PUMP FOR OPERATION WHEN LEACH DISCHARGE SPRAYED IN HIS FACE AND BOTH OF HIS EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO ADJUST A MECHANICAL DEVICE ON A CATHODE BALE, A LOCK WAS THROWN ON THE DEVICE COMING DOWN AND CATCHING HISRIGHT WRIST.

WORKING AT HOT DIP TANK IN TANK HOUSE. WHILE TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN A CATHODE, IT FELL FROM RACK AND CAUGHT THIRD AND FOURTH FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN CATHODE BAR AND TOP EDGE OF DIP TANK.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROLLER FRAME WHEN HE GOT HIS LITTLE FINGER PINCHED BY THE ROLLER FRAME.

EMPLOYEE WAS GATHERING LOOPS TO BE POUNDED AT THE SECONDARY LOOP SLITTER, WHEN HE BENT OVER TO GATHER LOOPS A SHARP PAIN SHOT THROUGH HIS LOWER B ACK