LINCOLN MINE PROJECT Metal/Non-Metal

While removing lids from 55-gallon steel drums of drill cuttings using an adjustable wrench, a lid from one blew off striking worker in head. Impact knocked off safety glasses and prescription eye wear. Impact resulted in facial laceration on right eyebrow and bruising around the eye.

On 7/27/13 EE was attempting to hitch a a pipe trailer to the bucket of an u.g. mucker, slipped and smashed his right ring finger pinching it between the shackle and the bucket. First aid was applied and miner was taken to Hospital. E.R. where he was seen and release for light duty.

Employee reported injury on 5/31/2013. Employee was weedeating on a steep slope behind the shop staff services building. Both of his feet slipped forward and he landed on his buttocks on rocky ground. The doctor report indicates that the employee has sustained a contusion and strain to the lower lumbar region with pain radiating down left leg.

Worker exited out of water truck and experienced lower back pain. Management was told he placed his left foot on the ground using 3 points of contact facing the water truck and that is when he heard a pop and injured his lower back. The employee reported the injury to management complaining of numbness in his foot and pain in his lower back.