COTTER MILL: 126 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was moving used oil drums on a flat bed trailer. Employee pulled on drum he thought was full but was actually empty. The lack of weight caused employee to lose his balance. Employee fell backwards striking his shoulder against forklift and then the ground. Employee received a contusion to the shoulder and was seen by a physician on 6-1-2010.

Employee was loading a container into a Bronco when the door blew shut. He set the box on the ground opened the door and picked up the box. He felt something sting in his torso and assumed it was a muscle pull and did not report the accident. Over a period of 2 months the condition did not improve. He reported the accident on 4-10-09 after discovering that he had a hernia.

Employee was climbing a ladder to get to the top of the warehouse roof. Employee was carrying a propane bottle, weighing approximately 35lbs. When placing bottle on roof, he felt something pull in his abdomen.

Employee was exiting the cab of a John Deere Backhoe. When he stepped off of the backhoe he stepped on either a dirt clod or small rock which caused his ankle to twist. The result of twisting his ankle was a sprained right ankle.

Employee was repairing a leak in the roof on the training room. While cutting tar paper with a box opener the employee rubbed his finger against metal flashing causing a laceration to the right index finger. The laceration required sutures. The injury did not cause permanent impairment.

Employee was pumping sump using a portable pump. Upon completion employee picked up pump to move it and caught the pump on bottom step on grating. This caused the employee to twist thereby straining his back and left side.

The employee was walking through the Grind/Leach building and slipped on some flocculant that was spilled on the floor, causing him to twist his ankle.

The employee stepped from the back of a pickup truck and stepped on a rock. This twisted his ankle resulting in a sprain requireing the employee to miss work because of the medication prescribed.

The EE was standing on a ladder using a wrench and cheater pipe in an attempt to loosen an old water line. When he pulled on the pipe, he felt a pain in his lower back.

The employee was lifting a sandpiper pump to move it and felt a sharp pain in his right groin area. This was diagnosed as an inguinal hernia (right).

The employee was starting up the leach circuit and opened a valve to supply air to the #3 leach tank. Solution came up the standpipe and splashed the employee on his face, hands, upper back and forearms. This resulted in a chemical burn.

While removing rods for a rod mill from the bin, one rod rolled over & caught the employee's hand between the rod and the rim on the bin. This resulted in a contusion to his left hand and a fracture to the left index finger.

The employee was attempting to unplug the ore feed chute when he hit his elbow against the bottom of the chute resulting in bruising and swelling of his left elbow.

The employee was working in the Solvent Extraction Circuit and a chemical solution spilled onto her leg as she was moving a sandpiper pump with another employee.

The employee was working in the solvent extraction area of the mill when he noticed irritation to his back and chest.

The employee was working in the solvent extraction circuit during an upset condition when an emulsion developed. The employee developed dermatitis. The Company does not believe this is a reportable injury but reporting it at the direction of MSHA.

While working in the solvent extraction area of the mill, the employee experienced itching, burning and tingling on her arms and legs.

The employee was cleaning up in the Solvent Extraction building and noticed some slight irritation in his eye. The irritation became worse during the night and he rubbed the eye, causing a corneal abrasion.

The employee was inspecting a valve for a leak and another employee was holding onto a valve handle. The handle came loose and struck the injured employee in the mouth breaking one front tooth and loosening another.

The employee was walking along a walkway when he came to a step down. He misjudged the step and felt his knee twist and he jarred his neck.

The employee was walking under a tank and struck his head on a low hanging pipe.

The employee was investigating a leak in the Solvent Extraction Building when he stepped on a sump grating that was submerged in liquid. The grating turned up and the employee slipped into the sump causing a contusion to his left ankle. He then pushed himself up out of the sump and strained his thoracic muscles and chest wall muscles.

The employee was tightening a bolt using a ratchet wrench when the ratchet slipped and struck the employee in the mouth resulting in a laceration that required sutures.

The employee was walking down stairs when he twisted his knee and his knee hit the railing. This aggravated an off-the-job injury from some time ago and resulted in restricted duty.

EE was filling the boiler brine tank with salt. One bag slipped from grasp and EE caught it in an awkward position resulting in a back strain.

The employee tripped while walking up stairs and fell hitting his jaw on the stairs. This resulted in a mild concussion.

The employee had gone to an area near the fine ore bins to shut down a baghouse, and while walking back to the grind and leach building he slipped on a patch of ice and fell. He injured his shoulder and after several examinations a tear in his rotator cuff was found and surgery was scheduled.

As the employee was entering the solvent extraction building he slipped on ice in front of the door and fell causing a contusion and sprain to low back.

The employee picked up a pallet jack and while loading it into a pickup truck the handle assembly shifted downward and pinched the employee's left thumb between the handle and the jack assembly.

Employee had his thumb under a bolt & washer; when bolt was tightened it caused a contusion to the thumb.

Employee was removing bolts from a boot on a line under the CCD tanks -- employee was sprayed w/process solution. Solution contained soda ash which caused skin irritation.

The employee had finished filling a compressor with oil and was starting it for the second time. When it was started the bearing end cap blew apart. Pieces of the metal hit the employee in the groin area and on the right side of the head causing lacerations and bruises.

The employee was setting up a pump at the #5 Leach Tank. As he lifted the pump to set it on the bolts he felt a pain in the groin area.

The employee was painting a wall in the laboratory from a ladder. The feet of the ladder slipped out and the ladder slid to the floor. The employee struck his left arm and leg on the floor resulting in contusions and bruising.

The employee was working in the SVU area of the mill when he was evidently sprayed with some caustic solution. The employee continued working and did not realize that he had a chemical burn for at least 2 hours. This resulted in a chemical burn to his left upper arm that required medical treatment and perhaps some skin grafting.

THE EE WAS LIFTING A PLACING A BOX OF COPIER PAPER IN THE BACK OF A VEHICLE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND ABDOMINAL AREA.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A ROCK FROM THE TAILGATE OF A TRUCK WHEN HIS HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TAILGATE AND THE ROCK. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER THAT REQ UIRED SUTURES.

EE WAS ADJUSTING THE CARBURETOR ON A FORKLIFT. HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE THROTTLE ROD & WHEN HE RELEASED IT THE FAN BLADE CUT HIS RIGHT HAND AT THE MIDDLE KNUCKLE.

THE EE WAS WALKING DOWN WOOD STEPS. AT THE 2ND STEP FROM THE BOTTOM THE NAILS CAME LOOSE FLIPPING THE STEP. THE EE THEN ROLLED HIS ANKLE.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE CATWALK TOWARDS THE CENTER OF A WELL AND TURNED TOWARD A TRASH BARREL. THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING FROM THE LID INTO HIS EYE.

EE WAS HELPING MOVE A TANK FOWARD ON A TRAILER WHEN A RAIROAD TIE FELL FROMT HE TRAILER AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK OF THE RT. LEG BELOW THE ANKLE.

EE WAS INSIDE TUNNEL ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE FIRE HOSE WHEN ANOTHER EE PULLED ON IT SMASHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE HOSE & A BRICK PILLAR.

EE WAS PUSHING PIPE OFF BACKOF TRAILER WHEN A PIECE HIT THE END OF THE TRAILER STOPPING THE PIPE AND JAMMING IT INTO HIS HAND.

THE EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE RECEIVED A MILD BURN WHILE USING A WEED BURNER WITH AN 8 FT WAND TO UNPLUG THE FUSION FURNACE DISCHARGE.

THE EE WAS WALKING BETWEEN THE #4 AND #5. CCD TANKS WHEN SHE SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL.

THE EE WAS CLEANING SUPPLY SHELVES AND PINCHED HER FINGER BETWEEN TWO BALL VALVES. THIS RESULTED IN A BLOOD BLISTER. TWO DAYS LATER SHE NOTICED THE BLISTER WAS BROKEN AND SHE HAD RED STREAKS O N HER ARM. THIS WAS DIAGNOSED AS BACTERIAL INFECTION OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER WHEN THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER KICKED OUT. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL AND ATTEMPT TO GRAB A PIPE.

THE EMPLOYEE INHALED FUMES (POSSIBLY S02) PRESENT IN THE REVERSE OSMOSIS TRAILER USED FOR WATER TREATMENT. THIS CAUSED HIM TO BECOME ILL.

EE WAS EXITING FROM UNDER A THICKNER TANK & SLIPPED ON ICE ON FIRST STAIR. THIS CAUSED HER TO FALL FORWARD & STRIKE HER HEAD ON CONCRETE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING THE BATHROOM BECAUSE OF WATER OVERFLOW ONTO THE FLOOR. WHEN HE TURNED TO LEAVE HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

THE EE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE A FLANGE FROM A SLURRY TANK TO THE KILN FEED. SLURRY SPRAYED ON THE EMPLOYEE

THE EE WAS LIFTING A 6 INCH HOSE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER TWO PIECES OF CONDUIT THAT WERE PROTRUDING THROUGH THE FLOOR GRATING AS HE WAS TURNING TO LEAVE HIS WORK AREA. THIS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS KNEE AG AINST A PIECE OF 4" PIPE.

THE EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICY WALKWAY.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER CLEANING OUT A SCREW CONVEYOR. WHEN SHE DESCENDED THE LADDER SHE STEPPED ON A BUCKET LYING BY THE LADDER AND FELL TO THE GROUND. SHE LANDED ON HER RIGHT H AND RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO HER RIGHT WRIST.

THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON WELDING LEADS THAT WERE LYING ON THE FLOOR AND FELL. HE STRUCK HIS FACE ON THE FLOOR RESULTING IN CHIPPING HIS TWO FRONT TEETH.

THE EE WAS USING A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE TO WASH DOWN THE FLOOR AND FELT PAIN IN HER RIGHT WRIST IN THE AREA OF AN EXISTING CYST AND A PREVIOUS NON-WORK RELATED FRACTURE THAT HAD HEALED POORLY. I T WAS NOT INITIALLY DETERMINED IF THE INJURY WAS JOB RELATED OR NOT.

THE EE WAS MOVING AHEAVY AGITATOR SHAFT. AS HE MOVED IT HE TWISTED HIS WRIST AND FELT SOMETHING "POP." THIS RESULTED IN A DISTAL RADIAL FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT WRIST.

THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON A CONDUIT LINE AND FELT PAIN IN NECK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WEEDS AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS WHEN A WEED SUDDENLY CAME LOOSE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING STAIRS WHEN HIS BOOTCAUGHT ON A STEP. HE THEN MISSED TWO STAIRS AND JOLTED HIS KNEE WHEN HIS FOOT ENCOUNTERED THE NEXT STAIR.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER TO SAMPLE A TANK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ABOUT 8', LANDING ON HIS RIGHT WRIST.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO A DUMP TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS FEET. THIS "JAMMED" HIS NECK AND BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING CLEANUP MATERIAL INTO A BUCKET AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

DISCONNECTED AN AIR LINE AND WAS SPRAYED WITH SULFURIC ACID THAT HAD BACKED UP IN THE LINE.

THE EE WAS WALKING ACROSS A THICKENER TANK AND WAS SPRAYED IN THE EYE BY ACID LEAKING FROM A LINE.

THE EE WAS MOVING AN AGITATOR MOUNTING PLATE & FELT A PAIN IN GROIN. THIS LATER WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA THAT WOULD REQUIRE SURGERY & BECAME A REPORTABLE INJURY.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A COVER FROM A SWAMP COOLER AND HE BRUSHED AGAINST AN OLD LADDER. THIS RESULTED IN A SPLINTER IN THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER THE SPLINTER HAD TO BE REMOVE D BY A PHYSICIAN AND SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

WHILE REMOVING A SCREW CONVEYOR, THE EE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF METAL. THE METAL BROKE & CAUSED HIM TO FALL ABOUT 2'. THE EE CUT HIS LEG ON THE METAL AS HE FELL.

EE WAS PULLING A PARTIALLY FROZEN FIRE HOSE OFF OF A RAFFINATE TANK & FELT PAIN IN HER BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A HEAVY STAND OFF THE FINE ORE BINS. HE PULLED WRONG AND FELT A PAIN IN ABDOMENAL. THE INITIAL DIAGNOSIS WAS A STRAIN BUT AS TIME PASSED WITH NO IMPROVEMENT, AS DIAGNO SIS OF UMBILICAL HERNIA WAS MADE AND SURGICALLY REPAIR WAS NECESSARY.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR ON A RAIL CAR BUT IT DID NOT LATCH PROPERLY. THE EE MOVED AWKARDLY TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

THE EE WS APPROACHING A STEAM LINE TO SHUT IT OFF WHEN THE LINE RUPTURED. THIS STARTLED THE EMPLOYEE AND HE JUMPED BACK QUICKLY AND STRUCK A PIPE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP A MUD SPILL UNDER THE PRIMARY THICKENER. THE DEEP MUD MADE IT DIFFICULT TO MOVE AND HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A HEAVY PUMP CASEAND STRAINED HIS BACK.

THE EE WAS WALKING BETWEEN THE RR TRACKS WHEN HE TRIPPED & FELL RESULTING IN AN INJURY TO HIS LEFT WRIST

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK AT HOME ON 6/27/00. ON 6/30/00 HE AGGREVATED HIS BACK WHEN HE WAS LIFTING A SHAFT TO A PUMP.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE #4 CCD RAKE DRIVE, THE ROD BLEW THROUGH THE CASING & STRUCK HIM IN THE LEG AND ABDOMINAL AREA THEN KNOCKED HIM BACK AGAINST THE WALL.

WHILE EE WAS LIFTING A PIPE TO INSTALL, HE FELT HIS BACK PULL.

RASH DEVELOPED AT EE'S WAIST AND ON BOTH ARMS WHERE SLEEVES OF SHIRT ARE IN CONTACT.

EE STEPPED ONTO A BOARD, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE BOARD AND HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS CLEANING A ROD MILL TRUNION BEARING WHEN HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT CHEEK BONE ON THEBEARING COVER RESULTING IN A LACERATION NEEDING SUTURES.

EE WAS CUTTING TAPE OFF OF MOTOR CONNECTIONS WHEN HIS UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO REMOVE AN IMPELLER ON A BOOSTER TAILS PUMP WHEN HE FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER STOMACH AND UPPER GROIN AREA.

EE STEPPED UP ON THE STEPS FROM THE TUNNEL FROM UNDER THE THICKNER, THEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE STEP AND HE HURT HIS BACK.

WHILE EE WAS GLUEING A PIPE TOGETHER ON SCS PUMPBACK LINE SHE SLIPPED IN THE MUD & PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HER LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE RELOCATION OF ANELECTRIC MOTOR WHEN HE FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF PIT, HE FELL OFF THE LADDER AND HURT HIS RIGHT LEG/ FOOT.

WHILE WASHING DOWN THE FLOOR, THE EE TRIPPED AND INJURED HIS RIGHT LEG BETWEEN THE FLOOR GRATING AND THE CCD DISTRIBUTOR (WAGON WHEEL).

EE WAS CUTTING A TRELX HOSE WITH A UTILITY KNIFEWHILE PULLING THE KNIFE, HE HIT A WIRE IN THE HOSE BRINGING THE BLADE UP & OFF THE HOSE STRIKING HIS RIGHT WRIST AREA RESULTING IN A LACERATIO N REQUIRING SUTURES

EE WAS PULLING THE PUMP-BACK IN-TAKE LINE UP FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE POND TO CHECK THE FOOT VALVE AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A 2" PIPE VALVE, THE CHEATER PIPE USED, SLIPPED AND CUT THE EMPLOYEE RIGHT 2ND FINGER WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.

AS TH4E EE WALKED BY A CONCRETE PILLAR, HE TURNED HIS HEAD AND STRUCK A HOSE HANGING OFF THE PLLAR. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT CHEEK THAT REQUIRED SUTURES.

THE EE WAS CLEANING OVERSIZE ROCKS ON GRIZZLEY WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TRIPPED OVER A SMALLER ROCK AND TWISTED HIS BACK AND LEFT HIP.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST TURNED ON A WATER VALVE WHEN HE STOOD UP AND STRUCK A PIPE FITTING OR WATER PIPE. THIS RESULTED IN A CERVICAL STRAIN.

COMPLAINED OF IRRITATION IN LEFT EYE- CAUSE UNKNOWM.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES AFTERWELDING RAW WATER TANK. WOKE UP IN THE NIGHT AND BOTH EYES WERE BURNING SO EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT THE HOSPITAL.

AS EE WAS MOVING A 6" PE LINE OF GRADED BERM BETWEEN GUIDES, EE SLIPPED IN MUD AND LINE STRUCK OUTSIDE OF RIGHT KNEE, CAUSING TRAUMA/CONTUSION TO KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A PIECE OF PIPE INTO A FRONT-END LOADER BUCKET WHEN EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN AND GROIN.

AS EE WAS LIFTING UP END OF A HYDRAULIC MOTOR EE PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK. DIAGNOSED AS LOWER BACK STRAIN.

AS EE WAS REMOVING THE HATCH ON THE ROD MILL, LIFTING HANDLE BROKE OFF THE HATCH AND A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW UP STRIKING EE NEAR HIS RIGHT CLAVICLE.

WHILE SCRAPING RESIDUE FROM A LOADER BUCKET THE EE ENCOUNTERED MATERIAL THAT WAS NOT IMBEDDED. THIS CAUSED THE SCRAPER TO SUDDENLY SLIP STRIKING THE SIDE OF THE BUCKET, WHICH THEN EE'S RT. AR M BACKWARDS. THIS RESULTED IN A POSSIBLE RUPTURE TO THE RIGHT BICEPS TENDON.

AS EE WAS CHECKING LINE PUMP, HE HEARD A BUZZINGSOUND WHICH WAS A RATTLESNAKE, AND AS EE BACKED UP HE FELL & JAMMED FLASHLIGHT INTO GROUND, FRACTURING HIS RIGHT WRIST

AS EE WAS PRYING FLANGE TO COUPLE SCS PLASTIC LINE, LINE SLID INTO PLACE PINCHING INDEX FINGER OF L. HAND, REQUIRING SUTURES.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CRANE CONTROLS NORTH TO SOUTH IN THE WEST END OF THE GRIND/LEACH BUILDING THE SLIDE STOPPED. WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON CONTROL UNIT WITH ARMS FULLY EXTENDED, EMPL OYEE HURT HIS BACK. DIAGNOSED AS A L.S. STRAIN.

EE LEANED OVER TO CUT A PIPE AND TWISTED HIS TORSO RESULTING IN A MUSCLE STRAIN IN THE LEFT RIB.

HELPING ANOTHER EE CARRY A CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER. EE SLIPPED ON ICE AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. THE EE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 3-6-97.

WHILE EE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK, THE EE ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE PTO [POWER TAKEOFF] EE STRAINED HIS BACK PULLING ON LEVER.

EE WAS INSTALLING A 2" BI PIPE IN THE FINE ORE BINS. STRAINED MUSCLE IN STOMACH AREA ABOVE NAVEL AND DEVELOPED A LUMP.

EE WAS SUPPORTING A WELL PUMP0 SUCKER ROD WHEN IT SLIPPED AND HE ATTEMPTED TO HOLD ONTO IT. THIS RESULTED IN A MUSCLE PUOL ON HIS LEFT FOREARM AND RESTRICTIONS ON HIS WORK.

EE WAS WALKING A REGULAR TRAVELWAY WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE CAUSING EE TO TWIST EE S LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS PUTTING ON RUBBER BOOTS PRIOR TO STARTING WORK AND A WASP IN HIS BOOT STUNG HIS LEFT FOOT. THIS RESULTED IN INFLAMMATION AND SWELLING OF THE LEFT FOOT.

AS EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE OPENING TOP OF MORTAR MIXER, EMPLOYEE'S LEFT 5TH FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT ON LID HINGE SMASHING END OF FINGER AND TORE FINGER NAIL OFF.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING GRATING OVER TRENCH LOWER PART HOOKED ON EXISTING GRATING & JARRED EMPLOYEES RT LEG & BACK EMPLOYEE BEGAN LOSING TIME FROM WORK ON JUNE 14 1995

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING DIRT IN A DUMP TRUCK. EMPLOYEE DUMPED LOAD & ATTEMPTED TO PULL AWAY FROM THE PILE TO ALLOW TAILGATE TO SPRING FREE. DUE TO MUD, TRUCK COULD NOT MOVE WITH BED ELEVATED. EMP LOYEE LOWERED BED, MOVED TRUCK AND THEN INSPECTED TAILGATE. UPON INSPECTION HE FOUND A ROCK LODGED IN THE TAILGATE & LIFTED TRAIL GATE. WHEN ROCK DISLODGED, TAILGATE CLOSED, MASHING FINGERS.

EE WAS REMOVING A TRUCK SEAT SO THAT IT COULD BE RECOVERED. THE TRUCK SEAT WAS TIPPED FORWARD SO THAT THE SEAT BELTS COULD BE REMOVED. EE CUT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON A HSARP BACK BRACE WHILE ATTEMPT ING TO GET THE SEAT BELT OFF. THIS NECESSITATED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK ON 4-12-69. HE HAD BACK SURGERY IN 1981. HE ALLEDGEDLY REINJURED HIS BACK ON 4-29-93 WHILE USING A PICK AND SHOVEL. INITIALLY HE FELT HIS BACK WOULD BE ALRIGHT, HO WEVER PERSISTANT PAI BEGAN AND BECAME WORSE. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TOT HE COMPANY PHYSICIAN ON 9-13-93. COMPANY PHYSICIAN REFERRED EMPLOYEE TO AN ORTHOPEDIST ON 9-20-93. HE HAS BEEN RELEASED TO

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON METAL STEPS IN THE MILL BUILDING.HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACK AGAINST THE BUMPER OF A PICKUP AND STRUCK HIS BACK IN THE AREA OF HIS LEFT KIDNEY.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER, HOLDING TWO WRENCHES (A 1-1/8" COMBINATION WRENCH AND AN OPEN END WRENCH), TIGHTENING BOLTS. THE 1-1/8" OPEN END WRENCH SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARD OF F THE LADDER LANDING ON THE HANDRAIL, CUTTING FACE AND LIP, BREAKING SAFETY GLASSES, BREAKING UPPER DENTURES AND LOOSENING BOTTOM TEETH.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A GRATE AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE HAD SALVAGED A SECTION OF 1-1/2" CONDUIT. WHEN REMOVING PARTS FROM BOOM TRUCK, CONDUIT STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR GUN TO BLOW BATTERY ACID OFF BATTERIES.THIS CAUSED A MIST WHICH SETTLED ON HIS NECK AND ARMS.RASH RESULTED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 10/18/88. NOTE:EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HARD HAT,COVERALLS STEEL TOED BOOTS AND PROTECTIVE EYE-WEAR AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

FOUR WORKERS WERE LIFTING AND POSITIONING 20' PIECE OF 12" PLASTIC WIRE WHEN ONE LABORER COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.HE WORKED LIGHT DUTY UNTIL 09-26-88 WHEN PHYSICIAN REMOVED HIM FROM ANY WORK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO AN ORE TRUCK TAILER TO PERFORM A SURVEY. AS HE WENT OVER THE TOP OF THE TRAILER, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE CLAIMS PARTIAL HEARING LOSS FROM CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO NOISE OVER THE YEARS AT THE MILL SITE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF EXCAVATED AREA. BANK BROKE AWAY CAUSING HIM TO INJURE HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING EMPTY BARREL TO LOAD IT ON THE FLAT BED AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT ARM ABOVE THE ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE BENT O5ER TO REMOVE A STAINLESS STEEL THIN WALL SPOOL THAT IS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 EXTRACTOR AND STRAINED HIS BACK PUTTING THE SPOOL ON A TWO WHEELED CART.

EMP WAS TAKING 8OWN A SHORT PIECE OF PIPE WEST OF LEACH SCRUBBER SUMP IN THE G RIND BUILDING, SCX ACID CAME OUT ON HIS FACE AND NECK

EMP WAS COMING 6NDER #9 CCD THICKNER TUNNEL TO START THE UNDERFLOW PUMP A POWER OUTAGE OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS IN THE TUNNEL THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND HE TRIPPED OVER A HOSE AND FELL HITTING HIS R RIGHT KNEE ON T2E CONCRETE FLOOR

EMPL STEPPING D2WN FROM GRATING ONTO #3 AUTOCLAVE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EE WAS CARRYING A 1/2"X4\X8\ PIECE OF PLYWOOD ON TOP OF #3 OXIDATION TANK & HOOKED HIS LEFT FOOT ON A 1" PIECE OF PIPE & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMP WAS OPERATING A 30X4 CASE TRENCHER AND BUMPED THE REVERSE LEVER AND THE MACHINE STRUCK HIM KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND RAN OVER HIS LEGS

EMPLOYEE STARTED UP STAIRWAY TO ROD MILL FEED. HE SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM STEP AND HIT HIS ARMS ON THE HANDRAIL. EMPLOYEE WENT IN FOR SURGERY ON 11 20 84 TO HAVE THE BURR SACKS REMOVED FROM HIS ELBOW.

EE WAS ASSISTING MAINYENANCE IN ROUTINE WORK ON A PUMP. HE WAS CLIMBING UP A 10\ LADDER TO A WORK PLATFORM. HE LOST FOOTING & FELL ONTO A CONCRETE ABUTMENT BELOW.

CLIMBING BERM TAIL LINE IS ON.CARRYING VULCANIZING PLATE FOR SCLAIR PIPE.SLIPPED STRIKING KNEE ON EDGE OF PLATE.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE CARRYING TWO AIR SAMPLERS AND TWISTED HIS BACK IN AN ABNORMAL POSITION.

TAKING WOODEN LADDER OFF BARRELS AND LADDER HUMGUP ON SOMETHING AND HIT BACK OF EMPL RIGHT WRISET.

EMP WAS PULLING #1 CCD UNDERFLOW HOSE FROM #2 DIVIDER TO #1 DIVIDER WITH A PIECE OF ROPE ROPE BROKE CAUSING EMP TO FALL DOWN ONTO A SECTION OF WATER PIPE STICKING OUT OF THE FLOOR

WALKING ACROSS R R TRACKS TO GO DOWN TO CHANGE HOUSE AND SLIPPED ON SNOW AND ICE.THIS IS REOCURRENCE OF ACCIDENT 1-6-82.NO NEW INJURY.SAW DR 10-11-83. REQUEST DR STATEMENT.

WAS LIFTING BALL MILL LINER OUT OF BALL MILL WITH A CRANE AND CHOKER CHOKER BROKE CAUSING LINER TO COME BACK DOWN CATCHING EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND BETWEEN LINER AND BALL MILL