BIG SPRINGS Metal/Non-Metal

55061S PUTTING SAMPLE CATCHER DOWN THERE WAS NO WIPER RUBBER ON THE DRILL STEEL A ROCK WAS THROWN UP & BROKE EE GLASSES GLASS PARTICLES GOT IN HIS LEFT EYE

THAWING CONDITIONS ON CUTBACK LOOSENED MATERIAL.

FOLLOWING A BIT CHANGE ON A BLAST HOLE DRILL,EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP TOOLS INCLUDING CHAIN WRENCH PLATE AND BIT BASKET.HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHILE PICKING UP THE LAST BIT BASKET.

EMPL PICKED PARTS OUT OF BACK OF PICKUP.CONDITIONS WERE SNOWING AND SLICK.FOOTING WAS BAD AND EMPL SLIPPED & FELL.

EMPL MOVING ADJUSTMENT RAM FOR CONE CRUSHER WITHOUT NOTIFYING OPERATOR AT THE CONTROLS.HAD LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE END OF THE CYLINDER AND THE HEAD OF THE RAM WHEN OPERATOR RETRACTED THE RAM .LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED-LACERATING THE SKIN AND BREAKING THE BONE.

OPERATOR WAS BACKING A BULLDOZER OVER ROUGH TERRAIN & WEAS SEVERLY JOLTED CAUSING MUSCLE SPASMS IN THE LOWER BACK

WHILE DRIVING TRUCK, EMPLOYEE BECAME EXTREMELY NAUSIATED AND HOT, ASLO BECAME DIZZY; HAD BLURRED VISION AND THEN GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND SOUGHT HELP.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN HIS GLOVES GOT HOT & HE DROPPED STINGER ON STEEL WHICH CAUSED FLASH BURNS TO HIS EYES

AT APPROX 8:40AM JULY 9 1991 I NAME CALLED ON THE PHONE STATING THAT I NAME HAD A POSSIBLE BACK INJRY & REQUESTED THAT I TAKE HIM INTO ELKO GENERAL HOSPITAL UPON ARRIVAL AT ADMINISTRATION OFFI CE I CHECKED HIM OVER & FOUND NO VISIBLE INJURIEI NAME MAIN COMPLAINT WAS MODERATE TO SEVERE BACK PAIN NUMBNESS IN H IS LEFT LEG FOOT & ARM RT TOES & WRIST & LEFT EYE HE ALSO WAS EXPERIENCING

I.NAME STANDING ON A LADDER BETWEEN TIRE AND FRAME.THE LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HIT KNEE ON THE STRUT.

CHANGING A CRUSHER CYCLINDER WHICH WEIGHS ABOUT 6 POUNDS WHEN IT FELL OFF THE EDGE OF CRUSHER.THE EMPLOYEE CAUGHT THE CYCLINDER BUT THE FORCE OF THE FALL CAUSED HIS HAND TO BE PINNED BETWEEN T HE CYCLINDER AND THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER.THE SHARP EDGE OF THE CYCLINDER CUT THE EMPLOYEES HAND.

OPERATOR WAS LOADING TRUCKS WITH 992C LOADER, WAS ATTEMPTING TO DIG HARD ROCK FROM PIT. LOADER WAS BOUNCING AND SHAKING CAUSING A SORE NECK.

TRUCK WAS JARRED DURING LOADING OPERATION.

MECHANIC WAS PREPARING TO CHANGE CUTTING EDGES AND CORNER BITS ON DOZER. WHILE SCALING UNDER BLADE METAL PARTICLES FELL INTO LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE CRAWLED UP ON DOZER TO PUT ON FUEL CAP MUST HAVE SLIPPED & FALLEN DOES NOT REMEMBER FALLING

LOADER BUCKET HIT CORNER OF TRUCK BED NECK DISCOMFORT

TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED WHEN BUCKET HIT BED OF TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE OPENED DOOR OF DRILL AND WAS HIT IN EYE WITH ROCK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BALL MILL LINER BOLTS BY DRIVING THEM OUT WITH A 12LB SLEDGE AHMMER AND A PUNCH.HE HIT THE PUNCH OFF CENTER AND THE PUNCH HANDLE BROKE OFF ALLOWING THE PUNCH TO RICOH ET BACKWARDS STRIKING HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.THE EMPLOYE RECEIVED A ONE INCH CUT THAT REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES TO CLOSE.

ACCIDENTAL FIRE IN GENERATOR MOTOR CAUGHT TRAILER ON FIRE.

TRUCK JARRED BY LOADER WHILE BEING LOADED OR WHEN THE TRUCK BACKED INTO LOADER ARMS.

TRUCK WAS HIT BY 992C BUCKET WHILE BEING LOADED. JAR FROM THE HIT CAUSED A NECK INJURY TO THE DRIVE. THE LAODING FLOOR WAS WET, MUDDY AND VERY SOFT MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO LOAD.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING AND WELDING TRACKS ON DRILTECHS DK25 DRILL WHEN TORCH SLIPPED OUT OF BRACKET AND BURNED HIS HAND.

CHANGING BYPASS VALVE STRAINED BACK Y

SUPERVISOR WAS MOVING LADER WHILE CARRYING LADDER HE SLIPPED & FELL ON PLASTIC LINER.

EMPL WAS STANDING ON CROSSMEMBER BEHIND TIRE ON 824 RUBBER TIRE DOZER SERVICING WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF & LANDED ON TAILBONE.

HE WAS UNLOADING TRASH BARRELS AT THE GARBAGE PTIT BY THE MILL. THE BARREL CAME OGG THE HOOKS AND STRUCK HIM IN THE BASCK AS HE TRIED TO RUN AWAY. HE GOT UP AND PUSHED THE BARREL OFF UP THE HILL. AT THE SHOP HE WAS LOOKED OVER AND TRANSPORTED BY SOMEONE TO THE OFFICE.

WHILE CHECKING FOR LIVE BLAST HOLE,MINING FACE WALL CAVED IN ON EMPLOYEE.

WHILE CHECKING FOR LIVE BLAST HOLE,MINING FACE WALL CAVED IN ON EMPLOYEE.

I,NAME WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO TOP OF CRUSHER PLATFORM WITH AJUSTING PUMP IN RIGHT HAND. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO SWING PUMP ONTO PLATFORM HE LOST GRIP ON LADDER AND FELL BACK AND DOWN APPROX. TEN FEET TO THE GROUND. LANDED ON LEFT ELBOW. BROKE ELBOW.

REPLACING STARTER ON IGNERSOLL RAND DRILL, A SMALL PIECE OF COPPER LODGED INTO RIGHT INDEX FINGER. FINGER, HAND, AND ARM HAD SWOLLEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULVERIZING ORE SAMPLES. HE LIFTED THE LID TO CLEAN OUT THE SAMPLE. THE LID SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND DROPPED ON HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER. THE FINGER WAS SMASHED BETWEEN THE LID A ND PULVERIZER FRAME CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION REQUIRING TWO STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WS INSTALLING A PIPE & HOSE IN AN OVERHEAD POSITION WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

MOVING SPLITTER BOX MAUALLY LEFT HAND FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN SPLITTER BOX & SUPPORT FRAME

BROKE LEFT THUMB WITH AHMMER WHILE INSTALLING BALL JOINTS ON DRIVELINE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING TORQUE ON BOLTS WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOME ICE AND SLIPPED FALLING FROM ONE LEVEL OF DECKING TO THE NEXT APPROX 5FEET.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING A TORCH HOSE WHEN THE WIND AND BLOWING SNOW CAME UP AND EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACK ONTO A PIECE OF INSULATING TIN AND SLIPPED, HITTING HIS SIDE O A HAND RAIL.

THE INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE MUCK WHICH HAD STUCK INSIDE OF A FEED CHUTE.HE WAS USING A BAR REACHING IN THE CHUTE DOOR AND CONTACTED THE SIDE OF THE CHUTE WHICH SMASHED HIS LEFT LITTLE F INGER.

STANDING AT EDGE OF HOPPER LOST FT FELL BACK TO HOPPER RAMP LANDED ON FT BUT INJ BACK.

SLIPPED OFF THE SPLITTER BOX AND FELL ON HIS BACK ON THE BELT COVER

VICTIM OUR EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A DRAINAGE DITCH WITH HIS BACK TURNED WHEN A FORKLIFT CAME AROUND CORNER AT AN ACCELERATED RATE OF SPEED KNOCKING THEVICTIM TO THE GROUND & PINNING HIS FE ET UNDER THE LEFT TIRE ON DRIVERS SIDE BEFORE IT COULD STOP FORKLIFT & OPERATOR WERE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A SUBCONTRACTOR UNRELATED TO TIC IN ANYWAY

DRIVER HAULING WASTE-ROCKS ON PIT ENTRANCE ROAD,MOTORGRADER BUSY SO HE GOT OUT OF TRUCK & MOVED THEM HIMSELF STRAINING LOWER BACK.

FILLING LOADER SLIPPED ON MUD & ICE,FELL AND HIT KNEE ON 3'' ROCK.

DRILLER & FOREMAN PUTTING HAMMER ON DRILL PIPE WHEN THREADS CROSSED,HAMMER SPUN OFF PINCHING DRILLERS HAND BETWEEN HAMMER BARREL AND PULL-DOWN CHAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS RIGGING SOME GRATING WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE ICE.

WHILE DRIVING TRUCK WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY SO HE TRIED TO FLIP ICE FROM THEM WHEN HE DID HE SLIPPED AND POKED HIMSELF IN THE RT EYE WITH WIPER WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES A ND WIPER CAME UP UNDER GLASSES

ROLLED TRUCK ON ITS SIDE PULLED ALONG SIDE OF HIGHWALL TRIED TO PULL AWAY & COULDNT STEER AWAY FROM WALL

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A PURLIN (LIGHT GAUGE STEEL) WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP AND ROLLED AND CUT HIS WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN AN INCLINE & TWISTED HIS ANKLE (PREVIOUSLY THIS ANKLE HAS BEEN INJURED BEFORE)

I. NAME ATTEMPTED TO LIFT AN EMPTY 55 GALLON BARREL UP OVER THE SIDE OF A PICK-UP TRUCK. THE BARREL WAS TOO MUCH FOR ONE MAN TO HANDLE AND I.NAME SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL AND THE BED OF THE TRUCK.

LOADING GARDNER DENVEWR DRILL ON TILT TRAILER PREPARING TO MOVE IT FROM MAC RIDGE TO NORTH SAMMY CREEK PIT WHEN HE WAS GOING TO JUMP OFF OF TRAILER LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL APPROX. 6' LANDIN ING ON ROCKY BERM ON SIDE OF HAULROAD

WHILE DUMPING OVER BANK INTO STOCKPILE, STOCKPULE HAD BEEN UNDERCUT BY LOADER FROM BOTTOM BERM HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED. IT APPEARED FROM TOP OF PILE THAT BERM WAS SAFE. AS TRUCK APPROACHED BER M, BERM GAVE WAY SLOWLY ENOUGH FROM DRIVER TO EXIT TRUCK.

INSTALLED ROTATION PUMP PUMP SLIPPED AND SMASHED FINGER.

DRILLER WAS SETTING TABLE BUSHING ON DRILL AND PUT THUMB IN PINCH POINT

I NAMES PICKUP WAS SIDESWIPED BY PERSONAL BECHICLE ON BLIND CORNER

REMOVING DRILL STEEL AND WRENCH SLIPPED.

D8L CAT DOZER BACKED UP ON CUT SIDE OF ROAD WITH LEFT CRAWLER SO HIGH THAT MACHINE BECAME UNSTALE & LAYED OVERF ON ITS RIGHT SIDE ON ROAD WAY

RAISED TABLE BU8HING UP DRILL STEEL AND SECURED WITH WINCH LINE.CABLE SLIPPED ALLOWING BUSHING TO SLIDE DOWN STEEL AND PINCH FINGER.

BUCKET CAUGHT U3EXPLODED CAP AND #1 CAST BOOSTER IN THE SUBGRADE AND SUBSEQUENTLY DETONATED.

REMOVING TIRE A3D SLIPPED IN GRAVEL.

DIRT EMBANKMENT312 FEET HIGH WITH LOOSE DIRT AND ROCKS DRIVER WAS WALKING DOWN EMBANKMENT FROM HIS TRUCK TO FUEL PUMP. SLIPPED AND FELL ON LOOSE DIRT AND ROCKS, TWISTING LEFT LEG UNDERNEATH H IM. AND ROLLING3DOWN EMBANKEMNT AGAINST FUEL TANK.

INSECT BITE NEA9 EYE.

DISMOUNTING FRO4 HITACHI SHOVEL,SLIPPED ON GREASE.

DOOR OPEN FOR A3R CIRCULATION DOOR LATCH NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND CLOSED ON OPERATORS GLOVED HAND

DRILLER LEFT DR3LL TO CALL A MECHANIC. WHILE WALKING OUT OF THE PIT HE WALKED B A WORKING DOZER. AS HE PASSED A HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE AND SPRAYED HIM IN THE FACE WITH HYDRAULIC OIL.