Mary Drinkwater Open Pit Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AS ORE CONTROL. CAUGHT A RIDE WITH THE HAUL PAK DRIVER TO GO TO LUNCH. EMPLOYEE WAS IN JUMP SEAT BUT DID NOT HAVE HIS SEAT BELT FASTENED. DRIVER MISJUDGED AVAILABLE ROOM O N HAUL ROAD WHEN A LOADER WAS TRAVELING ON SAME ROAD BUT OPPOSITE DIRECTION. OPERATOR ERROR CAUSED THE HAUL TRUCK DRIVER TO REACT BY PUTTING IN REV. TO ASSIST DECELERATION, TURNING OVER TRUCK

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HAUL PAK. WHEN DESCENDING ON HAUL RD. THE OEPRATOR MISJUDGED AVAILABLE ROOM ON HAUL RD. WHEN A LOADER WAS TRAVELING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. OPERATOR ATTEMTPING TO SLOW DO WN PUT TRUCK IN REV. TO ASSIST IN DECEL. (TRCK WAS ONLY MOVING APPROX. 3 MPH THEN). ENGINE DIED AS A CONSEDUENE OPER. LOST STEERING THEN CONTROL OF TRUCK. TRUCK VIERED TO LEFT AND OVERTURNED.

MAX 45 PDI SAND LINE (BULL HOSE) HOOKED ON DRILL DECK AND PULLED APART A TEMPORARY SPLICE THAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED THE AFTERNOON PRIOR.THE WHIPCHECK THAT HAD ALSO BEEN INSTALLED HELD THE 2 ENDS BUT AS A UNIT THE HOSE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE CAB SIDE WINDOW AND BROKE IT INWARD TOWARD THE OPERATOR.EITHER THE AIR FORCE OF THE HOSE KNOCKED THE OPERATOR OFF THE SEAT INTO THE FLOOR.

EMPL CHANGING A TIRE ON A HAUL TRUCK.USED AN AIR WRENCH TO TIGHTEN LUG NUTS.THE EXHAUST AIR OF THE WRENCH BLEW DIRT,DUST AND POSSIBLY LOOSE PAINT ABOUT FACE.A FOREIGN PARTICLE BLEW INTO LEFT E YE.EMPL WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME OF INJURY.REPORTED ON 2-25-92 SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 2-26-92.

EMPL REPAIRING A TRUCK TIRE.WHILE USING HAMMER & WEDGES TO SEPARATE WHEEL RING,THE HEAD OF HAMMER FLEW OFF THE HANDLE AND HIT MIDDLE FINGER WHICH WAS ON THE EDGE OF WHEEL RESULTING IN AN IMPAC T CRUSHING INJURY.THIS IMPACT FRACTURED MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND IT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.