Main Melvin Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was operating a propane fueled forklift. The engine stopped. The employee thought the propane tank valve was closed. While attempting to unscrew the supply line, EE's left hand and fingers were burned by the cold propane release.

The employee slipped and fell off of a conveyor belt approximately 5 feet to a concrete floor.

Employee was helping to install a ladder that had a hinged section. When one of the bolts was removed the upper section hinged down knocking their hand into the side of the ladder and pinched their right thumb.

Driller was burned by a busted hyd hose when it shot fluid up onto the engine turbo burning his right check, right ear and top of his nose

Miner was closing door to control room; handle came off door as it was being shut. Miner grabbed edge of door to shut it; hand got stuck between door and jamb injuring right middle finger.

Miner was preparing to cut the inner race of a bearing off of an overflow catch pan on a rip-rap machine, when pressure inside of catch pan forced adjacent bearing off of catch pan housing striking miner in left side causing contusion. Miner was taken to medical facility for observation.

Miner was loading a portable water pump into the bed of his truck when it slipped out of his hand catching his right index finger between the pump and the tailgate. Two sutures required.

Miner was removing electrical insulation from electrical motor leads using a utility knife. The utility knife slipped and miner cut his left wrist resulting in 6 (six) stitches.

Miner was climbing ladder to cab of loader when he slipped, fell and hit his head.

WORKER WAS WALKING DOWN A SMALL BANK TO PLATFORM TO START A DE-WATERING PUMP. AS HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE PATH HE STEPPED ON A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS PROTRUDING AND TRIPPED, FRACTURING HIS LOWER LEG.

EE WAS USING 3/8" DRIVE IMPACT TO REMOVE BOLTS FROM GAS TANKS STRAPS FOR REMOVAL OF TANK. BOLT HE WAS LOOSENING WITH IMPACT WAS SLIPPING. HE THEN NEEDED A WRENCH TO HOLD THE BACK SIDE. HE PLACED OTHER HAND ON BACK SIDE OF BOLT TO FEEL WHAT SIZE NUT IT WAS. AS HE PLACED HIS FINGERS ON THE NUT HE ACCIDENTALLY TURNED ON THE AIR GUN SPINNING NUT CUTTING FINGER.

DRIVING HAUL TRUCK THROUGH TUNNEL. ANOTHER TRUCK COMING FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION. SECOND TRUCK FISHTAILED WHEN DRIVER HIT BRAKES, AND HIT LEFT CAB SIDE OF HAUL TRUCK.

DRIVING HAUL TRUCK THRU TUNNEL WITH BED RAISED & CRASHED TRUCK INTO TUNNEL OVERHEAD.

OPERATING HAUL TRUCK HE HIT A HOLE CAUSING TRUCKTO BOUNCE. THIS CAUSED A LOWER BACK PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN LEFT LEG. DOCTOR EXAM SHOWED A STRAINEDMUSCLE.

IN AN ATTEMPT TO UNPLUG THE NORTH CHUTE A LARGE CHUNK FO ROCK FELL FROM A SIDE HITTING THE DI-N-BAR, CAUSING THE BAR TO SLIP FROM HANDS AND HIT EE IN THE JAW. SUFFERED A BROKEN TOOTH ON LOWER RT. JAWLINE.