Crow Butte Mine Metal/Non-Metal

EE was done probing a hole. He was putting the probe back into the truck and when he turned with the probe in his hand he felt a pulling sensation in his upper back.

About 9 hours after cutting a piece of steel with a plasma cutter he tipped his hardhat and a piece of steel, about the size of a grain of salt, fell into his eye. He tried to irrigate with lots of water. It would not come out. He went to the clinic and they removed it. They gave him a prescription for possible infection on 9-15-2004. No permenant damage was done.

EE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO LOOSEN A PIPE FITTING. AS HE PUSHED DOWN ON THE WRENCH WITH HIS RIGHT ARM HE FELT A POP IN HIS RIB CAGE ONT HE RIGHT SIDE.

THE CONTRACTOR VICTIM WAS CLIMBING DOWN AN A-FRAME LADDER WHEN THE FRONT LEFT LEG BEGAN TO MOVE.THE VICTIM COULD NOT REGAIN THE LADDERS BALANCE AND FELL 5' TO THE FLOOR WITH THE LADDER. THE REASON THE LADDER BECAME UNSTABLE IS UNKNOWN.

REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS OF 26.7 DB IN THE RIGHT EAR. PHYSICIAN UNWILLING TO STATE IF HEARING LOSS IS WORK-RELATED. NOISE MONITORING OF EMPLOYEE REVEALED THAT HIS NOISE DOSE IS 6.07% OF THE 90 DBA TWAS. NO OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE SAME POSITION HAVE DEMONSTRATED A SIGNIFICANT HEARING LOSS DUE TO WORK CONDITIONS.

EE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER OFF OF A CEMENT TRUCK. EE STOPPED HIS FALL BY PLACING ELBOW ON RUNG. THIS ACTION STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.

EE INJURED HIS FINGER WHILE STRAIGHTENING DRILL PIPE IN RACK. HE SMASHED HIS MIDDLE FINGER BUT DID NOT GO TO HAVE IT CHECKED UNTIL 7/27/02. THEY TOLD HIM THAT A BONE WAS CRACKED BUT COULD DO NOTHING TO HELP IT.

EE WAS PERFORM,ING MAINTENANCE ON RIG; THE KELLY WAS ROTATED TO TIGHTEN. THE EE'S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PIPE WRENCH AND THE DERRICK LEG.

EE WAS CONNECTING A 3" WATER HOSE WITH A CAM AND GROOVE COUPLER TO A TRUCK CONNECTION. THE CAME WAS DIFFICULT TO CLOSE, SO THE EE ATTEMPTED TO POSITION HOSE WITH BODY. THIS EFFORT APPARENTLY R ESULTED IN A LOWER BACK STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON DRILL RIG DRAW WORKS GEAR BOX. ANOTHER EMPLOYYEE THOUGHT WORK WAS COMPLETE AND RELEASED THE BRAKE ON THE DRUM. CABLE END CUT RIGHT WRIST, REQUIRING FOUR SUTURES.

CARRYING HEAVY OBJECT ON UNEVEN GROUND, HE STUMBLED ON HOLE AND OBJECT STRUCK HIS RIGHT CALF; 1"GASH REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.

WAS LIFTING A PUMP JACK INTO A TRUCK WHEN THE ARMS OF THE JACK SHIFTED, PINCHING THE LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST THE PUMP CASING. CAUSED A CUT TO BE THE FINGER REQUIRING THREE STITCHES.

EE WAS STRIPPING HEAT SHRINK TUBING OFF OF SUBMERSIBLE PUMP WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN HE CUT THE THUMB AND PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND. THE PALM REQUIRED THREE STITCHES.

LIFTED AN ELECTRICAL PANEL ONTO SAWHORSE. INJURY HAPPENED ON 1-13-97, BUT EMPLOYEE DIDN'T NOTIFY EMPLOYER UNTIL AFTER GOING TO THE DR ON 1-17-97 TO VERIFY INJURY.

WHILE CASING A WELL, THE EE PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CASING & THE ELEVATOR HOLDING THE CASING. WHEN THE DRILLER LIFTED THE CASING, THE EE'S HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CASING & THE ELEVATO R.

WHILE MOVING A PIECE OF WELDED OXYGEN PIPELINE INTO THE WELLHOUSE FOR INSTALLATION, THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACKWARDS AND FELL THROUGH AN OPEN TRAP DOOR IN THE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYE EFELL APPRXO 6' TO THE FLOOR OF THE WELLHOUSE BASEMENT. HE RECEIVED ONE BROKEN RIB AND PULLED MUSCLES, TENDONS, AND LIGAMENTS.

CASING A WELL WHEN PIPE HUNG UP ON A CENTRALIZER AND STOPPED. PIPE WAS FORCED FREE AND FELL SEVERAL FEET. RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND GOT BETWEEN PIPE COUPLING AND ELEVATOR, SMASHING AND BREAKIN G THE FINGER.

HELPER WAS TAKING WRENCH OFF KELLY BAR. HE WAS HIT IN THE CHEST WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE KELLY BAR HAD TORQUE AND THE WRENCH SPUN BACK AND STRUCK EE IN THE CHEST. ON E CRACKED RIB.

EE IS UNSURE OF WHAT CAUSED THE INJURY BYT THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE WORK RELATED.

DRILLER WAS TRYING TO BREAK CIRCULATION ON WELL CASING PLASTIC COUPLING BLEW OFF GETTING DRILLING MUD (WATER & BENTONITE) IN EMPLOYEES EYES

WHILE SHOVELING DRY CEMENT OFF OF THE GROUND & INTO A FRONT END LOADER BUCKET, EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN UNDETERMINED QUANTITY OF CEMENT IN HIS FACE. THIS RESULTED IN CEMENT GETTILNG INTO HIS EYES. EMPLOYEE'S SAFETY GLASSES HAD BEEN COVERED WITHCEMENT PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT & HE REMOVED THEM BECAUSE THEY LIMITED HIS VISIBILITY.

EE WAS HAMMERING ON COUPLING ON CEMENTING UNIT WHILE CEMENTING A DRILL HOLE. A METAL FLAKE FLEW IN TO HIS EYE AND BECAME EMBEDDED.

EMPLOYEE SMASHED ELBOW INTO EDGE OF STEEL SUPPORT BEAM WHILE WASHING DOWN FLOOR OF DRER ROOM. EMPLOYEE COULD NOT REMEMBER EXACT DATE OF ACCIDENT. ABOVE DATE IF DATE OF FIRST DR APPOINTMENT. SURGER IS SCHEDLED FOR 11-17-94. INJURY CAUSED SAC AROUND ELBOW TO CALCIFY.

WHILE PULLING WIRE FROM A 4 FT DIAMETER SPOOL, EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN ON UNEVEN GROUND AND TWISTED HIS KNEE, CAUSIGN KNEE TO POP LOUDLY AND ALSO CAUSING MUCH PAIN. EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FORWARD WITH THE END OF HT WIRE OVER HIS SHOULDER. EXTENT FO DAMAGE IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. EMPLOYEE HAS FUTURE DR APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED

WHILE UNLOADING A COMPUTER FROM THE BACK OF A VEHICLE THE EMPLOYEES FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH A BLADE OF A NONRETRACTABLE UTILITY KNIFE THE FINGER WAS CUT & REQUIRED SEVEN STITCHES

WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE THE CONTROL ROOM DOOR WHICH HAD BLOWN OPEN DURING HIGH WINDS THE DOOR SLIPPED OUT OF THE EMPLOYEES HAND & SMASHED SHUT ON HIS FINGER THE FINGER WAS CUT OPEN

WELL WAS BEING CASED WHEN LATCH PIN ON HOISTING ELEVATORS CAUGHT ON DERRICK AND PIN WAS JERKED OUT. PIPE FELL AND HIT THE MAN ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD DRIVING HIS TOOTH ONTO A PIECE OF CASING T HAT WAS LYING ON THE CASING TRAILER.

WHILE ADDING A JOINT OF DRILL STEM, STEM WAS SUSPENDED ON CABLE AND SECURED IN PIPE KEEPER. KELLY BAR WAS BEING RAISED AND SHEAVE BLOCK ON CABLE GOT HOOKED ON TOP OF KELLY AND WAS LIFTED OUT OF KEEPER. MAN HAD HIS HAND ON KELLY BUSHING TOGUIDE IT AND STEM THEN JARRED LOOSE FROM KELLY CROSSHEAD AND DROPPED ON THE MAN'S RIGHT RING FINGER. FINGER WAS BROKEN AND NEARLY SEVERED.

EMPLOYEE WAS LATCHING OPEN AN OUTSIDE DOOR WHILE SUPERVISING THE UNLOADING OF A TRUCKLOAD OF BULK SALT. WHILE LATCHING OPERN THE DOOR A SHEET OF ICE ON THE ROOF CAME LOOSE AND SLID DOWN THE SL OPE OF THE ROOF. THE ICE STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE AND KNOCKED HIM UNCONSCIOUS FOR APPROX. 30 SECONDS. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED CONCUSSION OF THE HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS WRITING HIS NAME ON BUILDING WHEN HE APPARENTLY KNOCKING HIMSELF UNCONSCIOUS. EMPLOYEE FELL 10' INTO TANK AND WASN'T DISCOVERED UNTIL 9:38 AM. EMPLOYEE WAS UNCONSCIOUS FROM APPROX . 7:00 AM UNTIL 8:05 AM. NO LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON AT THE TIME OF FALL.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS FITTING UP 12" PIPE WHEN PLANK HE WAS STANDING ON GAVE WAY.WITNESSES TESTIFIED THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF CRACKING ETC. WHEN PLANK BROKE.EMPLOYEE INJURED HIP AND LEG WHEN

TRYING TO PULL A HONDA GENERATOR. IT WAS COLD REFUSED TO START. STRAINED BACK DRUING NUMEROUS TRIES. SOUGHT CHIRO ATTENTION ON 11-21-89 MED ATTENTION ON 11-27-89 WHEN PRESCRIPT AND PHY THERAPY NOT COMP 11-27-89.

MINE OPERATOR WAS PAINTING STEEL BUMPED ELBOW CRAZYBONE. DIDN'T SEEK MEDICAL OBSERVATION UNTIL 7/13/89 WHEN XRAY MEDICAL CONSULTATION & PRESCRIPTION WERE ISSUED.

MINE OPERATOR WAS SITTING IN CONTROL ROOM WHEN HE RECEIVED APPARENT INSECT BITE ON NECK. BLACK WIDOW SPIDER HAD BEEN SEEN IN CONTROL ROOM EARLIER DURING SHIFT & IT IS ASSUMED THIS IS WHAT C AUSED BITE. SEVERAL HOURS LATER EMPL. EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT IN FEET & OTHER JOINTS. CREW WAS SNOWED IN AT MINE FOR ABOUT 45 HRS. TELE. CONSULTATION WITH DR. & FIRST AID ONLY ACTION TAKEN.