Open Pit & Continental Surf Comp Metal/Non-Metal

An employee sustained a laceration to his right forearm while cutting the top off of an oil can so that it could be drained.

EE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH ON A BOLT ON ONE SIDE OF A FLOAT BRACKET, OTHER EE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRACKET. OTHER EE PULLED TO TRY TO LOOSEN THE BOLT, WHEN IT PULLED HIS WRENCH AROUND, PINCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE BRACKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SYMONS FORMS WHEN ONE SLID INTO ANOTHER SMASHING HIS RIGHT RING FINGER IN BETWEEN.

AREA IS VERY ROCKY. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON PLYWOOD TO HOLD IT DOWN WHILE HE REMOVED NAILS FROM IT. THE PLYWOOD SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND. EE DID NOT FEEL IT NECESSARY TO GO TO THE DOCTOR WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AND DID NOT REQUEST TO GO UNTIL 1/2/02.

TWO WOODEN FRAMED STRUCTURES BURNED TO THE GROUND. CORE WAS STORED IN THE LARGER BUILDING(24'X60'), AND STRAW IN THE SECOND (20'X20'). THE FIRE STARTED AROUND 3:55PM AND WAS CONTAINED BY 5:00P M.

THE EE WAS WELDING STAINLES CLIPS ON A SKIRT BOARD OF A CONVEYOR FOR 6 HRS. LATER HE BEGAN TO FEEL SICK TO HIS STOMACH

EE CLIMBED DOWN THE LADDER OF THE 992D LOADER, SET HIS LUNCH PAIL DOWN AND WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP, HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT.

AFTER OPENING HEATER VALVES ON THE 980 LOADER, THE EE WAS CLIMBING OFF AND INSTEAD OF TAKING THE LAST STEP DOWN, HE HOPPED OFF OF THE BOARDING LADDER AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

INSTALLING CAMSHAFT INTO A CAT 3516 ENGINE WHILE IN FRAME USING HOIST ON TRUCK. I WAS STANDING IN ONE POSITION FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME LEANING OVER TORQUE CONVERTER. NOTICED THE NEXT COUPLE O F DAYS BAK (LOWER, LEFT HIP HURTING.

EE PICKED UP A ROCK HAMMER IN FRONT OF THE PIT SUPERVISORS TRAILER AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

EE STATES HE WAS HOLDING HAMMER BIT WHILE IT WAS BEING UNSCREWED FROM THE HAMMER BARREL, WHEN IT CAME LOOSE THE BIT DROPPED SMASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TABLE AND THE BIT.

EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED WITH ORE, WHEN A LARGE BOULDER DROPPED FROM THE DIPPER AND HITTHE DOVETAIL OF THE BED, JARRING THE EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 50 TON TRUCK ON THE 6500 LEVEL AND HIT A WET SPOT ON THE HAULAGE ROAD. SHE LOST CONTROL AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT.

RESIDUAL WATER LINE PRESSURE PUSHED A FILTER CANNISTER DOWN WHILE EE WAS CHANGING DOMESTIC WATER FILTER.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER ON THE SERVICE TRUCK. EE SLIPPED ON THE LADDER. STRIKING LEFT HAND ON THE LADDER.

EE AND CO-WORKER WERE INSTALLING A TOOTH ON THE 992CLOADER. THEY SLID THE TOOTH ON AND PUT THE PIN (KEY) IN PLACE. CO-WORKER SWUNG AT THE PIN WITH A 16# SLEDGEHAMMER, MISSING PIN AND STRIKING OTHER EE'S 5TH RING FINGER. HIS FINGER WAS SUTURED AND A SPLINT PLACED ON FINGER. HE REMAINS ON MODIFIED DUTY.

EE WAS GRINDING AND WEARING A FACE SHIELD. HE STOPPED GRINDING RAISED THE FACE SHIELD AND DUST BUILD-UP FELL INTO RIGHT EYE. DR REMOVED PARTICLE FROM EYE AND PATCHED EYE FOR ONE DAY.

WHILE DOING A STAKE-OUT SHOT, THE EE STEPPED UP ON A MUCK PILE AND SPRAINED HER KNEE. HER KNEE SNAPPED WHILE GETTING ON TOP OF THE MUCK PILE. REMAINS ON MODIFIED DUTY PER HER PHYSICIAN.

EE WAS ROLLING A GEAR OUT OF THE SHOP WHEN THE GEAR LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE. PHYSICIAN PLACED HIM ON MODIFIED DUTY.

EE WOKE UP ON 12/16/97 WITH SEVER PAIN IN RIGHT ARM. SHE WENT TO THE ER & WAS GIVEN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY & PAIN MEDICATION. SHE HAS BEEN IN PAIN SINCE & AFTER EXTENSIVE TESTING FOR A DIAGNOSIS, H ER PHYSICIAN DETERMINED THIS IS A JOB RELATED CASE AS OF 2/12/98, AS WELL AS A WORKMEN'S COMP CASE. SHE REMAINS ON MODIFIED DUTY UNTIL RELEASED BY; HER PHYSICIAN.

EE WAS PULLING BELLY PAN OFF CATERPILLER D-8K DOZER. HE WAS PULLING PAN OUT OF WAY SIDE TO SIDE AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN PAN AND TRACK OF DOZER. REQUIRED 6 STITCHES.

WHILE WALKING FROM OFFICE TOWARD COMPANY PICKUP TRUCK DURING A RAINS STORM, EE JUMPED OVER A PUDDLE OF WATER, SLIPPED AND FELL, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE AND HAND.

WHILE WORKING IN THE #2 MILL, RELINING THE PEEBLE MILL. WHILE HANDING A MILL LINER TO THE EMPLOYEE THE LINER SLIPPED AND HIT JACKS RIGHT KNEE. WE ARE WAITING FOR HIM TO GO SEE A DOCTOR IN LAS CRUCES. TO FIND OUT WHAT WILL BE DONE TO HIS KNE

WHILE REMOVING A BROKEN INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB WITH AN EXTRACTOR, EMPLOYEE LOOKED UP TO POSITION THE TOOL IN THE LAMP BASE AND A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE.

REMOVING COVER PLATE ON HOSE ON BACK OF SHOVEL BUCKET TO INSTALL NEW METAL HYDRAULIC TUBE HAD SAFETY BARS IN HOLES TO REMOVE BOLTS. STARTED REMOVING SAFETY BAR TO REMOVE PLATE AND PLATES SLIP

HE WAS HANDING OUT RUBBER LIFTERS THROUGH PEBBLE MILL DOOR TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRIP, DROPPING THE LIFTER DOWN ON HIM. THE LIFTER HIT INJURED ON RIGHT SHOULDER AND CAUSED HIM TO BUCKLE ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

CONDITIONS WERE RAINY. R 7 I RIGHT HAND STEERING CLUTCH AND BRAKE.

EE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER & SLIPPED FROM 3RD STEP & FELL ON GROUND

EE WAS HITTING A BOLT AT THE CASCADE MILL WITHA SLEDGE HAMMER. HE MISSED THE BOLT AND HIT A SURROUNDING BOLT AND HIT A USRROUNDING BOLT WITH HIS FINGER.

EE WAS GETTING OFF THE TRUCK CAT 777 DURING LUNCH BREAK AND LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE LADDER AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING AN EXTENSION LADDER WHILE CHECKING #2 MILL FLOTATION BAY CRANE. THE LADDER BASE WAS BUTTED AGAINST A MOTOR. TO AVOID STEPPING ON THE MOTOR, HE STEPPED DOWN AND TO HIS R IGHT, FROM THE 3RD RUNG TO THE FLOOR. AS HE TOUCHED THE FLOOR HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS BENDING OVER PULLING A 30 HP MOTOR TO THE REAR OF A FLATBED PICKUP. WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP, HE FELT A PULL IN HIS NECK.

EE WAS RELINING PEBBLEMILL. ANOTHER CREW WAS WORKING 12-14FT OVERHEAD & WORKER PUT DOWN 10# HAMMER. HAMMER SLID DOWN THE MILL & LANDED & STRUCK EE ON HIS LEFT HAND

EE WAS REPLACING AN MT-40 STARTER FROM SERVICE TRUCK. HE HAD REMOVED MOUNTING BOLTS & WAS LOWERING STARTER WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS & CAME DOWN & TRAPPED HIS ARM BETWEEN THE GROUND & S TARTER.

WHILE WORKING ON SKIP SAFETY DOGS, EE WAS COMPRESSING A SPRING INTO PLACE TO FIT IT IN. THE SPRING CAME OUT OF ITS SOCKET & HIT HIM ON RIGHT THUMB. NO LOST TIME. WILL REMAN ON MODIFIED DUTY UN TIL RELEASED BY PHYSICIAN.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF RIGGING FROM AN ELEVATED BEAM. WHEN HE PULLED THE RIGGING DOWN, DEBRIS FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

WHILE FREEING A BRIDGE HANG UP IN THE PAN FEEDER AT THE PIT CRUSHER, EE WAS USING A DOUBLE JACK TO BREAK A BOULDER. A ROCK FELL, LANDING ON HIS FOOT RIGHT AND BREAKING THE BONES IN THE METATAR SUS.

EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE LINING UP SHAFT WITH HOLE, CLAMP FROM PIPE CAME LOOSE STRIKING RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TWO CLAMPS. SUSTAINED CONTUSION AND CRACK TO KNUCKLE.

THE EMPLOYEE WS HAMMERING A KAY OUT OF A SHAFT AND STRUCK HIS KNEE WITH THE HAMMER HE WAS USING.

WHILE DRIVING THE SECURITY TRUCK [UNIT #25] THROUGH THE CREEK ON MILL. #1 ROAD AT 15-20 MPH, VEHICLE WHEELS [LEFT FRONT & REAR] STRUCK BUMP IN ROAD. EE STRUCK HEAD WITH HARD HAT ON ROOF OF VEH

AFTER UNLOADING ONE LOAD [ONE DRUM] THE EE WAS RETURNING TO PICK UP ANOTHER OIL DRUM. THE FORKS WERE IN 1/2 HIGH POSITION AS HE APPROACHED THE BARREL AREA. EE STARTED LOWERING THE BOOM. EE'S F OOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOOM & THE FRAME OF THE MUSTANG. [EE HAS HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE BOOM FRAME.

ANOTHER EE WAS WORKING ABOVE EE LOOSENING BOLTS ON CASCADE AT MILL 2. THE AIR HOSE COUPLER TO THE IMPACT GUN BROKE AT THE BASE OF THE GUN. THE LIVE AIR HOSE SWUNG DOWN AND STRUCK EE ON THE SHO ULDER AS HE WAS REPAIRING A WATER DRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A VERTICAL PUMP AT MILL #2. THE PUMP WAS LAYING ON GROUND. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO STAND THE PUMP UP TO VERTICAL POSITION WITHTHE ASSISTANCE OF ANOTHER EMP. WHEN LIFTING THE PUMP UPRIGHT EMP CAUSED A STRAIN ON HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING SKIRTING MATERIAL WITH HIS LEFT HAND. WHILE CUTTING THE MATERIAL THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND LACERATED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND.

EE WAS CUTTING A BOARD WITH A CROSS CUT SAW, THEBOARD HAD A CABLE INSIDE OF IT. THE SAW CAUGHT THE CABLE & JERKED THE BLADE OF THE SAW INTO THE EE'S UPPER THIGH, CAUSING A LARGE AVULSION.

WHILE EE WAS CUTTING MATERIAL WITH HIS POCKET KNIFE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED THROUGH THE MATERIAL & CUT HIS INDEX FINGER.

WHILE REMOVING DRIVE LINE FROM TRUCK, FOREIGN MATERIAL ENTERED EYE.

INJURED & 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE UNPLUGGING CM CHUTE BECAUSED SEVERAL ROCKS WERE STUCK HIGH UP IN THE CHUTE HE WAS PRYING ON THEM WHEN THEY GAVE WAY & THE BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED BACK & STRUC K THE CORNER OF HIS GLASSES CAUSING A LACERATIONABOVE HIS EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING BY STOVE WHICH HAD A FIRE BURNING APPARENTLY THERE WAS GLASS IN THE STOVE & WHEN IT HEATED IT SHATTERED & MATERIAL PROPELLED THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR OF THE STOVE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE ABDOMEN

EMPLOYEE PARKED THE SECURITY TRUCK IN PARKING AREA & WAS WALKING TO GUARD SHACK. SHE STEPPED ON A ROCK WHICH CAUSED HER TO SLIP & WHEN SHE RECOVERED HER BALANCE, FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK.

EE & SUPERVISOR WERE UNLOADING A VALVE, IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND & PINNED HIS HAND AGAINST THETRUCK.

FELLOW EE HAD LIFTED THE CONVEYOR BELT IN ORDER TO CLEAN UNDER IT. WHEN THE COWORKER LET THE CONVEYOR BELT DOWN, IT SLIPPED AND HIT EE ON TOP OF HEAD. HE WAS WEARING HARD HAT.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK THE FLOCCULENT BARREL TO THE LAB TRUCK THE BARREL ROLLED FORWARD CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TONGUE & BUMPER OF THE TRUCK

EES WERE PUTTING A 5' SHAFT ONTO A PALLET; THE PALLET GAVE WAY AND STRUCK EE'S FOOT.

WHEN LIFTING MILL CASTING LINER, HE SLIPPED HIS HAND OVER CASTING SURFACE. THE SHARP EDGE CUT HIS FINGER.

EE WAS INSTALLING FLEX PLATE IN FLYWHEEL OF R50 EUCLID TRUCK. HE DROPPED A BOLT AND WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK IT UP THE FLEX PLATE FELL OUT AND STRUCK INJURED S HEAD.

EE WENT UP LADDER TO TIE TOP RUNG TO I BEAM. BEFORE GOING DOWN THE LADDER TO GET A SAFETY BELT AND TOOLS HE REACHED OVER AND PULLED SOME WIRES OUT OF CONDUIT FITTING. A HOT WIRE CAME IN CONTAC T WITH HIS HAND, SHOCKED HIM, AND KNOCKED HIM OFF THE LADDER.

INJURED WAS CARRYING A ROLL OF BELTING ON HIS SHOULDER TO THE 5 BELT HEAD PULLEY. STEPPED TOO CLOSE TO BELT AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROLL OF BELTING ON HIS SHOULDER AND THE SAFETY STOP CORD SUPPORTS.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON CONTAINER OF WATER. AS HE LIFTED, HE TURNED TO SET THE CONTAINER ON TOP OF COUNTER AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

INJURED PARKED EUCLID TRUCK, WAITING TO BE LOADED. LOADER OPERATOR FAILED TO OBSERVE TRUCK & BACKED LOADER INTO TRUCK. TRUCK DRIVER SHOULD NOT HAVE PARKED UNTIL LOADER OPERATOR INDICATED WHERE HE WANTED THE TRUCK PARKED.

TRUCK GOING UP RAMP TO TAILINGS DIKE GOT TO FAR TO THE RIGHT OF RAMP. RIGHT FRONT WHEEL GOT INTO BERM CAUSING TRUCK TO BE PULLED OFF RAMP, TIPPING ON ITS RIGHT SIDE VERTICAL HEIGHT 8 FEET.

A DEHECTINE CHECK VALVE CAUSED HYDROGEN PEROXIDE H2O2 TO SIPITON INTO THE PRESSURE PIPING OF THE DOWNHOLE PUMP. THE PEROXIDE REACTED WITH THE EMOLSION THAT HAS THE PROMOTER IN IT WHEN THE PERO XIDE REACTED IT WAS INSTANTANEOUS CAUSING OVER 300 PSI CAUSING THE HOSE TO BURST AND HIT THE REAR WINDOW BREARING IT CAUSING THE INJURY TO THE DRIVER.

WHILE RETURNING TO CAB OF DRILL, LOWELL PULLED DOOR CLOSED BEHIND HIM AND HIS HAND SLIPPED FROMHANDLE AND BECAME CAUGHT IN BETWEEN DOOR & FRAMECAUSING INJURY.

HELPING REMOVE TRANSMISSION FROM PICKUP TRUCK.