Storm Exploration Decline Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was energizing an airline, he turned on the wrong valve and that airline whipped off the hooks and hit him in the left lower leg causing a tib-fib fracture.

Miner was in process of cleaning shotecrete sprayer; when he released the quick-vic, material under pressure struck miner in face. Miner sustained corneal burn to right eye.

There was an electrical fire that our tractor #4419 caught on fire. Nobody was injured.

Lost control of service truck and jumped from truck.

Scraping sill with loader when the corner of the bucket caught and the employee hit his face on a bar in cab.

Fueling small pump engine. Gasoline spilled on hot exhaust, flaring up and burning employee. Blistered hands, reddened neck and face. Eyes okay, wearing safety glasses.

Was moving oxygen cylinders to a cylinder rack in the underground shop when a cylinder fell over and he tried to stop the fall and pinched his finger between the cylinder and the rack. Cut finger received 7 sutures.

Normal working conditions must of twisted knee while taking off tires. also dropped 6" socket on knee post accident drug test taken 12-21-04 results pending.

EE WAS REMOVING SOME WIRE THAT WAS STUCK ON THE FORKS OF THE FORKLIFT. WHEN THE FORK CAME FREE, IT PINCHED EE LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE FORK AND THE BACK BOARD OF THE FORK LIFT.

EE WAS DRILLING FOR ROCKBOLTS AND HANGER BRACKETS. THEY WERE IN FULL BODT HARNESS, TIED OFF INSIDE A MAN BASKET, LIFTED BY A FORKLIFT. WHILE COLLARING HOLE, THE JACKLEG BUCKLED AND KICKED BACK PUSHING HIM TO THE SIDE HITTING HIM IN THE FACE. HE HAD NO BROKEN BONES BUT DID HAVE 2 STITCHESAND A SWOLLEN FACE. HE WAS KEPT IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.

THE EE WAS ROCK BOLTING STANDING ON MUCK PILE OFUNEVEN MATERIAL. HE STEPPED BACK TO PULL THE BOLTER OUT OF THE HOLE ONTO A ROCK & TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE REPORTED THE INJURY TO HIS SUPERVIS OR BUT DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 1/17/01. HE RECD A FULL DUTY RELEASE TO RETURN TO WORK WE WERE UNAWARE HE WAS CONTINUING TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HIS KNEE UNTIL WE WERE NOTIFIED ON 5/4/01 BY WORKE

EE WAS PULLING ELECTRICAL CABLE AROUND A STEEL COLUMN. HIS THUMB WAS CUT BY A SHARP EDGE ON THE COLUMN.

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING AND THE 6' STEEL BROKE(SHANKED) AND CAME OUT OF THE HOLE AND HIT HIM ON THERIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE, TEMPLE AREA AND FOREHEADHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO E.R. AND RECEIVED TWENTY-T WO SUTURES.

THE EE WAS LEAVING THE 1290 STATION AND AS HE WALKED THROUGHT THE STATION GATE A LOAD OF HARD ROCK WAS BEING POURED ONTO THE GRIZZLY APPROX. 15 FEET IN FRONT OF THE STATION GATE. HE HAD REMOVE D HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO CLEAN THEM AND A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW OUT OF THE GRIZZLY STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE AND PENETRATING THE ANTERIOR CHAMBER.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TIMBERS AND BUMPED HIS HIP AND NECK ON UNDERSIDE OF GALLOWAY SPEARS. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS ACCIDENT TO EMPLOYER UNTIL 6/17/98 AND IT BECAME REPORTABLE.

THE EE WAS INSTALLING A WING DECK ON THE SCISSOR LIFT, THE DECK WAS PROPERLY SECURED, THE WING EXTENSION SWUNG OUT AND STRUCK THE EE ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD.

EE WAS MOVING A NEW BRAKE SYSTEM FOR THE HOIST ON A CART WHEN THE HANDLES ON THE CART BROKE AND THE BRAKE BLOCK FELL AND HIT HIS ANKLE CAUSING IT TO BREAK.

EE WAS ROCKBOLTING WHEN AIR GOOSENECK BROKE AND AIRHOSE CAME AROUND AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH, CHIPPING HIS TOOTH.

EE HAD HIS HAND ON DRILL STEEL WHEN THE MIDDLE SECTION OF STEEL CAME LOOSE AND DROPPED DOWN ON HIS HAND,SMASHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE TWO STEEL RETAINERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A NOTCH IN AN ANGLE BRACKETWHEN A PIECE OF SLAG BOUNCED OFF SIDE OF BUCK AND INTO HIS EYE.

EE WAS MOVING STEEL. AS HE WAS ROLLING ONE PIECE OF STEEL OFF OF ANOTHER, HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES, CUTTING FINGER.

INJURED WAS WORKING IN TIGHT QUARTERS WHILE WELDING A BRACKET INTO POSITION. AS HE WAS MANUEVERING HE INADVERTENTLY STRUCK AN ARC WHEN HIS HELMET WAS IN THE UP POSITION. TEH ARC OCCURED NEAR H IS LEFT EYE.