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WHILE REMOVING PIPING FROM PIPE RACK USING CABLE COME-A-LONG, CABLE BROKE RESULTINGIN INJURY DUE TO FALLING PIPING. ONEEMPLOYEE PSUHING PIPE OUT OF RACK AND ONE EMPLOYEE ON FLOOR PULLING ON F LANGED END OF PIPE. PIPING FELL AGAINST EMPLOYEE'S INSIDE RIGHT LEG CAUSIGN A FRACTURE, LIGAMENT DAMAGE AND MUSCLE DAMAGE.

CUTTING FLOORING IN THICKNER USING CHAINSAW SAW KICKED CAUSING CHAIN TO STRIKE THE L INSIDE INSTEP

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING DUTIES OF OPERATOR IN VANADIUM PRECIP. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE IRRITATION. IT IS ASSUMED EITHER VANADIUM DUST OR MIST WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

EMPL WAS SITTING ON CSTING WHEEL GEAR BOX WALKWAY TRYING TO ADJUST SPOUT BURNER. HE SLIPPED FALLING APPROX 2 1/2' TO CASTING WHEEL STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER ON DUST COLLECTOR & DISLOCATING SHOUL DER.

ERECTING A PROCESS TANK,HOISTING 8" I BEAM,6 FT LONG.I BEAM SWUNG BUMPING INJURED ON LEFT LOWER BACK.EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL EVALUATION UNTIL 08-16-90.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A FEED CHUTE ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE VANADIUM SECTION WHILE FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN UPPER LEVELS. CONTAMINATED WATER SPLASHED ONTO BACK OF CLOTHING AND CREA TED RASH ON BACK. FIRST VISIT TO DOCTOR 7-23-90.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A FILE TO DEBUR SHAFT MOUNTED IN METAL LATHE WHEN HE ALLOWED HIS LEFT ELBOW TO CONTACT THE ROTATING CHUCK.

EMPLOYEES WERE PREPARING 10 X 10' METAL TANK FOR RUBBER LINING BY APPLYING A COAT OF UNIROYAL C-193 PRIMER CEMENT TO THE TANK WALLS AND TOP, EMPLOYEES FAILED TO USE COPPUS BLOWER FOR VENTILATI ON AS INSTRUCTED AND THE ATMOSPHERE WAS NOT MONITORED FOR FLAMMABLE MIXTURES AS THE JOB PROGRESSED. THE RESULTING BUILD-UP OF FLAMMABLE VAPORS IGNITED. THE IGNITION SOURCE HAS NOT BEEN DEFINI

EMPLOYEES WERE PREPARING 10 X 10' METAL TANK FOR RUBBER LINING BY APPLYING A COAT OF UNIROYAL C-193 PRIMER CEMENT TO THE TANK WALLS AND TOP. EMPLOYEES FAILED TO USE COPPUS BLOWER FOR VENTILATI ON AS INSTRUCTED AND THE ATMOSPHERE WAS NOT MONITORED FOR FLAMMABLE MIXTURES AS THE JOB PROGRESSED. THE RESULTING BUILD-UP OF FLAMMABLE VAPORS IGNITED. THE IGNITION SOURCE HAS NOT BEEN DEFINI

EMPLOYEE "TURNED" ANKLE WHILE DESCENDING STANDARD STAIRWAY. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE STEPS WERE CLEAR OF LOOSE OBJECTS AND THERE WERE NO SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS, HE "JUST STEPPED WRONG".

EMPL USING COME-ALONG HOIST TO LOWER SUMP PUMP INTO SUMP.LIFTED HOIST AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN THE CHEST.

STANDING NEAR CASTING WHEEL SCRAPER BLADE BOUNCED OFF OF SOME FUSED MATERIAL STUCK TO WHEEL SURFACE. IT SPLATTERED SM POOL OF MOLTEN VANADIUM.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AFTER ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A PIECE OF ONE QUATER INCH PLATE ONTO WELDING TABLE. WHEN PAIN FAILED TO SUBSIDE MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS SOUGHT. LOW BACK STRAIN WAS DIAGNOSED.

CUTTING EXTRUSION WITH ROD KNIFE SLIPPED CUT LEG

EMPLOYEE (OILER) WAS AT THE CONTROLS OF A 637 CAT SCRAPER HELPING TO STRAIGHTEN A BEND LIP ON THE APRON, THE OPERATOR APPLIED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE ON A 6 X 8 X 127" PROP. THE WOODEN PROP FAILED , STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST AND ARM, FALLING ON LOWER RIGHT LEG. THE OPERATOR WAS INSTRUCTED TO RETRACT NO EXTEND THE CROWD.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRIPPING INSULATION FROM "TECH" ELECTRICAL CABLE AND KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT FINGER,RESULTING IN FOUR SUTURES ON END OF FINGER.

EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN PAIN IN LEFT GROIN AREA WHILE LIFTING FIVE GALLON PAIL (EQUIPPED WITH BAIL) CONTAINING ORE SLURRY SAMPLE (EST. 60 LBS. TOTAL WEIGHT). NO VERTICAL LIFTING INVOLVED I N EXCESS OF SIX INCHES.

OBSERVING MECHANIC WORKING ON REMOVAL OF CUTTING EDGE FROM 637 SCRAPER. CUTTING EDGE WAS BOWED DUE TO DIRT BUILDUP. WHEN BOLTS WERE CUT, CUTTING EDGE SPRANG UP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PALLET LOAD OF CASTING WHEEL SEGMENTS WITH FORK LIFT TRUCK WHEN ONE SEGMENT SLIPPED FROM PALLET. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE SEGMENT (APPROX. 80 LBS. WEIGHT) ON THE PALL ET HE FELT "TWINGE" IN LOWER BACK. ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING HIS BACK WAS MORE PAINFUL AND MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS SOUGHT.

EMPL CUTTING 1/4" ROPE WITH UTILITY KNIFE.KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT EMPL LEFT THUMB.

EMPLYEE WAS USING A ROD TO BREAK EXPANDED COAL CLINKERS THROUGH DISPOSAL GRATE AT THE COAL FIRED BOILER. ON EXPOSURE TO THE RADIANT HEAT, THE EMPLOYEES LEATHER GLOVES BURST INTO FLAMES. THE COMPANY PROVIDES LEATHER GLOVES ON LOCATION FOR THE PROPOSE, BUT THE EMPLOYEE ELECTED TO USE HIS PERSONAL GLOVES, WHICH WHWERE LATER PROVEN TO HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED WITH SODIUM CHLORATE.

EMP RESPONDED TO REP. FIRE IN THE SX AREA AND HAD A RESPIRATORY REACTION TO FUMES IN AREA. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT MECHANICS HAD DRAINED A SULFURIC ACID LINE TO SUP FLOOR IN PREP. FOR REP AIRS. EVIDENTLY THERE WAS A FILM OF RESUDUE SALTS CONTAINING SODIUM CHLORATE ON FLOOR WHICH REACTED WITH DROPES OF SULFURIC ACID PRODUCING SMOKE AND FUMES.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A 55 GAL. DRUM FULL OF PRODUCT ON A ROLLER CONVEYOR. HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE WET SURFACE AND CAUSED HIS BACK TO TWIST, CREATING A MUSCLE STRAIN IN THE BACK. THE AREA HAD BEEN WASHED DOWN IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, CAUSING THE WET CONDITIONS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING 100 LB. SACK OF SANDBLAST GRIT. HE WAS WALKING ON LOOSE DIRT SURFACE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNGIN 14 FT X 4 FT X 1/4 IN RUBBER SHEETS ON A TABLE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHER EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEE NOTICED BACK PAINS AT THE END OF SHIFT WORKED REGULAR DUTY UNTIL 5-22-88 WHE N HE WENT TO DR HE THEN WORKED LT DUTY FOR 4 DAYS THEN RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY

EMPLOYEE WAS DI5GONED AS HAVING CELLUTITIS IN THE UPPER LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER. THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN ATTRIBUTED THE INFECTION TO A MINER BURN ON THE EMPLOYEES LEFT WRIST WHICH FAILED TO HEA L PROPERLY DUE 7O CONTAMINATION WITH VANADIUM PRODUCTS AND IMPOPER CAR TO THE WOUND BY EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMP7ED TO CARRY TWO FIVE GALLON PAILS OF "MONOWET"WETTING AGENT DOWN A SHORT FLIGHT OF STAIRS,EMPLOYEE TRIPPED,DROPPED THE PAILS AND SPLASHED THE MONOWET INTO THE EYES AND FACE.

EMPLOYEE'S HAD 9EMOVED 3 SECTIONS OF GRATING TO GAIN ACCESS TO AQUEOUS LINES LOCATED 42" BELOW THE MAIN FLOOR OF SX.INJURED EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON SECTION OF GRATING ADJACENT TO THE OPEN HOLE AND IT FELL FROM TH9 SUPPORT ON ONE SIDE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL INTO THE SPILL CONTAINMENT TRENCH.42 INCHES).THE GRATING STRUCK HIS RIGHT LEG DURING THE FALL.

EMPL ASSISTING 5NOTHER EMPL LIFT JOINT OF 8'' THINWALL DRISCO PIPE WEIGHING 220 LBS INTO FUSING MACHINE WHICH IS 3'HIGH.AFTER THIS DONE EMPL COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMP WAS ASSISTI3G 5 EMPLOYEES LOWER EIGHT INCH DRISCOE PIPE TO GROUND IN EMP RT FOOT STUCK IN THE MUC AND HIS RT LEG WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE PIPE

EMP PUSHED FOUR3DRUMS OF PRODUCT APPROX WT. 900 LBS, ON A ROLLER CONVEYOR. AS HE WAS PUSHING HE FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE. DR DIAGNOSED A LIGHT INGUINAL HERNIA, EMP DOES NOT PLAN TO HAV9 IT REPAIRED IN THE NEAR FUTURE

EMPLOYEE HAD CU7 PART WAY THROUGH A METAL PLATE WITH AN ACETYLENE TORCH AND WAS SHIFTING POSITION TO COMPLETE THE CUT.WHILE HE WAS SHIFTING POSITION,HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TORCH AND THE FLAME PASSED ACROSS H3S NECK.

EMPLOYEE BECAME3ILL WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE TASKS IN THE LABORATORY AND WENT HOME AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00A.M. ILLNESS PROGRESSED AND HE WENT TO DOCTOR AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30A.M.WHERE HE WAS DI AGNOSED AS HAVI3G A HEART ATTACK.AND PLACED IN THE HOSPITAL.

EMPLOYEE NOTICE8 DISCOMFORT IN LEFT EYE NEAR END OF SHIFT ON 1/20/87.DISCOMFORT CONTINUED THROUGH THE NIGHT AND M.D. REMOVED METAL PARTICLE FROM THE EYE EARLY A.M. OF 1/21/87.

DURING THE PROC9SS OF PUSHING A 55-GAL DRUM FULL OF PRODUCT INTO POSITION ON A FLATBED TRUCK, EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED AND TWISTED BACK ON 8-27-86. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 9-15-86 WHERE I7 WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A "STRAIN TO SL JOINT AND SLIPPED DISC".

DURING ROUTINE 5NNUAL PHYSICAL EXAM I.NAME DIAGNOSED AS HAVING SILICOSIS.

DURING ROUTINE 5NNUAL PHYSICAL EXAM I.NAME DIAGNOSED AS HAVING ASYMPTOMATIC SILICOSIS.

I,NAME HAD BEEN3WORKING ON THE VANDADIUM DRYER OPERATION AND DEVELOPED RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS ON 7-10-86, HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING HEMOPTYSIS. THIS REPORT IS FILED TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH 30 CFR PART 50.203BUT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION THAT THE ILLNESS WAS OCCUPATIONALLY INCURRED WHILE WORKING FOR UMETCO MINERALS CORPORATION. EMPLOYEE WAS REQUIRED TO WEAR RESPIRTORY PROTEC

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING WINDOW IN CONTROL ROOM AND CUT HAND ON SMALL PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS PROTRUDING FROM FRAME OF ADJACENT WINDOW.

EMPLOYEE HAD PL5CED A 4'X4'BLOCK ON A 12"X10" ELBOW AND WAS USING A DOUBLE JACK IN AN ATTEMPT TO JAR THE ELBOW LOOSE FROM THE TANK.THE DOUBLE JACK GLANCED OFF OF THE BLOCK AND CAUGHT EMPLOYE E'S LEFT HAND B9TWEEN DOUBLE JACK HANDLE AND DECK GRATING.

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG THE DRIVE BELTS TO MANUALLY ROTATE A PUMP SHAFT WHILE REMOVING THE IMPELLER. HE CAUGHT THE END OF HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE V-BELT AND SHEAVE, RESULTING IN A SIMPLE LACERA TION, REQUIRING3SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A DOUBLE JACK HAMMER TO REMOVE LIFTER FROM SAG MILL. BUMPED RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE SAG MILL.

EMP ATTEMPTED T2 CLEAN DRAIN ON BOTTOM OF SCREW CONVEYOR BY RODDING WITH A BOLT HE FAILED TO SHUTDOWN AND LOCKOUT EQUIPMENT THE FLITE ON THE SCREW CONVEYOR CAUGHT THE BOLT AND MASHED EMPLOYEE THUMB BETWEEN T2E BOLT AND DRAIN NIPPLE

DUMPING PUP LOA8 WITH ORE LOAD WAS DUMPED. BOX WAS COMING DOWN AND STOPPED 3 FT FROM FRAME DRIVER RELEASED BOX AND WHEN BOX WAS COMING DOWN DRIVER SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND FELL BOX HIT DRIVER IN HEAD AND LEFT 9YE BROW

DRIVER DIDNT OP9N END GATE TO UNLOAD ORE.

EMPL DISMOUNTIN1 FROM BED OF STAKE SIDE TRUCK.HAD PLACE ONE FOOT ON TIRE OF TRUCK AND RIGHT HAND ON END OF SIDE PANEL FOR BALANCE.FOOT SLIPPED FROM TIRE AND HE CAUGHT RIGHT HANBD ON INTERLOCKI NG DEVICE-HOOK-2N SIDE PANEL CAUSING 1 1/4'' LACERATION ON PALM OF RIGHT HAND.

EMPLS HAD SECTIONS OF 4\\ SCHEDULE 80 PIPE SET UP ON ADJUSTABLE JACK STANDS AND WERE IN PROCESS OF ADJUSTING STAND HIGHTS TO ALIGN JOINTS FOR WELDING.INJ EMPL HAD LEFT HAND HOLDING ADJUSTING P ORTION OF STAND WHEN IT DROPPED AND CAUGHT PALM OF HAND IN SLIDING JOINT OF STAND.