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Changing bit subs, caught finger between lifting bell and winch line hook. This resulted in loss of fingernail and 4 stitches on the middle finger of the right hand.
Employee reported a sore back and the injury was initially treated as a muscle strain - first aid. After the back did not improve, he went to a chiropractor for an MRI and subsequent treatments which began on 8/13/07. At this time the injury became reportable.
Single part down haul ball on crane was 2 blocked which caused the cable to be severed. Employee's right hand was struck by falling down haul ball.
After completing a water pressure test, crew was resuming drilling operations. When making a connection, some drilling foam (drill detergent) bubbled up the center tube and splashed into the helper's face. The foam sprayed under his safety glasses and irritated his right eye. Eye was washed out and prescription for eye drops received. Helper returned to work.
Miner was standing over the remix truck watching it load. Cement came out of truck and splattered in eye.
Loosening casing clamp & the driller turned away from the drill to explain to the new helper what was going on. He pulled the lever for the top head & ran it all the way down to clamp shell. That pulled against cable, snapped the cable that was holding clamp shell & came down. That smashed injured helper's finger between clamp shell and casing clamp.
Employee was thawing out a drain valve with a propane torch. The liquid farther up the pipe thawed out first. When the ice at the bottom of the pipe thawed and released, the fluid and ice came out of the pipe under pressure. striking employee on the right side of the face and under safety glasses. Abrasion to eye. Dr. prescribed antibiotic as a precautionary measure.
EE STARTED TO DRIVE A SPLIT SET BOLT. HE TURNED ON JACK LEG DRILL. THE SPLIT SET BOLT JUMPED OFF DRIVER ON JACK LEG DRILL RESULTING IN SPLIT SET BOLT FALLING, STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE. 12/2/05: AMENDED TO STATE THAT THIS WAS A MEDICAL PROCEDURE TO STITCH WOUND ON FACE - 1 STITCH.
Miner was pulling jackleg out of a drilled hole smashed left hand little finger between jackleg and the leg of the jackleg.
WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MUCKER IN HEADING, HE DROVE UNDER A VENT BAG WITH THE HOLE IN IT BLOWING DOWN. DUST FROM MATERIAL IN BUCKET BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
Mechanic was putting a valve back in a 3 yd lhd using an overhead crane. As he was pushing the valve into the hole, the valve slipped out and smashed left elbow between the loader and the valve.
S-5 Shovel while loading Haul truck 235 dropped a rock and broke the windshield out. Glass hit the operator's right eye. Intial evaluation by the Whitehall Clinic found no glass in the employee's eye. On July 20 employee informed me an Optometrist had found an imbeded object in his eye.
MINER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING STEEL ON A JACKLEG. PINCHED HIS RT. INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE JACKLEG & THE LEG OF THE JACKLEG.
Employee was adjusting the stock while the saw was running. The saw blade grabbed his glove and caught the end of his finger (the tip of the middle finger).
Worker was repairing a tire for a Cat 777 haul truck. The tire was "flat on the ground," with the tire hand still attached. The worker needed more slack in the air hose and so he "whipped" the hose, pulled, but did not realize that it had become tangled in the levers that control the hand. This caused the tire to shift and pin his leg against another tire also "flat on the ground."
Miner was pulling jackleg out of the mud. He strained muscles of lower back and between shoulders.
While mining in the 3155 a rock fell out of the back and struck him on the lower left back and hip.
While operating 2 yd loader, loader tipped over on its side and employee hit the back of his head on the rops cage.
WHILE WELDING ON SHOVEL BUCKET RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYE AREAS.
Employee bent over to pick up a bolt-the air blew his pony tail into the jackleg steel-employee's pony tail got caught and wrapped up tight.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND THERE WAS THREE OTHER PEOPLE WORKING BESIDE HIM AND THEY WERE GRINDING & USING AN AIR ARC CLOSE BY. SOME OF THE SPARKS FROM THE GRINDER WENT INTO HIS EYE. THIS WAS A ONE DAY ASSIGNMENT.
The Shovel bucket struck the truck box jarring the driver's back.
EE WAS JACKLEGGING IN SHAFT ZONE 3990 HEADING, FINISHING BOLTING THE BACK. EE DIDN'T FINISH THE BOLT ALL THE WAY BECAUSE HE NEEDED A LONGER DRIVER. EE WAS BACK DRIVING ON BOLT WHEN EE FELT A LOT OF WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY. THIS WEIGHT WAS A ROCK THAT CAME OUT OF FACE IN THE HEADING, RUSULTING IN AN INJURY TO HIS LEFT LEG "KNEE" & LOWER BACK STRAIN.
STRAINED ARM MUSCLES AND TENDONS DURING EVERYDAY DRILLING PROCEDURES.
WHILE DRILLING 3/8" STEEL PLATE IN DRILL PRESS, VISE SLIPPED AND PINCHED FINGERS BETWEEN VISE HANDLE AND DRILL PRESS TABLE. RESULTED IN SMASHED FINGER REQUIRING STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PUMP BEARING UNIT WITH HAND TRUCK, PULLED HANDLE OF DOLLY (HAND TRUCK) TOO HARD RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE LOAD, HANDLE OF DOLLY FELL ON TOP OF EE'S FOOT, FRACTU RED METATARSAL.
EE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER CLEARING A PLUGGED CHUTE IN #2 RECLAIM FEEDER AND LATER THAT DAY HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT.
ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED THE AIR ARC TRIGGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING STARTER FROM CAT 994 LOADER. EMPLOYEE HAD SLING ATTACHED TO OVERHEAD CRANE TO SUPPORT STARTER. EMPLOYEE INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED HOIST CAUSING THE STARTER TO BREAK FREE. STARTER STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A FRACTURED ULNA BONE. EMPLOYEE PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.
WHILE COREDRILLING A ROTATION UNIT SEIZED UP. A SPECIAL NUT HAD TO BE REMOVED TO TAKE UNIT APARTWHILE REMOVING NUT WITH CHISEL & HAMMER THE NUT BROKE APART, SENDING PARTS OF THE COMPRESSION TO OL UNIT & STRIKING EE ON LEG. THE UNIT IS SPRINGLOADED TOGETHER.
EE STATED THAT WHILE WELDING A CRACK ON A DUMP BODY, HE RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.HE IS NOT SURE THE EXACTTIME OF DAY THIS HAPPENED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BOULDERS OFF 1550 ROCK PICK GRIZZLY, THE LOADER BUCKET CAUGHT ON GRIZZLY RAIL, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO GO FORWARD AND HIT HIS FOREHEAD ON HANDLE OF CANOPY.
EE WAS GETTING CABLE OFF FROM BACK OF BOOM TRUCKWHILE ANOTHER WORKER WAS LOWERING OUTRIGGERS. EELEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT UNDER OUTRIGGER FRACTURING TWO TOES. EE PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.
EE WAS GRINDING ON LOADER BUCKET AND TWO DAYS LATER NOTICED THAT HE HAD SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. EE WENT TO DR AND HAD SMALL METAL PORTICLE REMOVED FROM EYE. EE STATES THAT HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE SHIELD DURING WORK ACTIVTIES.
WHILE INSTALLING 12' JEMAR BOLTS WITH MECH BOLTER. OPERATOR BROUGHT BOOM DOWN TO CHANGE STEEL, SET BOOM ON GROUND, DID NOT SEE IT WAS SITTING ON A ROCK, WHEN HELPER PROCEEDED TO CHANGE STEEL, BOOM SLIPPED OFF ROCK, HITTING SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND NOTED IRRITATION IN EYE. THE NEXT DAY EMPLOYEE OBSERVED OBJECT IN EYE. DOCTOR FOUND AND REMOVED SMALL METAL PARTICLE FROM EYE.
THE CREW WAS PREPARING TO PUT CORE CASING IN A PREVIOUSLY DRILLED HOLE. JUST AS THE FIRST JOINT OF CASING WAS BEING HOISTED INTO PLACE THE INJURED WORKER PUT HIS HAND ON THE CLAMP HOLDING THE PIPE HIS MIDDLE R FINGER BECAME STUCK BETWEEN THE CLAMP AND LIFTING HOOK. THE TIP OF THE FINGER WAS PINCHED AND SEPARATED FROM THE HAND.
EE WAS INSTALLING IRON MAR BOLTS PUT BOLT IN DRIVER & LINED UP WITH BOLT HOLE. PARTNER PULLED THE BOOM DOWN & THE BOLT FELL OUT OF DRIVER BUT THE PLATE STAYED ON TOP OF THE SLIDE EE TRIED TO P USH BOLT THRU THE PLATE TO REPLACE THE BOLT IN THE DRIVER THE PLATE FELL OFF THE SLIDE HITTING EE IN FRONT OF HARD HAT THEN HIT THE UPPER LIP
EMPLOYEE WAS IN A BENT OVER POSITION ATTACHING APANEL OR WIRE SCREEN TO BOLTER WHEN LOOSE GROUNDFELL FROM A HOLE IN PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED WIRE SCREEN STRIKING HIM IN LOWER BACK AREA.
EE WAS INSTALLING A 12' JENMAR BOLT WITH A JACKLEG AFTER INITIALLY PUSHING THE BOLT IN AND WAITING A FEW SECONDS, HE CAME OFF THE BOLT TO GET A BETTER POSITION WITH THE MACHINE. THE JENMAR BOL T CAME DOWN OUT OF THE HOLE AND STRUCK EE ON TOP OF RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING SPRAYMET NOZZLE AGAINST THEBOOM OF THE SPRAYMET, TRYING TO UNPLUG NOZZLE; HE SAID HIS HAND SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN NOZZLE AND BOOM.
THE EE WAS HANDLING THE ROD SLING WHILE THE ROD WAS BEING WINCHED UP, THE HOOK ON THE WINCH LINE DISENGAGED FROM THE ROD SLING, THE RODD DROPPED ON EE'S RIGHT BOOT.
HE WAS WASHING RODS INTO HOLE AND SMASHED RIGHT FOREFINGER AND THUMB BETWEEN THE WATER SWIVEL AND THE HEAD ON AN LF-70 CORE DRILL.
EE OPERATING MOTOR GRADER. LOOK OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER RIGHT BACK.
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS GLOVE ON THE ROD, IT SPUN HIM AORUND HITTING HIS RIGHT LEG ON THE DRILL CAPSULE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE INSIDE OF NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS SPRAYING IT CLEAN EMPLOYEE WHO WAS SPRAYING SLIPPED CAUSING A SPRAY GUN TO GET TOO CLOSE TO EMPLOYEE. RIGHT HAND WHO WAS WEARING GLOVES CAUSING SMALL CUT ON RT LITTLE FINGER AND WATER INJECTION INTO FINGER.