Copperstone Gold Project Metal/Non-Metal

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHUT AN ACCESS DOOR TO AN EMERGENCY STEERING PUMP ON AN 120 TON HAUL TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE LOST CONTROL OF THE DOOR AND IT STRUCK HIM ON THE KNEE.

EMPLOYEE HAD CLEANED CAB OF HAUL TRUCK, THROWING TRASH TOT HE GROUND. EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN FROM HAUL TRUCK TO GATHER TRASH. WHEN EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP DEBRIS, HE ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENC ED BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL ER AND HAD X-RAYS TAKEN. THE X-RAYS REVEALED THAT EMPLOYEE IS SUFFERING FROM DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS OF THE SPINE (BRIDGING OF VERTEBRATES WITH ARTHRIT

FOREIGN MATTER ENTERED EYE

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS EATING, SHE INADVERTENTLY INGESTED AN INSECT OR ANT. INSECT BIT HER ON BACK OF THROAT CAUSING AN ALLERGIC REACTION. (SWOLLEN THROAT/FEET/HANDS)

EE HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE ASSISTING OTHER MAINTENANCE EE DISASSEMBLE A LARGE FRONT END LOADER FOR SHIPMENT TO TX. EE DID NOT REPORT INJURY TIL SEPT 24. EE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE ACTUALLY D ID TO HURT HIS SHOULDER AND HE DID NOT MISS WORKUNTIL OCT 29. EE INJURY MAY BE PINCED NERVE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INSTALL A NEW DRILL BIT ON A DRILL HE ATTEMPTED TO CENTER THE BIT INTO THE BIT BOX ON THE DRILL TO TIGHTEN THE CHUCK. THE EMPLOYEE HA D HIS HAND ON THE BIT WHEN IT CAME IN TO CONTACT WITH THE BIT BOX. THE BIT MOVED UP AND HIS LEFT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BIT AND THE CHUCK.

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE CUTTING GRADE WITH LOADER AT THE DIGGING FACE IN THE PIT SHE HIT A HARD SPOT ON THE FLOOR OF THE PIT STOPPING THE LOADER AND CAUSING A WHIP LASH EFFECT.

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS INJURED WHILE WORKING ON THE LEFT FRONT STRUT MOUNTING BRACKET ON THE FRAME OF A 120 TON HAUL TRUCK WHEN THE TIRE AND STRUT ASSY FELL FROM A FORKLIFT IT HAD BE EN SECURED TO IN A STANDING POSITION ON THE FORKS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKED INTO THE TRUCK BY TAHE TIRE AND PARTIALLY PINNED AGAINST A STEERING STABILIZER BAR ON THE HAUL TRUCK. THE EMP REC L

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS INJURED WHILE WORKING ON THE LEFT FRONT STRUT MOUNTING BRACKET ON THE FRAME OF HAUL TRUCK WHEN THE TIRE AND STRUT ASSY. FELL FROM THE FORKLIFT IT HAD BEN SECRU ED TO IN A STANDING POSTION ON THE FORKS. THE EMPLOYEES LEGS WERE PINNED BETWEEN THE TIRE AND STRUT ASSY. AND A WORK PLATFORM HE HAD BEEN STANDING ON. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A BROKEN TIBIA AN

POSITIONING PC OF CRIBBVING UNDERNEATH DOZER TO SUPPORT IT SLIVER OF WOOD EMBEDDED IN LEG

DRIVING LOADED TRUCK ACROSS THE MAIN WASTE DUMP SHE HIT DIP IN ROAD CAUSING SEAT BOTTOM OUT BREAK INJ HER BACK

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE OPERATING A DM45 DRILL, HE GOT SOME METAL IN HIS EYE. THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT SURE OF THE SOURCE OF THE METAL BECAUSE HE WAS IN AN ENCLOSED CAB AND WAS WEARING SAFE TY GLASSES. HE THINKS IT COULD HAVE COME OUT OF THE AIR CONDITIONER. THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS NOT EXPOSED TO ANY OTHER FLYING METAL HAZARD DURING HIS SHIFT.

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE GOING INTO THE FACE AT THE ORE STOCKPILE TO LOAD THE BUCKET ON THE CAT LOADER, HE HIT A BIG ROCK WITH THE LEFT CORNER OF THE BUCKET BRINGING THE LOADER TO A COM PLETE SHOP. THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS JARRED PETTY HARD INTO THE SEAT BELT AND HAD THE WIND KNOCKED OUT OF HIM BUT FELT HE WAS NOT HURT.

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT AFTER STEPPING DOWN OFF HIS 120 TON HAUL TRUCK HE TURNED TO WALK AWAY FROM HIS TRUCK WITH HIS LEFT FOOT RESTING ON UNEVEN GROUND CAUSING HIS LEFT ANKLE TO TWIST UNDER HIM. THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED HIS INJURY IMMEDIATELY TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND AN ICE PACK WAS APPLIED TO HIS ANKLE. THE EMPLOYEE LEFT AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT TO GO ON 5 SCHEDULED DAYS OFF FOR HIS C

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE PULLING A JACK STAND INTO POSITION UNDER A WA-800 LOADER TO SUPPORT THE MACHINE WHILE A TIRE WAS REPAIRED HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN. THE EMPLOYEE WAS T AKEN TO THE DOCTOR AND DIAGNOSED AS SUFFERING A MINOR RIGHT INGROINAL STRAIN.

THE EMPL ALLEGED THAT WHILE REPAIRING A FLAT TIRE ON CAT 772 LUBE TRUCK HE SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO HIS BACK THE EMPL COULD NOT IDENTIFY ONE SPECIFIC ACTION THAT CAUSED THE INJURY BUT FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER COMPLETING THE TIRE REPAIR THE MEPL HAD BEEN LIFTING AND CARRYING THE PORT-A-POWERS USED TO BRAKE THE TIRE DOWN

THE EMPL ALLEGED THAT WHILE IN THE PORT-A-JOHN BATHROOM A SPIDER BIT HER ON THE L CALF THE EMPL WORKED THE REST OF HER SHIFT

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE CLIMBING THE LADDER TO ENTER THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT OF THE LUB TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM STEP AND HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE BELOW THE KNEE CAP.THE S OLES OF HIS SHOES WERE WET AND OILY.

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE INSTALLING TEETH ON THE BUCKET OF A WA800 KOMATSU F.E.L. WITH A 12LB SLEDGE HAMMER, A SLIVER OF METAL CAME OFF THE TOOTH AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT BRE AST.

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE HAD BEEN STANDING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RIM OF THE FRONT TIR AND HAD REACHED INTO THE CAB OF THE LUBE TRUCK TO ENGAGE AND WHILE STEPPING BACK DOWN ON THE GROUND HIS RING ON HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT THE CATWALK CUTTING HIS FINGER. THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD OF CLIMBED UP ON THE LADDER ON THE LUBE TRUCK AND NOT HAVE TRIED TO ENGAGED IT WHILE STANDING ON THE RIM.

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE PRESSING A BUSHING INTO THE UPPER RIGHT BOOM ARM OF THE LOADER WITH 100 TON PRESS THE BUSHING BOUND UP AND ALL THREAD BROKE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS RESTING HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE END OF ALL THREAD AND IT SHOT OUTWARD AFTER IT BROKE CUTTING THE PLOAM OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND ALSO STRUCK THE INNER PORTION OF HIS LOWER RIGHT ARM CAUSING A LACERATION.