3M Arch Street QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Miner claims being jarred around in primary loader caused c/o left wrist and left elbow pain/numbness and pain also in right wrist.

An employee was operating a Skid Steer. The employee went in to scoop up a pile of fines and ran into something solid. This caused the skid steer to come to a sudden stop. This caused the employee's arms to be driven backwards. This caused a strain on the right shoulder.

POOR ERGONOMICS IN KOMOTSU FRONT END LOADER CAUSING SYMPTOMS OF TINGLING, NUMBNESS, AND PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST AND ELBOW. SUBSEQUENT DIAGNOSIS OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.

While the employee was descending a 16' aluminum ladder, the legs of the ladder slipped, causing the EE to wrap his arm around a ladder rung pinching his arm between the ladder & the wall the ladder was leaning against.

USING 8 LB SLEDGE HAMMER, TRYING TO REMOVE NAIL STAKE HIT STAKE LOW, NAIL STAKE KICKED BACK AND HIT PINKY FINGER POSSIBLE FRACTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR ON A FLATBED TRUCK WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS ELBOW ON METAL TRUCK FRAME.

WHILE SECURING AN ACETLENE BOTTLE ON A TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOTTLE AND THE SECURING CLAMP.

WHILE WALKING THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIS LEFT ANKLE TO TWIST.

EE CLAIMS THAT REPETITIVE JERKING FROM CONTINUOUS LOADER OPERATIONS HAD CAUSED INJURY TO THE EE'S NECK.

EE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF GRATING, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON HIS WRIST, FRACTURING IT.

SHOULDER POPPED WHEN LIFTED HIS END OF FEED GATE FROM FLOOR TO CONVEYOR. REPORTED ACCIDENT ON 10-2-00. SEEN MD ON 10-2-00. HAD MRI ON 10-6 WHICH SHOWED LEFT SHO7LDER BUBRAL TEAR. CONTINUED TO -ERFORM HIS JOB UNTIL SURGICAL REPAIR ON 10-30-00. FOLLOWUP ATTACHMENT WILL BE SENT ON RESTRICTED & LOST WORK DAYS.

EE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM A/C CRUSHER, WHEN ROCK FROM LOADER FELL AND STRUCK EE IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT CALF OF LEG. EE SUSTAINED MINOR ABRASIONS AND A CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK (EE PERFORMED REG ULAR DUTIES 9-25-00-11-17-00 EE CONTINUED WORK UNTIL 11-17-00 WHEN HE STATED BACK STILL HURT. DR ASSIGNED TIME OFF UNTIL FOLLOW UP REVIEW IS MADE 12-8-00.

EMPLOYEE STATES GRADUAL INCREASE OF PAIN IN LOW BACK OVER TWO WEEKS. BOUNCING IN HAUL TRUCK HAS INCREASED PAIN. REPORTED 8/8/00. TO DOCTOR ON 8/10/00.