SAN JUAN RIDGE MINE Metal/Non-Metal

CHANGING TIRE ON LDS #33, WERE REMOVING BLOCKS FROM UNDER EQUIPMENT WHEN HE JAMMED HIS THUMB AGAINST APLINTER ON BLOCK. ORIGINALLY, HE THROUGHT THE SPLINTER HAD BROKEN, LATER INSPECITON AT HO ME SHOWED THAT THE SPLINTER HAD PASSED THRU NAIL (PERPENDICULAR) AND ALMOST ALL OF THE WAY THRU LEFT THUMB, DR SEEN 12-16-96 @ 9:30AM, PRESCRIBED ANTI AND PULLED SLIEVE OUT W/TWEEZERS.

EE HAD BEEN TRAMMING MUCK ALL SHIFT, LEGS STARTED TO CRAMP. HE PUT LEFT LEG OUT OF COMPARTMENT TO STRETCH LEG WHILE OPERATING TRAM INSTEAD OF STOPPING & WALKING. HE TURNED INTO MUCK BAY, FORGO T FOOT WAS OUT IN PINCH POINT, GOT REMAINDER FOOT IN PINCH POINT. TRAMMED MUCH REMAINDER OF SHIFT.

WHILE INSTALLING SPLITSET STABILIZER,EMP THOUGHT HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE OR HE MAY HAVE PINKEYE. THE NEXT DAY, WE WERE ALL SURE HE HAD PINK EYE, SENT HIM TO DR. DR SAID HE HAD A METAL FRAG MENT IN LEFT EYE AND IT WAS INFECTED. SINCE IT WAS NOON WHEN HE WENT TO DR, HE DID NOT COME BACKTO WORK. MISSED MONDAY 12-9-96 DUE TO SECOND DR APPT RUNNING LATER THAN EXPECTED.

EE WAS PUTTING OIL IN THE OILER WHEN HIS PARTNER LOWERED THE SCISSOR DECK. WHEN THE DECK REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE CYLE, THE STOP JARRED EE S LOWER BACK.

EE WAS MOVING A LADDER TO REBUILD THE BASE UNDER THE LADDER WHEN HE FELT "SOMETHING LET GO" IN HIS GROIN.

PUTTING UP GROUND SUPPORT IN HEADING #8/34, AN AREA WITH HIGH BACK. MINERS HAD TO EXTEND THEMSELVES MORE THAN USUAL TO GET SUPPORT UP. EMP WENT TO DR AND THERAPY FOR SORENESS TO SHOULDER AREA ON RIGHT SIDE. DIAGNOSIS: PULLED LIGAMENTS AND MUSCLES ORIGINALLY. NOW DR NOT SURE. HAPPENED NEAR FREE WHILE BOLTING BACK IN ROOM AND PILLAR MINE.

HAD 1 1/4" PIPE IN VICE ON BENCH. WAS USING WRAP WRNCH TO BREAK FITTING LOOSE. WAS DOWN ON ON EKNEE GETTING LEVERAGE ON WRENCH, RIGHT FOOT SLIPED FOREWARD, EE LANDED ON HIS BUTT AND RIGHT HA DN STAYED ON WRENCH. FALL BODY WEIHT WAS ON RIGHT RING FINGER WAS DISLOCATED AT THE FIRST KNUCK AND BROKE IN SEVERAL PLACES.

4 WAY INTERSECTION. STARTED AFTER BOLTING & SWITCHING DONE. INTERSECTION WAS 3 WAY FOR MONTH PLUS. HAMMERED 4TH DRIFT AT INTERSECTION 10'DEEP, SHOTCRETED, LET SIT (DUE TO LOW FACE ASSAYS) FOR 10 DAYS. GROUND SUPPORT SHIFTER PULLED HOSES FROM DRIFT WITHOUT ENTERING. GROUND DRIBBLED SMALL AMOUNT. SHIFTER TOLD CREW TO KEEP OUT. WENT BACKLATER, MATERIAL ON GROUND. NO CREW TH NITE - MON

A PIECE OF SANDSTONE APPROX 18"X12"X4-6" FELL FROM THE BACK STRIKING EE THARP ON THE HEAD. HE SUFFERED SPINAL DAMAGE A FACIAL FRACTURE AND A LARGE LACERATION AROUND HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS CLIMBING ONTO THE MIX TRUCK TO CHECK OIL/FUEL, ETC. HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS RIBS ON RAIL BY THE BATTERIES. HE HAS ONE FRACTURED RIB.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 6" X 30' PIPE OF PIPE W/HELP. HE STEPPED ON A VICTAULIC CLAMP AND TWISTEDHIS ANKLE. THE DOCTOR PUT HIS ANKLE IN A CAST.

EMP WAS IN THE BASKET OF THE EMULSION TRUCK GUIDING PARTNER BACK WHEN THE TRUCK STRUCK THE RIB CAUSING THE BASKET TO ROTATE UPWARDS. EMP WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE RAILING ON BASKET. DISTANCE TO BE BACKED UP WAS LESS THAN 10 FEET.

WHILE STANDING ON THE SCISSOR DECK, A LARGE SLAB FELL FROM THE BACK PUSHING HIM ONTO THE DECK. HE FELL AGAINST A JACKLEG DRILL AND INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE AND RIGHT THIGH.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING APART HYDRAULIC LINES UNDER PRESSURE, HYDRAULIC CAP HIT HAND.

HE WAS LOOKING FOR AN OIL LEAK NEAR FILTER HOUSING OF LHD-32. HE HAD HIS HARD HAT OFF TO FIT IN TIGHT WORK SPACE. HE LEANED DOWN TO LOOK IN HOLE AROUND CONVERTER (MOTOR RUNNING). HE HIT HIS HE AD ON U-JOINT OF A ROTATING DRIVE LINE. CUT HIS FOREHEAD REQUIRIGN 6 SUTURES.

WORKING OUT OF BACK HOE BUCKET, STEPPED WRONG, AND FELLA FEW FEET.

LIFTING ONE END OF A 6"X 30' FOOT LONG PIPE. LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK STARTED HURTING.

WHILE MUCKING SLIMES WITH LHD-37, A 2 X 12 BOARD FLOATED INTO THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT. THE BOARD PINNED HIS LEFT ANKLE IN THE MACHINE. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN LEFT ANKLE.

EE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF TABLE OF RIG, TRYING TO GET A CONNECTION TUBE FROM THE SIDE BASKET OF RIG.

ON 8-29-95 EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO LIFT A GD-83 JACKLEG OUT OF SOME MUD. THE DRILL WAS STUCK IN MUD ABOUT 6" DEEP. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS INJURY TO HIS SUPERVISOR. EMPLOYE E WORKED SEVERAL DAYS WITH AN INJURED BACK. THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE COMPANY ON 9-7-95 AND TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON 9-8-95.

JACK LEG DRILL FELL AGAINST HAND RAIL ON SCISSOR LFIT. WEIGHT OF DRILL PIVOTED ON HANDRAIL, CRAWS FOOT AT BOTTOM OF LEG CAME UP AND HIT EE IN THE KNEE (LEFT KNEE). EE MISSED FLUE DAYS WORK F OR DR'S ORDERS. NO MEDICAL TREATMENT.

EE WAS LOOSENING A NUT ON A VICTAULIC CLAMP TO BLEED PRESSURE OFF AN AIR LINE THE AIR LINE BLEW APART & AIR STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST HE RECEIVED INJURIES TO CHEST RT SHOULDER RT ELBOW RT WRIST LEFT ELBOW & RT RIBS

HE WAS HIT IN THE FACE BY A PIECE OF BROKEN CLUTCH PLATE THROWN BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THE PIECE WAS FIBER MATERIAL APPROX. 1" X 1" X 2" IN SIZE. HE HAD A LACERATION ON HIS FACE REQUIRING 4 SUTU RES. HE ALSO HAS SOME LOOSE AND MISALIGNED TEETH. THE EMPLOYEE THROWING THE OBJECT WAS DISCIPLINED FOR HIS ACTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A HYDRAULIC HOSE FROM A DRILL JUMBO. AS HE LOOSENED THE HOSE, OIL SQUIRTED HIM IN BOTH EYES. THIS CAUSED A TEMPORARY BURNING SENSATION AND BLURRED VISION. EMPLOYEE MISSSE D 2 DAYS OF WORK PER DR. ORDERS. HE DID RETURN RETURN TO WORK NEXT DAY 3-1-95 BEFORE SEEING A DR.

EE AND A HELPER WERE LIFTING A JUMBO CABLE. EE FELT A PAIN IN HIS MID BACK. HE ALSO EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY BREATHING. EE WORKED A PARTIAL SHIFT THE NEXT DAY (2-23-95)

INJURED WAS BOLTING THE BACK WITH A JACKLEG. THEROCKBOLT DRIVER BROKE AS HE WAS DRIVING THE LASTFOOT OF A 6 FT SPLIT SET. AS A RESULT OF THE DRIVER BREAKING THE DRILL FELL FORWARD PULLING HIM INTO THE RIB. HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF AND HE HIT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD AGAINST THE RIB. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL FEB 17TH AT WHICH TIME HE WAS OFF PER DR. ORDERS.

EE WAS WALKING IN WITH A 5 GALLON SAMPLE BUCKET HELD AGAINST HIS CHEST HE HAD PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN AREA AS IF HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE STOMACH AREA

EE WAS WORKING ONT HE BRAKESYSTEM OF A 5 YD LOADER. HE WAS REMOVING THE BELLY PAN WEIGHING APPROX 90 LBS. HE WAS LOWERING THE PAN TO THE FLOOR, HE LOST HIS GRIP AND THE PAN FELL CRUSHIGN HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROCK BOLTING THE BACK, LOST BALANCE WHILE LOWERING JACKLEG. EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF WORK DECK TO AVOID BEING HIT BY LEG OF JACKLEG. HE FELL ON A MUCK PILE AND BROKE HIS LEFT ARM.

EE WAS SPRAYING SHOTCRETE ON THE BACK AND RIBS OF AN INTERSECTION. HE WAS NOT WEARING THE PROPER PROTECTIVE CLOTHINFG AND WAS BURNED BY CHEMICALS IN THE SHOTCRETE. HE REC'D CHEMICAL BURNS ON H IS ARMS WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT. HE ALSO RECEIVED BURNS ON HIS BACK AND NECK, BUT LESS SEVERE.

EMPLOYEE DOVE OUT OF THE WAY TO AVOID A ROCK FALLING FROM THE RIGHT RIB. HE LANDED ON SOME OTHER BIG ROCKS, INJURING HIS LOWER LEFT RIBS, LOWER BACK & RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE WORKED THE REST OF T HE WEEK. BECAUSE OF CONTINUED PAIN HE WENT TO A DOCTOR ON 10-10-94. THE DOCTOR PUT HIM ON DISABILITY BECAUSE OF BRUISED RIBS AND TORN MUSCLES.

EE WAS STANDING NEXT TO A CLOGGED CRUSHER SMALL ROCKS WERE BEING PUT INTO THE CRUSHER TO UNCLOG IT ONE OF THE ROCKS SPILLED OVER THE SIDE & LANDED ON HIS RT TOE THE ROCK HE WAS STANDING ON WAS FORCED UPWARD AGAINST HIS BOOT SOLE SMASHING HIS TOES AGAINST THE INSIDE OF HIS STEEL TOE SUTUERES REQUIRED

A 6X8X10 PIECE OF TIMBER WAS BEING LOWERED INTO POSITION VERTICALLY BETWEEN A STEEL POST AND EXISTING SIDE. LAGGING. THE TIMBER WAS ACCIDENTLY DROPPED EE S RIGHT RING FINGER WAS SMASHED BETWEE N THE TIMBER AND THE STEEL POST. HIS FINGER NAILWAS TORN OFF AND HE HAD A LACERATION UNDER THE FINGER NAIL.

EE WAS STEPPING OFF OF A BACKHOE. HIS LEFT FOOT WAS ON THE BOTTOM STEP OF THE HOE AS HE WAS LOWERING HIS RIGHT FOOT TO THE GROUND. AS HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS ALMOST ON THE GROUND, HIS LEFT FOOT SLI PPED ON THE STEP CAUSING HIM TO STEP ONTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

INJURED WWAS HIT ON NECK, SHOULDER, AND BACK BY FALLING SLAB. INJURED DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY AS PAIN WAS NOT BAD. 2 MONTHS LATER HIS SHOULDER WAS STILL HURTING. HE WENT TO A DR. ON 9-21-94 AND AGAIN ON 9-23-94. HE WAS TOLD TO STAY OFF WORK UNTIL 10-24-94. HE IS NOW ON DISABILITY AS OF 9-26-94.

EE WAS LOADING EXPLOSIVES IN THE FACE OF THE DECLINE. A ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD. THE ROCK BROKE HIS HARD HAT AND LACERATED THE TOP OF HIS HEAD REQUIRING 8 SUTURES HE A LSO CUT HIS FOREHEAD REQUIRING A BUTTERFLY BANDAID.

EE WAS CARRYING A JACKLEG DRILL FROM THE FACE TO ITS STORAGE LOCATION EE STEPPED ON A ROCK & SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE HIS LEFT ANKLE WAS SWOLLEN THE DOC TOLD HIM HE HAD A BAD SPRAIN

INJURED WAS PULLING A JUMBO CABLE BY HAND. WHEN DOING SO HE TWISTED HIS BODY, HE FELT HIS RIGHT KNEE POP. INJURED HAS A TORN MENISCUS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER WITH A PRY BAR. AS THE CYLINDER WAS BEING LIFTED, IT SLIIPPED ONTO THE BAR FORCING THE BAR OUT OF HIS HAND SAND ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT. HE SU FFERED A BROKEN METATARSUS IN HIS RIGHT FOOT. HE WILL BE OFF WORK FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS.

A BACK HOE WORKING IN THE FACE HIT A HARD SPOT CAUSING THE BACKHOE AND OUTRIGGER TO JUPM OFF THE GROUND THE OUTRIGGER LANDE ON EE S FEET AS EE ATTEMPTED TO WALK PAST THE MACHINE BOTH OF EE FEE T WERE BRUISED WITH NO FRACTURE. HIS FOOT HAD A LACERATION REQUIRING 2 SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A KNIFE TO CUT A PLASTIC LID OFF A 5 GALLON PLASTIC BUCKET. AFTER THE KNIFE BROKE THROUGH THE MATERIAL EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF THE KNIFE & LACERATED THE PALM OF HIS LEFT H AND. HE WENT TO A CLINIC & RECEIVED 4 STUURES THEN RETURNED TO RESTRICTED WORK 10 DAYS.

JACK WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE LIFT A 55 GALLON DRUM 1/4 FULL 5 DAYS LATER HE REPORTED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK. AT THIS TIME HE IS STILL OFF PENDING HIS DR RELEASE.