An operator sustained a laceration to his left thigh that required sutures to close the wound. The injured miner was kneeling on the ground attempting to cut larger slots in a skirt board rubber. While cutting across the top part of the slots the razor knife got hung up. When more force was applied he lost control of the knife causing it to strike him in the upper left thigh.
A loader operator was walking across the garage when he sustained an injury to his left lower leg as it struck against a tongue of a trailer while he was attempting to step over it. The incident occurred at the end of his shift on December 15 however, he did not seek medical treatment until Monday, December 19 by that time the wound had become infected.
The injured employee was chipping slag from a weld with a chipping hammer and had a foreign body entered his left eye behind his safety glasses.
The injured miner was changing oil in primary crusher feeder. To access the feeder he was using a six foot step ladder. He fell from the ladder an undetermined height and struck his head/body on the ground causing his injuries.
The injured miner was attempting to remove a skirt board rubber that needed replacing. The weather conditions were such that the skirt rubber was frozen in place. As the injured miner jerked on the skirt rubber in an attempt to free it he strained his back.
The employee was performing a routine inspection when he tripped on a stone and fell lacerating his hand. This injury required sutures making it a recordable injury.
THE INJURED COMPLETED A REPAIR ASSIGNMENT IN THE TUNNEL AREA AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING THE BURNING CART OUT OF THE AREA. A FRESH COAT OF SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND WHEN THE EE STEPPED OUT OF THE TUNNEL AND HE SLIPPED AND PULLED THE CARTON HIS CHEST AND FACE.