ROCK SPRINGS MINEMetal/Nonmetal

Employee was cleaning up around the tail section of a conveyer when he tripped and fell over rocks on ground.

EE WAS CLEANING UP BY HAND AROUND PLANT, PITCHED A ROCK INTO A CHUTE, MISSED, TRIED TO CATCH ROCK, ROCK FELL ON LITTLE FINGER.

EE WAS WELDING INSIDE A TRANSFER CHUTE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLID ABOUT 12"", STIRKING HIS TESTICLES ON A METAL BRACKET.

A CONTRACTOR WAS CHIPPING A WELD WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG FLEW UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND HIT HIS EYE. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY THAT DAY. HE MISSED HIS NEXT DAY AND REPORTED FOR WORK ON THE 2ND DAY AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE EYE WAS CLEANED, NO PERMANENT DAMAGE.

INJURED WAS RUNNING A LOADER CLEANING FACES WHEN THE CUTTING EDGE CAME OFF. HE BENT OVER TO LOAD CUTTING EDGE INTO BUCKET AND PULLED BACK THE CUTTING EDGE WEIGHS ABOUT 65 LBS.

WHILE USING A PRY BAR ON A ROCK THAT WAS JAMMED IN A BELT TRANSFER POINT, THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO SMASH HIS FINGER AGAINST A ROCK. HE BROKE THE TIP OF HIS LEFT RING FINGER .

EE WAS PULLING BEARING HOUSING OFF OF A FINISH SCREEN WHEN IT UNEXPECTEDLY CAME LOOSE AND FELL ON HIS CHEST.

CARRYING 60 LB I-BEAM THROUGH JAW FEEDER, SURFACE WER, SLIPPED AND FELL.

WHILE TIGHTENING DOWN TENSION ROD ON JAW CRUSHER, ROD BROKE AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT SHIN. TOOK HIM TO EMERGENCY ROOM; NO IMPAIRMENT, ABLE TO RETURN BACK TO WORK.

REPAIRING P4 CONVEYOR BELT, EE STATES, IS WHEN HE THINKS HE HURT HIS BACK.