ZORTMAN MINING INC Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS CARRYING A BAG OF MATERIAL AND BENT OVER. HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. HE WORKED ABOUT 14 TWELVE HOUR SHIFTS FOLLOWING THE INJURY BEFOR REPORTING. HE ALSO CONSULTED A DR. WITHOUT NOTIFYING T HE CO.--BOTH AR SERIOUS VIOLATION OF CO. POLICY.DUE TO THE VERY LATE REPORTING BY THE EE OF THIS INJURY, WE INVESTIGATED IT. THIS IS THE CAUSE OF LATE REPORTING.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BIT AND HAMMER ASSEMBLY FROM PRODUCTION DRILL. WHEN IT CAME LOOSE HE WAS NOT READY AND IT FELL PINCHING HIS FINGER.

EE WAS PULLING LINER. SMALL ROCK UNDER FOOT ROLLED AND EE FELL TO GROUND ON RT HIP.

WHIEL CHANGING PIPING IN CARBON PLANT, SOME FOREIGN MATERIAL GOT INTO HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP TO A BERM WHEN SHE POWERED THROUGH THE BERM ON HER RIGHT REAR WHEELS ROLLING THE TRUCK DOWN THE WASTE DUMP. EMPLOYEE WAS BEING SPOTED BY A DOZER OPERATOR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. BERMS WERE 4' HIGH.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING OIL ON THE 77B HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP FROM ONE TRUCK DECK TO ANOTHER (6 FEET APART). EMPLOYEE MISSED AND FELL TO THE GROUND, APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET, FRACTURI NG HIS HEELS.

EE WAS HELPING BLAST A MISFIRED HOLE THEY INGNITED THE MISHOLE APPROX 800FT FROM THE HOLE & BEHIND A FLAT BED TRUCK A SMALL PIECE OF FLY ROCK HIT THE TRUCK BED THOUGHT EE IN HIS CHAIN CAZUSING A LACERATION EE WAS TREATED BY COMPANY EMT THENTRANSPORTED TO HIS PHYSICIAN TO REPAIR THE LACARATION

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN THE EQUIPMENT LADDER OF A CAT 777B TRUCK WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT TOUCHED THE GROUND HE BEGAN PUTTING WEIGHT ON IT. HIS KNEE BUCKLED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. HE S TATED THAT HE WAS MAINTAINING THREE-POINT-CONTACT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

THE LABORER WAS CLEANING THE ZINC PRESS WHEN HE SLIPPED FORWARD, CUTTING HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING DOWN A HAUL TRUCK TIRE WHEN THE BEAD BREAKER KICKED BACK.

EMPLOYEES WIFE NOTICED THAT HIS R EYE RED AFTER HE RETURN HOME AFTER WORK SHE NOTICED A SMALL PARTICAL ON HAS EYE BALL BUT COULD NOT GET IT OUT EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO PHYSICIAN & PARTIAL WAS RE MOVED BY A Q STICK

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING D-10 DOZER AND SLIPPED ON WET DOZER TRUCK. INJURED ATTEMPTED TO STOP HIS FALL AND INJURED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A BOX OF CORE WHEN SHE FELT HER SHOULDER BURNE REPORTED THE STRAIN TO EXPERIENCE 3:00M.

EMPLOYEE TURNED AROUND FROM BENCH & HIT A SHARP 2" FLAT STEEL PLATE WITH HIS R HAND CUTTING HIS 1ST INDEX FINGER & HAND.

THE ZMI EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A PICKUP TRUCK AT THE ZORTMAN MINE WHEN A BEE FLEW INTO THE OPEN WINDOW AND STUNG HIM ON HIS NECK. THIS CAUSED AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO OCCUR WITH THE EMPLOYEE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIPPING A HARD SPOT IN THE PIT FLOOR WITH A CAT DOZER. HE HAD BACKED ON THE BERM TO POSITION THE RIPPER ON THE HARD SPOT. AS HE CAME OFF THE BERM, THE DOZER DROPPED, CAUSING S OME PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T RECALL ANY SPECIFIC INCIDENT WHEN THE PARTICLE ENTERED HIS EYE. MD LOCATED AND REMOVED A SMALL NON-METALLIC PARTICLE UNER INJURED'S UPPER EYE LID. STRONG WINDS MAY HAVE BE EN THE CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT. HE WEARS PRESCRION SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON THE EX1800 SHOVEL, WHILE STEPPING ONTO THE EQUIPMENT LADDER RAN APPROX 18" HIGH, HIS FOOT SLIPPED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ONT EH LADDER RAIL. HIS TWISTING AND FALL MOTION FX HIS RIGHT HUMERS MUD.

OPERATOR HAD JUST LEFT THE LITTLE BEN PIT WITH A LOAD OF ORE GOING DOWN HILL BY THE '87 PAD TO THE LIME TOWER AND ON TO ORE PAD '91. THE GRADE IS AT AN APPROX 10% SLOPE. FOUR TRUCKS HAD DRIV EN OVER THE ROAD AND MADE THE ROAD ICY. WHEN THE VICTIM HIT THE ICE, HIS TRUCK WENT SIDEWAYS THEN FELL ONTO THE OFF PASSENGER SIDE. THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT, SAFETY GLASSES AND

EMPOYEE WAS S TEPPING OUT OF A FUEL TRUCK & STEPPED ONTO A ROCK SPRAINING HIS RT ANKLE

ON 3-1-91, EE WAS EE AS A HAUL TRUCK DRIVER. THIRTY FOUR WORKING DAYS LATER EE STARTED CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT ON HIS OWN ACCORD. ON 4-21-91, EE DECIDED TO FILE FOR WORKMANS COMPENSATION. AFTER EVLAUATION OF HIS PRE EE PHYSICAL AND X RAYS ITIS OUR DETERMINATION THAT THIS MOST LIKELY IS A PREEXISTING CONDITION THAT WAS AGGRAVATED BY LENGHTY PERIODS OF SITTING WE FELL THAT THIS IS NOT

DURING LAST 38 YRS WHILE OPERATING HEAVY EQUIPMENT,EMPL SUFFERED ACCRUED HEARING LOSS.

CREW MAKING A STEEL CONNECTION AND ADDING PIPE.I.NAME IN TOWER WITH TOP HEAD DRIVE ABOVE.DRILLER SHIFTING TO OTHER CABLE DRUM WHEN TOP HEAD DRIVE SLIPPED AND FELL ON INJ.DRILLER SET THE CABLE BRAKE WHEN HE NOTICED CABLE UNSPOOLING MINIMIZING AMOUNT OF FALL BY TOP HEAD ON INJ HELPER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ONT HE 87-90 ORE REAP DISCONNECTING EMITTER HOSES FROM A MANIFOLD LINE. WHILE PERFORMING THIS TASK IT IS NECESSARY TO HEAT THE HOSSES WITH A PROPANE TORCH. THE EMPLOYEE DIRECTED THE TORCH AWAY FROM THE HOSE TO MAKE A DISCONNECT WHEN IN ADVERTENTLY THE FLAME WAS DIRECTED ONTO AN AEROSOL PAINT CAN. THE HEAT CAUSED THE CAN'S SEAM TO SPLITEXPOSING EMPLOYEE TO HO

EMPLOYEE LIFTED SEPARATELY TWO 100# CANS OF ZINC FROM FLOOR TO ZINC CONE SHORTLY AFTER EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE DISCOMFORT ALONG THE LOWER LUMBAR

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING TASK OF CHARGING LIME HOPPER/FEEDER WITH LIME WHEN BAG & LINER SLID OFF THE FORKS INTO BIN WHILE REMOVING THE BAG & LINER THE HOPPER/FEEDER HE EXPOSED LEFT EYE FOREARM S ABDOMEN & LOWER BACK TO LIME LISTED

EE STOPPED AT THE LIME SILO TO RESTAND A BARRACADE. DURING THE PROCESS, LIME DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

HAULING TOP SOIL, HIT ROUGH SPOT LIME DUST DISLODGED SETTLING IN R EYE

WHEN BRINGING STEL BACK OUT OF HOLE DECK BUSHING HUNG UP ON DRILL STEEL. WHEN STARTING STEEL BACK IN HOLE OPERATOR HAD HAND ON STEEL TO STEADY IT. DECK BUSHING TURNEDE LOOSE FROM WHERE IT HAD BEEN HUNG UP ON STEEL & FELL CATCHING OPERATOR'STHUMB BETWEEN BUSHING & BACKHEAD OF DRILL.

LIFTING ONE END OF LARGE HEAVY HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ROD,I.NAME FELT STRAIN IN BACK.RESULT-ACUTE LUMBAR SPINE STRAIN.

INDIVIDUAL WAS UNLOADING VALVES FROM A FLATBED TRUCK AND EXPERIENCED A LOWER LUMBAR STRAIN. MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN UTILIZED TO UNLOAD THE EQUIPMENT.

LIFTING PUMP CASING HEAD PUMP HEAD FELL AND LANDED ON R INSTEP

INDIVIDUAL WAS MOVING STRAW BALES (50 TO 60 LBS) AT THE '89 PAD FACILITY. AS LIFTING AND LOADING THE BALES INTO THE BOBCAT BUCKET, THE INDIVIDUAL LIFTED AND TWISTED EXPERIENCING AN ACUTE STRAI N OR SPRAIN IN THE LUMBROSACRAL REGION OF HIS BACK. AT THE TIME NO TREATMENT WAS DEEMED NECESSARY AS TIME PROGRESSED, THE STRAIN STIFFENED AND THE INDIVIDUAL WENT IN FOR CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTME

START-UP OCCURRED 1-8-90.EMPL CALLED BACK TO WORK TO RUN A CAT AS WELL AS OTHER EQUIP.EMPL DEVELOPED SORE BACK ON 19TH OF JAN.AFTER DRIVING HAUL TRUCK. EMPL COMPLAINED BACK WAS BOTHERING HIM A ND THAT HE NEEDED TO SEE A CHIROPRACTOR ON THE 26TH OF JAN 1990.FOLLOWING MONDAY,EMPL DIDNT RETURN TO WORK FOLLOWING WEEKEND ACTIVITIES.

HE WAS SHOVELING SLAG FROMT HE FLOOR SKID PLATE INTO 30 GALLON SLAG BARRELS. DURING SHOVELING HE FELT A TWITCH IN HIS LOWER BACK, HE SET THE LOAD DOWN, REPOSITIONED AND CONTINUED TO WORK. TH E TWITCH DID NOT RESULT IN ANY DISCOMFORT UNTIL LATER THAT NIGHT. THE INDIVIDUAL NEVER REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL THE A.M. OF 11-1-89. AT WHIHC TIME HE WENT TO A LOCAL CHI

INDIVIDUAL WAS ASSISTING IN DISMANTLYING A 12 INCH PVC PIPELINE PULLING THE PIPE JOINTS APART USING CHAINS SLINGED AROUND THE PIPE END AND THEN PULLING THE PIPE JOINTS APART UTILIZING VECHICLE S. IN PERFORMING THE TASK, HE WENT TO REMOVE THECHAIN FROM BENEATH THE JOINT PREVIOUSLY DISMANTLED, THE CHAIN WAS CAUGHT BENEATH THE PIPE HE GAVE A HARD PULL TO FREE THE CHAIN AND STRAINED HI

INDIVIDUAL WAS PULLING THE TURBINE PUMP ON THE 1989 LEACH PAD. IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE TURBINE PUMP THREADED DRIVE ROD, THE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED A METAL CUTTING (SLIVER) BENEATH THE SKIN ON THE LEFT INDEX FINGER. AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT THE METAL CUTTING WAS NOT NOTICED. OVERNIGHT, THE CUTTING FESTERED AND INFECTED. INDIVIDUAL WAS SENT IN FOR EXAMINATION. RECEIVED A TETANUS I

DRILL IS LOCATED ON A PAF OF BENTONITE SHALE. RECENT DAYS HAVE BEEN RAIN AND SNOW. DRILLERS HAND SLIPPED OFF CHEATER WHILE BUSTING RODS OUT OF HOLE CAUSING STRAIN TO LOWER BACK MUSCLES, AND SO ME INJURY TO DISC.

INDIVIDUAL WAS ADJUSTING FORKS ON MANITOU FORK LIFT AS HE MOVED THE FORK OUT & SET IT INTO POSITION HE PINCHED HIS RT RING FINGERTIP BETWEEN THE FORK & THE MAST

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN LOADING TRUCKS WITH TIMBER AND DRILLING SUPPLIES.

CUTTING SECTION OF I BEAM SUPPPORTED FORM GROUND LEVEL ON FORKS OF FORK LIFT AS UNSUPPORTED END WAS CUT FREE AND FELL TO GROUND LEVEL MATERIAL GRAZED THE IND KNEE RESULTING IN LACERATION REQ S UTURES.

HE WAS WALKING IN THE PIT AREA COLLECTING ORE SAMPLES. AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS CONSISTED OF HIGH WIND (EXCESS OF 40 MPH) AND WET WALKING SURFACES AT THE DRILL SITE S. THE INCIDENT RESULTED FROM GUSTING WINDS WHICH KNOCKED HIM OFF BALANCE AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT HIS BALANCE, HE TWISTED HIS BACK. EXTENT OF THE INJURY CONSISTED OF A MUSCLE SPRAIN AL

INDIVIDUAL WAS CARGING DRY LIME TO A TANK USING A PIECE OF MOBILE EQUIPMENT WHEN THE MATERIAL BECAME BRIDGED IN THE BAG THE INDIVIDAUAL EXITED THE EQUIPMENT TO SHAKE THE MATERIAL FREE POSITION ING HIMSELF BETWEEN THE MOBILE EQUIPMENT AND IMMOVALBE TANK WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE BAG THE CLUTCH DISAGREEMENT NOT BEING SET AND UNLEVEL RAMP SURFACE THE EQUIPMENT ROLLED PINCHING THE LEFT

INDIVIDUAL WAS 8EARCHING FOR A WATER RUN OFF ALONG A ROCK EMBANKMENT WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED DOWN THE SLOPE TO THE ROADWAY BELOW.

ON DRILL SITE,O1ERATOR STRAINED HIS BACK USING AN EIGHT POUND SLEDGE TO BREAK OUT ICE ON THE DOWN IN THE HOLE HAMMER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PU7TING ASIDE HILL SPRAY LINES BACK IN PLACE.THE PIPE WAS BENDING OVER THE EDGE OF THE HEAP.IT SEPARATED AT THE JOINT AND HIT EMPLOYEE UNDER THE RIGHT EYE.

OPERATOR WAS BL5DING ON A 3:1 SLOPE ON NEW MILL GULCH PAD,WHEN HE SLIPPED HITTING HIS RIGHT KNEE,AGAINST THE BLADE'S SHIFT TOWER.

EMP WAS WORKING3ON A PUMP STATION AND GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN A STEEL BEARM

WAS OPERATING D2ZER ON NEW POND SITE WHEN DUST ENTERED HIS EYES

ANOTHER EMPLOYE3WAS SPREADING A LIQUID FLOCCULANT NALCO 7852 IN A POND WITH A 5 GAL BUCKET IN A HIGH WIND I.NAME WAS NOT WEARING GOGGLES AND SOME SPRAY ENTEREDD HIS LEFT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION

WHILE CLEANING 2IGH WALL OF OK PIT WITH DOZER, ROCKS ENTERED THE CAB AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR. OPERATOR SUFFERED 3 CRACKED RIBS AND BRUISED RIGHT FEMUR.

I.NAME WAS PICK3NG UP WOODEN POSTS FROM GROUND LEVEL & LIFTING THEM TO WAIST LEVEL IN ORDER TO PLACE THEM ON A FORKLIFT. IMPROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUES & CRAMPED QUATERS CAUSED STRAINED BACK M USCLES. 3

I.NAME WAS WALK3NG DOWN A ROAD AT THE ZORTMAN MINE SITE WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A TREE ROOT AND FELL DOWN A ROAD CUT ABOUT 4 1/2' HE ROLLED DOWN THE CUT INJURING HI8 LEFT ELBOW. HE IS DEVELOPING TENDONITES IN HIS ELBOW

WHILE WELDING IN BACK OF AN ORE TRUCK HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY BOLT THAT WAS KNOCKED LOOSE BY A MECHANIC WHO WAS WORKING NEARBY.

WJO E OOSENING A HYDRAULIC HOSE FITTING HE WAS HIT IN THE FACE BY A SPRAY OF HIGH PRESSURE HYDRAULIC O IL.THIS IN TURN KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND HE CUT HIS FROEHEAD ON A DRAIN PAN DURING THE FALL.HE RECEIVED MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES TO HIS FACE AND FOREHEAD AND GOT HYDRAULIC OIL IN HIS EYES.

I.NAME WAS WURVEYING ON A SIDE HILL WHEN HE JUMPED OFF A 3 FT. BANK AND LANDED AWKWARD TWISTING HIS HIP. I.NAME PULLED SOME LIGAMENTS IN HIS HIP.

AS OPERATOR WAS GETTING DOWN FROM DOZER AT END OF SHIFT HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE & SNOW THAT WAS ON THE PUSH ARM FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE USING A HAMMER AND CHISEL ON LOADER BUCKET EDGE, A METAL CHIP FLEW OFF AND IMBEDDED ITSELF IN EMPLOYEES LOWER LIP

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OF AN ORE TRUCK, AS HE WAS PULLING THE WATER HOSE. HE SLIPPED ON A WET ROCK AND FELL AGAINST THE TRUCKS TIRE, WRENCHING HIS BACK

FUELER SLIPPED OFF THE STEP OF THE FUEL TRUCK AND INJURED HIS RT HAND WHEN HE LANDED ON IT

AL BROWN WAS GRININD METAL PLATES WITH AN ELECTRIC GRINDER AND CUP BRUSH DURING .

GEORGE WAS TRYING TO PULL A 100 LB. JACKHAMMER OUT OF A HOLE THAT IT WAS STUCK IN. WHEN HE STARTED TO WALK AWAY GEORGE COULDNT STRAIGHTEN UP OR WALK VERY WELL.

PULLING PLASTIC LINER DOWN ON EMBANKMENT WITH OTHER WORKERS WHEN LINER WRAPPED AROUND LEG TWISTING KNEE.CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 10-22-83 WHEN DR TOOK HIM OFF WORK.

GILBERT WAS LIFTING A 50 LB CAN OF ZINC TO THE ZINC FEED WHEN HE JAMMED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER ON THE PLATFORM FRACTURING HIS METACARPAL

WHILE WELDING, THE ELECTRODE SLIPPED OFF AND WHILE STILL HOT PUNCTURED THE LEFT THIGH AND BURNED THE PALM OF ONE HAND.

BRUCE WAS CLEANING LIME BUILD-UP OUT OF SPRAY HUBS WITH HIS KNIFE. HE SET THE KNIFE DOWN FOR A MINUTE. THEN GRABBED THE BLADE OF T HE KNIFE CUTING HIS HAND.

WHILE STEPPING OF THE BOBCAT RORY TWISTED HIS ANKLE THUS SPRAINING HIS ANKLE.

OPERATOR JUMPED OFF FORKLIFT WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF FORK LIFT GOING DOWN A GRADE HE BROKE HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG

DELPHUS WAS HELPING PULL PLASTIC PIPE DOWN THE HEAP WHEN ONE AND GOT CAUGHT ON A ROCK THE SLIPPED LOOSE STRIKING DELPHUS ON THE RIGHT LEG. DELPHUS COMPLAINED OF A SORE LEG LATER THAT DAY, SO H AD HIS LEG X-RAYED. DR. SAID DELPHUS RIGHT POSSIBLY HAVE A HAIRLINE FRACTURE.