EE was cleaning the mud off of a conveyor roller. He was using a hand help scraper to do so. His scraper came n contact with the convery belt and the handle of the scraper struck him in his left knee. He did go to the doctor and was placed on light duty.
EE was working on replacing wear iron in the Sag Mill. He had his hand on the boom of the lining machine. The boom was retracted and his hand was caught between two of the boom sections. He did go to the doctor and received stitches in his left hand.
Injury was grinding on the cab of track dozer DO-5. When the shop doors were opened the wind blew some metal fines into his right eye. He was taken to the E.R. where the metal was removed.
Employee was operating a Cat D-8 dozer on a ore stockpile. He doesn't know when the injury happened. His back was sore and having spasms on 11-16-08. He went to the doctor and was not allowed to return to work. He contacted his supervisor on 11-21-2008 about his injury.
Employee was climbing up the ladder on a DM45 drill. His hands slipped off the handholds and he fell forward striking his face on the upper part of the ladder. He did go to the E.R. and received 7 stitches.
EE was working in the mill, he was replacing a grease cover on a lube system for the regrind mill. EE extened his arms above his head to place the cover and in doing so he felt a pain in his left arm and shoulder, Went to Dr and was placed on on light duty limiting the use of his left arm.
EE was using a utility knife to cut the locks on a plastic nordbak bucket. While cutting the locks, whe slipped with the knife and cut her right ghigh. She did go to the doctor and received 4 stitches. There were no work restrictions, so she id return to full work duties. She had the stitches removed on 10/15/08.
EE was opening the crusher shack door. His index finger on his right hand had gotten caught between the door and the door jam. He was taken to the hospital were he received three stitches in his finger.
Employee was operating a 16G Motor Grader. She was backing up after making a pass. She was looking over her right shoulder when her neck started to hurt. She initially thought it would be OK and didn't want to go to a Dr. On August 14, 2008 she decided to go to the doctor. She was then placed on light duty.
EE was setting light plants up for the night mine crew. He was attempting to attach Q15 light plant to his pickup, light plant jack was to low so EE attempted tp lift the light plant onto his truck hitch. In doing so he strained his lower back, he went to Dr 7/8/08 and was placed in light duty.
Ee was performing maintencne on a 325 cat excavator. He was replacing a control leverin the cab. He had dropped a tool and bent over to pick it up. When he stood up the operator cab door had swung closed and struck EE in the head. He went to the emergency room where he was released. On 3/18/08 he went back to his dr and was not able
On 03/17/08 EE was walking down the stairway by the welding shop in the mill, he slipped and fell down the stairs. He initially didn't go to the DR and felt fine. By the end of the week his back was still sore, so on 3/21/08 he went to the DR and was placed on light duty work.
Employee was operating a drill press. While operating the drill the glove on his right hand was caught in the rotating drill bit. He sustained a cut on his right hand. He did go to the emergency room and received 6 stitches.
Employee was installing bed liners on a 785 haul truck. He was using a portable 9"" grinder. In doing so he had gotten metal in his eye. He wasn't sure if he had metal in his eye or not. So on 11-22-07 I took him to the emergency room where the metal was removed. Employee did go to an eye doctor on 11/23/07 and again on 11/26/07. His eye is o.k. and he did not miss any work.
Employee has an occupational disease. He has carpal tunnel syndrome in his left hand. He will got to the doctor on 11-12-07. Then for his surgery on 11-14-07.
EE had been recovering from an off the job, when he was watching a bumper being repaired on a straight truck when he stepped back to look at the bumper, stepped back, he stepped on a rock, caused him to lose his balance and fall onto his right hand, fracturing his wrist.
A unplanned detonation occurred at the bottom of the pit. A caterpiller D-11 dozer company number B-12 was doing clean up in this area when this occurred. MSHA hotline number was called immediately. There were no injuries in this explosion and no equipment damage.
Mounting a 3300-51 tire on a wheel, pulling the lock ring up onto the tire he got his thumb caught between the lock ring & flange ring while being supervised.
EE was doing a pre-shift inspection on a 235 cut rock breaker. In doing so, he stepped in some mud and his foot slipped on a rock. This caused his knee to pop. EE went to the ER on 5/26/07 and visited his doctor on 5/30/07, where he was told he could not return to work until more tests were done. This is a LTA.
Employee was performing maintenance checks for problems on a 5230 shovel. While working on the shovel a small rock fell from the highwall. The rock rolled under the maintenance truck and struck him in the left leg. He was taken to the hospital where he received 3 stitches in his left leg.
Employee was welding on bed liners of a haul truck. In doing so, hot slag burned his left elbow and it got infected. He went to the doctor on Tuesday the 30th and the doctor decided not to let him return to work until the infection was gone.
Employee was putting a bellypan on a cat dozer. He put his knees to his chest & pushed with his feet. In doing so he felt a pop in his back on the right side of his ribs. He continued to work his shift & also his next shift before going to the hospital on 12/9/06. He then went back to the clinic on 12/13/06 & was put on light duty.
Employee was marking out drill pattern & stepped on a loose rock, twisting his knee. He stated it was an old injury he hand gotten while drilling in Colorado. He decided to go to the Dr., nothing was found wrong. He went back & he was scheduled for an MRI on 12/1/06. Nothing was found wrong again but the Dr. decided to fit him with a leg brace.
EE BACKED HIS HAUL TRUCK UP TO A BERM TO DUMP HIS LOAD. THE LOAD LEFT THE BOX AND HELD THE BOX IN THE RAISED POSITION. EE PUSHED THE LOWERING LEVER DOWN AND PULLED AWAY FROM THE BERM. THE RAMS BEGAN LOWERING AND THE BOX DROPPED SEVERAL FEET, JARRING EE'S NECK. CHIROPRACTOR & THERAPY & DAYS OFF.
EE IS A SURVEY TECH. & WAS ASSISTING MOVING EMPTY PALLETS, CLEANING A LAY DOWN AREA. HE FELT A STRANGE SENSTAION IN HIS LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN. AFTER SOME TIME & SEVERAL Dr. VISITS, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A MINOR RUPTURE THAT HE MAY NEED SURGERY FOR. NO TIME MISSED FROM WORK.
EE WAS TRAVELING INTO THE MINE WHEN A ROCK APPROX 6' X 6' X 8' ROLLED DOWN AN ANGLE OF REPOSE, JUMPED A SAFETY BERM AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF HIS 992 LOADER. EE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE CAB AND RECEIVED A CUT ON TOP OF HIS HEAD AND ON HIS LEFT ELBOW.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A TORQUE CONVERTER THAT WAS PARTIALLY BOLTED INTO A 992 LOADER. THE PICKING EYES BROKE CAUSING THE CRANE BLOCK TO JUMP SEVERAL FEET IN THE AIR AND ONE OF THE CABLES TO COME PARTIALLY OFF THE SHIV. HE DID NOT NOTICE THE FAULTY SITUATION & CON'T HIS JOB ABOUT 3' UNDER THE 200# BLOCK. THE BLOCK DROPPED ONTO HIS HARD HAT PINNING HIM AGAINST THE LOADER.
EE WAS CLIMBING ON TO A TRACK MOUNTED ROCK BREAKER FOR THE FUELING/LUBE PROCESS AND STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER RUNG. X-RAY AT THE TIME SHOWED NOTHING BROKEN AND ALL OK. ON 8/26/05 HE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR FOR AN ADJUSTMENT ON FOOT. EE was diagnosed with a broken foot on 9-21-05. He had surgery. Dr released him to lite duty on 9-30-05.
EE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN ON 7/24/05 FROM THE SEAT IN HIS HAUL TRUCK BOTTOMING SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE SHIFT. HE CALLED OFF FOLLOWING SHIFT BUT GAVE NO REASON. INJURY DATE 7/22/05. THIS SEAT WAS IN THE TRUCK FOR 3 WEEKS AND WAS CHANGED OUT AFTER HIS INJURY. MANUFACTURER FOUND NO REASON FOR IT TO BE BOTTOMING OUT
EMPLOYEE & HIS PARTNER WERE LIFTING A WOODEN TIMBER, ONE MAN ON EACH END OF THE TIMBER. THE TIMBER WAS 12""X 12""X 6'LONG, WEIGHING APPROX. 175 LBS. EMPLOYEE USED HIS LEGS TO PICK THE TIMBER BUT THEN TWISTED WITH THE LOAD. ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON SAID NO WORK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Employee was walking from one pickup truck to another. The ground was frozen and rutted. She rolled her ankle and felt a sharp pain. She was seen at the emergency room and diagnosed with a small fracture to the ankle.
THE EE WAS CARRYING A SET OF WELDING LEADS AND STEPPED FROM ONE LEVEL OF GRATED DECKING DOWN TO THE NEXT LEVEL - APPROX. 10 INCHES DOWN. EE STEPPED ONTO A 2.5""-DIAMETER STONE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT FOOT. X-RAYS AT THE ER SHOWED A FRACTURED BONE IN HIS LEFT FOOT. DOCTOR PRESCRIBED LIGHT DUTY.
EE WAS CROSSING UNDER A 5'6"" STEEL FRAMEWORK AND BUMPED HIS HARD HAT, JAMMING HIS NECK. ON 3/28/05 EE INFORMED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE HAD SEEN A CHIROPRACTOR FOR AN ""ADJUSTMENT.""
EE AND TWO OTHER MILL EMPLOYEES WERE DRAGGING A 70'X2"" RUBBER WATER WASH DOWN HOSE INTO POSITION TO WASH THE MILL FLOOT. EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LEFT CALF. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A STRAINED ACHILLES TENDON AND WILL REQUIRE THERAPY. RETURN TO MOD. DUTY.
TWO MAINTENANCE EE WERE REMOVING 992 LOADER BUCKET HEEL PLATE. ONE EE WAS KNOCKING OUT A BOLT THAT HAD BEEN TORCHED OFF. OTHER EE WAS TORCHING THE ONLY OTHER BOLT HOLDING THE PLATE. THE PLATE FELL APPROX 4.5 FT ONTO EE FOOT, JUST ABOVE STEEL TOE. BROKEN BONE IN FOOT
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSERT 8"" PLASTIC PIPE INTO THE PIPE FUSER. AS THE PIPE SLID FORWARD, EE GOT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE FUSER. FINGER WAS LACERATED REQUIRING STITCHES AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WIRE FEED WELDER WHEN THE STRINGER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS RT.HAND. HE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB IT W/HIS LEFT HAND & THE WIRE PIERCED HIS GLOVE & HAND. THE WIRE STABBED HIS INDEX FINGER TENDON CAUSING AN INFECTION. DR. NEEDED TO CUT & DRAIN THE INFECTION.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE DISLODGING A JACK PAD FROM THE MUD ON A DRILL PATTERN. THE IR DRILL HAD LOST ITS PAD EARLIER THAT MORNING. THE SUPERVISOR HAD ADVISED THEM TO USE AN EXCAVATOR TO DO THE JOB IF NECESSARY. THEY USED A PRY BAR AND TOGETHER CARRIED THE PAD TO THE DRILL. LATER THAT SHIFT, ONE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF NECK AND UPPER BACK PAIN.
Ee was drilling a horizontal well, working alone. He changed many drill steels during the shift and at the end of the shift, his left lower leg was very sore. He filed an injury report with the company on 9/7 and on 9/14 he went to a doctor as the pain did not subside. Diagnosed torn tendon on 9/14/04.
MINE MECHANIC WAS USING A HAND HELD PNEUMATIC DIE GRINDER TO CUT A PIECE OF METAL ON A HAUL TRUCK ENGINE. THE 3 INCH GRINDING WHEEL BROKE AND A PIECE OF IT STRUCK HIM ON THE LOWER LIP. THREE STITCHES WERE PLACED IN HIS LIP TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.
NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. EE IS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS THUMB AND HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ""TRIGGER FINGER"". THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL DISEASE SIMILAR TO CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
EE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF 8"" DIA PLASTIC PIPE AND DROPPED IT ON HIS FOOT. FURTHER MEDICAL REVIEW FOUND THAT THE BIG TOE WAS BROKEN. EE IS NORMALLY A TRUCK DRIVER BUT WORKED AN OVERTIME SHIFT IN PIT DEWATERING. NO LOST WORK TIME.
EE BEGAN HAVING NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN HIS NECK, SHOULDER AND RT ARM AND RT HAND. HE SAW A DR ON 1-15-04 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PROBLEMS FROM HOLDING A TELEPHONE TO HIS EAR. NO MISSED WORK.
Employee began to feel pain in his rt. knee as he was operating the cat loader. The pain did not subside and he went to the Dr., was diagnosed with torn cartilage. No accident occurred, he is scheduled for surgery sometime in March. Workers Comp. accepted claim on 2/23/04.
EE EXPERIENCED A PAIN BETWEEN HER SHOULDER BLADES AS SHE WAS DRIVING HER LOADED HAUL TRUCK TO THE WASTE STOCKPILE. HER FINGERS OF LEFT HAND BEGAN TO TINGLE. EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR DIAGNOSED STR AINED MUSCLES IN UPPER BACK AND SHE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR FOR AN ""ADJUSTMENT"" ON 11-17-03.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL A MILL LIFTER (200#) ONTO A LIFTING SLING AND ROLLED IT ONTO HIS FINGER, SMASHING THE FINGER TIP BETWEEN THE LIFTER AND THE DECK. STITCHES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE WO UND.
EE WAS USING A 12# SLEDGE HAMMER AS A BACKING PLATE WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS STRIKING A PIN INTO THE PAN FEEDER DRIVE CHAIN. A SMALL SHARD OF METAL SPLINTERED OFF THE PIN AND STRUCK EE IN THE CHIN REQUIRING STITCHES AND REMOVAL OF THE 1/4"" METAL CHIP.
IMPROPER RIGGING OF 70# BEARING CAPS; FAILURE TO WAIT FOR SIGNALS; MISJUDGEMENT OF PROPER CLEARANCE; FAILURE TO CLEAR PERSONNEL BELOW. VICTIM FELT HE WAS IN A SECURE POSITION AND FAILED TO CON NECT TO PROVIDED SAFETY BLOCK. RESULTED IN DISLOCATED RIGHT ELBOW, SCALP LACERATION, POSSIBLE RIB FRACTURES, ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS. HOSPITALIZED.
THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT BUT MR. SATRE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN AND RT LEG & RT HIP PAIN FOR APPROXIMATELY THE PAST MONTH. HE BEGAN CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS ON 5-22-03 WORKERS COMP HAS ACCEPTED THIS CLAIM AS INDIVIDUAL DISEASE CLAIM DUE TO NO SPECIFIC ACCIDENT.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A SMALL CABINET THAT WAS MOUNTED ON THE DECK OF A FLATBED SERVICE TRUCK. THE LATCH WAS JAMMED SO HE BENT DOWN TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AND JERKED ON THE DOOR. THE 12"" X 24"" DOOR WHICH IS HINGED AT THE BOTTOM OPENED AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LIP AND SLIGHTLY CHIPPED A FRONT TOOTH.
EE BEGAN EXPERIENCING NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN HIS HANDS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. HIS DOCTOR HAS DIAGNOSED HIM WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AND HAS ATTRIBUTED IT TO HIS JOB.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE ACCESS LADDER OF A 777 CTERPILLAR HAUL TRUCK AND FELT A MUSCLE STRAIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES. HE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR ON MARCH 31, 2003.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK A LOAD OF WIRE SCREEN FROM A FLATBED TRUCK USING A BOOM TRUCK. THE LOAD WAS TOO HEAVY FOR THE TRUCK AND OPERATOR ERROR CAUSED THE TRUCK TO OVERTURN. EE FELL TO THE GR OUND, STRIKING HIS ELBOW ON THE GROUND. NO INJURY WAS FOUND ON THE DATE OF ACCIDENT BUT HE HAD FLUID DRAINED FROM THE ELBOW ON 5-21-03.
EE WAS WORKING ON A TRANSFORMER IN THE MINE AREAAND SLIPPED ON ICY GROUND. HE FELL LANDING ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DEEP BRUISE. ON APRIL 29, 03 HIS PAIN HAD NOT SUBSIDED AND HE HAS BEGUN PHYSICAL THREAPY. HE HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK.
EE HAS HAD ONGOING NECK PAIN FOR MANY MONTHS. HE SAW A DOCTOR AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DISC PROBLEMS IN HIS NECK (SPINAL COLUMN). WORKERS COMPENSATION HAS FINALLY ACCEPTED THIS CLAIM AS INDUSTRI AL DISEASE. NO ACCIDENT HAS PRECIPITATED THIS PROBLEM.
EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL IVD SYNDROME A DEGENERATIVE DISK DISEASE IN HIS NECK. WORKERS COMP HAS ACCEPTED THIS AS A WORK RELATED ITEM AND CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED FO R THE TINGLING AND NUMBNESS IN HIS ARMS AND SHOULDERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING THE TOUGUE OF A SMALL TRAILER TO ATTACH IT TO THE HITCH ON A PICKUP TRUCK. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND UPPER ARM. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER HE SAW A DOCTOR AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DISC PROBLEMS IN HIS NECK RELATING TO THIS INCIDENT. HE HAD NECK SURGERY ON MAY 30 TO REPAIR HIS NECK.
EE WAS RETRACTING A 25 FT. STEEL TAPE AND THE BLADE CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RT. HAND SMALL LACERATION CAUSED FOUR STITCHES TO BE PUT IN BY DR AT EMERGENCY ROOM.
EE WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER OF THE CAT HAUL TRUCK AND WHEN SHE WAS ON THE BOTTOM 2 RUNGS, MUDDY CONDITIONS CAUSED HER TO LOOSE HER FOOTING AND FALL. HER SOFT SIDED LUNCH BOX WAS SLUNG OVER HE R HEAD & SHOULDER AND SHE SAT ON THE LUNCH BOX WHICH HAD A CAN OF SOUP IN IT.
EE WAS DRILLING 1/2"" DIAMETER HOLE THROUGH A PIECE OF PLASTIC RACEWAY. HIS RT. HAND WAS STABILIZING THE PLASTIC AND THE DRILL BIT PUNCHED THROUGH THE MATERIAL AND LACERATED THE PALM OF HIS RT. HAND. HE IS LEFT HANDED. 2 STITCHES REQUIRED
EE WAS REMOVING OUTSIDE DUAL ON LUBRICATION TRUCK. TIRE SIZE UR 24.5-14 PLY-100 PSI NON SPLIT RIM A ROCK HAD WEDGED BETWEEN DUALS. AS LAST LUG ONUT WAS REMOVED FROM OUTSIDE DUAL THE INSIDE DUA L BLEW OUT. ROCK WAS THROWN OUT AND STRUCK FENDER WELL. SHEET METAL BULGED OUT AND STRUCK EE ON HARD HAT AND GLASSES.
EE EXPERIENCED BAKC PAIN WHILE OPERATING A 992 LOADER. HE MADE MENTION TO HIS SUPERVIOSR ON 4-15-02 BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION CHIROPRACTOR UNTIL 4-22. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE HIS CHIRO PRACTOR FOR AN ADJUSTMENT UNTIL 4-26-02.
EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF BED ON THE DAY AFTER HIS LAST DAY SHIFT AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT FOOT, NO ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED TO CAUSE THIS PAIN. AFTER SOME DAYS OF PAIN AND TESTS HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE ""ST RESS FRACTURES"" OF THE METATARSAL BONES OF HIS RT FOOT. DR DIAGNOSED INDUSTRIAL DISEASE.
EE STEPPED OFF OF THE LADDER OF THE MOTOR GRADERHE WAS OPERATING. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE DID NOT FALL BUT DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS ON 1/7 WAS POSSIBLE TORN MINISCUS. THREE WEEKS OFF.
EE WAS SHOVLING FINES INTO A WHEELBARROW AT THE CRUSHER. HE WAS USING A#2 SQUARE NOSE SHOVEL. HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK BUT DID NOT REPORT IT. HE WAS ON HIS LAST SHIFE BEFGORE HIS 4 D AYS OFF. HE WENT TO A CHIROPROACTOR ON HIS DAYS OFF WHICH THIS AN MSHA REPORTABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER BELTING AND THE RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND, APPROX 1/4"" LONG. 2 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.
EE TRIPPED WHEN DESCENDING THE STEPS IN THE MILLAND FELL TWO STEPS TO THE LANDING STRIKING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, ELBOW AND KNEE. HE PULLED MUSCLESIN HIS NECK. HE WENT OT A CHIROPRACTOR ON 5/8/01 FOR AN ADJUSTMENT.
EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HER RIGHT ELBOW. NO ACCIDENT PRECEDED THIS PAIN. SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TENDONITIS, BROUGHT ABOUT BY USE OF HER COMPUTER MOUSE. COMP. HAS ACCEPTED THIS CLAIM AS INDUSTRI AL ILLNESS 5/3/01.
EE WAS WORKING IN FRONT OF THE CRUSHER DUMP BOX ON A ""CRUSHER DOWN DAY"". A BERM OF MATERIAL HAD BEEN PILED IN FRONT OF THE BOX TO PREVENT DUMPING. EE WALKED ON THE BERM AND SLIPPED, CATCHING H IMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT ARM. HE JAMMED HIS RT SHOULDER AND ROTATOR CUFF. NO MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 6-19-01.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON LOWER DECK IN THE MILL WHEN HIS PARTNER ON THE DECK ABOVE SHIFFLED HIS FEET AND KNICKED DUST AND DIRT FROM THE OPEN GRATING DOWN INTO HIS EYES. FLUSHED AT MINESITE.
EE HAD JUST MOUNTED THE CAT 5230 SHOVEL. HE REACHED DOWN TO PULL UP THE COUNTER BALANCED LADDER AND STRAINED A SMUCLE IN HIS NECK. A VISIT TO AN ORTHOPEDIC DR CALLED FOR EE TO BE ON MODIFIED D UTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS 4 DAY ROTATION.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING 6"" DRISCO PIPE WATERLINE ON A BERM. HE STEPPED OFF THE BERM AND FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WAS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON 5-16 TO REMOVE CARTILAGE FROM THE KNEE JOI NT. SURGERY SCHEDULED ON DAYS OFF.
EE IS A MINE ENG TECH. HE WAS ASSISTING WITH A PROJECT DURING THE SUMMER OF 2000 THAT REQ'D HIM TO USE A GAS POWERED COMPACTOR FOR SEVERAL WKS HE DEVELOPED A ""TRIGGER FINGER"" INDUSTRIAL DISEA S AS DIAGNOSED BY AN ORTHOPEDIC DR. NO SPECIFIC ACCIDENT
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRAW A TAILINGS SAMPLE FROMTHE DISCHARGE TROMMEL OF THE MILL. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO REACH THE SAMPLE ROD/CUP UNDER THE TROMMELTHE CUP STRUCK THE TROMMEL CAUSING HIM TO BANG HIS HAND AGAINST THE SAMPLE OPENING. HE CUT HIS RIGHT HAND RING FINGER.
EE HAS EXPERIENCED NECK & SHOULDER PAIN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS FROM NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT. ON 9/22/00HE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR FOR AN ADJUSTMENT TO HIS NECK. HE DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT ALTHOUGH WO RKERS COMP HAS DEEMED THIS AN INDUSTRIAL ILLNESS
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PORTA POWER RAM TO SPREAD APUMP FROM IT'S BASE. UPON COMPLETION OF THE JOB THE RAM FAILED TO RETRACT FULLY AND MAINTAINED ASMALL AMOUNT OF PRESSURE. THE RAM WAS TAPPED WIT H A HAMMER AND THE RAM SPRUNG FREE, PINCHING THEMECHANIC'S HAND AGAINST THE PUMP BASE.
EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE IS MOVING A DRILL STEEL. THE OTHER EE LET GO OF THE STEEL AND EE'S LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED AGAINST THE DRILL DECK. THE SKIN WAS BROKEN, REQUIRING 3 STITCHED TO CL OSE.
A MILL MECHANIC WAS USING AN 8# HAMMER TO KNOCK LINERS LOOSE IN THE CRUSHER PAN FEEDER. A PIECE OF THE STEEL LINER CHIPPED OFF & STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT CHEEK (RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE). FOUR STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.
THE EE WAS IN AN 8 HR CLASSROOM TRAINING SESSION& B THE END OF THE DAY HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWERBACK XRAYS REVEALED A NARROWING OF A DISC IN THE LOWER BACK DUE TO NO ACCIDENT WORKERES COMP WIL L LIKELY DIAGNOSE OR TREAT AS INDUSTRIAL DISEASE
3 MAINT EE'S WERE CARRYING A LAUNDER INTO THE MILL. ONE OF THE EE'S SLIPPED ON ICE & TWISTED HISKNEE HE DID NOT SEE MED ATTENTION UNTIL 4/3/00 HIS DR FOUND NO BREAK ALTHOUGH RECOMMENDED PHYSI CAL THERAPY