RELIEF CANYON Metal/Non-Metal

EMP ALLEGED THAT WHILE IN PIT BEING LOADED ANOTHER TRUCK CAME INTO PIT SEEN HIM BEING LOADED AND PULLED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM AND IN LINE TO BACK UNDER THE LOADER ONE HE DROVE AWAY. WHILE L AST BUCKET LOAD WAS BEING PLACE ON TRUCK TRUCK IN FORNT OF HIM STARTED TO BACK UP THINKING IT WA> HER TURN TO BE LOADED. SHE THOUGHT INJ HAD DROVE PAST HER. BACK OF HER TRUCK CRUSHED CAB OF

EMP WAS USING GRINDING WHEEL AND PC OF STEL WENT INTO EYE

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT AS HE STEPPED DOWN THE LAST STEP FROM A 55 TON TEREX ENDDUMP TO THE GROUND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE ACCIDENT SUPPOSEDLY HAPPEN ON FRIDAY, THE EMPLOYEE HAD THE WEEKEND OFF THEN WORKED MONDAY & TUESDAY AND REPORTED THE ACCIDENT ON WEDNESDAY. HE IS CONTESTING THIS ACCIDENT WITH STATE WORKMENS COMP.

EMPL WAS LOADING WASTE CONTAINER INTO BACK OF PICUP TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON LOADER BUCKET JUMPED 3 FT TO THE GROUND INJURY TO RT ANKLE

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES SHE LOST CONTROL OF 1126 114 KENWORTH WATER TRUCK APPROX. 100 YDS FROM THE TOP OF GRADE 9 11 PERCENT NORTH OF SHOP RAN THE LENGTH OF THE ROAD TO CRUSHER AREA THRU THE INTE RSECTION BETWEEN THE LEACH PADS AND ACROSS A DITCH AND THRU A 12 INCH PLASTIC PIPE AND ROLLED OVER.

EMPL WAS COLLECTING CRUSHED HEAD SAMPLE & AS SAMPLE TROUGH WAS POSITIONED INTO TRANSFER POINT ROCKS BOUNCED OFF OF SAMPLE TROUGH & STRUCK HIM IN LEFT EYE KNOCKING HIS SAFETY GLASSES OFF & SOME OF DIRT WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

THE EMPLOYEE AL5EGED THAT HE BACKED HIS LOADED TON WABCO TOWARDS THE EDGE OF THE ORE DUMP THE EDGE GAVE AWAY UNDERNEATH TRUCK CAUSING IT TO FALL OVER BACKWARD 28 FEET AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DUMP AND LANDING ON3ITS TOP CRUSHING PART OF THE CAB. THE TRUCK WAS DUMPING ON THE WRONGE END OF THE DUMP WHREE A LAODER WAS DIGGING TO FEED THE CRUSHER WHICH HAD UNDER CUT THE DUMP. THE EMPLOYE

THE EMPLOYEE AL5EGED THAT HE GOT SOME STARTING FLUID ON HIS RIGHT GLOVE WHILE STARTING EQUIPMENT, THEN NOT KNOWING HE HAD THE FLUID ON HIS GLOVE HE ATTEMPTED TO WARM HIS HAND NEAR & WEED BURNE R CATCHING HIS 1LOVE ON FIRE. THE MECHANICS WERE USING THE PROPARE WEED BURNER TO HEAT UP THE EQUIPMENT.

THE EMP ALLEGED3THAT WHILE DOING FORCE ACCOUNT WORK FOR OUR CLIENT HE CUT HIS RT FOREARM WHILE GRINDING A METAL PANEL. THE GRINDER WAS SUPPLIED BY AN EMP OF THE CLIENT AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF E EMP HAND. THE 43IN GRINDER DID NOT HAVE A GUARD AROUND THE DISC, IT HAD A TRIGGER LOCK. EMP SUFFERED A 1 IN CUT ON RT FOREARM REQUIRING 6 STITCHES

SHE ALLEGED THA7 THE TORQUE CONVERTER IN THE 55 TON TEREX TRUCK AS SHE LEFT THE PIT AND HEADED DOWN HILL TO THE ORE STOCKPILE.SHE FLET SHE COUDLMAKE THE TURN AT THE LOWER DUMP ROAD,HOWEVER MIS SED THE TURN (G2ING TOO FAST),JUMPED THE BERM AND WENT THROUGH UNDEVELOPED GROUND AREA,FINALLY STOPPING AT BASE OF SHOP PAD.THE TRUCK WAS CHECKED IMMEDIATELY,FOUND RETARDER TO BE WORKING SATI

EMPLOYEE WAS UN9OLLING 30 MILL HDP LINER FROM A 2000 LB ROLL. ONE END OF THE ROLL WAS PULLED OFF THE FORKLIFT FORKS & THE PIPE WUSED TO SUPPORT THE ROLL STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE ALLEDG9S THAT SHE BACKED THE 85D WABCO HAUL TRUCK TO THE LOADING FACE IN THE PIT AND HAD PARKED AND SET THE BRAKES TO BE LOADED.THE LOADER STARTED TO LOAD THE TRUCK WHEN THE EMPLOYEE HEAR A SOUND LI5E A SMALL EXPLOSION.THEN FLAMES STARTED SHOOTING UP AROUND THE CAB OF THE TRUCK.THE EMPLOYEE EXISTED THE CAB BEFORE THE WHOLE TRUCK WAS INGULFED IN FLAME.

INJURED WAS COM3NG OUT FROM UNDER JAW CRUSHER WHEN BIG ROCK CAME OVER TOP AND HIT HIS TOE.

SNOWFALL OCCURR9D 11-10-85 & 11-11-85 EMP WAS WALKING ON SNOW COVERED PLASTIC OF PRENGANT SOLUTION COLLECTION TROUGH ON PAD 2 CELL 4, TO TAKE 4:00 AM SAMPLE, SLIPPED & FELL TWISTED LEFT KNEE

THE PLANT OPERATOR WAS ADDING APPROX A 30 LB CONTAINER OF CAUSTIC GRANULES TO THE CYANIDE STRIP SOLUTION TANK THE CAUSTIC SURGED ENMASS FROM THE CONTAINER INTO THE SOLUTION CAUSING AN ABRUPT REACTION THE OPERATOR ANTICIPATED THE REACTION AND WAS MOVING AWAY RAPIDLY WHEN SOME SOLUTION SPLATTERED ON HIS UPPER LEGS PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WAS USED BUT HE PROBABLY INHALED SOME CYANIDE

PVC COUPLING HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN STRIPPING VESSEL EDUCTING LINE WITH EXTENSION OF PVC TUBE LINE TO ELIMINATE SHARPE 90 DEGREE ELBOWS WHICH WAS SUSPECTED TO CAUSE BREAKDOWN OF COARSE CARBON G RANULES.WHEN VALVE WAS OPENED TO BLEED DOWN THE PRESSURE IN STRIPPING VESSEL,COMBINED PRESSURE ND TEMPERATURE PASSING THRU PVC COUPLING CAUSED IT TO SEPARATE ALLOWING HOT SOLUTION AND STEAM T