INJURED WAS LOADING TRUCK WIHT LOADER IN AREA THAT HAD BEEN SCALED EARLIER AND FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION, WHEN BACK ROCK FELL ON MOTOR END OF LOADER. ROCK WAS OF SUCH SIZE (EST 20X25X3) IT SHOOK EMP AROUND INSIDE OPERATORS POSITION CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HEAD AGAINST SAFE TOP. SUFFEREDCONTUSION TO SKULL AND NECK.
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- Total incidents
- 88
- Years on record
- 1983–1996
- Latest incident
- Sep 1996
Reportable incidents
88 on file1996 · 3 incidents
EE CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN BAR & CHUTE WALL WHILE BARRING OUT A ROCK WEDGES IN CHUTE. CONDITIONS UNDERGROUND DRY FOOTING, AREA LIGHTED, CLOSE WORKING QUARTERS CONTRIBUTED TO CAUSE OF ACCIDEN T.
INJURED WAS SCALING WHILE STANDING ON STEEP MUCKPILE WHEN ROCK UNDER FOOT GAVE WAY CAUSING EMLOYEE TO TURN HIS LEFT KNEE. (ACCIDENT OCCURRED 4-3-96 HOWEVER, INJURED WORKED 11 HOURS 4-4-96 AN D 8 HOURS 4-5-96, MISSING HHIS FIRST SHIFT 4-8-96.)
1995 · 1 incident
INJURED WAS LOADING HOLES ON A SLOPING BENCH HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE SLID FROM BENCH TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE
1994 · 10 incidents
INJURED WAS GOING UP BIBLE HILLE TO BXE STOPE. THE ROADWAY WAS SMOKEY.
INJURED WAS LAYNG ONA CREEPER BENEATH #9 TRUCK PLACING A HYDRAULIC JACK UNDER HTE AXLE. WHEN EH PICKED UPT HE JACK TO PUT ONN BLOCK SHE FELT A SHARP PAIN INHIS LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS REPAIRING A TAMROCK DRILL.AS HE USEDA HAMMER AND CHISEL TO SEPERATE THE DRILL HOUSING,A SLIVER BROKE OFF THE CHISEL AND EMBEDDED ITSELF IN HIS RIGHT HAND.
INJURED RAISED HOOD ONA ROOF TOWER TO CHECK TO OIL WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF HANDLE OF THE HOOD, HOOD FELL, AND HIS LEFT MIDDLE FIGNER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FENDER AND HOOD.
REPLACING THE BULB ON HIS CAP LAMP USING A POCKET KNIFE SLIPPED, FOLDED AND CUT THE TOP PART OF THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AT FIRST JOINT.
EE WAS OPERATING A TRUCK WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SLIPPED OFF THE EDGE OF THE ROADWAY, HITTING A HOLE IN THE DITCH LINE; CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE AND HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE SAFE-TOP.
INJURED WAS UNLOADING A 1200 LB GOULD PUMP AND AS HE STARTED TO SLIDE PUMP HIS ARM CONTACTED A PROTRUDING BANDING EDGE. THE BANDING MATERIAL HAD BEEN CUT LEAVING A SHARP EDGE EXPOSED.
INJURED STEPPED DOWN FROM A SIDEWALK AND AS HE PUT HIS LEFT FOOT DOWN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A HYDRAULIC PUMP ON A JS800 LOADER.HE WAS ON HIS STOMACH LOWERING THE PUMP IN POSITION WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG AND BACK.THIS BECAME A LTA WHEN INJURED MISSE D HIS SHIFT 03-04-94 AND SOUGHT THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN.
INJURED WAS DRAGGING BACK AT FACE WHEN THE DIPPER KNUCKLE FLOPPED OVER CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD BELOW HIS HARD HAT ON THE SAFE TOP.
1993 · 6 incidents
INJURED WAS MUCKING RIGHT RIB WHEN DIPPER HIT A "KNOT" IN FLOOR, THROWING HIM INTO ARM REST. (REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT 08-26-93)
INJURED WAS LOADING HOLES WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK THAT WAS UNDER WATER.
CO-WORKER WAS TAKING OFF A VICTAULIC COUPLING FROM POLY PIPE; PIPE STRUCK INJURED IN RIGHT KNEE WHEN IT CAME OFF.
REFUELING LOADER AND ANTICIPATED STEP FOR DISMOUNTING; HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO STEP. ( REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT 8/2/93)
INJURED WAS CHANGING MANIFOLD ON DUX ROCK BREAKER MACHINE- LIFTING BRACE HOOD.
INJURED WAS DRAGGING BACK A DRILL PLACE IN 65-SR5 FOR JARVIS CLARK ROOF BOLTER. AS HE BACKED, OBSERVING DIPPER, HE BECAME PINNED IN LOADER BY A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL HANGING ON THE WALL IN A ST EEL HOLDER.
1992 · 9 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING DRILL STEEL FROM A PERCUSSION DRILL WHEN METAL COUPLING BROKE AND A SLIVER OF STEEL (FROM THE COUPLING) STRUCK INJURED IN LEFT SIDE OF THE NECK.
INJURED AND CO WORKER WERE HANGING AIR LINE. THEY WERE LIFTING 6 INCH LINE WITH MULE WHEN PIPE CAME OUT OF THE SADDLE AND HIT INJURED ON BACK OF NECK AS IT FELL.
95149ED WAS PUTTING A SPEEDY SLEEVE OVER THE RIGHT REAR SPINDLE OF #9 TRUCK HE WAS STARTING SLEEVE ON SPINDLE WITH HIS THUMBS SLEEVE HAD A SHARP EDGE WHERE HIS LEFT THUMB WAS (UNKNOWN TO INJUR 54?01S HE INSERTED PRESSURE THE EDGE OF THE SLEEVE PENETRATED HIS THUMB
95149ED WAS A RIDER IN A PICKUP TRUCK;BULLDOG JERKED CAUSING INJURED TO FALL BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A REAR WINDOW.
ROCK FELL OFF FACE WHEN FUSE WAS PULLED TO HOOK ON TRUNK LINE.
95103AKING DOWN GROUND;ROCK CAME DOWN GROUND BAR
INJ L THUMB CAUGHT IN BETWEEN BASKET AND DRILL BED ON RF BOLTER
INJURED WAS STANDING BESIDE THE DUX SCALING MACHINE WHEN THE DOOR OPENED AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK.THIS INJURY WAS CLASSIFIED REPORTABLE ONLY UNTIL 05-13-92 WHEN INJURED SOUGHT MEDCIAL TREATMENT .
INJURED WAS PULLING A PUMP INTO POSITION WHEN HE SAID HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.HE AND CO-WORKER WERE PLACING A PUMP AT 66-RIC SUMP.INJURED CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL MARCH 17,1992.FIRST SHIFT A BSENT.WHEN HE REPORTED OFF DUE TO BACK PAIN.
1991 · 3 incidents
INJURED WAS INSTALLINGA HYDRAULIC HOSE ON A SURFACE LOADER. HE WAS IN A SITTING POSITION WITH HIS HEAD DOWN AND TURNED TO THE SIDE. AS HE INSTALLED THE HOSE HE FELT A PAIN IN THE FRONT OF HIS THROAT.
INJ WAS DISMOUNTING #3 GARNDER DENVER DRILL HE SLIPPED & FELL.
INJURED WAS DRIVING #9 TRUCK, WITH SEAT LEANING SIDEWAYS, OVER ROUGHT ROADS.
1990 · 10 incidents
DRILLING HOLES, STEPPED DOWN FROM MACHINE, ON ROCK SLIPPED STRAINED BACK
INJURED TWISTED HIS BACK WHEN LIFTING 50 POUND BAGS OF AMMONIA FROM POWDER WAGON TO LOADING MACHINE
A ROCK WAS DISLODGED BY BARRING IN A SKIP POCKET AND ROLLED APPROX. 4' DOWN THE MUCK PILE STRIKING INJURED ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT.
INJURED WAS WELDING AND INHALED WELDING FUMES CAUSING COUGHING AND NASAL INFECTION.
LIFTING ANFO BAG OFF A PALLET ON THE BOTTOM LAYER. (REPORTED 5-15-90).
INJURED WAS CUTTING 2" ANGLE LAYING ONTOOL BOX APPROX. 3' HIGH. WHEN HE CUT OFF A PIECE IT FELL ON TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN AIR CYLINDER WITH RIGHT HAND WHILE OPERATING CYLINDER CONTROL WITH LEFT HAND. UPON ACTIVATING CYLINDER WITH PRESSURE IT SUDDENLY MOVED PINCHING RIGHT HAND BETWE EN CYLINDER & STRUCTURAL STEEL.
INJURED WAS BARRING ROCK AT CRUSHER SHE SAID SHE DIDNT FEEL ANY SUDDEN PAIN BUT HER LEFT ARM STARTED HURTING AT APPROX 08:30PM & PAIN WORSENED AS SHIFT PROGRESSED
BARRING HUNG ROCK AT FEEDER ROCK CAME LOOSE CAUSING GROUND BAR TO MOVE UP SMASHING HAND BETWEEN BAR AND STEEL
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A DRIVE LINE ON 25-TON MACK TRUCK AS HE PUSHED IT INTO PLACE SOME DIRT FELL FROM THE FRAME HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE INJURED WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIE LDS
1989 · 8 incidents
INJURED WAS ROLLING (2 1/2" INSIDE DIAM.) BULL HOSE ON BACK OF 1 G-D DRILL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER AND BACK AREA. (THERE IS 150' OF 2 1/2" BULL HOSE ON THIS DRILL).
INJURED WAS REPLACING WORN HYDRAULIC HOSE WHEN HE TRIED TO PULL HOSE OUT OF SLINGS HIS HAND SLIPPED & BROKEN WIRE THAT WAS PROTRUDING FROM HOSE STUCK IN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS FLAME CUTTING THE FLOOR-BOARD ON CLINE TRUCK WHEN SOME GREASE IGNITED UNDER THE TRUCK FELLOW EMPLOYEE USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER DISCHAR GED DUST WHICH WAS INHALED BY INJURED EMPLOYEE
INJURED WAS HOISTING 3-TON FAN MOTOR WITH CHAIN FALL HOIST. AS HE WA SPULLING ON HOISTING CHAIN HE FELT PAIN IN NECK.
EMPLOYEE LIFT ED BOX OF TOVEX & AS HE TURNED FELT PAIN IN BACK
STRUCK ON RIGHT HAND BY FALLING SMALL STONE.
WHILE MOVING 55 GALLON BARREL WITH AIR OPERATED PUMP, THE BARREL SHIFTED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT RIB CAGE.
INJURED WAS REMVOING DRIVELINE GUARD WEIGHTING APPROX 10# GUARD SLIPPED & EMPL ATTEMPTED TO CATCH IT & GUARD CUT LEFT THUMB.
1988 · 15 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON STEP LADDER ABOUT 3 FEET OFF MINE FLOOR TO RECONNECT DRILL STEEL TO DRILL. AS EMPLOYEE REACHED TO CONNECT DRILL ROD TO DRILL SHE FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN.
EMPLOYEE WHILE MANUALLY UNCOUPLING DIAMOND DRILL RODS STRAINED RIGHT FOREARM.
EMPL SCALING ROOF USING TRACTOR FOR ADDITIONAL REACH.WHEN HE STEPPED FROM TRACTOR,FOOT SLIPPED-RESULTED IN TWISTED LEFT LEG.BEGAN TO BOTHER EMPL SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT 11-21-88.DR RECOMMENDE D HE NOT WORK 1 DAY.
INJURED AN UNDEGROUND TRUCK DRIVER, CLAIMED THAT SOMETIME THAT HIS LOWER BACK WAS INJURED WHEN HIS TRUCK ENCOUNTERED ROUGH HAULAGE ROADS.
INJ WA> USING A 8LB SLEDGE HAMMER STA\TING ROOF BOLT IN PLACE WHEN A 12"X 12" ROCK FEL STRIKING INJ. ON R. WRIST.
INJURED WAS REMOVING ROCKS IN PREPARATION TO DRILL LIFTER HOLES. WHEN HE BENT OVER TO ROLL ROCKS OUT OF HIS WAY INJURED STRAINED MUSCLES OF HIS NECK.
INJURED WAS SITTING IN PERSONNEL CARRIER WHEN CO-WORKER ABRUPTLY TURNED AROUND AND THE CAP LAMP HE WAS WEARING STRUCK INJURED ON THE LEFT KNEE.
INJURED WAS DRIVING A OPEN CAB TRUCK HAULING ORE TO A CHUTE. WHILE TRAVELING TO THE CHUTE A WIND BLOWN PARTICLE OF RUST BECAME LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. INJURED EYE BECAME IRRITATED AND MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS SOUGHT. INJURED WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
INJURED REPORTED THIS INJURY AS FIRST AID TYPE ON 04-15-88,HOWEVER HE LOST TIME ON 05-09-88.INJURED WAS DRIVING A HAULAGE TRUCK AND HIT AHOLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO BE JOSTLED AND RESUL TED IN STRIKING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE SAFE-TOP CANOPY.INJURED CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL HE REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 05-09-88.
INJURED WAS CORE DRILLING IN 63-9-D USING A GARDNER-DENVER DIAMOND DRILL HE POSITIONED HIMSELF TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF BREAKING APART THE DRILL RODS USING TWO PIPE WRENCHES TO LOOSEN DRILL ROD JOINTS INJURED WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE WRENCHES WHEN HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN H IS BACK
INJURED WAS A PASSENGER IN UT 42 UTILITY VECHICLE DRIVER AND PASENGER WERE TRAVELING THE 65 DRIFT TO THE 750 SHOP AND UNLOADED WAGNER HAULAGE TRUCK ALSO IN 65 DRIFT APPROACHED FROM THE OPPOSIT E DIRECTION THE TWO VECHILE APPRACHED EACH OTHER WITH THE HAULAGE TURCK COMING TO A STOP THE DRIVER OF THE UT 42 TRIED TO STOP BUT FAILED TO DO SO RESULTING IN A HEAD ON COLLISION BETWEEN THE
INJURED WAS HOLDING STEEL PLATE INTO POSITION FOR WELDING BY A COWORKER AFTER COMPLETION OF WELDING INJURED NOTICED EYES BEGINING TO BECOME IRRITATED INJURED SUFFERED MINOR REDNESS AND IRRATI TION TO HIS EYE AS A RESULT OF REFLECTED WELDING ARC RAYS INJURED RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION EYE SOLUTION AS TREATMENT FOR IRRATATION
INJURED WAS USING AN AIRBORNE FRAGNENT OF WELDING SLAG WAS BLOWN INTO HIS RT EYE INJURED WAS WEARING A WELDING HOOD DURING THE WELDING PROCESS AN AIRBORNE FRAGNENT OF WELDING SLAG WAS BLOWN T INTO HIS RT EYE MEDICAL TREATMENT CONSISTED OF FRAGMENT REMOVAL AND A PRESCRIPTION EYE SOLUTION
INJURED WAS OPE9ATING A SCOOPTRAM TO LOAD TRUCKS IN D-1-A STOPE.AFTER COMPLETING THE LOADING CYCLE,INJURED STOPPED THE SCOOPTRAM ENGINE AND PARKED TO WAIT FOR TRUCKS TO RETURN TO BE LOADED AGA IN.MINUTES AFTE9 STOPPING THE SCOOPTRAM,A ROCK ESTIMATED AT 2'X2'X4' FELL FROM THE HIGH ROOF(APPROXIMATELY 90') STRIKING THE VEHICLE BESIDE THE COMPARTMENT.THE IMPACT SHATTERED THE ROCK AND P
INJURED AND COW2RKERS HAD COMPLETED LOADING SEVERAL PIECES OF STEEL PIPE OF VARIOUS LENGTHS ON A UTILITY VEHICLE. AS HE WALKED TO THE REAR TO MOUNT THE VEHICLE, INJURED PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE STACK OF P3PE WHICH SHIFTED POSITION STRIKING HIS HAND. INJURED SUFFERED A FRACTURE TO THE RING FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND AS A RESULT OF BEING STRUCK BY A PIECE OF STEEL PIPE APPROX. 10' IN
1987 · 9 incidents
INJURED AND COW2RKER WERE SCALING DOWN LOOSE ROOF ROCK WHILE POSITIONED IN THE BUCKET OF AN ST-5A SCOOPTRAM AFTER TESTING THE ROOF AND MOVING FORWARD AN UNEXPECTED ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE P OINT OF SCALING3AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE HEAD PUSHING HIM AGAINST THE SCOOPTRAM BUCKET RESULTING IN A SKULL FRACTURE AND MULTIPLE FACIAL INJURIES
INJURED WAS ATT9MPTING TO BREAK APART DIAMOND DRILL RODS INJURED EXPERIENCED A MUSCLE STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE OVER REACHED HIS POSITION TO BREAK DOWN DIAMOND DRILL RODS TO REMOVE THE CO RE 3
INJ SCALING DOW3 LOOSE ROCK IN 65-SL STOPE AREA.WHEN HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO ROCK WITH GROUND BAR IT CAME DOWN STRIKING BAR AND RESULTED IN LEFT INDEX FINGER BEING CAUGHT BETWEEN END OF BAR AND RIB.INJ SUFFER9D SOMMINUTED FRACTURE AND LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER REQ 9 SUTURES.
INJ PICKED UP E4PTY 55 GAL OIL DRUM FROM FLOOR OF PARKED GETMAN MULE UTILITY VEHICLE.WHEN HE TOSSED DRUM TO GROUND IT SLIPPED FROM HIS GRIP AND CAUGHT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN DRUM AND CABL E CUTTER MOUNTE8 ON VEHICLE.INJURY RESULTED IN LACERATION TO RIGHT LITTLE FINGER REQ 5 SUTURES.
INJURED WAS OPE9ATING AN ST-8 SCOOPTRAM TO MUCK IN THE 65SU3 STOPE AREA. AS HE TRAMMED TOWARD THE FACE A ROCK (APPROX. 5-10 LBS) FELL FROM THE BACK ONTO THE LOADER. THE ROCK SHATTERED AND A PI ECE STRUCK THE 3NJURED OPERATOR INFLICTING A LACERATION ABOVE AND BELOW HIS LEFT EYE REQUIRING A TOTAL OF 11 SUTURES.
INJURED AND CO-4ORKER WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING AN AIR PUMP IN 65-S-L AREA OF THE MINE.INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A 2" FLEXIBLE AIR HOSE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF WIRE BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT INDEX 0INGER.HE REMOVED THE WIRE AND PROCEEDED TO WORK.THE NEXT DAY HIS FINGER BECAME INFLAMED AND HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR.
PULLED MUSCLE.SCALING GROUND WHILE POSITIONED IN MAN-BASKET OF JARVIS CLARK ROOF BOLTER.SCALING DOWN LOOSE,BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS STRIKING LOWER BACK AGAINST MAN-BASKET.THOU GHT TO BE MINOR IN BEGINNING.HOWEVER,CONDITION DETERIORATED UNTIL 2-24-88 PLACED ON NO WORK STATUS SENT TO DR FOR MEDICAL OPINION.
INJ HAD REFUELD3ST5A SCOOPTRAM AND PLACED HOSE N HANGAR. INJ WAS DISMOUNTING THE SCOOPTRAM HOOD WHEN HE STEPPED ON AN ACCUMULATION OF OIL ON THE HOOD CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS FOOTING AND FALL AGAINST THE RIB3INFLICTING A CUT ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE REQUIRING FIVE SUTURES
INJURED WAS IN 7HE PROCESS OF TESTING FOR LOOSE RIB ROCK. WHEN HE STRUCK THE ROCK WITH A GROUND BAR A FLYING PARTICLE OF ROCK STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE. INJURED WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION.
1986 · 2 incidents
INJURED WAS ON 5 LADDER REPAIRING AN OPEN PHASE ON THE SHOP CRANE AT THE 750 LEVEL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CUT THE INSULATION ON THE WIRING INJURED ALLOWED THE KNIFE HE WAS USING TO SLIP AND CUT HIS LEFT INDEX3FINGER REQUIRING 4 SUTURES
INJURED HAD FIN3SHED THE LOADING OF EXPLOSIVES IN A COMPLETED DRILL ROUND IN 71-60 SLOPE HE WAS ROLLING UP A HOSE FOR STORAGE WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW
1985 · 7 incidents
INJURED WAS STA3DING ON THE FENDER OF A PERSONNEL TRACTOR USING A GROUND BAR TO PRY ROCKS LODGED BETWEEN THE CHUTE FLOOR AND THE CHUTE GATE IN ANTICIPATION OF MAKING REPAIRS. THE CHUTE GATE HA D BEEN SECURED 3N THE UP POSITION SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR VIA 3/8" WIRE ROPE AND ONE CLAMP. SUDDENLY THE WIRE ROPE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CLAMP THUS ALLOWING THE GATE TO COME DOWN AND STRIKE INJURED
OPERATOR WAS DRIVING A LOADED ST-8 SCOOPTRAM UP 67 INCLINE AT A POINT APPROX 820 FT FROM #6 SHAFT THE DRIVE LINE BETWEEN THE OSCILLATING AXLE AND TRANSMISSION BROKE SEVERING HYDRAULIC LINES C AUSING OIL TO SPRAY ON HOT SURFACES AND IGNITE FLAMES IMMEDIATELY SPREAD TO THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT AND HE ABANDONED THE SCOOP IT ROLLED BACKWARDS APPROX 450 FT AND STRUCK AN ISCO 22 TON TRU
INJURED WAS DRIVING A LOADED WAGNER TELESCOPIC TRUCK DESCENDING A SLIGHT GRADE IN SIL 5 U 3 STOPE SUDDENLY THE LIGHTS FLICKERED AND THE ENGINE DIED ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO ROLL AND STRIKE A PILL PILLAR. INJURED SUSTAINED A SEVERE BRUSIE TO HIS LEFT KNEE.
INJURED AND CO WORKER WERE IN THE ELEVATED BASKET APPROX. 30 FT OFF THE GROUND. A HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST ON THE LEFT SIDE OUTRIGGER, THAT HAD BEEN SET, CAUSING IT TO LOOSE PRESSURE AND SLIDE, TH US ALLOWING THE ENTIRE SCALING TOWER TO TILT OVER. BOTH MEN STAYED IN THE BASKET UNTIL IT HIT THE GROUND.
INJURED AND CO WORKER WERE IN THE ELEVATED BASKET APPROX. 30 OFF THE GROUND A HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST ON THE LEFT SIDE OUTRIGGER, THAT HAD BEEN SET, CAUSING IT TO LOSE PRESSURE AND SLIDE, THUS AL LOWING THE ENTIRE SCALING TOWER TO TILT OVER. BOTHE MEN STAYED IN THE BASKET UNTIL IT HIT THE GOXXX GROUND.
INJ SCALING GROUND PRIOR TO BEGINNING DRILL OPERATION.INJ HAD SCALED SEVERAL PIECE OF GROUND WHEN 1 PIECE CAME DOWN AND HIT ON ANOTHER ROCK AND SHATTERED CAUSING PIECE OF FLYING ROCK TO STRIKE MINER ON RIGHT SIDE OF HIS CHIN.
INJ WAS UNLAODING LIFTER HOLES ON L OWER RT SIDE OF 10X14 DRIFT HEADING WHILE INJ WAS STOOPED OVER LOADING AND TAMPING POWDER INTO THE HOLES A SMALL ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK MINER ON BACK OF HIS HEAD INJ SUSTAINED A LACERATION REQUIRING THREE STITCHES AS MEDICAL TREATMENT
1984 · 4 incidents
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO BAR DOWN LOOSE GROUND IN HID WORKING AREA. HE SUFFERED A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WHENEVER HE APPLIED PRESSURE ONT HE GROUND BAR WHILE PRYING DOWN A ROCK.
INJURED WAS WORKING ON A SURFACE DIAMOND DRILL. HE STEPPED FROM THE CONTROL PLATFORM TO THE DRILL PLATFORM AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE RESULTING IN A PULLED LIGAMENT.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A 2" UNION ON BACK OF A GROUT PUMP. HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE HANDLE OF A PIPE WRENCH ATTEPTING TO GET MORE LEVERAGE PRESSURE WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND C AUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE GROUT PUMP AND THE WRENCH.
INJURED & CO-WORKER WERE IN T H E BASKET OF T HE ROOF BOLT MACHINE. THEY WERE TAKING DOWN LOOSE GROUND AT THE FACE OF 71-6 STOPE WHEN SOME ROCKS BLEW OUT OF THE BACK & FELL INTO THE BASKET RE SULTING IN SMALL CUTS TO EACH OF THE INJURED MINER\S WRIST. HIS CO-WORKER WAS NOT INJURED.
1983 · 1 incident
INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING M OBILE UTILITY VEHICLE TO BEGIN WORKON A PIPELINE AS MINER MADE AN EXIT SHE STEPPED ON A ROCK LYING IN THE ROADWAY TWISTING HER LEFT ANKLE CAUSING A SPRAIN