Baltimore South Mine Metal/Non-Metal

An operator was descending down a set of stairs located at the back of the warehouse. The operator missed/ slipped on the last two steps resulting in a fall. The operator claimed to have no injuries but was sent to the local medical facility for a proper diagnosis. The employee indicated that they were using the handrail at the time of the incident & there were no witnesses.

Employee was laying down a water pump that weighed 86 lbs. As they were laying the pump down their right hand ring finger was smashed fracturing a bone in the finger.

Employee was assisting in removing material from the "short" belt. While doing so, employee felt a pain in lower left leg. Employee reported the injury the following day. Diagnosis strain on 6/25, no treatment, and returned to full duty. Recheck on 6/26/19, prescribed physical therapy which classifies it as medical treatment.

Employee was cleaning the area around 4 mill when EE decided to move a few 55# grinding media bags off of a platform about 42" above the floor without assistance. EE grabbed a bag in each hand and as EE swung the left handed bag to the floor, EE felt a pain and pull in EE's abdomen. Diagnosis hernia and placed on restricted duty.

A recent MSHA inspection noted that an employee failed to complete a follow up hearing test. As a result, initial testing indicates that the employee has experienced a reportable threshold hearing shift after adjusting for age.

Two employees were moving a diesel generator to another level. When they were connecting the 8" flexible hoses, one of the employees strained side (front wall of thorax) while trying to get the hose positioned in order to close the cam-locks.

INJ WAS ASSISTING IN THE PLACEMENT OF NEW SLIPPSON THE 2ND DECK OF A SCREENING UNIT. WHILE TRYING TO POSITION SCREENS PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND SCALING CHIPPING HAMMER TO REMOVE ROCK FROM THE CEILING OF THE UNDERGROUND MINE. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE CHIPPING HAMMER, CAUSING A SPRAIN TO HIS RIGHT WRIST.

EE STATES THE SCRAPER SWUNG DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER TO THE TOP OF THE PRIMARY DECK OF THE PLANT WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT ARM ON THE ANGLE IRON FRAME OF DOOR IN THE FLOOR OF THE TOP DECK.

EE STATES DROVE OVER A LARGE ROCK WITH HAUL TRUCK AND JARRED HIS NECK. THIS JUST BECAME A MEDICAL ACCIDENT.

WHILE BLOWING THE DRILL RIG OFF WITH THE AIR HOSE EE WAS STANDING ON THE MOTOR HOOD. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED DOWN BETWEEN THE MOTOR COVER AND FUEL TANK CAUSING A KNOT AND BRUISE ON HIS LEFT SHIN BONE.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS DRAGGING AN AIR HOSE BACKTO MANLIFT WHEN HE STEPPED ON A FLAT ROCK AND SLIPPED OFF IT.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CARRYING 2 PRIMERS FROM THE EXPLOSIVE TRUCK TO THE BLAST HOLES WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

STRUCK IN ELBOW WITH SCALING BAR

EE STATES HE WAS REACHING FOR THE CLIPBOARD WHEN HE SCRATCHED HIS RIGHT FOREARM ON THE METAL CLIP OF WHICH BECAME INFECTED LATER ON.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ENTERING THE DRILL JUMBO CAB AND TRIPPED OVER ONE OF 3 CHAIRS IN THE CAB. WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE, HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE DAH OF THE DRILL CAB.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS REMOVING A NAIL WITH A CLAW HAMMER WHEN THE CLAW BECAME DISENGAGED FROM THE NAIL AND HE LOST CONTROL OF IT AND IT CONSEQUENTLY STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS POURING INTO RETAINING WALL FORM WITH 3 OTHER EMPLOYEES HIM & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE AT THE DISCHARGE END OF HOSE TRYING TO REPOSITION IT A SURGE OF CONCRETE CAME T HRU T HE HOSE STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE/EYES

EE STATES THAT HE WAS MOVING A LIGHT STAND TO THE FRONT OF THE MECHANICAL SCALER TO GET MORE LIGHT ON HIS WORK AREA. WHEN EE PICKED UP THE LIGHT STAND THE LIGHT ROLLED BACK AND BURNED HIS RIGH T HAND.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS BENT OVER TO PICK UP A 50 LB BOX OF POWDER. WHEN HE LIFTED THE BOX, HE TWISTED TO THE SIDE AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

SCALING ROOF AND RIBS IN INTERSECTION OF MINE HEADINGS 180-9 AND 180-9R.AFTER LOOSENING LARGE ROCK NEAR ROOF OF RIB OF INTERSECTION WITH CHIPPING HAMMER.EMPL PREPARING BASKET TO FINISH KNOCKIN G ROCK OFF RIB.ROCK ROLLED FORWARD OFF RIB STRIKING LOWER LEFT CORNER OF BASKET FORCING IT TO ROTATE TO LEFT.EMPL WAS STRUCK ON RIGHT SIDE OF RIB CAGE BY ROOF RAILS.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REACH A HOOK ON WHICH TO HANG THE LIGHT CABLE HE STEPPED ON A SMALL PILE OF ROCK PIKE GAVE WAY UNDER HIS WEIGHT & HE LOST HIS FOOTING WHILE TRYING TO GET HIS BALANCE HE STEPPED ON A JAGGED ROCK & HURT HIS FOOT

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WALKING FROM THE CHANGE TRAILER TO THE LUNCH TRAILER WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A GUIDE WIRE FOR THE TELEPHONE POLE AND CONSEQUENTLY STRAINED HIS RIGHT HAMSTRING.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SLICING THE WRAPPERS ON STICKS OF POWDER WITH A LOCKING POCKET KNIFE WHILE CUTTING THE LOCKING MECHANISM ON THE KNIFE FAILED CAUSING THE BLADE TO FOLD OVER & CUT HIS RT INDEX FINGER STITCHES WERE REQUIRED

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD 0F THE MECHANICAL SCALER. EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF HTE CAB WHEN HE OVEREXTENDED HIS RIGHT LEG AND PULLED HIS RIGHT GROIN MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS USING PARTS CLEANING SOLVENT TO CLEAN THE GREASE AND OIL OFF THE SEVERAL PARTS TO HIS LOADER. WHILE WASHING THE PARTS SOME OF THE SOLVENT CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS LOWER RIGHT ARM. I.NAME WAS UNAWARE THAT THE SOLVENT HAD COME CONTACT WITH HIS ARM.

EE WAS USING THE CHIPPING HAMMER TO SCALE DOWN LOOSE ROCK FROM THE ROOF AND FACE IN HEADING 150-13M. ALTHOUGH EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS, SMALL PIECE OF STONE ENTERED.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE AND A CO-WORKER WERE SCALING OUT OF THE BASKET OF THE SCALING RIG, WHEN THE SEAM THEY WERE WORKING ON OPENED UP AND BROKE DIAGONALLY BACK ACROSS THE BOOM, FREEING UP SEVERAL ROCKS ALONG SIDE OF AND BEHIND THE SCALING BASKET. THE BOOM WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK APPROX. 2'X6'X10'. AS A RESULT, I,NAME WAS THROWN INTO THE ROOF, SIDE, AND FLOOR OF THE BASKET CAUSING HIM TO

EMPLOYEE STATES HE AND A CO-WORKER WERE SCALING OUT OF THE BASKET OF THE SCALING RIG WHEN THE SEAM THEY WERE WORKING ON OPENED UP AND BROKE DIAGONALLY BACK ACROSS THE BOOM, FREEING UP SEVEREAL ROCKS ALONG SIDE OF AND BEHIND THE SCALING BASKET. THE BOOM WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK APPROX. 2'X6'X10'. AS A RESULT, I,NAME WAS THROWN OUT OVER THE RAILING OF THE BASKET AND WAS SUSPENED ABOVE TH

EMPLOYEES STATES HE WAS SITTING IN THE HAUL TRUCK WITH THE PARKING BRAKE SET AND THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL. THE PARKING BRAKE FAILED AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET THE TRUCK INTO GEAR, HE MANAGED TO S TEER THE TRUCK AROUND AN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER BEFORE HITTING THE LEFT RIB OF THE WALL. UPON IMPACT, THE SIDE WINDOW IN THE CAB BROKE FREE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SCALING WHEN THE CHIPPING HAMMER STEEL BECAME LODGED IN A CRACK IN THE RIB. AFTER REMOVING THE STEEL FROM THE GUN, A CO-WORKER TURNED TO HAND HIM THE GUN WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND FELL ON TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS PREPARING TO MOVE THE JUMBO DRILL TO ANOTHER HEADING. AS HE LEFT THE DRILL CONTROL BOOTH, HE WAS DESCENDING DOWN THE SECOND FLIGHT TO STEPS LEADING TO THE PLATFORM. WHEN HE CAME TO THE PLATFORM, HE STEPPED ON A PIPE WRENCH, RESULTING IN A SPRAIN TO HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ASCENDING THE JUMBO DRILL TO OBTAIN A WOODEN LADDER FROM THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK. UPON RETRIEVING THE LADDER, HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIS LEFT HAND TO BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LADDER AND HOOD OF THE TRUCK. AS A RESULT, HE SUFFERED A FRACTURE TO THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PRYING DOWN A LOOSE ROCK. IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A BETTER LEVERAGE, HE PICKED A SMALLER ROCK UP TO PUT INTO THE CRACK. IN DOING SO, HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT B ETWEEN THE SMALL ROCK AND THE ROCK HE WAS PRYING ON, THUS RESULTING IN A CRUSH INJURY TO THE FIFTH FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPL CARRYING 50 LB BOX OF STICK POWDER TO BASKET OF SHOT LOADING RIG.AS HE LIFTED BOX TO SHOULDER HEIGHT TO PLACE POWDER IN BASKET,SLIPPED ON ROCK LOSING HIS BALANCE...STRAINED LEFT ARM TRYIN G TO PREVENT FALL.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS OPERATING THE AIR TRAC FROM THE CONTROL PANEL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MACHINE. AS HE WAS REPOSTIONING THE AIR TRAC ONTO THE NEXT HOLE,. HIS LEFT LEG WAS CAUGHT BETW EEN THE AIR TRAC AND THE PLATFORM OF THE CORNER OF THE AIR COMPRESSOR THAT RUNS THE AIR TRAC.

PNUEMATIC CHIPPING HAMMER WITH 48 STEEL CHISEL ROT TO REMOVE ROCK FORM ROOF OF HEADIG WHEN THE ROCK QUICKLY CAME LOOSE PULLING CHIPPING HAMMER AWAY WITH HIS LEFT HAND THE SAME HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HAND RAIL OF THE WORK PLATFORM AND THE PNEUMATIC CHIPPING HAMMER.

EMPL RECONNECTING HOSE UNDERNEATH DASHBOARD OF TRUCK.FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH SHARP EDGE OF DEFROSTER DUCT WORK CAUSING LACERATION.

EMPL STAATES THAT HIS LEFT ARM CONTACTED UNDERCARRIAGE CONTROL LEVER CAUSING TRACK TO MOVE BACKWARDS. HIS LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT UNDER LEFTTRACK OF DRILL.

EMPL STATES CHIPPING HAMMER HE WAS HOLDING FELL HANDLE FIRST ONTO WORK PLATFORM FLOOR. AS IT FELL TO FLOOR STEEL BRUSHED AGAINST LEFT CHEEK CAUSING LACERATION.

HE WAS SITTING IN A CO PICK UP WHICH HAD STALLED IN THE HAUL ROAD WHEN ANOTHER CO VEHICLE STRUCK HIS PICK UP.

EMPL STATES HE & ANOTHER MINER WERE SCALING LARGE ROCK FROM FACE OF 235-97 HEADING. HE WAS PRYING WITH SCALING BAR WHEN ROCK QUICKLY CAME LOOSE CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE LEFT RIBB AREA AGAINST W ORK PLATFORM RAILING.

THE INJURED STATES HE WAS USING HIS RIGHT FOOT TO RELEASE THE RADIATOR CAP OFF THE FRONT END LOADER. THE CAP BLEW OFF CAUSING HOT COOLANT TO STRIKE HIM IN THE FACE AND NECK AREA.

EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF EXITING THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE PICKUP #1555 WHEN HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE MINE FLOOR THE SLIP CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS RT ANKLE

STANDING ON 3RD STEP OF ALUMINUM STEP-LADDER LOADING DRILL HOLE WITH ANFO WHEN LADDER SLID ON WET FACE OF 60-1 HEADING CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND ON LEFT BUTTOCKS AREA.

HE WAS SCALING DOWN LOOSE MATERIAL FROM THE FACE W/A CHIPPING HAMMER GUN WHENT HE AIRLINE ATTACHED TO THE GUN FLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIS SAFETY GLASSES. SEVERAL PIECES OF THE SAFETY GLASS ENTERED HIS EYE AND A SHARP POINT ON THE FRAME OF THE GLASSES LACERATED HIS CHEEK.

EMP STATES AS HE WAS WALKING TO HIS HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE SNOW COVERED ICE AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE FROZEN GROUND

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS BACKING ONTO STOCKPILE AND WAS DUMPING MATERIAL WHEN THE RT REAR TIRE BEGAN TO GO DOWN THE TRUCK SLID DOWN THE PILE AND ROLLED OVER

EMPLOYEE WAS EXERTING UPWARD PRESSURE ON ALUMINU SCALING BAR IN ORDER TO PRY DOWN POSSIBLE LOOSE MATERIL ON ROOF OF HEADING WHEN THE SCALING BAR FAILED (IT BROKE ABOUT 1FT FROM STEEL POINTER) CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HAND AGAINST CANOPY OF SCALING BASKET & LACERATING LEFT INDEX FINGER

EMPLOYEE HAD PROPERLY LIFTED A SMALL (10X10X8) ROCK FROM THE DRILL HOLE SITE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TOSSING THE ROCK TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE WORK AREA WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK