Buffalo Run Mine Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS CARRYING A SAMPLE BUCKET WHILE RETURNING TO THE LAB. HIS GFOOT SLIPPED AND HE EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS LEFT CALF AREA. BUCKET WEIGHT WAS APPROX. 40 LBS.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SCALE FROM KILN AND EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CLIMBING A STEPLADDER AND LOST HIS FOOTING. HE WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO TIE HIMSELF OFF YET. HE FELL ABOUT 4-5' LANDING ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE FRACTURED TWO FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CONSTRUCTING A WIRE JUNCTION BOX OUT OF SHEET METAL; HE ROTATED THE BOX TO ACCESS FOR WELDING AND EXPERIENCED BACK AND SHOULDER PAIN.

EE WAS IN A KNEELING POSITION DOING ELECTRICAL REPAIRS. HE DID NOT DO ANY ACTION WHICH CAUSED THE INJURY. KNEE CAP BECAME SWOLLEN AND REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

EE WAS REPAIRING A FAN WHICH VENTS THE AIR FROM A COAL STOKER. IN DOING THIS SOME OF THE HOT GASSES ESCAPED CAUSING BURNING AND IRRITATION TO EMPLOYEE'S EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A CHAIN HOIST ONTO A HOIST CAGE. IN DOING SO THE EXCESS CHAIN FELL DOWN TOWARDS THE NEXT LEVEL. THE EMPLOYEE KEPT HOLD INSTEAD OF DROPPING THE HOIST CAUSING A S UDDEN JERK, WHICH STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS LEAVING WORK AT THE END OF DAY. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE SEVERE AT THE TIME. EE HAD JUST PASSED A VEHICLE GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION, WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL OF HER CAR. SHE SLID, ST RIKING A UTILITY POLE, SHEARING IT OFF. ACCIDENT IS NOT WORK RELATED, JUST OCCURRED ON COMPANY THOROUGHFARE.

EE WAS CHANGING A WATER BOTTLE FOR THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN. UNKNOWN TO THE EE THE BOTTLE HAD CRACKED & SEPARATED NEAR THE BASE. AS EE REMOVED THE BOTTLE THE BASE DROPPED STRIKING HIM ON THE ARM

EE WAS BARRING SCALE RING DOWN IN NO. 1 ROTARY KILN. EE DISLODGED LOOSE DUSTY MATERIAL WHICH FELL AND HIT IS SAFETY GLASSES. SOME OF THE MATERIAL BOUNCED INTO HIS EYE

MINER WAS A HELPER ON RAISE DRILL DURING THE CHANGING OF THE DRILL CENTRALIZER PART OF THE CYCLE THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER GOT PINCHED IN BETWEEN THE DRILL TURNTABLE AND THE DRILL STEEL CENTRALIZE R. EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO POSITION CENTRALIZER INTO THE PROPER POSITION.

EE WAS PUSHING A CART OF 20-50LB. BAGS OF LIME WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS BACK. CONDITIONS WERE SNOWY & COLD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

EE WAS SHOVELING ALONG BELTWAY WHEN SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT UNDER ROLL PULLING HIS FOREARM THROUGH THE ROLL. HIS RIGHT FOREARM WAS BURNT AND BRUISED.

EE WAS STANDING ON A STOOL CHANGING A LIGHT BULB, AS HE WENT TO GET DOWN THE STOOL TIPPED AND THE EE FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE FLOOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS JUST WALKING FROM HIS WORKPLACE TO ANOTHER AREA OF THE PLANT. HE FELT A SEVERE PAIN IN HIS BACK AREA. EMPLOYEE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T SLIP OR DO ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

EE WAS HELPING INTALL BRICK IN ROTARY KILN

MINER WAS OPERATING XX HAUL TRUCK, TRAVELING EMPTY BACK TO FACE AREA, THE OPERATOR DOES NOT RECALL WHAT HAPPENED, THE TRUUCK GOT INTO THE WALL, THE COLLISION CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO HIT HIS KNE ES AGAINST DASH AND WAIST AREA AGAINST STEERING WHEEL. NO EQUIPMENT DEFECTS.

EE CARRYING A PIECE OF STEEL THRU DOORWAY-DOOR CAME SHUT HITTING EE ON THE RIGHT ELBOW.

DESCENDING A FLIGHT OF STAIRS, CARRYING 2 ONE GALLON SAMPLE CANS, EMPLOYEE STEEPPED DOWN TO THE LAST STEP AND EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS LEFT KNEE. SINCE WE WAS CARRYING 2 CANS HE COULDN'T GRAB HANDRAIL FOR SUPPORT, HIS KNEE WAS SUBJECT TO FULL BODY WEIGHT.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS A FRONT END PAYLOADER. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB THE LADDER, HIS FOOT SLIPPEDCAUSING HIM TO DROP AND CATCH HIMSELF. HE EXPERIENCED PAIN TO THE GROIN AREA. CONDITIONS WERE ICY AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A DRILL HEAD BOLT WITH WRENCH. AS HE WAS PULLING ON THE WRENCH TO LOOSEN THE BOLT HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS NECK.

AFTER COMPLETION OF HIS REGULAR SHIFT, EMP WAS DESCENDING A FLIGHT OF STAIRS LEADING TO THE CHANGE HOUSE. EMP SLIPPED CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS BACK. NO SLIPPERY OR UNSAFE CONDITIONS EXISTED ON STAIRS, EMP JUST SLIPPED.

MINER WAS REPAIRING WATER HOSE. USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT THE HOSE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND SLICED HIS INDEX FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.

EE WAS GOING TO TIGHTEN ROLLER BOLTS ON BOOM OF GRADALL SCALER. THIS INVOLVES LIFTING THE LID ON THE ROOF OF THE CAB TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO THIS AREA. WHILE LIFTING THIS LID, THE LID FLOPPED BACK DOWN HITTING EE ON THE HEAD. HIS NEC WAS SORE, THOUGHT HE WOULD BE ALRIGHT, SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 4-24-96.

EMPLLOYEE WAS CLIMBING SET OF STAIRS UP TO 1-LEVEL SKIP PLATFORM, AS HHE REACHED THE TOP STEP HIS LEG TWISTED. HE SAID HE WAS ALRIGHT, BUT THE NEXT DAY HE FELL IN THE SHOP BECAUSE THIS LEG GV E OUT UNDERNEATH HIM, WENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THIS TIME.

BELTMAN WAS SPREADING HY-DRY ON SLIPPERY PATH 18 ALONG CONVEYOR BELT. WHILE DOING THIS HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS KNEES AGAINST THE CONVEYOR WAY HURTING HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS SHARPENING A CHISEL USING A STATIONARY GRINDER, ALL GUARDS WERE IN PLACE AND POSITION OF TOOL REST WAS CORRECT. THE CHISEL SLIPPED ON GRINDING WHEEL AND ONE OF HIS FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MOVING GRINDING WHEEL REMOVING THE SKIN DOWN TO THE BONE ON THE END OF ONE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP DOOR FOR COAL MILL AND PULLED LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS POUNDING THE CHUTE FROM THE GROUND LIME BIN. THE MATERIAL THAT WAS BRIDGED FELL CAUSING A SPLASHING EFFECT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HIT IN THE FACE AROUND THE EYEGLASSES CAUSING LIME TO GET INTO THE EYES.

EE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON TO PLACE IN THE BAND SAW FOR CUTTING WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING DRILL STEEL MANUALLY FROM DRILL (4IN DIA 5FT LONG 90 LBS) WHILE REMOVING ONE OF THE STEEL CARRYING ON HIS SHOULDER HE STEPPED INTO A 6IN DIA DRILL HOLE & TWISTED HIS LOWE R BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WASTE MATERIAL FROM UNDERNEATH #1 KILN COOLER, USING A HOE-TYPE SCRAPER THE SCRAPER BECAME LODGED IN HARD MATERIAL. THE EMPLOYEE PULLED HARD TO FREE THE SCRAPER, WHEN IT CAME LOOSE HIS HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THESCRAPER AND THE CONCRETE WALL BEHIND HIM. THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND WAS BROKEN.

EE WAS WELDING FRAMWORK TOGETHER FOR A BELTWAY. WHILE CHIPPING AND GRINDING OFF WELD JOINTS, A SMALL PIECE OF SLAG GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVIGN HIS CONTROL ROOM AREA TO GO TO THE STONE FEEDER BUILDING. EN ROUTE HE SLIPPED ON WET MATERIAL. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF TO PREVENT FALLING TO THE GROUND. IN DOING THIS HE TWIS TED HIS NECK.

SEE ATTACHED SHEET FOR DESCRIPTION. CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

EE WAS DOING HIS DAILY CLEANUP ALONG CONVEYOR WAY, HE WAS SHOVELING SOME MUD FROM UNDER BELT ONTO CONVEYOR, HE HURT HIS BACK WHEN HE WENT TO THROW A SHOVEL FULL OF MUD ONTO THE BELT.

FOREMAN WAS TRAVELING THROUGH XCUT OVER A PILE OF STONE WHEN A PIECE OF SIDEWALL FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT SIDE HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL ONTO THE STONE PILE INJURYING HIS LEFT ANKLE SHO ULDER & MINOR CUTS HE HAD EXAMINED THIS AREA DURING THE SHIFT BEFORE TRAVELING THROUGH THIS XCUT

BRICKLAYER AND 5 HELPERS WERE INSTLLING A SECTION OF BRICK IN OUR #1 KILN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A TOOTH OFF THE LIP OF A FRONT END LOADER, AFTER COMPLETING THE CUT HE USED A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK THE TOOTH LOOSE, WHEN THE HAMMER STRUCK THE TOOTH A PIECE OF STEEL FLE W OFF AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE CHIN.

EE WAS PULLING SCALE OFF COOLER GRATES, IT WAS AFTER SHOOTING SCALE RING AND WAS DUSTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE KILN GUN WHEN HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON BURNER PIPE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANDING A BRICK FROM PALLET TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN KILN.

MINER WAS OPERATING GRADALL SCALER FROM OPERATORS CAB WHILE SCALING A SMALL PIECE OF STONE CAME INTO THE OPERATORS CAB THROUGH THE PROTECTIVE SCREEN

SURFACE WAS COVERED WITH SNOW- HAD BEEN PLOWED BUT WAS PACKED DOWN AND SLIPPERY.

#1 COOLER IS A DUSTY AREA WHEN OPERATING. EE WAS CLEANING UP AREA.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM PARKING LOT TO CHANGEHOUSE AREA BEFORE HIS SHIFT STARTED.DUE TO THE SNOW THAT DAY SOME OF THE AREAS WERE NOT CLEARED YET AND SOME ICY SPOTS WERE PRESENT.HE SL IPPED IN THE PARKING LOT AND FELL ON HIS LEFT SIDE IN TRYING TO BREAK HIS FALL HIS LEFT ELBOW HIT HIS LEFT SIDE AND RIBS.

PUSHED TAIL PULLY ON #3 HIGH LIME ELEVATOR AND TWISTED BACK IN DOING SO.

WIND BLEW PIECE OF LIME IN LEFT EYE

MINER WAS LOADING STONE OUT OF HEADING WITH 988 FRONT END LOADER. BETWEEN TRUCKS THE EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF THE OPERATORS CAB AND WAS STANDING ON THE OUTSIDE PLATFORM WAITING FOR THE NEXT TRUCK. WHILE STANDING ON THIS PLATFORM, A PIECE OF ROOF BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK THE LOADER ROOF AND THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE, UPPER ARM, UPPER THIGH AND HAND.

WHILE LIFTING HEAD ON #5 SCREEN EMPLOYEE TWISTED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING GRADALL BOOM CYLINDER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN OPERATOR CAB WITH EHAD PROJECTING OUT THROUGHT EH OPEN ROOF LID OF CAB. AS HE WORKED THE CYLINDER THE OPEN LID NOT SECURED CLOSED AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE NECK AND HEAD. THIS LID IS PART OF THE CAB AND CAN BE OPENED FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE- JUST AFTER A RAINFALL. STRETCHED TENDON BEHIND LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHEN CLIMBING THRU THE DISCHARGE DAM, HE BUMPED HIS LEFT ELBOW ONT EH BRICK DAM. INJURY DID NOT BOTHER EMPLOYEE FOR SEVERAL DAYS THEN BEGAN TO SWELL.

USING A OVRHEAD HOIST 8 FT. IN AIR. WHILE MOVING CHAIN HIT HOIST KNOCKING END PLATE OFF HITTING EMPLOYEE IN BACK.

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO LIFT A 50 LB BAG OF ROCK DUST ONTO TRUCK PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PLATE OUT OF CRUSHER,WHILE LIFTING STRAINED LOWER BACK.

LIFTING MOTOR FELT PAIN IN L GROIN AREA

REMOVING HYDRAULIC JACK OFF SIDE OF KILN JACK SLIPPED & SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN JACK & TRUNNION ROLL

CREW LOADING A PALLET LOAD OF CAST MANGANESE FEEDER PADS ONTO MINE SKIP USING FORKLIFT.AFTER BEING SET ON THE SKIP,THE SKIP WAS MOVED DORW FROM LANDING TO PROPER STOPPING POINT,THE PALLET BROK E AND CAUGHT EMPL LEFT FOOT BETWEEN PALLET AND LOAD OF PADS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN PATH ALONG CONVEYOR BELT FROM 1-LEVEL POCKET TO 2-LEVEL TRANSFER AS HE WAS WALKING DOWN ON THE PATH HE SLIPPED AND GRABBED A HOLD OF THE HAND RAIL ALONG THE BLET TO C ATCH HIMSELF AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING #3 LOW LIME ELEVATOR CHAIN SLIPPED & ELEVATOR BUCKET HIT LEFT THUMB BREAKING TOP BONE IN THUMB & CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE FINGERNAIL

WORKING ON PLATFORM OF RIG SLIPPED PULLED BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP 12 INCH SCREW WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 100LBS.WHILE LIFTING SCREW EMPLOYEE FELT SAHRP PAIN IN CREASE OF RIGHT LEG.

EMPL KNEELING ON RIGHT KNEE CUTTING PIECE OF MTAL.WHEN RISING FROM HUNCHED POSITION,FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CONVEYOR BELT ONTO STONE FEEDER WHEN HANDS SLIPPED AND HIT LEFT ELBOW STRUCK A 3" PIECE OF FLAT METAL, WHICH IS PART OF THE CONVEYOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM STONE END TOWARDS TO FIRING FLOOR, A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

DUE TO THE RAIN OVER THE PAST WWEK, THE GROUND SURFACE WAS SOFT AND SLCK. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE GROUND AND TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF FROM FALLING AND TWISTED HIS LEFT LEG RESULTING IN A TORN M USCLE IN UPPER LEG.

LYING UNDER TRUCK REP FUEL LINE. SOME RUST AND DIRT CAME OFF HIT FACE SLID DOWN UNDER GLASSES ENTERED L. EYE.

LOADDING 50 BL BAGS OF ROCK DUST ONTO CART TWISTED AROUND TO PUT BAG ON CART AND HURT BACK.

CREW WAS TIGHTNING WHEEL LUGS ON L REAR TIRE OF CAT 769C HAUL TRUCK THEY WERE USING A SOCKET WITH BREAKER BAR AND PIECE OF PIPE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF NUT ALLOWING BAR TO SLIP AND STRIKE THE VICTI MS R LEG JUST ABOVE ANKLE

MINER WAS OPERATING GRADALL FROM OPERATORS SEAT,THE GRADALL ROCKED WHILE SCALING AND MINER BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON STEEL SUPPORT IN CAB,A SORE KNEE RESULTED.ON 01-16-89 THE SAME KNEE WAS BUMP ED AGAIN IN THE SAME MANNER WHICH AGGRAVATED THE SAME INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING ROCK-DUST INTO 50LB. BAGS. BAGS ARE LOADED ONTO A CART THAT CARRIES 1/2 TONE THEN THE CART IS PUSHED ONTO A FLAT TRUCK. WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING ROCK-DUCT IN 50 LB. BA GS AND PUSHING CART, HE FELT A PAIN AROUDN RIGHTELBOW.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A PICE OF STEEL PLATE 2 FT WIDE X3 FT LONG ON TO PICK-UP TRUCK,STEEL PLATE SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT BREAKING TWO SMALLEST TOES ON LEFT FOOT.

BELTMAN WAS WALKING DOWN WALKWAY ALONG BELTWAY (18) FROM SECOND LEVEL TRANSFER TO SECOND LEVEL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT KNEE HIT THE STEEL BRACE OF THE CONVEYOR WAY BRUSING HIS LEFT KNEE.

MINER WAS DOING3MAINTENANCE WORK IN SHOP ON LOADING MACHINE. EMPLOYEE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES WORKING ON WHEEL AND WHEN HE WENT TO GET UP HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN BACK UP EASILY. REPORTED AT END OF SHIFT, A PRE5IOUS INJURY IN SAME AREA OF BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTENING UP BOLTS ON 988 LOADER WHEEL PAD USING AN AIR WRENCH, HE PUT AIR WRENCH ON A BOLT, HAD WRENCH IN RIGHT HAND AND THE SOCKET INHIS LEFT HAND HE PUSHED THE TRIGGER AND TH E SOCKET CAME O0F OF THE BOLT, THE PIN CAME OUT OF THE SOCKET AND CUT THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.

WHILE CHECKING 5 MAGNETIC SWITCH, EMPLOYEE WAS SHOCKED ON A SEQUENCE WIRE. EMPLOYEE PULLED AWAY AND STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON A BEAM, CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

DISMANTLING A 996C FRONT END LOADER IN SHOP USING A ELECTRIC CHAIN HOIST. LIFTING HYDRAULIC TANK OFF THE LOADER USING THE HOIST. WHILE PULLING ON TANK TO MOVE THE TANK AWAY FROM THE LOADER HE TRIPPED OVER A3OTHER PIECE ON THE FLOOR, FALLING BACK AND HITTING THE FLOOR INJURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG REPAIR WORK ON MAST OF ANFO LOADING RIG. A SHORT THREE FT STEP LADDER WAS BEING USED OFF OF THE ROOF OF THE CAP TO REACH THE MAST. THE EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE LADDER WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED3LANDING ON THE CAP OF THE MACHINE, A HEIGHT OF APPROX. THREE FOOT.

TRAVELING DOWN 9AMP #2 WHEN SSOMETHING BROKE & LOST ALL GEARING TO STOP THE JEEP. THE OPERATOR PANICKED USING THE RIB OF THE RAMP TO STOP THE JEEP RATHER THAN THE BRAKES. THE IMPACT STOPPED T HE JEEP & RESUL7ED IN THE BACK INJURY.

CHUTE FROM FEEDER BECAME PLUGGED WITH AN OLD PIECE OF STEEL WHILE CRUSHING SYSTEM WAS SHUTDOWN AND REMOVAL OF STEEL TOOK PLACE WHILE REMOVING THE PIECE OF STEEL IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT THE VICTI MS TWO FINGERS BETWEEN THE SKIRTBOARD AND THE PIECE OF STEEL

MINER WAS SCALING ROOF OUT OF BASKET OF THE SCALING RIG. A PIECE OF ROOF CAME DOWN STRIKING THE BOOM SWINGING THE CAGE AROUND CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS LEFT SIDE ON THE SIDE OF THE BASKET.

CLEANING SCALE AWAY FROM #3 COOLER EMPLOYEE HAS TO FILL WHEELBARROW THEN PUSH UP A RAMP TO CONBV BELT, TURNED HIS KNEE WHILE PUSHING UP RAMP

MINER WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF TRUCK USING LADDER WHEN HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND HE STEPPED ON TO A LOOSE ROCK AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON HIS RT HAND INJURING HIS WRIST

EMPL PULLING ASHES AT COAL FIRED STOKER IN PULV LIMESTONE PLANT WHILE THROWING SHOVEL OF ASHES HE SNEEZED.AT THE TIME,PAIN IN SIDE BUT FELT OK LATER AND CONT TO WORK.A FEW DAYS LATER,NOTICED A LUMP ON SIDE AND WENT TO DR ,TOLD HE HAD HERNEA AND IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED.

MINER WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER FROM OPERATOR SCAB WHEN FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE PIECE OF EQUIPMNENT AND INJURING HIS LEFT ANKLE