DEEP STAR MINE Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS STEPPING OFF OF THE BACK OF THE POWDER TRUCK AND FELL. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 12/21/01.

MUCKER OPERATOR HIT THE RIB CAUSING OPERATORS FACE TO HIT ROPS LACERATING THE EE'S BOTTOM LIP. (LACERATION NEEDED SIX SUTURES).

WHILE ASSISTING A JACKLEG DRILL OPERATOR A SMALLROCK FELL ON HIS WRIST.

EMPLOYEE BRUSHED A PIECE OF METAL INTO HIS EYE WHILE TRYING TO CLEAN HIS FACE.

2 MINERS WERE DOING REHAB WORK IN THE 440 A20 DRIFT WHEN THEY NOTICED THE BACK FLAKING A LITTLE.THEY STOPPED WORK & WERE EVAULATING THE GROUND WHEN THEY NOTICED THE BACK STARTING TO MOVE. THE BACK STARTED TO FALL AT THE LEFT SHOULDER OF THE DRIFT & THEN EVENTUALLY WORKED IT'S WAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE DRIFT. APPROX 12'W, 30'L, 5'-7' HIGH

EE WAS PULLING TUBE OUT OF ROD. THE TUBE WAS FULL AND EE WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THE EXTRA WEIGHT. EE WAS PULLED OFF BALANCE. SLIPPED AND FELL, SPRAINING LEFT WRIST.

THE MINER GOT CEMENT DUST IN HSI EYES AND WAS GIVEN RESTRICTED DUTY.

MINER WAS RIDING IN A MAN TRIP WHEN THE VEHICLE SLID INTO THE RIB. THE MINER'S SELF-RESCUER WAS PUSHED INTO HIS BACK CAUSING A CRACKED VERTEBRA.

MINER WAS BARRING DOWN LOOSE BACK. WHEN IT CAME DOWN, IT PUSHED THE SCALING BAR INTO HIS LEG, CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

WHILE MUCKING FROM A MUCKBAY THE OPERATOR RAN OVER A PIECE OF SHANKED STEEL. THE TIRE THREW THE STEEL INTO THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S KNEE. EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON REST RICTED DUTY.

MINER CUT HIS FINGER ON A HOSE CLAMP.

THE EE WAS BOLTING WHEN A SMALL ROCK FELL THRU THE WIRE MESH & CHIPPED HIS TOOTH THIS REPORT WAS DELAYED BECAUSE THE EE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY GET THE TOOTH FIXED

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH A SINGLE BOOM DRILL. HE TURNED THE DRILL OFF AND WALKED TO THE FACE BUT THE DRILL DID NOT COMPLETELY STOP ROTATING. HIS PANTS GOT WRAPPED IN THE ROTATING STEEL CAUSI NG A BRUISE ON HIS KNEE. THE INJURY BECAMEE SWOLLEN ADN THE EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY ON 3/13/00.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRAP WRENCH TO TAKE A PUMP APART. HE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN A WING NUT AND HIT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH THE WRENCH.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED SIDEWAYS OFF OF A MUCK PILE AND TWISTED WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS KNEE.

THE CORE DRILLER WAS PUTTING A FOOTCLAMP TOGETHER & TURNED OR TWISTED WRONG & STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A STARTER FROM AN UNDERGOUND MUCKER WHEN IT SLIPPED, SMASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT AND THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES ON THE FOURTH DIGIT OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING WHEN THE JACKLEG KICKED OUTAND PINNED HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE BACKFILL, CAUSING A LACERATION ON THE 5TH. DIGIT WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE.

THE MINER WAS PULLING INTO A MUCK BAY TO LET ANOTHER TRUCK PASS. ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT HE HIT THE RIB, HE BACKED OUT TO MAKE ANOTHER ATTEMPT AND CAUGHT A MAT IN THE CANOPY POST WHICH HIT HIM IN THE FACE.

WHILE CARRYING SOME INSULATING MATERIAL ACCROSS THE DECLINE TO A TRACTOR, HE SHIFTED WEIGHT AND TURNED TO STEP FORWARD WHEN HIS KNEE POPPED.

A GROUND FALL OCCURRED AT THE 4770 B7 STOPE CUT. A MINER WAS BACKFILLING THE AREA WHEN HE NOTICED THE GROUND STARTING TO WORK SO HE RETREATED OUT OF THE AREA. THE AREA WAS BARRICADED OFF AND L ATER BACKFILLED.

A GROUND FALL OCCURRED IN THE 4570 AS20L6 INTERSECTION. MINERS WERE BOLTING BACK, WHEN BACK BEGAN TO WORK MINERS PULLED OUT. AS THEY PULLED OUT THE SUPERVISOR NOTICED THE INTERSECTION WAS MOVI NG AS WELL. THE AREA WAS BARRICADED AND AT START OF NEXT SHIF THE INTERSECTION HAD FALLEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION A 15 H.P. PUMP THAT HAD FALLEN OVER AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS FREEING DIGGING FACE WORKING ON A HARD SPOT. HE HAD BUCKET WAS ON TOP OF THE HARD SPOT PUSHING DOWN WHEN IT CAME LOOSE EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN INTO CANOPY. HE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF S UTURES.

EE HAD A SMALL ROCK EMBEDDED IN HIS EYE WHILE DRIVING TRUCK

EE WAS THAT THE JUMBO DRILL WAS HAVING TROUBLE MANOUVERING DUE TO A ROCK UNDER THE TIRE SO HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE ROCK & AS HE DID THE JUMBOTIRE ROLLED OVER HIS FOOT

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING WHEN A ROCK HIT HIS HARD HAT AND KNOCKED HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS CHEEK AND EYE BROW.

EE WAS DRIVING THE POWDER TRUCK DOWN THE HAULAGE AND HIT A ROCK IN THE ROAD BOUNCING HIS FOOT OFF THE THROTLE AND UP AGAINST THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE BRAKE PEDAL CUT THROUGH BOOT AND CUT ANKLE. HE RECEIVED SEVERAL SUTURES.

EE WAS OPERATING JAMMER WHEN HE HIT A BUMP, HE HEARD A POP IN HIS NECK AND HIS ARM WENT NUMB. HE WAS RELEASED FOR RESTRICTED DUTY AND THEN ON 6-9-98 HE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK.

EMPLOYEE NOTICED SOME SORENESS IN HIS FOOT AT THE END OF SHIFT. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS CONSIDERABLYWORSE SO HE WENT TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. HE WAS GIVEN A RESTRICTED DUTY RELEASE.

EE LEANED ON THE CONTROL LEVER FOR THE HYDRAULIC CANOPY OF HIS JUMBO. BEFORE HE RELAIZED WHAT HE HAD DONE THE CANOPY LOWERED ON HIM PINCHING HIM BETWEEN CONTROL PANEL AND THE CANOPY. HE WAS PL ACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS REHABBING A DRIFT WHEN A LARGE SLAB WAS KNOCKED LOOSE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEE THE SLAB IN TIME AND IT LANDED ON HIS FOOT BREAKING THREE BONES.

EE HAD JUST DUMP A LOAD OF MUCK AT THE MUCK BAY AND WAS RETURNING TO THE FACE WHEN THE CANOPY OF THE LOADER MADE CONTACT WITH THE RIB SEVERAL TIMNES CAUSING THE CANOPY TO RIP OFF. THE CORNER O F THE CANOPY STRUCK EE'S HARD HAT AND SIDE OF HIS HEQAD. EE RECEIVED 6 SUTURES ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE AND WAS RELEASED FOR FULL DUTY.

WHILE LIFTING A JACKLEG AND MACHINE INTO LOADER BUCKET EMPLOYEE EXPERINED PAIN IN HIS ABDOMINAL AREA. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA.

WHILE MUCKING A SUMP WITH A LOADER, SOME DEBRIS GOT INTO HIS EYE. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS GIVEN RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS PLACING A 6'SPLIT SET BOLT INTO HOLE FORHIS PARTNER WHEN HIS FOREARM CAUGHT THE CORNER OF THE PLATE LACERATING THE ARM. APPROX 6 SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS ROCKBOLTING & A ROCK 3'L X 18' W 10" THICK FELL & HIT THE EE'S ARM CAUSING A LACERATION. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

EMP WAS GETTING INTO LUBE TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED BUMPING HIS KNEE CAP ON EDGE OF OPERATORS COMPARTMENT. WAS GIVEN FULL DUTY RELEASE BUT KNEE WAS PLACED IN IMMOBILIZER.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM A TRACTOR TO BRASS OUT OF MINE AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. HE WAS GIVEN LIGHT DUTY RELEASE AND HIS FOOT WAS PLACED IN A WALKING BOOT.

A LHD OPERATOR DISCOVERED A GROUND FALL INT HE 5000 D ACCESS DRIFT AT THE START OF SHIFT. A CREW HAD WORKED THE LEVEL ON NIGHT SHIFT AND HAD EXITED THE AREA AT APPR. 300 AM WITH NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEMS IN THE AREA. THE GROUND FALL WASAPPR 20' LONG X 18' WIDE X 10' HIGH AND AN ESTIMATED 250 TONS. THE AREA WAS JAMMED OFF THE PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AREA.

SERVICING A MOBILE EQUIPMENT FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM WHEN THE AUTOMATIC FIRING SYSTEM WENT OFF IN HIS HAND. A PIECE OF METAL HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM HIS HAND. HE WAS ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR TWO DAYS & IS NOW BACK FULL DUTY.

TWO EES WERE SCUFFLING ON THE BUS AFTER SHIFT. ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WAS PUSHED AGAINST THE BACK OF A SEAT FRACTURING HIS RIBS. HE IS CURRENTLY ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

MINER WAS MUCKING 4835B ACCESS WHEN HE NOTICED THE BACK NEAR THE FACE STARTING TO WORK. HE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE AREA TO LET THE GROUND SETTLE AND WHEN HE CAME BACK HE DISCOVERED A GROUND FALL ABOVE THE ANCHOR ZONE OF THE BOLTS. APPROX. 40 TO 60 TONS HAD COME DOWN IN 15 TO 20 FEET OF DRIFT. THE GROUND BROKE UP TO A STRUCTURE AND IS CURRENTLY STABLE.

EMP REACHED LEFT HAND AROUND MIXER LOCK ARM TO HIT LIMIT SWITCH AND AS HE DID HE SLIPPED. RIGHT HAND MOVED FORWARD TO LIMIT SWITCH CAUSING HAND TO GET CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT. RECEIVED NUMBER OF SUTURES AND WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

A LATE CREW EXITING MINE DISCOVERED AN AREA IN MAIN DECLINE WHERE APPROX. 25 TONS OF BACK HAD FALLEN. AREA WAS 20' LONG BY 15' WIDE AVERAGING ABOUT 1.5' TO 2.5' IN THICKNESS ACROSS DRIFT. SPLI T SET BOLTS WERE RUSTED THROUGH DUE TO ROCK TYPEAND THE FACT THAT IT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY WATER BEARING.

A FIRE WAS IGNITED IN THE UG SHOP BAY 3 UPPER WAREHOUSE AFTER MECHANICS HAD BEEN CUTTING WITH A TORCH A METAL WALL PLATE BELOW WAREHOUSE. MECHANICS AND SHIFT FOREMAN WERE UNABLE TO PUT FIRE O UT SO THE MINE WAS EVACUATED. MINE RESCUE WAS CALLED, DISPATCHED AND SENT UNDERGROUND. THEY FOUND THE FIRE HAD EXTINGUISHED ITSELF AS THE VENTILATED THE SHOP AREA.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STAND UP SOME 6' SPLIT SET BOLTS AT THE 4890 LAY DOWN AREA. AS HE STEPPED UP HIS RIGHT KNEE WENT OUT. HE WAS GIVEN THREE DAYS RESTRICTED DUTY.

THE NIGHT SHIFT CREW ENTERED THE 4835 A1013 HEADING. MIDWAY THROUGH THE BOLT CYCLE THE GROUND STARTED TO WORK SO THEY PULLED OUT OF THE HEADING TO GIVE THE GROUND A CHANCE TO STABILIZE. THE BA CK CONTINUED TO WORK FOR APPROX 2 HOURS AND AN ESTIMATED 200 TONS FELL. THERE WERE SEVERAL 6' BOLTS WHICH CAME OUT WITH THE FALL. THE ROUND WAS SHOT TOO HEAVY FOR THE GROUND CONDITIONS.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING AN 8' STEEL FROM A HOLE WHEN THE CHUCK TENDER OPENED AND THE STEEL FELL OUTAT HOLE AND ONTO THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.

WHILE BOLTING THE EE AND HIS PARTNER WERE DRILLING THE BACK. THE DRILLING CAUSED A 1 FT BY 3 FT SLAB TO FALL. THE MINERS RAN DOWN THE MUCK PILE, BUT EE FELL AND THE ROCK LANDED ON HIS LEG.

EE WAS MUCKING THE 4950 #20 L1. WHILE BACKING UP THE LOADER HE HOOKED A ROCK BOLT WITH THE LOADER LIGHT AND WHEN THE BOLT SPRANG BACK IT STRUCK THE EE BEHIND THE EAR. THE EE RECEIVED SUTURES A ND WAS GIVEN RESTRICTED DUTY.

REMOVING PUMP DOWN FROM ROD AND SMACKED ELBOW ON SIDE OF DRILL WHILE FALLING.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNCOUPLE A FITTING AFTER THE HOLE HAD PLUGGED. HE THOUGHT HE PRESSURE HAD BEEN RELEIVED, BUT IT HAD NOT, SO WHEN HE UNCOUPLED THE FITTING HE FELT SOME CONCRETE IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

WHILE MOVING A SURFACE MOUNTED PUMP EE SAW THE PUMP BEGIN TO SWING & TRIED TO PUSH IT WAY FROM THE BED OF THE TRUCK & GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN BED OF TRUCK & PUMP.

EE WAS OPERATING A MUCHER WHEN HE BUMPED THE HEAD ACHE RACK OF THE MUCKER INTO THE RIB KNOCKING SOME ROCK DOWN WHICH CUT HIS THUMB. HE RECEIVED 4 SUTURES.

WHILE BOLTING THE BACK, A ROCK LOOSENED AND FELLHITTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE NOSE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN 20 SUTURES.

ROCK CONDITIONS IN THE 5000 LEVEL 00A10R2 HEADING WERE VERY CRUMBLY AFTER THE BLAST AT NOON ON 2-29-96. THE CREW STARTED TO BOLT BUT DID NOT FINISH BEFORE THE END OF THE SHIFT. NIGHT CREW WAS NITIFIED OF THE SITUATION SO THE FOREMAN WENT TOACESS THE AREA. HE DETERMINED IT WOULD BE BEST TO PULL EQUIPMENT FROM THE HEADING UNTIL IT SETTLED DOWN. AT APPROX 400AM ON 3-1-96, BACK FAILED.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE DECLINE. A TRUCK WAS BACKING UP AFTER BEING LOADED WHEN THE EMPLOYEE NOTICED THE SUMP PUMP TIPPING OVER. HE PUT HIS FOOT ON THE PUMP TO PREVENT IT FROM BEING HI T BY THE TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE PUMP AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PUMP AND THE TRUCK TIRE.

THE EE STEPPED ON A 6 FOOT BOLT WHICH WAS MADE UP & LEANING AGAINST THE RIB. THE BOLT FLIPPED UP & STRUCK THE EE'S CHEEK CAUSING A LACERATION OT HIS RIGHT CHEEK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A JACKLEG ONTO THE DECK OF A FLATBED WHEN IT SLIPPED AND MASHED THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A SPLIT SET BOLT OUT OF THE BACK WITH A HACKSAW. HE CUT HALFWAY THROUGH AND BEGAN BENDING THE BOLT BACK AND FORTH TO BREAK IT OFF. THE MAT HIT THE KNOCKING A ROCK LOOS E. THE ROCK FELL HITTING THE MAT AND THEN THE EMPLOYEE'S FACE INJURING HIS RIGHT EYE. HE ALSO STRAINED HIS NECK WHILE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.

EE WAS USING A WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF THE NUT AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

THE EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF PIPE FROM THE FENDER WELD AND BUSKET OF HIS LOADER. WHILE SLIDING THE PIPE, ONE END CAUGHT THE E STOP SWITCH AND THE LOADER BEGAN TO ROLL. THE EE STOPPED THE LOA DER BUT WHEN IT STOPPED, IT ARTICULATED PINCHINGHIM BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE BODY OF THE LOADER. THE EQUIPMENT WAS NOT BLOCKED OR RIBBED.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TWO MINERS HANG THIS WIRE MESH AS THEY WERE ROCK BOLTING HE STEPPED ON THE PALTE OF A ROCK BOLT/PLATE ASSEMBLY THAT WAS LEANING AGAINST THIS RIB THE BOLT FLIPPED UP CUTTIN G THE EMPLOYEES CHEEK (CLASSICAL "STEPPING ON A RAKE" ACCIDENT)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN THE BACK FOR A ROCK BOLT. AS THE HOLE WAS DRILLED SOME ROCKS RATTLED LOOSE AT THE COLLAR AND FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS CHIN AND RIGHT FOREARM. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED STITCHES FOR THE CHIN LACERATION AND FOREARM LACERATION AND RETURNED TO WORK THAT SAME SHIFT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE COLLAR OF A BLAST HOLE HE HAD DRILLED. WHEN SOME SMALL ROCKS FELL OFF OF THE FACE, HE STEPPED IN A PUDDLE OR ON A ROCK , SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

WHILE LOADING A ROUND THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACK FROM THE FACE TO PICK UP SOME CAPS A ROCK (ABOUT 2FTX3FTX6IN) FELL FROM THE BACK STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS HEAD & RT SHOULDER APPARENTLY THE FORCE OF THE BLOW KNOCKED HIM AGAINST A LOADER BUCKET CAUSING ADDITIONAL INJURIES TO THE OTHER SIDE OF HIS HEAD

AS EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A SPLIT SET ROCK BOLT SOME SMALL ROCKS CHIPPED OFF FROM UNDER THE PLATE ONE OF THE FALLING ROCKS STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE & CUT HIS UPPER LIP EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 3 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND