Fountain Pit Metal/Non-Metal

While cleaning in a tight area with shovels, another employee slipped in the mud and impacted the employee in the mouth with the wood handle of a shovel.

The pigtail of a crane swung and caught the employee. Knocked off forehead and caused a laceration on EE's forehead.

A piece of metal from grinding fell under the safety glasses and got into the eye. Significant delay in reporting the injury.

While scooping dirt, the fire extinguisher at the employee's feet discharged spraying employee's left side and face. EE drove the skid steer to the air compressor and blew the powder off person and the cab of the skid steer and let the supervisor know. EE was still experiencing shortness of breath days later so EE got an inhaler to assist in reducing symptoms.

Miners were replacing a screen bearing at SR07 at the Fountain Pit Plant. They had to take tools and new parts up and down the catwalk area which is at an incline and work on the bearing replacement. An employee reported the next morning when EE got to work that when EE got home the night before, EE started feeling soreness around the lower back and right hip area.

Employee had mud on his boots. As he dismounted his loader, his foot slipped off the bottom rung. He fell to the ground spraining his right ankle.

Loader operator climbed down from cab of loader, he turned around, once he got to the ground & started to walk away from the loader he stepped into a hole & fell forward. His left knee struck a 5"rock that way laying on the ground.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER TO GET IN LOADER CAB & HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER RUNG. WHEN HE SLIPPED, THE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY PUT A STRAIN ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT WITH UTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT INTO LEFT PALM OF HAND. 7 STITCHES REQUIRED.

EE WAS LIFTING UP ON A CONVEYOR BELT WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS CHANGING OUT A RETURN ROLLER.

EE WAS HELPING TO RAISE A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP WITH A CHAIN WRAPPED AROUND THE FRAME. THE CHAIN SLIPPED PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN FRAME AND CHAIN.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CONVEYOR BELT AND GOT IN A BAD POSITION. WHILE WORKING HIS WAY OUT FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE STATES THAT WHITE HE WAS PULLING A CONVEYOR BELT HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT WITH KNIFE CUT LEFT THUMB. REQUIRED STITCHES.

I.NAME SMASHED 5EFT INDEX FINGER WITH HAMMER WHILE CHANGING ROLLERS.

I.NAME SMASHED 9T HAND THUMB WITH RATCHET ON SCREEN FRAME WHEN RATCHET SLIPPED LOOSE.

EMP ALLEGES HE STRAINED LOWER BACK MUSCLES WHILE LIFTING WATER PUMP OUT OF STORAGE TRAILER

I.NAME LIFTED PLATE OF STEEL IMPROPERLY STRAINING MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK