Montana Tunnels Mining Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was installing bed liners on a 785 haul truck. He was using a portable 9" grinder. In doing so he had gotten metal in his eye. He wasn't sure if he had metal in his eye or not. So on 11-22-07 I took him to the emergency room where the metal was removed. Employee did go to an eye doctor on 11/23/07 and again on 11/26/07. His eye is o.k. and he did not miss any work.

Employee has an occupational disease. He has carpal tunnel syndrome in his left hand. He will got to the doctor on 11-12-07. Then for his surgery on 11-14-07.

EE had been recovering from an off the job, when he was watching a bumper being repaired on a straight truck when he stepped back to look at the bumper, stepped back, he stepped on a rock, caused him to lose his balance and fall onto his right hand, fracturing his wrist.

A unplanned detonation occurred at the bottom of the pit. A caterpiller D-11 dozer company number B-12 was doing clean up in this area when this occurred. MSHA hotline number was called immediately. There were no injuries in this explosion and no equipment damage.

Mounting a 3300-51 tire on a wheel, pulling the lock ring up onto the tire he got his thumb caught between the lock ring & flange ring while being supervised.

EE was doing a pre-shift inspection on a 235 cut rock breaker. In doing so, he stepped in some mud and his foot slipped on a rock. This caused his knee to pop. EE went to the ER on 5/26/07 and visited his doctor on 5/30/07, where he was told he could not return to work until more tests were done. This is a LTA.

Employee was performing maintenance checks for problems on a 5230 shovel. While working on the shovel a small rock fell from the highwall. The rock rolled under the maintenance truck and struck him in the left leg. He was taken to the hospital where he received 3 stitches in his left leg.

Employee was welding on bed liners of a haul truck. In doing so, hot slag burned his left elbow and it got infected. He went to the doctor on Tuesday the 30th and the doctor decided not to let him return to work until the infection was gone.

Employee was putting a bellypan on a cat dozer. He put his knees to his chest & pushed with his feet. In doing so he felt a pop in his back on the right side of his ribs. He continued to work his shift & also his next shift before going to the hospital on 12/9/06. He then went back to the clinic on 12/13/06 & was put on light duty.

Employee was marking out drill pattern & stepped on a loose rock, twisting his knee. He stated it was an old injury he hand gotten while drilling in Colorado. He decided to go to the Dr., nothing was found wrong. He went back & he was scheduled for an MRI on 12/1/06. Nothing was found wrong again but the Dr. decided to fit him with a leg brace.

EE BACKED HIS HAUL TRUCK UP TO A BERM TO DUMP HIS LOAD. THE LOAD LEFT THE BOX AND HELD THE BOX IN THE RAISED POSITION. EE PUSHED THE LOWERING LEVER DOWN AND PULLED AWAY FROM THE BERM. THE RAMS BEGAN LOWERING AND THE BOX DROPPED SEVERAL FEET, JARRING EE'S NECK. CHIROPRACTOR & THERAPY & DAYS OFF.

EE IS A SURVEY TECH. & WAS ASSISTING MOVING EMPTY PALLETS, CLEANING A LAY DOWN AREA. HE FELT A STRANGE SENSTAION IN HIS LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN. AFTER SOME TIME & SEVERAL Dr. VISITS, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A MINOR RUPTURE THAT HE MAY NEED SURGERY FOR. NO TIME MISSED FROM WORK.

EE WAS TRAVELING INTO THE MINE WHEN A ROCK APPROX 6' X 6' X 8' ROLLED DOWN AN ANGLE OF REPOSE, JUMPED A SAFETY BERM AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF HIS 992 LOADER. EE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE CAB AND RECEIVED A CUT ON TOP OF HIS HEAD AND ON HIS LEFT ELBOW.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A TORQUE CONVERTER THAT WAS PARTIALLY BOLTED INTO A 992 LOADER. THE PICKING EYES BROKE CAUSING THE CRANE BLOCK TO JUMP SEVERAL FEET IN THE AIR AND ONE OF THE CABLES TO COME PARTIALLY OFF THE SHIV. HE DID NOT NOTICE THE FAULTY SITUATION & CON'T HIS JOB ABOUT 3' UNDER THE 200# BLOCK. THE BLOCK DROPPED ONTO HIS HARD HAT PINNING HIM AGAINST THE LOADER.

EE WAS CLIMBING ON TO A TRACK MOUNTED ROCK BREAKER FOR THE FUELING/LUBE PROCESS AND STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER RUNG. X-RAY AT THE TIME SHOWED NOTHING BROKEN AND ALL OK. ON 8/26/05 HE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR FOR AN ADJUSTMENT ON FOOT. EE was diagnosed with a broken foot on 9-21-05. He had surgery. Dr released him to lite duty on 9-30-05.

EE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN ON 7/24/05 FROM THE SEAT IN HIS HAUL TRUCK BOTTOMING SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE SHIFT. HE CALLED OFF FOLLOWING SHIFT BUT GAVE NO REASON. INJURY DATE 7/22/05. THIS SEAT WAS IN THE TRUCK FOR 3 WEEKS AND WAS CHANGED OUT AFTER HIS INJURY. MANUFACTURER FOUND NO REASON FOR IT TO BE BOTTOMING OUT

EMPLOYEE & HIS PARTNER WERE LIFTING A WOODEN TIMBER, ONE MAN ON EACH END OF THE TIMBER. THE TIMBER WAS 12"X 12"X 6'LONG, WEIGHING APPROX. 175 LBS. EMPLOYEE USED HIS LEGS TO PICK THE TIMBER BUT THEN TWISTED WITH THE LOAD. ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON SAID NO WORK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Employee was walking from one pickup truck to another. The ground was frozen and rutted. She rolled her ankle and felt a sharp pain. She was seen at the emergency room and diagnosed with a small fracture to the ankle.

THE EE WAS CARRYING A SET OF WELDING LEADS AND STEPPED FROM ONE LEVEL OF GRATED DECKING DOWN TO THE NEXT LEVEL - APPROX. 10 INCHES DOWN. EE STEPPED ONTO A 2.5"-DIAMETER STONE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT FOOT. X-RAYS AT THE ER SHOWED A FRACTURED BONE IN HIS LEFT FOOT. DOCTOR PRESCRIBED LIGHT DUTY.

EE WAS CROSSING UNDER A 5'6" STEEL FRAMEWORK AND BUMPED HIS HARD HAT, JAMMING HIS NECK. ON 3/28/05 EE INFORMED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE HAD SEEN A CHIROPRACTOR FOR AN "ADJUSTMENT."

EE AND TWO OTHER MILL EMPLOYEES WERE DRAGGING A 70'X2" RUBBER WATER WASH DOWN HOSE INTO POSITION TO WASH THE MILL FLOOT. EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LEFT CALF. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A STRAINED ACHILLES TENDON AND WILL REQUIRE THERAPY. RETURN TO MOD. DUTY.

TWO MAINTENANCE EE WERE REMOVING 992 LOADER BUCKET HEEL PLATE. ONE EE WAS KNOCKING OUT A BOLT THAT HAD BEEN TORCHED OFF. OTHER EE WAS TORCHING THE ONLY OTHER BOLT HOLDING THE PLATE. THE PLATE FELL APPROX 4.5 FT ONTO EE FOOT, JUST ABOVE STEEL TOE. BROKEN BONE IN FOOT

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSERT 8" PLASTIC PIPE INTO THE PIPE FUSER. AS THE PIPE SLID FORWARD, EE GOT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE FUSER. FINGER WAS LACERATED REQUIRING STITCHES AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WIRE FEED WELDER WHEN THE STRINGER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS RT.HAND. HE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB IT W/HIS LEFT HAND & THE WIRE PIERCED HIS GLOVE & HAND. THE WIRE STABBED HIS INDEX FINGER TENDON CAUSING AN INFECTION. DR. NEEDED TO CUT & DRAIN THE INFECTION.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE DISLODGING A JACK PAD FROM THE MUD ON A DRILL PATTERN. THE IR DRILL HAD LOST ITS PAD EARLIER THAT MORNING. THE SUPERVISOR HAD ADVISED THEM TO USE AN EXCAVATOR TO DO THE JOB IF NECESSARY. THEY USED A PRY BAR AND TOGETHER CARRIED THE PAD TO THE DRILL. LATER THAT SHIFT, ONE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF NECK AND UPPER BACK PAIN.

Ee was drilling a horizontal well, working alone. He changed many drill steels during the shift and at the end of the shift, his left lower leg was very sore. He filed an injury report with the company on 9/7 and on 9/14 he went to a doctor as the pain did not subside. Diagnosed torn tendon on 9/14/04.

MINE MECHANIC WAS USING A HAND HELD PNEUMATIC DIE GRINDER TO CUT A PIECE OF METAL ON A HAUL TRUCK ENGINE. THE 3 INCH GRINDING WHEEL BROKE AND A PIECE OF IT STRUCK HIM ON THE LOWER LIP. THREE STITCHES WERE PLACED IN HIS LIP TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.

NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. EE IS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS THUMB AND HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH "TRIGGER FINGER". THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL DISEASE SIMILAR TO CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

EE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF 8" DIA PLASTIC PIPE AND DROPPED IT ON HIS FOOT. FURTHER MEDICAL REVIEW FOUND THAT THE BIG TOE WAS BROKEN. EE IS NORMALLY A TRUCK DRIVER BUT WORKED AN OVERTIME SHIFT IN PIT DEWATERING. NO LOST WORK TIME.

EE BEGAN HAVING NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN HIS NECK, SHOULDER AND RT ARM AND RT HAND. HE SAW A DR ON 1-15-04 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PROBLEMS FROM HOLDING A TELEPHONE TO HIS EAR. NO MISSED WORK.

Employee began to feel pain in his rt. knee as he was operating the cat loader. The pain did not subside and he went to the Dr., was diagnosed with torn cartilage. No accident occurred, he is scheduled for surgery sometime in March. Workers Comp. accepted claim on 2/23/04.

EE EXPERIENCED A PAIN BETWEEN HER SHOULDER BLADES AS SHE WAS DRIVING HER LOADED HAUL TRUCK TO THE WASTE STOCKPILE. HER FINGERS OF LEFT HAND BEGAN TO TINGLE. EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR DIAGNOSED STR AINED MUSCLES IN UPPER BACK AND SHE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR FOR AN "ADJUSTMENT" ON 11-17-03.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL A MILL LIFTER (200#) ONTO A LIFTING SLING AND ROLLED IT ONTO HIS FINGER, SMASHING THE FINGER TIP BETWEEN THE LIFTER AND THE DECK. STITCHES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE WO UND.

EE WAS USING A 12# SLEDGE HAMMER AS A BACKING PLATE WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS STRIKING A PIN INTO THE PAN FEEDER DRIVE CHAIN. A SMALL SHARD OF METAL SPLINTERED OFF THE PIN AND STRUCK EE IN THE CHIN REQUIRING STITCHES AND REMOVAL OF THE 1/4" METAL CHIP.

IMPROPER RIGGING OF 70# BEARING CAPS; FAILURE TO WAIT FOR SIGNALS; MISJUDGEMENT OF PROPER CLEARANCE; FAILURE TO CLEAR PERSONNEL BELOW. VICTIM FELT HE WAS IN A SECURE POSITION AND FAILED TO CON NECT TO PROVIDED SAFETY BLOCK. RESULTED IN DISLOCATED RIGHT ELBOW, SCALP LACERATION, POSSIBLE RIB FRACTURES, ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS. HOSPITALIZED.

THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT BUT MR. SATRE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN AND RT LEG & RT HIP PAIN FOR APPROXIMATELY THE PAST MONTH. HE BEGAN CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS ON 5-22-03 WORKERS COMP HAS ACCEPTED THIS CLAIM AS INDIVIDUAL DISEASE CLAIM DUE TO NO SPECIFIC ACCIDENT.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A SMALL CABINET THAT WAS MOUNTED ON THE DECK OF A FLATBED SERVICE TRUCK. THE LATCH WAS JAMMED SO HE BENT DOWN TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AND JERKED ON THE DOOR. THE 12" X 24" DOOR WHICH IS HINGED AT THE BOTTOM OPENED AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LIP AND SLIGHTLY CHIPPED A FRONT TOOTH.

EE BEGAN EXPERIENCING NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN HIS HANDS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. HIS DOCTOR HAS DIAGNOSED HIM WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AND HAS ATTRIBUTED IT TO HIS JOB.

EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE ACCESS LADDER OF A 777 CTERPILLAR HAUL TRUCK AND FELT A MUSCLE STRAIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES. HE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR ON MARCH 31, 2003.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK A LOAD OF WIRE SCREEN FROM A FLATBED TRUCK USING A BOOM TRUCK. THE LOAD WAS TOO HEAVY FOR THE TRUCK AND OPERATOR ERROR CAUSED THE TRUCK TO OVERTURN. EE FELL TO THE GR OUND, STRIKING HIS ELBOW ON THE GROUND. NO INJURY WAS FOUND ON THE DATE OF ACCIDENT BUT HE HAD FLUID DRAINED FROM THE ELBOW ON 5-21-03.

EE WAS WORKING ON A TRANSFORMER IN THE MINE AREAAND SLIPPED ON ICY GROUND. HE FELL LANDING ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DEEP BRUISE. ON APRIL 29, 03 HIS PAIN HAD NOT SUBSIDED AND HE HAS BEGUN PHYSICAL THREAPY. HE HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK.

EE HAS HAD ONGOING NECK PAIN FOR MANY MONTHS. HE SAW A DOCTOR AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DISC PROBLEMS IN HIS NECK (SPINAL COLUMN). WORKERS COMPENSATION HAS FINALLY ACCEPTED THIS CLAIM AS INDUSTRI AL DISEASE. NO ACCIDENT HAS PRECIPITATED THIS PROBLEM.

EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL IVD SYNDROME A DEGENERATIVE DISK DISEASE IN HIS NECK. WORKERS COMP HAS ACCEPTED THIS AS A WORK RELATED ITEM AND CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED FO R THE TINGLING AND NUMBNESS IN HIS ARMS AND SHOULDERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING THE TOUGUE OF A SMALL TRAILER TO ATTACH IT TO THE HITCH ON A PICKUP TRUCK. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND UPPER ARM. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER HE SAW A DOCTOR AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DISC PROBLEMS IN HIS NECK RELATING TO THIS INCIDENT. HE HAD NECK SURGERY ON MAY 30 TO REPAIR HIS NECK.

EE WAS RETRACTING A 25 FT. STEEL TAPE AND THE BLADE CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RT. HAND SMALL LACERATION CAUSED FOUR STITCHES TO BE PUT IN BY DR AT EMERGENCY ROOM.

EE WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER OF THE CAT HAUL TRUCK AND WHEN SHE WAS ON THE BOTTOM 2 RUNGS, MUDDY CONDITIONS CAUSED HER TO LOOSE HER FOOTING AND FALL. HER SOFT SIDED LUNCH BOX WAS SLUNG OVER HE R HEAD & SHOULDER AND SHE SAT ON THE LUNCH BOX WHICH HAD A CAN OF SOUP IN IT.

EE WAS DRILLING 1/2" DIAMETER HOLE THROUGH A PIECE OF PLASTIC RACEWAY. HIS RT. HAND WAS STABILIZING THE PLASTIC AND THE DRILL BIT PUNCHED THROUGH THE MATERIAL AND LACERATED THE PALM OF HIS RT. HAND. HE IS LEFT HANDED. 2 STITCHES REQUIRED

EE WAS REMOVING OUTSIDE DUAL ON LUBRICATION TRUCK. TIRE SIZE UR 24.5-14 PLY-100 PSI NON SPLIT RIM A ROCK HAD WEDGED BETWEEN DUALS. AS LAST LUG ONUT WAS REMOVED FROM OUTSIDE DUAL THE INSIDE DUA L BLEW OUT. ROCK WAS THROWN OUT AND STRUCK FENDER WELL. SHEET METAL BULGED OUT AND STRUCK EE ON HARD HAT AND GLASSES.

EE EXPERIENCED BAKC PAIN WHILE OPERATING A 992 LOADER. HE MADE MENTION TO HIS SUPERVIOSR ON 4-15-02 BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION CHIROPRACTOR UNTIL 4-22. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE HIS CHIRO PRACTOR FOR AN ADJUSTMENT UNTIL 4-26-02.

EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF BED ON THE DAY AFTER HIS LAST DAY SHIFT AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT FOOT, NO ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED TO CAUSE THIS PAIN. AFTER SOME DAYS OF PAIN AND TESTS HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE "ST RESS FRACTURES" OF THE METATARSAL BONES OF HIS RT FOOT. DR DIAGNOSED INDUSTRIAL DISEASE.

EE STEPPED OFF OF THE LADDER OF THE MOTOR GRADERHE WAS OPERATING. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE DID NOT FALL BUT DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS ON 1/7 WAS POSSIBLE TORN MINISCUS. THREE WEEKS OFF.

EE WAS SHOVLING FINES INTO A WHEELBARROW AT THE CRUSHER. HE WAS USING A#2 SQUARE NOSE SHOVEL. HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK BUT DID NOT REPORT IT. HE WAS ON HIS LAST SHIFE BEFGORE HIS 4 D AYS OFF. HE WENT TO A CHIROPROACTOR ON HIS DAYS OFF WHICH THIS AN MSHA REPORTABLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER BELTING AND THE RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND, APPROX 1/4" LONG. 2 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.

EE TRIPPED WHEN DESCENDING THE STEPS IN THE MILLAND FELL TWO STEPS TO THE LANDING STRIKING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, ELBOW AND KNEE. HE PULLED MUSCLESIN HIS NECK. HE WENT OT A CHIROPRACTOR ON 5/8/01 FOR AN ADJUSTMENT.

EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HER RIGHT ELBOW. NO ACCIDENT PRECEDED THIS PAIN. SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TENDONITIS, BROUGHT ABOUT BY USE OF HER COMPUTER MOUSE. COMP. HAS ACCEPTED THIS CLAIM AS INDUSTRI AL ILLNESS 5/3/01.

EE WAS WORKING IN FRONT OF THE CRUSHER DUMP BOX ON A "CRUSHER DOWN DAY". A BERM OF MATERIAL HAD BEEN PILED IN FRONT OF THE BOX TO PREVENT DUMPING. EE WALKED ON THE BERM AND SLIPPED, CATCHING H IMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT ARM. HE JAMMED HIS RT SHOULDER AND ROTATOR CUFF. NO MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 6-19-01.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON LOWER DECK IN THE MILL WHEN HIS PARTNER ON THE DECK ABOVE SHIFFLED HIS FEET AND KNICKED DUST AND DIRT FROM THE OPEN GRATING DOWN INTO HIS EYES. FLUSHED AT MINESITE.

EE HAD JUST MOUNTED THE CAT 5230 SHOVEL. HE REACHED DOWN TO PULL UP THE COUNTER BALANCED LADDER AND STRAINED A SMUCLE IN HIS NECK. A VISIT TO AN ORTHOPEDIC DR CALLED FOR EE TO BE ON MODIFIED D UTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS 4 DAY ROTATION.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING 6" DRISCO PIPE WATERLINE ON A BERM. HE STEPPED OFF THE BERM AND FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WAS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON 5-16 TO REMOVE CARTILAGE FROM THE KNEE JOI NT. SURGERY SCHEDULED ON DAYS OFF.

EE IS A MINE ENG TECH. HE WAS ASSISTING WITH A PROJECT DURING THE SUMMER OF 2000 THAT REQ'D HIM TO USE A GAS POWERED COMPACTOR FOR SEVERAL WKS HE DEVELOPED A "TRIGGER FINGER" INDUSTRIAL DISEA S AS DIAGNOSED BY AN ORTHOPEDIC DR. NO SPECIFIC ACCIDENT

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRAW A TAILINGS SAMPLE FROMTHE DISCHARGE TROMMEL OF THE MILL. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO REACH THE SAMPLE ROD/CUP UNDER THE TROMMELTHE CUP STRUCK THE TROMMEL CAUSING HIM TO BANG HIS HAND AGAINST THE SAMPLE OPENING. HE CUT HIS RIGHT HAND RING FINGER.

EE HAS EXPERIENCED NECK & SHOULDER PAIN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS FROM NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT. ON 9/22/00HE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR FOR AN ADJUSTMENT TO HIS NECK. HE DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT ALTHOUGH WO RKERS COMP HAS DEEMED THIS AN INDUSTRIAL ILLNESS

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PORTA POWER RAM TO SPREAD APUMP FROM IT'S BASE. UPON COMPLETION OF THE JOB THE RAM FAILED TO RETRACT FULLY AND MAINTAINED ASMALL AMOUNT OF PRESSURE. THE RAM WAS TAPPED WIT H A HAMMER AND THE RAM SPRUNG FREE, PINCHING THEMECHANIC'S HAND AGAINST THE PUMP BASE.

EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE IS MOVING A DRILL STEEL. THE OTHER EE LET GO OF THE STEEL AND EE'S LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED AGAINST THE DRILL DECK. THE SKIN WAS BROKEN, REQUIRING 3 STITCHED TO CL OSE.

A MILL MECHANIC WAS USING AN 8# HAMMER TO KNOCK LINERS LOOSE IN THE CRUSHER PAN FEEDER. A PIECE OF THE STEEL LINER CHIPPED OFF & STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT CHEEK (RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE). FOUR STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.

THE EE WAS IN AN 8 HR CLASSROOM TRAINING SESSION& B THE END OF THE DAY HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWERBACK XRAYS REVEALED A NARROWING OF A DISC IN THE LOWER BACK DUE TO NO ACCIDENT WORKERES COMP WIL L LIKELY DIAGNOSE OR TREAT AS INDUSTRIAL DISEASE

3 MAINT EE'S WERE CARRYING A LAUNDER INTO THE MILL. ONE OF THE EE'S SLIPPED ON ICE & TWISTED HISKNEE HE DID NOT SEE MED ATTENTION UNTIL 4/3/00 HIS DR FOUND NO BREAK ALTHOUGH RECOMMENDED PHYSI CAL THERAPY

THE EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE OPERATING A 992 CAT LOADER AT THE CRUSHER. THE PAIN WAS NOT PRECEEDED BY AN ACCIDENT. HIS DR. DIAGNOSED TENDONITIS. ON A FOLLOW UP VISIT TO HIS D R. ON 12/1 THE DR. PRESCRIBED A THERAPIST TO WORK WITH THE KNEE. NO WORK TIME LOST.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SWIVEL A FLOAT CELL AGITATOR INTO POSITION TO ATTACH TO THE STATOR. HE FELT A MUSCLE PULL IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK. HE WENT TO HIS REGULAR CHIROPRACTOR FOR AN ADJUSTMENT.

ON 10/13/99 EE STRUCK A PIECE OF STEEL WITH A HMMER & A SHARD OF METAL STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB & 1ST FINGER. FIRST AID WAS DONE AT THE MINESITE & HE HEALED WITH NO FUTHER MED ATTENTION. ON 6/9/00 EE HAD A SMALL PIECE OF METEL REMOVED FROM HIS HAND REQUIRING 3 STITCHES

EE HAS EXPERIENCED A TENDON PROBLEM (TRIGGER FINGER) OF HIS RT HAND RING FINGER. OCCURRING FROM A CONTINUOUS USE OF HIS HANDS TO RUN THE JOYSTICK ON A CAT 523D HYDRAULIC SHOVEL

EE BEGAN FEELING SORE IN HIS RT SHOULLDER ON 10/5/99 THIS SHOULDER HAD ROTATOR CUFF SURGERY APPROX 10 YRS AGO PREVIOUS NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED TO CAUSE THIS PRESENT PAIN. COMP WILL LIKELY ACCEPT THIS CLAIM AS INDUSTRIAL DISEASE

EMPLOYEE PUSHED UP TO OPEN THE WINDOW ON THE A-06 BACKHOE. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN RAISING HIS RIGHT ARM. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SLIGHT TEAR OF HIS RT ROTATOR C UFF AND IS UNDERGOING PHYSICAL THERAPY. NO TIME LOST FROM WORK. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 10-18-99.

EE HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF SKIN IRRITATION FOR SEVERAL YRS. WITH THE MOST RECENT OUTBREAK OF A RASH ON HIS HANDS HE SEEKS MEDICAL ATTENTION & COMP MAY ACCEPT THIS AS AN INDUST DISEASE CASE

EE WAS EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN DURING AND AFTER OPERATING 992 CATERPILLAR LOADER AT THE CRUSHER. THIS PAIN GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER SEVERAL SHIFTS CAUSING HIM TO GO TO THE CHIROPRACTO R FOR AN ADJUSTMENT. NO SPECIFIC ACCIDENT. COMP.HAS BEEN SLOW IN DECIDING ACCIDENT OR INDUS. DISEASE.

THE EE FELT A BULGE NEAR HIS BELLY BUTTON ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS PRIOR TO 7/20 BUT REQUESTED TO FILE A WORKERS COMP CLAIM ON 7/20/99 HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA WITH NO SPECIFIC CAUSE OR DATE OF OCCURANCE. WORK COMP HAS ACCEPTED THE CLAIM AS AN INDUSTRIAL DISEASE CLAIM

THIS EE AND TWO OTHERS WERE REMOVING ROCKS FROM BENIEATH A BELT. WHEN THE JOB WAS FINISHED, HIS BACK WAS SORE. ON 7-20 HE WAS PUTTING ON HIS SOCKS AT HOME AND FELT MORE PAIN. CHIROPRACTIC TREA TMENT ON 7-20-99 MAKES THIS REPORTABLE.

THE RECEPTIONIST COMPLAINED OF A STIFF NECK AND SHOULDER THAT SHE HAD BEEN SEEN BY A DR. FOR ON THE PREVBIOUS DAY. THGE DR. SAID THIS PAIN (MUSCLE TENSION) WAS PROBABLY WORK RELATED AND WAS AN INDUSTRIAL DISEASE.

THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE A SHEET OF 4'X8'X1/4" STEEL ONTO THE FORKS OF A FORKLIFT. HE PINCHED THE TIP OF HIS RING FINGER RT HAND BETWEEN THE STEEL & THE FORK. 4 STITCHES NECESSARY TO CL OSE WOUND

THE EE WAS CLEANING GREASE AND SLUDGE FROM THE PRESSURE LUBE TRAY. HE WAS USING A SQUARE NOSE SHOVEL TO DID THE JOB. HE FELT A TWINGO IN HIS LOWER BACK AND WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR 2 DAYS LATER. THE CHIROPRACTOR RECOMMENDED LIGHT DUTY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO HIS CHIRO FOR LOWER BACK PAIN AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LOWER BACK DAMAGE. THE EMPLO9YEE FEELS THAT THE PAIN IS DUE TO THE OPERATION OF THE 950 FRONT END LOADER. THE PAIN H AS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE SINCE HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE MINE SITE.

THE EE WAS DRIVING HIS LOADED 785 TON CAT HAUL TRUCK ONTO A WASTE DUMP & BOTTOMED OUT THE SEAT WHEN HE DROVE THRU A DEPRESSION INTHE ROADWAY HE FILED AN ACCIDENT REPORT THAT SHIFT BUT DID N OT G TO A CHIRPRACTOR UNTIL 6/15/99 & DID NOT TELL HIS EE UNTIL 7/14/99

THE LOADER OPERATOR LEANED FORWARD IN HIS SEAT THE LOADER WENT THROUGH A DEPRESSION IN THE FLOOR. HIS BACK TWISTED. HE DID NOT ADVISED THE CO. UNTIL 6-17. HIS CHIROPRACTOR HAS BEGUN THERAPY BU T RELEASED HIM TO HIS REGULAR JOB WITH NO RESTRIRICTIONS. WORKERS COMP HAS ACCEPTED THE CLAIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS BEGINNING TO WELD ON THE UNDERSIDE OF A 6" PIPE. HE CLOSED HIS WELDING HOOD AND A PIECE OF METAL FRAGMENT FELL INTO HIS EYE BEHIND HIS GLASSES.

EE WAS RELINING A MILL AND SOMEHOW GOT METAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE IS UNAWARE OF HOW METAL GOT INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL THREE DAYS LA TER. THE DR REMOVED A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROMHHIS EYE, AND HE RETURNED TO WORK ON HIS FOLLOWING SHIFT.

THIS EE FELT AN UNCOMFORTABLE SENSATION IN HIS LEFT THIGH SEVERAL TIMES DURING THIS SHIFT. HE WENT TO A DR. ON 5-12-99 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RUPTURE IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. WORKERS COMPENSATI ON HAS ACCEPTED THIS CLAIM AS WORK RELATED AS OF 6-24-99. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED BU THE RUPTURE NEEDED SURGERY TO REPAIR.

EE WAS USING A 90# PNEUMATIC JACK HAMMER ATTEMPTING TO BREAK ROCK AT THE BOTTOM OF 3' DEEP X5'WX5'L HOLE IN THE CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE MILL. THE HANDLE PRESSED HIS LEFT THUMB AGAINST A PIECE OF REINFORCING ROD THAT WAS PROTRUDING FROM THE ADJACENT CONCRETE

THE EE WAS ASSISTING TO EXTEND A 2 STAGE TELESCOPING ATTACHMENT FOR A CT IT-28 LIFT TRUCK. AS HEMANUALLY PULLED OUT ON THE STEEL BOOM THE LAST SEGMENT PULLED OUT OF THE HOLDING BRACKET & DROP PED TO THE FLOOR 2 FINGERS WERE PINCHED BETWEEN THE BOOM AND A TRANSMISSION

NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. EMPLOYEEBEGAN EXPERIENCINGPAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE SEVERAL MONTHS PRIOR TO REPORTING IT TO MANAGEMENT OR TO SEEKING MEDICAL TREATMENT. ON 03/26/99, EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED W ITH FLUID ON THE KNEE(BAKERS CYST) FROM OVERUSE OF THE JOINT. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO OTHER DUTIES OTHER THAN HIS NORMAL OCCUPATION. EMPLOYEE REPORTED THIS INCIDENT TO SUPERVISOR ON 03/29/29.

EE NOTIFIED THE COMPANY ON 1-21-99 THAT HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LOWER BACK PAIN. HIS PAIN DEVELOPED OVER THE SUMMER OF 1998. EE BEGAN CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS IN AUGUST OF 1998 WITH NO COMMENT TO HIS EER. IN DEC 98' HE SAW AN ORTHOPEDIC M.D. WHO BELIEVED HIS PAIN WAS WORK RELATED. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER MARCH 99 HE REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD HAD A ROUGH LOAD ON OR ABOUT JUNE 21 98.

THIS DRILL BLAST OPERATOR BEGAIN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK ON 12/21/98 HE DID NOT HAVEANY ACCIDENT TO HIS RECOLLECTION. ON 1/11/99 HE SAW A DR & FILED A REPORT WITH THE SAFETY DEPT. THE DR FOUND A COMPRESSION FRACTURE TO THE LUMBAAR 4 VERTIBRAE. DUE TO GENERAL LIFTING & REPEATED BENDING & MOVING

EE HAS HAD ONGOING PAIN IN HIS NECK & SHOULDERS NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. WORKERS COMP HAS ACCEPTED THIS AS AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEAE AS OF 12/12. NO TIME HAS BEEN LOST FROM WORK

EE BEGAN EXPERIENCING MUSCLE SPASMS IN HIS LOWR BACK WHILE OPERATING A D10 DOZER FOR A SERIES OF SHIFTS. UNDER DRS & COMP REVEIW. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED

OPERATOR IS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND. DIAGNOSED AS INDUSTRIAL (OCCUPATIONAL) DISEASE. MOST PROBABLY FROM OPERATING CONTROLOF HYDRAULIC SHOVE. CURRENTLY UNDER DRS & WORK COMP REVIEW

EE SLAMMED THE DOOR ON OF THE CAB OF A LOADER AND A GUST OF AIR BLEW A FOREIGN OBJECT INTO HIS RT EYE. E R DOCTOR REMOVED METAL FLECK FROM HIS RT EYE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST POSITIONS OF D10 IDLER ON A PALLET. AS HE MOVED THE IDLER BY HAND, THE IRON PINCHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE PALLET. CAUSED 10 STITCHES TO BE RENEDERED AT THE ER

EE WAS LIFTING A WHEEL BEARING FOR A 785 CAT HAUL TRUCK. HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA. HE DID NOT MENTION IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL OCT AT WHICH TIME HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT SURGERY FOR A RUPTERED MUSCLE WALL ON 10/13. HE RETD TO WORK ON NEXT SCHED SHIFT

THE OPERATOR OF THE IR-45 DRILL WAS WALKING ALONG A NARROW LEDGE ON THE EDGE OF THE DRILL DECK IN ORDER TO ACCESS A VALVE AT THE FRONT OF THE DRILL. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND JUMPED APPROX. 4' T O THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS FEET AND FALLING ON HIS BUTTOCKS AND HIP. CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS CAUSED THIS TO BE REPORTABLE.

EE WAS DRIVING A 785 HAULTRUCK INTO THE PIT AND DROVE THORUGH A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD, JARRING HIS LOWER BACK

EE WAS CLOSING THE FILTER PRESS MACHINE AND INADVERTENTLY PLACED HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE THROW HANDLE AND THE FRAME OF THE PRESS. NOT ENOUGH CLEARANCE TO ALLOW THUMB TO STAY IN THAT POSITION.

EE WAS DESCENDING A HAUL ROAD IN A 785 CAT HAULTRUCK SHE HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD & FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK. THE PAIN HAS NOT GONE COMPLETELY AWAY SINCE THAT TIME. SHE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 11/20/98 AT WHICH TIME SHE BEGANRECEIVING PHYSICAL THERAPY ON 12/10/98

AN EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MANUALLY HOLD THE STARTER OF A 4 CYL. GASOLINE ENGINE. HIS ELBOW CAME INTO CONTACT OF THE ENGINE FAN, LACEATING HSI SKIN ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

EE WAS EXITING BACK SEAT OF EE TRANSPORT SUBURBAN AT END OF SHIFT. ANOTHER EE SLAMMED THE DOOR ON HIS HAND WHICH SEVERED A SMALL PIECE OF FLESH FROM HIS RT HAND RIGHT FINGER. STITCHES WERE NEE DED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

THE EE WAS PICKING RUBBER COATED METAL SLEDS FROM THE GROUND & PLACING THEM ONTO THE TAILGATE OF A PICKUP TRUCK. THE "IMPACT SLED" WEIGHED APPROX 40#. THE EE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CHOSE TO SEE A DOCTOR ON 3/5/98 WHO PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRE-SHIFT INSPECTING THE HYDRAULIC SHOVEL AND AS HE WALKED AROUND THE SHOVEL HE STEPPED INOT A SMALL HOLE. UNEVEN GROUND SURROUNED THE SHOVEL. THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING UP INOT THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF THE SHOVEL AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

A WATER PUMP HAD BEEN STARTED TO PUMP WATER OUT OF THE PIT. -20 DEGREE TEMPERATURE HAD CAUSED THE 4" LINE TO HAVE ICE IN IT. 300' OF 4" PIPE QUIT FLOWING. EE BEGAN TO REMOVE A HUGGER TO SEPARA TE THE LINE AND RELIEVE PRESSURE. THE PUMP HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN. AS THE SECOND OF FOUR BOLTS HAD BEEN LOOSENED, THE PIPE SEPARATED AT THE JOIN SPRAYED ICE.

EE WAS PREPARING LOADER BUCKET TO BE WELDED AND BRUISHED HIS GLOVED HAND AGAINST A SHARP PIECE OF METAL OR THE BUCKET. REQUIRED STITCHES AT THE HOSPTIAL EMER. RM.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET UP AN EXTENSION LADDER AGAINST A TANK. THE CONCRETE FLOOR WAS WET AND SLICK. THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS KNEE BUCKLED.

TRUCK DRIVER WAS DESCENDING THE FIXED LADDER AT THE FRONT OF HIS CAT 785 HAUL TRUCK. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE AS HE WAS STEPPING FROM ONE RUNG TO THE NEXT. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UN TIL LATE DEC 1997 & DID NOT ADVISE HIS EMPLOYER OF THERAPY TREATMENT UNTIL 1/7/98.

EE WAS WALKING & WORKING ON A DRILL PATTERN & HE STEPPED IN A SHALLOW DIVOT. HIS BODY & UPPER LEG TURNED, BUT HIS BOOT STAYED STATIONARY. HE SUFFERED KNEE PAIN, BUT CHOSE TO NOT SEEK MEDICAL A TTENTION UNTIL 9/23/97. RESULTS OF AN MRI SHOW STRAINED LEGAMENTS & THERAPY IS RECOMMEDED. THERAPY WILL BEGIN WEEK OF 10/6/97.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE MILL WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF 1/2" DIAMETER PIPE 6' LONG. EE S LEFT FOOT6 SLID FORWARD AND HIS RIGHT FOOT REMAINED STATIONARY. HE FELL TO THE GRATING WITH WHAT HE DE SCRIBED AS A STRAINED THIGH MUSCLE. HE REPORTED THIS INCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR IMMEDIATELY BUT DID NOT FELL IT NECESSARY TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME.

ON 3-7-97 THIS EMP REPORTED TO THE SAFETY DEPT THAT HE HAD DEVELOPED A SKIN IRRITATION ON HIS HANDS AND FEET. HE NORMALLY WORKS AS A SECURITY GUARD BUT IN LATE JANUARY HAD BEGUN FILLING IN AS A MILL OPERATOR. DR DIAGNOSED THE IRRITATION AS CONTACT DERMATITIS PROBABLY FROM THE CHEMICALS AND WATER IN THE MILLING PROCESS.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING CAPS ON TOP OF CRUSHER GRIZZLEY - MAINTENANCE JOB. MUCK WAS APPROX. 4' BELOW GRIZZLEY LEVEL. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF GRIZZLEY, CAUGHT BOOT IN CUFF OF COVERALLS A ND FELL ONTO GRIZZLEY. FELL ON RIGHT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A 150 POUND ACK STAN DFROM UDNER A D-9 DOZER. RIPPER ASSEMBLY. AS HE WAS WALKING THE ACK STAND OUT FROM UDNER THE DOZER, HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE STAND AND THE DOZER.

DRILLER WAS LOOSENING CLAMP DEVICE TO ALLOW CASING TO DROP SLOWLY INTO WATERWELL. AS CLAMP WAS LOOSENED, CASING DROPPED QUICKLY, ALLOWING CLAMP AND CASING TO ROTATE. DRILLER CAUGHT HIS RIGHT R ING FINGER ON CLAMP. FINGER WAS AMPUTATED AT HOSPITAL AT THE FIRST KNUCKLE.

EE COMPLAINED OF BACKACHES. NO ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT PRECEEDED THIS SITUATION. WORKERS COMPENSATION ALLOWED THIS CALIM AS AN OCCUPATIONAL INDUSTRIAL DISEASE.

EE WAS USING A PORTA POWER HYDRAULIC RM TO PRESS A BOLT OUT OF THE MILL SHELL. AS PRESSURE MOUNTED, THE RAM SLIPPED FROM ITS FOOTING AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE CHEST.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK A PIECE OF HEAVY IRON ONTO A HYDRAULIC CRANE HOOK WHILE BOOM WAS MOVING. HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOOK AND THE IRON. BROKE THUMB.

AN EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MIIX A 50 GAL DRUM OF CORROSIVE CHEMICAL WITH AN IR LANCE. ((NOT AN APPROVED METHOD). CHEMICAL SPLASHED INTOHIS FACE. IMMEDIATELY WASH EYE WAS CONDUCTED AND TR EATMENT AT EMERGENCY ROOM OF LOCAL HOSPITAL. MINOR BURNS TO BOTH EYES. FOLLOW-UP EXAM BY OPTHOMOLOGIST.

NO ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS AND PAIN IN BOTH HANDS. EMPLOYEE OPERATED 777 + 785 CATERPILLAR HAUL TRUCKS AND HAS FOR 3 YEARS.

EE HAS EXPERIENCED TINGLING AND NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT FINGERS AND PAUSE WITH HIS LEFT ARM. DR VISITS IN NOV WITH A DR DIAGNOSIS OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME OF THE LEFT HAND AND LEFT ARM.

ROD MAN WAS STANDING ON A ROCK AND ROCK TILTED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. 3' ONTO MORE ROCKS, BRUISING HIS THIGH. NECK AND BACK PAIN DEVELOPED OVER THE NEXT 2 WKS.

EMPLOYEE STOOD UP FROM LUNCH TABLE DURING DESIGNATED LUNCH PERIOD AND FELT PAIN IN HIS KNEE. THE PAIN SUBSIDED WITHIN 30 MINS BUT BEGAN AT HOME THAT EVENING. DOCTOR'S REPORT SHOWS NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE.

ON 9-14-95 THE MAINTENCE EMPLOYEE WAS AIR ARCHING IN SIDE OF A CRUSHER BOWL WHICH HAD BEEN REMOVED AND PLACED ON THE FLOOR. HOT SLAG BLEW INTO IS TIED/LACED BOOTS WHEN HIS COVERALLS KREPT UP. SLAG BURNED TWO SMALL SPOTS ON HIS UPPER ANKLE C

HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING CARPAL TUNNEL DISEASE.

EE HAS INTERMITTENTLY EXPERIENCED SKIN PROBLEM ON HIS HAND FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A SURVEY ROD FROM A CABINET SIDE PANEL ON THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK. HIS RIGHT HAND KNUCKLES STRUCK THE LATCH ON THE CABINET DOOR AND CUT HIS KNUCKLES, 3 STITCHES WERE N ECESSARY TO CLOSE THE 1" WOUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEAM CLEANING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND WAS SPLASHED IN THE FACE WITH MATERIAL FROM THE EQUIPMENT. THIS RESULTED IN A PIECE OF METAL BEING EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. WAS REMOVED B Y A DR. WITH NO COMPLICATIONS. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING USED.

OPERATOR OPENED DOOR OF CAT SHOVEL THEN WENT TO CLOSE IT. AS HE CLOSED IT HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB IN THE HINGED SIDE OF THE DOOR. THIS RESULTED IN THE TIP OF HIS THUMB BEING CUT AND NEEDING STITCHING. THE DISTAL.

VICTIM WAS UNLOADING A WORN OUT DOWN HOLE DRILL HAMMER FROM THE PICKUP THE VICTIM WAS STEADYING ONE END OF THE HAMMER SLEEVE ON THE OPEN PICKUP TAILGATE WHILE THE HELPER PUSHED THE OTHER END C UT THROUGH THE VICTIM GLOVE & INTO THE FLESHY PART OF HIS PALM LEFT HAND 10 STITCHES

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO FUEL A HAUL TRUCK IN AN OUTDOOR LOCATION. HE WAS STEPPING BACKWARDS. HE TRIPPED ON ROUGH GROUND AND FELL, STRIKING HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE. RESULTING IN 2 BROKEN RIBS. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 1-16-95 3PM.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF 1 1/2" RUBBER HOSE WITH A RZAOR KNIFE KNIFE CUT THROUGH HOSE VERY QUICKLY, THEN CUT INTO RIGHT THIGH. 3" LACERATION OF RIGHT THIGH. 13 STITCHES REQ. NO ARTER IES CUT.

SUBJECT WAS UNROLLING AROLL OF BARBED WIRE, WHILE FENCING. THE WIRE JUMPE DOFF THE SPOOL CAUSIGN A CUT ON THE LEFT FORARM. THE CUT WAS 1/2 IN LENGHT 5/8" DEEP AND REQUIRED TWO STITCHES.

EE WAS PULLING FELT FABRIC OUT ONTO A BEACH DURING UPSTREAM DAM CONSTRUCTION. EE STEPPED IN TO SOFT MUD AND AS HE PULLED HIS BODY TO FREE HIMSELF, HE PULLED LOWER BACK MUSLES. M.D. GAVE INJECT ION OF MUSCLE RELAXER AND EE RETURNED TO WORK ONNEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.

EE WAS ATTACHING 5' X 5' X 5/8" WEARPLATE TO DOZER BLADE. HE HAD TACKED THE LOWER CORNERS OF PLATE TO THE BLAD AND USED FORKLIFT FORKS TO PRESS TOP OF PLATE INTO PLACE. THIS ACTION APPRENTLY B ROKE THE WELDS AT THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE PLATE. WHEN THE EE MOVED BETWEE THE FORKLIFT AND THE BLADE, THE PLATE CAME DOWN.

ON FEB 11-4PM EMPLOYEE WAS A TTEMPTING TO LIFT STEEL WEAR PALTES INTO POSITION ON THE SIDE WALLS (INT ERIOR) OF AN 85T HAUL TRK APPROX 250# FELT NO PAIN AT THAT TIME NEXT DAY FELT PAIN IN MID DLE OF BACK ON 03-07-94 SOUGHT CHIROPRACTIC ATTENTION WHICH MADE IT REPORTABLE

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING/SQUATING ON A PALLET OF IRON WHILE WELDING ON ANTOHER PALLET OF IRON ADJACENT TO HIM. WELD TOOK 20 MIN. WHEN HE STOOD UP HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 PALLETS AND HIS B ACK TWISTED.

EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER CABLE USED FOR MOVING FEED CHUTES - STRIKING HIS KNEE ON THE STEEL GRATING. HE HAD THE KNEE DRAINED ON 1/20/94. DID NIT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 1/20/94.

EMPLOYEE WA ASSISTING IN A MILL RELINING JOB AS HER PARTNER WAS LIFTING A STEEL LIFTER FROM A A STACK OF LIFTERS ANOTHER LIFTER FELL FROM THE PILE & STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE TOP OF THE LEFT FOOT ARCH AREA ABOVE THE STEEL TIPPED PART OF HER BOOT

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A 777 CAT HAUL TRUCK. AS HE WAS GOING DOWN THE GANGED LADDER, HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW(LEFT) ON THE RADIATOR HOUSING. THE SOFT TISSUE AROUND THE ELBOW SWELLED UP BUT D ID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 11/24/93.ELBOW WAS DRAINED ON 11/24/93.

THE OILER.FUELER WAS FUELING A PIECE OF MINIG EQUIP IN THE PIT. SWERLING WIND CONDITIONS BLEW A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATTER INTO HIS LEFT EYE (HIS WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES). HE FLUSHED HIS EYE W ITH WATER BUT CONTINUED IRRITATION CAUSE HIM TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 10/5/93.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A MOTOR STARTER UP ONTO A SKID WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER PERSON.APPROX 11/2 HOURS LATER LOWER BACK BEGAN TO ACHE. EMPLOYEE WENT FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY ON 03-28-94 AND REP ORTED THIS TO ME ON 04-08-94.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVERSING A MINE DUMP AREA THAT WAS CLUTTERED WITH 10" DIA. ROCKS. HE STEPPED ONA ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE. DID NOT REPORT TO SUPERV. UNTIL 5-12-93. DID NOT SEEK ACCUPU NCTURE TREATMENT UNTIL 5-24-93 WHICH MAKES THIS A MSHA REPORTABLE INCIDENT.

INJURED REACHED OUT OVER HIS DRAFTING TABLE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR ON 2/9/93 FOR AN ADJUSTMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A WALKWAY LEADING TO A BARGE RAMP. THE UNPAVED WALKWAY WAS SLICK WITH SNOW AND ICE. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO HIS BACK. PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO EMER ROOM FOR X -RAYS AND EXAM & WAS GIVEN AN INJECTION OF A MUSCLE RELAXOR.

MAINT MECHANIC WAS PUSHING AGAINST A 42IN STEEL BAR ATTEMPTING TO LEVER A PAN FEEDER PAN INTO POSITION SO IT COULD BE BOLTED INTO PLACE MECHANIC WAS PUSHING AGAINST BAR WITH HIS SHOULDER & ATT EMPTED TO TWIST HIS BODY FOR MORE LEVERAGE FELT HIS LOWER BACK STRAIN DR RECOMMENDED THERAPY

23577ED ON ROCK TURNED L ANKLE

EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TASK TRAINED TO OPERATE 773 CAT WATER TRUCK AS EMPLOYEE WAS ASSENDING LADDER TO OPER CAB HE STEPPED OFF LADDER TO THE RT TO TAKE A SHORTCUT TO THE DECK HIS HEAD STRUCK THE O VERHEAD DECKING JAMMING HIS NECK HARDHAT PROTECTED HIS HEAD STIFFNESS & PAIN BEGAN 36 HOURS LATER VISIT TO CHIROPRACTER RESULTED IN ADJUSTMENTS

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC WAS USING A PORTA POWER HYDRAULIC TOOL TO BREAK BEADS ON A HAUL TRUCK TIRE. TIRE WAS MOUNTED ON LEFT FRON TOF CAT 777 TRUCK. PORTA POWER WAS BRACED BETWEEN THE SUSP. CYLIN DER AND RIM BEAD ON THE TIRE. AS PRESSURE WAS APPLIED AT THE HOSPITAL.

EMPL WAS SHOVELING & HOSING KNELSON CONCENTRATOR DEVICE. WATER & DIRT SLURRY SPLASHED FACE. EMPL FELT EYE ARRITATION 2 HRS LATER. NEXT SHIFT HE REPRTED TO FOREMAN & WENT TO DR,

LOOSENING THE BIT THE STEEL WEDGE SLIPPED ALLOWING IT TO STIKE MIDDLE FINGER BROKEN IT AT TIP

EMPL WAS MIXING FLUX & ADDING SODA ASH TO DRY MIXTURE. SODA ASH DUST GOT INTO LEFT EYE CAUSING MINOR IRRITATION AT FIRST WHICH PROGRESSED INTO INFECTION. DRS VISIT 2 DAYS LATER WARRANTED USE O F PRESCRIPTION ANTIBIOTICS FOR EYE INFECTION.

EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER A BELT WAY WITH A 2 SQUARE NOSE SHOVEL HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN AN "EXPANDED METAL" RAMP ALONG SIDE OF A CONVEYOR BELT. HE DID NOT SEE A STEP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP AND TRIPPED STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE GRATE. HIS FIRST DOCTOR'S VISIT WAS ON 7-8-91. HE SAW A SPECIALIST ON 8-2991 AND HAD FLUID REMOVED FROM THE KNEE WITH A NEEDLE.

THE MAINT MECHANIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOLD THE BOLT ON BACKSIDE OF CUTTING EDGE ON BUCKET OF 992 CAT LOADER. THE JOB WAS TO CHANGE OUT THE CUTTING EDGE. THE BOLT HAD BEEN HONED TO A SHARP EDGE AND TEH BOLT SPUN BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND FINGERS OF THE MECH-LACERATIONS BETWEEN THE FINGERS.

AT APPROX 10:45 ON MARCH 131991 I NAME WAS IN THE SHOP WELDING BAY DOING WELDING WORK ON THE EYE POIRTION OF THE BOOM FOR OUR CATERPILLAR 245 BACKHOE HE WAS ON A SCAFFOLD 3FT 10IN ABOVE THE SH OP FLOOR AS HE MOVED THE STOOL HE WAS SITTING ONHIS RT FOOT CAUGHT ON SOMETHING & THE STOOL TIPPED A LITTLE INSTEAD OF FALLING OFF THE STOOL I NAME JUMPED TO THE GROUND & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNE

VICTIM WAS CLEANING (SHOVELING) MUD FROM THE BOTTOM OF AN EMPTY WATER TANK. BOOTS BECAME STUCK IN 10"-12" OF MUD. EMPLOYEE PULLED RT. FOOT OUT OF MUD AND STRAINED LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WENT TO THERAPY AFTER HIS TERMINATION.

TRUCK DRIVER WAS HELPING EE CUT THE HOSE ON A NEW CONTIANER OF BATTERY ACID. EE HAD TAKEN OFF HIS SAFETY GLASSES FOR A MOMENT. AS THE HOSE WAS CUT, THE ACID SPURTED AND SPLASHED EE IN HIS LEFT EYE. EE IMMEDIATELY FLUSHED HIS EYE IN THE EMERGENCY EYE WASH. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 11:40AM.

DISMOUNTING CAT, L FOOT STUCK BETWEEN TRACK GROUSERS LOST BALANCE FELL BACK, FOOT STILL STUCK BETWEEN GROUSERS

THE INCIDENT/ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON SWING SHIFT ON AUG 08,1990 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 PM LOADER M-224 APPARENTLY EITHER PUT A LARGE ROCK IN HAUL TRUCK T-198 OR MODERATELY STRUCK THE TRUCKS HEADA CHE RACK WITH THE CORNER OF THE LOADER BUCKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE (LUBRICATION) ON A FAN ASSEMBLY OF THE #2 CONVEYOR BAGHOUSE FILTER. EMPLOYEE TURNED OFF THE FAN IN ORDER TO INSTALL EXTENDED LINES FOR REMOTE GREASING OF THE FAN SHAFT BEARINGS. EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON FAN HOUSING FRAME AND USED EXHAUST PART AS A HANDHOLD. FAN HAD NOT STOPPED ITS ROTATION. EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED INTO PADDLE BLADE.

VICTIM WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL W/A HAND GRINDER. A SPARK RECOCHETED OFF THE INSIDE OF HIS FACE SHIELD AND BOUNCED INSIDE OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES. METAL SLIVER EMBEDDED IN HIS PUPIL, BUT DID NOT HINDER HIS VISION OR CAUSE HIM PAIN UNTIL 24 HOURS LATER.

VICTIM WAS WORKING ON A FILTRATION MACHINE. 18" OFF THE FLOOR. AS HE SETPPED OFF MACHINE, HIS RT. FOOT CAME DOWN ON AN AIR BLADDER (PART OF THE FILTRATION MACHINE) THAT HAD BEEN PLACED THEIR E ARLIER. HIS RT ANKLE TWISTED AS HIS FOOT SLIPPED. ANKLE WAS SORE.

OPERATOR BUMPED ELBOW ON RADIO IN CAB OF BLADE.

LOADIING SHOP IN MUDDY AREA, CLEANING SLICK PLATE AND SLIPPED, CAUGHT SELF AGAINST TRUCK WITH OPEN HAND.

HE WAS ABSENT FROM WORK THE WEEK OF MAY 13,1990 AND MAY BE OFF ANOTHER WEEK BECAUSE OF AN AILMENT HE HAS HAD FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE PROBLEM LIES WITH HIS WRISTS. AFTER GOING TO A FEW DIFFERE NT DOCTORS, HE WAS FINALLY PRESCRIBED SOME MEDICATION TO TAKE. HE WAS MONITORED FOR THE NEXT 1 1/2 YEARS UNTIL THE PRESENT, WHEN THEY FOUND HE WAS HAVING SIDE EFFECTS FROM THE MEDICATION. HIS

VICTIM WALKING TO WORK ON COMPRESSOR ENCOUTERED A SPILL OF SLIPPERY MATERIAL ON FLOOR SLIPPED ON SPILL STRUCK HEEL OF RIGHT HAND ON FLOOR

THE 992 LOADER PUT A LARGE ROCK IN THE BOX OF HIS TRUCK, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO MOVE. IT JARRE HIS BACK.

WENT UP LADDER TO GET IN TRUCK. HAD LUNCH PAIL AND THERMOS IN LEFT HAND. BENT DOWN AND TURNED HANDLE TO GET INTO TRUCK. FELT SOMETHING SNAP IN LOWER BACK.

CLERICAL WORKER WAS SEATED AT HER DESK & EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN PAIN BECME 30 INTENSE THAT SHE REQUESTED TO SEE A DOCTOR NO PREVIOUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY NO ACCIDENT

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE USING A WATER LANCE TO UNPLUG A CLOGGED LIME LINE.THE CLOGGED AREA BROKE FREE AND LIME SOLUTION(13%) WAS SPLASHED ONTO TWO OF THE EMPLOYEES-SPLASHED ONTO SKIN AND INTO EYE S.RINSED EYES FOR 30 MINUTES AND TRANSPORTED TO EMERGENCY ROOM.DOCTOR PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS-RELEASED.

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE USING A WATER LANCE TO UNPLUG A CLOGGED LIME LINE.THE CLOG BROKE FREE AND LIME SOLUTION SPLASHED ONTO SKIN AND INTO EYES.FIRST AID RINSED EYES FOR 30 MINUTES AND TRANSPORT ED TO EMERGENCY ROOM.DOCTOR PRESCRIBED EYE DROPS AND RELEASED.

MAN WAS LIFTING (ELECTRICAL STATER BUCKET) AND FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE HAD MINOR PAIN INT HE BACK, BUT CONTINUED TO WORK. HE FINISHED THAT SHIFT AND WORKED FOR 2 MORE DAYS BEFORE H E SAW A DOCTOR. DR. PRESCRIBED MEDICATION. SAW DOCTOR ON 11-7-89.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE LINERS INSIDE THE AG MILL. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE LINER MACHINE AND INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE REMOVING AN INSTALLING FEED HEAD LINER FROMT HE M ILL. A NYLON SLING WAS BEING USED IN "CHOCKER" STYLE. THE SLING BEGAN TO SLIP ONT EH FIRST ATTEMPT TO LIFT, SO IT WAS SET BACK DOWN AND THE SLING WAS REPOSITION. EMPLOYEE AND INJURED WERE

THE MINER INJURED HIS LEFT WRIST WHILE HUNTING APPROX. 7 DAYS EARLIER HE RECIEVED NO MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME AND DID NOT REPORT IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR UPON RETURN TO WORK TODAY HE WAS USI NG A HEAVY WRENCH AND EXPERIENCED RENEWED PAIN IN THAT WRIST AND HAND. A DR CONFIRMED STRAINED TENDONS IN HIS LEFT WRIST.

HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE PIPE WHICH GOES TO THE HOLDING POND. HE DID NOT METION HE WAS INJURED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A 12' STEP LADDER AT THE 8' LEVEL. HE WAS REACHING OFF TO HIS RIGHT TO DISCONNECT A "CHICAGO COUPLING" AND FELT HIS NECK STRAIN.

INTERSECTION TOMAIN PIT TOOK WRING ROAD HIT ANOTHER TRUCK COMING DOWN HILL.

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING CRUSHER BELT HALF WAY DOWN THE WALKWAY HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND ON AN ANGLE IRON STRUT. THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER EXPERINCING MORE PAIN HE HAD TAKEN WHICH SHOWED A FRACTU EE AT THE BONE ABOVE THE LITTLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING OUT A PIECE OF I BEAM TO BE CUT. WHEN HE RAN HIS LEFT HAND OVER A JAGGED PIECE OF METAL ONT EH I BEAM INFLICTING A LACERATION ON THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND. I BEAM LACERAT ION REQUIRED FIVE STICHES.

EMPL PLANTING GRASS SEEDS DOWN BY S.POND.EMPL NOTICED SOME COWS WALKING ON INSIDE OF FENCE.EMPL ENTERED POND AREA,STARTED WALKING BEHIND COWS.REACHED A POINT WHERE COWS RAN AHEAD OF HIM.STARTE D DOWN HILL & EMPL GOT FEET HUNG UP FALLING-FACE

EMPL HELPING REMOVE AG MILL FEED END SEAL RING.RING WAS BOUND UP AND EMPL PUT LEFT HAND BETWEEN SEAL RING AND FEED CHUTE BARRING RING OFF.BAR SLIPPED AND RING POPPED BACK PINCHING LEFT INDEX F INGER.TOP OF FINGER FROM 1ST KNUCKLE PULLED OFF OF THE BONE.

LIFTING BUCKETS OF EARTHFILL AND ROCKFILL RETESTING SOIL SAMPLES.

EMPLOYEE WELDED A DOG ON A PIECE OF STEEL TO USE AS A BASE TO PUSH A PIECE OF STEEL IN PLACE TO BE WELDED DOG CAME LOOSE & HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE EMPLOYEE NEEDED STICHES DOG HAD A B UILD UP OF WELD FROM OTHER JOBS & MORE WELD WAS NEEDED

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A SPOOL OF WIRE INTO THE BACK OF A PICK-UP WHEN THE SPOOL SLIPPED & EMPLOYEE WENT TO GRAB IT HE LATER FELT SORENESS IN H IS BACK (SLIPPED PELVIS)

TRUCK RAN OUT OF GAS EMPLOYEE WAS POURING GAS INTO CARBURETOR TO GET TRUCK STARTED AGAIN TRUCK BACKFIRED CATCHING EMPLOYEES COVERALLS ON FIRE BURNING THRU COVERALLS AND BURNING THE INSIDE OF T HE EMPLOYEES LEFT ARM

EMPLOYEE CLEANING CAMERA LENS.THE CAMERA IS ENCLOSED WITH AIR BLOWING THRU ENCLOSURE TO KEEP CAMERA CLEAN.THE EXIT AIR REGULATOR BECAME CLOGGED WITH MUD CAUSING ENCLOSURE TO BECOME PREESUREIZE D.EMPLOYEE REMOVED BOLTS FROM ENCLOSED COVER,TO CLEAN LENS AND COVER BLEW OFF,STRIKING AND FRACTURING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM.