New York Mine Metal/Non-Metal

IP was climbing down a ladder, grabbed a swing gate for support, the swing gate broke loose and the IP lost their grip and fell less than 3 feet. The fall resulted in a sprain to the right foot and ankle.

IP was directing vehicle traffic and tripped on a concrete ledge resulting in a sprained ankle.

The employee used their right hand to wipe clean the underside of the trough, in doing so the employee's middle finger proceeded to enter through the hole and contact the rotating screw conveyor.

Employee twisted left ankle on a rock. EE's ankle proceeded to swell and become weak and painful.

Employee felt shoulder strain when opening a hatch on top of a bulk semi trailer.

Employee was removing a boom pin from a scaler and felt discomfort in EE's left bicep.

Employee was struck by an airline hose when it slipped from the hose clamp holding it. The employees hard hat was knocked off and EE received a laceration to the top of the head. Employee received three staples and was released to work full duty.

Reportable hearing loss over years of exposure. This was not from a single event but has been gradual. No lost time nor restricted duty.

A bulk loader fell from a tanker truck. Their harness arrested the fall and the swing fall carried them into the structural steel in the loading alley. No injury from the fall; Contusions to their legs from the impact of the swing fall.

Employee was operating a Skid Steer Loader and noticed the machine temp gauge was running hot and steam coming from the radiator cap. The employee turned the machine off, exited the machine, and attempted to push the cap down. The cap came off and steam burned employee's right arm.

Supervisor was descending stairs and hung left heel on the last step causing supervisor to fall.

Employee was performing some demolition work at Plant 2. While using a reciprocating saw, the employees thumb slipped up and over the rest into the reciprocating action of the saw, smashing finger. Employee received 6 stitches at the ER and returned to work the following shift.

Employee was loading a Bulk Truck at Plant 4 Bulk, railside, and stepped on a piece of angle iron causing ee to twist and sprain ankle.

Employee was descending the stairs coming out of plant 3 Operator's Station and lost footing and slipped. Reported the event to supervisor and refused medical treatment. Returned the following shift with swelling and bruising in lower back.

Employee was walking on level ground carrying tools back to the maintenance shop when he felt a pop in his right knee and it became painful to bend the knee. Employee was diagnosed with sprain of medial meniscus.

Dry, well lighted; Miner was opening bulk truck hatch when one of the spring loaded hatch locks sprang back to the closed position resulting in the Miner jamming his little finger (right hand) back into the hatch cover which resulted in a dislocated joint on impacted finger. Confirmed via x-ray. ER Doc realigned joint, splinted and prescribed meds for pain.

Employee was operating a bagging station filling 50 lb. bags of product. A bag overfilled and burst sending product into the employee's right eye and causing irritation.

A non-employee customer truck driver entered the scale house building complaining of apparent heart attack symptoms. EMS was called and transported the driver to a local hospital where the driver died of natural causes. There was no injury, this incident was not mining related and occurred to a customer bulk truck driver who was not a miner.

An employee was moving old pallets from a storage area into an old box trailer used for recycling old/unused pallets. While moving old pallets, he felt a stinging sensation on his leg and noticed he had been bitten by a spider.

Employee was assisting welder cut some metal by supporting metal with gloved hands. The heat from the cutting torch got too close to the small area of exposed skin between the gloves and shirt of the assistant causing a small burn to the skin. The burn was classified as 2nd degree.

Noise-induced occupational hearing loss. Standard Threshold Shift observed from baseline 2000 to current 2011.

Noise-induced occupational hearing loss. Standard Threshold Shift observed from baseline 2000 to current 2011.

Employee complained of chest pains and requested supervisor to take them to the emergency room. Employee was out for observation by physicians for 3/2-3/3 and released back to full duty as of 03/07/2011.

Operator was walking the catwalk near the crusher and, on his way back from the crusher area, he slipped/fell onto the catwalk. There small laceration to the left knee with moderate swelling 24 hours later. Employee states that he wasn't sure why/how the fall was caused, but believed it may have been due to cold/icy conditions outside.

Employee was exiting pickup truck to apply wheel chock, which was secured to the bed of the truck with a piece of 1/4" cotton blend rope. Upon completing placement of wheel chock, employee turned to walk away and caught right foot on rope, causing him to fall forward; resulting in fractures to right and left wrists.

Employee was climbing down ladder as he was pulling trolley cable and strained left shoulder. Medical evaluation resulted in left arm being restrained and is placed on restricted duty.

Employee was attempting to line up portable fan trailer to hitch on back of pickup truck. Pulled on trailer and strained muscle in lower back.

Employee was stepping off rock breaker track to ground, foot slipped which caused him to twist, pulling muscle in lower back

Employee was standing between pillars R-31 and R-29 on the 600 ft level, talking with two other miners and propped left foot on top of rock lying on the mine floor. Rock rolled over onto right foot, bruising top of foot. Employee was wearing steel toed shoes at the time of the accident.

Employee was adjusting seat in Euclid haul truck, felt burning sensation in lower back. Went to doctor on 12/29, low back strain.

Employee was passenger in the powder truck. Truck was stopping at the mine office, truck operator stated throttle stuck and the truck struck a company pickup and the side of the mine office. No initial injuries, passenger requested medical treatment the next day. The powder truck was inspected and no defects were found.

Haul truck driver sitting in cab waiting to be loaded. Loader placed a large piece of marble in the bed, jolting the truck cab. The rocking motion injured the haul trucker operator's lower back.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK #36 DOWN HAUL ROAD IN MINE, LOST CONTROL AND HIT WALL RESULTING IN MODERATE DAMAGE TO LEFT FRONT OF TRUCK AND A BRUISE TO EMPLOYEE'S HIP.

EE WAS CLEANING UP UNDER TY ROCK SCREEN AT CRUSHER. HE WAS MOVING SCREEN BY HAND WHN SOFTBALL SIZE STONE FELL FROM BEAM ABOVE STRIKING FINGER RIGHT HAND RESULTED IN LOSS OF NAIL & FRACTURED TO END OF FINGER

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS, WITH A 980 LOADER, WITHOUT HIS SEAT BELT FASTENED, AND HIT A SERIES OF BUMPS CAUSING LOADER TO BOUNCE, THROWING HIM AGAINST ROOF CAB.

EE WAS USING BAR TO DISLODGE A ROCK HUNG ABOVE CONVEYOR IN CRUSHER HOPPER. HE OVERSTRESSED HIS BACK WHILE WORKING IN A CRAMPED POSITION

EE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE BLASTING AREA WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS ABDOMEN. EE DIS NOT EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL 2/4/97. AT THAT TIME HE WENT BACK TO THE DOCTOR, & WAS RECOMMENDED FOR SURGERY.

EE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER TO LOAD A TRUCK. HE STRUCK AGAINST THE SAFETY CAGE, BRUSING HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE SAFETY CAGE.

INJURED FAILED TO LOWER BED OF HAUL TRUCK AFTER DUMPING, BED STRUCK PORTAL OF MINE CAUSING DRIVER TO STRIKE STEERING COLUMN. INJURED SUSTAINED CUTS TO HIS FACE, & TWO BROKEN RIBS.

INJURED WAS REPLACING WHEEL LUG NUTS USING AN AIR WRENCH. INJURED SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER UNDER LOCK WASHER CUTTING LEFT INDEX FINGER.

HE WAS WASHING FLOOR WITH A HOSE AND BENT DOWN TO SLIDE A WOODEN PALLET OUT OF THE WAY.

I.NAME USING CHAIN HOIST THAT HANGS OVER JAW CRUSHER TO REMOVE A BIG ROCK OUT OF CRUSHER.ELECTRIC CABLE ON HOIST HAD BECOME WRAPPED AROUND THE CHAINS.THE FRICTION HAD WORN SMALL HOLE THROUGHT INSULATION ON WIRES.AS I.NAME PUSHED THE DOWN BUTTON ON CHAIN HOIST,HE WAS ELECTRICALLY SHOCKED.

THE EE WAS CUTTING LIMBS OFF A TREE USING A CHAIN SAW. WHILE CUTTING A LIMB, IT STARTED TO FALL EE USED HIS RIGHT HAND TO HOLD THE LIMB UP AND HE CONTINUED TO CUT USING ONLY HIS LEFT HAND TO H OLD THE SAW. WHEN THE SAW CUT THROUGH THE LIMB, HE TRIED TO GRAB THE SAW WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. THE SAW CUT THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

SCALING ROCK CAME LOOSE HIT BR HAND PINCED BETWEEEN BAR AND RAIL

EMPLOYEE WAS LYING ON HIS BACK ON A PIECE OF CARDBOARD CUTTING A CYLINDER PIN OFF OF A SCALING MACHINE A HYDRAULIC HOSE FELL IN THE WAY OF THE EMPLOYEE HE REACHED WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO MOVE IT WHEN HE DID THE CARDBOARD SLIPPED & HIS LEFT HAND SLID UNDER THE A ETYLENE TORCH FLAME THUS BURNING THE BACK OF HIS HAND EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING CUTTING GLOVES

EEMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND TRUCK TLOADED WITH 6 BAGS OF ANFO EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL HAND TRUC K FELL ON EMPLOYEE S HAND MASHING IT AGAINST THE BED OF THE TRUCK FINGER REQUIRED 2 SUTURES

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING LOOSE ROCK FROM CEILING ABOUT 30 FEET OFF FLOOR IN A BUCKET TRUCK.A ROCK FELL FROM THE CEILING AND STRUCK THE BOOM OF THE TRUCK WHICH CAUSED THE BUCKET TO BOUNCE.EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY BELTS SO HE WAS NOT THROWN FROM BUCKET.EMPLOYEE DID RECEIVE A CUT TO THE CHIN THAT REQUIRED 3 SUTURES,A CUT TO THE HAND AND MINOR BRUISES.

CAUSE OF INJURY NOT OBVIOUS. SORENESS IN NECK APPEARED WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DOING HIS REGULAR JOB. STRAIN TO MUSCLE IN NECK.

EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF OF THE TIRE ON THE FRONT-END LOADER HE WAS OPERATING TO GET OFF OF IT INSTEAD OF USING THE LADDER PROVIDED ON THE LOADER. HE HIT THE GROUND AND LOST HIS FOOTING FALLING BAC KWARDS. HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT USE LADDER AND HAS BEEN WARNED OF THIS BEFORE.

EMPLOYEE WAS RE7URNING TO THE MINE FROM CURSHER AREA HE FAILED TO LOWER THE DUMP BED ON HIS EUCLID TRUCK WHEN HE LEFT CRUSHER AREA BED STRUCK TOP OF MINE ENTRANCE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HIS SE AT BELT EMPLOYE9S HEAD STRUCK STEERING WHEEL CAUSING A CUT TO THE FOREHEAD WHICH REQUIRED SEVEN STITCHES

THE INJURED WAS3LOADING A HEADING WHEN AROCK(BELIEVED TO BE LOOSENED BY DRILLING ACTIVITY) FELL APPROXIMATELY 16 FEET AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT,BACK AND FOOT.HE RECEIVED LACERATIONS TO TH E HEAD,BROKEN B5CK,AND BONES BROKEN IN THE FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING HEADING WITH EXPLOSIVES WHEN HE WIPED FACE WITH SHIRT, SHIRT HAD GOTTEN ANFO ON IT. WHEN EMPLOYEE WIPED SWEAT FROM FACE WITH SHIRT, HE GOT ANFO IN HIS EYE.

I NAME WAS TRAV9LING DOWN A RAMP IN THE NEW YORK MINE WHEN THE STEERING FAILED IN THE TRUCK I WAS DRIVING. I RECEIVED WHIP LASH TYPE INJURIES WHEN THE TRUCK STRUCK THE WALL AT 5 MPH.

I.NAME WAS CLIMBING ONTO THE BACK OF THE EXPLOSIVES TRUCK TO TRANSFER ANFO FROM THE STORAGE TAILR ONTO THE TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE TRUCK AND HE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND. THE SMA LL OF HIS BACK LANDED ON AN EARTH BERM.

I.NAME SLIPPED FROM STEPS #1 & #2 WHILE CLIMBING BACK ONTO HIS LOADER AFTER FUELING. HE LANDED FLAT-FOOTED JARRING HIS BODY. THIS RESULTED INHIS REINJURING A PREVIOUS BACK INJURY

AFTER SHIFT WAS OVER, I.NAME WENT TO DUMP CONTENTS OF HIS LUNCH BOX INTO OLD QUARRY BESIDE CHANGE HOUSE TO FEED THE FISH. AS HE CROSSED THE BERM, HE SLIPPED CAUSING THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT LEG TO HIT A PARTIALLY BURIED PIPE. ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A WORK AREA, EMPLOYEES FREQUENTLY LOOK AT THE FISH. A BETTER WALKWAY IS NOW PROVIDED.

I NAME WAS PULLING HOOD OF FUEL TRUCK OPEN TO START THE ENGINE. THE HOOD HINGES ON TOP OF THE FRONT BUMPER. THE H OODRESTRAINING SPRINGS WERE BREOKEN AND ALLOWED THE HOOD TO OPEN FURTHER THAN EXPECTED. THE HOOD HOOK STRUCK I NAME ON THE CHEST CAUSING THE LACERATION.

BLASTERS WERE LOADING EXPLOSIVES IN HEADING WHEN A ROCK WEIGHING APPROX 100# FELL OUT OF BACK GLANCED OFF THE BOOM OF POWDER TRUCK AND STRUCK HOMER ON SHOULDER ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN 2 FAULT LINES 1 1/2 FT APART AND ACCORDING TO HOMER THERE WAS NO SIGN OF IT BEING LOOSE MSHA INSPECTORS PRUITT AND GRABNER WERE CONDUCTING MINE INSPECTION AT THE TIME AND THEY CHECKED THE AREA A

AT APPROX 430 PM ATLAS COPCO H232 ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC DRILL WAS SET UP IN HIS THEADING DRILLERS VISUALLY CHECKED HEADING IN BRIGHT LIGHTS OF DRILL AND LAID-OFF DRILL PATTERN ON FACE DRILLING WA AS STARTED AT TOP OF HEADING JUST AFTER LEFT SIDE STARTED THE SIXTH HOLE THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION OUT THE HOLE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DRILL HOLE HAD INTERSECTED A BOOTLEG WHICH HAD APPARENT

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING THE ROOF BETWEEN P22 AND P24 PILLARS ON THE 800\ LEVEL. THE BUCKET WAS RAISED APPROX. 20\ FROM THE FLOOR AND EXTENDED APPROX 2\. A LARGE ROCK WEIGHTING APPROX 5 TONS FELL ACROSS THE BOOM FORCING THE BOOM DOWN AND THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK UP. THE ROCK BROKE AND FELL OFF THE BOOM LETTING THE BUCKET SPRING BACK UP THROWING DARRELL OUT OF THE BUCKET. DARRELL FELL L