MSHA record for Rancher'S Mine 4 (mine ID 3401443). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 641B SCRAPER HIS SEAT BELT WAS NOT TIGHTENED ENOUGH AND MOVEMENT OF THE SCRAPER CAUSED HIM TO BRUISE THREE RIBS
I.NAME IS A WELDER AND WAS WASHING THE BLASTHOLE DRILL WITH A STEAM PRESSURE WASHER WHEN A SMALL PARTICLE WAS WASHED UP INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE R EPORTED THE ACCIDENT IMMEDIATELY BUT THOUGHT THE PARTICLE WOULD WASH OUT AND RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING. AT 10:00 AM 10-04-84 HE TOOK OFF WORK TO GO TO THE DR FOR TREATMENT
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 988B CAT LOADER AND THE MOVEMENT AND VIBRATION CAUSED A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS BACK.
I.NAME DRILLING AND SMALL PARTICLE OF ROCK FLEW INTO EYE.THOUGHT IT WAS DIRT AND TRIED WASHING OUT HIS EYE FOR THAT DAY AND THE NEXT BEFORE GOING TO DR.
I.NAME WAS LIGHTING A HIGH PRESSURE STEAM PARTS WASHER WHICH HAD GONE OUT. HE DID NOT WAIT THE PSPECIFIED TIME BEFORE TRYING TO RELIGHT IT, AND WHEN HE STRUCK THE MATCH, IT WAS STILL HOT ENOUG TO LIGHT ITSELF. THE GAS MADE A SMALL EXPLOSION WHICH SINGED HIS EYEBROWS AND LASHES AND BURNED HISRIGHT HAND WITH FIRST DEGREE BURNS. EYE DROPS WERE NECESSARY.
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