Sunday Mine: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Miner was longhole drilling and trying to replace his steel and lost control of the drill, pinching his right hand between the leg and drill. Miner was taken to clinic and X-ray showed a minor fracture of the right wrist. Miner placed on light duty with no time lost.

While re-routing a 4" compressed air line a rock, measuring 1'x1'x8" being held in place and hidden from view by the air line, fell from 9' high & hit the miner on the right hand & foot. Cut on middle toe, 6 days later, was infected & miner was checked into hospital.

STOPPED BUGGY ON DECLINE SLOPE. TOOK EQUIPMENT OUT OF GEAR, STARTED TO ROLL. SAID HE COULDN;T GET IT BACK IN GEAR. SAID COULDN'T STOP. HE THEN JUMPED OFF MOVING EQUIPMENT, BREAKING HIS LEG WHE N HE LANDED.

EE WAS PULLING BACK OUT OF HOLE PREVIOUSLY DRILLED. LEFT HAND WAS PLACED UNDER MACHINE ON LEG CONTROL OF TOYO 280 DRILL. THE LEG KICKED OUT AND LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN MACHINE AND LEG. G EE SUSTAINED A OPEN FRACTURE.

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF SCALING BACK IN THE 4304STOPE AREA, A SMALL PIECE OF LOOSE DISLODGED, CHASING DOWN THE LENGTH OF SCALING BAR, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH. HE SUSTAINED CONTUSED LIPS AND A CHIPPED TOOTH.

EE RETRIEVED 913 EMICO LHD FROM AN U/G LOCATION AND PARKED IN FRONT OF SHOP. IN THE PRODCESS OF DISMOUNTING FROM OPERATORS COMPARTMENT TO GROUND, TWISTED OR TURNED IN A POSITION THAT CAUSED A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. STRAIN/SPRAIN LOW BACKMUSCLES.

EE AND SHIFT FOREMAN WERE TOURING WORK AREA OBSERVING REHABILIATION WORK PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED AND WITH THE POSSIBLITY OF ADDING ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TRIPPED FALLING, SUST AINING ABRASIONS TO FOREARM AND A LOW BACK STRAIN/SPRAIN.

EE STATED HE POSSIBLY PULLED OR TORE SOMETHING IN LEFT SIDE RIB CAGE WHILE RETRACTING DRILL MACHINE FROM PREVIOUSLY DRILLED HOLE. PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSIS AS A PROBABLE LEFT 8TH RIB FRACTURE, MEDI CATION PRESCRIBED. REPORTED 8/12/98 TO SUPERVISOR. SEEN BY PHYSICIAN 8/14/98.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND IN THE PROCESS OF DRIVING A 5" SPLIT SET BOLT DISLODGED A SMALL PIECE OF LOOSE WHICH STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH CHIPPIJNG TWO UPPER FRONT TEETH.

IN PREPARATION OF ROOF BOLTING, CARRIED GD DRILL MACHINE INTO FACE AREA AND IN LEANING IT AGAINST RIB LISLODGED A SMALL PIECE OF LOOSE WHICH FELL STRIKING THE INSTEP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. A SMALL LACERATION AND CONTUSIONS WERE SUSTAINED. SUTURES (3) REQUIRED FOR CLOSING. ROCK 1'X 3"X3"

EMPL ROCKBOLTING WHEN STEEL SHANKED.LEG PRESSURE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN D HANDLE OF DRILL AND END OF STEEL.

EMPL WAS CHANGING OIL IN HAULAGE UNIT HE PULLED LUBRAFINER FILTER FROM HJOUSING & JUMPED TO GORUND. WEIGHT OF FILTER & IMPACT OF JUMPING CAUSED ONE END OF HANDLE TO COME LOOSE FROM HOUSING. HA NDLE TURNS NINETY DEGREE TURN ON END THIS IS WHAT CAUSED LACERATION TO FINGER.

ALLEGED ILLNESS/METACARPAL TUNNEL SYUNDROME FROM VIBRATION OF JACK HAMMER

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING. AS HE PULLED THE STEEL FROM THE HOLE A ROCK HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD, LACERATING THE UPPER LEFT PORTION OF THE FOREHEAD.

MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS HAVE INDICATED THAT MR VELASQUEZ HAS SILICOSIS THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH 30CFR PART 50.20 BUT THIS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION THAT THE ILLNE SS WAS OCCUPATIONALLY INCURRED WHILE WORKING FOR UNION CARBIDE CORP

EMPL WAS ROOFBOLTING.ROCK FELL OUT OF BACK,STRIKING EMPL ON FRONT OF HARD HAT WHICH RESULTED IN HAT JAMMING AGAINST FOREHEAD ADN NOSE CAUSING LACERATION TO SAME.