MSHA record for TUCSON RESOURCES (mine ID 0504533). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EE WAS CUTTING BELTING WITH UTILITY KNIFE AND KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING EE'S FIRST FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
EE WAS LIFTING A SHOOT SO AS TO FIT A BELT UNDERIT. HE WAS LIFTED & PUSHED WITH HIS LEGS WHEN HEFELT A PAIN IN HIS CALF.
EE TURNED AROUND TO LOOK BEHIND HIMSELF & FELT A SHART PAIN IN HIS BACK. PAIN IN BACK CONTINUED TO GET WORSE WHILE RUNNING THE LOADER.
EMP WAS ENTERING HAUL TRUCK WHEN DOOR OF TRUCK SWUNG BACK AND STRUCK RIGHT THUMB, SMASHING THUMBAGAINST THE FRAME. EMP ORIGINALLY DID NOT SEE DRABOUT INJURY. THUMB NEVER GOT BETTER. FINALLY WE NT TO OUTPATIENTS. THUMB BECAME INFECTED.
EE IS A NEWLY TRAINED EE ON THE HAUL TRUCK. FROM WHAT WAS OBSERVED AND THEN LATER DETERMINED, HE WAS DRIVING TOO FAST TO HANDLE THE TURN HE WAS ATTEMPTING. AS HE NEGICATED THE TURN, THE BED OF THE HAUL TRUCK TIPPED OVER LOOSING EE GROUND INHIS SEAT HURTING HIS BACK. HE WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT.
EE WAS LOWERIG A SCREEN OFF THE SCREEN DECK CAT WALK WHEN THE HAND SAFETY RAIL FAILED WHICH RESULTED IN EE FALLING. EE SUFFRED LACERATION SOF THE SCALP AND LOWER BACK INJURY.
SLIPPED ON ICE WHEN EXITING HIS PERSONAL VEHICLEWHICH RESULTED IN EMP STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE VEHICLE CAUSING A LACERATION OF THE SCALP.
EE WAS USING THE STEPS LEADING INTO THE STORAGE TRAILER WHEN THE STEPS SLIPPED OFF THE FRAME, THIS CAUSED EE TO FALL APPROX. 2-3 FEET. DURING THE FALL, HE BEGAN TO LEAN BACKWARD CAUSING A STRA IN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
EE HAD BEEN ON THE SIDE OF THE LOAD EXPLAINING TO THE OPERATOR WHAT HE WANTED CLEANED UP. EE THEN PROCEEDED TO GET OFF THE LOADER, JUMPING THE LAST 2' LANDING ON A BERM AROUND THE FUEL TANKS. EE'S FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM, GOING BETWEEN THE FRON AND REAR TIRES ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE OPERATOR HAD BEGUN MOVING, NOT BEING AWARE OF EE'S POSITION.