Tyrone Mine & Mill: 168 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was installing a screen bolt in the screen rail on the middle deck when EE's foot slipped causing EE to fall on EE's side against some metal chute work.

While the employee was replacing drill steel in drill rig, felt pain in left knee. Conditions were clean and free from debris at the time and location of the incident.

Employee was walking down a flight of stairs on the secondary plant when his right ankle rolled over when stepping from the bottom step to the landing, resulting in a sprained ankle. Steps were dry and free of debris. No lost work days, restricted duty for two working days.

Employee was freeing a lodged flat rock from a head box with a sledge hammer, when a small piece of rock deflected off the top of his safety glasses and hit him on the forehead above his safety glasses, causing a one inch cut above his right eye.

EE'S HAND BEING ON WINDOW OPENING AND NOT INSIDE OF CAB OF TRUCK. WET HAUL ROADS DUE TO HUMID CONDITIONS IN MINE. EE GOT 6 STITCHES IN FINGER. NO LOST TIME. FINGER WAS XRAYED.

Employee stepped on soft ground while walking across Plant lot and twisted left knee. At first Dr. said it was a sprain. Employee was later sent to Dr. who said employee had some torn cartilage. Later the Dr. decided to do surgery on 8-25-04. There was no lost time until 8-25-04.

9/11/01 EE WAS CHANGING A SPEED REDUCER ON THE #4 CONVEYOR. AS EE LIFTED THE SPEED REDUCER HE FELT A PAIN IN BACK WAS REPORTED AS 1ST AID CASE. NO MED TREATMENT WAS REQUIRED. 3/4/02 SAW DR FOR FIRST TIME FOR BACK PAIN RESULT OF 11/09/01 IN CIDENT. RET'D TO DR ON 4/26/02 & WAS UT OFF WORKTHRU 5/24/02

EE WAS HELPING MECHANIC MOVE LIFT CVYLINDER FROM PALLET TO WOODEN BLOCKS WHEN CYLINDER SLID AND PINCHED EE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN CYLINDER AND WALL OF SHOP. EE RECEIVED 2 FRACTURES (DIST AL PHALANGES FRACTURE) TO HIS RIGHT INDES FINGER.

EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE IN LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL. THE METAL SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND. FELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND & MASHED THE 3RD FINGER ON THE R HAND. EE REPORTED THAT HE HAD S MASHED FINGE R. FOUND OUT ON 11/14/97, THAT HE HAD A TUFT FRACTURE, WHICH IS A SMALL FRACTURE OF THE TIP OF THE FINGER UNDER THE NAIL.

PUSHING ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH PORT-A-POWER & WOOD BLOCK. BLOCK SLIPPED OUT, MASHING EMPLOYEES FINGERS AGAINST MOTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A CRUSHR BEARING HOUSIN USING A HAMMER WHEN A CHIP OF METAL FLEW OFF HITTING EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED COMPANY ABOUT AN ILLNESS NOT RELATED TO WORK. EMPLOYEE ON 3-19-92 AFTER SEEING A SECOND DOCTOR STATED THERE WAS A POSSIBLE WORK RELATED INJURY. THE EMPLOYEE SAYS SHE WAS HURT ON 3-3-92 AFTER PULLING DUMP LEVER ON 2-35 EUCLID.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING OIL INTO WATER TRUCK. WHILE POURING OIL ACCESS DOOR FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND.

AFTER WORK SHIFT EMPLOYEES RODE OUT OF MINE IN BACK OF FOREMANS PICKUP AFTER TRUCK HAD STOPPED & EMPLOYEES GETTING OUT EMPLOYEE WAS ACCIDENTLY BUMPED & FELL OUT OF PICKUP

WHILE LIFTING 5 GALLON OF OIL AND TURNING TO PUT ONTO PICKUP.EMPLOYEE FELT A MUSCLE PULL.EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR ON DAY OF ACCIDENT AND WORKED UNTIL HAVING TO HAVE SURGERY ON 03-26-91.

EMPL WAS STOCKPILING DGA MATERIAL ONTO STOCKPILE WHEN SETTING TO DUMP MATERIAL STOCKPILE GAVE WAY OVERTURNING TRUCK.

EE WAS USING A CHAIN COME A LONG TO LOOSEN A TAKE UP PULLEY ON 2 CONVEYOR BELT A BAR THE COME A LONG WAS ATTACHED BROKE CAUSING PULLEY TO FALL EE FELL ALONG WITH TAKE UP PULLEY.

EMPLOYEE WAS MANUALLY ROTATING A CONE CRUSHER WHEN HE CAUGHT A FINGER BETWEEN THE V-BELT AND SHEAVE CRUSHER HAD A PIECE OF METAL LODGED CAUSING THE CONDITION FOR MANUALLY ROTATING CRUSHER.

WHILE DISLODGING ROCK FROM FEEDER ANOTHER ROCK ROLLED DOWN ON L. FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING HAMMERS FOR HAMMER MILL FROM BOBCAT BUCKET WHEN A LOUD NOISE STARTLED HIM, CAUSING MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONCENTRATION. EMPLOYEE JERKED CAUSING HIS HAND TO ECOME TRAPPED BET WEEN BUCKET AND HAMMER. HE CHIPPED THE BONE IN HIS LEFT HAND PINKY FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING A BAG OF TRASH FROM THE OFFICE TO A BARREL AT THE REAR OF OFFICE. THERE WAS A ROCK OR OTHER FOREIGN OBJECT ON THE STEP, UNSEEN BY EMPLOYEE WHEN SHE STEPPED ON IT. THIS CAUS ED A LOSS OF BA5ANCE AND ULTIMATELY THE FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS ST6FFING INSULATION IN A CRACK BETWEEN LOADER CAB AND CAB MOUNT BYDASH PANEL LOADER HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSING CAB TO BOUNCE, CATCHING EMPLOYEES FINGER.

EMP WAS POURING3AMONIA NITRATE INTO THE POWDER MONKEY, ANDD SLIPPED, FOOTING WAS NOT SECURE

EMP WAS CLEANIN1 HOLES - PREPARING TO LOAD SHOT - A ROCK FELL - APPROX 3' LANDING ON SAFETY HAT OF EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL FOR X-RAY NO INJURY- RETURNED TO WORK, PRESCRIPTION MUSCLE RELAXERS

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING OUT HOLES TO LOAD SHOT,AND STRAINED HIS BACK PRYING ON A ROCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN3THE PROCESS OF SPLICING A CONVEYOR BELT WITH POCKET KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED THERE BY CUTTING AN ARTERY IN THE LEFT THIGH

EMPL PUT TOO MU7H PRESSURE ON OBJECT HE WAS PUSHING STRAINING HIS BACK.

EMP WAS BACKING3PAYHAULER ONT STOCKPILE STOCKPILE GAVE WAY CAUSING PAYHAULER TO TURN ON ITS SIDE

EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING DRILL DOZER WHEN THROW OUT HOUSING BROKE FORCING CLUTCH LEVER INTO GROIN AND ABDOMEN

EE WAS SCALING IN T HE MINE. A ROCK FELL WHILE HE WAS USING A SCALING BAR & PUSHED HAND AGAINST THE RAIL OF BUCKET ONT HE STRAT-O-TOWER.

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING ONTO STOCKPILE WHILE BACKING UP STOCKPILE GAVE WAY TURNING TRACK TO FLIP ONTO ITS TOP.

EMPL TIGHTENING LUGS ON PAYHAULER WHILE TIGHTENING THE LUG BROKE AND CAUSING EMPL TO SLIP.IN FALLING EMPL TWIST LEFT ANKLE.

CHECKING WATER IN RADIATOR OF 125 MICHIGAN FRONT END LOADER WHEN THE RADIATOR CAP BLEW OFF CAOVCOVERING EMPLOYEE WITH HOT WATERR