West Carthage Mine Metal/Non-Metal

EE was attempting to clean out under our wash plant when he was struck by a rock from our power screen conveyor.

Dump truck tires blew up and pushed the outside tire, causing it to blow off the vehicle. Other Employee was stuck by the tire but suffered no injury. Injury was standing in the proximity and in response to the tire blowing off the vehicle, turned abruptly, fell and fractured his wrist while attmpting to break his fall. He was not struck by the tire.

REPLACING SCREEN ON WASH PLANT, EMPLOYEE'S FINGER (FOURTH NEXT TO PINKY ON RIGHT HAND) WAS CUT BY THE EDGE OF SCREEN AS IT WAS GOING INTO PLACE. 13 STITCHES REQUIRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING THE CATWALK ON CRUSHER AND WAS USING TORCH TO CUT BOLTS FROM THE WALKWAY TO THE CONTROL COUP AND WHEN HE GOT DOWN FROM THE EQUIPMENT THE OPERATOR OF THE CONTROL COUP LOWERED THE COUP ONTO THE FRAME CAUSING TH EPIECE OF ANGLE IRON TO DISLODGE AND FALL HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING LOADER IN PIT AREA AND HIT A BUMP CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE UP FROM THE SEAT HITTING THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD ON THE CONSOLE OF THE LOADER. THE IMPACT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HI S HEAD WHILE WARING HIS HARDHAT CAUSED A SNAPPING OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NECK.

EE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE LAST RUNG OF THE LADDER ON THE CRUSHER AND STEPPED ONTO A FIST SIZE STONE CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO TWIST/TURN AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

EE WAS WALKING ON THE GROUNDS FROM THE SHED TO THE LOADER AND FELT A PAIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES TO LOWER BACK. HE WAS NOT WORKING JUST WALKING FROM ONE AREA TO THE OTHER. HE STATED HE DI D NOT TRIP OR STEP ON ANYTHING TO CAUSE THE PAIN

EE WAS LIFTING AN EMPTY CABLE REEL AND TURNED CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA.

ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE WRAP PULLEY AND ADJUST THE PULLEY IN ORDER TO TRAIN THE BELT ON THE CONVEYOR. THE PINCH POINT GUARD HAD BEEN DISLODGED TO GAIN ACCESS PULLEY. CONVEYOR WAS IN MOTION A T THE TIME.

REPLACING BELT WITH NEW BELT,CLAMP CAME LOOSE OF CONVEYOR BELT HITTING I.NAME ON RIGHT ELBOW.

WHILE CLEANING DIRT OFF BELT PULLEYS WRENCH GOT CAUGHT RIGHT ARM IN BARREL PULLEY, CONVEYOR WAS RUNNING.

STANDING IN WET CONCRETE ALL DAY WITH REGULAR WORK SHOES APPARENTLY CAUSED ALKALI BURNS ON LEFT FOOT WHERE SHOES RUBBED CAUSING INFECTED BLISTERS.

WHILE PLACING R2CKS ONTO CONVEYOR BY HAND, EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING FOR A ROCK ON THE GROUND WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE CONVEYOR AND STRUCK LEFT THUMB AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK.

USING WRENCH TO3TIGHTEN BOLT ON WHEEL LOADER WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT CAUSING EMPL TO SUDDENLY MOVE FORWARD AND STRIKING RIB CAGE AGAINST FRAMEWORK OF LOADER CAUSING BRUISE TO LEFT SIDE OF RIB

WHILE USING HYD9AULIC JACK TO LEVEL ROCK CRUSHER JACK FAILED PINCHING THUMB WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING SHIM UNDER LEVELING LEG

WHILE CLIMBING 8OWN FROM WHEEL LOADER SLIPPED AND TURNED LANDING IN A SEMI-SQUATTING POSITION ON THE GROUND