West Fork Mine/Mill Metal/Non-Metal

PIECE OF LOOSE FELL FROM BACK STIRKING EE ON HEAD AND SHOULER. THIS CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE THE WORK BASKET RAILING ON THE SCALER.

WHILE HAND SCALING IN 204 NORTH DEVELOPMENT AREA A PIECE OF LOOSE FELL FROM BACK. THIS CAUSED EE TO STRIKE HAND RAIL OF WORK BASKET.

HOIST WAS SHUT DOWN AT 9:30 AM ON OCT 18, 1999 DUE TO AN ACCIDENT OCCURING AT COLLAR OF PRODUCTION HOIST #46. MSHA ISSUED 103K ORDER, HOIST REMAIN OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL 5:15 P.M. DAY OF OCT 19, 1999.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER AND SCREW DRIVER TO REMOVE FEED CHAIN FROM REAR SPROCKET ON #0127 DRILL. WHILE HITTING HAMMER HE CAUGHT HIS MINE LIGHT CORD CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS LEFT INDE X FINGER. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE THIRD JOINT OF HIS INDEX FINGER.

WHEN HOISTMAN LET THE CAGE DOWN UNDERGROUND THE DCCB WOULD TRIP. THE ELECTRICIANS FOUND THAT THE FIRING PULSE GENERATOR WAS BAD. THEY REPLACED FIRING PULSE GENERATOR. THE HOISTMAN NOTIFIED MSH A AT APPROX. 1900 AND THEN NOTIFIED THEM AGAIN AT 2315 THE THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED.

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM JUMBO. THE BOTTOM STEP WAS FARTHER FROM THE GROUND THAN HE ANTICIPATED. HE HUNG ON TO THE HAND RAIL WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO KEEP FROM FALLING. AT THAT TIME HE FELT DISC OMFORT IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. ON 8-9-99 EE GOT A CORTISONE SHOT TO LEFT SHOULDER.

ONE OF THE ELCTRICAL AUXILIARY CONTACT FLIPPED UP OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE OF A LOOSE SCREW. THIS CAUSED A GIV VOLTAGE SURGE ON THE MAIN LOOP CONTACTOR COIL. THIS CAUSED A FUSE TO BLOW IN AN OUT PUT BOARD. HOIST WENT DOWN AT 2230 AND WAS BACK UP AT 2330.

DC CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. THE BOLTS ON MAIN LOOP CONTRACTOR - HAD ONE BROKEN AND ANOTHER HAD BACKED OUT STRIPPING ITS THREADS AND THE THREADS OF THE HOLE. THIS CAUSED SLOPPY ACTION OF THE CONTACTOR RESULTING IN POUR CONTACT AND ARCHING ON POSITIVE POLE. CONTACTOR WAS REPAIRED WITH NO DAMAGE TO SYSTEM.

EE WAS BACKING WAGNER HAUL TRUCK INTO AREA TO BE LOADED. LEFT HAND ON OUTSIDE OF HAND HOLD PART OF TRUCK BACKING INTO RIB CREATING PINCH POINTBETWEEN TRUCK & RIB WALL. 5 SUTURES WERE REQUIRE D. EE RETD TO WORK ON NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT

DC CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED AS INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTED TO MOVE HOIST TO LANDING. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER AND CHECKED SILICON CONTROL RECTIFIER, NOTHING FOUND WRONG. RESOLDERED LOOSE RESISTORS.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE LARGE ROCK INBEDDED IN PARTIAL DIPPER OF CRUSHER ROAD ROCK WITHOUT HAVING TO DUMP DIPPER OF ROAD ROCK. IN HIS ATTEMPT EE FELT A BURNING SENSATION TO NAVAL AREA AND PAIN PERSISTED AND EE WAS TAKEN TO DR ON 2-15-99AND DIAGNOSED WITH SMALL HERNIA.

THE INCOMING POWER LINE FROM UNION ELECTRIC HAD LOW VOLTAGE. I THINK THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED HIGH AMP DRAWN ON THE LEFGS OF THE POWER TO THE WESTFORK MINE/MILL AND THIS CAUSED OVERHEATING AND BLE W UP OUR POWER CABLES AND WE HAD A TOTAL SHUTDOWN WHEN THE MAIN BREAKERS TRIPPED OUT. OUR ELECTRICIANS ISOLATED THE BLOWN LINES AND U.E. REP. RESET THE DISCONNECT TO THE POWER LINE & WE WERE

THE EE REPORTED BEING VIOLENTLY THROWN AROUND INTHE BASKET OF BOOM TRUCK WHEN A 8'X10'X12" SECTION OF BACK WAS HAND SCALED STRIKING THE BOOM. THE EE SUFFERED A FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE, 3 FRACT URED RIBS & CHIPPED PERMANENT TEETH. LOST WORKD AYS BEGAN O 11/30/98

EE WAS UNLOADING A GRADER BLADE FROM HIS TRAILERTO A PALLET. HE SAID HE HAD SLID ONE END ONTO A PALLET & WAS LOWERING THE OTHER END DOWN TO THE PALLET WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK. EE DID N OT REPORT THE INJURY AT THAT TIME HE DID HOWEVERCALL IN 11/4/98 AND SAID HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOERBACK RIGHT LEG & HIP. HE IS UNDER DR CARE

EE WAS USING A 24" RIG'D PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A COUPLING ON DRILL STEEL OF THE DIAMEC262 CORE DRILL. WHILE PUSHING DOWN ON THE WRENCH HIS BODYWEIGHT SHIFTED AND HIS RIGHT KNEE HYPEREXTENDED OUT CAUSING HIS KNEE TO GIVE OUT.

EE WAS SERVICING A/CUNIT ON OFFICE ROOF. HE WAS GOING TO LOWER MATERIAL TO THE GROUND. HE CLIMBED OVER HANDRAIL TO WORK PLATFORM, ANKLE TURNED WHILE STEPPING ON ROOF RIDGE.

EE WAS APPLYING BOLT PRESSURE TO A MECHANICAL PULLER WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF ITS MOUNTING POSITION. FINGER ON HAND HOLDING THE PULLER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PULLER & ONE OF THE BOLTS.

INJURED AND CO-WORKER HAD TACT WELD A 5' CHANNEL5" WIDE ONTO THE COARSE ORE TUBE TO PREPARE FOR REMOVING THE BELT. INJURED WAS HOLDING THE ROLLER THAT WAS TO BE PLACED INTO THE BRACKET ON THE CHANNEL. IT WAS TIGHT FIT. CO-WORKER PULLED ON CHANNEL SO SHAFT ON ROLLER WOULD FIT CHANNEL BRACKET. THE TACT WELD BROKE AND THE UPPED END SWUNG DOWN STRIKING INJURED ON RIGHT ARM.

YEMPLOYEE WAS SCALE FROM ROOF OF MINE WHEN SOEM VERY SMLL SCALE PARTICLES ENTERED HIS (L) EYE.

EE WAS INJURED 8/1/97, BUT DID NOT RESULT IN MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 10/28/97 [ARTHOGRAM]. EE WAS HELPING IN THE INSTALLATION OF A PARK BRAKE ASSEMBLY ON A 988 CAT LOADER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO POSITION THE ASSEMBLY [REACHING UP] & USING A PRY BAR, NOTICED SORENESS IN HIS SHOULDER AFTER COMPLETION OF INSTALLATION.

EE WAS USING A 1-1/2" IMPACT TOOL WITH A 3-LEG GEAR PULLER. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A WHEEL HUB ON A GALLION GRADER. WHEN THE HUB POPPED FREE, THE AIR IMPACT AND GEAR PULLER PULLED HIS L. HAND DOWN AND IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HANDLE ON THE IMPACT AND THE LEG OF A FLOOR JACK.

ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 12/8/96, BUT ONLY REQUIRED DR FIRST-AID TREATMENT. EE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO LOOSEN A SECTION OF PIPE FROM A FITTING. THE WRENCH SLIPPED & HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SCA PULA REGION. OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS WHEN PAIN WOULD NOT END, HE WAS SENT TO AN ORTHOPEDIC DR & AFTER SEVERAL DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES, FINALLY FOUND A HERNIATED CERVICAL DISC. EE WILL H

ONE BUSS BAR CONNECTION ON THE PRODUCTION SHAFT MOTOR BLEW OFF OF ITS CONNECTION POINT CAUSING SOME INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR.

EE WAS SCALING OUT OF A GETMAN BOOM TRUCK USING A 6' SCALING BAR. WHILE PRYING ON LOOSE IN BACK WITH THE BAR RESTING ON HIS SHOULDER AND APPLYING PRESSURE, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT LUMBAR REGI ON.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED ON 8-30-96. WHILE USING A 12" NAPA PIPE WRENCH WITH AN ALUMINUM PIPE EXTENSION, THE PIPE EXTENSION SLIPPED OFF THE WRENCH. EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO WORK UNTIL 10-10-96 BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO WORK BEYOND THIS DATE.

EE WAS INJURED ON 8/14/96, BUT DID NOT RECEIVE DOCTOR'S REPORT UNTIL 9/30/96 THAT TREATMENT MAY NOW INVOLVE MEDICAL TREATMENT. EE WAS PLACING 50# BOX OF DYNAMITE ONTO POWER RIG BASKET WHEN FEL T PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE WAS USING A 6' SCALING BAR TO ATTEMPT TO OPEN A CHUTE DOOR ON THE ROD MILL FEED CHUTE DUE TO A PLUGUP IN THE CHUTE. THE DOOR TO THE CHUTE WAS OVER HIS HEAD ABOUT 8' AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO O PEN THE DOOR HANDLE WITH THE SCALING BAR HE MISSED AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA.

EE WAS ORIGINALLY INJURED ON 7-31-96 WHEN HE FELL INTO A 4' DITCH LANDING ON HIS BUTTOCKS. INJURED AND CO WORKER WERE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A SECTION OF 18" PIPE INTO THE DITCH WHEN HE FELL. PRI OR TO THIS DATE, TREATMENT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSTIC IN NATURE. CONDITION HAS WORSENED AND LUMBAR DISC REQUIRE SURGERY.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR IMPACT TOOL WITH 3/8 I.D. AIR LINE. THE HOSE CLAMP FAILED AT THE CONNECTION TO THE QUICK-DISCONNECT VALVE ATTACHED TO THE AIR IMPACT TOOL, BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS UP INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING SMALL CUTTING BLADE ON A 4"POCKET KNIFE TO SPLITE ELECTRICAL CABLE SHEATH. INJURED PULLED KNIFE THROUGH SHEATH AND KNIFE BLADE STRCK HIM ON UPPER LEG.

EE HAD JUST STARTED TO CUT SECTION OF 1-1/4" ANGLE IRON WITH CUTOFF SAW. HE NOTICED THE ANGLE WAS SET FOR 30 DEGREES AND HE NEEDED 45 DEGREE CUT. HE REACHED AROUND TO ADJUST THE ANGLE AND HE C ONTACTED THE TURNING ABRASIVE WHEEL.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING HIS UTILITY TOOL (KNIFE) INHIS RIGHT HAND AND GRABBED FOR THE TOP FLAP ON A BOX OF EXPLOSIVE SLURRY WITH HIS LEFT HAND. THE FLAP RIPPED AND HIS (L) ARM SUDDENLY MOVED AND STRUCK THE BLADE ON THE UTILITY TOOL.

ON 3-5-96, RECEIVED DR'S REPORT DATED 2-21-96 OF POSSIBLE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME COMPLICATION, UNKNOWN WHETHER CONDITION IS WORK RELATED. THE FILING OF THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ADMISSI ON THAT AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS OCCURRED EXCEPT FOR MSHA REPORTING.

ROOF FALL.

EE WAS WALKING FROM THE SAMPLE PREP ROOM TO THE MILL GRINDING AREA. HE STEPPED OFF THE CONCRETE STEP & SLIPPED & FELL. NO MEDICAL TREATMENT INITIALLY REQUIRED. AFTER CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT, SE NT TO ORTHOPEDIC DOCTOR & AS OF 7/19/96, DIAGNOSED ROTATOR CUFF TEAR. PRIOR TO 7/19/96, NO MEDICAL TREATMENT, JUST FIRST AID.

THE EE WAS ORIGINALLY INJURED O 8/21/95, BUT DIDNOT REQUIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 11/10/95. EEWAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A STEERING PUMP THAT WAS STORED IN A STORAGE RACK. HE FELT PAIN IN THE LO WER L BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRING CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE TABLETS FROM ORIGINAL 5 GALLON CONTAINER TO A SMALLER BUCKET POSSIBLYBREATHED DUST WHICH IRRITATED HIS THROAT

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED ON 5-30-95 BUT DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL 6-1-95. EMPLOYEE WAS BITTEN BY AN UNKNOWN TYPE INSECT WHILE COLLECTING WATER SAMPLE.

EMPLOYEE HAD ROLLED BACK THE CUTTING TOOL ON THE MONARCH LATHE. HE WENT TO PERFORM A MEASUREMENTWITH A MICROMETER WHEN HIS HAND STRUCK THE CUTTING TOOL.

WHILE USING SHOP HAMMER, SOME DEBRIS GOT INTO THIS EYE. EE NOT SURE WHEN IT HAPPEND, BUT BY END OF SHIFT HIS EYE WAS BOTHERING HIM. DR EXAM REVELAED SOME RUST PARTICLES IN EYE.

EE COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN FINGERS. ORTHOPEDIC REPORT REC'D 12-20-94, DIAGONOSED AS BILATERAL CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME

EMPLOYEE INJURED HIMSELF ON 8-5-94, BUT DID NTO MEET MEDICAL TREATMENT DEFINITION UNTIL 10-12-94. WHILE PERFORMING INTERNAL AUDIT, IT WAS DECIDED TO RENDER 7000-1 FORM. EMPLOYEE ORIGINALLY N JURED HIMSELF HWNE HE SLIPPED ON OILY FLOOR AND REACHE DOUT WITH HIS ARM TO KEEP FORM FALLING DOWN.

INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE REMOVING THE REAR BELLY PN ON THE 814 CAT DOZER USING A 1/2" AIR IMPACT WRENCH. INJURED WAS REMOVING THE LAST BOLT AND THOUGHT CO-WORKER HAD HOLD OF THE PAN. THE PAN DROPPED CATCHING INJURED'S FINGER BETWEEN BELLYPAN AND RAILING THAT SURROUNDS WORK PIT.

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING WITH STANDARD 6FT SCALING BAR WHILE APPLYING PR ESSURE TO PULL LOOSE OFF FACE BAR SLIPPED & EMPLOYEE PINCHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE SCALING BAR & TOP RAILING ON SCALER BASK ET

EMPLOYEE WAS IN AN UNUSUAL BODY POSITION USING A 2#SHOP HAMMER TO DRIVE A PIN OUT OF A BOOM ROLLER BRACKET EMPLOYEE MISSED PIN & STRUCK HIS WRIST MEDICAL TREATMENT REPORT NOT RECEIVED UNTIL 06 -13-94 VERIFYING MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS RENDERED

ON APRIL 28,1994 SPOKE TO ORTHOPEDIC DOCTOR WHO DIAGNOSED EMPLOYEE'S SYMPTOMS AS SUGGESTIVE PF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.DUE TO REPETITIVENESS OF EMPLOYEE'S JOB AS SCALER,THE DOCTOR FEELS IT IS W ORK RELATED.

55 GALLON DRUMS WERE WELDED TOGETHER TO MAKE UP A PONTOON SYSTEM AND WERE BEING LOADED MANUALLY IKNTO A BED OF APICK-UP TRUCK. EMPLOYEE GOT FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN A SECTION OF DRUM AND BED OF PICK-UP TRUCK.

EE PREVIOUSLY INJURED 9-21-93M BUT RECEIVED ONLY 1ST AID. WHILE PRYING WITH SCALING BAR ON SHOULDER OVER EXERTED AND STRAINED (R) SHOULDER. WORKING OUT OF SCALER RIG BASKET.

EMPLOYEES HAND CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT FROM GATE ON SCALING BASKET PIECE OF LOOSE STRUCK BASKET CAUSING GATE LATCH TO OPEN & GATE SWUNG OPEN PINCHING (L) THUMB

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED ON 3-27-94 WHILE PRYING DOWN ON A 5' ALUMINUM SCALING BAR. THE BAR WAS BEING USED TO SHIFT HEAD PULLEY ON A CONVEYOR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULD ER. INCIDENT RESULTED IN 1ST AID TREATMENT UNTIL EXAMINED BY A SPECIALIST. EMPLOYEE BEGAN LOSING TIME FROM WORK 6-27-94.

BASKET OF GETMAN SCALER RIG PRYING ON SLAB IN BACK WITHA 6' SCALING BAR. T HE SCALING BAR SLIPPED SUDDENLY WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE. EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN I RIGHT WRISTS.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED ON 02-01-94 BUT WAS NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 03-09-94 EMPLOYEE WAS IN A PRONE POSITION PUSHING ON A BREAKER BAR WITH HIS LEFT FOOT LOOSENING BOLTS ON REAR END O F A WAGNER HAUL TRUCK THE EMPLOYEES FOOT SLIPPEDOFF THE BAR & HE THEN FELT PAIN IN HIS (L) GROIN THE FILING OF THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ADMISSION THAT AN OCCUPATION ILLNESS OR INJURY O

EMPLOYEE WAS POSSIBLY SUBJECTED TO INCREASED LEVELS OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE & DECREASED LEVELS OF OXYGEN ON OR ABOUT JAN. 20, 1994 WHILE LOADING EXPLOSIVES INTO A FACE @ 1050/199 DRIFT. MEDICAL I NFORMATION VERIFIED ON 2/18/94 MAY INDICATE HIS SYMPTONS WERE POSSIBLY CAUSED BY THE EXPOSURE INDICATED. THE FILING OF THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ADMISSION THAT AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS O

EMPLOYEE LIFTING STEEL MOTOR MOUNT PLATE WITH OVER-HEAD PENDANT CRANE. PLATE CAUGHT ON PUMP MOUNTING FRAME BREAKING WELD ON LIFTING EYE. PLATE FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.

AT 1030 PM AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE PRODUCTION HOIST SYSTEM CAUSING A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN OF THE SYSTEM. A 6 WIRE ON THE PRIMARY CONTROL TRANSFORMER BURNED OUT CAUSING THE FUSES TO THIS PART OF THE SYSTEM TO BLOW. THE WIRE WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH NEW FUSES AND THE SYSTEM BECAME OPERATIONAL AT 210 AM 11-17-93.

WHILE UNPLUGGING CHUTE ROCK PINCHED LEFT HAND RING FINGER.

ACCIDENT OCCURRED 6/18/93 BUT DID NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE IT WAS MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL REPORT RECEIVED 7/6/93. EMPLOYEE REMOVED HYDRAULIC HOSE FROM DRILL RIG AND SOME HYDRUAULIC FLUID ENTERED HIS L EAR.

AT APPROX. 715 AM HEPBURN SERVICE HOIST FAILED TO OPERATE FROM THE 92 LEVEL OF THE MINE IT WAS DETERMINED IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE ELECTRICIANS ARRIVED AT 730 AM THEY DETERMINED THE P ROBLEM TO BE A DEFECTIVE BROKEN INTERLOCK CONTACT ACTUATOR ON THE MAIN CONTACTOR. THE PART WAS REPLACED AND THE HOIST BECAME OPERATION AT 910 AM.

EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED REBUILD JOB ON A JOY DRILL MOTOR. THE MOTOR WAS STANDING VERTICALLY ON THE WORK-BENCH. EMPLOYEE HAD METAL SHIM IN HIS HAND AND ATTEMPTING TO LOWER MOTOR TO HORIZONTAL POS ITION ON THE BENCH. SHIM GOT CAUGHT ON THE MOTOR WEIGHT OF MOTOR FORCED SHIM INTO EMPLOYEE'S FINGER.

INJURED WAS INSIDE OF BALLMILL WAITING FOR THE MECH ON THE OUTSIDE OF MILL TO HAMMER THROUGHA LINER BOLT. A PIECE OF THE BOLTOR LINER CHIPPED OFF STRIKING EMLOYEE'S LEFT FOREARM PENITRATING IT.

AT 8:20 AM THE PRODUCTION HOIST ELECTRICAL SYSTEM KICKED OFF. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED AN ERATICALLY OPERATING OVERTRAVEL RELAY SWITCH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DYSFUNCTION. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE HOISTING EQUIPMENT, SHAFT CONVEYANCES OR THE SHAFT.

AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE OCCURRED IM THE HEPBURN SERVICE HOIST MAIN MOTOR CONTACTEOR BRAKET CAME LOOSE THIS IN TURN PLACED ON OVERLOAD ON THE OUTPUT PRINTED CIRCUT BOARD #02403 THE BRACKET SCREWS WERE REPLACED & CIRCUIT BOARD WAS REPLACED

EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.SURGERY WAS PERFORMED 11-02-92.

INJ REMOVING BOULDER OUT OF CRUSHER WITH A SCALING BAR TO PRY THE BOULDER. THE SCALING BAR SLIPPED & INJURED SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND STEEL SIDEWALL ON THE CRUSHER.

EMPL HELPING GUIDE A GEAR ASSEMBLY OFF A SHAFT. COWORKERS PRYING ON GEAR.IT SHIFTED SUDDENLY AND EMPL LITTLE FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN THE GEAR BEING HELD AND ANOTHER GEAR IN THE SAME AREA.

ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 5-15-92, BUT5 MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 6-15-92. INJURED WAS WALKING PASSED A TRUCK 7 TO 8 FT HIGH WHERE ONE MAN WAS WELDING AND ANOTHER WAS BLOWING DIRT OU T OF A CRACK THAT HE WAS WELDING. FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED INJURED S RIGHT EYE FROM THE TOP OF HIS GLASSES.

54736YEE WAS INJURED ON 06-04-92 BUT INJURY DID NOT REQUIRE MEDCIAL TREATMENT AT THAT TIME.EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING WATER SCREENS FROM JOY JUMBO USING AN OPEN END WRENCH.THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF NU 30154 EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON BUMPER OF JUMBO.

CARRYING CYLINDER LOST CONTROL OF IT FELT WT OF IT IN HIS SHOULDER AND BACK

WAS GRINDING PIN RETAINER FROM BOOM END,THE GRINDING WHEEL STRUCK A BURN AND THREW THE GRINDING WHEEL BACK INTO HIS LEFT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED ON 09-13-91 BUT DID NOT BEGIN TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK UNTIL 10-01-91.EMPLOYEE REMOVED A STANDARD BUILDING BLOCK FROM A PALLET WHEN SEVERAL OTHER BLOCKS ON THE PALLET FELL S TRIKING EMPLOYEE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING INSIDE OF ROD MILL AND INBETWEEN GAPS TO WELD, THE STINGER CONTACTED METAL. AN ARC OCCURRED WHILE HIS WELDING HOOD WAS UP. INITIAL EYE EXAMINATION RESULTED IN NO MEDIC AL TREATMENT. A RECENT EXAMINATION OF 2-27-92 INDICATES A POSSIBLE SLIGHT LOSS OF VISION OF HIS LEFT EYE.

INJURED WAS USING A ZIP KNIFE TO CUT CARDBOARD. THE KNIFE BOUND AND THEN CAME LOSOE STRIKING INJURED IN LEG.

INJURED VAULTED OVER SIDE OF PICK UP TRUCK AND HIS FOOT STRUCK CORNER OF WOODEN PALLET LAYING ON THE GROUND.

PULLING ENGINE COVER ON TRUCK BOOTCAUGHT ON ELECTRICAL WIRE TO HEAD CAUSING HER TO FALL

WHILE HOLDING POCKET KNIFE IN LEFT HAND TRIMMING AN ANFO HOSE, HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE KNIFE.

INJURED WAS TAKING COPPER SULFATE SOLUTION READING WHEN SOLUTION SPLASHED UP AND INTO HIS EYE.

INJURED WAS TRACING AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ON ST ARTER CELENOID ON GROVE CRANE A S HE WAS REMOVING HIS HANDS FROM INSIDE T HE MOT OR COMPARTMENT BY HINGE & BRACKET HOLDING THE HOOD IN T HE UP POSITION FAILED THE HOOD HINGE MECHANISM CAUGHT PART OF HIS HAND & PINCHED HIS FINGER

EE WAS OR IGNINALLY INJURED ON 5-8-90 WHEN HE OVEREXCERTED PULLONG ON A SOCKET WRENCH SINCE DATE HE HAS RECEIVED 1ST AID TREATMENT MED. AND HOME EXERCISE ON 1-17-91 WE RECEIRD BILL FROM ORTHO PEDIC DR INDICATING MEDICAL TREATMENT SHOULDER ORTHROPRAPHY PERFOEMD 1-14-91.

INJURED HAD TO CLIMB UP ON JOY DRILL TO PUMP UP FUEL PRESSURE TO THE ENGINE. HE WAS STANDING ON ONE OF THE DRILL AREA. HE DESCENDED TO GROUND AND STEPPED ON A ROCK WHICH FLIPPED. HE FELL AND I N DOING SO TWISTED R KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A BASKET OF A GETMAN BOOM TRUCK WHILE RETRACTING THE BOOM,A PIECE OF ROCK THA HAD LODGED NEAR THE BOOM COVER WAS PINCHED AND THE ROCK FLEW OUT STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED ON MARCH 10,1990.HE WAS SCALING USING A 6' SCALING BAR WORKING OUT OF A GETMAN BOOM TRUCK.WHILE PULLING DOWN ON THE SCALING BAR HE FELT PAIN IN HIA BACK.EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN TREATED CONSERVATIVELY BUT NOW THE DOCTOR HAS PRESCRIBED NO WORK FOR TWO WEEKS,

WE DISCOVERED A MAL-FUNCTION IN THE PRODUCTION HOIST. IT WAS DISCOVERED IT MAYBE THE PULSE GENERATOR DRAW. AFTER CHECKING THIS ITEM, WE DISCOVERED THE PLUGS THAT PLUG INTO THE CABINET WERE NOT ALIGNING PROPERLY. ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO THE PLUG ASSEMBLY. THE MAL FUNCTION WAS THERFORE CORRECTED AT APPROX. 3:30 PM AND THE HOIST OPERATEED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS.

EE WAS REMOVING A LUG NUT FROM RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF JOY JUMBO WITH 3/4 INCH DRIVE SOCKET AND EXTENSION HANDLE THE FEMALE END OF THE EXTENSION BROKE SUDDENLY AND A PIECE OF IT STRUCK EE.

INJ LAYING ON BOARD UNDER FLOTATION DECK DOING TORCH CUTTING JOB 18" OVER HEAD.WHILE CUTTING PIECE OF HOT SLAG ENTERED LEFT EAR CAUSING A BURN.

INJURED AND TWO CO WORKERS WERE ALIGNING 10X 23 PIPE SECTINS TO THE LONGER DISTRIBUTOR PIPE. THE PIPE ON THE SIDE INJURED WAS STANDING DOING THIS HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN P IPE CAP AND EDGE OF PIPE. WHEN INJURED PULLED HIS HAND AWAY HE LACERATED IT WITH AVULSION ON SA\SHARP EDGE OF PIPE CAP.

CHARGING EXPL AT FACE MOVING ABOUT FACE STRUCK DRILL STEEL IN FACE

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED ON 5/14/90 BUT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THAT TIME. DIAGNOSTIC TESTS NOW SHOW HE WILL REQUIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN DITCH WHICH HELD A SEC TION OF 10" PIPE. THE GRATING OVER THE PIPE HAD TO BE REMOVED WITH A PRY BAR. WHEN THE PRY BAR WAS PLACED AGAINST THE PIPE AS A LEVERAGE POINT, THE PIPE ROLLED STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEG.

EE WAS INJURED ON 4-20-90 BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL 4-28-90 TH AT WE RECEIVED MEDICAL INFORMATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE TO REPORT THIS ACCIDENT. EE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A 44 LB BOX OF WORK GLOVES WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SIDE OF LOWER BACK AND LEFT GROIN AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED ON 4/20/90 BUT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES NOW INDICATE HE WILL NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION. ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN EMPLOYEE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP B OX OF WORK WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 44 POUNDS.

EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING & SHOVELING SPILLAGE AROUND THE SHAKER SCREEN DECK ON THE CRUSHER BLDG AFTER SWEEPING UP A PILE OF SPILLAGE HE STEPPED ACROSS THE ILE TO REACH FOR THE SHOVEL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

ON 12-5 EMPL SUFFERED RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS,SHOCK SYMPTOMS,UNCONSCIOUSNESS FROM WHAT WAS CONSIDERED AN ALLERGY REACTION AFTER TAKING MEDICATION.DISCOVERED EMPL HAD GOTTEN ANTI-FREEZE ON HIS GLO VES,SATURATING HANDS ,WIPING FACE PERIODICALLY MAY HAVE GOTTEN FUMES INTO HIS RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.RECD MED.EVIDENCE TO THAT EFFECT 1-4-90.

WHILE INJURED WAS SCALING FACE OF 211S/965 SOME LOOSE FELL OVER FRONT OF HARD HAT & SAFETY GLASSES HITTING HIM IN LEFT EYE.

INJURED WAS SERVICING 1222 JUMBO. HE GOT HAND PULLED INTO REEL AS HE WAS REELING UP 30 WEIGHT OIL HOSE.

INJURED WAS ASSISTING IN ROLLING AN OLD PRODUCTION SKIP HOIST ROPE ON AN EMPTY SPOOL WHILE ROLLING UP THE ROPE IT STARTED TO GET A LOOP IN IT ON THE GROUND WHEN INJURED WENT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE LOOP THE CABLE CAME OUT OF THE LOOP ALL AT ONCE STRIKING INJURED IN THE FACE

PRIOR TO LOADING OUT CONCENTRATE WITH LOADER INJURED HAD FILLED A 5 GALLON BUCKET WITH CONCENTRATE CLEANING UP BUNKER FLOOR WHEN INJURED LIFTED THE FILLED BUCKET HE FELT PAIN IN L SHOULDER

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST EXITED A GETMAN SCALER RIG BASKET AND WAS WALKING BACK TO CAB WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK HIDDEN BY WATER IN THE DRIFT HEADING. HE FELL TO GROUND AND LEFT ARM STRUCK ANOTHER ROCK, CAUSING LACERATION TO FOREARM.

EMPL SUSTAINED INJURY ON 7/30/89 BUT DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT & NEED OF MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 8/3/89 WHILE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES & FACE SHIELD EMPLS WAS SCRAPING ACCUMULATIVE RUST FROM BALL MILL DISCHARGE CHUTE WHEN EYES BECAME IRRITATED.

EMPL INJ 7-6 BUT DIDNT NEED MED ATTENTION AT THE TIME.INJ CHANGING ABRASIVE CUTTING DISC ON SHOP CUT-OFF SAW.WHILE HOLDING DISC STATIONERY WITH LEFT HAND TO KEEP IT FROM TURNING WHILE BREAKING LOOSE THE DISC SPINDLE NUT.WHEN NUT BROKE LOOSE DISC BECAME LOOSE AND DUE TO FORCE WITH WHICH INJ WAS HOLDING IT,HAND MOVED STRIKING WRIST AGAINST DISC GUARD COVER CUTTING PALM SIDE OF WRIST.

WHILE INJURED WAS DRIVING NAILS IN CONCRETE FLOOR UPON STRAIGHTENING UP INJURED FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

THE INJURED WAS MACHINING A PART TO USE ASD BUSHING REMOVING TOOL. WHILE HE WAS FEEDEING THE TOOL IN MAUALLY THE TOOL HUNG IN STOCK AND CUSED LATHE APRON TO KICK BACK AN CATCH HIS FOREARM BET WEEN APRON HANDWHEEL AND THE CARRIAGE POER FEED LEVER HOUSING.

THE INJURED WAS SCALING WITH A GETMAN SCALER WHILE WEARING SAFETY GALSSES WITH NO SIDE PRTECTION THE INJURED WAS STRUCK IN THE R EYE WITH A SLIVER OF METAL EMPL WAS INJURED ON 4-11-89 BUT DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 4-14-89

WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING WASTE OIL IN DUMP AREA FROM A 55 GALLON DRUM,THE DRUM SLIPPED AND THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN INGUINAL STRAIN WHILE TRYING TO HOLD IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON LOOSE WITH SCALING BAR. HIS BODY BEING IN AN INCORRECT POSITION CAUSED STRAINED TO LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS GRINDING EDGES OF PLATE STEEL. WHILE WEARING SAFGETY GLASSES AND WELDING HOOD, PIECE OF HARD METAL AND DUST BOUNCED OFF OF HIS PERSON INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

INJURED EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER THE GETMAN BOOM TRUCK, INSTALLING WATER UTILITY PIPES UNDERGROUND. THEY WERE AT DRIFT 211 SOUTH HAS ABOUT 5-6 DEGREE GRADE WITH THE BOOM TRUCK PERPENDICUALR TO D RIFT 211. AS THEY SWUNG BOOM OF TRUCK NORTH, THERIG TURNED OVER WITH BOTH EMPLOYEE'S IN BASKET OF BOOM. EMPLOYEE'S FAILED TO USE STABILIZERS FRONT AND REAR WHEN EXTENDING AND SWINGING BOOM.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF FILLING ANFO POT ON A GETMAN 1214 POWDER WAGON MODEL#B-500 IN PREPARATION TO LOAD A FACE ROUND HIS HELPER WAS AT THE FACE BEGINNING TO TIME OUT DRILLED HOLES EMPLOY EE WAS ON DECK NEXT TO ANFO POT REACHING DOWN TO LIFT 50#BAG OF ANFO FROMS TORAGE BOX USING ONLY HIS LEFT HAND BENDING & SLIGHTLY TWISTING HIS BODY UPON LIFTINTG THE BAG HE FELT A SHARP PAIN

EMPLOYEE WAS USING CATEPILLAR 950 LOADER CLEANING UP IN DRIFT 209 E.HE STOPPED THE LOADER TO MAKE A GROUND LEVEL VISUAL CHECK OF THE DRIFT AS HE DESCENDED LADDERWAY ON LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM LAST RUNG & LOST HIS HAND GRIP & FELL TO GROUND HE STRUCK HIS LOWER BACK ON GROUND

STRAINED HIMSELF WHILE UNROLLING POWER CABLE ON ATLAS COPCO CAUSING (R) INGUINAL STRAIN

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING LOSE WORKING OUT OF A GETMAN SCALING RIG BASKET TIP OF SCALING BAR BROKE WHICH CAUSED EMPLOYEE S ARM TO MOVE SUDDENLY AND STRIKE RAILING ON BASKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING IN THE 979W WHEN HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON THE ROCK HE WAS SCALING DOWN, CAUSING CONTUSION OF LEFT ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HOTSY PRESSURE WASHER CLEANING OFF AN ATLAS-COPCO DRILL RIG. AFTER FINISHING, EMPLOYEE SPRAYED HIS STEEL-TOED BOOTS WITH CLEANING WAND TO SPRAY OIL AND DIRT OFF HIS BOOTS. THE HOT SOLUTION UNDER PRESSURE PUSHED TOP OF BOOT DOWN CAUSING SPRAY TO CONTACT HIS LEG.

EMPL DRIVING GROVE CRANE DOWN ACCESS ROAD FROM SE TAILING DAM DEG OF SLOPE 25 DEG.MACHINE LOST ENGINE POWER AND WITH THAT LOST POWER STEERING.MACHINE TRAVLEED 250' WHERE ITS RIGHT FRONT WHEEL LEFT ROAD AND CRANE ROLLED OVER ON RIGHT SIDE.EMPL EXITED LEFT SIDE OF MACHINE LANDING ON GROHND.

EMPL WAS ASSIGNED WORK IN MILL TO WASH DOWN PROCESS FLOOR USING WASH DOWN HOSE. IN ORDER TO OBTAIN HOSE HE HAD TO WALK THROUGH STANDING WATER/MUCK, IT IS SUSPECTED THAT SINCE HE WAS WEARING IT IS SUSPECTED THAT SINCE HE WAS WEARING LEATHER SAFETY SHOES HIS SHOES BECAME WET.

EMPLOYEE WAS SQUATTED DOWN WITH KNEES BENT TO LIFT GEAR REDUCER OFF OF PLATFORM WHILE STANDING UP HE FELT SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK

LOADING HOLES FOR SHOTS, ROCK FELL HIT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN BASKET RIG OF ROCKBOLTER WHILE THE MACHINE WAS BEING USED TO DRILL LONG HOLE UP DRILL HOLES. WHILE USING SPECIAL WRENCH TO ASSIST IN BREAKING DRILL STEEL LOOSE AT COLLARS, A DRILL STEEL COLLAR STRUCK THE CENTRALIZER AND A SMALL PIECE OF METAL 1/4" X 1/8" BROKE AWAY FROM THE COLLAR AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THROAT AND PUNCTURING SAME.

POSITIONING MUCK BUCKET CROSSHEAD SLIPPED FELL ON LEFT HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING UP BOLTS ON THE TAM ROCK FEED CHAIN AND HAMMER WHILE HE WAS STANDIN ON HIS FEET BENT OVER. AFTER STANDING IN FULL UPRIGHT POSTION THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN MID-DORSAL.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A HAND SAMPLE WITH A SAMPLE CUP ON A ROD FROM DISCHARGE END OF ROD MILL DUE TO CLOSE QUARTERS OF THIS AREA WITH THE ROD CHARGING MACHINE EMPLOYEE STRUCK A PORTION OF THE R OD CHARGING MACHINE

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING LOOSE WHEN HE GOT A FOREIGN OBJECT DIAGNOSED AS RUST IN RIGHT EYE.THERE WAS NO PERMANENT DEFECT.

SHOT-CONCRETE MACHINE WAS BEING PLACED ON HOIST CAGE.IN ORDER TO DO THIS,THE OVERHEAD CRANE HAD TO BE USED TO RAISE OVERHEAD ROOF ON SWITCH STUCK IN UP MODE.THE PRESSURE APPLIED BY THE OVERHEA D CRANE TO THE DOOR WAS TOO MUCH AND THE DOOR CAUSED WARPING AND BENDING OF CAGE STEEL STRUCTURE.THE CAGE WAS FORCED OUT OF ITS TRACK AND GUIDES WHICH PREVENTED IT FROM BEING USED AS THE MAIN

EMPLOYEE AND CO1WORKER WERE ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN A 58HP SUMP PUMP SO IT WOULD STAND STRAIGHTER IN ORDER FOR IT TO PUMP CORTRECTLY.WHILE APPLYING PHYSCIAL FORCE TO THE PUMP HIS LEFT FOOT SL IPPED ON LOOSE 1ROUND.

EMPLOYEE AND CO1WORKDER WERE UNLOADING AN OXYGEN CYLINDER FROM THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK. THE CYLINDER WAS LAYING HORIZONTALLY IN THE BACK OF THE PICKUP. WHILE REMOVING CYLINDER BY HAND IT MOVED QUICKLY A3D WEIGHT OF CYLINDER PULLED ON INJURED'S (R) SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN3PROCESS OF REMOVING A 3 IN DRILL BIT FROM THE DRILL STEEL OF A JOY DRILL JUMBO HE WAS UNSCREWING THE BIT FROM THE STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE FELL FROM THE FACE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON HI8 HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS IN3PROCESS OF CLOSING OVER HEAD BULK HEAD DOOR USING CHAIN CLOSING DEVICE HE WAS STGANDING IN MANWAY DOOR WHILE COWORKER TURNED ON VENTILATION FAN TO REVERSE AIR FORCE OF AIR P USHED MANWAY DO2R SHUT ON HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING DOWN FROM THE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT OF A GALION GRADER.HE STEPPED DOWN WITH ONE FOOT ON THE FOOT RAIL AND THE OTHER ON THE GRADER BLADE.HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE GRADER B LADE AND HE FEL5 TO THE GROUND.HIS RIGHT HAND STRUCK A PART OF THE MACHINE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK HIS FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON TWO 5-GALLON DRUMS IN ORDER TO REACH INTO THE A/C UNIT ON ROOF OF BUILDING.HE OVEREXTENDED HIS REACH AND BUCKETS KICKED OUT FROM UNDER HIM.HE FELL AGAINST UPPER PORTI ON OF A/C COMPA9TMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS SC5LING USING A 6FT BAR S CALING CLOSE TO A BROW WHILE TAKING A BITE WITH THE BAR & APPLYING PRESSURE BAR BROKE THE LOOSE BUT IN TURN HIS HAND STRUCK A ROCK BOLT IN THE BACK HIS HAND WAS PINCHE8 BETWEEN THE BAR & THE ROCK BOLT END

EMPL REDUCING D3AMETER OF 8'' RUBBER PLUG BY INSERTING SPINDLE OF PLUG IN METAL LATHE CHUCKED CORRECTLY.USED SECTION OF EMERY CLOTH AROUND PLUG AS IT WAS TURNED SLOWLY IN LATHE.THE EMERY CLOTH SLIPPED OFF EN8 OF PLUG NEAR LATHE CHUCK,PULLD BY JAWS ON LATHE CHUCK AND PULLED THROUGH PALM OF HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS SK3NNING INSULATIOM AWAY FROM 416V ELECTRICAL CABLE IN ORDER TO SPLICE THE CABLE. HE WAS USING A 5" POCKET KNIFE TO PERFORM JOB. HE WAS PULLING KNIFE TOWARDS HIN.MSELF WHEN IT SLI PPED, STRIKING 2IS RIGHT HAND WITH THE KNIFE.

EMPLOYEE WAS AT9MPTING TO INSTALL A 20"DIA. FLANGED SLEEVE INTO THE BUCKET WHELL OPENING OF THE FEED END OF THE BALL MILL. IT WAS A TIGHT FIT AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE SLEEVE, IT SLI PPED OUT QUICKL2 DROPPING TO THE TRUNION LINER ABOUT 8". HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN FLANGE AND TRUNION LINER.

INJURED AND CO-4ORKER WERE IN SCALING BASKET SCALING LOOSE. INJURED LAID HIS SCALING BAR ACROSS HAND RAIL ON BASKET. HIS CO-WORKER CONTINUED TO SCALE ANDA PIECE OF LOOSE CAME DOWN STRIKING END OF INJURED'S S7ALING BAR. OPPOSITE END OF SCALING BAR CAME UP AND STRUCK INJURED ON LOWER JAW.

INJURED WAS BEI3G HOISTED TO 92 LEVEL INSIDE OF SERVICE CAGE. THE SERVICE CAGE HOIST SYSTEM SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN CAUSING THE CAGE TO STOP SUDDENLY. FORCE OF STOPPING CAUSED INJURED TO FALL TO CAGE FLOOR. 3

INJURED AND CO-4ORKER WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A 1 3/16" O.D. SHAFT FROM THE HUB OF AN ALUMINUM VENTILATOR FAN BLADE. SHAFT HUNG UP IN HUB AND TO REMOVE IT, EMPLOYEES USED A 3/4"X12" GRADE 5 BOLT AS A DRIFT3PIN. CO-WORKER STRUK BOLT WITH BALL-PEEN-HAMMER WHILE INJURED HELD THE FAN HOUSING. ON ONE OF THE STRIKES, A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF OF BOLT AND STRUCK INJURED IN ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING IHC MODEL I-270 BACKHOE.WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DUMP SOME SLIME AND DIRTY WATER,THE BUCKET ON THE LOADER STRUCK THE SLIMY RESIDUE AND IT SPLASHED UP INTO THE CAB STRIKING HI HIM IN FACE. 3

EMPLOYEE WAS ON3GROUND SCALING RIB WITH A 6 FT SCALING BAR THE SCALING BAR WAS BEING PUSHED AWAY FROM INJURED AND IT SLIPPED INJURED FELL AGAINST RIB STRIKING HIS LEFT ARM AGAINST RIB

EMP WAS USING A33 LB. BALL PEEN HAMMER TO REMOVE A 1 3/8" DRILL BIT FROM THE DRILL STEEL BY STRIKING THE BIT AT ITS BASE. ON ONE OF THE SWINGS A SMALL SLIVER OF METAL CAME OFF OF EITHER THE BI T OR THE HEAD O0 THE HAMMER AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN HIS ARM

EMPLOYEE WAS SC5LING LOOSE OFF A RIB USING A SCALING BAR. WHEN HE STRUCK THE RIB AREA WHERE LOOSE WAS ENCOUNTERED, A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FLEW OFF THE RIB AND STRUCK HIS TEETH.

THE INJURED AND3CO WORKER WERE OPERATING A JOY DRILL JUMBO DRILLING OUT A FACE ROUND. THE INJURED WASI N PROCESS OF GETTING DOWN FROM THE MACHINE USING HANDBOLDS AND STEPS. HIS LEFT HAND SLIPP ED OFF O F HAND2OLD AND LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING TO GROUND ABOUT 21/2 FT. HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE ON A SMALL ROCK UPON STRIKING THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WELDING STEPS MADE OF STEEL GRATING ON A STAIRWELL IN A MAN-WAY RAISE. WELDING SMOKE OVERCAME EMPLOYEE CAUSING BREATHING DIFFICULTY.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED EAR INFECTION CAUSED BY WEARING FOAM INSERT TYPE EAR PLUGS.

EMPLOYEE STOOD 5 20 FEET BY 10 FEET STEEL CHANNEL UP ON THE FLOOR. WHILE TALKING TO CO-WORKER, CHANNEL FELL BACK OVER STRICKING EMPLOYEES FOOT.

EMPL ASSISTING MAINTENANCE PERSON WITH WELDING STEEL PLATE IN TRUCK DUMP RAISE ABOVE PAN FEEDER.EMPL LOWERING HIMSELF DOWN RAISE VIA ROPE WHEN FEET SLID OUT FROM UNDER HIM.AREA VERY WET DUE TO WATER RUNNING DOWN RAISE WHICH ADDED TO THE TASSK.EMPL SLID 6-8\ DOWN RAISE WHILE HOLDING ONTO ROPE AND HIS BODY TWISTING AT THE SAME TIME.HE STOPPED AT LIP WHERE STEEL PLATE LINING BEGINS.

INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE SCALING OUT OF A WORK PLATFORM WHICH ATTACHES TO THE FORKS OF A FORK-TRUCK. INJURED WAS USING A 6\ SCALING BAR AND WAS PRYING UP ON A PIECE OF LOOSE WHEN THE BAR SLI PPED AND THE BAR FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN BAR AND THE TOP RAIL OF THE PLATFORM.

INJURED WAS USING A 6 FT SCALING BAR TO CLEAN A RAISE HOLE OF BOULDERS AFTER BLASTING COWORKER WAS USING A COMPRESSED AIR BLOW PIPE TO REMOVE SMALL WASTE FROM THE RAISE HOLE INJURED ATTEMPTED TO SLIDE A BOULDER ABOUT 2 FT X 4 FT DOWN THE RAISE WITH THE SCALING BAR THE BOULDER MOVED SUDDENLY AND HIS SCALING BAR GAVE HE FELT A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS MID BACK AREA

INJURED AND COWORKER WERE CHANGING OIL AND OIL FILTERS ON 988 CAT LOADER WHILE DESCENDING LADDERWAY TO GROUND FOOT SLIPPED OFF 1ST LADDER RUNG INJURED FELL TO GROUND AND FOOT TURNED ON ROCK C AUSING INJURY OIL HAD GOTTEN ON INJUREDS BOOTS CAUSING THEM TO BE VERY SLICK

INJURED WAS ASSISTING POURING OF CONCRETE UTILIZING 5 GALLON BUCKETS.WHILE HANDLING ONE OF THE BUCKETS,THE WEIGHT PULLED DOWN ON HIS ARM CAUSING PAIN TO HIS SHOULDER.

7\L X 4\H STEEL SWITCH RACK MADE FROM 3/8\\ STEEP PLATE HAD BEEN TAKEN UNDERGROUND TO BE SECURED TO RIB BY STEEL PINS.CREW MARKED LOCATION WHEHE///// WHERE IT WAS TO BE SECURED AND THEN RESTE D RACK UP AGAINST RIB.INJ WAS ASSISTING PLACING SECTION OF DRILL STEEL IN JACK-LEG DRILL TO BE USED TO SECURE RACK.RACK TIPPED OVER STRIKING INJ IN RIGHT LEG.

EMP AND SEVERAL CO-WORKERS HAD TO REPLACE BROKEN SPRINGS ON SERVICE CAGE SAFETY MECHANISM ASSEMBLY. A CERTAIN BOLT HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE LINKAGE AS PART OF THE REMOVAL OF THE SPRINGS, BU T DUE TO TENSION, THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE. TENSION WAS TAKEN OFF THE LINKAGE, IT WAS THOUGHT, AND THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO FEEL THE LINKAGE FOR LOOSENESS. WHEN HE DID THIS SUDDEN MOVEMENT IN THE EN