Whitestone Mine #4: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Sunny, incident occurred indoors with full lighting. The injured party suffered burns to both hands (non-life threatening) while installing a ground inside an MCC. The ground wire recoiled due to line memory and rebounded once let go into the adjacent bus bar creating the arc.

Miners working to clear out a clogged screw conveyor, miner didn't follow the company Lock out/tag out policy and caught their finger in the upstream screw causing an amputation of the left hand ring finger distal phalanges.

The EE was cleaning out of the bottom door on the bucket elevator. The top door was held open with a bungee cord, the bungee cord let go and the door closed on their thumb.

EE was using a sledge hammer to straighten door frame. hammer glanced off frame and thumb and handle struck the corner of the frame.

Employee strained left arm performing housekeeping.

Employee's left middle finger was caught between two fully stacked pallets on a roller belt, resulting in a contusion to the left middle finger.

Employee felt strain to left leg knee when descending staircase. Employee has had a prior injury to this knee in high school.

Employee strained lower back lifting a motor with a coworker. This was a two person lift.

Equipment operator was using a pry bar to clear jam at crusher when bar slipped and they smashed finger requiring 14 stitches.

Employee was on top of a bulk tanker opening the hatch at the load station. When they twisted to pull the last latch, they indicated that they felt a muscle strain in the lower back from body position.

A bulk loader was loading a bulk trailer. EE began opening the center hatch of the bulk semi. As EE was opening the hatch EE found all the hatch latches to be difficult to open but EE was able to open the first four. On the fifth latch EE pulled and felt a strain in right shoulder. After EE felt the strain in EE's shoulder EE used a hammer to pry the 5th and 6th latch open.

Reported while shoveling rock when EE twisted to EE's right EE felt a strain in EE's lower back. Lower back strain

Employee was working on a dryer discharge chute in the pelletize building. The employee's right hand middle finger came across some sharp metal on the chute area causing a laceration that required medical treatment and four stitches with prescription. The employee returned to work immediately with no lost time or restrictions.

Employee was getting into the Fuel Truck to exit the mine and employee's foot slipped on the step causing employee to fall backwards landing on a rock with employee's lower back

Employee was traveling from the 740 up the incline. EE stopped, and set the parking brake, to tell the Doosan Operator that the heading was ready for to scale, when the parking brake failed. The machine rolled back approx. 50 feet and hit the rib.

Employee was moving a 50lb bag from a waste bin to a waste pallet and felt a pain in forearm.

Employee exited scaler to stretch legs and stepped onto a rock twisting ankle.

Employee was shoveling material at the dryer discharge area performing clean up duties and felt a pain in lower back.

Bagger was restacking 50lb bags and strained a muscle in their back.

EE was shoveling upstairs in Plant 4 & felt a burning sensation in right shoulder. Requested to have a medical evaluation. Employee was taken to the ER, received X-rays, a prescription for an anti-inflammatory, and was medically cleared to return to work on EE's next scheduled shift with no restrictions. *EE received 2 days restricted duty on follow up visit.

Employee was exiting the porta-john at the crusher area and stepped on to a rock rolling ankle.

Employee was using a shovel to clean up work area and felt a pain in elbow.

Miner was walking across an area of snow covered natural earth when he states he slipped and twisted his right knee. Miner was taken to County ER where a licensed physician performed physical assessment. No x-rays taken, diagnosis was knee sprain. Leg Splint to immobilize was applied, 800 mg of ibuprofen prescribed, Miner returned to work with restrictions.

Employee swung man-lift to bolt location hitting drill boom. Right hand was mashed between the man-lift and boom. One broken finger and one mashed finger.

The Drill Op. used step ladder to access oil reservoir at top of engine block. After completing task, operator descending diesel tank platform onto step ladder and fell to ground. Operator struck his left side/ribs on corner of fuel tank platform and also struck his head and fell to the ground causing bruising to ribs and head injury resulting in concussion.

An operator was operating a loader to help clean up one of the site roadways due to excessive rain over the weekend. The operator ran over a rock that caused the loader cabin to rock. This rocking motion resulted in a lower back strain/backache. The operator was seen by the local ER and placed on restricted duty.

Noise-induced hearing loss. Standard Threshold Shift observed 2011 against baseline 2001.

Noise-induced hearing loss. Standard Threshold Shift observed 2011 against baseline 2000.

Noise-induced hearing loss. Standard Threshold Shift observed 2011 against baseline 2000.

Bucket elevator was being replaced and pulled by steel cable. Buckets dug into ground putting tension on eyelet of steel cable. Cable slipped open, wrapped around employee's shoe, knocked employee onto ground on right hip.

Employee was backing Scaler #1 from heading on 890 level with head turned to see behind. While backing up, scaler ran over small rock in roadway, scaler cab rocked, straining muscle in neck.

Employee was scaling on 820 level, scaled down small piece of marble, scaling boom rocked forward approx 3 feet, causing operator cab to rock. Employee felt pain in neck from rocking action. Evaluated at local ER with slight neck strain.

Miner driving R-40 Euclid Haul truck into south portal of Mine #4, bed was still partially up, bed struck roof of mine which is approximately 100 feet inside portal opening, casuing damage to front of truck bed. Minor back strain to employee.

Employee was operating mechanical scaler on 820 ft level. Attempting to remove loose rock, placed tip into rock, tip slipped out of the crack, causing boom to move forward, rocking the scaler cab back and forth. Sudden movement caused strain in back and shoulder area.

Driller was working underground near pillar M 25, stepped out of the machine to the mine floor, reportedly a small piece of marble fell striking him on the top of the hardhat. The area was checked and rescaled, no loose rock discovered in the roof.

Employee was driving Getman Scaler #1 out of upper dolomite area of Mine #4, ran over rock or edge of roadway, causing cab to rock upwards quickly. Employee hit top of forehead on light attached to cab frame. Cut to forehead requiring 6 stitches. Employee was wearing hardhat and seat belt at the time of the accident.

Employee was operating a Getman scaler. Developed back strain (spasms) during his shift. Requested medical treatment on 10/07 (next day).

MSHA INSPECTOR EXITED DRILL ON LEFT SIDE & ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE DOOR. DOOR DID NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. HE SHUT DOOR AGAIN JUST AS DRILL OPERATOR PLACED LEFT INDEX FINGER IN DOOR LATCH. DOOR CRUSHED FINGER TIP: 2 FRACTURES, 12 STITCHES.

EE WAS OPERATING THE DRILL, A HYDRAULIC LINE BROKE, SPRAYING HYDRALIC FLUID INTO LEFT EYE. EE REC'D 1ST AID ON SITE & WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICALEVALUATION, REC'D MEDICATED EYE DROPS.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING HEADING W/EXPLOSIVES. AS HE PLACED CHARGE/CAP INTO DRILL HOLE, HE DISLODGED ROCK FROM THE FACE OF HEADING. ROCK STRUCK RT. LEG BETWEEN KNEE/ANKLE RESULTING IN 12 SUTURE LA CERATION.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK WHILE TRYING TO MOVE ROCK WHICH WAS BLOCKING DRILL HOLE AT MINE 4 MINOR BACK STRAIN DID NOT GO TO DOC UNTIL 11-30-92

TWO EPL WERE SCALING DOWN ROCK IN MINE 4 FROM BUCKET OF SCALING TRUCK WHEN LARGE ROCK DISLODGED & STRUCK CORNER OF BUCKET. WEIGHT OF ROCK ON BUCKET CAUSED BOOM OF SCALING RIG TO BEND TOWARD GR OUND 10' BEFORE ROCK FELL FREE. BOOM THEN WENT UPWARD WITH GREAT FORCE CAUSING MEN TO BE THRROWN FROM BUCKET.

THEY WER SCALING DOWN ROCK IN MINE 4 FROM BUCKET OF THE SCALING TRUCK WHEN A LARGE ROCK DISLODGED AND STRUCK THE CORNER OF THE BUCKET. THE WEIGHT OF THE ROCK ON THE BUCKET CAUSED THE BOTTOM B OOM OF THE SCALING RIG TO BEND TOWARD THE GROUND BEFORE THE ROCK FELL FREE. THE BOOM THEN WENT UPWARD WITH GREAT FORCE CAUSING THE MEN TO BE THROWN FROM THE BUCKET THE FULL LENGHT OF THEIR SA

EMPLOYEE COULD NOT REMEMBER HURTING HIS BACK BUT THOUGHT IT PROBABLY HAPPENED WHILE PICKING UP ROCKS IN MAIN VENT SHAFT.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON MUCK PILE WHILE SCALING CEILING IN MINE NO 4 PILLAR NO HH20 II20 WHEN A ROCK FELL BEHIND HIM STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM EUCLID AND STEPPED ON A ROCK TURING ANKLE.