ASARCO LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability CompanyMining Incidents in 2002

WHILE LOADING RAIL BY HAND ONTO A FLAT CAR, INJURED EE PINCHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN A PIECE OF RAIL & THE FLAT CAR.

WHILE MOUNTING THE JUMBO DRILL, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER. -DIAGNOSED ON 12-31-02 AS ROTATOR CUFF TEAR. -LAST WORK DAYS COM MENCED ON 1/2/03.

WHILE WALKING DOWN SOME STAIRS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FLOTDECK, EE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE STARTED RECEIVING PHYSICAL THEREAPY 12/4/02.

MECHANIC WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING A ROD FROM A KIT ON THE SERIES 4000 ENGINE WHEN IT STUCK - IN THE PROCESS WHEN IT GAVE WAY IT CAUGHT THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE ROD & LINER SLICING OFF THE NAIL & CHPPING THE BONE.

VEHICLE TRANSPORTING EMPLOYEE INTO MINE HIT ROUGH SPOT, JARRING EMPLOYEE. CLAIM DENIED 9/23/02. CLAIM ACCEPTED 1/06/03.

WHILE WELDING A DROP OF MOLTEN METAL SPLATTERED HITTING EE ON RT. LEG, THE METAL ROLLED DOWN THE LEG INTO BOOT BURNING THE ANKLE.

WORKING ON HAUL TRUCK EMPLOYEE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A BOLT. AN INTAKE PIPE SLIPPED OUT OF THE BOOT AND NYLON ROPE, STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK.

WHILE DISMOUNTING THE PERSONNEL BASKET OF THE 504 POWDER GETMAN, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE BASKET FRAME.

EE BACKED TRUCK INTO SHOVEL BUCKET, THE BUCKET SWUNG INTO THE HAUL TRUCK BED JARRING THE EE.

WHILE UNLOADING FORM DUTCHMANS, INJURED EE TRIPPED ON A 4'X 4' PIECE OF TIMBER CAUSING A DUTCHMAN TO FALL OFF & ONTO HIS RIGHT LEG.

THE SECURITY OFFICER INJURED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING A PLASTIC TRAFFIC CONE. THE SECURITY OFFICAL WAS SEATED AT THE TIME OF INJURY.

WHILE TRYING TO PULL THE OUTER AIR CLEANER FROM ONE OF OUR HAUL TRUCKS, EE OVER EXTENDED AND STRAINED HIS GROIN AREA. HE STARTED LOSING TIME APRIL 8, 2002.

WHILE STEPPING DOWN FROM A TAILINGS DAM MANIFOLD BOX, EE FELT A SHARP PAIN ON THE INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE CHANGING BAGS ON THE #2 FILTER, EE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH A FALLING SECTOR AND IN DOING SO CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE FILTER TUB AND A GUARD BRACKET. THIS RESULTED IN INJURY TO BOTH KNEES. EE STARTED LOSING TIME ON FEBRARY 28, 2002.

LOCAL NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD SWITCHER PUSHING 30 EMPTY CARS COLLIDED WITH STRING OF 6 CARS. EE WAS HIT BY TRACKMOBILE, KNOCKING HIM DOWN OUTSIDE OF THE TRACK AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION.

WHILE FLIPPING OVER A SECTION OF A RODMILL GUARDTO DO MORE WELDING, EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RT. SHOULDER.

EE WAS PLACING STAKES IN BLOSTING AREA WHEN HE FELL, LANDING ON HIS WRIST. EE DID NOT BECOME RESTRICTED UNTIL 12-26-2002.

EE WAS LIFTING POWER CABLE WITH A ROPE TO HOOK TO RUBBER TIRE RIG. WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN SHOULDER AREA.

EE WAS USING A 24- INCH PIPE WRENCH TO OPEN A VALVE, HE FELT A POP AT THE BASE OF HIS NECK

EE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE WHILE CHECKING INSIDE RAIL CARS. THIS HAPPENED WHILE CLIMBING ON LADDER OR STEPPING OFF LADDER TO GROUND. EE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN. KNEE HURT AT END OF SHIFT AFTER CHECKI NG/CLEANIN APP 12 CARS.

WHILE PULLING A SET OF 16' WIRE ROPE CABLES, EE STRAINED HIS HIP AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON DUMP WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND SLIPPED, FELT A POP IN LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS STEPPING OFF A LADDER, STEPPED ON A ROCK FELT HIS KNEE POP.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE SHOP, PUSHING A WHEELBARROW, SLIPPED ON SOME OIL OR WATER ON THE FLOOR, LANDED ON FLOOR WHEN KNEE TWISTED. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 5-30-02.

EE STRAINED BACK WHILE REMOVING WIRE SPOOL FROM BACK OF PICK-UP. EE DID NOT BECOME RESTRICTED UNTIL 3/28/02.

EE SLIPPED OFF STAIR PORTION OF #3 SHOVEL FALLING TO THE LANDING.

EE WAS GETTING OFF DOZER WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP AND SLIPPED OFF THE DOZER LANDING ON HIS ELBOW

EE WAS LIFTING A MCELROY FUSING MACHINE FROM THEBED OF A FLATBED PICK-UP TRUCK. WHEN DOING SO HEFELT TENSION IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE STEPPED OUT OF A PORTABLE TOILET AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE ON A ROCK.

WHILE CHANGING RIPPER GUARD-MOVING IT INTO POSITION, DROPPED IT AND CLIPPED EE FINGER

EE HAD BOARDED SHOVEL AND WAS LIFTING THE BOARD ING LADDER. THE LADDER GOT HUNG UP, WHEN HE PULLED ON IT HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK

EE WAS REMOVING AN EXHAUST FLEX PIPE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND A SHAR EDGE CUT HIS FINGER.

BODY MOTION, EE WAS WORKING ON AHAUL TRUCK, HE WAS STANDING ON THE INSDE RIM OF TRUCK, SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. 3 FEET.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE AND HIS PARTNER LIFTED AN EXPANDED METAL GUARD AND WERE TRANSPORTING IT TO ANOTHER AREA. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELT A POP IN HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM RUNG ON LADDER, FELL LANDING ON RIGHT HAND.

WHILE WORKING WITH THE CRANE, A COPPER BAR WEIGHING APPROX 50 LBS, FELL FROM A 3 FOOT ELEVATION AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE WRIST.

EE WAS DISEMBARKING FROM TRACK HOE, STEPPED BACK TOO FAR AND FELL APPROX. 6'.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM VEHICLE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE ON A ROCK. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL 5-4-02.

EE WAS DRIVING A DOZER, IT WENT OVER THE EMBANK-MENT, DOWN ABOUT 300'& ROLLED 100' BEFORE STOPING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EMBANKMENT.

EE WAS INVOLVED IN A TRUCK FIRE, TURBO CAUGHT A FLAME, WHILE TRYING TO DISMOUNT TRUCK BY THE BOARDING LADDER, THE SMOKE WAS TOO MUCH AND EE JUMPED, BYPASSING LAST TWO STEPS.

EE WAS CRAWLING INTO MANLIFT, PUT ONE LEG INTO LIFT WHILE PUSHING TO GET IN TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EE WAS SITTING INSIDE CAB OF TRUCK WAS JARRED BY BUCKET THAT HIT TRUCK BED.

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM DECK OF #7 DRILL WHEN HE FELT HIS ANKLE TWIST.

USING A HOOK BAR TO RETRIEVE A STAINLESS STEEL CATHODE, INJURED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM SIDES OF HIS RIGHT RING FINGER. INJURY OCCURRED WHEN THE HOOK BAR SLIPPED AND INJURED'S FINGER STRUCK A NEAR BY RAILING SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND, TWISTED AND FELL OVER A LOOSE ROCK.

EE WAS CHANGING LIGHT BULBS IN THE COY MINE CHANGEHOUSE WHEN DUST ENTERED THE RIGHT EYE CAUSING SCRATCHES ON THE PUPIL.

EE WAS TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN OUT A BLADE BY HITTING IT WITH A HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED, STRIKING EE ON FOREARM, CUTTING HIS FOREARM POSSIBLY A PIECE IMBEDDED IN ARM, WRIST AREA.

WHILE USING A PRY BAR TO PRY A HOSE OUT OF THE WAY, THE INJURED SUSTAINED A CUT TO THE RIGHT THUMB. INJURY OCCURRED WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED ALLOWING INJURED'S THUMB TO MAKE CONTACT WITH A SHE ET METAL EDGE OF THE DECK TOP DOOR OF AN 834 WHEEL DOZER.

EE WAS INSTALLING A SPLITE-SET BOLT DRIVER ON A JUMBO DRILL-AS HE TIGHTENED THE DRIVER, HIS FINGER BECAME PINCHED.

WHILE PICKING UP A COPPER CATHODE, INJURED LOST HIS BALANCE, CAUSING A LOWER BACK STRAIN. INJURY DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL DOCTOR PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY ON 9-23-02.

WHILE BACKING THE HAUL TRUCK IN FOR THE LOADER TO DROP A BUCKET OF MUCK INTO THE BED, THE BED STRUCK THE LOADER BUCKET JOSTLING THE TRUCK DRIVER. THIS RESULTED IN A CERVICAL AND THORACIC STRA IN. PHYSICAL THERAPY WAS PRESCRIBED.

AFTER OPERATING A DOZER ALL SHIFT, THE INJURED TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HIS BACK HURT. THE ALLEGED INJURY OCCURRED 8/14/02. THERE WAS NO SLIP, TRIP, NOR UNUSUAL EXERTION. STATING HE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING DISCOMFORT, THE INJURED SAW THE DOCTOR ON 10/15/02. THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY, MAKING THE INCIDENT REPORTABLE.

WHILE MOUNTING 32V FORKLIFT, EE'S LOWER LEFT LEG CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT HANDLE. EE RECEIVED PHYSICAL THERAPY STARTING 8-13-02.

WHILE MOVING EQUIPMENT EE STEPPED ON A ROCK LOST FOOTING FALLIN ON LOWER BACK AND LEFT HIP.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING JACKS TO HOLD IN PLACE FORMS. INJURED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LITTLE FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN A JACK AND A FORM.

WHILE MOVING SPILLAGE (ROCK) IN A WHEELBARROW, EE STRAINED HER LOWER BACK.

WHILE GETTING INTO POSITION TO FINISH INSTALLING A BELT ON A CRUSHER SHEAVE, HE SLIPPED AND STRAINED HIS LOWER HIP/BUTLOCKS AREA.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN SHOVELING, WAS TAKING A BREAK, COLLAPSED AND SUSTAINED A DEEP CUT ON HIS LEFT FACIAL CHEEK.

OPERATOR STEPPED OFF D-10 DOZER TO EXAMINE HIS WORK AREA. UNAWARE OF AN OPEN MONITOR WELL, THE OPERATOR'S RIGHT LEG FELL INTO THE WELL HOLE. A ROCK FEL ALONGSIDE HIS LEG, WEDGING THE LEG INTO THE HOLE. MEDICAL OBSERVATION REVEALED A BRUISE ON LEG. INJURED RETURNED TO HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TIMBER FOR GROUND SUPPORT. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO POSITION A 6' BY 8"" BY 12' TIMBER, HE FELT PAIN IN THE MIDDLE BACK.

WHILE PULLING WELDING MACHINE, EE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN SCREEN LOCK OUT BOX AND WELDING MACHINE *****EE DO NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 5-3-02.

INJURED EE WAS HOOKING UP A CONCRETE PUMP TO A FLAT CAR. THE LOCI OPERATOR SIGNALLED THAT HE WAS GOING TO MOVE. INJURED EE DID NOT MOVE HIS HAND IN TIME. HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TRAIN COUPLING S.

WHILE MOVING A SCRAP PIECE, A ""I"" BEAM FELL ON EE'S FINGER.

EE REPORTED HE WAS WALKING WHEN HE STEPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE FALLING TO THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A CAT 980F LOADER. AS HE DESCENDED THE LADDER, HE CAUGHT HIS WEDDING BAND, LACERATING HIS RING FINGER.

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MANTRUCK & IN THE COURSE OF DRIVING BY CRUSHER #1, THE MANTRUCK HIT A BUMP & THIS CAUSED PAIN/DISCOMFORT IN EE'S LOWER BACK. EE REC'D PHYSICAL THERAPY 2/12/2002.

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN LADDER WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE HAMMERING A BUCKET LIP SHROUD A METAL CHIP FLEW FROM SHROUD, PUNCTURING INJURED'S LEFT INNER THIGH.

EE REPORTED HE WAS INSPECTING NORTH SIDE OF #3 DRUM FILTER. EE WAS KNEELING. WHEN HE STOOD UP, HE PINCHED HISFINGER BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND THE ROTATING COUPLING.

EE REPORTED HE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF SCRAP METAL. METAL SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS, PINCHING HIS LT. INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS BLOWING OFF AREA WHERE SAMPLES ARE AND FOREIGN BODY BLEW INTO EYE.

EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BILATERAL STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT HEARING LOSS ON JUNE 7, 2002. THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED, PURSUANT TO 30 CFR, PT 62.75 (B).

EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. INCIDENT BECAME A LOST TIME ON 06/11/2002 WHEN A CONVERSATION WITH DOCTOR RUTZ. INCIDENT WAS NOT RELATED TO A PREVIOUS EMOTIONAL STRESS IN CIDENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO TIE UP A TRANSFORMER TO THE RIB. THE TRANSFORMER SLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT LOWER LEG.