Imerys Marble IncMining Incidents in 2009

EE was making a delivery to the truck shop. When he stepped down from the cab of the truck, his foot turned under him twisting his ankle.

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 walking behind a forklift, as the forklift was backing up. Left rear wheel of lift partially ran over the employee's left heel. Back up alarm on lift was working at time of injury. Injured employee was taken to ER for evaluation and released back to work.

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.

Employee wiped face and rubbed unidentified foreign object into right eye. Treated by company doctor as well as eye specialist.

Employee was stacking bags off conveyor to pallet. Co-worker missed a bag, so injured employee tried to catch it and twisted his back.

Employee was walking up stairs near lime screen building, felt and heard pop in left knee as he put weight on left leg.

Employee was cleaning out a hopper at the end of his shift. His back felt tired, he went home and later that night his back began to hurt. Two days later he went to the local ER for treatment.