J M Huber CorporationMining Incidents in 2001

EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON A SCREW. AS WEIGHT WAS APPLIED TO WRENCH IT SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO CUT UNDERSIDE OF RIGHT FOREARM ON BLADE OF SCREW.

EE WAS ATTENDING TO HIS NORMAL OILER ROUTINE WHICH CONSISTS OF RUNNING A DOZER & DRAGLINE SERVICE & MAINTENANCE, WHEN HE DISCOVERED THAT HIS EYE WAS IRRITATED. HE THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL EYE IRR ITATION & DIDN'T REPORT IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR. HE WENT HOME AT END OF SHIFT & THE EYE BECAME PAINFUL & HE HAD TO GET MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE WEATHER WAS VERY WINDY & HIS SAFETY GLASSES DIDN'T P

WHILE TRIMMING SLOPE OF MINE WALL A LUMP OF HARD DIRT CAME LOOSE UP ABOVE ROLLED DOWN SLOPE HIT EXCAVATOR BUCKET BURSTING WITH A PIECE RICOCHETTING INTO CAB'S WINDSHIELD PARTIALLY STRIKING OPE RATOR CHEST AND HEAD, RESULTING IN HIS HEAD AND CHEST AREA BEING BRUISED.

EMPLOYEE HIT HEAD ON LOW CLEARANCE AUGER. HE WAS WEARING HIS HARD HAT.

EMPLOYEE ARRIVED AT WORK, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND WHILE WALKING TO WORK AREA, WALKED IN SLIPPERY SURFACE ( ALGAE BUILD UP) FALLING AND BREAKING RIGHT LEG.

ATH EMPLOYEE ENTERED DOCK #6 AREA TO LOCATE TRUCK DRIVER TO REPORT PROBLEM WITH HIS TRUCK. WHILEINFORMING THE DRIVER OF THE PROBLEM, A UWI EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF RE-ENTERING THE TRUCK TO COMPLETE UNLOADING THE FINAL TWO PALLETS OF PRODUCT WHEN THE ATH EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT FRONT BY THE TOWMOTOR. NEITHER EMPLOYEE SAW THE OTHER UP TO THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

AFTER DUMPING A LOAD OF ROCK IN HOPPER A ROCK WAS BETWEEN TAILGATE AND BED. THE DRIVER TRIED TO KNOCK THE ROCK OUT. WHEN IT FELL OUT HIS FINGER TOP WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TAILGATE AND BED, BREAKIN G BONE IN TIP OF FINGER.

EE, #17 DRAGLINE OILER WAS WALKING DOWN THE DRAGLINE LEVER - STAND STEPS WHEN HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE ON THE LAST STEP. HE STATED THAT ONLY HIS LEFT HEEL MADE CONTACT WITH THE LAST STEP, CAU SING HIM TO TWIST AND SPRAIN HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REINSTALLING A DISCHARGE ROLL USING A TOW MOTOR TO MANEUVER IT. ANOTHER EE WAS OPERATING ANOTHER TOW MOTOR TO GUIDE AND SUPPORT ROLL. AN ADDITIONAL TOW MOTOR WAS USED TO STABILIZE ROLL. ROLL HIT EE'T TOE MOTOR. IN THE PROCESS,HE PUT HIS HAND UP ON CAGE OF TOW MOTOR AND HIS HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH SHARP EDGE OF ROLL. IT CUT HIS HAND.

EE MISSTEPPED WHILE EXITING PERSONNEL CONFERENCE ROOM, STUMBLED AND FELL ONTO GRATING. EE EXPERIENCED PAIN AROUND RIGHT KNEE AREA, THEN NOTICED A CUT BELOW THE KNEE. (LACERATION REQUIRED 7 SUT URES).

CHEMICAL BURN ON RIGHT FOREARM. INTERIOR OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WAS INADVERTANTLY CONTAMINATED BY CHEMICALS WHICH HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO RUBBER GLOVES. EE PLACED PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ONTO SELF WHI LE WEARING CONTAMINATED GLOVES. WHILE PLACING THE CLOTHING ON, THE INTERIOR OF CLOTHING WAS CONTAMINATED BY THE GLOVES THUS TRANSFERRING THE CHEMICAL TO FOREARM.

EE WENT TO RESET AIR CONDITION UNIT. WHEN HE WAS COMING OUT OF THE AREA OF DUCTWORK THAT HE HAD TO GO THROUGH HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF THE DUCTWORK AND IT LACERATED HIS SKIN. HE HAD 11 SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING WOODEN PALLETS FROM A FLATBED TRUCK. HE TRIPPED OVER A PALLET THAT WAS ON THE GROUND AND FELL BACKWARDS, LANDING ON THE PALLET. HIS LEFT WRIST WAS INJURED RESULTING IN S LIGHT SWELLING AND MINOR PAIN. AN ICE PACK WAS APPLIED TO REDUCE THE SWELLING.HE WENT TO ER THAT NIGHT FOR X-RAYS AND A HAIRLINE FRACTURE WAS DIAGNOSED. HIS ARM WAS PLACED IN A SPLINT.

THIS EMPLOYEE WAS UNDER MEDICAL TREATMENT FROM HIS PERSONAL DOCTOR FOR HEALTH CONDITIONS UNRELATED TO WORK. THE EE CAME TO WORK AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING TRUCKLOAD OF 50 LB BAGS ON PAL LETS INTO A VAN TYPE OVER-THE-ROAD TRUCK. BEFORE LOADING COULD TAKE PLACE THE EE HAD TROUBLE BREATHING. THE EE WAS TAKEN TO THE ER FOR TREATMENT. DR STATEMENT ON REPORT LISTED AS AN ILLNESS.