Newmont USA LimitedMining Incidents in 2003

ON 10-28-03 AT APPROX. 3:30 PM A GROUND FALL OCCURED AT THE 415 WB-10 GOING ABOVE GROUND SUPPORT. WE WERE BACKFILLING IN THE HEADING AT THE TIME. APPROX. 50 TONS FELL, AND AT THE BACK OF THE F ALL SOME OF THE BOLTS WERE STILL ANCHORED.

While walking on a leachpad liner, employee slipped and his feet went out from under him. He landed on the back of his head and back. This incident occured on 12/02/03. He was taken off the job on 05/21/04 for physical therapy and rehabilitation with the possibility of corrective surgery.

CREW WAS POURING CONCRETE LINER IN PRODUCTION SHAFT WHEN THE INJURED PARTY CLIMBED FROM THE BOTTOM DECK TO THE #2 DECK, APPROX. 15' TO RE-ALIGN THE SLICK LINE, HE PULLED LINE BACK INTO ALIGNME NT, HIS HANDS SLIPPED OFF THE LINE AND HE LOST HHI BALANCE, FALLING BACK DOWN THE LADDER WAY, LANDING ON THE LOWER DECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A RAMP WITH A DOZER. THE DOZER BLADE CORNER CAUGHT THE HIGHWALL CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AT THAT TIME.

While removing a bed pin on a haul truck, struck the pin with a hammer and the pin flew out unexpectedly. Employee attempted to deflect the pin so that it would not strike him or his partner. In doing so resulted in a shoulder strain. This injury occured on 11/02/03, but was taken off work for surgery on 05/25/04.

WHILE OPERATING A DRILL PRESS & WIPING THE CUTTINGS FROM THE PLATE HE WAS DRILLING, THE BACK OF HIS GLOVE BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE DRILL BIT. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THIS REQUIRED 13 SUTURES.

WHILE WALKING TO THE HOT CHANGE VAN, EE STEPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE SIDE WALK, TWISTING HER ANKLE. X-RAYS REVEALED A VERY SMALL FRACTURE ON THE NON-WEIGHT BEARING BONE OF THE RIGHT ANKLE.

CLIMBED STEPS ONTO LOADER, SLIPPED CATCHING RIBSON LADDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH HE DROVE THE ROAD TRAIN INTO A HAUL ROAD BERM. HE SUFFERED A BACK STRAIN AND VERTABRAE FRACTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ROLLS OF WIRE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND IT CAUSED LOST WORK DAYS.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER ON A HAUL TRUCK, WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE JOB FOR ORTHOSCOPIC SURGERY.

EE STOOD UP FROM A SQUATTING POSITION WHILE STANDING ON AN INCLINE WHEN SHE FELT A SHARP PAIN INHER LOWER BACK. EE IS CURRENTLY OFF WORK.

EE STEPPED UP 6-12"" ONTO THE CONTAINMENT CURB AT THE BOOSTER PUMP HOUSE TO OBSERVE PUMP AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HE TURNED HIS ANKLE. EE IS CURRENTLY OFF WORK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A SIDE WALK AND FAILED TO SEE A FOUR INCH STEP. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE STEP, HE FELL TO THE GROUND, SEVERELY SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

ON 3/29/03 EE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. ON 6/19/03 HE HAD KNEE SURGERY TO FIX HIS LEFT KNEE WHICH WILL RESULT IN LOST WORK DAYS.

EE WAS LIFTING 10 LB SAMPLE BAG WHEN SHE FELT PAIN IN HER BACK. EE WAS UNDER DR. CARE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT SO ER DR. INSTRUCTED HER TO FOLLOW-UP WITH HER REGULAR DOCTOR, WHICH SHE DID O N APRIL 3. HER DOCTOR DETERMINED IT WAS A NEW INCIDENT NOT RELATED TO THE PREVIOUS INJURY. EE IS CURRENTLY OFF WORK.

THE MINER RECEIVED A COMPRESSION FRACTURE IN HIS BACK & A BROKEN FOOT WHEN THE BOLTER HE WAS OPERATING WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF CEMENTED BACKFILL.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE PERSONNEL CARRIER AND HE TRIPPED AND BROKE HIS ARM.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND FRACTURED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

THE EE WAS LIFTING A LABEL MAKER AND HEARD HIS WRIST POP. ON JULY 28TH, SURGERY WAS DONE FOR TENDON REPAIRS.

WHILE SPLITTING SAMPLES, EE WAS DUMPING THE REJECT SAMPLES (2-5 LBS.) INTO THE REJECT BIN WHEN SHE HEARD A POP AND LATER FELT PAIN IN HER LEFT TRICEP AREA.

WHEN REMOVING FROMS FROM A WALL, HIS POSITION CHAIN SLIPPED & CAUSED HIS ELBOW TO STRIKE CONCRETE WALL. REP'D ACCIDENT TO SUPERVISOR 3/25 REQUESTED TO SEE A DR. XRAYS SHOWDED NO PROBLEMS DR CONCLUDED FORM OF CARPAL TUNNEL. ISSUED FULL WORK RELEASE RECOMMENDED NO REPETITIVE MOVE WITHARM. 3/14 EE SAW DR. NOT RELEASED FOR WORK

WHILE TURNING ON A HIGH PRESSURE WATER CANNON THE CANNON BECAME DISLODGED FROM THE STAND PIPE STRIKING EE ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER & NECK. THE INJURY RESULTED IN ONE DAY LOST TIME AND IS CURREN TLY ON LIGHT DUTY. XRAY WERE NEGATIVE FRACTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF A DRILL AND HE SLIPPED AND GRABBED THE CHAIN LINK WIRE ON THE RIB AND A WIRE WENT THROUGH HIS THUMB. IT REQUIRED REMOVAL OF THE WIRE & STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 20 LITER JUG AND FELT A PAIN IN HER BACK. SHE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 11/9/03 AND WAS GIVEN RESTRICTED DUTY FOR THREE DAYS.

IN THE PROCESS OF ASSISTING IN THE REMOVAL OF TEETH FROM A USED LOADER BUCKET, A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF EMBEDDING IN EE S LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING SAG MILL FOR LINER CHANGE, WHEN A 4"" STEEL BALL FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON FOREARM.

AT THE END OF SHIFT ON 9/30 THE EMPLOYEE NOTICED A SMALL SORE ON HIS FINGER. HE REPORTED IT THE NEXT DAY AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR. HE WAS TREATED FOR A SUSPECTED SPIDER BITE AND RELEASED. O N 10/7 HE WAS SENT FOR A FOLLOW-UP VISIT AND THE SORE HAD BECOME INFECTED. ON 10/14 HE WAS SEEN AND GIVEN A FULLY DUTY RELEASE.

EE WAS LIFTING ROLLS OF DRIPPER TUBE INTO THE BACK OF A PICK-UP. HE NOTICED SOME PAIN IN HIS BACK.

THE EE WAS FEEDING THE HOPPER WITH A LOADER. THE BUCKET ON THE LOADER WAS CAUGHT ON THE HOPPER GRATING CAUSING THE LOADER TO STOP. THE STOP FORCED THE OPERATOR FORWARD AND THE EE'S KNEE HIT TH E STEERING COLUMN OF THE LOADER.

INDIVIDUAL LIFTED A PIECE OF STEEL AND HEARD HIS LOWER BACK POP. HE WORKED THE REMAINDER OF HIS SHIFT AND FELT OK. THE NEXT DUNDAY HE CONTACTED ME AND ASK TO BE TAKEN TO DR. HE WAS EXAMINED AN D DESIGNATED WITH A STRAINED LOWER BAKC AND GIVEN MEDIUM DUTY. HE WENT BACK TO SPECIALIST 9-26-03 AND WAS GIVEN EXTREMELY LIGHT DUTY AND WE WERE UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE AND WE LET HIM GO.

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO GET SOME EQUIPMENT OUT OF A MUCKER BUCKET AT THE SAME TIME THE OPERATOR WAS ROLLING THE BUCKET DOWN. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD HIS FOOT UNDER THE BUCKET LIP AND THE MUCKER BUCKET LANDED ON HIS FOOT.

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH LINER CHANGE IN MILL. HE NOTICED LINER WAS OUT OF POSITION ON TROLLEY. WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REALIGN THE LINER, HE LOST HIS BALANCE, FALLING APPROX. 10'.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTACHING A ROTARY BIT TO HIS DRILL. HE TWISTED HIS BODY TO REACH FOR THE BIT ON THE WINCH CABLE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR AND PLACED ON RESTRICT IVE DUTY.

WHILE REPAIRING TRIP TUBE ON PAD, EE STEPPED ON A ROCK. HE PULLED A MUSCLE WHEN HE TRIED TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM FALLING.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AND LIFTING BAGS OF SAND BLASTING MATERIAL AND FELT SORENESS IN HIS BACK.

WITH THE AID OF ANOTHER EE, EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR BLOCKAGE FROM HOSE WATER LINE. AS HE DISCONNECTED THE CHICAGO HOSE FITTING, THE LINE DISCHARGED SLUDGE AND AIR ON THE EE'S ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOWING ANOTHER EE HOW THE NEW GREASE WHEEL WORKS THAT IS LOCATED IN THE LUBE ROOM OF THE SHOVEL. THE BALL VALVE THAT SHUTS OFF THE HOSE REEL HAD PRESSURE AND THE HOSE REEL BLEW A PART CAUSING GREASE TO SHOOT OUT HITTING THE EE IN THE FACE, NECK AND TORSO.

AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS BEING LOADED, A LARGE ROCK HIDDEN IN THE FIRST BUCKET LANDED IN THE TRUCK. WITHOUT BEDDING, THE TRUCK WAS JOLTED CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD TO SHATTER AND HIS BACK TO STRAIN.

EE STEPPED BACKWARDS INTO A POT-HOLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING REGULAR DUTIES IN THE SHOP WHEN HE NOTICED AN IRRITATION IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT 8:00 PM THAT EVENING AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CORNEA ABRASIONS , WITH OUT A FOREIGN OBJECT. HE WAS PLACED ON ONE DAY LIGHT DUTY AND RECEIVED A FULL DUTY RELEASE ON EVENING OF AUGUST 1ST.

AS THE EE WAS SETTING THE PARKING BRAKE, SHE PUSHED DOWN WITH BOTH HANDS AND FELT A TINGE TRAVEL ACROSS HER LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AS PICKUP DROVE OFF AND HIS RIGHT KNEE AND LOWER LEG WAS HIT BY A TOOLBOX UNDER THE FLATBED.

REMOVING ROCKS OUT OF FEDDER TO CLEAN. ONE ROLLED OVER ON FINGER.

EMPLOYEE HAD PRIMED PUMP ON HOTSY, ACTIVATED WAND TO ENSURE PROPER OPERATION AND HANDED WAND TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. WHEN EMPLOYEE GRABBED WAND HE DID SO CAUSING WAND TO PRESSURIZE. HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL WAND AND THE WATER SHOT ACROSS ORIGINAL EMPLOYEE'S FACE.

WHILE WASHING DOWN CONTAIMENT AREA, EE MOVED A SECTION OF 4 INCH DRISCOLL PIPE AND WHEN HE SET IT DOWN HE SMASHED HIS FINGER. EE RECEIVED SEVERAL SUTURES AND WAS GIVEN RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS DESENDING ON WET STEPS, SLIPPED AND IN PROCESS OF CATCHING HIMSELF FROM FALLING, STRAINED HIS BACK. HE WAS TREATED AND GIVEN FULL DUTY RELEASE. DUE TO CONTINUED PAIN, EE HAD FOLLOW UP T REATMENT ON 11-24-03. WHICH INCLUDED A PROCEDURE WHICH MADE HIS INJURY REPORTABLE AT THAT TIME.

EE WAS BENT OVER REMOVING BOLTS FROM A PUMP WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK. HE WAS SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN AND RELEASED LIGHT DUTY NEXT SHIFT.

EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING WHEN HE DROVE INTO A TIRE RUT CAUSING THE MUCKER TO HIT THE RIB AND BREAK THE RIBS OFF STRIKING THE OPERATOR.

THE EE WAS USING A 4-WHLR TO PULL DRIP TUBE DOWN THE FACE OF LEACH PAD. WHILE CROSSING A SUPPLY LINE TO ACCESS THE SLP AREA, THE 4 WHLR HIGH CENTERED ON THE PIPE AND TURNED AT AN ANGLE AND BEG AN TO ROLL. THE EE JUMPED FROM THE 4 WHLR, TWISTING HIS ANKLE. HE WAS TREATED AND PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS DRAINING BARRENT TANK AT MILL AND THE VALVE SEEMED TO BE STUCK. THE EE WORKED ON VALVE TO LOOSEN IT AND WHEN IT DID BECOME LOOSE AND TURN HIS HAND AND ARM WERE IN THE WRONG POSITION AND THE FORCE TWISTED HIS WRIST. HE WAS TREATED ANDPLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE OPENED A TOOL CABINET TO RETURN A PORTABLE GRINDER AND A 2-3"" SOCKET FELL FROM CABINET STRIKING FOOT JUST BEYIND THE BOOT'S STEEL TOE. EE WAS GIVEN 1 DAY OF RESTRICTED DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING HIS LOAD AND WHILE PULLING AWAY TO CLEAR THE LOAD, THE FRONT END OF THE EE'S HAUL TRUCK RAISED OFF THE GROUND AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN, JARRING THE EMPLOYEE.

WHILE ENROUTE TO A HEADING, EE TRIPPED AND TWISTED HER ANKLE.

WHILE WORKING ON INSIDE FLAT TIRE FOR HAUL TRUCKEE'S THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN LOCK RING AND GROUND.

EE WAS GETTING OFF A WATER TRUCK AND SLIPPED, TWISTING HIS ANKLE. THIS RESULTED IN RESTRICTED WORK DAYS.

EE TOOK A STEP OFF A JUMBO DRILL AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

WHILE HOLDING PLATE WITH AIR BELLOWS ON IT AS ANOTHER EE WAS CENTER PUNCHING HOLES, THE PLATE BOUNCED AND THE BELLOWS PINCHED THE EE'S FINGER.

WHILE REMOVING CONTROL BOX, THE BOX DROPPED PINCHING RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

EE WAS REACHING DOWN TO PICK UP A PIECE OF SCRAP METAL & HAD PLACED HIS RT. HAND ON THE TABLE HE WAS WORKING FROM WHEN IT SLIPPED. AS IT SLID ACROSS A PIECE OF METAL ON THE TABLE IT CUT HIS FI NGER. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS SOUGHT & SUTURES WERE PLACED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EMPLOYEE GOT HIS FINGER PINCHED IN A JACKLEG CHUCK TENDER AND REQUIRED STITCHES.

WHILE SWINGING HAMMER, EE SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE LIFT ARMS. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING THREE SUTURES.

EE OPERATING LOADER L-21, LEANING FORWARD TO SEE AROUND CORNER HE WAS TURNING INTO. RAN LOADER BUCKET INTO RIB CAUSING EE TO STRIKE CHIN ON METAL OPERATORS COMPARTMENT. EE CHIPPED ONE FRONT TO OTH AND CUT CHIN BELOW LIP REQUIRING ON STITCH.

WHILE LOOSENING FILL PLUG ON AN AIR COMPRESSOR, THE EE'S RT. THUMB WENT ACROSS A SHARP PIECE OF METAL ON THE COMPRESSOR HOUSING CUTTING IT. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS SOUGHT & THE LACERATION REQUIR ED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TREATED ON THE BORE-TECH WELDING MACHINE AND RECEIVED FLASH BURNS DUE TO IMPROPER EYE PROTECTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS WITH A HAMMER WRENCH AND STRUCK FINGER WITH A 3 LB HAMMER.

EE WAS SPLASHED WITH MILK OF LIME WHEN THE DRAIN LINE BURPED AS SHE WAS WALKING TOWARDS IT. EE WAS WEARING HER PRESCRIPTION GLASSES AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURANCE, HOWEVER SHE DID GET SOME UNDER THE GLASSES. SHE WAS SEEN AT A MEDICAL FACILITY AND WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR A CORNEAL ABRASION.

WHILE REMOVING PLOW FROM HEEL PLATES ON DOZER, THE TOOLS SLIPPED. WHILE STILL HOLDING THE BOLT, EE TRIED TO GRAB THE TOOL AND CUT HIS FINGER ON EDGE BOLT HEAD.

EE WAS HOLDING PIPE AS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING THE U-BOLT. WHEN THE PIPE CUT LOOSE, IT CAUSED INJURED EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND THE PIPE HIT HIM IN THE HANDS.

EE WAS USING A RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT OUT AN OLD LINER. HIS FEET SLIPPED AND WHEN HE WENT TO GRAB A TIE OFF ROPE HE GRABBED THE BLADE OF THE KNIFE. THIS CAUSED A CUT THAT REQUIRED 4 SUTURES.

EE WAS USING A HAND HELD GRINDER AND FELT AN OBJECT GO INTO HIS EYE. HE FLUSHED OUT HIS EYE AND SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. NO FOREIGN OBJECT WAS FOUND IN THE EYE. BUT THE EYE WAS SCRATCHED. HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION.

WHILE OPERATING A HAND HELD GRINDER, EE GOT A FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS RT. EYE. HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR ANTIBIOTICS.

EE WAS WORKING OFF A LADDER USING FALL PROTECTION. HE OVEREXTENDED HIMSELF AND FELL. THE LANYARDSWUNG HIM BACK INTO THE EQUIPMENT HE WAS WORKINGON RESULTING IN A FRACTURED RIB. INJURY OCCURED ON 7/5/03. MEDICAL TREATMENT & DIAGNOSIS 7/14/03

EMPLOYEE NOTICED ""SMOKE"" COMING FROM HOUSING ON SHOVEL. EMPLOYEE ACTIVATED THE FIRE SUPPRESSANT SYSTEM IN THE CAB WHICH FOLLED THE CAB CATCHING EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE AND EYES WITH THE MATERIAL. HE WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION, NO INJURY NOTED, AND RELEASED. DUE TO CONTINUED IRRITATION HE REQUESTED A FOLLOW UP VISIT ON 7/23/03 AND MIEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED AT THAT TIME. THE 'SMOK

EE WAS DISMANTLING GANG FORMS. HE WAS HOLDING 1 END OF A FORM WHILE CO-WORKER DISCONNECTED THE FORM DROPPED ONE FOOT TO THE GROUND. EE WAS HOLDING THE OTHER END OF FORM AND HIS BACK TWISTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A ROLL OF WIRE AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT WRIST. ON 10/21/03 THE INJURY WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM SO HE WENT TO A DOCTOR WHO PUT A CAST ON HIS WRIST TO STABILIZE IT.

GETTING OUT OF PASSENGER SEAT IN CREW VAN FEET BECAMCE ENTANGLED IN SEAT. FELL OUT OF VAN INJURY TO R KNEE

EE WAS OPERATING A LOADER WHEN A PIECE OF WIRE CUT HIS FACE REQUIRING STITCHES.

EE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN A MILL BAR AND THE FRAME WORK OF A DART VALVE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE FROZEN DART VALVE. EE RECEIVED SEVERAL SUTURES TO REPAIR THE LACERATION.

WHILE CHANGING A SHOCK ABSORBER ON A CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY SCRAPER, EE SMASHED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WHEN HIS WRENCH SLIPPED.

EE WAS GRINDING A 1/2"" BY 1 1/2"" BOLT OFF OF A RUBBER LINED TANK. THE GRINDER CONTACTED THE TOP OF THE TANK CAUSING A KICKBACK, STRIKING THE EE ON THE LEFT WRIST.

SOMETIME DURING THE SHIFT, WHILE THE EE WAS GRINDING , A SMALL PIECE OF METAL GOT LODGED IN THE PUPIL OF HIS RIGHT EYE. OPTOMETRIST REMOVED THE OBJECT AND GROUND AWAY THE RUST RING.

EE WAS PUTTING SPARE DRIVE SHAFT ON SHELF IN DOGHOUSE. SHAFT HIT SHELF, AND PINCHED FINGER AGAINST THE SHELF.

EE HAD TURNED THE ROUTER DOWN TO ADJUST THE BLADE DEPTH WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE ON/OFF TOGGLE SWITCH, TURNED THE ROUTER ON. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION ON THE OUTSIDE OF HIS RIGHT LITTLE FI NGER AND A HALF MOON LACERATION ON THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE STUMBLED AND STRUCK HIS CHIN ON THE STAIRWAY HANDRAIL WHEN HE MISJUDGED THE FIRST STEP THROUGH HIS BIFOCAL GLASSES. HE WILL HAVE A CAPPLACED ON HIS TOOTH ON 5-9-03 TO REPAIR DAMAGE C AUSED IN THE INCIDENT.

EE'E EYE STARTED TO BOTHER HIM DURING SHIFT. WHEN HE WAS TAKEN TO THE ER DIRT WAS REMOVED FROM HIS EYE.

WHILE DIGGING INTO HARD TOE, HE HIT A HARD SPOT CAUSING THE LOADER TO JAR. THIS CAUSED HIM TO CLENCH HIS TEETH TOGETHER AND CHIP HIS FRONT TOOTH.

WHEN EE WOKE UP ON THE MORNING OF 3/24/03, HE NOTICED DISCOMFORT IN HIS RT. EYE. HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION, WHICH WAS THEN DIAGNOSED AS AN ARC BURN OF HIS RT. EYE. A PRESCRIPTION FOR ANTI BIOTICS WAS GIVEN.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING A DOZER WHEN HE HOOKED THE TOE OF HIS BOOT AND FELL TO THE GROUND. WHEN HE FELL HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS RT. ARM, WHICH CAUSED A CHIP FRACTURE TO HIS WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BED PINS AND PIN BORES WITH BUFFING WHEEL. HE WAS USING DUAL PROTECTION, GLASSES AND FACE SHIELD. APPROX. ONE HOUR AFTER TASK COMPLETED, EMPLOYEE FELT SOME IRRITATION. HE WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION - NO MATERIAL IN EYE WAS FOUND NOR WAS THERE ANY SCRATCHING BUT A PRESCRIPTION WAS GIVEN TO EMPLOYEE.

WHILE GETTING CORE OUT OF TUBE, THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO SLIP. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND.

EE NOTICED VENTILATION LOUVER ON HIS HAUL TRUCK WAS MISSING AND THOUGHT IT FELL BACK INTO THE DASHBOARD. HE REACHED HIS HAND IN TO LOOK FOR THE LOUVER AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE FAN. HE RECE IVED FIVE SUTURES.

WHILE SHOWING SKIP SEPARATION IN LEFT OUTSIDE REAR TIRE, HE TRIPPED OVER CHOCK BLOCK, HITTING RIGHT LOWER LEG.

EE WAS MAKING AN ANTENNA COVER OUT OF PVC WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING THE PALM OF HER HAND.

EE WAS HAMMERING IN A SURVEY STAKE WHEN THE TOP OF THE STAKE SHATTERED DUE TO A KNOT. WHEN THE STAKE SHATTERED, THE HAMMER MADE CONTACT WITH HER LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED T HREE SUTURES.

WHILE REMOVING PUMP AT MIDWAY FUEL ISLAND, EE CUT HIS THUMB ON METAL COVER THAT GOES OVER THE PUMP SHAFT.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED KNEE WAS SORE AND HURT. POSSIBLE IRRITATION OF AN ARTHRITIC CONDITION.

EE REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR THAT HE WAS ILL AND HAD VOMITED.

THE EMPLOYEE STARTED FEELING ILL WHILE HANGING VENT BAG. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 5/22/03 AND MISSED WORK DUE TO HIS ILLNESS.

WHILE LOADING A ROUND THE MINER BECAME DIZZY AND STARTED TO WALK OUT OF THE HEADING. THE EE WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL FOR A HEAT RELATED ILLNESS.

EE WAS INSTALLING DAGGERS IN THE BACK WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE WIRE HITTING HIM ON THE FACE.

WHILE TURNING TO THE RIGHT EMPLOYEE HAD HIS RIGHT FOOT PLANTED CAUSING HIS RIGHT ANKLE TO TWIST.

WHILE DOING HIS NORMAL TASK AS A WELDER, HE FELTAN IRRITATION TO RIGHT EYE. A RUST RING WAS FOUND AND GROUND OUT. HE WAS ALSO ISSUED A PRESCIPTION OF ANTI-BIOTICS.''

EE WAS CUTTING OUT WEAR PLATE WHICH HAD DIRT BEHIND IT & WHEN HE FINISHED MAKING THE CUT THE PLATE POPPED OFF AND SOME SLAG FLEW UNDER FACE SHIELD HITTING TOOTH.

WHILE DISMOUNTING TD 753, HE STEPPED OFF A LADDER ONTO A ROUND ROCK, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE HA LOADED A DRILL ON THE HEAVYHAULER. HE WAS DISMOUNTING DRILL THINKING THERE WS ANOTHER RUNG ON THE LADDER, MISSTEPPED AND FELL.