O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company)Mining Incidents in 2002

EE WAS WALKING TO HIS CAR, SAID HE WAS WALKING FAST, AND FELL. THERE WAS NO TRIPPING HAZARD, ETC.

EE WAS TESTING A NEWLY INSTALLED LIGHTING CONTACTOR WHEN IT SHORTED OUT CAUSING INJURY TO EE'S EYES.

EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AN ID FAN MOTOR. ONE WAS HOLDING A 2' LONG 4X4 WOODEN POST WHILE KNEELING ON THE FLOOR. ANOTHER WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO ALIGN THE MOTOR WITH THE ID FAN. A 10'X4"" HEAT SHIELD WEIGHING OVER 100 POUNDS FELL FROM THE IMPACT ONTO THE FIRST EMPLOYEE'S LEG.

EE WAS WALKING AROUND CORNER OF SCREENHOUSE AND DUST AND EXHAUST FROM THE BY-PASS STACK CLEAN OUT DOOR BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

EE CROSSED SEVERAL LARGE STONES, APPROX. 2'X2' TO BE INA POSITION TO PULL THE PUMP FOOT VALVE OUT OF THE MUD USING A ROPE. WHEN CROSSING BACK, HE PUT THE ROPE ONTO THE BANK AND SLIPPED ON AN A DJACENT STONE, LACERATING HIS MID RIGHT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT A LOCK OFF OF HIS LOCKER WITH A HACK SAW. THE SAW SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.

EE WAS PUTTING WELDING RODS AWAY AND CUT HIS LT.HAND ON A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS HANGING DOWN BETWEEN SLOTTED WOOD SHELF FROM ABOVE.

WHILE UNLOADING A RAILCAR TRYING TO VIBRATE LIME DOWN THAT THE SHAKER WOULD NOT REACH DECIDED TO PUT WOOD BLOCKS BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE SHAKER, WHILE GETTING THE BLOCKS IN PLACE HE GOT THUMB CAUGHT AND WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED ON THE BLOCK HIS THUMB WAS LACERATED AND MASHED.