Rio Tinto Kennecott CopperMining Incidents in 2010

Employee slipped/fell on his left arm while dismounting from a track dozer dislocating his left elbow.

While changing thread saver, bar used to pin thread saver was left in place and when starting rig and engaging the PTO the thread saver rotated pinching employee's hand between the bar and the rod gripper cylinder. This resulted in open fracture to employee's right hand.

Operator was position guard, felt slight pain in shoulder resulting in inflamed rotator cuff - Restricted duty

The employee was raising Weld curtains when debris fell into the right eye; they immediately flushed the eye out; they went over to the Guard shack where EMT personnel are staged and they also flushed the eye; the employee was then taken to the nearest Medical facility; they gave him an antibiotic eye drop solution to prevent infection and released him back to Regular duty.

A craftsman was working to remove a haul truck steering accumulator tank with an overhead crane when the rigging came loose, striking the craftsman in the lip causing a laceration injury requiring sutures.

OPERATOR WAS MOVING A WASH WATER HOSE WHEN THE NOZZLE IN HIS RIGHT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS FACE, CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE UPPER LIP REQUIRING 6 SUTURES. THE HOSE WAS NOT ENERGIZED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

Employee was helping to install a cooling flex hose on the #461 haul truck. In doing so he tripped and fell against the access cover hole opening, bruising his chest wall on the left side.