All MSHA-reportable accidents at The Doe Run Company operations in 2002. Fatalities appear first.
MAINTENANCE WAS DOING WEEKLY INSPECTION OF BRAKE WEAR LIMIT SWITCH AND UNIT WOULDN'T RESET. ELECTRICIANS WERE CALLED AT 2:40 P.M. AND THEY CHECKED CIRCUITS UNTIL THEY FOUND THE RELAY CONTACT C OIL ON UVM TO MAIN CONTACTOR WAS BURNED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. WORK WAS COMPLETED AT 6:05 P.M. SAME DAY AND MSHA WAS CALLED AND TOLD HOIST WAS BACK IN SERVICE.
ON DAILY HOIST CONVEYANCE INSTPECTION IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE WIRE ROPE HAD SLIPPED ON THE CONVEYANCE ATTACHMENT ABOVE THE NORTH SKIP. MADE NEW ATTACHMENT. CALLED MSHA AT 0815 THAT HOIST WAS D OWN AND MSHA BACK AT 0920 THAT HOIST WAS BACK IN SERVICE.
PRODUCTION HOIST, HOIST SURGING AND DROPPING OUT(OVER CURRENT). REPLACED CARD AOAA2 AND HOIST WORKED PROPERLY. CALLED MSHA THAT HOIST WAS OUT AT 1:27 P.M. CALLED MSHA THAT HOIST WAS RUNNING AGAIN AT 6:00 P.M.
CONNECTION ON COMMUTATING POLE BURNED LOOSE ON DC HOIST MOTOR. CONNECTION WAS REPAIRED. HOIST SWITCHED TO ALTERNATE AC DRIVE WHILE REPAIRS WERE MADE. HOIST WAS SWITCHED BACK TO DC DRIVE AT 2 :30 PM. EXCEPT FOR SWITCH OVER TIME, HOIST WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
HOISTMAN BROUGHT MEN TO SURFACE & STARTED TO LOWER MAN CAGE BACK DOWN THE SHAFT & COULD ONLY RAISE IT. ELECTRICIANS WERE CALLED IN & CHECKED THE LOWER CONTACTOR & FOUND A LOOSE WIRE & REPAIRED IT. MSHA WAS CALLED @ 2:40 A.M. & TOLD HOIST WAS OUT OF SERVICE. AFTER REPAIRS, MSHA WAS CALLED @ 4:40 A.M. & TOLD HOIST WAS BACK IN SERVICE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH ROD MILL MOTOR REPAIR. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN PULLING AND TUGGING AND USING PRY BAR TO POSITION MOTOR. AS THE SHIFT PROGRESSED, THE EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO ACHE IN RIGHT GROIN . AFTER THREE WEEKS OF BEING TREATED FOR GROIN MUSCLE STRAIN, IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A RIGHT INGUINAL HERNIA. SURGERY IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2003.
DRIVER WAS IN TRUCK BED ADJUSTING LOAD WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE, FELL TO GROUND BREAKING ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING LOOSE OFF THE RIB FROM A WORK BACKET WHEN A LARGE ROCK BROKE FREE FROM RIB & FORCED BAR BACK CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE & FALL INTO THE TOP RAIL WITH HIS LEFT SHOULD ER/COLLAR BONE. INJURED WAS TRANSPORTED VIA AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL. X-RAYS REVEALED NO BROKEN BONES AND EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED TO COMPANY DOCTOR. COMPANY DOCTOR PLACED EMPLOYEE OFF WORK ON 11/1
EE WAS HAND SCALING FROM A GROVE HIGH LIFT AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A LARGE SLAB. AS EE APPLIED PRESSURE A SMALL FRAGMENT OF ROCK BROKE ANTHE TIP OF THE MINING BAR CAUSING IT TO BREAK FR EE. EE MOMENTUM CAUSED EE TO RUN HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER INTO THE UPPER GUARD RAIL ON THE BASKETTHUS JAMMING IT. SAME DAY EE WAS TAKEN TO DR.WHERE AN ATTEMPT FINGER. XRAY REVEALED A SML FRAGM
EE WAS DOING CLEAN-UP AND WHILE MOVING A FLOOR STAND, HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER STOMACH. EE WENT TO DR. ON 9-18-02, WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A NAVEL HERNIA.
WHILE GETTING SHOTCRETE SCREEN OFF A STACK, ONE HUNG ON HIS SHIRT. AS HE TURNED TO FREE HIS SHIRT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. ON 8/19 HE UNDERWENT SURGERY TO REPAIR AN ANTERIOR LABRA L TEAR IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER AT WHICH TIME LOST WORKDAYS BEGAN.
THEY WERE REMOVING LINERS IN THE NORTH WEIGH HOPPER IN THE SKIP POCKET. THE EE WELDED AN ANGLE CLIP ON THE #3477702 LINER AND ATTACHED A 2""X 2""ANGLE CLIP BY WELDING IT TO THE CENTER OF THE LI NER. HE THEN ATTACHED A SHACKLE & SLIP NOOSE SLING TO THE CLIP & TO THE 12 TON HOIST. THE HOIST OPERATER APPLIED TENSION TO THE SLING, EE TOOK HOLD OF SLING, WELD BROKE, EE'S ARM WAS JERKED.
DRIVER WAS IN TRUCK BED SHOVELING LOAD AROUND WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TRIED TO CATCH HIS WEIGHT DISLOCATING SHOULDER.
THE EE REPORTED BUMPING HIS LEFT ELBOW ON 6-21-01 ON A HOIST ROPE CLAMP AND OXYGEN BOTTLE ON THE CAGE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DR. THE EE WAS PERIODICALLY TAKEN TO THE DR FOR REOCCURRING PAIN ANS SWELLING. ON 5-24-02, THE EE BUMPED HIS ELBOW AGAIN. AFTER DR EXAMINED THE EE AND RECOMMENDED THE PATIENT TO UNDERGO OUTPATIENT SURGERY BECAUSE OF THE RECURRENT BURSITIS. SURGERY WAS SCHEDUL
THE EE WAS ENTERING THE CAB OF A SCALER WHEN LOOSE FELL ON THE END OF THE EXTENDED BOOM. THE CAB INSTANLY ""BOUNCED"" TWO OR THREE TIMES, THROWING THE EE AGAINST THE ROOF OF THE CAB, AND THEN AP PARENTLY ONTO THE GROUND. THE EE WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL, AND THEN ANOTHER HOSPITAL. HE IS TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO WEEKS OF THERAPY FOR HIS STRAINED BACK, AT WHICH TIME, IT IS HOPEFUL THAT H
EE WAS REMOVING OLD RUSTY FENCE AND BACK PINS FROM SOUTH PUMP STATION BOTTOM LEVEL. WHILE WORKING IN WINDY CONDITIONS, CAUSED BY VENT FANS, FOREIGN BODY WENT IN LEFT EYE. TAKEN TO DOCTOR ON 12 -06-02, NOTHING WAS REMOVED FROM EYE.
EE PLACED INSTRUMENT ON TRI-POD, THEN CARRIED INSTRUMENT AND TRI-POD ABOUT 120 FEET TO SURVEY STATION. IN PROCESS OF SETTING TRI-POD DOWN EE FELT PAIN IN BACK. PHYSICAL THERAPY WILL BEGIN 12-1 0-02.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED WHILE SERVICING THE EQUIPMENT AND TRYING TO KEEP HIS FEET DRY, HE SLIPPED AND FELL CUTTING HIS LEFT FOREARM ON A SHARP ROCK ON THE RIB. EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTED TO SALEM EMER GENCY ROOM FOR A LACERATION TO THE LEFT FOREARM REQUIRING SIX SUTURES.
EE WAS CUTTING A 2 INCH PIPE CLAMP BOLT WITH ANACETYLENE TORCH. WHEN HEAT WAS APPLIED TO BOLT, RUST WAS BLOWN INTO EE LEFT EYE. EE WAS TAKEN TO COMPANY DR ON 8-1-02, TO REMOVE FOREIGN OBJECT. DR APPLIED AN ANTIBIOTIC CREAM ON EYE MAKING THIS A REPORTABLE.
EE WAS HAND MINING IN 82 SOUT STOPE WHEN SMALL PIECE OF LOOSE OR ROCK CAME OVER TOP OF GLASSES LANDING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. EE WAS TAKEN TO COMPANY DR. ON 7-25-02, TO REMOVE FOREIGN OBJECT. DR. A PPLIED ANTIBIOTIC CREAM ON THE EYE MAKING THIS A REPORTABLE INJURY.
EE WAS WORKING FROM THE SECOND RUNG OF A LADDER TO ATTAIN THE ELEVATION NEEDED TO OPERATE A BOULDER DRILL. WHILE TYRING TO BREAK AND DISLODGE THE SCALE AND LIME BUILD UP IN THE LAUNDER, THE DR ILL BROKE THORUGHT THE BUILD UP, AND THE SUDDEN DROP OF THE DRILL CAUSED HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE IN A FRANTIC GRAB TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE, HIS LEFT HAND CONTACTED A RUSTED, SHARP PIECE OF UNI
EE ATTEMPTED TO CONNECT THE FEMALE & MALE PLUGS OF A MILLER PLUG & COULDN'T GET THEM TOGETHER. HE USED A 3 LB. HAMMER TO DRIVE THE LARGE CONNECTIONS TOGETHER. THE HAMMER TWISTED & TURNED HIS LEFT WRIST. HE FELT PAIN IMMEDIATELY THAT RADIATED TO HIS LEFT ELBOW. THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBED A WRIST BRACE.
EE'S WERE IN THE SHOP RE-ASSEMBLING A MICHIGAN LOADER. THEY WERE PUTTING A PIN IN THE TRUNNION, WHEN THE COLLAR ROLLED OUT OF ITS POSITION. AS A REFLEX EE REACHED OUT AND TRIED TO CATCH THE COLLAR. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE COLLAR AND SHOP FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING REMOVING BOOM FROM ST8B AT THE BUICK UNDERGROUND SHOP AREA. EMPLOYEE HAD REMOVED THE ""BOOM TO FRAME"" PIN AND WAS TOSSING THE PIN ON TO THE NED OF THE UNDERGROUND SHOP TRUCK. A CLOTH HAND TOWELL WRAPPED AROUND EE'S RIGHT HAND BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE PIN. THE PIN FELL ON THE EE'S RIGHT HAND, MASHING IT AGAINST THE BED OF THE TRUCK.
THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED WHILE CHANGING A DRILL BIT, A ROCK 16"" BY 24"" BY 2-8"" ROCK FELL APPROX TWELVE FEET FROM A BROW IN THE BACK STRIKING HIM LACERATIONS TO THE LEFT EAR AND RIGHT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES RESULTED. THE EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO HIS REGULAR JOB AT FULL CAPACITY ON 2-25-02,, HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.
EE WAS ASSISTING CHANGING A TIRE ON A JUMBO. AS THE NEW TIRE TO BE MOUNTED STARTED TO FALL, EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK TRYING TO PREVENT THE TIRE/WHEEL FROM FALLING OVER. AFTER THE 3RD DR VISI T ON 5-22-02 FOR THE STRAINED BACK, THE DR PRESCRIBED THERAPY FOR 4 WEEKS. THE EE IS STILL WORKING WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING LINER IN SOUTH SKIP WHEN HE RECEIVED WELDING FLASH TO BOTH EYES. EYE MEDICATION WAS ADMINISTERED. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK ON SAME SCHEDULED SHIFT.
EE REPORTED HE OFTEN HAS NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN BOTH HANDS. A NERVE CONDUCTION TEST WAS PERFORMED AND ON 1-31-2003 THE RESULTS SHOWED EE HAS A MILD TO MODERATE CASE OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME . AT THIS TIME MEDICATION AND WRIST SPLINTS WHILE SLEEPING HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED.
EE ALLEDGED REPETITIVE MOTION WHILE WORKING AS LOAD, HAUL DUMP OPERATOR. EE HAD SURGERY TO REPAIR ON 3-11-03.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WRIST. EMPLOYEE HAD SURGERY TO THE LEFT WRIST ON 9/18/02, AND ON 9/25/02, EMPLOYEE HAD SURGERY TO THE RIGHT WRIST.
ALLEDGED REPETITIVE MOTION FROM WORKING ON VARIOUS U.G. MOBILE EQUIPMENT FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS. CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME CAUSED BY REPETITIVE MOTION. ON 3/26/02, EE REPORTED PAIN AND TINGLING, PLUS NUMBNESS IN HANDS. EE WAS SEEN BY DR. & ON AND AGAIN ON 7-23-02, AT WHICH TIME IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE EE HAVE MEDICINE NERVE DECOMPRESSION SURGERY. HE HAD SURGERY ON 8/21 ON RT. HAND
EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO WORK AT 7:00 AM ON 11/5/02 AND WENT UNDERGROUND. AT APPROXIMATELY 8:25 AM EMPLOYEE WAS BROUGHT TO SURFACE BY UNDERGROUND FOREMAN COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS AND PAIN RUNNIN G DOWN ARMS. AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED AND EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A HEART ATTACK.