The Doe Run CompanyMining Incidents in 2003

AT 10:34 AM THE HOIST ENGINEER SHUT DOWN #34 MAN HOIST FOR ELECTRICAL REPAIRMEN TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON ELECTRICAL RESISTORS. 3 OF APPROX. 80 RESISTORS WERE CHANGED. NO ACCIDENT OR DAMAGE WA S INVOLVED. HOIST ENGINEER REPORTED BY PHONE TO MSHA AT 11:03 AM & AGAIN AT START UP TIME 12:24 PM.

POWER TO AN OBSOLETE MANTRIP SAFETY LIGHT SWITCH SHORTED TO THE IRON HOUSING. THE INSULATION ON THE WIRE CAUGHT FIRE AND THE SHORT CIRCUIT BLEW 250 AMP DEFUSES. THIS RESULTED IN THE BRAKE SETT ING ON HOIST. CAGE HAD 14 EMPLOYEES ON IT. THE BAD WIRES WERE ISOLATED AND FUSES WERE REPLACED AND MEN WERE HOISTED TO SURFACE. POWER DISCONNECTED FROM SOURCE AND FROM SWITCHES AND REMOVED.

HOIST WENT DOWN AT 4:30 PM. CALLED MAINTENANCE & ELECTRICIAN AND THEY FOUND A SLOW DOWN CAM WORN TO THE POINT THAT FLATTENED BRASS WAS STICKING OUT FAR ENOUGH TO CONTACT THE SWITCH WHICH SHUT THE HOIST DOWN. REPAIRS WERE MADE AND HOIST RETURNED TO SERVICE 6:45PM AND MSHA WAS CALLED.

#30 HOIST SHUT DOWN - M.G. LOSS OF POWER AT 6:55P.M. CALLED ELECTRICIANS TO CHECK PROBLEM. SENT SPARE HOISTMAN TO WEST FORK TO START 2ND HOIST. REPLACED 2 RECTIFIER & U.V. RELAY COIL.

#31 HOIST LOST POWER ON DOWN SIDE 8:35 P.M. CALLED ELECTRICIAN IN AT 8:40 PM. AT 9:00 PM CALLED MSHA. AT 9:40 PM CALLED MSHA BACK AND HOIST WAS BACK IN SERVICE. HAD A LOWER CONTACTOR BURNED UP . WE REPLACED IT.

EE WAS IN A MAN-LIFT BASKET PLACING FENCING MATERIAL FOR PILLAR FILL. HE WAS USING HIS RIGHT HAND TO OPERATE CONTROLS WHILE HANDLING FENCE WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HIS RT THUMB WAS RESTING ON TOP O F CONTROL GUARD. AS HE RAISED THE BASKET, HIS RT THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN BROW OF THE BACK SEVERING MOST OF THE LAST JOINT ON RT THUMB. THE BONE FROM TIP OF THUMB WAS SURGICALLY RE-ATTACHED.

EE was coming down the steps to check zinc feed pump when he stepped onto slick floor and lost footing. ee strained left knee and ankle. Employee will have 2 surgeries-1st one on 6-7-04. for the knee and 3 weeks later 2nd surgery on 6-28-04 operation on ankle. est lost time is 3.5 months

EE WAS CHANGING OXYGEN CYLINDER. LIFTED CYLINDER AND STEPPED BACK TO PUT IT ON GROUND AND FLET PULLING IN GROIN MUSCLE TO RIGHT LEG. EE WAS SEEN BY DR ON 10-30-03. EE BEGIN LOOSING TIME ON 11- 4-03.

EE WAS REMOVING FILL PLUG FROM DIFFERENTIAL OF #05-30 HAUL TRUCK. AS PLUG WAS REMOVED, PRESSURE BLEW HOT OIL ONTO EE'S FACE, NECK CHEST AREA, RIGHT ARM & HAND, & LEFT FOREARM. EE REC'D 2ND & 3 RD DEGREE BURNS TO ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS (APPROX 15% OF BODY). EE WAS TRANSFERRED BY AMBULANCE TO PARKLAND HOSPITAL IN FARMINGTON, WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO ST JOHNS HOSPITAL IN ST LOUIS.

EE STATES HE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM LEAD TURNTABLE ONTO TRUCK SCALE. AS THE EE STEPPED DOWN, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY AND WAS THEN SEEN BY DR. ON 7-16-03. FURTHE R TESTING BY SPECIALIST INDICATEDS SURGERY IS REQUIRED. EE IS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON SEPT 4, 2003.

AS EE WAS ASSISTING HIGH SCALING FROM GROVE MAN LIFT, A SECTION OF ROCK FELL ON THE BOOM OF THE RIG EJECTING HIM OUT OF THE BASKET. FALL PROTECTION WAS BEING WORN. THE EE DID SUSTAIN HEAD LACERATIONS REQUIRING 6 SUTURES, MUSCLE STRAIN TO LOWER BACK AND LEFT KNEE, AND CONTUSION TO LEFT THIGH. EE WAS RELEASED FOR WORK ON 5-30-03 BUT HAD SPENT ALL DAY AT THE DR. OFFICE ON 5-29-03

EMPLOYEE WAS USING 12 LB HAMMER TO DRIVE STEEL WEDGES BEHIND LIP OF GRIZZLY WHEN HAMMER GLANCED OFF HITTING HIS LEFT LOWER LEG. SOME IMMEDIATE SWELLING AND REDNESS DID OCCUR, BUT MEDICAL CARE WAS NOT DEEMED NECESSARY. THERE WAS NO MAJOR PROBLEM UNTIL WEDNESDAY APRIL 16, WHEN SWELLING RE-OCCURRED AND SEVERE DISCOLORATION STARTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING OLD TAIL LINES APART. BOLTS WERE RUSTED AND HE WAS USING TWO WRENCHES TO TAKE BOLT AND NUT APART WHEN HE PULLED HIS LEFT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE HAD SHOULDER SURGERY ON 11-11-03 MAKING THIS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

EE WAS FIXING FEED CHAIN, HAND SLIPPED WHILE PULLING CHAIN, HITTING HAND ON FEED RAIL. LACERATION TO RIGHT WRIST REQUIRING 8 STAPLES.

EE WAS DRIVING A STEEL BUSHING IN A TOP LIFT CYLINDER WHEN BUSHING SHATTERED AND A PIECE OF STEEL STRUCK THIS EE IN LEFT FOREARM.

WHILE REPAIRING LIGHTS ON CAT HAUL TRUCK, EE WAS CUTTING INTO AN OLD WIRING SPLICE. AS HE CUT THRU INSULATION WITH KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HAND. LACERATION TO LEFT HAND REQUIRING 4 SUTURE S.

THE EE REPORTED WHILE CARRYING A JUMBO TRAILING CABLE PLUG FROM PIGTAIL EXTENION BACK TO THE PLUG HOLDER ON THE JUMBO DRILL HE TRIPPED ON A ROCKAND FELL TO THE GROUND HE PUT HIS RIGHT HAND DOW N TO BREAK FALL A LACERATION OVER THE FIFTH FINGER KNUCKLE ON THE RIGHT HAND REQUIRING SUTURES RESULTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING MOTOR MOUNT BOLT OF LOADER WHEN SOCKET SLIPPED. HIS BREAKER BAR MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN FRAME AND BREAKER BAR. X-RAYS REVEALED A CHIPPED BONE ON END OF INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS ASSISTING ON THE REPAIR OF A PERSONEL CARRIER. AS A RADIATOR HOSE WAS BEING REMOVED, ANTI FREEZE BLEW INTO THE EE'S EYES CAUSING IRRITATION AND A BURNING SENSATION. AFTER EYES WERE FLUS HED ON SITE, EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL ER AS A PRECAUTION. THE EYES WERE FLUSHED AGAIN & AN ANTI-BIOTIC DROP WAS PRESCRIBED FOR 2-3 DAYS. EE WAS RELEASED FOR WORK.

Using electric shop toilet and employee alleged he was bitten on left hip by insect or spider. ammednment to citation 6232668 as per audit.

EE WAS ASSISTING BLD FENCE FOR PILLAR RECOVERY AREA. WHILE LIFTING A ROLL OF 1/2 INCH CABLE EE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT SHOULDE.R INITIALLY THE EE DIDNOT FEEL THAT MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NECESSAR Y. AFTER A NEW DAYS OF DISCOMFORT AND PAIN, THE EE ASKED TO GO TO THE DR. A SMUCLE STRAIN WAS DIAGNOSED ON 4-9-03 AND AN ANTI INFLAMMATORY AND PAIN INJECTION WAS ADMINSTERED. THE EE WAS RELEA

EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING THE PIPE CUTTER WITH HIS LEFT HAND HOLDING DOWN THE LOCKING HANDLE. WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO PIPE THE HANDLE KICKED UPPUSHING THE HANDLE UP. BACK OF EMPLOYEE'S HAND S TRUCK SHARP EDGE OF ANGLE IRON MOUNTED ABOVE CUTTER. BACK OF HAND RECEIVED PUNCTURE WOUND, REQUIRING 5 SUTURES.

EE fell on ice 15 feet from electric shop door. amendment to report dated 11-13-03. Citation 6232667 as per audit.

EMPLOYEE HAS HAD ONGOING TREATMENT FOR A PAIN & DISCOMFORT FROM AN INCIDENT FROM 10/14/02. AT A SPECIALIST FOLLOW-UP VISIT ON 7/1/03 A NERVE CONDUCTION TEST REVEALED THAT MUCH OF HIS CONTINUIN G PAIN IS THE RESULT OF CTS. SURGERY HAS BEEN RECOMENDED BY THE PHYSICIAN. WE ARE WAITING FOR WORKER'S COMP. APPROVAL BEFORE SURGERY IS SCHEDULED.

THE EE REPORTED HE HAS TINGLING AND NUMBNESS IN BOTH HANDS AND HAS TROUBLE GRIPPING ITEMS OFTEN AWAKES AT NIGHT AND HANDS MAY BE AS IF ASLEEP APPARENTLY FROM PERFORMING WORK ACTIVITIES USING HANDS. LEFT WRIST SURGERY 10-02-03

AT THE START OF SHIFT OTHER EE WAS ASSIGNED TO WORK WITH OTHER EE AND CHARGE EXPLOSIVE., STOPPED AND CHECKED EE AT APPROX. 10:30 AM. HE LAYING OUT CAPS AND GETTING READY TO CHARGE THE LIFTERS AT THAT TIME EE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE IN DISTRESSAT THE TIME. OTHER CHECKED HIM AND FOUND THAT HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND HAD NO PULSE. HE IMMEDIATLEY RETURN TO THE SHOP AREA DN RECRUITED HELP TO G

EE REPORTED WHILE CHANGING A TIRE ON A CATERPILLAR 938 LOADER IN THE UNDERGROUND SHOP, HE WAS PULLING DOWN A BREAKER BAR TO LOOSEN THE WHEEL STUDS. A CO-WORKER ADDED WEIGHT TO THE BAR CAUSING THE EE TO LOSE BALANCE AND FALL ON HIS KNEES RESULTING IN SWELLING OF THE RIGHT KNEE. LOST WORKDAYS BEGAN ON 09-02-03.

EE WAS UNDERGROUND IN AREA A-17 BOTTOM OPERATING DRILL JUMBO NO. 76. WHILE OPERATING THE BOOM CONTROL EYE FROM UNDERNEATH HIS SAFETY GLASSES, EE'S EYE WAS SPRAYED WITH HYDRAULIC OIL. EE EYE WAS FLUSHED SEVERAL TIMES. HE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DR.