Unimin Minnesota CorporationMining Incidents in 2000

WHILE SERVICING D8 DOZER. AN OLDE BACK INJURY WAS AGGRAVATED.

EXTREME COLD WINDY CONDITION LOWER BACK PAIN WORKING HUNCHED OVER INSTALLING PIPE LINE IN NORTH QUARRY. WENT FOR MED ATTENTION 1/3/01 PLACED ON MODIFIED DUTY

WEATHER: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, WIND, SNOW, SLIPPERY. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF LOADER LADDER LANDING ON LEFT HEEL. BRUISED LEFT HEEL - MIDIFIED DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ""SNAKE"" CONVEYOR INTO BOXCAR TO PREPARE FOR NEXT DAY, WHEN HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT HAND FINGER BETWEEN CONVEYOR & BOXCAR WALL; HE RECEIVED MEDICAL EXAM FOR INJURY ON 8/6/00--M ODIFIED DUTY 8/6/-8/13/00 TO ALLOW TIME TO HEAL.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE STRAP UP ON THE IBC BAGSO THE FORKLIFT COULD GET UNDER IT. HIS FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE STRAP AND THE FORK, RE- SULTING IN A DEEP CUT.

EE DID NOT IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC INCIDENT WHICH CAUSED HIS NECK TO BECOME SORE AND STIFF. HE WAS PEROFRMING HIS REGULAR DUTIES-OPERATING FRONT END LOADER IN QUARRY.

CLIMBED ONTO ROLL CRUSHER HOUSING TO INSPECT FOR PROBLEMS. SLIPPED WHEN STEPPING DOWN - DROPPED 18"".

EE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT THRU BOTH THETIP OF HIS GLOVE & HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER RESULTING IN 5 STITCHES

AFTER CUTTING WEEDS NEAR PIPELINE, EE NOTICED A RASH ON RIGHT ARM. AREA CONTINUED TO ITCH AND RASH PERSISTED. SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION, A CREAM WAS PRESCRIBED FOR THE AFFECTED AREA.

EE BEGAN EXPERIENCING SORENESS IN FOREARMS IN 3/00. ONLY INTERMITTENT SORENESS UNTIL JULY, WHEN SYMPTOMS INCLUDED INCREASED PAIN, NUMBNESS, THROBBING IN FINGERS. SYMPTOMS CONTINUE DURING AND A FTER WORK HOURS. ALSO EXPERIENCING WEAKNESS IN FOREARMS. EVALUATED BY A DR. 7-31. PRESCRIBED AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICINE AND THUMB SPLINT.