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EE WAS MOVING A BARREL OF OIL WITH A BARREL CART. THE BARREL SLID OFF THE FEET OF THE CART & PARTLY TIPPED OVER SO AS TO BE LEANING ON AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 45 DEGREES. HE TOOK HOLD OF THE BARREL & STOOD IT BACK UP. IN DOING SO HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS GROIN. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR WHO TOLD HIM HE HAD A MINOR HERNIA. HE WAS RELEASED FOR LIGHT DUTY.

INJURED AND OTHER EE WERE REPLACING TROUGH ROLLERS ON THE SAG MILL FEED BELT. EE WAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BELT. THEY WERE REMOVING A WORN ROLLER ASSENBLY, THE BELT HAD LIFTED WITH COME-A-LO NG. WHEN THE WORN ROLLER WAS TIPPED OVER INJURED'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER WA CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT ROLLER ASSEMBLY AND THE BELT FRAME WORK.

EE WENT OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO START HIS DAILY CLEAN UP, WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A WATER HOSE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK. ON 8-30-02 THE EE WENT TO A DR, THE DR TOLD EE TO RETURN TO WORK, THE PAIN WAS A SPASM, THE DR DID NOT DO AN EXAMANATION. ON 8-31-02 THE EE RETURNED TO THE DR, THE DR PLACED EE ON LIGHT DUTY FOR ONE WEEK.

EE WAS CHANGING OUT A BALL CHIP DRUM, THE MOTOR ON THE TROLLY WAS NOT WORKING, THIS MADE IT NECCESSARY TO PUSH THE DRUM TO THE END OF THE BOOM BY HAND. AFTER THE DRUM WAS CHANGED SHE STARTED T O WASH SOME PRODUCT SPILL OFF THE FLOOR. SHE WASHED OFF AND ON APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS. AFTER WASHING SHE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HER RIGHT HIP AND SHOULDER. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHICH CAUSED THE PAIN

EE WAS REPAIRING THE CHUTE ON 4896 BELT LINE. WELDING A PLATE ALONG THE BOTTOM OF CHUTE. HE WELDED ONE END OF PLATE TO THE CHUTE, THEN USED A WELD ON CLAMP TO PULL THE GAP OUT OF THE OTHER END . THE WELD HOLDING THE CLAMP BROKE, RELEASING THE GREE END OF THE PLATE FORCING HIS HAND BACK AGAINST THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CHUTE.

DURING SWING SHIFT, EE OVER-EXERTED HIMSELF FOR SEVERAL DAYS BY SHOVELING ROCK & CONCRETE. EE ALSO HAS DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE, WHICH COULD CONTRIBUTE TO HIS BACK PROBLEMS.

NOTICE OF POSSIBLE HEARING STS. A RETEST IS REQUIRED BUT NOT POSSABLE IN THIS CASE. THIS EE HAS DECEASED SINCE THE TIME OF THE TEST AND THE NOTIFICATION.

0N 1/5/02 EE WAS WORKING IN FEEDER BREAKER. APPOROX 10:30AM HE BREATHED IN SOME SMOKE THAT CAME FROM HIS SHOE AFTER HE HAD STEPPED ON A HOT PIECE OF METAL. THE HOT METAL WAS SLAG/SCRAP FROM AN OXYGEN/ACETYLENE CUTTING JOB HE HAD JUST PERFORMED. SUPERVISOR WENT TO PICK UP INJ EE FOR LUNCH ABOUT NOON & SAW THAT EE LOOKED ILL SUPERVISOR ASKED EE IF HE WAS OK: EE ANSWERED IT WAS JUST

EE, A MINE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A USED RIPPER TOOTH FROM A DOZER RIPPER SHANK BY HITTING IT WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. A SMALL SLIVER CAME OFF OF THE RIPPER TOOTH AND HIT THE EE IN THE LT. SHIN AND FOOT CAUSING A LACERATION. THE ATTENDING DR. APPLIED SOME SUTURES TO CLOSE THE CUT.

EE WAS HELPING THE ELECTRICAL DEPT. PULL WIRES THRU A CONDUIT ALONG THE SIDE OF #4894 CONVEYOR BELT. THE WIRES HUNG UP THEN CAME LOOSE. AS THE WIRES CAME LOOSE EE STEPPED BACK TO MAINTAIN HIS BALANCE. EE S FOOT HIT A BELT SUPPORT BEAM ON THE GROUND CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWASRD. THE SUDDEN SLACK INT HE ROPE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE WIRES THAT WERE BEING PULLED THRU THE CONDUIT CAUS

EE WAS CLEANING OUT SOME DIRT FROM UNDER ONE THE METAL PURLIN. AS HE WAS CLEANING, HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CUT BY THE METAL. HE WRAPPED HIS FINGER WITH A RAG AND SOME TAPE AND CONTINUED TO WORK. HIS SUPERVISOR WENT TO CHECK ON HIM ABOUT 1630 AND NOTICED THE BLOOD ON HIS HAND AND ASKED WHAT HE HAD DONE. HE EXPLAINED AND WENT HOME. WHEN HE GOT THERE HE NOTICED HIS FINGER WAS STILL

EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF A FEEDER BREAKER WHEN HIS KNEE GAVE AWAY CAUSING PAIN IN THE BACK OF HIS KNEE.

AT THE END OF THE WORK SHIFT EE BEGAN TO CLEAN THE DIRT & SWEAT OFF OF HIS FACE WITH A RAG HE HAD PICKED UP IN THE RAG BOX. THERE MUST HAVE BEENSOMETHING ON THE RAG BECAUSE HE SCRATCHED HIS LE FT EYE. THE NEXT DAY HIS EYE WAS IRRITATED & HE WENT TO THE E.R. & GOT MEDICINE FOR HIS EYE.

AS EE WAS WASHING A PHILLIPS BEAKER LIP CRACKED AND CUT TOP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER AT TIME OF OCCURRENCE SHE WAS WEARING A LATEX GLOVE. EE RMSED CUT WITH WATER, DRIED WITH PAPER TOWEL AND SUPER VISOR APPLIED TWO BANDAIDS.

EE WAS WASHING DOWN THE DRAIN/SIDEWALK ON THE SLOUTH SIDE OF THE MILL BUILDING. BUILDUP WAS HEAVY AND NEEDED LOTS OF WATER. EE WAS GOING TO SET THE HOSE ON THE GROUND AND LET IT FLOW. AS HE BE NT OVER HE FELT A "POP" IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE COULD NOT BEND OVER. WAS TAKEN TO AVMC WHERE HE WAS SEEN BY DR. LIGHT DUTY

EE WAS HELPING START EQUIPMENT FOR THE MINE OPERATION. HE HAD STARTED UNIT AND AS HE WAS EXITING THE CAB HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE HOOD HANDRAIL AND STEPPING DOWN FROM FENDER ONTO THE TRACK S. THE TRACKS HAD SOME ICE BUILDUP FROM THE RAIN THE NIGHT BEFORE. WHEN EE STEPPED ONTO THE TRACKS HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL. AS HE WAS FALLING HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF BY PUTTING HIS HAN

E IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING OUT A 55 GAL OF USED GRINDING BALLS AT THE SAG MILL. AS HE WAS PULLING ON THE DRUM TAG LINE TO MOVE THE BALLS(THE DRUM WAS SUSPENDED BY AN OVERHEAD CRANE), HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT FOOT FOLLOWED BY PAIN. TAKEN TO ER WHERE X-RAYS WERE TAKEN. X-RAYS CONFIRMED A BREAK HAD OCCRRED IN METATARSAL BONE IN HIS LEFT FOOT. FITTED W/WALKING CAST & RESTRICTED DUTY

EE WAS INJURED WHEN A SLIVER OF METAL RICOCHETED OFF OF THE BUSHING HE WAS REMOVING AND STRUCK YHIM IN THE LEFT CHEEK.

EE HAD TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE WAS HAVING PAIN IN HIS CHEST AND RIGHT SHOULDER, AND HAD TINGLING SENSSATION IN BOTH OF HIS HANDS AND FINGERS. EE ALSO TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING THE TINGLING IN HIS FINGERS FOR TWO DAYS. HE TOOK HIM THE THE ER TO BE CHECKED. HE TOLD THE DT THAT HE HAD 5 BROTHERS THAT HAVE HAD HEART DISEASE. ER DR TO EE THAT HE WAS GOING TO ADMIT HIM

EE AND COWRKER WERE WORKING ON THE D50K DRILLINSTALLING THE MAST RAISE CYLINDERS. EE HAD WELDED TWO PIN BOSSES IN PLACE FOR THE LET LOWER CYLINDER PINHOLE. WHEN THEY TRIED TO INSTALL THE CYLIN DER THEY REALIZED THAT ONE OF THE WELDED BOSSES WAS NOT IN ALIGNMENT. EE STARTED TO CUT IT OFF THE A TORCH TO REPOSITION THE BOSS. WHILE EE WAS CUTTING, THE TORCH CAME ACROSS SOME GREASE, WHI