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Employee was installing bolts in discharge lifter of SAG mill. A 5" ball became dislodge from above the employee's position. The ball struck the employee's hand when it fell, pinning the hand between the ball and the liner his hand was resting on. Two of the employee's fingers were fractured.

After an employee had punctured an aerosol can in the disposal bin, they noticed a flame and as they attempted to put the cap back on the entire lid came off straining his arm.

Employee was struck in the right eyebrow by an unsecured bar on the moly press.

An Employee twisted their knee as they were lifting up a guard. Originally the employee was released for full duty, but after seeing another physician they were given restricted duty for 11/4/14.

Employee hurt his back as he was lowering a blind-panel on the #2 sag.

Lifting a trash bag over his head to throw into a dumpster and heard cracking and popping in upper arm (right shoulder)

Air powered slurry flew into eye

Moving a piece of a metal sheet and felt a pop in right shoulder blade area.

Installing PTO when the load (PTO) shifted and rolled onto right hand smashing middle finger.

While lifting carrier roller into place the rigging slipped causing the roller to drop on block, catching his hand in the process. Pitched his left ring and pinky finger. Left ring finger required a stitch.

Employee was flipping a 48" x 47" 1/4 thick plate of steel and smashed his right pinky finger. Plate pulled his finger into the metal grate openings on the cutting table. Employee received 15 stitches.

EE was changing out a hammer on a drill. Right ring finger got caught between the hoist and bell for the hammer. The very tip of the right ring finger was injured. EE was taken to the local ER and received sutures. No fractures or other damage was diagnosed. EE was able to return to work performing normal duties.

Employee was washing out the ball chip collector chute on the discharge end of the ball mill. In the process, the employee stepped back and collided with a concrete pillar.

Employee Cut Knee While Working Inside SAG Mill

Mechanic was pulling on a bed lock pin and dropped it. When he attempted to catch it, the pin cut his left hand ring finger.

The Employee was fitting a chute plate into the rougher cell tank when the plate shifted pinching the Employee's Left Fore Finger between the plate and the tank, causing a fracture and laceration to the tip of finger.

3 mine mechanics were removing back pin on haul truck bed with sledgehammer. When pin came out mine mechanic was in path and was hit in the right knee.

Crew was welding 18" steel pipe, laying the pipe on surface as it was being welded. EE started to enter the interior of his welding truck, the pipe slid against the open door pinching his left leg in the door.

Mine Mechanic exited the service truck and felt a pain down his back and left leg.

Employee was assisting in removing liner bolts and the pipe was hit and the opposite end hit him in the abdomen, where he recently had surgery.

EE was changing feed chute rubber skirting. While repositioning himself, EE grabbbed skirting clamp that was hanging, knocked it down on his hand, breaking the tip of his finger.

As the Employee was picking up some sheet metal, the Employee's gloved right hand slid across a sharp edge of the metal, cutting through the glove and causing a laceration to the Employee's right palm of hand.

EE went to scratch face with shoulder bacause hands were full and nose piece of safety glasses went into eye, scratching it.

Lead lab tech was asked to determine what was wrong with the solution the lab tech was preparing in the fume hood. While observing, approximately 500 mls of nitric acid & potassium chloride overflowed the fume hood and vapors were emitted. The lab techs cleaned up the spill. After the cleanup the lead lab tech complained of a burning throat & was taken to the ER.

Lab Tech was mixing nitric acid and potassium chlorate under fume hood and inadvertantly used potassium chloride. The chemical reaction caused approximately 500 mls of the soluton to overflow out of the fume hood and vapors were emmitted. The lab tech and lead lab tech cleaned up the spill. After clean up the lab tech complained of a burning throat and was taken to the ER.

Mill Mechanic was cleaning out clogged airhose when clog loosened, causing airhose to whip around. Material from the clog blew under his safety glasses, into his eye.

Fume hood window was stuck. A piece of metal was being used to hold it open. A power cord was stuck under the piece of metal and when the power cord was moved the piece of metal slipped, hitting the employee on the finger.

Employee was helping fellow co-worker pull electrial wire and felt a pain in his lower back.

A jack stand was being placed & raised under a spool of electrial cable, when the injured employee placed his right ring finger between the top of the jack and the pipe on the spool of cable. The pipe slipped out of the helpers hand and landed on the right ring finger, causing a hairline fracture.

The employee was pulling off steel beams from the fork of the forklift and got his left small finger caught between two pieces of steel beam. The employee pulled his finger out hard and noticed the end of the left small finger was missing.

Employee was erecting steel when his right glove got caught in between two plates of steel and pulled his finger in between the two plates, causing a laceration on the end of the right middle finger.

After the employee finished grinding, when he lifted his faceshield up small particles of metal shavings fell off of face shield and in between his safety glasses with one of them getting in his right eye.

2x8 form was being installed; form slipped out of hand and fell on hand from approx. 1 foot, hitting the left middle index finger causing a distal phalange fracture on the tip of the finger.

While attempting to seperate a pallet of conveyor pulleys using a forklift, the employee walked between the pulleys and an outrigger on a crane, the employee's left foot was caught between a pulley that rolled off of the pallet and the ground.

Employee was rolling railroad track and got his right hand in a pinch point between the two tracks.

While the Employee was unloading a head pulley off of the forklift, the dunage under the load was rolling and the Employee tried to grab the dunage, in the process he cut his hand.

The employee was working between the ballmills, when some dust went between the safety glasses and eye, resulting in material in the left eye.

Employee was lifting a 2x10 piece of lumber with other ee. As he was twisting he heard a pop in his knee.

Harvesting copper cathode and cathode got stuck in chute. The employee grabbed cathode to loosen it. His right hand slid along the edge of the cathode lacerating the second finger, requiring six stitches.

Driver unloading bulk tanker Sulfuric Acid.The fitting between the trailer & the product hose failed as he lifted the hose.Acid burned the driver on the side of face, neck & chest. Driver activated the emergency shut off on the trailer stopped product flow, got under the safety shower. He rec'd 2nd degree burns. Est. product loss less then 2 ga.

Changing a bottle of water in the water cooler. Picked up water bottle, then felt burning and deep pain in groin area.

EE was pulling the water pump and motor assembly from the rear of a 613 ww for Mineral Park Mercator. He was steadying the pump assembly with his left hand and prying it off with the right hand. When the pump assembly disengaged it smashed his l/s ring finger between frame and pump.

While dislodging cathode from roller arm was sliced by stainless steel starter sheet.

Employee was closing fusing machine to put away at end of shift. He closed the clamps and was setting the shaver down and the handle caught his middle finger and smashed it. Broken middle finger.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BOX TO REFILL A BARREL. HE STEPPED ON A BOLT ON THE GROUND WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE AND TWISTED BECAUSE OF THE BOX HE WAS CARRYING WITH HIS RIGHT ARM. HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND IN HIS BACK.

EE HAD A SUSPENDED LOAD OF APPROX 16 SHEETS ON THE GR0UND. THERE WAS A BLACK EDGESTRIP ON ONE OF THE PIECES OF COPPER. EE USED A PRYBAR TO RAISE UP THE COPPER TO GET IT OFF. THE PRYBAR SLIPPED AND HIS HAND GOT WEDGED BETWEEN THE COPPER. HE THEN PULLED HIS HAND OUT & AS A RESULT REC'D A SHOULDER INJURY.

EE WHILE UNBOLTING BOLTS OFF OF LARGE INDUSTRIALFILTER (1 1/2" BOLTS) FELT BURNING & PAIN.