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While checking on the puckers the employee walked under some caution tape that was tied to a piece of angle iron, while lifting the tape the angle iron fell landing on the employee's leg causing an abrasion.
While cleaning out hatches inside the N. Bag house the employee received a cut from inside the hatch as he was cleaning it out.
The employee was attempting to reposition sections of metal in the metal storage rack. The employee was using a metal clamp with his left hand at the same time as he was holding the second sheet of metal in his right hand when the metal shifted backwards pinching his right little finger. The employee pulled his finger from the two sheets of metal.
The employee was pulling out a flight onto the grizzly catwalk when he strained and pulled a muscle in his back.
The employee was moving a 8" flow meter from the truck to the storage area. While setting this down he pinched his little finger between the flow meter and a 12" gate valve that was sitting on the ground.
EE was lifting a 6" pipe to make up connection to bolt up flange on barge when EE twisted he felt a pain in his back.
Employee is claiming knee pain there was no significant event
While taking off a pressurized line, the line blew hot water and carbon on to employees arms.
Miner was carrying 2" Bull Hose on his shoulder. When miner attempted to load the hose onto a trailer he moved incorrectly and injured his back.
Miner was working on a caustic line. He was wearing full PPE+ for the job that was assigned to him, including a full face respirator. Miner showered off with all PPE in place first. While removing respirator, he got a small amount of caustic in his left eye.
Miner was engaged with guzzling out a vessel in the strip area. Miner received some very minor caustic burns on the neck and his face. Miner rinsed off for several minutes. Taken to hospital flushed more. Released full duty. On 12/22/2013 miner returned to hospital was given three days off by ER doctor.
While completing a vehicle pre-op on haul truck, miner was attempting to loosen a frozen chock from the wheel. Chock came loose & smashed left index finger between chock an pump cylinder of the truck.
Miner was attempting to move a heavy tail pulley by hand. Pulled muscle in back.
Over exposure to mercury.
Employee was loading samples into the crusher and while lifting a bag got a sharp pain in the back.
Over-exposure to a toxic material.
Injury reported on 5/27/2013 @ 9:30. No medical treatment wanted or needed by employee. Employee reported on 5/31/2013 that he was still injured went to hospital for diagnosis. Injury reported on 5-27-2013 was employee was getting into equipment and struck his head and jammed neck on ROPS.
Cleaning out garbage out of Secondary Cone pulled on a piece of metal, came towards employee, was bigger than he thought hit him in shoulder and knocked employee down
Miner was walking on the ground level of the fine crusher area. A second employee was carrying a roll of liner material up some stairs. The employee lost his grip on the liner material and the liner fell from above, striking the miner on the side of the head and shoulder area.
Injury reported on 5-12-2013, no medical wanted by employee until 5-23-2013. Put on restricted duty until 6-6-2013, still hasn't seen by chiropractor. This is a reported repetitive motion injury. Miner is lifting 30# bags of ore samples and putting into small crushers in the assay lab.
Miner was shoveling fine ore under the conveyor belt, while doing this he experienced back pain from his activities. Miner reported a prior Non work related injury to the supervisor after the incident.
Miner was hanging cable on a hook running along a rib. As he was hanging the cable, the hook failed, spun around, and lacerated the miners left hand and thumb.
EE was wire wheeling silicon off of Fan Access Door. Re-positioned door and a sharp edge cut his upper right leg. Safety was notified. Incident was managed by Veris Safety and Veris Opps. Traveled to hospital for 15 stitches and was given permission to return to work same day. No medication prescribed.
Miner was climbing down a ladderway. Caught his ring (left Ring finger) on a handrail as he stepped off ladderway. Miner was wearing gloves, however ring had to be cut away by responding medical personnel and he was transported to hospital for sutures. Miner returned to work next scheduled shift with no restrictions.
The employee was trying to get the locking coupler on the core tube latch-head unstuck, when his hand slipped down the drill rod causing his right thumb to stick between the drill rod and the core tube.
Miner resupplying heading, was carrying bundle of bolts on his shoulder. He observed that a nose pillar was collapsing, turned to run while throwing the bundle of bolts away. Miner sustained a strain to muscle in upper torso.
Miner working in the refinery, noticed that the drain to a sump, located under a vessel, was not fully closed. The miner, not realizing the depth of the hot solution, stepped into the sump and the water went over his knee high boots and burned his left leg.
Miner was cutting wire ties off from a line on a water truck. As miner was running his hand up the line his hand came in contact with an old metal flange the was not seen by the miner. The miner cut his index finger on this flange. Miner was taken to the doctors office for stitches to the tip of this finger.
Washed hands at end of shift and felt a burning sensation on both forearms. Was treated at NNRH and was a very mild case of an unknown chemical burn and was released back to full duty work.
Miner was climbing down a ladder way with a metal lid covering it. As he was closing the lid he lost his grip in the lid and it fell on his left hand that was resting on the edge of the railing. The lid caught the thumb between the lid and the railing.
Miner was repairing a splitter 4" valve (water). While they were trying to disconnect the valve from the water hoses, The last hose came loose and the valve dropped onto the ground, with the valve handle pinching the miner' s right ring finger between the valve and the ground. Miner was wearing proper PPE for this job task.
Assisting a rig welder, employee was operating a forklift while the welder was cutting off random lengths off of the transition (cap for the hood). Employee placed his foot on flange and as he released the flange the flange struck his fingers and caused a laceration.
Worker was in a lime silo and was washing it out when lime on his boots came into contact with water causing a chemical reaction and eating through his boots to his feet causing burns.
Lifting bucket of mop water. Pre-existing conditions may apply, not related to mine site.
Employee was exposed to spilled Hg while cleaning a spill around scrubber unit. Biologic tests showed a high amount of Hg in this miner's system. Miner was immediately removed from area. Placed under medical care to reduce Hg levels further, she was removed from site by doctors advice and given medical to help assist in the reduction Hg levels in her system.
EE's failure to get sufficient grip & clamping force on tire he was off loading. Equipment didn't allow securement of tire. E#E's failure to "Stand Down" & wait for the mine to provide him with larger equipment. Truck driver's attitude in getting quickly unloaded so he could head home. 15 below zero icy conditions. Tire fell & struck EE, fracturing his right leg.
Stepping off ladder way of 992 loader, felt pain. Possible pre-existing condition not related to mining.
Employee was getting dressed for work, when he started to pull his sweatshirt over his head something fell into his eye. He was in the Men's locker room.
He was loading PVC pipe into a truck bed. The load shifted and a PVC pipe popped up and struck him in the mouth.
Employee was replacing a screen and pinched his hand between the screen and a ladder guard. Hand was bruised and employee was prescribed nabumetone for pain and swelling, and instructed to use an ace bandage and ice for 48 hours. Light duty was prescribed for 48 hours, and was provided at work site. After light duty employee returned to full duty for next scheduled shift.
Employee was finishing repair of preg filter in refinery, reached for a come-a-long handle and made contact with a cable tray and cut his arm on a burr. Laceration was about 1.5 inches long and required stitches. Employee returned for his next shift.
Employee was guiding a bucket with his left hand.
Employee was engaged in lining drainage pond and while changing a roll of the liner material a support pipe suspending the roll fell on him, striking left shoulder, arm and side. Employee suffered some bruising and returned to work for one day on light duty.
Subject was performing janitorial work and was exposed to a cleanser she had a reaction to. Treating physician described the reaction as Chemical Bronchitis. She suffered cough, runny eyes, some difficulty breathing. No continuing effects. Exposure started on 10/19/2009 and continued to 11/04/2009 when the problem was reported.
He was getting in the lube truck and went to close the door and cut his left index finger on the inside door handle.
Coworker was removing a PVC pipe from saddle it was secured in, when the pipe buckle from the tension it was under and struck subject in the right side of his face. Subject suffered contusion and laceration, was treated and returned for his next shift.
Right eye irritated, red and sore from dust. Rinsed out with eye wash but still sore.
Getting down off the back of a carbon truck she twisted her left knee.
While shoveling snow standing inside of frame work of cile, ee was hit on head by a piece of Prisco pipe that another employee was attempting to remove from ground. Pipe hit employee on head knocking off hard hat. Employee fell to f\ground and lost consiousness for a short time. Cut above right eye unknown if from pipe or fall.
Romoving barricade, untied rope and pulled rope and he struck his hand on the Rib, causing it to cut his hand.