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Employee stooped down to pick up a box weighing approximatley 20 lbs. As he raised from stooped position, twisted slightly and felt a pain in his lower back.
Employee was climbing ladder into haul truck and his knee "gave way". There was no cause, did not slip or bump knee. Employee has torn medial meniscus of the left knee requiring surgery. This is a reportable lost time accident.
Employee was pushing buckets in on the empty side of the tramway, when the dispatcher released two buckets instead of one. Employee tried to stop the extra bucket by grabbing ahold of it and slid about 8 feet, trying to hold it back. Employee complained of shoulder/arm pain and sought medical attention. Employee has been off work since date of injury.
Emp was performing housekeeping duties at jaw crusher using shovel to remove buildup around crusher. Emp developed pain in lower back. The injury resulted in a MSHA reportable restricted duty incident.
Employee was changing air filters on the hydraulic drill. He felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.
EE manually opening a bin gate. Gate was hard to open and employee was pulling and pushing in rocking motion. On the pull stroke the gate broke free causing a muscle strain to right shoulder. EE was taken to Emergency Room at Winchester Medical Center and was given 48 hours off resulting in reportable lost time accident.
Removing chunk from rear end of a 35 ton haul truck, when last bolt was removed the chunk fell striking employee in the head. He was taken to the hospital by company vehicle and received 4 stitches in right side of head. Failure to make secure and inattention to job hazard were the causes.
Employee was lowering a spout to load a truck with Lime Kiln Dust. The spout needed to be adjusted to go into the truck hatch properly. The employee jerked the spout with the cable and felt a sharp pain in his right groin area. Doctor determined it to be a hernia.
Miners was lifting a damaged sand bag from a pallet, twisted and felt sudden pain in is back.
Employee was climbing down from the 920 loader and had his hand on the door. His ring caught on the door hinge lacerating his ring finger.
The millwright was pulling a screen cloth out of #301 screen when he struck his right elbow on #302 screen. On 10/19/07, the injured received surgery to repair a nerve in his elbow.
EE was placing a container of hydrated lime on an overhead shelf, the container fell striking the employee, the lid came off and lime splashed in EE face and eyes (EE was wearing safety glasses) burning cornea of right eye. This resulted in two days lost time.
The employee was cleaning up his work area. He picked up some heavy steel and felt pain in his right arm, by elbow. He reported the injury at the time but did not go to the Doctors.
The mechanic leader was removing the 40 pound hydraulic pump from the bottom storage shelf in the shop building. The injured slid the pump towards him with his left hand. Suddenly the pump rolled off the shelf and landed on his right hand thumb. His thumb was pinched and the doctor had to remove his thumb nail.
Employee didn't shut-off, lock and tag equipment before performing task, leading to fractures to fingers and hand.
While trying to put new support tube in scalper, tube got jammed up in back. When we went to free it, one end slipped down and struck top of employee's foot.
Employee was assembling new wall lockers. He was squatting down with his head inside the locker and as he stood up and backed out of the locker his ear ring got caught on the door latch. Employee's ear required 9 sutures. He returned to regular work duty.
Contract Truck driver was closing tailgate on truck when he slammed his left middle finger in between the truck and the tailgate. Driver ended up with 5-6 stitches in finger.
EE arrived on site early. She was seated @ the desk in the guard house. She and another EE were trying to help an EE of one of the ships with her luggage. Injured EE bent forward in her chair and was trying to lift a piece of luggage from a sitting position. She threw her back out when she tried to stand up with the luggage, from a sitting position.
The 6 x 9 slide gate was pulled out all the way & it fell down, smashing the tip of the employee's right ring finger.
Employee was climbing ladder to operator's cab of a Cat 60 ton haul truck when he felt a pain in his lower back.
Employee exited tri-axel dump truck at customer site, turned to close door of truck, bumped elbow on edge of door.
Employee was clearing rocks off catwalk with shovel. He raised the level of the shovel over the edge of the collector box, about 5 feet and strained muscle in left side of back.
EE was unclogging dust pipes at the screen room, lime dust bypassed his safety glasses and entered the right eye causing a chemical burn to right eye.
Another employee got irate with IE for not doing his job and physicaly assaulted him. The employee doing the assaulting was terminated and taken to jail and IE was taken to the ER by the EHS Manager where he received 3 stitches on the left eye brow. He returned to work and didn't miss any time.
Employee was attempting to loosen a conveyor idler when his left hand slipped, pinching his finger between conveyor & idler.
EE was removing dust collector bags from top access panel, some bags were swelled with material making it difficult to remove, bag assembly was at foot level and EE pulled/jerked assembly upward, EE felt minor pain in his neck but did not think it was bad enough to seek medical attention, the pain continued and EE went for medical attention 6/12/06.
EE was waiting to clock in to start his shift. EE was arm wresling with an off duty foreman when his arm fractured.
The structural repairman was installing wear plates in a discharge chute. As he moved one of the plates he felt a pain in his shoulder. The doctor prescribed therapy for his sore shouler.
EE opened a manhole to a baghouse hopper and was accidently contacted by dust from the baghouse. Accident still under investigation.
The millwright was installing an idler set when it tipped over and pinched his finger.
The pipefitter leader was lifting and placing 20 foot pieces of pipe on brackets in NT-1 tunnel. As he set a pipe on the bracket, it rolled and pinched his thumb. The injury became lost time on 1/25/06 when he missed one day of work.
The shop millwright was pulling the overhead crane control box towards his work area when his shoulder began to hurt. The doctor prescribed therapy for his shoulder strain.
Employee held up welding hood to inspect for cleaning, trash fell in eye.
The lab technician was taking the sample dish out of the pulverizer cabinet and while lifting the access door it slipped from his right hand. The door came down and pinched his left hand causing a cut.
Security supervisor was attempting to open sliding window @ security shack. It was stuck and he pulled his left shoulder.
Employee was cleaning area around conveyor belt. Employee put larger stone, several inches in diameter onto belt. The stone did not go under discharge lip, rolled back down the conveyor and pinched the empoyees finger against the tail pulley gaurd.
The injured employee alleges that an inspection door he was removing pivoted and lacerated his finger. The laceration required sutures and is therefore an MSHA reportable injury.
Lime dust accumulated in the bend of his right arm while cleaning in penthouse. The lime activated with sweat and caused burns. The injury became infected and employee went to the doctor on 11/17/05.
Employee was clearing rocks from the grating on a drive over feed hopper. Employee felt soreness in his left shoulder, elbow and hand the next day. Employee has not returned to work due to pain in shoulder.
EE unloaded 4 or 5 crusher anvils off a truck by hand. Equipment that should have been used was being repaired. The heavy lifting caused a hernia. HERNIA WAS SURGICALLY REPAIRED NOVEMBER, 2005.
Limescreen belt tore resulting in bogging down the belt and sreen. Employee shoveled material resulting in straining his abdomen and back muscles.
WHILE REMOVING 60" TROUGHING ROLLER, FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN ROLLER AND FRAMEWORK. (CRUSHED BONE AT END OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER, BUT AMPUTATION NOT REQUIRED. DOCTOR SAID BONE FRAGMENTS WILL GROW BACK TOGETHER. FINGER WAS LANCED TO RELIEVE PRESSURE, 2 STITCHES, METAL BRACE & BANDAGE.)
Injured employee was attempting to install v-belts on a bucket elevator drive by "rolling the belts on" when the elevator ran backwards pinching a finger on his left hand. There was a laceration that required sutures.
The millwright was removing a bolt which holds P-6A conveyor belt scraper in place when the scraper fell and pinched his thumb.
The millwright was shoveling stone off E-4 conveyor walkway when he felt a pain in his lower abdomen.
The Repairman II pulled on the welding lead that was caught on the conveyor belt. When the welding lead released from the belt, it flew through the air and hit him in the face which chipped his front upper tooth.
Restrained lower back replacing screen at crusher
Was carrying tray full of rock samples and bumped into counter / cupboard with tray bruising left breast area while working in the lab at the mine site.
The technician was attempting to push a pin into the bore of the rod end of the arm cylinder. The operator activated the cylinder abruptly causing the pin to project out and strike the techician in the abdominal area. Later he was found to have a ruptured bowell and was operated on last thursday. He has septic shock affecting all organs. Chance for survival is 50/50.