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Employee was repairing the mounting of the engine compartment door on 937 light plant. The door was on the ground. He then lifted the door to get ready to install it. He turned his body with the door and wrenched his back.
After taking a break at Mine Ops, the truck driver noticed a pain in her right shoulder after boarding her haul truck. After EMT checked her out she was sent to NNRH for an evaluation. She was placed on restricted duty.
While stepping out of the cab of the lube truck his foot slipped off the step. He was holding the inside door handle. As he hit the ground he heard a pop in his shoulder followed by a throbbing pain. He was taken to the emergency room and was given a full duty release. On a follow up visit on 3/26/08 with the doctor he became a restricted duty injury.
Employee was removing a flowmeter form the south facility pumphouse. He rolled the flowmeter to remove and rolled back, and the tab on the flowmeter cut his right wrist. 9 stithces were required to close the wound.
Employee was moving pallets in the laydown yard and felt a dull pain in his lower back. The next day at work he was moving pallets again and the pain became worse. He was seen at the emergency room and placed on light duty.
While tripping drill pipe, employee pulled back on the top head to allign pipe. As he pulled he felt something tear in his left shoulder. Doctor placed him on light duty pending the results of an MRI.
Employee was climbing on a road grader and when he went to pull himself up he felt a pop in his right shoulder and he felt a pull in his muscle. He went for a follow up visit to the Doctor on 02/14/08 and was put on sedentary duty and was scheduled for surgery. Became a lost time on 02/20/08.
Helper was running out drill pipe onto pipe truck and strained a muscle in the middle of his lower back.
He was making room for liner and lifters and while rolling a 55 gal drum he aggravated his shoulder. He went to the doctor on 01/16/08 because his shoulder was still bothering him and got a full duty release. Went back to the doctor on 02/20/08 because it was still sore and was put on restricted duty.
Installing splits in inner tube. Pushing with gloved hand, split stopped, hand slid up the split cutting thumb.
Employee was lifting spare tire into the back of a service truck and felt a pop and then intense pain in his lower right back.
Employee was lifting and carrying truck parts. When the item was being lowered to the ground, the item slipped from the employee's hands and the employee stated she felt like she tore something in her back.
While trying to open the gate on the flume a steel grating that was leaning against the railing fell over and struck employee.
Employee was in the Assay Compressor and DI room and he was changing the DI water tank filters. This wasn't reported because of a change in management and was just recently discovered that it hadn't been entered. This was a medical treatment injury with a full duty release.
Helper was placing a drill bit into tool box mounted on side of truck. He miscalculated the distance between the bit and bottom of box, and his left middle finger was pinched between bit and metal tool box.
He was loading cement at the Cortez Mine laydown yard. Although a fork lift was available he chose not to use it. While he was lifting a bag of cement he pulled a muscle in his back. Weather conditions was clear and dry, ground conditions was dry and level. Placed on light duty as per Dr.
Employee was throwing scrap wood into a dumpster. A 2x4 piece of wood bounced back from the dumpster and hit the employee in the back of the head, just below her hard hat.
Lifted a small heater (about 40 lbs) didn't realize diesel tank was full. Developed lump in stomach area.
Drill helper was running out pipe on pipe truck in slick conditions and was going slow. Driller was lowering the top-head down, and it caught up with the pipe and struck the pipe end. This event caused the other end of the drill pipe to strike the helper in the groin area. Bruising to groin area.
At approximately 9:00am, employee tried to pick up a large wheel chock from the ground. The wheel chock was frozen to the ground which caused employee to pull something in his elbow when he attempted to pick it up.
Employee was lifting a bucket of flux (30 to 40 lbs). While lifting the bucket she felt something wasn't right and by the next day her back was hurting.
Employee was pushing on a tire trying to rock it when he felt a pop in his groin.
Employee was storing tools in preparation for days off. While lifting the deflector he noticed some abdominal pain. Doctor diagnosed a torn abdominal muscle and light duty.
Employee was opening a stiff valve at area 28 and strained her left shoulder.
EE states he felt a strain in his groin when helping to lift a pump
Employee was removing clamshell from a piece of drill pipe. Clamshell became stuck. When employee jerked it free, a small amount of pipe dope flew into his right eye. - Employee was not wearing his safety glasses. Eye was washed out. Employee went to emergency room as a precautionary measure, and received antibiotic drops.
During the regular helper duties of mixing mud and emptying core tubes a helper with pre-existing back problems, and 2 days of work experience, told the driller his back was hurting. Driller told him to rest, after a rest he asked to go to the ER to be checked out. Driller took him to ER.
Employee received cement burns when water got into boots while working in sump.
Employee was putting tongs on pump column when tongs pinched his right ring finger
Removing bit from jackleg steel miner strained back.
Employee was helping to load forklift forks into back of pickup. When forks were laid down, right hand pinkie finger was pinched resulting in laceration that required stitches.
Miner was hanging utility pipe with man basket forklift when he pulled his back.
Driller attempted to swing pipe from derrick to pipe truck. pipe swung back and he pinched right pinkie finger between pipe and derrick. Fractured right pinkie finger.
Releasing Bowlen spear. The spear fell and pinched his pinkie between the Bowlen spear and the rod.
While pulling on gusket material a 2"x7' pipe fell striking ee on the nose.
OUR EXPERIENCED TIRE MECHANIC WAS REPLACING THE INSIDE DUAL TIRE ON A CAT 785 HAUL TRUCK WHEN THE SNAP RING SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND & CAUGHT THE TIP OF HIS RT. RING FINGER BETWEEN THE RING & THE WHEEL. THE INJURY WAS TO THE FLESH ON THE BOTTOM OF HIS FINGER. EE WAS TAKEN TO AN E.R. WHERE THE WOUND WAS CLEANED & HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN MEDICATION.
CHANGING A TIRE ON LOADER 452. THE TIRE HANDLER HIT THE TIRE & THE LOADER FELL OFF THE JACK CAUSING THE BEADSEAT & FLANGE TO FALL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEG.
EMPLOYEE DROPPED HAUL TRUCK HOOD ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
Employee was cutting pipe away from steel structure when a brace gave way and struck the back of his arm.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PUMP (YAMADA PUMP) INTO THE BACKOF A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN INJURY OCCURRED.
Employee was changing a centefuse on a truck. The centefuse was falling, he tried to catch it and strained his right thumb.
After sutting a piece of allthread with chop saw employee was removing plastic protective cover, resulting in cutting his left hand on sharp end he had just cut.
Fuel truck parked too close to haul truck 2-3' operator stepped back from bottom rung on haul truck ladder and bumped into the bumper ont he fuel truck. The operator hit the rear of his right leg just above the knee. The tendon became swollen causing nerve pain.
WHILE PERFORMING A PRE-SHIFT EQUIPMENT INSPECTION ON A CAT 777 HAUL TRUCK, A WORKER, EMPLOYED THROUGH A TEMPORARY STAFFING SERVICE, CLOSED THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR ON HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. THE RESULTING INJURY (LACERATION) REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES TO CLOSE.
EE WAS HOLDING CHANNEL IRON BEING CUT LOOSE FROM STRUCTURE. WHEN LAST BOLT WAS CUT, CHANNEL WENT DOWN AND PULLED RIGHT HAND INTO BEAM PINCHING HAND AND FINGERS
Was tripping 10' drill rods out of the hole, started tripping back in when he noticed his left arm starting to swell up.
On knees, twisting and moving big rocks.
While trying to put drill hammer in the pod the hammer swung back to the drill mast pinching two fingers between the hammer and the drill mast
MINER WAS CLEANING SPRAY MEC, DOOR ON SPRAY MEC SLAMMED SHUT ON FINGERS OF LEFT HAND.
Tripping rods on drill. rod hung on slide and struck Chace's finger.