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EE HAD COMPLAINED OF BACK SPASM 2 WEEKS PRIOR, HAD DONE BACK STRETCHING EXERCISES, HAD BEGAN TO RIDE DIRT BIKE "OFF ROAD" AT SAME TIME, ON DAY OF INCIDENT EE PICKED UP G/D83 DRILL (MINUS LEGS) AND FELT BACK "GO."
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING LARGE ROCK OFF OF BULKHEAD OVER MANWAY IN EXPLOR. RAISE WHEN CORNER OF ROCKBROKE OFF & STRUCK RIGHT CALF JUST ABOVE THE MINE BOOT. POINT OF ROCK BROKE BLOOD VESSEL BELOW S URFACE, BLOOD DRAINED INTERNALLY BELOW TO FOOT AND CAUSED SWELLING.
EE WAS PACKING DRILL STEEL UP 45% RAISE WHEN HE JAMMED HEAD AND NECK ONTO LOW TIMBER.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING LAGGING ON THE TIMBER CAR. HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LAGGING AND THE FRAME.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SKIP ON TO DECK AT 200 LEVEL. TIMBER (6X8-8'LONG) LANDED ON HIS ARM.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A 10LB PIECE OF WOOD. TWISTEDWHILE RAISING UP WITH PIECE OF WOOD, INJURED MIDDLE OF THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE WA REPAIRING CONE CRUSHER IN SHOP. WAS REMOVING BRASS PLATE FROM CASTING. SHARP EDGE CUT HIS FINGER. THEN THE PLATE FELL ON SAME FINGER
ANOTHER EE WAS ON THE ROOF TOSSING 2 X 10'S OFF. HE ASKED THE INJURED EE WHERE HE WOULD BE WORKING & WAS TOLD IN THE CORNER, THEN HE WALKED OUT AS BOARD WAS COMING OFF THE ROOF. WAS STRUCK IN THE FOREHEAD.
PULLING WIRE IN SHOP WITH HIS HANDS, STRAINED HIS RIGHT SIDE, LOWER BACK.
EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP STEEL PLATES.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BOXES. ONE SLIPPED AND WHEN SHE TRIED TO CATCH IT, SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A LARGE BLAST ROCK INTO AN ORE CART. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A BACK BRACK AND WAS ASSISTED.
EE WAS LIFTING A BATTERY & IN THE PROCESS PULLED (STRAINED) A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK
BACK INJURY CAUSED WHEN PULLING DRILL FROM LIFTER HOLE
PULLING SLUSHER BUCKET BACK WHEN SET UP BAR CAME LOOSE AND FELL ON TOP LEFT HAND BETWEEN SCRAPPER BUCKET.
UNLOADING 6" X 30' HEAVY PIPE. PARTNER DROPPED HIS END AND PIPE PULLED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND FELL ON LEFT FOOT BIG TOE. PIPE MISSED SAFETY TOE.
LIFTING AROCK OUT OF TRUCK BED AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN SHOULDER.
HE WAS LIFTING 9OCKS INTO ORE CAR AND FELT PAIN
DROPPED LAGGING3ON RT ARM 2 X 12 FELL ON A SIDE PATH STRIKING THE MID RT FOREARM