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July 4, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLING A HOIST CYLINDER ON A 777C CAT HAUL TRUCK A MECHANIC'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CYLINDER AND THE EYES ON THEBED OF THE HAUL TRUCK. INJURIES INCLUDED A BROKEN FINGER AND LACERATION TO THE FINGER.

March 4, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A SEIZED LUBRICATION PUMP BY CYCLING THE ROCKER ARM BY HAND. WHEN THE PUMP CYCLED, HIS SECOND DIGIT FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PUMP ARM AND THE LUBE TANK. THE FING ER WAS LACERATED AND REQUIRED STITCHES.

July 23, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

THE EE WAS MOVING DRILL CASING WITH ANOTHER EE. THE SECOND EE DROPPED HIS END OF THE CASING, REWULTING IN THE INJURED EE S THUMB BEING PINCHED BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF DRILL CASING.

February 13, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

2 EE'S WERE UNLOADING HW RODS OFF OF THE TRAILER AND PUTTING THEM IN THE ROD SHOP. INJURED PUT HIS END IN AND STILL HAD HIS HAND INSIDE ROD WHEN CO-WORKER PUSHED ON THE ROD SMASHING HIS LEFT R ING FINGER.

August 19, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A SAFETY VALVE FROM THE HOT WATER BOILER WHEN IT FLASHED AND STEAM CAME FROM THE VALVE FITTING. EMPLOYEE WAS BURNED ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM. HE WAS EXAMINED BY THE PARAMEDIC S AT THE CRIPPLE CREEK AMBULANCE SERVICE. TREATMENT WAS AUTHORIZED AT LANGSTAFF-BROWN ER AND BY BUD HODGE, D.O. THE BURN WAS DEBRIDED AND DRESSED AT LANGSTAFF AND EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK.

March 12, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DUMPING 55 GALLON DRUMS OF WASTE DRILL SAMPLES WHEN HE SUFFERED A PAIN IN HIS GROIN. HE WAS EXAMINED AT THE LOCAL CLINIC ON 3-13-96 AND DIAGNOSED WITH A GROIN MUSCLE STRIAN. A SECOND

December 12, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

A PROCESS PLANT OPERATOR WAS LOOSENING THE BOLTS ON A VALVE WHEN CAUSTIC SOLUTION SPRAYED BEHIND HIS FULL FACE SHIELD AND INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES UNDER THE FULL FACE SHIELD . HIS EYE WAS IRRIGATED AND TOPICAL OINTMENT INSTILLED.

September 8, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS REMOVING A WHEEL SPINDLE FROM A PICKUP WHEN HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE FRONT FENDER OF THAT PICKUP.EARLY DIAGNOSIS WAS A STRAINED ELBOW.SINCE THEN,HE HAS INTERMITTENTLY SOUGHT MEDI CAL ADVICE AS HIS ELBOW CONTINUES TO BOTHER.AT THE LAST MEDICAL VISIT,A CORTISONE SHOT WAS ADMINISTERED TO HIS ELBOW.

September 6, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PLACING A WHEEL CHOCK INTO THE HOLDER ON THE HAUL TRUCK. IT WEDGED, SHE PUSHED IT BACK UP AND IT FELL DOWN INTO THE HOLDER, PINCHING HER FINGER BETWEEN THE CHOCK AND THE HOLDER. SHE WAS TREATED AT LANGSTAFF-BROWN MEDICAL CENTER, AND RELEASED BACK TO WORK.

August 9, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES WHILE INSTALLING COOLER ON RIG, HE INJURED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT AT THAT TIME, DETAILS UNKNOWN.

March 14, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CONNECTING THE HOSE FROM THE WATER TANK TO THE WATER TRUCK. IN HASTE TO CONNECT THE HOSE, EMPLOYEE SMASHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE HOSE CONNECTOR AND A SMALL UTILITY TR AILER THE HOSE WAS LAYING NEXT TO. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION REQUIRING THE REMOVAL OF THE FINGER NAIL AND 5 STITCHES.

February 6, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING A LARGE ROCK BY HAND THAT WAS JAMMING THE GYRATORY CRUSHER WHEN EE SET THE ROCK BACK DOWN HE REALIZED HE HAD HURT HIS BACK

October 27, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE DEPLOYING GEOTEXTILE MATERIAL DOWN THE SLOPE HE INJURED HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE OFF WORK UNTIL REEVALUATED BY DR. ON 11/7/94.

June 7, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING A MAN HOLE COVER WHEN THE COVER ROLLED AGAINST HIS GREAT TOE RT FOOT RESULTING IN A SPRAIN TO GREAT TOE

July 9, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Peak Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPING & TRIPPING HAZARDS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A BINDING MACHINE ON TOP OF A FOUR DRAWER FILE CABINET. LACERATIN TO LEFT HAND.

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