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EMPLOYEE STATES A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON HE WAS WORKING WITH SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AMD STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT BEHIND THE PROTECTIVE STEEL TOE OF HIS BOOT.RESULT WAS FRACTURE OF MIDDLE TOE,LEFT FO OT.
EE WAS LIFTING A CONVEYOR BELT IDLER FRAME FELT A PULLING AND PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A CHAIN AROUND DRAIN LINE AND AS HE REACHED DOWN TO GET A PEICE OF WIRE, A SLIVER OF FIBERGLASS MATERIAL PUNTURED HIS RIGHT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING SCOOPTRAM SAT DOWN ON SHOP TOWELS THAT HAD DIESEL FUEL ON THEM AN HOUR OR SO LATER H IS HIPS BEGAN TO BURN ON 12-18-89 WENT TO PHYSICIAN & RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION ONLY
WHILE INSTALLING PIPE, THE EYE BOLT HOLDING THE PIPE CAME LOOSE, PINCHING THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND THE PIPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO CHANGE A DRIFT ROUND AND WHILE MOVING LADDER AT THE FACE, THE LADDER HOOKED UP ON OLD ROOF BOLT WHICH CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE TOP OF THE NOSE.
EMPL HOLDING ENTRANCE DOOR OPEN FOR OTHERS AND UPON STEPPING DOOR GOT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER CAUGHT IN HINGE OF DOOR WHICH CLOSES AUTOMATICALLY.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CONVEYOR BELT IDLER FRAME ONTO AN UNDERGROUND BELT LINE. AS HE WAS PICKING UP THE IDLER HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD FOREIGN BODY IN BOTH EYES. HE WAS UNSURE AS TO THE SXACT TIME OR LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE. EMPLOYEE DOES NOT KNOW HOW FOREIGN BODY GOT INTO EYES. HE WAS NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM UNTIL A FTER WORK HOURS AND AFTER SHOWERING OUT AT THE END OF THE SHIFT, WHICH WAS 0230 HOURS. MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OFF A LADDER AS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING IT STEADY EMPLOYEE HOLDING THE LADDER LET GO CAUSING THE LADDER TO MOVE EMPLOYEE GRABBED A BEAM AND TWISTED HIS LEFT SHOULDER STRAINING IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING UNDERNEATH SCOOP TRAM FRONT END LOADER AND SELF-RESCUER ATTACHED TO MINER'S BELT STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER BACK. THEN WHILE PULLING ON HYDRAULIC HOSE, FELT SOMETHING PULL I N HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF ROAD GRADER HELD ONTO PIECE OF WIRE TOO LONG AND STRAINED SHOULDER
INJURED EMPLOYEE ALNG WITH ANOTHER WERE REMOVING A SUCTION BOOT FROM TAILS UMP IN THE MILL BUILDING. SHUT OFF AIR VALVE ON SUCTION SIDE OF PUMP AND AS THEY WERE REMVOVING THE BOOT WATER AND T AILS SPRAYED INTO EMPLOYEES FACE AND RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A DISCHARGE FEEDER MOTOR FROM THE FLOOR ONTO A WALKWAY AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS CALF OF RT LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS REMVING A STANDPIPE FILTER TUB ASSY. COME-ALONG HOIST WOULD NOT RELEASE SO EMPLOYEE TOOK THEM OFF WHILE HE WAS BALANCING THE PIPE. PIPE SHIFTED AND EMPLOYEE COUND NOT HANDLE PIPE AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE AND TW2 OTHERS WERE LOADING 4" GALVANIZED PIPE INTO A SCOOPTRAM WHEN THE INJURED EMPLOYEE SMASHED HIS RIGHT,MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE END OF THE PIPE AND THE BUCKET DIPPER LIP.
EMPL LIFTING WA7ER LINE SO DRILL RODS STORED ON FAN DRILL WOULDNT HIT WHILE MOVING DRILL LOCATION FELT SOME PAIN IN BACK LATER IN DAY.RX ONLY.
EMPL HELPING 2 2THER EMPL CARRY 30 HP PUMP MOTOR.WHILE CARRYING INJURED TWISTED HIS BACK.STARTED HURTING AFTER THEY FINISHED MOVING MOTOR.RX ONLY.
MANUALLY LIFTIN1 ON A FRONT END SPINDLE ASSEMBLY FOR ROAD GRADER AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN NECK AND BACK.
CLEANING 5 FURN5NCE COOLER LEG AND PULLED LOWER BACK.
BRATTICE MATERI5L -BURLAP-USED TO COVER OR PLUG DRILLED OUT HOLES.EMPL PULLING ON BURLAP TO UNCOVER DRAIN HOLE AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER.RECD RX ONLY.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING 5 GALS.CANS OF FUEL & OIL UNTO JUMBO DRILL FROM THE GROUND AS HE WAS LIFTING IN A TWISTING MOTION STRAINED THE LOWER RT SIDE OF HIS BACK
EMP WAS PULLING3A SPRAY WAND ATTACHED TO A WATER HOSE UP STPS WHEN HE WRENCHED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING ON A HOSE FROM EQUIPMENT WASHER AND WHILE MOVING AROUND SCOOPTRAM PULLED ON HOSE AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMP WAS CLIMBIN1 UPON ROLLER MAGNETS FRAMEWORK TO CLEAN OUT MUCK. AS HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP ON MAGNETS FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER
INJURED AND ANO7HER EMPLOYEE WERE UNLOADING PARTS FROM A 4-WHEEL CART.LIFTED RUBBER LINER OFF CART AND A PUMP SHAFT ROLLED OFF HITTING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG AND MASHING LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING A SMALL PIECE OF ORE FROM THE FACE OF THE DRIFT AND A SHARP EDGE OF THE ROCK STUCK INTO HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BE1INING TO CONNECT A 3/4 IN WATER HOSE TO THE WATER HEADER ON PIPE A NIPPLE BROKE CAUSING HEADER TO FALL STRIKING EMPLOYEES RT LITTLE FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO REINSTALL HYDRAULIC CYLINDER, CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CYLINDER ROD AND BEAM LACERATING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING 4 INCH LOADING HOSE TO A EMPTY HOPPER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
INJURED EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER WERE HOLDING UP A 4" PIECE OF PIPE. THE PIPE SLIPPED AND STRUCK MAN ON LEFT THUMB.
EMP WAS INSTALLING FRONT SKIRTING THAT HANGS ON HANDRAIL IN FRONT OF BALL MILL DISCHARGE SUMP THE SKIRT HAS THREE U TYPE HANGERS THAT HOLD SKIRT IN PLACE SKIRT HANGERS HUNG UP AS EMP WAS MOVIN SKIRT IN POSITION HE DID NOT KNOW HIS FINGER WAS UNDER THE U CLAMP AND THE CLAMP FELL INTO POSITION CUTTING HIS FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON DSM SCREEN RAPPER. HE WAS KNELT DOWN BEHIND B 6 SCREEN BOX WORKING ON RAPPER. WHEN HE STOOD UP HE HIT HIS BACK ON 7" ANGLE IRON CROSS SUPPORT.
EMP WAS REMOVING BROKEN ELECTRICAL INSULATOR FROM POLE WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST THE SHARP EDGES OF THE INSULATOR CUTTING HIS HAND
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIFT A B-FRAME PUMP BARREL FROM THE FLOOR TO A TABLE APPROX. 3 FT HIGH INJURED MAN FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LOWER BACK.
EMPL TRYING TO UNLOAD IDLER FRAME IN BACK OF MULE BED.WHEN HE PUSHED ON THE FRAME IT CAUGHT FINGERS BETWEEN FRAME AND ANGLE ON MULE BED RESULTING IN BROKEN LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
CHANGING BROKEN SHANK ADAPTOR ON FAN DRILL.MAN HAD CLOSED CENTRALIZER ON RODS TO HOLD THEM IN HOLE WHILE HE PULLED BROKEN SHANK OUT OF DRILL.AS MAN TOOK HOLD OF BROKEN SHANK,RODS SLIPPED DOWN ON LEFT THUMB.
INJURED EMPLOYEE AND THREE OTHERS WERE UNLOADING TIMBER, 10" X 10" X10" FROM UNDERGROUND FLAT CAR ONTO SCOOPTRAM BUCKET AND INJURED GOT HIS FINGER CAUG HT BETWEEN TIMBER AND BUCKET. HE LACERATED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER AND FRACTURED THE TIP OF IT.
EMP HAD LIFTED ONE EDGE OF WOODEN PALLET TO POSITION IT NEAR FRONT SOUTH ROLL DOOR OF WAREHOUSE. THE PALLET LIFEED MAN\S PANT LEG, TOUCHING BARE SKIN. AS HE TURNED PALLET, A SPLINTER CAME OFF, PENETRATING LOWER RIGHT LEG NEAR SHIN AREA
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DOWN ON STACKER HOLD DOWN ROLLER LEVER TO RELEASE HOLD DOWN PIN. MAN WAS HOLDING HOLD DOWN LEVER DOWN WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND WORKING THE HOLD DOWN PIN LOOSE WITH HIS LEFT HAND. WHEN HOLD DOWN LEVER RAISED UP, MAN CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN LEVER AND HOLD DOWN PIN.
EES WERE PUTTING A 4" DRISCO PIPE FROM 2125 LEVEL DOWN 8" HOLE TO 2475 LEVEL FOR NEW FUEL STATION. INJURED MAN & ANOTHER EE WAS AT 2475 LEVEL TE DOWN A RAISE. WITH ABOUT 240\ DOWN 8" HOLE THE 4" DRISCO PIPE BROKE AT A FUSED JOINT. THE 240\ OF PIPE FELL DOWN HOLE HITTING BOTTOM OF RAISE THEN BENDING OVER STRIKING INJURED MAN ON LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD.
EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF STEEL 1"X4"X20\ FROM FORKS OF PETTIBONE TRUCK ONTO STEEL ROLLER TRACK FOR TRANSFER INTO HACKSAW HOUSE FOR PROPER LENGTH CUTTING. STEEL FELL & MASHED LEFT INDEX FIN GER BETWEEN STEEL & ROLLER TRACK.
EE WAS STRAIGHTENING FENDER ON SCOOPTRAM. HE WAS PUSHING DOWN ON END OF FENDER WHEN WELD ON OTHER END BROKE LOOSE, CAUSING MAN TO LOOSE BALANCE. MAN FELL HEAD FIRST OFF SCOOP LANDING ON HEAD & RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMP WAS STRIPPING OLD FILTER BAG FROM FILTER LEAF LEAF SLIPPED OUT OF HANDS STRIKING MAN ON TOP OF RT FOOT