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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.
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.
Helper was running out drill pipe onto pipe truck and strained a muscle in the middle of his lower back.
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 was putting tongs on pump column when tongs pinched his right ring finger
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.
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.
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 was changing a centefuse on a truck. The centefuse was falling, he tried to catch it and strained his right thumb.
Tripping rods on drill. rod hung on slide and struck Chace's finger.
Truck #846 10 ton slid off the jacks pinning ee's right leg.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SHOVEL 352, HE GOT HIT WITH THE DIPPER CABLE.
EE CLOSED HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE DOORJAMB OF THE DRILL.
While running out pipe on the pipe truck, strained right bicep
While waiting for the bus ee and another employee started pushing each other around & ee hurt his back.
Carrying 1516 sandbags, three in each hand, back became stiff and started hurting next day.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD ONTO THE TRUCK A PIPE THAT WEIGHED 375 LBS. AFTER HOLDING IT FOR SOMETIME HE COLLAPSED UNDER THE WEIGHT. HE TRIED TO THROW THE PIPE OVER HIS SHOULCER BUT DID NOT CLEAR HIS HEAD. THE PIPE CAUSED BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA ALONG HIS EAR-EYE LINE.
EMPLOYEE RUBBED HIS EYE AND FELT PAIN. THE DR REMOVED A PIECE OF METAL FROM HIS RIGHT EYE.
Employee failed to properly attach clamshell to a piece of drill pipe. Pipe fell from chest level and landed on right foot. Steel toe on boot was crushed and big toe was fractured and lacerated.
CHRONIC ELBOW PAIN CONTINUALLY WORSENING OVER TIME. THIS BECAME REPORTABLE ON 9/9/03 AS THE EE RECEIVED A CORTOZONE INJECTION.
EE WAS HOOKING LIGHT PLANT TRAILER TO PICKUP, HOLDING TONGUE OF TRAILER. HITCH SLIPPED OFF BALL AND PINNED FINGERS BETWEEN GROUND AND TONGUE. LACERATIONS ON ENDS OF 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS ON RT H AND. NO TENDON DAMAGE. STITCHES REQUIRED.
EE BEGAN WORK AT REG SHIFT TIME, HE WAS LOADED WITH MATERIAL AT 8PM AND THEN BEGAN THE PROCESS OF MANUALLY TARPING HIS LOAD. DURING THIS PROCESS HE FELT HIS RIGHT WRIST POP. PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST GRADUALLY INCREASED THROUGHOUT THE SHIFT EE WAS SEEN BY DR THE FOLLOWING DAY WHO DIAGNOSED A STRAIN TO TENDON IN EE'S RIGHT WRIST. DR RX'D 2 DAYS MODIFIED WORK
PICKED UP LONG SECTION OF YELLOW MINE PIPE (9). RAISED ABOVE HIS HEAD & ELBOW POPPED.
WHILE SIGNALING CRANE TO HOIST UP, EE MOVED HIS RIGHT ARM ABOVE HIS HEAD, HITTING HIS HAND ON THE SHIPPER SHAFT PINION GEAR, CAUSING A LACERATION ON BACK OF RIGHT HAND.
SHOVELING UNDER #3 BELT HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN SHOVEL HANDLE AND ROLLER.