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Employee was assisting mechanic close a door on the roller mill when EE's finger was pinched in the door causing a laceration requiring 6 sutures.

Equipment operator shut fork truck door on little finger causing a laceration that required 4 sutures.

Walking across shop floor when hamstring began to cramp

Lifting 50lb broken sack from pallet and strained back

Individual was getting supplies out of a Job (Knack) box, when the individuals head caught the lid. Causing the lid to close on the back of the head.

Maintenance employee was conducting routine work of rotating cutting edge on Cat 966K Loader when worn carriage bolt spun and caused a laceration on the left middle finger of the employee. Standard leather gloves were being worn.

Employee was changing a dual windshield wiper. EE was loosening the wiper arm from the broken stud. The wiper arm swung back and hit the employee right ring finger.

Employee was in the process of lifting a magnet up a couple flights of stairs. While setting up lifting device employee anchored a chain around a section of hand railing and tied a chain hoist to it and began to pull the chain on the hoist to bring the hook down to hook on the magnet when the hand railing broke falling to the ground with something contacting forehead.

Miner was running an auotmated packing system while running the system the bag count got off and messed the bag count up while it was stacking bags on the pallet. The operator stopped the machine and started to re-stack the bags and felt a strain in lower back.

While picking waste rock out of State 1 ore the employee's back got sore. Began to feel a pinching burning sensation in lower back and buttocks, leg area on the second day of picking rock.

While replacing shrink wrap roll on stretch wrapper Machine worker swung the roll up and hit a support beam causing a contusion and laceration to his middle finger on his left hand.

An AFFCO, Inc. EE cut his index finger and required stitches resulting from picking up a sharply worn metal ball mill liner.

Employee alleges he got a splinter while moving a wooden pallet in a packaging area.

While replacing a belt on the drive motor to the pan feeder, the employee's right thumb was caught between belt and drive wheel.

Employee deenergized air and power to the packaging equipment. He was retensioning the chain that runs the destacking tray. As he was taking tension off the chain he saw movement in the corner of his eye. He reacted by pulling his arm out of the machine. When he did so his left elbow scraped across the sharp edge of a metal tray.

2 employees were attempting to close a roll-up door. One employee was pulling on the door and a 2nd employee was waking to the other end. As the 1st employee added more tension, the door fell to the floor. The 1st employee tried to get out the the way but the door scraped his back and he fell to the floor with his lower legs pinned under the door.

When employee was trying to remove a stuck 50 lb. produce bag he sprained his shoulder.

Employee was stepping up one step to tie off product bag, when he heard his knee pop and felt sharp pain in left knee.

While removing O2 cylinder from pickup finger was caught between cylinder and latch on tailgate resulting in cut finger.

Removing large rocks from belt by hand cut finger on sharp edge on rock.

WHILE REMOVING PIPE FINGER GOT CUT ON LIP. LT INDEX FINGER CUT RESULTING IN FIVE SUTURES.

WHILE CHANGING STEEL ON DRILL EE FELT SMALL PAIN IN LOWER BACK. LATER AT HOME THAT EVENING THE PAIN BECAME MORE SEVERE. EE STATED THIS WAS RELATED TO PREVIOUSLY WORK RELATED INJURY IN 1988 AND IS DUE TO LIFTING AND MOVING HEAVY OBJECTS. WE ARE REQUESTING A DETERMINATION IF THIS IS A NEW INJURY OR CONTINUATION OF PREVIOUS INJURY.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED HIS BACK WAS HURTING AND GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE DURING SHIFT. EMPLOYEE LIFTS BAGS AS NORMAL PART OF JOB FUNCTION. EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS NOT SURE IF SITUATION WAS WORK RELATE D. WORKERS COMP CARRIER ACCEPTED CLAIM BUT DID NOT INFORM COMPANY UNTIL 2/25/03.

WHILE REMOVING HOSE CUT FINGER ON COUPLER.

WHILE TAKING A BAG OF GARBAGE OUTSIDE BROKEN GLASS IN THE BAG WAS PUSHED AGAINST LEG. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION REQUIRING THREE SUTURES.

EE WAS UNPLUGGING THE PELLET MILL AND RAKED HIS THUMB AGAINST A SHARP EDGE OF SCAPER BLADE INSIDE THE MILL.