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EE WAS GRINDING AND WEARING A FACE SHIELD. HE STOPPED GRINDING RAISED THE FACE SHIELD AND DUST BUILD-UP FELL INTO RIGHT EYE. DR REMOVED PARTICLE FROM EYE AND PATCHED EYE FOR ONE DAY.
EE WAS ROLLING A GEAR OUT OF THE SHOP WHEN THE GEAR LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE. PHYSICIAN PLACED HIM ON MODIFIED DUTY.
EE WAS PULLING BELLY PAN OFF CATERPILLER D-8K DOZER. HE WAS PULLING PAN OUT OF WAY SIDE TO SIDE AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN PAN AND TRACK OF DOZER. REQUIRED 6 STITCHES.
WHILE WORKING IN THE #2 MILL, RELINING THE PEEBLE MILL. WHILE HANDING A MILL LINER TO THE EMPLOYEE THE LINER SLIPPED AND HIT JACKS RIGHT KNEE. WE ARE WAITING FOR HIM TO GO SEE A DOCTOR IN LAS CRUCES. TO FIND OUT WHAT WILL BE DONE TO HIS KNE
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING TRASH LUMBER OFF THE MANCAGE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. WILL REMAIN ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL RELEASED BY HIS PHYSICIAN, HAS A FOLLOW UP APPT. ON 10-21-97.
REMOVING COVER PLATE ON HOSE ON BACK OF SHOVEL BUCKET TO INSTALL NEW METAL HYDRAULIC TUBE HAD SAFETY BARS IN HOLES TO REMOVE BOLTS. STARTED REMOVING SAFETY BAR TO REMOVE PLATE AND PLATES SLIP
HE WAS HANDING OUT RUBBER LIFTERS THROUGH PEBBLE MILL DOOR TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRIP, DROPPING THE LIFTER DOWN ON HIM. THE LIFTER HIT INJURED ON RIGHT SHOULDER AND CAUSED HIM TO BUCKLE ON HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE HAD RAISED HIS CLOTHES BASKET AFTER CHANGING CLOTHES AT END OF HIS SHIFT & HAD SECURED THE CHAIN. AS HE WAS PUTTING THE PADLOCK IN PLACE, 1 OF THE BASKETS BROKE LOOSE FROM THE CHAIN & HIT HIM ON THE HEAD.
HE STARTED TO SHOVEL MUCK AND AS HE TWISTED TO SHOVEL IT OUT FROM UNDER HYDROSTROKE, PULLED LOWER BACK MUSCLE.
HOOD ON TRUCK #914 FELL ON RT HAND WHILE CHECKING ENGINE OIL.
EE WAS BENDING OVER PULLING A 30 HP MOTOR TO THE REAR OF A FLATBED PICKUP. WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP, HE FELT A PULL IN HIS NECK.
EE WAS CUTTING A HOLE IN GRATE LINER & NEEDED TOFLIP THE LINER OVER TO FINISH HIS CUT & HURT HISBACK BY LIFTING LINER
EE REPORTED A POSSIBLE HERNIA. HE ALLEGES HE HAD SURGERY FOR A HERNIA APPROX 12 YEARS AGO. HE HAS NO IDEA WHEN THIS CURRENT HERNIA PROBLEM HAPPENED, HOWEVER, HE REPORTED IT 1-14-97. NO ACCIDEN T OR INJURY.
EE WAS REPLACING AN MT-40 STARTER FROM SERVICE TRUCK. HE HAD REMOVED MOUNTING BOLTS & WAS LOWERING STARTER WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS & CAME DOWN & TRAPPED HIS ARM BETWEEN THE GROUND & S TARTER.
EE WAS HELPING AMINTENANCE REPAIR THE MAIN DRISCO TAIL LINE, FELT PAIN IN MUSCLE IN RIGHT GROIN AREA. HE HAD ALSO FELT A STRAIN WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE A SUCTION SIDE VALVE ON FRIDAY, DEC 6, 199 6. HE WILL BE CHECKED BY A SURGEON AND , IF HE IS A CANDIDATE FOR SURGERY, THERE MAY BE LOST TIME INVOLVED.
WHILE DISASSEMBLING PUMP BARRELL, THE BEARING BROKE LOOSSE, CAUSING THE BARREL TO FALL, SMASHING EE'S FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A IDLER. WITHOUT WARNING, CO-WORKER SHOVED THE IDLER PINNING EMPLOYEE'S THUMB BETWEEN THE IDLER AND THE I-BEAM.
EE AND CO-WORKER WERE LOADER LUMBER INTO BOBCAT BUCKET. HIS RIGHT 3RD FINGER GOT CRUSHED BETWEEN TEH LUMBER HE WA SLOADING AND THE LUMBER CO-WORKER WAS LOADING.
EE WAS UNLOADINGA 300 GALLON BARREL OF HYDRAULICOIL WHEN WEIGHT OF OIL SHIFTED AND BARREL TIPPEDOVER, CRUSHING BOTH LEGS. EE HAS DEEP PUNCTURE ON RIGHT LEG AND A CRUSHED ANKLE AND FRACTURED TIBIA/FIBULA ON LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF RIGGING FROM AN ELEVATED BEAM. WHEN HE PULLED THE RIGGING DOWN, DEBRIS FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A VERTICAL PUMP AT MILL #2. THE PUMP WAS LAYING ON GROUND. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO STAND THE PUMP UP TO VERTICAL POSITION WITHTHE ASSISTANCE OF ANOTHER EMP. WHEN LIFTING THE PUMP UPRIGHT EMP CAUSED A STRAIN ON HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRIN GOT OPEN A GATE ON AN ORE CAR, WHEN IT DID OPEN A LG ROCK FELL ON HIS FOOT.
WHILE REMOVING DRIVE LINE FROM TRUCK, FOREIGN MATERIAL ENTERED EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WAITING FOR CAGE TO LOWER MATERIALS AN DWAS STANDING ON A BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLT MATS. THE BUNDLE SLIPED OFF THE BLOCK, PINNIN INJURED'S FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING FITTINGS FROM OLD HYDRAULIC PUMP TO A NEW ONE; PUMP SLIPPED AND FELL ON TOP OF HIS FOOT.
INJURED WAS LIFTING LINER INTO CASCADE MILL, STRAINED HIS KNEE.
INJURED AND THREE OTHER EE WERE CARRYING A CASCADE MILL LINER. ONE MAN LOST HIS GRIP ON THE LINER WHICH CAUSED EXCESS WEIGHT FOR THE OTHER THREE EE THE LINER SLIPPED AND STRUCK THE INJURED EE S THIGH.
INJURED WAS MOVING LIFTERS BY HIMSELF IN PREPARATION FOR MILL SHUTDOWN WHILE LIFTING A MILL LIFTER HE TURNED CAUSING STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK
EE WAS HELPING CLEAN AROUND THE 10-27- GRIZZLY; HE LIFTED A 5" X 5" ROCK AND FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA. THIS OCCURRED AROUND 4:15 PM BUT INJURED CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL ABOUT 6:40 WHEN THE PAIN BECAME MORE SEVERE.
EE & SUPERVISOR WERE UNLOADING A VALVE, IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND & PINNED HIS HAND AGAINST THETRUCK.
FELLOW EE HAD LIFTED THE CONVEYOR BELT IN ORDER TO CLEAN UNDER IT. WHEN THE COWORKER LET THE CONVEYOR BELT DOWN, IT SLIPPED AND HIT EE ON TOP OF HEAD. HE WAS WEARING HARD HAT.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED RAILROAD SWITCH HALF WAY WITH HIS HAND & THEN PUSHED IT DOWN THE REST OF THE WAY WITH HIS FOOT. WHILE PUSHING HIS FOOT, HE FELT HIS HIP POP & BECOME PAINFUL.
INJURED WAS STANDING ON AIR LINES TAKING DOWN TAMROCK MESSENGER CABLE. THE 2/0 MESSENGER CABLE BROKE, STRIKING INJURED ON FOREHEAD.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK THE FLOCCULENT BARREL TO THE LAB TRUCK THE BARREL ROLLED FORWARD CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TONGUE & BUMPER OF THE TRUCK
THE GRIZZLY RAIL WAS OUT OF POSIITON AND ABOUT TO SLIDE INTO POCKET. EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE RAIL TO PUT IT BACK INTO PLACE AND PULLED CHEST MUSCLES.
EE HELPED MOVE 2 INCH STEEL PIPE FROM A WRECK ON THE 1300 LEVEL. HE THEN CLIMBED THE MANWAY BACK TO THE TRACKLESS AREA AND AS HE RODE THE KUBOTA UP TO THE SHOP, HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT.
EES WERE PUTTING A 5' SHAFT ONTO A PALLET; THE PALLET GAVE WAY AND STRUCK EE'S FOOT.
EE WAS PUTTING A WHEEL BACK ON ORE CAR, HE WAS IN A CROUCHED POSITION AND WHEN HE PUSHED THE SHEEL BACK ON THE AXLE, FELT PAIN IN BACK.
WHEN LIFTING MILL CASTING LINER, HE SLIPPED HIS HAND OVER CASTING SURFACE. THE SHARP EDGE CUT HIS FINGER.
EE WAS INSTALLING FLEX PLATE IN FLYWHEEL OF R50 EUCLID TRUCK. HE DROPPED A BOLT AND WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK IT UP THE FLEX PLATE FELL OUT AND STRUCK INJURED S HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIGHTING HYDRAULIC PUMP INTO POSITION WHEN A PROTRUDING WIRE FROM THE HYDRAULIC HOSE PUNCTURED HIS HAND.
INJURED WAS CARRYING A ROLL OF BELTING ON HIS SHOULDER TO THE 5 BELT HEAD PULLEY. STEPPED TOO CLOSE TO BELT AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROLL OF BELTING ON HIS SHOULDER AND THE SAFETY STOP CORD SUPPORTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON CONTAINER OF WATER. AS HE LIFTED, HE TURNED TO SET THE CONTAINER ON TOP OF COUNTER AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE & PARTNER WERE MOVING PIPE. WHEN THEY SET PIPE DOWN EMPLOYEE FELT A SNAP IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKIGN SPILL WITH A SHOVEL UNDER 13-23 CHUTE. HE AND HIS PARTNER AHD FILLED ABOUT ONE HTIRD OF A CAR WHEN HE EXPERIENCED MUSCLE SPASM IN HIS LOWER BACK.
THE INJURED PERSON, A CHEMIST, IS A LABORATORY ASSAY TECHNICIAN. SHE WAS PERFORMING A ROUTINE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS WHICH REQUIRES THE USE OF NITRIC ACID. AS SHE WAS POURING THE ACID FROM A GLAS S CONTAINER INTO A DISPENSING BURETTE, SHE INADVERTENTLY SPILLED A SMALL AMOUT OF ACID ON THE UPPER PART OF HER LEG LEG (THIGH). THE ACID PENETRATED HER CLOTHING AND CONTACTED THE SKIN CAUSIN
HE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL 4" AIRLINE. HE BENT TO LIFT A HEAVY SECTION OF THE PIPE BUT DID NOT USE HIS KNEES PROPERLY TO AID IN LIFTING THE PIPE. AS A RESULT HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDE R.
WHILE RETURNING TO CAB OF DRILL, LOWELL PULLED DOOR CLOSED BEHIND HIM AND HIS HAND SLIPPED FROMHANDLE AND BECAME CAUGHT IN BETWEEN DOOR & FRAMECAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A BRACKET FROM COMPRESSED AIR CYLINDER BY DRIVING STEEL WEDGES BETWEEN CYLINDER HOUSING AND FLANGES OF BRACKET. EMPLOYEE WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO REMOVE BR ACKET IN THIS MANNER. EMPLOYEE REMOVED ONE OF WEDGES WHILE HOLDING END OF FLANGE. WEDGE CAME LOOSE CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN FLANGE AND CYLINDER HOUSING.