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Employee was lifting a 5 gallon container approximately 18 inches to a shelf. The employee rolled his ankle causing him to stumble and thereby causing a suspected muscle strain to abdomen. Employee did not feel injury was serious. Employee sent to physician and it was diagnosed as a hernia.

Employee was loading a container into a Bronco when the door blew shut. He set the box on the ground opened the door and picked up the box. He felt something sting in his torso and assumed it was a muscle pull and did not report the accident. Over a period of 2 months the condition did not improve. He reported the accident on 4-10-09 after discovering that he had a hernia.

Employee was climbing a ladder to get to the top of the warehouse roof. Employee was carrying a propane bottle, weighing approximately 35lbs. When placing bottle on roof, he felt something pull in his abdomen.

Employee was pumping sump using a portable pump. Upon completion employee picked up pump to move it and caught the pump on bottom step on grating. This caused the employee to twist thereby straining his back and left side.

The employee was lifting a sandpiper pump to move it and felt a sharp pain in his right groin area. This was diagnosed as an inguinal hernia (right).

The employee was starting up the leach circuit and opened a valve to supply air to the #3 leach tank. Solution came up the standpipe and splashed the employee on his face, hands, upper back and forearms. This resulted in a chemical burn.

While removing rods for a rod mill from the bin, one rod rolled over & caught the employee's hand between the rod and the rim on the bin. This resulted in a contusion to his left hand and a fracture to the left index finger.

The employee was working in the Solvent Extraction Circuit and a chemical solution spilled onto her leg as she was moving a sandpiper pump with another employee.

The employee was working in the solvent extraction area of the mill when he noticed irritation to his back and chest.

The employee was working in the solvent extraction circuit during an upset condition when an emulsion developed. The employee developed dermatitis. The Company does not believe this is a reportable injury but reporting it at the direction of MSHA.

While working in the solvent extraction area of the mill, the employee experienced itching, burning and tingling on her arms and legs.

The employee was cleaning up in the Solvent Extraction building and noticed some slight irritation in his eye. The irritation became worse during the night and he rubbed the eye, causing a corneal abrasion.

The employee was inspecting a valve for a leak and another employee was holding onto a valve handle. The handle came loose and struck the injured employee in the mouth breaking one front tooth and loosening another.

The employee was lifting a Gardner Denver 83 jackleg drill out of a Boss Buggy and felt pain in his groin.

The employee was walking down stairs when he twisted his knee and his knee hit the railing. This aggravated an off-the-job injury from some time ago and resulted in restricted duty.

EE was filling the boiler brine tank with salt. One bag slipped from grasp and EE caught it in an awkward position resulting in a back strain.

Employee was removing bolts from a boot on a line under the CCD tanks -- employee was sprayed w/process solution. Solution contained soda ash which caused skin irritation.

The employee was setting up a pump at the #5 Leach Tank. As he lifted the pump to set it on the bolts he felt a pain in the groin area.

The employee was working in the SVU area of the mill when he was evidently sprayed with some caustic solution. The employee continued working and did not realize that he had a chemical burn for at least 2 hours. This resulted in a chemical burn to his left upper arm that required medical treatment and perhaps some skin grafting.

THE EE WAS LIFTING A PLACING A BOX OF COPIER PAPER IN THE BACK OF A VEHICLE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND ABDOMINAL AREA.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A ROCK FROM THE TAILGATE OF A TRUCK WHEN HIS HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TAILGATE AND THE ROCK. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER THAT REQ UIRED SUTURES.

EE WAS HELPING MOVE A TANK FOWARD ON A TRAILER WHEN A RAIROAD TIE FELL FROMT HE TRAILER AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK OF THE RT. LEG BELOW THE ANKLE.

EE WAS INSIDE TUNNEL ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE FIRE HOSE WHEN ANOTHER EE PULLED ON IT SMASHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE HOSE & A BRICK PILLAR.

EE WAS PUSHING PIPE OFF BACKOF TRAILER WHEN A PIECE HIT THE END OF THE TRAILER STOPPING THE PIPE AND JAMMING IT INTO HIS HAND.

THE EE WAS CLEANING SUPPLY SHELVES AND PINCHED HER FINGER BETWEEN TWO BALL VALVES. THIS RESULTED IN A BLOOD BLISTER. TWO DAYS LATER SHE NOTICED THE BLISTER WAS BROKEN AND SHE HAD RED STREAKS O N HER ARM. THIS WAS DIAGNOSED AS BACTERIAL INFECTION OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN.

THE EE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE A FLANGE FROM A SLURRY TANK TO THE KILN FEED. SLURRY SPRAYED ON THE EMPLOYEE

THE EE WAS LIFTING A 6 INCH HOSE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

THE EE WAS MOVING AHEAVY AGITATOR SHAFT. AS HE MOVED IT HE TWISTED HIS WRIST AND FELT SOMETHING "POP." THIS RESULTED IN A DISTAL RADIAL FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT WRIST.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WEEDS AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS WHEN A WEED SUDDENLY CAME LOOSE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING CLEANUP MATERIAL INTO A BUCKET AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

DISCONNECTED AN AIR LINE AND WAS SPRAYED WITH SULFURIC ACID THAT HAD BACKED UP IN THE LINE.

THE EE WAS WALKING ACROSS A THICKENER TANK AND WAS SPRAYED IN THE EYE BY ACID LEAKING FROM A LINE.

THE EE WAS MOVING AN AGITATOR MOUNTING PLATE & FELT A PAIN IN GROIN. THIS LATER WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA THAT WOULD REQUIRE SURGERY & BECAME A REPORTABLE INJURY.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A COVER FROM A SWAMP COOLER AND HE BRUSHED AGAINST AN OLD LADDER. THIS RESULTED IN A SPLINTER IN THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER THE SPLINTER HAD TO BE REMOVE D BY A PHYSICIAN AND SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS PULLING A PARTIALLY FROZEN FIRE HOSE OFF OF A RAFFINATE TANK & FELT PAIN IN HER BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A HEAVY STAND OFF THE FINE ORE BINS. HE PULLED WRONG AND FELT A PAIN IN ABDOMENAL. THE INITIAL DIAGNOSIS WAS A STRAIN BUT AS TIME PASSED WITH NO IMPROVEMENT, AS DIAGNO SIS OF UMBILICAL HERNIA WAS MADE AND SURGICALLY REPAIR WAS NECESSARY.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR ON A RAIL CAR BUT IT DID NOT LATCH PROPERLY. THE EE MOVED AWKARDLY TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP A MUD SPILL UNDER THE PRIMARY THICKENER. THE DEEP MUD MADE IT DIFFICULT TO MOVE AND HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A HEAVY PUMP CASEAND STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK AT HOME ON 6/27/00. ON 6/30/00 HE AGGREVATED HIS BACK WHEN HE WAS LIFTING A SHAFT TO A PUMP.

WHILE EE WAS LIFTING A PIPE TO INSTALL, HE FELT HIS BACK PULL.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING APART A FAN WHEN HE NOTICED A ROCK ON TOP OF THE STEEL SETS WHEN HE TRIED TO REMOVE IT, THE ROCKSLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND FELL ON HIS FOOT, FRACTURING THE 4TH & 5TH TOES O N HIS RIGHT FOOT.