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The employee was assisting with a shovel move. The employee and three others were preparing to place the cable in the mule when the employee felt a pain and pop in right calf muscle.
While attempting to reposition a small section of chute liner, the liner came to a stop and the mechanics gloved hand slid along the bottom edge. The liner had been worn down to a sharp edge and cut through the employees glove and hand resulting in a 2" laceration. The employee received stitches to repair the laceration.
While moving electric shovel cable, employee was struck by the cable in the left ankle. Employee was watching the cable and the pickup in front of EE when a section of cable contacted the employee from the side resulting in a fracture to the left ankle which required surgery to repair.
Employee was mounting the right hand steer tire on a 24H blade. He bent over to stand the bead seat band up on end. As he began to stand back up straight, the employee felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
The employee was placing poly pipe over the high wall when the pipe came loose from the chain connecting it to a pickup truck. When the pipe came loose it struck the employee on the ground and knocked him to the ground.
Employee was installing a belly pan on a track dozer. When he pulled back on the belly pan trying to get it in to place the belly pan pop up catching his thumb between the belly pan and the hinge on the body of the dozer.
As the employee placed his safety glasses on, the plastic lens broke in the middle causing the left half to pivot inwards striking the employee's left eye. The style of glasses has a single plastic piece for both the left and right lenses and the bridge. The glasses broke in the center of the bridge. The injury was treated by application of prescription medication in the eye.
A rubber tire dozer operator was setting at the shovel waiting to do some work. There was a ceiling mounted heater in the cab, with a defusser/guard missing. He reached his right hand into the hole to see if the filter was missing also. The tip of his middle finger contacted the fan and was lacerated. Six sutures were required to close the wound and he was released to full duty.
Mechanic was changing hoist ropes on a P&H 2300 shovel in cramped quarters. When he attempted to pull the bucket end out of the socket, the rope dropped down pinching his middle finger. He sustained a fracture to his fingertip.
A plant employee was helping lift an idler back into position on an overland conveyor. When it wouldn't fit, they lowered it back down. One employee dropped his end causing the other employee's finger to be caught between the idler and a railroad tie on the ground. His fingertip was fractured and lacerated. The finger was put in a splint and received 4 sutures.
A shop attendant was securing an access ladder to an engine area after he had washed the area for a PM. He was in the process of pinning the ladder up. He released his grasp on the ladder to grab the pin. The ladder swung down and lacerated his right ear lobe. The laceration required 7 sutures to close the wound.
While moving a yield sign on a skid, the employee's right pinky finger became trapped between the skid and the ground. The employee jerked his finger free and in doing so caused a fracture to the tip of the finger and a laceration that took eleven sutures to close. After treatment, the employee was given a full duty release from the ER doctor.
A rubber tire dozer operator was exiting the dozer cab at the end of the shift. When he shut the cab door, his left ring finger tip was pinched between the cab door and the door frame. The operator sustained fractures of the finger tip and a laceration of the finger tip, requiring six sutures to close.
Certified electrician was turning a rotor on a haul truck wheel motor to start profiling. As he pulled down on the rotor he heard a "pop" sound in his right arm and immediately experienced pain in the area. X-rays revealed he had ruptured the distal tendon in his right upper arm.
Employee caught left index finger between a pin and dipper bail support arm after the bail moved unexpectedly. He received a 1/2 inch laceration to the tip of his finger which required 7 sutures.
The employee was removing an inspection plate of a D-11 dozer to change transmission fluid. The plate would not come off so the employee was going to get a pry bar. He placed his hand on the floor to scoot out from under the machine when the plate fell from the dozer onto his right hand.
Employee was positioned inside of a manlift installing a pivot arm cap on a tailgate pivot arm of an 830E Komatso haul truck. The employee placed two bolts in the cap and was reaching down to pick up another bolt when the cap came loose stiking the little finger on the right hand which was positioned on the handrail of the manlift.
THE EE HAD COMPLETED A PRE-SHIFT WALK AROUND ON A 240 TON HAUL TRUCK & PICKED UP A CHOCK BLOCK. THE EE THEN SWUNG THE CHOCK BLOCK IN AN UPWARD MOTION TO PLACE IT IN A CHOCK BLOCK HOLDER AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.
Laborer and an operator were removing pipe from a truck when operator closed the tailgate and pinned the laborer.
AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT EE WAS PREPARING AN ENGINE FOR INSTALLATION IN A D11 DOZER. AS THE ENGINE WAS BEING LOWERED TO THE GROUND HIM WENT TO PLACE A BLOCK OF WOOD UNDER IT. WHEN HE THREW THE BLOCK UNDER THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE THE BLOCK CAUGHT ON THE GLOVE HE WAS WEARING AND PULLED HIS FINGER UNDER THE ENGINE WHERE IT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND THE ENGINE.
THE INJURED EE WAS ASSEMBLING A THREE PIECE RIM WHEN THE LOCK RING AND FLANGE BLEW OFF THE TIRE. THE EE INFLATED THE TIRE TO 15PSI AND WAS TADING ON THE LOCK RING TO MAKE SURE RETIRE WAS SEAKE R PROPERLY WHILE TAPING THE COCK RING IT CAME OFTHE TIRE STRIKING THE EE ON THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER CAUSING LACERATION. THE EE REIEVED FOUR SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING NORTH ANTELOPE COAL EMPLOYEES CHANGE THE ROPES ON A 4100 XPB SHOVEL. IN THE PROCESS ONE OF THE ROPES SLIPPED AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL JULY 17, 03. FURTHER EXAMINATIONS DETECTED A CRACKED LUMBAR.
THE DRILLER WAS REMOVING A DRILL STEEL FROM THE DRILL. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A STRAP AROUND ONE END OF THE STEEL WHEN HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STEEL AND A FORK ON A FORKLIFT. THIS RESULTED IN A LOT OF SWELLING ON HIS LEFT HAND MOSTLY IN THE THUMB AREA GIVING HIM LIMITED USE OF HIS HAND.
WHILE CHANGING HOIST ROPES ON A SHOVEL THE EE WAS STRUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD BY THE ROPE AS IT CAME AROUND THE SPOOL. THE EE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO THE HEAD WHICH LED TO SUTURES IN THE W OUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SHOVEL BUCKET PINS WHEN A PIN SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS FINGER. THIS BROKE THE END OF THE FINGER AND CAUSED A LACERATION.
EE LIFTED METAL LID WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO LOOK INSIDE A HATCH AT THE COAL LEVEL. THE METAL LID SLIPED OUT OF HIS LEFT HAND AND FELL BACK 12" ONTO THE EE'S RIGHT HAND. WHEN THE LID HIT HIS RIGH T HAND IT CAUSED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF THE 5TH METACARPAL.