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EE WAS CHANGING A BEARING ON A CONVEYOR SHAFT AND STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB WITH A HAMMER CAUSING A LACERATION WHEICH REQUIRED SIX STITCHES TO DOSE. HE WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM A ND RELEASED BACK TO FULL DUTY. T
EE WAS USING A 12# SLEDGE HAMMER AS A BACKING PLATE WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS STRIKING A PIN INTO THE PAN FEEDER DRIVE CHAIN. A SMALL SHARD OF METAL SPLINTERED OFF THE PIN AND STRUCK EE IN THE CHIN REQUIRING STITCHES AND REMOVAL OF THE 1/4" METAL CHIP.
EE WAS RETRACTING A 25 FT. STEEL TAPE AND THE BLADE CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RT. HAND SMALL LACERATION CAUSED FOUR STITCHES TO BE PUT IN BY DR AT EMERGENCY ROOM.
EE WAS INSTALLING A SCREEN PANEL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. HAMMER GLANCED OFF PANEL AND STRUCK LT. INDEX FINGER. THE INJURY REQUIRED SEVERAL STITCHES TO CLOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER BELTING AND THE RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND, APPROX 1/4" LONG. 2 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PORTA POWER RAM TO SPREAD APUMP FROM IT'S BASE. UPON COMPLETION OF THE JOB THE RAM FAILED TO RETRACT FULLY AND MAINTAINED ASMALL AMOUNT OF PRESSURE. THE RAM WAS TAPPED WIT H A HAMMER AND THE RAM SPRUNG FREE, PINCHING THEMECHANIC'S HAND AGAINST THE PUMP BASE.
A MILL MECHANIC WAS USING AN 8# HAMMER TO KNOCK LINERS LOOSE IN THE CRUSHER PAN FEEDER. A PIECE OF THE STEEL LINER CHIPPED OFF & STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT CHEEK (RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE). FOUR STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING A HEAVY POWER CABLE FROM ACONVEYER FRAME USING A CHAIN WHICH SLIPPED. THE CABLE FELL AND THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WAS PINCHEDBETWEEN CHAIN AND CONVEYER FRAME. WHEN HE PULLED HIS FINGER OUT OF THE PINCH POINT HE RECEIVED A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT (SUTURES).
ON 10/13/99 EE STRUCK A PIECE OF STEEL WITH A HMMER & A SHARD OF METAL STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB & 1ST FINGER. FIRST AID WAS DONE AT THE MINESITE & HE HEALED WITH NO FUTHER MED ATTENTION. ON 6/9/00 EE HAD A SMALL PIECE OF METEL REMOVED FROM HIS HAND REQUIRING 3 STITCHES
EE WAS STANDING NEARBY WHILE MECHANIC WAS REMOVING A BJUCKET TOOTH ADAPTER WITH A V HAMMER. A SLIVER OF METAL CAME OFF THE ADAPTER AND STRUCK THE EE ON THE LEG. THE PIECE OF METAL BECAME LODGE D IN THE LEG AND HAD TO BE REMOVED AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. EE INITIALLY INFORMED SUPERVISOR THAT INJURY WAS ONLY A CUT. EE DID NOT TELL ANYONE HA HAD GONE TO THE HOSPITAL UNTIL 7-13-99.
EE WAS STRIKING A TABLE BUSHING SLEEVE ON A DRILL WITH A 2 LB. HAMMER, WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF THE HAMMER AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHIN. THE LACERATION REQUIRED 2 STITCHES TO CLOSE.
AS EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING LOCK PIN INTO LOADER TOOTH A SLIVER OF METAL BROKE OFF THE PIN WHEN HE HIT PIN WIHT HAMMER. THE SLIVER FLEW UP AND STRUCK HIM IN THELEFT ARM LODGING INHIS LEFT BICEP. H E WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR WHERE THE SLIVER HAD TO BE SURGICALLY REMOVED. THE CUT WAS BANDAGED AND HE WAS RELEASED BACK TO WORK.
THE EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER MECHANIC WERE HOISTING THE BELLY PAN INTO PLACE WITH A FLOOR JACK, WHEN THE PAN HUNG UP THEN FREED INTO PLACE CATCHING HIS THUMB. THE D8N DOZER'S PAN PINCHED THE EMPLO YEE'S LEFT THUMB PAD CAUSING AN AVULSION OF THE PAD.
EE WAS USING A PORTA POWER HYDRAULIC RM TO PRESS A BOLT OUT OF THE MILL SHELL. AS PRESSURE MOUNTED, THE RAM SLIPPED FROM ITS FOOTING AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE CHEST.
HELPER THOUGHT A WRENCH NEEDED TO BE USED TO SET CASING DRILLER LOWERED CASING, NOT KNOWING HELPERS HAND WAS BENEATH JAWS.
EE WAS SHOVELING WITH A FIBERGLASS HANDLED SHOVEL WHEN THE HANDLE BROKE & A SLIVER [APPROX 1 1/2"] WENT INTO THE 4TH & 5TH FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
STRIPPING INSULATION FROM WIRE AND KNIFE SLIPPED OFF THE WIRE CUTTING LEFT HAND THUMB, NEEDING STITCHES.
HOLDING PIPE WITH PIPE WRENCH. STRIKING PIPE WITH HANMMER. PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND HIT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISLODGING ROCKS WHICH HAD JAMMED ON CRUSHER FEED PLATE USING A LONG PRY BAR. ONE OF THE ROCKS HIT BAR AND HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUSGHT BETWEEN BAR AND ACESS DOOR FRAME. SMASHED NDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER. INDEX FINGER WAS BROKEN.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT A HOSE AND HIS KNIFE SLIPPED THUS CUTTING HIS INDEX FINGER (OFF HAND). HE WAS CUTTING TOWARD HIS HOLDING HAND. THE HOSE WAS STEEL MESH REINFORCED AND A HACK SAW WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PROPER TOOL TO USE ON THE JOB. THE CUT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF 1 1/2" RUBBER HOSE WITH A RZAOR KNIFE KNIFE CUT THROUGH HOSE VERY QUICKLY, THEN CUT INTO RIGHT THIGH. 3" LACERATION OF RIGHT THIGH. 13 STITCHES REQ. NO ARTER IES CUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN ROCK OUT OF THE STANDARD HOPPER. THE ROCKS LOSEN AND FELL DOWN ON THE BAR. THIS CAUSED THE BAR TO FLIP UP THUS HITTING THE EMPLOYEE UNDER THE CHIN. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED ON THE LACERATION (SUTURES). EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BEHIND THE BAR WHEN IT WAS BEING USED. PROCEDURE WAS TO STAND TO THE SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING DOWN A HAUL TRUCK TIRE WHEN THE BEAD BREAKER KICKED BACK.
MAINT MECHANIC WAS PUSHING AGAINST A 42IN STEEL BAR ATTEMPTING TO LEVER A PAN FEEDER PAN INTO POSITION SO IT COULD BE BOLTED INTO PLACE MECHANIC WAS PUSHING AGAINST BAR WITH HIS SHOULDER & ATT EMPTED TO TWIST HIS BODY FOR MORE LEVERAGE FELT HIS LOWER BACK STRAIN DR RECOMMENDED THERAPY
WE WERE DRIVING A PIN OUT OF AN IDLER FOR A D-9 CAT. A MECHANIC SWUNG A HAMMER ONTO THE HAMMER I WAS HOLDING AND A CHIP FLEW OFF MY HAMMER STRIKING ME IN THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN A PARTICAL FELL IN HIS LEFT EYE
EE WAS REMOVING A DRILL HAMMER FROM THE DRILL STRING. IN DOING SO HE WAS POUNDING ON THE DRILL HAMMER WITH A HAMMER. EE HIT A KNOB OF WELD ON THE WEAR SURFACE AND THE KNOB SHATTERED WITH A PIE CE HITTING HIS GLASSES AND BREAKING THEM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING VISUAL INSPECTION OF GYRATORY CRUSHER WHEN HE FOUND THREE ROCKS HUNG UP OF SPLITTER. HE THEN SHUT DOWN APRON FEEDER AND PROCEEDED TO BAR ROCKS OFF SPLITTER. ROCKS WERE STACK ED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. HE HAD BAR BETWEEN BOTTOM ROCK AND SPLITTER EXERTING UPWARD PRESSURE WHEN ROCKS GAVE WAY ALL AT ONCE, CAUSING BAR TO ACCELL UPWARD PINCHING RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND
TORQUEING BOLTS ON DRESSER. WRENCH SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARD. JAMMED ARM AND SPRAINED WRIST.
MAINTENANCE MECHANIC WAS USING A PORTA POWER HYDRAULIC TOOL TO BREAK BEADS ON A HAUL TRUCK TIRE. TIRE WAS MOUNTED ON LEFT FRON TOF CAT 777 TRUCK. PORTA POWER WAS BRACED BETWEEN THE SUSP. CYLIN DER AND RIM BEAD ON THE TIRE. AS PRESSURE WAS APPLIED AT THE HOSPITAL.
EMPL WAS SHOVELING & HOSING KNELSON CONCENTRATOR DEVICE. WATER & DIRT SLURRY SPLASHED FACE. EMPL FELT EYE ARRITATION 2 HRS LATER. NEXT SHIFT HE REPRTED TO FOREMAN & WENT TO DR,
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS INSTALLING A PORTABLE TANK ON SERVICE TRUCK TANK SLIPPED STRIKING MIDDLE & RING FINGERS ON RT HAND
LOOSENING THE BIT THE STEEL WEDGE SLIPPED ALLOWING IT TO STIKE MIDDLE FINGER BROKEN IT AT TIP
I NAME WAS IN THE BACK OF PUGMILL CLEANING DISCHARGE CHUTE WHEN A PIECE OF ORE CAME OUT HITTING HIS FOOT HE WENT TO DR ON 09-06-91 HE WAS GIVEN PAIN PILLS
EE WAS LOOSING NUT ON D-4 CAT. HE PULLED AND STRAINED HIS NECK HE WENT TO DR ON 9-6-91 THE DR DID AN ADJUSTMENT ON HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OIL ON #C-89 DOZER,HE WAS USING HIS WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL STRIKING AND CUTTING HIS CHIN.
A ROCK STRUCK THE RIGHT FRONT DRIVER AIR CAR CAUSING AN AIR LEAK.I WAS TIGHTENING THE RING ON THE AIR CAN AND TAPPING IT WITH A HAMMER WHEN THE CAN CAME APART STRIKING ME BETWEEN THE EYE AND L EFT EYEBROW.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING TEETH ON A 992 CAT LOADER BUCKET, AND THE INSTALL A TOOTH. THE EMPLOYEE HIT THE TIP WITH A 12 LB SLEDGE HAMMER, AT THIS TIME A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF THE TOOTH AND STRUCK HIS EYE SAFETY GLASSES AND THE GLASSES SHATTERED, GETTING CHIPS OF GLASS INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT THROUGH 1/2" EMMITTER TUBING WHILE WORKING ON THE LEACH PAD WHEN HE CUT THROUGH THE TUBE AND CONTINUED ON THROUGH HIS COVERALLS AND INTO HIS RIGHT LEG. THE INCISION REQUIRED STITCHES EE RETURNED TO WORK.
USING HAND TOOL, METAL CUT EYE
TRUCK DRIVER WAS HELPING EE CUT THE HOSE ON A NEW CONTIANER OF BATTERY ACID. EE HAD TAKEN OFF HIS SAFETY GLASSES FOR A MOMENT. AS THE HOSE WAS CUT, THE ACID SPURTED AND SPLASHED EE IN HIS LEFT EYE. EE IMMEDIATELY FLUSHED HIS EYE IN THE EMERGENCY EYE WASH. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 11:40AM.
CUTTING HOSE WITH KNIFE, IT SLIPPED PUNCT THUMB
I.NAME WAS STRIPPING FORMS WHEN THE BAR OFF NAIL AND HIT HIS KNEE.
THE MINER INJURED HIS LEFT WRIST WHILE HUNTING APPROX. 7 DAYS EARLIER HE RECIEVED NO MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME AND DID NOT REPORT IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR UPON RETURN TO WORK TODAY HE WAS USI NG A HEAVY WRENCH AND EXPERIENCED RENEWED PAIN IN THAT WRIST AND HAND. A DR CONFIRMED STRAINED TENDONS IN HIS LEFT WRIST.
HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE PIPE WHICH GOES TO THE HOLDING POND. HE DID NOT METION HE WAS INJURED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
WHILE CRANKING DOWN THE LEG ON A GENERATOR INSIDE OF ELBOW STARTED HURTING
DRIVING TRACK PIN HIT PIN CAUSING SPLINTER TO FLY STRIKING HIM IN FACE
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ORE FROM UNDER TAIL PULLEY OF SCREEN FEED CONVEYOR. LEFT THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN SHOVEL AND FRAME OF CONVEYOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING FLASHING FOR A CONVEY0R KNIFE SLIPPED & HE STABBED HIMSELF IN THE THIGH
HE WAS JUST PUSHING A SHOVEL INTO THE GROUND WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.