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The employee was tightening a 1in. ball valve with an 8 in. pipe wrench. The wrench slipped with extreme force. When this happened, he felt a sharp pain in the shoulder area. The shoulder was still sore through November. The employee had surgury on Dec. 3 for a torn ligament.

Erica was working the grizzly lines. She was on the west side of window #10, line 9 attempting to move a rock with a shovel. She was using a "prying" motion when a falling rock caused the shovel to twist, straining her right wrist.

After removing his gloves for a better grip, employee was trimming the liner, cutting away from himself with his right hand while pulling the newly cut liner the opposite way with his left hand. This action resulted in a laceration at the base of the employee's index finger on his left hand. Laceration required 7 stitches.

Employee using 16# doublejack to break a rock. His wrist was twisted when he struck rock & sledge bounced off.

Contractor employee prying rock with bar. Rock moved, pinched finger between bar and concrete. Fractured right ring finger.

Contractor employee was poking a material in a window to start it moving. When material broke loose, it struck his pry bar causing the bar to strike him in the face. Employee sustained a fractured jaw.

Employee was striking rock with double jack when a piece of the rock flew off and cut his right index finger.

Employee was using a prybar to loosen muck in a chute. Left Thumb pinched between prybar and chute gate rail when rock started to run in the chute.

Employee was struck by a pry bar while in the process of cleaning off a grizzly. The employee recieved 10 sutures from the pry bar hitting his safety glasses, which hit his face and eye brow.

CUTTING CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH 24" BOLT CUTTER. WHEN THE WIRE GAVE WAY, THE BOLT CUTTERS STRUCK EE BETWEEN EYES AND CUT THE BRIDGE ON NOSE REQUIRING 6 SUTURES TO CLOSE

WHILE USING A PRYBAR, A ROCK FELL FROM A LOADING CHUTE AND STRUCK EE ON LEFT RING FINGER. EE SUFFERED A FRACTURED FINGER.

BREAKING ROCK WITH 16 POUND DOUBLEJACK. SWUNG AT A ROCK AND FELT PAIN IN GROIN.

WHILE STRIKING A METAL GRINDING BALL WITH A DOUBLEJACK, A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF OF THE BALL STRIKING EE IN LEFT ARM. METAL PENETRATED MUSCLE. INCIDENT BECAME LOST TIME ON 8-18-03 WHEN HE MIS SED WORK DUE TO SURGICAL REMOVAL OF METAL.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO PRY A ROCK WHEN ANOTHER ROCK STRUCK THE BAR CAUSING THE BAR TO PINCH EMPLOYEE FINGERS BETWEEN BAR AND STEEL BEAM.

EE SWINGING 16 POUND DOUBLEJACK. FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN HANDLE OF DOUBLEJACK AND OBJECT HE WAS STRIKING AT.

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING ROCK WITH A DOUBLE JACK AND A PIECE OF FLYROCK STRUCK HIS UPPER LIP WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.

A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC REPORTED ON 8-30-02 THAT WHILE ON SWING SHIFT HE HAD BEEN FREEING A POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMP BY USING A 48" PIPE WRENCH, THE EE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT NOTICED ANY BACK PAIN DURING SHIFT, HOWEVER THE FOLLOWING MORNING HE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN. THE EE WAS SEEN BY A PHYUSICIAN AND RELEASED, HE LATTER RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 10-2-02 BUT CONTINUED

WHILE USING A PRYBAR TO MOVE ROCK, ANOTHER ROCK STRUCK BAR CAUSING IT TO STRIKE EE ON RIGHT CHEEK EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 4-4-02 WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED HE HAVE A FRACTURED JAW.

WHILE USING A PRYBAR TO MOVE A ROCK, ANOTHER ROCK STRUCK BAR CAUSING IT TO STRIKE EE ON RIGHT CHEEK & NOSE. EE SUSTAINED CONTUSION & SMALL LACERATION. ON 3/28/02 A CT SCAN REVEALED FRACTURE TO RIGHT SINUS AREA.

WHILE BREAKING A ROCK AT GRIZZLY IN LINE 9, EE WAS USING 20# DOUBLE JACK, A PIECE OF FLY ROCK STRUCK EE ON CHIN. EE TREATED AT HOSPITAL, 5 SUTURES.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK A JOINT ON A 9 7/8 CASING WITH A 60" WRENCH, WRENCH SLIPPED PINCHING LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH AND DRILL MAST. RESULT WAS FRACTURED FINGER.

WHILE BREAKING ROCK WITH A 20LB. SLEDGE HAMMER A FRAGMENT OF ROCK STRUCK R. FOREARM CAUSING A 1" LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.

BREAKING ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW UP STRIKING SAFETY GLASSES. FRAME OF SAFETY GLASSES CUT EE JUST ABOVE RIGHT EYE.

EE CLAIMS THAT WHILE ASSISTING IN ALIGNING CUTTING EDGE UNTO MOTOR GRADER BLADE, THE EDGE TIPPED UNTO ITS SIDE COMING DOWN ON PRYBAR HE WOULD USING TO ALIGN AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE FLOOR.

EE CLAIMS THAT WHILE PRYING ON A ROCK OUT OF GRIZZLY WINDOW, TIP OF PRYBAR BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST THE CONCRETE WALL ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3-8-01 WHEN HE R EQUESTED TO GO SEE A DOCTOR. DOCTOR REFERRED HIMTO GET AN MRI WHICH REVEALED ROTATOR CUFF DAMAGE.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE HE WAS LOWERING A PUMP ANDPIPE INTO A SUMP WITH A COME-A-LONG, THE COME-A-LONG SLIPPED AND THE PIPE STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS RIGHT FOREHEAD. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERA TION REQUIRING STITCHES.