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EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING WHEN HE PUSHED FORWAD, HAND SSLIPPED ON HANDLE AND HANDLE HIT HIS RIGHT TESTICLE. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A RIGHT INGUIAL HERNIA REQUIRING SURGERY, CAUSING EMPLOYEE T O LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE AN AXLE FROM A N ORE CAR HE USED A DOUBLEJACK TO HIT THE WHEEL AND A SMALL PIECE OF THE WHEEL FLEW OFF STRIKIGN HIM ON THE LEG. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN AN EMBEDDE D PIECE OF METAL, LOWER LEFT LEG, WHICH AHD TO BE REMOVED, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
JACK FAILED AND VEHICLE CAME DOWN ON VICTIM.
EE WAS USING A PRY BAR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RE-POSITION THE DRILLING, UNIT TRANSPORTERS SLED, HE TRIED TO CATCH & STRAINED BACK.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN A PIPEFITTING ON A SAW HOUSING WHICH WAS HELD IN A VISE, THE HOUSINGSLIPPED OUT SMASHING HIS HAND AGAINST THE WORK BENCH. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN LACERATION, LEFT MIDDLE FINGER REQUIRING 7 SUTURES & FRACTURES, LEFT MIDDLE & RING FINGERS.
2 EE'S WERE JACKING UP A LOADED MUCK CAR WHEN THE JACK BECAME STUCK, EE'S LET GO OF THE HANDLE, WHEN DOING SO THE HANDLE CAME UP STRIKING EE IN THE FACE.
WHILE TIGHTENING A PIECE OF PIPE WITH A WRENCH, THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIMSELF ON THE MOUTH. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN THE FRACTURING OF TWO TEETH.
EMPLOYEE WAS WEIGHING & BUDLING CATHODE SHEETS ON SCALE. HE WAS REMOVING 3 OR 4 SHEETS TO GET PROPER WEIGHT WHEN THE TONGS SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE. PATIENT RECEI VED SUTURES AND WAS RELEASED TO WORK.
USING A TUGGER TO PULL STEEL OF OF A FLAT CAR AND UNSTABLE WIRE MESH FELL STRIKING EE S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER PUNCTURING.
AS EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING TO ROLL THE ROCK ONTO THE GRIZZLY ANOTHER ROCK FELL DOWN HIT THE TIP OF THE BAR THE BAR STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LACERATION T O LEFT CHEEK REQUIRING 6 SUTURES
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING A MUD BALL FROMON WHEN ANOTHER ROCK CAME DOWN & STRUCK HIS LEFT LEG THIS INCIDENT RESULTED INA STRAIN TO LEFT KNEE ANKLE & FOOT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A CONTACTOR WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED. HIS FOREARM WAS CUT BY EDGE OF METAL LACERATING IT ABOUT 1" - 1 1/2". HE RECEIVED SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF TBM HANGING WIRE WHEN THEJACK VIBRATED LOOSE AND FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE NOSE.
EE WAS REACHING OVERHEAD FROM A CREEPER TO TIGHTEN A FITTING WITH A WRENCH. WHEN EE PULLED ON THE WRENCH THE CREEK BROKE CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED AGAISNT THE FLOOR. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN L OWER BACK PAIN. ON 9-15-95 EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AT A HOSPITAL AND WAS TAKEN OFF THE JOB FOR A RUPTURED L5-S1 DISC AND IS HAVING SURGERY.
EE WAS CUTTING HOSE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED OFF HOSE AND CUT BACK OF EE'S LEFT HAND.
WHILE REMOVING TRANSMISSION CONVERTER BOLT BOLT BROKE & EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND SLIPPED & WAS CUT ON THE EXHAUST GUARD LACERATION REQUIRED 14 STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A STEERING PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF THE PIN SPLIT OFF AND BECAME EMBEDDED ITSELF IN THE EMPLOYEE LEFT LEG. THE EMBEDDED METAL WAS REMOVED AN THE LA CERATION STITCHED.
EE WAS STANDING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF A BOULDER THAT WAS BEING BROKEN BY ANOTHER EE. WHEN THIS OTHER EE STRUCK THE BOULDER, A PIECE OF ROCK CAME OFF AND HIT EE ON THE MOUTH. THIS INCIDENT RE SULTED IN A LACERATION TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS UPPER LIP REQUIRING 8 SUTURES.
WHILE EE WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELTS WITH A KNIFE.THE KNIFE SLIPPED WHEN HE PULLED ON THE KNIFE, THEREBY CUTTING HIS KNEE. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A 2.5 CM LACERATION TO HIS RT KNEE REQUIRING 6 SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS SAWING A PIPE WITH A HACKSAW THE SAW SLIPPED OFF THE PIPE & CUT EMPLOYEES FINGER REQUIRING (5) STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING RE-RAIL A LOW BOY USING TIMBER FOR LEVERAGE. WHEN LOW BOY RE-RAILED, TIMBER WENT SIDEWAYS AND EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE, FALLING AND STRIKING ARM ON TRACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON LINERS AND WHILE TRYING TO PRY LOOSE A LINER WITH A PRY BAR IT SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIMSELF IN THE UPPER LIP WITH THE PRY BAR. THE LACERATION REQUIRED 7 SUTURES.
WITHOUT INFORMING ANYONE OR THE OPERATOR EE PLACED HIS HAND BEYOND PROTECTIVE SCREEN, 7" ANGLE IRON, TO REPLACE CHAIN DRIVE AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND SPROKET.
WHILE DRIVING NAILS, EMPLOYEE STRUCK LEFT THUMB RESULTING IN A FRACTURE.
EMPLOYE EWAS BARRING A ROCK ON A GRIZZLY. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HAND AGAINST THE CONCRETE. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE HHOSPITAL AT THAT TIME. ON 4-3-95 THIS OFFICE WAS N OTIFIED THAT EE HAD BEEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND WASDIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURE, RIGHT THUMB, ON 3-31-95.
EE WAS EXCHANGING B0 POST. POST HAD BEEN SAWED IN HALF. HE TRIED TO PULL IT LOOSE WITH A BAR. WHEN IT CAME DOWN IT STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE, CUTTING HIS FORHEAD, CLOSE TO EYE B ROW. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED INA 4.5 CM LACERATION, RIGHT TEMPORTAL BROW AREA, REQUIRING 5 SUTURES.
DUST BLEW DUST IN EMPLOYEE'S EYES.
TEAM MEMBER WAS UNCOUPLING A PRESSURIZED WATER LINE WHEN WATER AND SLUDGE STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE LINE. HE TURNED TO ONE SIDE AND THREW HIS HANDS UP AND THINKS HE HIT HEMSELF ON THE NOSTRIL WITH HIS SPUD WRENCH.
EE WAS TRYING TO THROW TRACK SWITCH WITH A BAR WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE MOUTH. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN 2 CM. LACERATION, RIGHT LOWER LIP, REQUIRING 5 SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE SLUDGE FROM AN OIL TANK ON #4 TERT. CRUSHER. HE WAS LEANING OVER THE TANK, SCRAPING THE SLUDGE OUT OF THE TANK WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN AN INGUINAL HERNIA. HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE JOB AND REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST.
EE INJURED HIS RIGHT WRIST WHEN THE SHOVEL HE WAS USING HIT A LARGE ROCK. THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE 3644-C AREA OF THE MINE.
WHILE WORKING ON THE FLEX FOR #3 MILL FE HIGH PRESSURE PUMP, EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER INSTEAD OF THE FLEX. THIS CUT REQUIRED STITCHES.
YEMPLOYEE DRIVING RAIL SPIKES FELT NUMBNESS IN LEFT HAND. RESULTING NJURY WAS HAIRLINE FRACTURE IN LEFT ARM.
WHILE EE WAS REPAIRING A PUMP HE STRUCK HIS HAND WITH A 4 LB HAMMER WHILE HE HELD A WEDGE. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LACERATION, PIP JOINT, LEFT 4TH FINGER, REQUIRING FOUR SUTURES.
EE WAS CHIPPING CONCRETE WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF CONCRETE FLEW UNDERNEATH OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE WAS RERAILING AN ORE CAR HE WAS MOVING THE RERAILER INTO POSITION WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT FROM HIS GRASP & PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE RERAILER & THE ORE CAR THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A PARTIAL AMPUTATION DISTAL PHALANX RT 4TH FINGER CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO BAR OUT A BOULDER THAT WAS HUNG UP ON A STEEL CAP THE MUCK BROKE LOOSE FROM ABOVE THE LENTL STRIKING THE BAR THE BAR STRUCK EMPLOYEE JUST BELOW HIS LOWER LIP ON THE CHIN THIS INCIDENT RESULTED I NA 4 CM LACERATION CHIN REQUIRING A TOTAL OF 10 SUTURES
EMPLOYEES WERE TIGHTENING 1" COUPLERS ONTO 1"PIPE.OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE BACK UP WRENCH ON THE PIPE WHILE INJURED TIGHTENED THE COUPLERS WITH ANOTHER WRENCH.THE BACKUP WRENCH SLIPPED A ND THE WRENCH THAT INJURED WAS USING HIT HIM IN THE LEFT LOWER JAW.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING A BOULDER IN THE GRIZZLY RAIL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ARM THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A CONTUSION RT ELBOW EMPLOYEE WAS REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FR OM WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEEL WEDGE TO RAISE UP A ROTARY DUMP OFF OF DUMP ROLLER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE WEDGE & THE ROLLER SUPPORT BEAM THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A CONTUSION WITH T WO LACERATIONS RT THUMB REEQUIRING A TOTAL OF 10SUTURES
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AXE ATTEMPTING TO KNOCK OUT A STAGIN GBRACKET FROM A SHAFT WALL PALTE. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE AXE HANDLE AND THE STAGING BRACKET LIP WHILE SWINING THE AXE. T HIS INCIDENT RESULTED INA COMMINUTED FFRACTURE, RIGHT INDEX FINGER, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FOR WORK.
WHILE LAYING RAIL IN TOW BAR AREA. EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY WIRE ROPE. FELLOW EMPLOYEES WEE USING ATUGGER-SHEAVE BLOCK COMBINATION. THE BLOCK FAILED AND THE WIRE ROPE WHIPPED.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN A DRAW POINT; HE TURNED TO WORK ON THE OPPOSITE DRAW POINT WHEN THE HANG UP CAME DOWN,HIT THE CONTROL BOARD AND SNAPPED THE CONTROL ROD.THE CONTROL ROD STRUCK HIM ON THE WRIST.THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FRACTURE,RIGHT ULNA,CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A TROLLEY HANGER HE WAS USING AN AXE TO KNOCK THE OLD HANGER LOOSE WHEN A SLAB OF LOOSE CONCR ETE CAME DOWN & STRUCK HIM THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN MULTIPLE CRUSH INJURIE S & FRACTURES CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORKINJURIES WERE CRUSH INJURY LEFT WRIST WITH OPEN FRACTURE 1ST MET ACARPAL CRUSH INJURY R T ANKLE FRACTURE DISTAL FIBULA FRACTURE LEFT 5TH TOE DI
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING OUT A ROCK BOLT ON AN EMPTY RAISE WHEN SOME MUCK CAME DOWN & HIT THE BAR THE BAR THEN CAME UP & STRUCK HIS CHIN THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LACERATION CHIN R EQUIRING FOUR TEEN (14) SUTURES & TWO CHIPPED LOWER TEETH RT SIDE
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE A CONTROL BOARD WITH A BAR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LUMBO SACRAL STRAIN CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BEARING SHEAVE FROM #77 FORKLIFT MAST WHEN THE BEARING WA S STRUCK WITH HAMMER A PIECE OF BEARING MATERIAL BROKE OFF & STRUCK HIM ON THE CHEST THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FOREIGN BODY CHESTWALL REQUIRING ONE SUTURE
EMPLOYEE WAS IN HEAD SPADING, WHEN VENT LINE STIRRED UP DUST, PENETRATING LEF TEYE. THE MEDICAL INFORMATION RECIEVED 6-15-94 TO MAKE THIS A REPORTABLE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING A BOULDER ON THE GRIZZLY WITH A 16LB DOUBLE JACK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK HE WAS TREATED & RELEASED FOR REGULAR WORK ON 06-14-94 HE RETURNED TO THE CLINIC & HE WAS T AKEN OFF THE JOB FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY & WAS REFERED TO A SPECIALIST
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING TO GO-BETWEEN WITH APICK-A-ROO. AS HE DUG OUT ROCKS FORMTHE LOOSE MUCK WITH THE PICK-A-ROO HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. THIS INCIDENT RESUTLED IN AACUTE UPPER BACK STRAIN, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK. THIS INJURYOCCURED ON 6-1-94 BUT HE DID NTO SEEK TREATMENT AT THE CLINIC UNTIL 6-7-94.