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A Blasting Operations Technician was opening a bag with a utility knife and cut their leg. This caused a laceration that required stitches. The employee returned to work the next shift.
Employee was working on grader replacing cutting edges. The employee over torqued a bolt causing it to break loose. The bolt hit the underside of employee's hardhat ricochet to employee's forehead striking employee above the right eyebrow, creating a laceration. The laceration needed 5 stitches to close.
Employee was trimming overflow rubber off edge of conveyor belt when knife slipped and contacted the employees knee resulting in sutures. The employee returned to work on EE's next scheduled shift but is on restricted duty for 10 days.
Left index finger cut by knife requiring 6 stitches.
Employee was using a scaling bar to straighten a valve handle when employee felt pain in left ring finger. Broken ring finger
Removing fuel filter from a loader with filter pliers, felt pop in right elbow causing strain, restricted duty
The technician was using a tool to hold pressure up on a plow bolt to prevent the bolt from spinning while removing the nut. The tool slipped and the technician's hand contacted the spinning bolt head causing a laceration.
Incorrect tooling used for the task and incorrect technique used.
Employee was using a come-along to help install chains on a Liebherr T264 at the mine site. While installing the chain, EE slightly tweaked EE's back. EE continued the remainder of EE's shift until 7:00pm and returned home for the day. The following morning EE came to the site to report soreness in EE's back.
On 9/4/2023, employee was trying to clear a plugged feeder chute with a pry bar, employee's hand slipped off the bar and the tip of a finger struck a rock. Employee did not report the injury until 9/15/2023 and sought medical treatment on 9/16/2023.
While working in a tight space the left hand that was supporting the bottom of a sledgehammer handle was pinched between the handle and surface causing the left fifth finger/pinky fractured. Returned to work same shift.
Maintenance mechanic was using a pry bar while replacing a motor guard on an excavator, when the pry bar slipped from the grip of the mechanic resulting in a muscle strain to the rotator cuff of the right shoulder.
Technician 1 struck GET with hammer found in workshop (hardened steel) whilst technician 2 applied force to GET with a pry bar, on the 3rd strike a metal fragment dislodged from GET and struck Technician 3 in the left arm (inside of elbow) after piercing 3 x layers of work clothing.
While using a small ore sample tool, like a smaller version of a spade shovel, employee met some resistance while using tool and after applying more pressure on the shovel and twisting it, removed shovel and felt strain in back.
Employee was using a bottle jack to lift a water pump and felt something on the elbow. EE looked and found a large bump on the end of it. It was later diagnosed as bursitis.
Removing axle final hub plug with socket wrench tool slipped thumb pinched between tool and rim causing 2cm laceration left thumb requiring a few stitches.
Employee was using pliers to loosen a stuck nut and the bolt snapped, the pliers to hit the employee mouth and causing a small chip on EE's tooth.
Employee was in the machine shop deburring inside hole on large metal washers. The manual hand tool came out of the internal hole and cut into left thumb requiring sutures.
Employee was repairing spray hose and felt left shoulder pop while working with banding tool.
Employee strained right shoulder after using pallet jack to move totes of D8 in back of semi-trailer.
The employee was sweeping the floor in the truck shop with a push broom when the employee felt a pop in right foot. Employee was unable to bear weight on that foot and was taken for evaluation. Employee was diagnosed with a "right foot condition".
Miner cut left thumb with the pocket knife while cutting plastic band.
The employee was trimming a wooden wedge to plug a leak in a tailing line. The knife cut completely through the wood and lacerated EE's hand. EE received six sutures to repair the wound.
Employee was using a knife to cut a hole in a conveyor belt. The employee lost control of the knife which resulted in a puncture wound to the left forearm. The employee was wearing PPE... Cut Gloves and Cut Protective Arm Sleeves.
Employees was cutting tape for pull cord for Mill reclaim tunnel belt 1 with a utility knife and cut EE's left minimus "pinky" finger which required sutures.
The employee was using a bar to help remove a bridge in a transfer chute and suffered a strained back.
Employee was removing crusher liners with a double jack and felt pain in the lower back.
The employee was using a torque wrench and pulling very hard. EE's foot slipped as EE caught self on some all-thread, it lacerated the right small finger.
On November 3, 2016 at approximately 10:15 PM employee was sharpening powder knife on the 7700 level at 625 Day Mag. The knife slipped from the sharpening tool and cut right middle and index fingers. Employee was transported to the hospital and received 6 stitches.
Employee was using a long wrench to loosen a nut on a Cat Dozer and felt his shoulder pop. Employee sprained his left shoulder.
The employee was using a chipping hammer bit and hammer to chisel large pieces of concrete off the slick line. In doing so, the employee missed the head of the chisel and struck his left middle finger causing multiple lacerations.
Working with old cabling that could not be handled normally resulting in a laceration to hand.
Employee felt a "pop" in his shoulder while using a banding tool to secure product to a pallet in the warehouse.
Employee was using a hammer to install picks and strained his back.
Employee was driving wedges to hold the shaker screen side boards. When she struck the wedge, the hammer bounced back at a weird angle causing her wrist to twist resulting in a fractured wrist.
Employee was breaking casing using pipe wrench and breakout wrench, sustained a laceration to his right index finger while he was working. Employee received 9 stitches.
The employee was using a scissor lift and boom lift to put up a support structure for an overhead pipe. He and another employee had positioned the beam with a chain hoist. While they were positioning the beam it started to rotate toward him (roll) the employee let go of the chain and tried to stop the beam from rolling when it rolled over onto his hand.
The employee was adjusting a spray nozzle for dust control, to do this, the tie-wrap needed to be cut and replaced. While cutting the tie-wrap, the hose and nozzle started to fall. The employee, using his free hand attempted to grab the hose as he cut through the tie-wrap. The momentum of his hand coming down resulted in a laceration to his left hand.
EE was cleaning steel beams through a floor grating with a "makeshift" L-shape bar. He was knocking scale from a piece of plywood when the bar went through the plywood and the bar hit the grating pinching his fingers between the bar and grating.EE lost his left thumb nail and broke the first joint on his left middle finger.
The employee was hammering set concrete on the grating of a hopper. The hammer head slipped through the grating, pinching the employee's small right finger in between the hammer handle and the grating. This resulted in a hairline fracture and small laceration requiring stitches.
Employee was stripping concrete forms at station 10 + 94 on the tailing delivery line. The support structure had been poured 10/27/11 the assigned task for the morning was to strip forms in the process of removing the anchor bolts with a pipe wrench the bolt broke free causing the employee to stepped back causing his ankle to roll.
Injured was replacing teeth on a 980 bucket. A piece of metal entered his right ring finger in the process. Note: This was a first aid case until June 1, 2011, at which time employee elected to have an out-patient procedure performed to relieve pain in that finger.
While removing a bearing from a floatation agitator with a dead blow hammer, the bearing broke free and struck the employee in the back of his right hand. It caused a laceration, approximately 1/2 inch in length. It was cleaned and bandaged, however, it became infected. The employee was sent to the clinic, had the wound cleaned, which lead to the discovery of a damaged tendon.
Employee reached for a 1/2 inch drive 1 1/8 inch socket
EE was removing a 6' conveyor belt clamp with another ee. The partner disconnected the jaws on his side first, and dropped the bottom plank. The injured ee's side was not disconnected, so as the bottom plank fell, the jaws on his side acted as a fulcrum. The planks extended past the jaws by about 1", and the ee's thumb was between. His thumb was pinched.
Control pendant for chain hoist pulled emplyees hand against pipe causing laceration that required stiches
Employee helping to trip out drill steel on raisebore drill, while clamping the break-out tool (clamp) to the steel string, employee got his R middle finger pinched between the 2 parts of the tool when the tool slipped out of position to set the bolt that holds the tool parts together. Resulting in section of the finger tip and finger nail being severed from the finger.
The employee was holding a hammer and looked away at his concrete pumper and the turning barrel caught his hammer, pinning it in between the barrel and the walkway, lacerating his finger.
Miner was cutting messenger cable with bolt cutters. When he cut through the cable it recoiled back and hit him in the eye.
The employee was unloading a joint of 8" pipe with a chain hoist. The employee that was injured was holding one end of pipe, which the heavy end fell and hit corner of flat, pinching finger.