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Ee was picking up a porta band saw. EE grabbed the trigger with EE's right hand and then reached to the blade with left hand. EE didn't realize the safety was not engaged. While picking it up, EE depressed the trigger and activated the saw. The saw blade caught EE's glove, pulling EE's hand into the blade. Ee sustained a cut to EE's left index finger requiring stitches to close.

Employee was cutting metal on the metal rack, after the metal was cut through the cut end came up and contacted the employee's lower lip. The lower lip was bruised, and two lower front teeth were chipped.

Tire technician was blowing debris, mud, dirt and rocks off rim base for truck 415 with compressed air and got a piece of metal in right eye. According to technician, all required PPE was worn at the time and flushing of eye was ineffective. No further treatment has been recommended since removal of metal sliver and employee was back to work.

An EE was assisting a welding with grinding operations on equipment. Shortly after the work was conducted, the employee experienced irritation in the right eye. EE was seen in a clinic and it was determined that no foreign object was present in the eye, but EE did have an abrasion. The employee was prescribed antibiotic ointment to address the irritation.

Employee was using a Grinder to cut flat stock backing strip, had both hands on the grinder when the grinder kicked back and EE's left hand slipped and cut EE's left index finger. Strip was on the ground when cutting.

While replacing burned out lighting, 2 employees used the drill mast as a means of working from heights. The drill was used in the similitude of a fireman's ladder to raise and lower the employee to reach the lighting mentioned above. This resulted in the employee's foot being caught in between the drill mast and the pedestal resulting in a crushing injury of the left foot.

A driller's assistant was attempting to load an empty core tube into the rod string when the rod string fell and caught EE's hand between the rod string and the hole in the decking. The event resulted in a crushing of the right hand inflicting trauma to all 4 primary fingers excluding the thumb.

The injured miner was trying to dislodge a 10' drill rod that had difficulty unthreading. During the process the worker tried to use vibration to assist with the unthreading and began banging the rod on the rod roller. In the process the worker's finger was caught between the 10' rod and the roller which resulted in a smashing of the ring finger tip on the left hand.

Employees were installing split set bolts and the helper put the next bolt in the next hole and put it in to the wrong hole. It fell out of the hole striking the jackleg operator in the left lower leg. Employee had to get 11 stitches.

Employee was setting the brake on machine, the holding clamp was in the upright position. The Cutter head moved into the open clamp causing the clamp to fall striking employee's right hand on the middle and ring finger breaking the tip of the middle one and lacerating the middle and ring finger that required stitches.

Employees had rigged up four (4) Liners with separate rigging to hoist out of the hopper. One of the liners came taut with the crane earlier than the others which rotated the liner that hit the employee's ankle.

While pressing an apron feeder track pin into place with a hydraulic track press. The employee chose to add a small 3-pound sledgehammer at the end of the pin to steady it. Once pressure was applied, the sledgehammer was ejected from its location and struck the employee in the chin fracturing one tooth.

While Jack-legging Miner slightly bumped elbow. They noticed a few hours later pain and swelling.

While operating a D10T Dozer to build a new access road, the employee tracked over a topsail berm upon reaching the bottom of an embankment. As the dozer crested over the top of the berm, the tracks of the dozer contacted the ground with enough force that the seatbelt restrained operator sustained a lower back strain.

Handing a band-saw to a co-working above them. Employee lost balance, pushing on trigger, lacerating finger.

The drill crew was in the process of anchoring the core drill, the binder was under pressure when it accidentally released striking the drill helper in the right side of the face.

The employee was holding a bolt head from the bottom of the cutting edge so another employee could remove the nut from the bolt with the air wrench. The employee lost control of the head bolt causing it to spin lacerating EE's right index finger.

The dozer operator backed over a large rock. Employee was jarred in the cab when the dozer cleared the rock.

On 19 August at approximately 11:00 AM an underground mechanic sustained an injury to abdomen when a suspended load fell and contacted EE. The employee was in process of lifting a Kubota tractor axle with a crane when the load fell and struck EE. The load fell approximately 18 inches and weighed 150 lbs.

While grinding foreign object was embedded in the left eye.

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Employee claims alleged symptoms of neck and right shoulder pain after operating CAT D6 Bulldozer.

Temp worker setting up modular trailer. Using a circular saw while kneeling on ground when ground gave a little and the saw kicked back & cut right index finger.

Employee was transferring oil from barrel to barrel with a pneumatic pump, pump quit working, employee reached over to adjust pump, pump started working catching finger.

Employee was removing bolts on cutting edges of a loader with an impact wrench while attempting to hold the nut with his left hand resulting in a laceration to his left palm.

Loading drill pipe to advance hole, ee attached a drill sling to two different rods. He realized the problem and signaled the driller to stop. The driller immediately stopped and began to lower that rod. When the tension released, the rod fell. EE tried catching the falling drill rod. The force of the falling drill rod, fractured ee left four fingers on impact.

Employee was cutting with plasma cutter when the center piece was cut through fell and employee inadvertently reached and caught object.

While using bench grinder, employee's hand slipped and contacted bench grinder

While attempting to lift the Tetmite drill head, employee felt a "pop" in his back.

The employee was holding a bolt in place using a hammer, while another worker was using an impact wrench to loosen the nut on a bolt, when the employee slipped off of the bolt head letting the bolt drop down while the impact wrench was spinning the nut off the bolt. The bolt pushed down when he slipped and was spinning contacting the employees thumb cutting through his gloves.

Employee was shotcreting a fan bulkhead, when a piece of steel plugged the nozzle causing pressure to build up in the hose which blew the nozzle off. When the nozzle came off the emloyee's wrist was bent back causing a minor sprain with some small abrasions.

Cutting flashing land glanced off sharp corner of metal trim. cut r hand needed sutures.

The employee was drilling a hole between two aluminum tanks when the drill bit became caught on the aluminum. The energy was transferred into the drill handle causing his hand to be slammed into an edge of the aluminum tank. He sustained a laceration to the top right hand requiring six sutures. After treatment he was returned to full work duty.

While the dozer was pushing the windrow down the 2:1 slope, the operator backed up to catch the next windrow, a rock was buried out of sight. When the dozer climbed over it, dozer started to slide sideways & due to nature of the slope, the dozer rolled over. The operator suffered a laceration to his head & was taken to the hospital. Received staples to close the laceration.

While installing resin bolts with 4 foot sticking out to accommodate the installation of an overhead crane, the employee got his hand in a pinch point and received a 1.5 inch laceration between the thumb and first finger. The wound was closed with steri-strips and was diagnosed to have a possible infection.

The employee was holding a piece of pipe while cutting it on a bandsaw. The pipe snagged on the saw blade, drawing the employee's pinky finger into the blade.

Rock fell down raise, cutting air hose which caused a jackleg to fall over and strike employee's hand which was between jackleg and canopy post.

A Maintenance mechanic was cutting the rear frame of a pickup truck using an oxy/acetylene torch. As he cut the frame, he cut into the gas lines that lead to the gas tank. The tank pushed fire out of the inlet port inflicting first degree burns on his right hand. He as not wearing welding gloves only cotton/leather mixed (regular work glove).

Using a 4" grinder with a wire wheel when the grinder kicked back and struck the thumb.

Employee got a piece of metal in eye while grinding

While pulling core tube out of hole - employee was assisting tube. Overshot let go of the tube causing tube to come down. Employee had his hand on top of chuck severing left index finger.

0N 5/8/06 EE REPORTED A STRAIN/SPRAIN TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE ROCK BOLTING IN A PRODUCTION STOPE. ON 5/11/06 THE EE SAW A PHYSICIAN FOR THIS INJURY AND WAS GIVEN A FULL DUTY WORK RELEASE & TO MAKE APPT FOR PT. ON 5/15/06 EE STARTED PT MAKING THIS ACCIDENT REPORTABLE. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY HAS RESULTED FROM THIS ACCIDENT TO DATE.

The EE entered the area under the floor that the mining crew was rock bolting off of, when the jackleg fell through the floor and struck him.

WHILE MOVING A 15 HP SLUSHER WITH AN OVERHEAD HOIST, A 1/4" S-HOOK STRAIGHTENED OUT OF THE LIFTING CHAIN CAUSING THE SLUSHER TO FALL ON EMPLOYEE'S FOOT (LEFT). EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING FOR HOIST CONTROL WHEN SLUSHER FELL.

EE was drilling face in underhand conventional stope using jackleg. When trying to retrieve drill steel from completed hole, felt pain in left shoulder. Turned in a minor inj. report. 12/1/05 he stated still experiencing pain in shoulder & wanted to see a dr. Dr. prescribed anti-inflammatory & issued work release w/no limitations. During follow-up suggested PT.

DRILLER MISSED HITTING THE CORE TUBE AND STRUCK INJURED'S HARD HAT KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.

An employee was air arcing a piece of wear iron out of a chute, when the iron shifted and cut his right forearm.

On 4/20/05, an employee was tramming a drill in the pit, when he drove over a rock jarring his back. He did not want to seek medical treatment at that time. In June he stated he wanted to see a physcian. He was referred to a back specialist and on August 17th 2005 he had a minor back procedure performed.

The employee was grinding on a loader bucket, when he recieved flying debris in his left eye.

THE EE WAS ROCK BOLTING WITH A JACKLEG WHEN A ROCK CAME DOWN OUT OF THE BACK AND STRUCK HIM.