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SCREENING AND SIZING WAS BEING DONE UNDERNEATH STATIONARY GRIZZLY SCREEN. A BRICK HAD BECOME LODGED BETWEEN THE GRIZZLY BARS AND WAS NOT NOTICED. WHEN EMPLOYEE WALKED UNDERNEATH, THE BRICK HAD BECOME DISLODGED AND LANDED ON HIS BACK.
WHILE REMOVING LINER BOLTS FROM A BALL MILL. EE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE JACK HAMMER AND A BEAM.
EE WAS RAISING A PIECE OF CASING PIPE AS DRILL HEAD WAS BEING LOWRED. PIPE CAUGHT ON BOTTOM OF THE HEAD, PUSHED OUT OF EE'S HAND DROPPING ON RIGHT FOOT
36"X40' 11 GAUGE PIPE ROLLED OFF PIPE STANDS WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ARC WELDING A 3"X5"X3/8"X20' CARBON STEEL STIFFENER TO SIDE. PIPE PINCHED EMPLOYEE AGAINST CONEX.
WHILE OPERATING A HAUL TRUCK, EE'S TRUCK WAS HIT BY THE SHOVEL BUCKET AS HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BACKING UP. THE RESULTANT INJURY WAS A STRAINED NECK.
WHIEL INSTALLING A REBUILT DRILL MAST 0N THE #18 DRILL, THE EE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A 3' LONG 4X4 THAT HAD NOT BEEN OBSERVED GHUNG UP ON THE DRILL.
EE WAS GUIDING BONUS ROD ONTO HUNG DRILL STEEL WHEN HUNE DRILL STEEL BROKE LOOSE CATCHING EE INTHE PINCH POINT OF THE LONG HOLE DRILL CAUSING A LACERATION & BROKEN TIP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER REQUIRED 6 STITCHES
EE RECEIVED CUT ON FOREHEAD, REMOVING TIE ROD--STRUCK BY METAL FRAGMENT. STITCHES REQUIRED.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A DRILL STEEL ON THE DRILL AND WAS UNHOOKING THE SAND LINE FROM THE DRILL STEEL WHEN THE HEADACHE BALL SLID DOWN THEWIRE ROPE AND HIT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
WHILE USING AN 1/2" DRIVE RATCHET TO BREAK LOOSE AN OIL FILL PLUG FROM A TURBO COUPLING, HE PINCHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE WRENCH HANDLE AND MOTOR. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 3/15/99 AND DETERMINED THAT HE HAD A FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE SWINGING AND BOUNCING THE SHOVEL DIPPER ON THE GROUND WHILE TRYING TO DISLODGE A BOULDER THAT WAS LODGED IN THE DIPPER.
WHILE BEING LOADED AT THE 519 SHOVEL, THE SHOVEL DIPPER HIT THE BACK OF THE HEADACHE BOARD OF HER TRUCK CAUSING PAIN TO THE NECK AND BACK AREA.
EE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS IN A MAT (2), WHEN DRIVING ONE BOLT IN THE MAT, THE OTHER BOLT PLACED IN A DRILL HOLE FELL APPROX 2' OUT OF THE BACK, SRIKING THE INJURED ON THE RIGHT CHEEK OF THE FAC E.
MINER WAS COLLARING A BACK HOLE, WHEN A 3" DIAMENTER ROCK CAME OFF THE FACE & STRUCK MINER ON THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE & RIGHT CHEEK
EE REPORTED HE WAS INSTALLING STEEL RODS INTO A ROD MILL. EE'S LEFT FOREARM WAS STRUCK BY A ROD AGAINST ANOTHER ROD
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING GROUND SUPPORT, WHEN HE WAS GOING TO CHANGE DRILL STEEL, HE WAS HOLDING THE ACKLEG, LOST HIS BALANCE AND THE DRILL FELL BACK, PPINCHING HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE PINCH-POIN T OF THE DRILL.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A COMPRESSED AIR BLOW PIPE, BLOWING BUILT UP MUCK DOWN IN THE 1500 GRIZZLY, WHEN HE FELT SOME MUCK GO UNDER HIS GLASSES AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS INSTALLING 4"X4"X1O"LONG BRACES TO SUPPORT A WALL FORM. THE BACK HOE OPERATOR INADVERTENTLY ENGAGED THE RT SWING PANEL CAUSING BUCKET TO HIT BRACE WHICH IN TURN BRACE HIT EE BRUISING RT SHOULDER AND LT FOREARM
WHILE BEING LOADED IN A TRUCK AT A SHOVEL, THE MATERIAL BEING LOADED MOVED THE TRUCK TO THE EXTENT THAT EE WAS BOUNCED AROUND AND IN DOING SO CAUSED HIS NECK & SHOULDERS TO HURT
EE WAS OPERATING AN LM56 TRACK MUCKER WHILE CLEANING SPILLAGE AWAY FROM AN ORE CHUTE. WHILE MUCKING THE CHUTE BOARD MOVED CAUSING A PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE MUCKER CONTROLS AND THE BACK BOARD
EE WAS INSTRUCTING ANOTHER EE ON HOW TO WELD WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING ENTER RIGHT EYE. A CO WORKER WAS USING A HAND GRINDER NEAR BY.
EE WAS STRUCK WHILE SAMPLING IN THE HARDHAT. EE DID NOT LOSE TIME, BUT IS NOW OBTAINING PHYSICAL THERAPY.
EE STRAINED BACK/NECK ON 8/16/98 HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY AS ON THE JOB ACCIDENT UNTIL 8/24/98 A TOTOAL OF 3 DAYS WERE LOST TIME. HE RETD TOHIS REGULAR JOB ON 8/25/98
THE EE REPORTED RESTING HIS LEFT HAND ON THE BASKET RAILING OF A BOOM TRUCK WHILE HIS PARTNER MOVED THE BASKET. THE BASKET STRUCK THE RIB ON THECORNER CAUSING A GAP WHERE THE BASKET GATE MEETY THE BASKET TO CLOSE PINCHING THE END OF THE LEFTRING FINGER. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED. THE EE'S NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT WAS 8/3/98
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HYDRAULIC SCALER-A ROCK PARTICLE FLEW UP UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND SCRATCHED HIS EYE. PRESCRIPTION EYE MEDICATION-EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
CLEANING UP SUPER AND FILLING HOLES. WHILE WORKING ON THE SUPER, A ROCK ROLLED OFF THE BERM AND ROLLED UNDER THE TIRE OF THE RUBBER TIR DOZER, THE DOZER RAN OVER THE ROCK JOLTING THE OPERATOR.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRILL HOLES INTO A KNOB FROM Z-BENCH, THE DRILL BECAME UNSTABLE & TIPPED OVER ONTO ITS SIDE.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO WELD AND PAD EYE ON THE ROCK BREAKER, THE ROCK BREAKER HAD TO BE ROLLED OVER AND IN DOING SO PINCHED EE BETWEEN THE ROCK BREAKER AND THE OXY ACETYLENE RACK CAUSING A HAIRLI NE FRACTURE TO THE LOWER RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS HIT ON FOOT AND KNOCKED DOWN--STATES THAT HE STRAINED HIS NECK AS A RESULT OF THE FALL. BEGAN LOSING TIME 10-01-98.
WHILE RIPPING OUT A BOULDER IN THE ROADWAY WITH A DOZER, EE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN.
WHILE SCALING A HEADING THE EE WAS ON A MECHANICAL SCALER, AND A LARGE SECTION OF ROCK CAME OUT AND CAUSED THE SCALER TO BOUNCED. THE EE HIT HIS HAD ON THE PROTECTIVE CANOPY, CAUSING A LACERAT ION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.
THE EE WAS HELPING UNLOAD A USED TOOL BASKET IN THE SALVAGE YARD. AS HE WAS UNHOOKING THE SLINGS FROM THE TOOL BASKET, THE PART FELL OVER HITTING HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT.
RIG RAN DOWN HILL AND RAN OVER ROCK IN DRIFT, SHEARED SHAFT ON BRAKE PUMP.
EE WAS BOLTING THE BROW OF BACKSTOPE, WHEN A ROCK APPROX. 18"X18"X4" FELL FROM THE BACK, STRIKING THE EE ON THE LEFT SHOULDER AND HEAD, HE THEN FELL AGAINST THE RIB.
WHILE WORKING ON A T/S STEER SYSTEM, THE CHARGE PRESSURE IN THE ACCUMULATOR BLEW OUT AGAINST HIS HAND DRIVING IT AGAINST A SHARP CORNER CUTTING HIS FINGER.
A SMALL PIECE OF WELDING SLAG IN LEFT EYE EE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD A FLASH BURN FROM WELDING. DR FOUND A SMALL PIECE OF SLAG IN THE LEFT EYE.
THE EE WAS STRUCK IN THE LEG WHEN A CHOKER BROKE WHILE REPLACING THE TRACKS ON THE E.S.#16 SHOVEL.
WHILE INSTALLING GROUND SUPPORT, THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK (EST. WEIGHT 50-70 #) WHICH FELL FROM OVERHEAD, IMPACTING HIM ON THE NECK AND BACK. -MSHA NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE-
WHILE TIGHTENING CHAIR LINER BOLTS WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH, EE CAUGHT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE SOCKET AND BEARING COVER FLANGE.
WHILE CHANGING OUT A WEAR PLATE ON SIZER 1, EMPLOYEE LACERATED HIS RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER.
EE USING JACKLEG DRILL-CUT LEFT THUMB-STITCH REQUIRED.
THE EE REPORTED USING AN IMPACT WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A BOLT BEIN REPLACED INT HE ARC GATE OF A PRODUCTION SKIP. A FOREIGN OBJECT BECAME IMBEDDED IN THE RIGHT EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN.
REPAIRING EQUIPMENT- WELDER WAS UNDERNEATH AND WELDING OVERHEAD. WELDING HELMET FELL OFF- ARC BURNT EYE AND RECEIVED FOREIGN OBJECT IN SAME EYE. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
EE WAS PRESSURE WASHING THE ENGINE ON A HAUL TRUCK AND LOST HIS BLANACE AND SQUEEZED THE TRIGGER ON THE STEAM GUN AND SHOOT STEAM THROUGH HIS RUBBER BOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING HOT WELDING SLAG WITH AN INGOLSOL-RAND GRINDER WHEN FOREIGN OBJECT GOT UNDER HIS MONOGOGGLES. EYE BECAME INFLAMMED OVER NIGHT.
WHILE CHARGING ONE OF THE ROD MILLS, EE PINCHED HER LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN RODS
WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING THE SWING PIN ON THE LEFT BOOM BROKE IN TWO & STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT RING FINGER.
EE WAS USING A 1-1/2" IMPACT TOOL WITH A 3-LEG GEAR PULLER. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A WHEEL HUB ON A GALLION GRADER. WHEN THE HUB POPPED FREE, THE AIR IMPACT AND GEAR PULLER PULLED HIS L. HAND DOWN AND IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HANDLE ON THE IMPACT AND THE LEG OF A FLOOR JACK.
EE REPORTED BEING RUN OVER BY A TRACTOR WHEN THE FLAME OF AN OXY/ACT TORCH HE WAS USING BURNED THE INSULATION OF THE POSITIVE STARTED WIRE & THE SOLENIOD EXCITER WIRE CAUSING THE WIRES TO MAKE CONTACT. THE EE HAD BEEN LYING UNDER THE TRACTOR WHEN IT LURCHED OVER THE CHOCK BLOCKS & RAN DOWN HIS RIGHT SIDE.
EE REPORTED HAVING BOTH EYES FLASH BURNED WHILE HOLDING A METAL PLATE BEING WELDED. THE EE SAW A DOCTOR ON 3/9/97 & RETURNED TO WORK ON HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT. EYE MEDICATION WAS REQUIRED.