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September 24, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

Eating lunch, eating raisins, box had rock in it from manufacturer, bit rock cracked two teeth.

August 20, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

gear box slipped off cribbing when trying to position it and smashed finger

August 15, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was holding wrench while another employee was tapping on a shovel tooth to get it situated to lock it down when a piece of shrapnel came off tooth and struck employee in the right arm pit.

July 31, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Was pushing on sign post with hands and felt a pop in right foot.

July 2, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

while reaching with right arm to check underflow on cyclones felt a pain in right shoulder blade

May 23, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

employee was standing at the rear of pickup when another employee backed pickup and ran over both legs

May 17, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pulling cable with hot stick, hot stick slipped off cable, fell backwards and hit head with hot stick.

May 17, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE was cleaning gear box. He did not have on the proper PPE.

April 11, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

pulling cable off cable reeler by hand twisted knee when stumbled

March 16, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

While striping down Sag Mill liners off the wall a liner came down and landed on another liner and slid into injured's foot, breaking his little toe.

March 8, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

dismounting off dozer standing on push arm feet slipped and straddled push arm

March 5, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Fall from machine

Employee stepped on tooth of bucket. He slipped to concrete floor and twisted knee.

February 15, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee backed into a glass sight gauge on a accumulator tank that was under pressure. A mist of tanner gas, oil and heat was expelled. Employee inhaled before he could remove himself and got sick immediately.

February 8, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

using air to unplug line air pressure bubbled slurry with chemicals over pipe and hit operater in eyes

January 8, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

Slipped and fell on fire suppression system. This incident did not become a lost time until 8/3/06 due to the employee did not miss any work days and was not on any work restrictions or light duty between day of incident and 8/3/06 when employee had back surgery.

January 2, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Walking on slippery surface and slipped.

November 14, 2005 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

employee was mixing caustic and splashed some into eye

July 25, 2005 ID · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee was in T-75 and was under shovel getting loaded. A rock came off shovel and hit headache rack. Employee complained about neck pain.

June 9, 2005 ID · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PINCHED LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN 2 METAL COMPONENTS.

April 18, 2005 ID · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Was gouging metal when hot piece entered glove and burned left hand.

March 18, 2005 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was prying on waterline with prybar and tweaked back.

February 16, 2005 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Remoning reverse ribbon screw it rolled pinching finger sutures required

December 13, 2004 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Fall from machine

Dismounting from dozer-fell-hurt neck muscles and upper back.

October 16, 2004 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck by flying object

Was welding and cutting, thought irritation was a flash burn, went to the clinic and found that it was a foreign object in the right eye.

September 21, 2004 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

Dismounting off the cable reeler stepped on a rock and it rolled and twisted ankle spraining it.

August 18, 2004 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Flash burns (welding)

Welding on D-12 drill. Was welding retaining straps to head and steel and flashed eyes before welding hood was lowered.

July 29, 2004 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING WATER TRUCK AROUND ON HAUL ROAD, ENGINE DIED & TRUCK LOST ALL POWER. TRUCK WENT ON DOWN GRADE & HIT BERM CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL OVER ON HAUL ROAD.

April 25, 2004 ID · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WORKER ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE BIT ON DRILL. SWINGING SLADGEHAMMER IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE CHANGE. ON THE 6TH SWING, WORKER FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT BICEPS. LATER CONFIRMED BY MRI AS A TORN BICEPS TENDON.

March 4, 2004 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Worker was performing regular housekeeping on the "drill pick up". While doing so, the worker was cleaning the tool box which was mounted in the bed of the pick up. The lid was open when a gust of wind caught the lid, forcing it closed. The lid caught the worker on the top left hand resulting in the need for stitches.

February 16, 2004 ID · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WAS CHECKING OUT BACKHOE FOR START UP, HAD THE HOOD UP, LEANING DOWN TO CHECK THE ENGINE OIL, & THE HOOD CAME DOWN STRIKING HAND ON THE WRIST.

December 16, 2003 ID · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
Thompson Creek Mining Company · No Value Found

TRUCK DRIVER, WHILE SECURING LOAD PER D.O.T. REGULATIONS, SLIPPED FROM SNOW AND ICE COVERED TRAILER FALLING TO THE GROUND AND BREAKING LEFT ARM BONE ABOVE WRIST.

June 29, 2003 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS TORQUEING THE INSIDE WHEEL NUTS ON A CAT 77 USING A 1" AIR WRENCH. THE WRENCH WAS NOT "SEATED" PROPERLY ON THE WHEEL NUT WHEN THE AIR WAS APPLIED, RESULTING IN IT TURNING & PINCHING HIS RIGHT THUMB AGAINST THE VALVE STEM GUARD. THE WORKER REQUIRED TWO STITCHES IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE CUT.

May 29, 2003 ID · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PULLING SLACK OUT OF CABLES THAT FEED THE BARGE MOTORS IN THE PROCESS STUMBLED AND FELL CUTTING LEFT PINKY FINGER

August 14, 2002 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE CHARGING MILLS, EMPLOYEE UNLATCHED THE CHAIN ON THE BALL BUCKET AND THE DOOR DROPPED AND SMASHED HIS MIDDLE FINGER.

July 14, 2002 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WAS CHECKING MRT TANK STEPPED OVER CONTAINMENT WALL SLIPPED AND FELL HIT KNEE.

October 24, 2001 ID · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec FIRE
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

THAWING OUT DIESEL WATER PUMP. PUT WEED BURNER TORCH IN PUMP CHAMBER TO THAW ICE. EXCESS PORPANE FROM BURNING TORCH FILLED UPPED CHAMBER WITH GAS. WHEN PULLING TORCH OUT IT IGNITED EXCESS GAS RESULTING IN A FLASH BACK EFFECT. FLAME ROLLED OUT AND SINGED EYE LASHES AND EYE BROWS. REDDENED EYES.

October 10, 2001 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck by flying object

WE WHERE PULLING A PIECE OF 18" PLASTIC PIPE UP HILL WE HAD SMALL ONT HE HILL WATCHING TO MAKE SHUR IT DID NOT HANG UP. THE PIPE ROLLED A LARGE ROCK UNDER IT. WENT IT CAME OF THE ROCK IT JUMPE D AROUND 4' AND HIT THE WATCH MEN.

September 22, 2001 ID · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

FOREMAN WAS DRILLING. REACHED UP TO TURN OFF MACHINE. RIGHT HAND WAS STRUCK BY SHARP ROCK (SOFT BALL SIZE) WHICH DISLODGED FROM ABOVE AND IMPACTED HAND RESTING ON DRILL. BARRED DOWN BEFORE DRILLING. FOREMAN WAS WEARING ALL REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT.

September 6, 2001 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS WASHING DOWN FLOOR WHEN PRODUCT SPLASHED FROM OVERHEAD OR OFF THE BRIM OF HIS HARD HAT AND ENTERED LEFT EYE. ALL PROPER RPE WAS BEING WORN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

June 19, 2001 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

WALKING BY GRIND DITCH TO GO TO ANOTHER JOB, THERE WAS A HOSE BURRIED IN THE MUD, STEPPED ON HOSE AND TWISTED ANKLE.

May 15, 2001 ID · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING A FILTER PRESS WHEN SMALL PIECE ON CONCENTRATE FLIPPED OVER THE BRIM OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO THE EYE.

December 28, 2000 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WASHING L-19 IN WASH BAY TRIPPED OVER PU WASH RACKS & LANDED ON LEFT THUMB/HAND

October 10, 2000 ID · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS WORKING ON S3 MANLIFT, WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE LATCH TO UNLOCK THE MANBASKET, IT FELL CAUSING EE TO LOSE, HIA BALANCE, HE WAS ABLE TO STAY ON THE BASKET FRO A SHORT DISTANCE, BUT THE FEL L ABOUT 10 FEET TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS SHOULDER AND HEAD, TRANSPORTED TO CHALLIS CLINIC FOR EXAM AND STITCHES.

September 5, 2000 ID · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DURING AN EXTRICATION CLASS EMPLOYEE WAS WORKINGWITH THE JAWS OF LIFE (HYDRAULIC SPREADER) & APPARENTLY TWISTED & TURNED, STRAINING HIS BACK.

July 6, 2000 ID · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS WORKING ON HOLOFLITE SCRUBBER, HE WAS PUTTING SEPARATOR BAFFLE ADAPTER IN. EE BENT OVER CENTER WHILE PUSHNG AND LIFTING, STRAINING BACK.

April 25, 2000 ID · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH AN EXPLOSIVES BLEND TRUCK WHEN EE NOTICED A MIST OF HYDRAULIC OIL SPRAYING FROM A HOSE. EMPLOYEE REACHED OVER TO THE MIST TO LOCATE THE LEAK AND THE HIGH PRESSURE OF THE HYDRAULIC OIL PUNCTURED HIS GLOVE AND PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.

March 5, 2000 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING IMPACT WRENCH, DUST BLEW 8INTO EE'S EYES. EE WAS DOING RELINE ON SAG MILL II.

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