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EMPLOYEE WAS MU7KING WITH A CAVO MUCKER WHEN THE BULL HOSE WAS PINCHED AGAINST THE RIB WITH THE MUCKER THE BULL HOSE BROKE AND HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FOREIGN BODY WITH RUST3RING IN RT EYE HE WAS SENT TO AN EYE SPECIALIST CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING ON THE ROOF OF THE SHAFT CONVEYOR WHENIT WENT INTO AN EMERGENCY STOP CAUSINGFOR REGUALR DUTY. HIS CONDTION WORSENED AND WAS TAKEN OFF THE JOB 04/07/87. HE IS NOW A LOST TIM E INJURY. 3
EMP TRIED TO ST2P UP A HOLE IN CONVEYOR PAN WITH A SMALL PIECE OF WOOD WHEN THE CONVEYOR CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE HOLE THIS RESULTED IN AN AMPUTATION OF THE TIP OF RT INDEX FINGER AND A FRAC TO REMAINING TI1 OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUSING EMP TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
MINER WAS UNCOU1LING ORE CAR AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE COUPLING BAR AND THE CAR THIS CAUSED A LACERATION AND CONTUSION TO HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER 3 SUTURES
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS OPERATING A TROLLEY MOTOR,ON HIS WAY TO THE DUMP,HE FELT DUST ENTER HIS EYE.THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A CORNEAL ABRASION.RIGHT EYE,CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING A BATTERY LOCOMOTIVE THAT WAS PUSHING A FLAT;A CHAIN WAS LAYING ON TOP OF RAIL CAUSING FLAT TO DERAIL WHICH CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE THE MOTOR BRACKET WITH HIS CHEST.THIS INCID ENT RESULTED IN3A CONTUSION AND ABRASION OF THE LEFT FLANK AND A CONTUSION TO HIS LEFT KIDNEY,CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SP2TTING A CAR UNDER CENTER LOADING CHUTE WITH LHD WHEN HANGUP CAME DOWN & DEBRIS STRUCK HIM ON THE SHOULDER & HAND THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FX PROXIMAL PHLANX LEFT MIDDLE FI NGER CAUSING EM1LOYEE TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS SE3DING A CAR TO THE RERAILER AND WAS IN THE MANWAY WHEN HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT UNDER THE SKIRT OF THE CAR AS A RESULT, HE DEVELOPED A CONTUSION ON HIS LEFT FOOT CAUS ING HIM TO LOSE3TIME FROM WORK.
OPERATOR BACKED3ANFO PUMP TRUCK DOWN PARTIALLY MINED OUT RAMP AND PARALLEL TO A SMALL BLAST PATTERN OPERATOR ASSUMED HE SAW A BERM AT THE EDGE OF THE MINED OUT RAMP FACE BEFORE REALIZING HE WA S AT THE EDGE O0 THE BANK THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER THE EDGE AND DOWN A 25 FT BANK THE TRUCK ROLLED ONCE AND LANDED UPRIGHT THE OPERATOR WALKED AWAY FROM THE ACCIDENT
EMP WAS RIDING 2N A TOOL CAR WHEN IT STRUCK A PARKED MOTOR AND INJURED HIS LEFT ANKLE. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A CONTUSION OF THE LEFT ANKLE, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A JACKLEG & MACHINE FROM A BUCKET OF AN LHD TO BOLT WIRE TO THE BACK OF THE D RIFT MACHINE FELL & EMPLOYEE JUMPED TO AVOID BEING HIT BY THE LEG AS HE JUMPED HE GRABBED THE W IRE OVERHEAD DI8LOCATING HIS SHOULDER THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A COMPLETE DISLOCATION OF THE RT SHOULDER CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
EMP WAS RIDING 5 RIDER POT THE POT DERAILED AND THE CONCRETE POT RAN OVER HIS FOT THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN MULTIPLE FRACTURES AND EXTENSIVE CRUSH INJURY WITH TENDON DAMAGE LEFT FOOT CAUSING EMP TO LOSE TIM9 FROM WORK
WHILE RERAILING3CAR EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE SWITCH THROW OPEN WITH BOTH HANDS WHILE TRAIN BACKED UP THE CAR AT SWITCH JUMPED THE TRACK THE WING OF CAR FELL ON SWITCH THROW CATCHING FINGERS B ETWEEN WING OF 7AR AND SWITCH THIS INCIDENT REASULTED IN A CRUSH INJURY OF BOTH INDEX FINGERS CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS RIDING A CONCRETE POT HE FAILED TO DUCK HIS HEAD WHILE GOING UNDER LOW PIPE HE HIT HIS HEAD ON PIPE CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS FACE AGAINST THE CONCRETE POT THIS INCIDENT RES ULTED IN A LACE9ATION AND FRACTURE NASAL BONE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING TROLLEY MOTOR WHEN A ROCK CAME DOWN FROM CHUTE AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT WRISTT.THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LACERATION AND CONTUSION,RIGHT WRIST,REQUIRING (2)TWO SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING AN LHD WHEN ENTERING A DRAW CHAMBER HE WAS SLASHED ONTHE LEFT RIB CAGE TO BACK AREA BY A STEEL GROUND SUPPORT STRAP THAT HAD PROTRUDED FROM THE RIB OF THE DRIFT THIS INC IDENT RESULTED 3N A LACERATION REQUIRING 19 SUTURES LEFT RIBCAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS ON3MANTRAIN THEY WERE CHANGING BATTERIES AND AS THE MANTRAIN AND THE BATTERY COUPLED EMPLOYE HURT BACK THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LUMBO SACRAL STRAIN CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE TIM E FROM WORK 3
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING A PUSHMOBILE PUSHING DIESEL TANKER ONTO CAGE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SPINNING CATCHING HIS THUMB INSIDE THE STEERING WHEEL THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT THUMB 3
EMPLOYEE WAS SWITCHING AROUND A BACKHOE USING A SLING WHEN THE BACKHOE ROLLED INTO THE MOTOR CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN MOTOR AND BACKHOE THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FRACTURE AND CRUSH INJURY OF THE LEFT RING FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING TRIPPER DECK WHEN A ROCK STRUCK HIS RIGHT LENSE (SAFETY GLASSES). SUPERFICIAL LACERATION OF BULBAR CONJUNCTIVA RIGHT EYE. LOST TIME INJURY RESULTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS STADNING IN PANEL 2A WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING. HE GOT A HOLD OF THE WING OF A 20 TON MOTOR THAT WAS IN MOTION TO CORRECT HIMSELF, HWHEN HE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE CONCRETE WALL AN D THE WING OF THE MOTOR. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN TWO FRACTURED RIBS, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING WOOD FROM CONVEYOR BELT AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE CONVEYOR GUARD. LOST IMTE INJURY RESULTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN 8-TON BATTERY MOTOR THAT COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER 8-TON BATTERY LOCOMOTIVE WHICH WAS PARKED. I.NAME INJURED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE JUMPED FROM THE CAB OF THE LOCOMOTIVE PRIOE R TO THE COLLISION. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A CONTUSION, HEMATOMA, AND RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN, CAUSING EMPLOYE TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT CARS INVOLVED IN A SPILL. HE WAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DRIFT, TRAIN WAS SENT FORWARD, CARS DID NOT CUT, PINNING HIM AGAINST THE RIB. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT 6TH RIB AND ABRASION OF THE RIGHT CHEST.
EMPL ATTEMPTING TO BREAK A BOULDER WHEN ANOTHER BOULDER CAME OUT OF DRAWPOINT AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT.RESULTED IN FRACTURE OF LEFT BIG TOE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN THE ENTRANCE OF A PONY SET MANWAY WAITING FOR AN ORE TRAIN TO PASS AS HE LOOKED BACK IN THE DIRECTION THE TRAIN WAS MOVING HE LOST HIS FOOTING HE WAS CCAUGHT BY THE WI NG ON THE ASEA MOTOR AND PINNED AGAINST THE CONCRETE WALL THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN FIVE FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
WHILE ON TRACK MAINTENANCE EMP WAS RIDING A BATTERY MOTOR HE WAS HIT ON FOREHEAD WITH THE LIP EXTENSION OF THE CHUTE THIS RESULTED IN CONTUSION AND LACERATION REQUIRING 5 SUTURES TO T HE FO FOREHEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON A A BATTERY MOTOR PULLING SUPPLIES WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN CAB OF MOTOR AND LOAD OF TIMBER THEY WERE PULLING THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A DEEP LACERATION REQUI RING NINE SUTURES TO THE LEFT 5TH FINGER
EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON WINDOW OF ORE CAR WHEN TRAIN DERAILED LACERATION WITH 10 SUTURES RESULTED.
EE WAS DRIVING LOCOMOTIVE U/G WHEN IT CAUGHT A WATERHOSE STRETCHING IT WITH A LOT OF FORCE. AS T HE WATERHOSE LET GO IT SPRANG BACK WRAPPING ATROUND EES NECK. CERVICAL STRAIN & CONTUSION RES ULTED. EE WAS TAKEN OFF JOB ON 7-6-84 & IS NOW A LOST TIME INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING HIS TRAIN INTO A PANEL TO BE LOADED. HE WAS STRUCK ON THE ARM BY A ROCK THAT FELL FROM THE EAST SIDE CHUTE. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A MASSIVE CONTUSION AND HEMATOMA, LEF T ELBOW, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE TIME FROM WROK.
EMP. WAS RIDING (PASSENGER) ON P70 BUGGY. DRIVER STRUCK A CEMENT PILLAR, CAUSING CARBAJAL TO STRIKE HIS KNEE ON FRAME OF BUGGY.
WHILE EE WAS RIDING ON A BATTERY LOCOMOTIVE SOMETHING BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A RUST RING RIGHT CORNEA REQUIRING EE TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
AS EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GREASE THE IMPACT IDLER ROLLER OF A A-4 CONVEYOR HE FOUND THAT THE GREASE LINE HAD FALLEN BENEATH THE CONVEYOR BELT TO THE TABLE BELOW. HE REACHED OVER A GUARD RAIL & AROU ND BETWEEN THE BELT & THE IDLER ROLLER. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN CONTUSIONS P ABRASIONS TO THE RIGHT HAND AND RIGHT WRIST, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
WAITING FOR TIMBER FLAT CAR TO PASS,PIECE OF SCRAP WOOD CAUGHT AGAINST FLAT CAR AND PINNED EMPL RIGHT FOOT AGAINST GROUND SUPPORT SET.RESULTED IN UNDISPLACED FRACTURE RIGHT GREAT TOE.ALSO LACE RATION RIGHT 4TH TOE REQ 3 SUTURES.
WHILE EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO RE-RAIL A MUCKING MACHINE THE DIPPER ROTATED AND PINNED HIM AGAINST THE RIB OF DRIFT THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LACERATION LEFT OCCIPITAL AREA, REQUIRING 3 SUTURES
AS EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING A BATTERY MOTOR, IT DERAILED AT THE SWITCH CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON A BAR IN FRONT OF THE MOTOR. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A DEEP LACERATION, RIGHT EYEBROW WHICH R EQUIRED 10 SUTURES AND CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO LOSE TIME OFF WORK
EMP WAS OPERATING 20 TON MOTOR ON HAULAGE THE TROLLEY POLE JUMPED OFF TROLLEY WIRE AND HE REACHED TO PULL IT BACK ON THE EXERTION DISLOCATED LEFT SHOULDER CAUSING EMP TO LOSE TIME OFF WORK
AS EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING PANEL WITH MUCKER A ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE FINGER THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LACERATION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER REQUIRING 5 SUTURES
EMPLOYEE FAILED TO CONTROL BATTERY MOTOR AND RAN INTO THE BACK OF A DERAILED TRAIN. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LACERATION, RIGHT ELBOW WHICH REQUIARED SUTURES (3).
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING THE RIDER POT OUT OF THE PANEL, HE HAD TO DUCK DOWN DUE RO THE LOW CLEARNACE AT TH AIR DOOR. THE DOOR ON THE EAST SIDE CAUGHT THE RIDER POT PLATFORM, WHICH SNAPPED TH E RAILING BACK, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE CHIN. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO THE CHIN WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES 3 AND 8.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING BACK STEP OF AN @8-TON BATT ERY LOCOMOTIVE WHILE LOCOMOTIVE WAS PUSHING FLAT CAR FLAT CAR DE-RAILED CAUSING LOCOMOTIVE TO DE-RAIL EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEE N LOCOMOTIVE AND RIB OF DRIFT INCIDENT RESULTGED IN CRUSH INJURY LEFT HAND RFEAIN CRUSH INJURYLEFT HAND REQUIRING (8)SUTURES TO LEFT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS AND ALSO CAUSED EMPLOYEE T O L
BACKING UP PICKUP TRUCK WHEN LEFT FRONT WHEEL CAUGHT VICTAULIC PIPE COUPLING CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN STRIKING OPERATOR ON RIGHT THUMB.
DRAWING MUCK FROM DRAW POINT AND LARGE ROCK ROLLED ONTO GO-BETWEEN,STRIKING FOOT,CAUSING FRACTURE RIGHT GREAT TOE .
EMPLOYEE WAS UNCOUPLING AN E-21 MUCKER FROM THE MECHANICS SERVICE FLAT. THE FLAT DID NOT HAVE A CUTTING LEVER SO HE USED A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCKS. AS HE SIGNALLED THE MOTOR TO PULL AWAY, THE C HANNEL LOCKS SLIPPED AND THE MUCKER ROLLED ONTO HIS FOOT. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FRACTURE, 3RD METATARSAL, LEFT FOOT AND CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO LOSE TIME OFF WORK.