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April 29, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MINER WAS RIDING AS A PASSENGER IN A TRAMMER. AS THE TRAMMER MADE A TURN, A STEERING HOSE BLEW, CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING AND THE TRAMMER STRUCK THE RIB. THE MINER HIT HIS HEAD ON THE COR NER POST OF THE CANOPY SUPPORT OF THE TRAMMER. HE REQUIRED 4 SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

October 10, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON BODY OF MANCARRIER. HE LATER NOTICED FLUID ON THE ELBOW. HE SAW THE DR. ON 11-6-00. FLUID WAS ASPIRATED FROM THE ELBOW ON THAT DATE AND HE WAS RELEASED WITH NO RESTRICTI ONS.

July 15, 1999 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE PULLING A LOAD OUT OF THE PIT A SMALL ROCK CAME OFF OF THE HIGHWALL AND THROUGH THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. THE ROCK WAS THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL. THE ROCK BROKE THE WINDOW AND PUT A 3 CM CUT ON THE LEFT FOREARM THAT REQUIRED SUTURED.

March 4, 1999 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING UNDERGROUND TRUCK, HIT BUMP IN RAOD, CAUSING BOUNCING IN SEAT. FELT PAIN IN BACK.

January 20, 1999 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAND CAUGHT IN TAKEUP PULLEY OF CONVEYOR BELT

November 23, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR GOT TO CLOSE TO THE EDGE ON THE EMBANKMENT HE WAS WATERING HE THEN LOST CONTROL IN WHICH THE WATER PULL OVER TURNED WHEN GOING OVER THE EDGE.

September 24, 1998 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, EE HIT BUMP AND JARRED HIS BACK.\

September 20, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CLEANING OUT A DISCHARGE CHUTE WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF THE BELT ABOVE. IT SMASHED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE DISTAL TO THE 1ST JOINT ON THE END. LITTLE FINGER WAS SPLINTED.

September 1, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER OPERATED BULK TRUCK TOO FAST, CAUSING TRUCK TO TIP OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE TRUCK WAS TRAVELING 25MPH (EST) MINOR BRUISES ON DRIVER. SOME DAMAGE TO TRUCK FENDER, CAB & BULK BODY.

September 1, 1998 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START HIS TRUCK WHEN IT BECGAN TO ROLL. HE JUMPED WHEN THE TRUCK HIT THE BERM SLIDING DOWN THE SLOPE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THE BERM AND THE FRONT L TIRE BOUNCED OFF HIS PELVIS AND LEGS RESULTING IN MULTIPLE FRACTURES TO THE PELVIS, TIBIA & FIBULA AND METATORSALS OF HIS R FOOT.

November 12, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

HE BUMPED HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE BACK OF THE SEAT TO THE MUCKER CAUSING A CONTUSION TO THE LEFT ELBOW REQUIRED SURGICAL REMOVAL OF BLOOD BY SYRINGE.

January 8, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

AS THE MAN WAS SITTING IN HIS HAUL TRUCK AS IT WAS BEING LOADED HE LOOKED TO BACK TOTRUCK AS HE DID A SMALL ROCK STRUCK HIM IN THE RT EYE. MAN THEN DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 300 PM HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION DROPS FOR PAIN BECAUSE EYE BALL WAS BRUISE. WE DID NOT KNOW THIS UNTIL 1-27-97.

June 5, 1996 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS TRYING TO AJUST SEAT AS 26 TONE HAUL TRUCK WAS MOVING. PINCHED MIDDLE FINGER OFLEFT HAND AS SEAT BOUNCED. FINGER TIP BETWEEN SEAT AND FRAME.

March 11, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRIVING IN A PICK UP TRUCK HE TRUEND THE VEHICLE AND HIT A BUMP. WHEN HE HIT THE BUMP HIS HAND HIT THE AUTOMATIC WINDOW CONTROL. THE WIDNOW WENT UP PUSHING HIS LOWER LIP UP INTO HIS UPP ER TEETH.

January 6, 1996 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE MISSED SCHEDULED JAN 5/96(CALLED IN SICK). ON JAN 6/96 EMPLOYEE VISITED DR. COMPLAINING OF LOWER BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE WAS BACK TO WORK NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT ON MODIFIED DUTY. EMPLOYEE F EELS LOWER BACK PAIN WAS A RESULT OF OPERATING AN UNDERGROUND HAULAGE TRUCK ON ROUGH ROADWAYS.

March 6, 1995 WA · Metal/Non-Metal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

YMAN WAS REMOTE MUCKING AT 16 X-CUT MOVED UPT O22X-CUT TO BUILD AMUCK BERM. A 40' DEEP HOL WAS TO BE BACKFILLED. HIS JOB WAS TO OPERATE LHD TO SCOOP FILL DIRT TO BUILD ABERM AT LIP OF OPEN SLOPE AREA. THEN AFTER DIRT IN PLACE PUSH IT INTO HOLE IWTH D4 DOZER. UPON PICKING UP FIRST LOAD IWT LHD HE ADVANCED FORWARD AND WENT 35' OVER EDGE.

September 7, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS CLEANING UNDE RCONVEYOR AND AROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ONT HE HEAD HAT.

July 6, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPOLOYEE WAS BACKING A 773 CAT 50 TON TRUCK UNDER A 922 CAT LOADER TO BE LOADED. WHEN FIRST BUCKET OF ROCK HIT SIDE OF TRUCK BOUNCE THREW EMPLOYEES HEAD AGAINST SIDE OF CAB RESULTING IN A 2 C M LACERATION.

May 12, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A WATER TRUCK HE HIT A BUMP IN ROAD & STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON STEERING WHEEL.

April 27, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING LOADED D300 DOWN PIT ROAD DRIVER THINKS LOAD MAY HAVE SHIFTED ON CORNER CAUSING TRUCK TO TIP OVER. DRIVER HAD PAIN IN HIS HIP AND THE DR FEELS IT IS A HIP SPRAIN. DRIVER RETURNED TO WO RK AND HAS NOT MISSED WORK FROM THE INCIDENT.

March 3, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING FUEL TRUCK DOWNHILL. HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND THE JOLT BOUNCED EE TO THE TRUCK CAB CEILING EE STRUCK HEAD ON CEILING HURTING UPPER BACK EE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT IN VIOLATION OF CO RULES KNOWN TO EE EE GIVEN VERBAL REPRIMAND THAT IF CAUGHT WITHOUT SEAT BELT ON WILL BE TERMINATED.

December 28, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

MINER WAS BACKING UP AN UNDER GROUND TRUCK AS HE STOOD HIS SELF RESCUER ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY STOP CAUSING THE EMPLOYEES CHEST TO IMPACT THE STEERING LEVER EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEE A DOC UNTIL J AN 4 1993

May 31, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

HIT ROCK IN ROADWAY WHILE DRIVING AN UG TRUCK-BOUNCED UP AND JAMMED NECK.INCIDENT OCCURRED 05-31-92 WRITTEN REPORT AND DOCTOR VISIT WAS NOT DONE UNTIL 06-15-92.

April 18, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Fall from machine

DRIVER STATED HE LOST BRAKES ON UNIT WHILE COMING DOWN THE HILL WITH A LOAD OF ORE AFTER TRAVELING PAST THE SECURITY BUILDING HE LOST CONTROL & ROLLED OVER EJECTING THE DRIVER

January 30, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVE LINE BROKE ON TRUCK GOING DOWN HILL LOST BRAKES. TRUCK ROLLED ON SIDE AND SLIDE.

November 9, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING BACKFILL WHEN HE RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK & REINSURED AN INJURY REPORTED IN MAY 1991

July 22, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLIMBING INTO THE BUCKET TO SECURE VENTLINE WITH A CHAIN THE OPERATOR ACTUATED THE PUSH BAR ON THE LOADER PINCHING EE FINGER BETWEEN THE PUSH BAR AND THE BUCKET. SUTRES WERE REQUIRED.

June 26, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

EE SMD LONGHOLE DRILLER, WAS BRINGING A 6 YD 3 LHD OUT OF THE MCCOY DELLINE. WHEN ITS ENGINE DIED NEAR THE TOP. AT THIS POINT THE BRAKES DID NOT SE TAND IT ROLLED BACK DOWN THE RAMP BEFORE HIT TING A RIB AND STOPPING. THE LHD HAD FRAME DAMAGE & HH SUSTAINED CHEST/HEAD INJURIES.

May 7, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS TASK TRAINING ON UNDERGROUND TRUCK WHEN OPERATOR ACCIDENTLY ACTIAVATED PARK BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO THE GROUND RESULTING INJURY WAS A C RACKED RIB

February 22, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING BACKFILL A ROCK CAME OUT OF THE FILL AND STRUCK HIS HARDHAT.NOTE THIS INJURY IS LATE AS EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR ON 03-18-91 AND RECEIVED NO DUTY.

January 10, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRIVING ON MCCOY PIT RAMP NEAR THE BOTTOM A ROCK CAME THRU THE WINDOW STRIKING ON THE FACE LEFT SIDE SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

July 24, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

AS EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING OUT A HEADING HE SCRAPED THE RIB WITH THE CANOPY OF A 3 YARD LOADER CAUSING ROCKS TO FALL,STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND NECK.REPORTABLE DUE TO SUTURES.

February 23, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM APRON FEEDER HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN ROCK & APRON FEEDER.

February 1, 1990 WA · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINER WAS PUTTING HOSES INTO SCOOP BUCKET WHEN OPERATOR ACCIDENTLY LOWERED BUCKET ONTO MINER'S FOOT.

December 20, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING TRUCK HIT BUMP IN ROAD BOUNCED UP IN SET & HIT HEAD ON CEILING REMPLOYEE CLAIMED HIS SEAT BELT DAME LOOSE AT THE TIME INVESDTIGATION REVEALED NO SEAT IMPAIRMENT OR FAULTY BELT IN JURY WAS REPORTABLE DUE TO PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION GIVEN

October 11, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS MOVING FORKS ON FORKLIFT AND PULLING ONE FORK WHILE LIFTING AND PULLING ONE FORK EMPL FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK REPORTABLE BECAUSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ONLY

June 27, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT. WAS OFF OF THE FORKLIFT ADJUSTING THE FORKS WHEN THE PARK BRAKE FAILED, ALLOWING MACHINE TO MOVE FORWARD, PINNING THE EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE FORKLIFT AND THE TRA ILER OF THE TRUCK.

February 3, 1989 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS FINISHING MUCKING ROUND WHEN MUCKER BUCKET HIT MISSED PRIMER IN LEFT HAND LIFTER OLE. BUCKET CAUSED PRIMER TO DETONATE.

November 30, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK #10 AND THE WINDOW ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WOULD NOT STAY ROLLED UP. WHILE DRIVING TO THE DUMP THE WINDOW FELL DOWN AND SHE TRIED TO ROLL IT BACK UP WHILE THE VEHIC LE WAS IN MOTION, THUS PULLING HER RIGHT SHOULDER MUSCLE.

November 9, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK EMP HIT BUMMP ON ROAD CAUSING TRUCK SEAT TO BOTTOM OUT.

October 6, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING HAUL TRUCK OVER ROUGH GROUND. THE BED BOUNCED UP AND FELL AT THE SMA ETIME AS THE SEAT BOTTOMED OUT. THE ENSUING IMPACT CAUSED A WHIPLASH LIKE NECK INJURY. DRIVER WAS WEARING HER SEATBELT.

September 2, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING HAUL TRUCK ACROSS WASTE DUMP. DIP CAUSED SEAT TO BOTTOM OUT THE FORCE TRANSMITTED THOROUGH THE SEAT CAUSED A NECK STRAIN.

June 20, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

LOADING TRUCK WITH FRONT END LOADER -SEAT BACK FELL BACK INJ HIT HEAD AND NECK ON DOOR POST IN BACK OF SEAT.

April 7, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DRILL HELPER BACKED THE WATER TRUCK UP TO THE DRILLING RIG AS HE WENT TO GET OUT OF THE TRUCK HE LEFT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE AND LET UP ON THE CLUTCH THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO ROLL BACK PINCHING THE VICTIM AGAINST THE TURN TABLE OF THE DRILL

January 27, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS NO7 PAYING ATTENTION TO HIS DRIVING AND WAS FATIGUED AS HE DROVE IN FRON TO OF A HAUL TRUCK AND HIT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE.

January 5, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

HAUL TRUCK ENTE9ED DUMPING AREA TOO FAST FOR ICY CONDITIONS TRUCK SKIDDED TIRES HIT SOFT MATERIAL AND OVERTURNED ONTO THE DRIVER SIDE THEKNEE OF THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BUDDY SEAT STRUCK THE SHIFT TOWER. MINOR D5MAGE TO THE KNEE JOINT RESULTED. HOWEVER, THE INJURED IS A VERY LARGE INDIVIDUAL AND CANT RETURN TO WORK FOR APPROX. ONE WEEK.

March 1, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO DISLODGE A ROCK OUT OF CRUSHER JAWS USING A ROPE AND BUCKET TOOTH WHEN PULLING ON THE ROCK THE ROPE BROKE AND PIECE OF ROPE AND ROCK STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HIS HEAD AND FACE AND CHEST3

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