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A miner was switching equipment when ee heard a small air leak, during investigation for the air leak ee heard something falling to the ground, upon arrival to the 812 location ee discovered a large portion of the right hand rib, spring line and back had fell to ground.
Employee was operating haul truck #2 going down east deep ramp. While traveling down the ramp the truck hit a bump in the roadway. Employee felt pain in lower back. Reported to the onsite clinic and self-managed onsite until Monday (06/04/18) when the employee was seen by physician in Fairbanks whom placed employee on restricted/modified duty.
Driller was lowering core tube retraction tool (also known as the overshot tool) down into the cased hole. As the driller was returning the overshot tool to its resting location, EE inadvertently tripped hydraulic lever to the "up" position, rather than the "down" position, which pulled the driller's arm upwards.
Miner was lifting a box, turned, felt pain in left knee, laid box down, stretched resuming work. Next AM, knee was stiff saw PA for some over the counter meds, knee brace, reported to work as self-treat/no restrictions. While on R&R, saw doc who placed on restrictions. The PA misunderstood initial location of injury while on duty underground; we are reporting accordingly.
Employee was cutting asparagus with wet hands and no cut glove and cut EE's right index finger
EE had wet down the muck-pile, while rolling up water hose EE slipped on some residual hard-cap paste landing on EE's right arm. At the end of shift EE requested to be seen by the Pogo physician's assistant where it was determined to send EE to Fairbanks for an x-ray; which was definitive for a fracture. EE is onsite currently w/restrictions and a splint/cast.
Employee felt irritation in EE's right eye, EE reported to medic the medic found nothing. The irritation continued employee was taken to the doctor small particle removed antibiotics given.
The 1958 East stope was shot end of shift, the night shift miner began workplace exam to wet down muck piles post blast, noticed a cracked shotcrete within the 1958 E/W intersection; immediately retreating to equipment parked in the muck bay approx. 300 feet away from the referenced intersection. The miner contacted the supervisor, soon after the fall of ground occurred.
Employee was working to repair electrical grounding issues, bent over checking grounding connections. As ee straightened up, ee felt a cramp or tightness in back, attempted to walk it off; it didn't clear up and continued to get worse, ee stopped work and reported it to the supervisor. On 11/06/17 was seen by a Dr. whom placed ee on restrictions for lumbar strain.
A mechanic complained of irritation in right index finger. EE was taken to site medic a metal sliver was removed from finger and first aid dressing was applied. The mechanic noticed swelling in finger 3 days later, EE was taken to a doctor. The doctor diagnosed an infection and prescribed an antibiotic.
The employee was working at the face of the 857 East loading a round. When EE turned to retrieve supplies, EE's foot was caught in some mud and EE's knee "twisted" and popped causing the employee fell to the ground. EE was taken to the local ER, treated for an apparent patellar dislocation, given a splint, released w/out restrictions and is to follow up with personal physician.
Driller's helper was lowering a core tube into the drill rod string when employee's left index finger was pinched between the latch head and the drill rod resulting in an avulsion to employee's fingertip.
A miner was loading ground support bolts, EE leaned down to load supplies and felt a sharp pain in lower back. Self-treated until leaving site for R&R on 06/29; 06/30 & 07/01/17 saw a chiropractor then physician on 07/03/17, whom placed EE on physical therapy and Unable to return to work from 07/03/17 - 07/11/17. EE's normal schedule is 2:1; with return for work on 07/06/17.
6-19-17: Fairbanks AST Dispatch notified by Pogo that 2 contractors were attacked by bear 5 miles offsite, reported 1 fatal & 1 w/ minor injuries, confirmed w/AST bear was killed. 3 state official's onsite to investigate. Names were withheld pending positive SME identification. Living victim was taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. Investigation continues.
While attempting to remove an oversize rock, with two other workers, from the #2 conveyor belt the miners left hand was struck by the rock when it began to move between the belt and rail; resulting in the miner receiving sutures for a laceration.
On 03/04/17, mechanic was walking in weld bay to retrieve a piece of pipe when employee ran into the boring bar that was set up on a bucket, striking self in the mouth breaking a tooth. Initially seen by onsite PA, on 03/06/17 employee saw a dentist for definitive diagnosis/treatment plan; given a temp. cap, full work release, instruction to follow up with personal dentist.
Employee was shoveling snow for two days before noticing swelling, tenderness and pain in left wrist and forearm. Employee "self-treated" until requesting to be seen by a physician on 01/13/17, who placed employee on 4-6 weeks restricted duty, left hand only, to minimize use and allow recovery; scheduled for a follow-up around 02/28/17.
Driller was installing a wedge to block in the drill, buildup on the installed wire mesh ground support flaked off behind safety glasses causing eye irritation. Employee was sent to the medic where a small foreign object was removed with a q-tip. No damage was done to the eye, but eye drops were prescribed as a preventative measure.
The employee was fabricating a drill steel carrier onto a Skyjack fork lift. They had been using a die grinder to oblong some holes when they felt a prickly sensation in glove on right thumb. They found a metal sliver in the pad of their thumb that they removed. The next night felt discomfort in right thumb and was taken to a medic.
Employee was lifting Poly material decking, ring finger on left hand pinched between grating and metal support.
EE was working on new basket installation on KBT20, was welding, cutting and grinding using all PPE. EE did not notice irritation to L eye until later in evening. EE was not sure if eye was scratched or irritated. EE sent to town clinic on 7/19. 7/26 received a definitive diagnosis from Dr. that the debris was imbedded and removed easily w/instrument.
A mill employee was mixing copper sulfate within the designated hopper. When EE opened the lids and began placing the copper sulfate into the hopper, free hand was resting on the edge of the hopper when the lid fell down striking and pinching the left hand pinky finger between the lid and hopper. Operator was wearing all required PPE. ***Resulting in three sutures.
Employee states "after I had measured the depth of drill hole for casing set-up, I attempted to retract the tape." "It appeared to be stuck, yanked on the tape, and it cut through my glove." Employee sustained minor laceration (6 stitches) to webbing area between the ring and little fingers of Right hand.
While foam grouting in the 1300 EXP, a wedge in the back failed, pulling ground support out with it and also impeding passage. Grouters were approx. 6 feet away from failure in the deck of a getman scissor lift. Grouters were pumping chemicals into a grout hole when the wedge came out. It is believed that the grout being injected displaced the rock and caused it to slip
Sunday 12-6-2015 employee had notified his foreman that he bumped his knee on something and it was a little swollen.
Mechanic V rolled RT ankle on a 3/4" hose. Self-treated `til flew to WY 10/06 for 1st appt, x-ray, MRI on 10/07. Snow delayed flights, reschedule 10/08; neg x-ray, MRI rescheduled 10/09. Doc called into surgery cancelled MRI, rescheduled MRI 10/12 definitively diagnosed 3rd degree sprain/strain put in cast, NO Work starting 10/13; follow up appt 10/19 to decide surgery or not.
Employee was applying Bentonite to the mud mixer; safety glasses and 1/2 face North respirator PPE on at time; employee got foreign object in Left eye
Miner was rigging out Jumbo drill. After de-energizing the drill, he disconnected the strain relief cable from the J-hook and the 3/8 in. relief cable sprung back and hit the miner's safety glasses causing a Corneal abrasion to right eye.
While installing a pipe the gasket was not set right. When EE went to set the gasket the pipe shifted and pinched his finger between the 2 flanges
Miner reported to GF and medic on 2/1/2015, of slight pain in his lower back; he refused treatment. Miner was treated by the on-site medic on 2/2/2015; refused treatment. Miner said the pain continued to get worse and was taken to town to be treated on 2/5/2015. Miner is not sure what caused the pain to start but thinks it may have been from moving a pump.
At approximately 10:30pm the operator called the shifter to the 1020E. The operator had been bolting in the 1020E with bolter#7 when he heard a big boom. The boom was approximately 150tons of rock falling in the 1020E 1020W intersection. The operator shut the power off to the drill and walked out along left rib under the supported ground and notified the shifter.
Employee was performing maintenance work on the rod holder unit of core drill. A bolt under torque used to hold back cylinder sheared causing cylinder to release and pinch employees hand.
1830 Day shift blast crew reported fall of ground in L1N preventing egress after 1231 and 1202 shot ore rounds. GF's investigated & reported to management & MSHA as ground support & access was compromised in a small area of the ramp. 3 miners turned off water, air & discharge. UG electricians cut power on the 1308 cable. Area secured, roped off near 1202 sump and 1260 NZ raise.
A miner was taking a water pump off the boom of the jumbo. The cable used to suspend the pump had a sliver. When the miner was handling the cable to remove the pump, the sliver of cable inadvertently went through his glove which resulted in a puncture to his right thumb. This incident was not reported until (08/18/14) 10 days later; resulted in an infection requiring Rx medication.
According to the miner, after scaling and loading the upper half of the round the operator was loading the bottom half of the round when 2 small rocks struck him; resulting in a laceration and staples.
Miner was stepping down off of Kubota 5 in the 1908 stope access. Miner dismounted in the front facing position, left leg first using 3 points of contact. After reaching the ground with left leg, miner fell to the side losing balance, feeling immediate pain and heard "popping" sound.
Drill helper was hand threading drill rod onto drill string. Driller moved rotation unit down before drill rod was threaded and helper was clear. Rotation unit caught drill rod forcing it down pinching drill helpers foot between drill rod and drill deck.
This is a re-submit; submitted on 04/18/2014 and when I went in to update today, 04/25/2014 it was not showing. Employee was rolling up a grease hose after greasing bolter and twisted his knee on a rock, Result: torn cartilage and locked knee.
The employee was descaling a 5' section of 4" HDPE pipe with a small sledge hammer, when he struck the pipe the pipe bounced up and struck him above the left cheek; resulting in a small laceration which received three sutures.
A section of 10" HDPE arctic pipe was being offloaded from a roller assembly used to guide pipe sections for welding. While the pipe was coming off the rollers a laborer grabbed the picking eye at the end of the pipe string and caught his hand between the pipe flange and the roller pinching his hand and breaking his right middle finger.
Employee was adding a rod to the drill string and pinched his finger between the rod and feed frame. he states he was wearing his gloves.
Employee and helper were lifting sample reject bags from a pallet in an effort to locate specific sample information for special project. Employee injured upper portion of his back (area between his shoulder blades) while performing a two-person lift of a heavy (100 lb) sample bag.
OPERATOR HAD FINISHED DRILLING THE 1200W FACE WITH A JUMBO A PUMP HAD BEEN SET AT THE FACE AND WAS "MUDDED IN" WITH CUTTINGS AS THE OPERATOR WAS TRYING TO FREE THE PUMP SOME ROCK CAME LOOSE FROM THE FACE HITTING HIM.
Employee was cleaning pre-dampener holes on shotcrete pot that were clogging with wet shotcrete . Employee used a spud wrench instead of a piece of wood which is routine. The auger caught the wrench and slammed his two fingers into the auger channel.Brusing one finger and cutting the tip of the other. Employee was wearing cut resistant gloves at the time.
Mill Operators had finished cleaning the spray bar for the SAG Mill. While reinstalling the spray bar end slipped out of the far back holding bracket which caused the spray bar to slip down in the back end and the front end with the plate to go up. The Operator got his hand caught between the plate and the lip of the trommel cover.
Installing a huggy clamp to couple 2 pieces of SDR9 8" DRISCO pipe one end of the pipe released, striking the miner on the left cheek, temple and eye. Initial eval; concussion, released for 7 days of modified duty. Returned to work, 2 days later sent back for re-eval, admitted for 2 days, observation only. Released, diagnosed w/ post-concussion NO Work until follow up in 7 days.
EE was cleaning chuck jaws with a wire brush. With the motion EE was using he pulled material directly toward his face. EE didn't notice anything hit his glasses or his eyes, but later in his shift he felt an irritation. He did have eye protection on at the time of incident and reported this to his foreman at the end of his shift.
The miner was loading 9'X 5' welded wire on to a tractor. While lifting the wire it became entangled in the other wire left on the stack , the miner turned with the wire causing a injury to the back.
Crew was pulling rods to change bit, the tube was stuck in the barrel so the driller got above the barrel to pull it out of the head and went to hand it down to the driller assistant, when handing the barrel to his partner, the barrel slipped from the driller's grip, dropping about four feet and landing the assistants right foot.
Operator and helper were driving down ramp in the 1300EXP on a cat 414E tractor, when they lost their brakes.The operator attempted to down shift and use the parking brake and was unable to complete the downshift or slow the tractor down,running into the rib.