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Employee was hooking a lifting chain to unload a piece of steel pipe from a trailer and stepped in between the pipe and loader bucket as the loader was stopping. Leg got pinched between the pipe and top of the loader bucket.
The Mechanic was exiting a telehandler and stepped on a chunk of salt with his left foot causing him to sprain his ankle.
Employee as hanging cable along the back. He was kneeling in a man basket as the basket was being raised when he lost balance and placed his hand on the railing. There was a 1x1 board hanging from the back that smashed his right ring finger between it and the railing as the basket was being raised causing a contusion.
Keeper plate for a hinge pin on the north skip fatigued and broke allowing the pin to come out and the door to not close properly upon exiting the scrolls. The door caught a cross brace in the headframe and hung up in the headframe, damaging the skip, the cross brace, and guides.
A spring loaded door to an enclosure pinched finger, resulting in laceration.
Maintenance had been done to the north skip, West Safety Dog Shaft the evening of 8/20/14. Around 8:30am on 8/21 the SW Safety dog from the north skip came off of the skip. Plastic bushing liners on the shaft had migrated out of position and the set screws had come loose on the safety dog. The dog hit a guide mounting plate and damaged the plate and guide before coming off the skip
Employee was dumping a self dumping hopper with a forklift. While dismounted from the forklift and dumping the hopper the employee smashed his left middle finger due to improper hand placement. The employee was taken to the ER where it was determined to be fractured and he also received sutures. Immediate visits to specialists followed for initial observation.
Employee was impacting a roof bolt when the plate spun around hitting his right middle finger, reported it and then went back to work. The employee went to the emergency room on Saturday as it was not feeling better. It was at this point that the injury became reportable (2/22/2014) when an x-ray was taken and a splint was given to immobilize the finger.
Coil that pulls in the safety circuit reset cellunoid failed. Replacement was available and required 10 minutes to correct once an electrician was called to site.
Miner was using a mucker bucket to scale the face. When a piece of the face came loose the force of the mucker caused the mucker to bounce. The employee's head stuck the ceiling in the cab of the mucker causing stiffness and soreness in the employee's neck and upper back. Employee received restricted duty and a prescription on 1/13/14 making the injury reportable.
Brake linkage arm on the main hoist wore at a pin & bushing connection causing the mechanical linkage to bind and then crack and break the end of the arm.
Employee was driving an LHD, went through a dip in the floor causing him to jam his right shoulder as he was resting his upper body on the arm rests of the machine. Complained of some limited motion. Doctor examinations initially resulted in first aid only, but on 10/7/2013 it became reportable due to medical treatment provided (steroid shot).
On 9/10/2012 employee reported pain in right side of his ribs. He stated that it was a strain due to over exertion of shoveling muck. Employee saw a doctor on 9/11/2012. Doctor prescribed medicine and returned to full duty with no restrictions.
The miner was cleaning a work area when he picked up a timber using improper lifting techniques. While lifting he felt a pull in his groin and released the timber.
Employee, was backing the drill away from the face in the fresh air way. He had the door open, when he backed over a rock causing the door to slam shut on his left 5th fingertip.
While using the stretch wrapper a pallet spun and struck the IE on the foot.
The emergency shaft was cleared with an empty inspection cage. Next empty trip down, the cage did not reach bottom. The cage was hoisted back to the suface. The hoist cable was under the cage and tied into a knot. The hoist rope was damaged and will need to be replaced. The shaft will be inspected for obstructions and necessary repairs made before entering the mine to work.
Before the weekly inspection of Lyons Salt's emergency shaft, it was determined there was not communication between the surface hoist and shaft bottom. No one was injured. The phone at the emergency hoist did not work.
Injured employee was moving an empty pallet from a stack of pallets to the ground in order to stack bags of salt on it.
This started as a first aid incident only and became a reportable when physical therapy was ordered. IE hit left elbow on door of #5 Tram while mucking salt. Diagnosed with tendonitis by doctor and returned to full duty. 2 weeks later at follow-up visit, the doctor observed no improvement and ordered therapy.
Injured employee was using a forklift to load trucks in an outside storage area. Since the ground is uneven, the IE was bounced around in his forklift causing lower back pain.
The newly installed Lilly for the main hoist was thought to be improperly adjusted by the oncoming hoist operator as the over speed would kick the hoist "too quickly" (it was working). It was later determined that it was in fact, working properly. This does not meet the definition of a reportable accident and this report is being filled out under an abundance of caution.
Injured employee was driving a forklift. The tire broke apart and caused the forklift to hit a steel beam which forced employees legs into the steering column of the forklift. Claimant sustained a stained right knee.
Lowering board when it swung and struck left thigh and a splinter from the board stuck in leg causing foreign body injury and puncture wound.
Employee reported lower back pain after restacking a pallet of salt bags.
While walking through the warehouse and employee was struck by a forklift which caused his right ankle to be broken.
Employee closed elevator door on hand causing his right index finger to become broken.
Employee was restacking bags of salt onto pallets when he strained his hip and back.
Shaft work was in progress, hoist drive kicked out due to GFI. Was reset and kicked out again. Shaft workers stuck in shaft for over 1 hour while drive was troubleshot and enough operational capacity given to bring the workers to surface. Later it was found that damp weather conditions had resulted in condensation of moisture in and around the hoist motor ventilation system.
Spring in the hoist joystick controller that would return the joystick to neutral (deadman) failed due to fatigue. At the initial time of failure, the gearing in the joystick was caused to slip, only allowing hoist travel in one direction. The spring was replaced and the joystick and hoist returned to operating condition.
1 1/2" Gutter Hanger became lodged in employee's arm when it fell from the roof.
The man doors on the south skip were not properly secured by an employee at the end of 2nd shift. When the south skip was taken into the dump scrolls to test safeties, it became stuck on the "A-Arm" because of the open doors. The skip was damaged making it difficult to extract and interfering with the use of the hoisting equipment for several hours.
Employee was replacing an empty propane tank with a full tank, slipped on uneven and loose ground, and twisted her back.
Employee was getting out of the mule and strained his back.
Employee pitched a 50lb bag of salt into hopper and felt a pop in right wrist. Employee was seen by doctor. Doctor gave employee a wrist brace to wear. Doctor released employee to full duty with no restrictions.
The primary power to the escape shaft hoist was interrupted due to a customer truck contacting power lines that provide power to the hoist. A backup generator is available and was started at this time. The backup generator did not provide voltage and thus the escape shaft hoist did not have a power source. Replacing generator with new. Currently wired in a rental generator.
Employee was working on Stamler Feeder Breaker to clear a plug and a hydraulic hose blew spraying employee with hydraulic oil. Employee was burned on right forearm and face. Employee was transported to ER for treatment.
Employee reported swelling in right knee on Monday, 1/25/2010. Employee stated swelling was due to walking up and down the tipple belt incline on Saturday, 1/23/2010. Employee was treated on Monday, 1/25/2010 and placed on retricted duty until further notice.
Employee was baring down a slab when the bar was driven down, striking employees shin.Employee was treated by doctor on 1/20 and placed on light duty.Follow-up visit with doctor was conducted on 1/25, employee was then taken off of work.
Dropped a pallet board on the arch of his foot ( right), the pallet board, it weights about 35 pounds.
Employee was helping to remove a latrine from the work truck when he felt a twist in his shoulder. Incident did not become reportable until 12/14/2009 when the doctor supplied a sling for the arm and shoulder.
On 10/20/09 @ 19:23 an accident occurred on the main man hoist. The incident involved the south skip, when it was traveling to the dump pockets, failed to be stopped by the hoist operator. The skip hung in dump position in the head frame and severely damaged. Investigation revealed operator error was involved in the accident. Accident was reported to MSHA on 10/20/09.
Employee was throwing bags at #1 when he felt back hurt and told his lead man and was taken to the ER to be seen. When throwing bags he is picking the bags off up a metal table and stacking them on a pallet. He was looked at given no meds but put on a restriction for 5-6 days.
EE reported sore back on 8/28/09. Did not want to see doctor. 9/08/09 reported back not better. Took employee to doctor on 9/08/09 & 9/14/09. Doctor stated it would take time for strain to heal. No meds, No restrictions. 9/23/09 EE reported not any better. Treating physican recommended physical therapy. At this point, 9/23/09, the injury became reportable. No restrictions. .
There was a hyd. leak with the fluid in the gear box, this stalled the hoist and it would not budge, so I called MSHA and reported the hoist down, the hoist this time really never went down. We allowed it to cool a few minutes and as the ATF Fluid cooled, the hoist functioned as required.
Hoist at the main shaft had power problems - lack of power reaching the hoist itself. Found through troubleshooting process that a voltage phase monitor (electrical component) had failed. Replacement of the failed part returned the hoist to service some 2 hours later. Five miners underground were evacuated out the secondary escape shaft.
Employee stepped down off of step and felt something pull in his calve.
Had a hyd. problem on the main hoist and when it became obvious that it was going to be an issue, the hoist was shut down, then the crews were pulled in the secondary and MSHA was notified of the down shaft.
EE was going to the 4th floor when at the elevator, he put his hand in between the doors and injured it, this is the type of closing door that is pull down/pull up. He couldn't get the door to unlatch it, seemed so he took his hand off the handle, pushing on it, his hand came to the pinch point of the door. He was seen by the doctors and ace wrapped. One day of light duty.
Employee was walking across railroad track, twisted knee, and felt pain. He was examined by physician on 7/06/09.Returned to work with no restrictions.On 11/11/09 he complained of knee pain and requested follow-up with doctor. On 11/12/09 he was examined by doctor and given a shot.As of 11/12/09 this injury became reportable.