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TIGHTENING CAP ON 6 GRAM VIAL. VIAL BROKE RESULTING IN CUT ON 1-THUMB, 5 STITCHES. CONCERN IN THIS INSTANCE IS CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF WOUND.
MOVING 55 GAL. DRUMS INTO LINE SO MORE DRUMS MAY BE PLACED ON TOP. EMPLOYEE GRABBED HOLD OF DRUM TO SWING IT INTO PLACE AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN DRUMS. FINGER NEEDED CLEANING UP AND REQUIRED STITCHES.
CLEANUP FROM #11 YC PRECIPITION TANK BEING DUMPED INTO ACID RE DISOLVE TANK. BOTH TANKS HAVE ANHYDROUS AMMONIA & SULFURIC ACID IN THIS SOLUTION.
OPENING 8" KNIFE VALVE ON POND RETURN, FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK & SHOULER. EE TOOK ASPIRIN UNATIL 2/13/96. WE THEN SENT HIM TO CLINIC. HE SAID NOTHER ABOUT HIS PAIN UNTIL 2/13/96.
EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING OVER 54" CONVEYOR TO RETRIEVE TOOLS. USING THE SIDE GUARD FOR SUPPORT WHILE GETTING OFF GUARD SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP ON GUARD, FALLING AND SCRAPING THIGH.
AT 7AM EE WAS GETTING DRESSED FOR WORK, THE PREVIOUS DAY HE HAD BEEN WORKING IN CAF2 DUMPING DRUMS. HE FAILED TO WASH OFF RUBBER BOOTS AT END OFWORK SHIFT, WHEN HE PUT ON BOOTS & WASHED HIS HA NDS HE FAILED TO REMOVE ALL FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM HANDS. HE PUT IN CONTACTS & IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO FEEL BURNING SENSATION TO EYES.
EE WAS WALKING OUT NORTH DOOR OF MILL BUILDING WHEN HE STEPPED ON GRIND BALL TWISTING HIS RIGHT FOOT. AREA IS IN NEED OF CLEANUP.
EE IN SAMPLE PLANT CHECKING ON REAGENTS STORED IN THIS AREA. TRIPPED ON WOODEN PALLET CONTAINING ELECTRIC MOTOR, HITTING LEFT KNEE ON CONCRETE FLOOR.
HE WAS WELDING ON 4" SALT UNLOADING LINE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND WELDING HOOD, BUT A PIECE OF WELDING SLAG ENTERED LEFT EYE. WAS WORKING IN SHOP AT WELDING BENCH.
DRIVER HAD EMPTIED TRANSFER AND WAS APPARENTLY ON PROCESS OF DISCONNECTING TRACTOR FROM DUMPSTER. THAT WAS ON A SLIGHT GRADE AND UPON DISCONNECTION DUMPSTER STARTED TO ROLL. DRIVER RAN AFTER D UMPSTER AND GOT IN FRONT STABITEZER WHEEL WHICH RAN OVER HIM THERE WERE NO WITNESS.
EQUIPMENT: BARREL RINGS AND ELECTRICAL CORDS. ELECTRICAL CORDS AND BARREL RINGS LAYING IN FRON TOF DOORWAY ON METAL GRATING FLOOR.
POSITION OF HANDS UNDER ARMATURE. POSITION OF PRESS, PRESS WAS CLOSE TO FLOOR. A PIECE OF WOOD COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO STOP ARMATURE, HURRYING TO COMPLETE JOB.
RAISED FORKS BY LIFTING FORKS AT HINGED AREA TO SLIDE FORKS TO A DIFFERENT POSITION. DROPPED FORK BEFORE MOVING HAND.
STEPPED OFF RAKE IN 125' PRELEACH THICKNER TO PALLE THAT WAS PLACED ON MUDDY BOTTOM OF TANK SLIP WAS CAUSED DUE TO MUDDY BOOTS.
STANDING ON CABLE TRAY, SLIPPED OFF AND TWISTED ANKLE.
WHILE STACKING 6"X6" TIMBERS, HE WAS LOWERING THE END OF THE TIMBE RONTO THE FORK LIFT. WHEN TIMBER SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS JAMMING HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND CAUSING A CHIP FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN BINDING LONGHOLE DRILL TO TRAILER CHAIN BINDER HANDLE SLIPPED & HANDLE STRUCK EMPLOYEE HE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS RT TEMPLE WHICH REQUIRED 5 SUTURES TO CLOSE HE RETURNED TO WORK THAT SAME DAY
EMPLOYEE WAS STEAM CLEANING A 50' LENGH OF A 2: BULL HOSE. WHEN HE LIFTED IT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE PULLING DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE MACHINE FEL PINCHING HAND BETWEEN MACHINE & SADDLE DIAGNOSED WITH TRAMATIC TENDONITIS NO FRACTURE NO SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING WITH A 1 YD. LOADER. HE WAS MAKING A SHARP TURN AND CAUGHT HIS ARM BETWEEN THE LOADER SEAT AND THE RIB. IT PINCHED A LACERATION IN HIS RIGHT ARM ABOVE THE ELBOW. IT REQUIR ED 10 SUTURES, THE MUSCLE WAS NOT DAMAGED.
WALKING DOWN STEPS FROM SHOWER STEPPED OFF LAST STEP BUT STILL HAD ONE TO GO, PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK SAW CHIR MORE THAN ONCE
SMASHED END OF FINGER REMOVING STEEL FRACT TO TER M TUFT
GREASING IDLER SLIPPED FELL SM CUT TO FOREHEAD, FRACT TO WRIST
TOP LANDER WAS REMOVING A CARDBOARD BOX OF PLASTIC 6 INCH PLUGS FROM BACK OF PICK UP WHEN TAILGATE FELL STRIKING EE IN RIBS BRUISE AND PULLED MUSCLE REQUIRED PHYSICAL THERAPY.
EE WAS USING AN AIR ARC AND HAND GRINDER. HE WAS NOT SURE HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. HE THINKS A PIECE OF METAL DEFLECTED OFF HIS GLASSES NO METAL WAS FOUND IN HIS EYE.
EMPL & MINE FOREMAN WERE CARRYING ELECTRIC SLUSHER MOTOR OFF MAN CAGE AT 1-3 LEVEL. EMPL FELT SOMETHING STRAINED IN BACK. EMPL HAS HAD BACK PROBLEMS BEFORE.
HAMMERING DRILL ON PR 123 SM PC OF STEEL FLEW IN EYE DR REMOVED OBJECT
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON HOIST HOUSE STEP. SMALL CUT ON RIGHT KNEE. BRUISED RIGHT SHOULDER. FIRST VISIT TO DOCTOR WAS 7 DAYS LATER ON 10-30-89 FOR PERSISTEN SORENESS IN SHOULDER. RECEIVED PRESC RIPTION OF NAPROSYN.
EMPLOYEE HAD ROCK OR SMALL PIECE OF STEEL IN EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING SHAFT WITH CLAM AT TIME. PARTICLE WAS REMOVED BY PHYSICISIANS ASSISTANT.
EE WAS REMOVING THE ARMS OF A 54 INCH SLUSHER BUCKET. THE BUCKET TIPPED BACK AND HE LOST HIS HOLD OF THE LEFT ARM. IT DROPPED ON THE ARCH OF HIS LEFT FOOT X RAYS FOR FRACTURE WERE NEGATIVE. BR UISED PAIN PILLS PRESCRIBED EE RETURNED TO WORK FOLLOWING DAY.
MINER WAS ASSISTING FOREAMN IN DRILLING. JACKLEG GOT AWAY AND BUMPED MINER AN SHOULDER. HE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR, BUT A PHYISICIAN'S ASSISTANT GAVE HIM A PRESCIPTION FOR A PULLED MUSCLE.
WHILE BARING DOWN NOTICED HE HAD SOMETHING IN EYE. A SMALL PIECE OF METAL WAS FOUND. MINER WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. MINER VISITED DOCTOR ONE TIME AND RECEIVED AN EYE OINTMENT PRESCRIPTIO N, ROUTINE PROCEDURE.
MINER WAS REMOVING A STEEL FROM A BOLT IN THE BACK THE STEEL TENDER SLIPPED AND THE STEEL FELL OUT OF THE HOLE AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT. A SMALL BRUISE DEVOLPED.
SURVEYOR WAS WALKING BEHIND JACKLEG WHILE MINER WAS DRILLING. LEG SLIPPED AND HTI SURVEYOR'S ANKLE CAUSING A SEVER BRUISE.
WHILE LIFTING EMPL PULLED A MUSCLE AND PINCHED NERVE IN R ARM ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 7/24/89 WHEN EMPL SAW A DR AND RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE NAGGING IRRITATION
WHILE LIFTING PIECE OF METAL EE BUMPED ELBOW ON METAL TABLE LEG. HE WENT TO THE DR 6 DAYS LATER AND RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN WAREHOUSE. OVER A 3 WEEK PERIOD HE CLAIMED TO HAVE HURT HIS BACK. HE VISITED THE DOCTOR FOR THE FIRST TIME JUNE 19. HE IS SUFFERING FROM SCIATIC NERVE IRRITATION.
MINER SLIPPED WHILE BREAKING ROCKS ON GRIZZLY. HE PULLED A MUSCLE, BUT RETURNED TO WORK. THREE DAY LATER HE DECIDED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR VERIFIFED HE PULLED A MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BITTEN BY A RATTESNAKE ABOUT MID CALF. SNAKE HAD TO BITE THROUGH RUBBER SLICKER PANTS, CLOTH COVER-ALL, RUBBER MINE BOOT AND SOCK. RESULTING PUNCHTURE WAS MINER WITH LITTLE OR NO VERNOM INJECTED. EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR OBERVATION LEVEN THOUGH HE DID EXPRESS A DESIRE TO RETURN TO WORK.
WAS 6-19-89, EE CLAIMS HE WAS HIT IN BACK BY ROCK WHILE GETTING INTO A TRUCK THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO SAFETY DEPARTMENT 3 WEEKS LATER AND FIRST VISIT T65O DR OCCURED 4 WEEKS LATER.
A ROCK FELL FROM BACK STRIKING MINER ON LEFT HAND SLAB CAME FROM BETWEEN 2 MATS SPACED APPROXIMATELY 3-4 FT APART 20FT UP IN SHRINK STOPE
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING JACKLEG STEEL OUT OF LIFTER HOLE WHEN HE TWISTED LOWER BACK
HIT IN UPPER NECK BACK OF HEAD BY FLY ROCK CUT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.
SKIP TENDER WAS CUTTING CABLE IN SLUSHER TRENCH USING A DOUBLE JACK & CABLE CUTTER A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW UP WHEN HE STRUCK THE CABLE CUTTER HE RECEIVED 2 CHIPPED T EETH ONE ON TOP & ONE ON BO TTOM
EMPL TIGHTENING SIDE RODS ON 123 DRILL AND WRENCH SLIPPED OFF NUT HITTING HIM IN MOUTH CHIPPING SEVERAL TEETH.
SOUTH BRIDLE CABLE ON MUCK SKIP BECAME LOOSE WHILE BEING HOISTED CAUSING SKIP TO WEDGE BETWEEN SHAFT GUYS.HOIST AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN.NO PERSONNEL WERE ABOARD CONVEYANCE ANDD DAMAGE TO SHAFT WAS MINIMAL.2 DIVIDERS IN SHAFT AND 1 BRIDLE CABLE ON MUCK SKIP WERE REPLACED.
MAN PINCHED THUMB WHILE CHANGING DIVIDER AND GUIDE BACKER.
MAN WAS BARRING DOWN IN STOPE; A SLAB OF UNDETERMINED SIZE HIT HIM ON HEAD & SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STAGING UP IN RAISE WHEN A ROCK APPROX. 150# FELL FROM HANGING WALL HITTING HIM IN LEFT ARM. LACERATION WAS DEEP, REQUIRING 10 PLUS STITCHES.
MAN WAS SCALING DOWN LOOSE ROCK IN A STOPE WORKING ON TOP OF MUCK PILE.HE FAILED TO SECURE HIMSELF WITH A SAFETY LANYARD AND FELL APPROXIMATERLY 20 FT.