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DRIVER OPERATING A 50 TON HAUL TRUCK COMING DOWN GRADE TO HWY X-ING.CAR ON HWY APPEARED NOT TO BE STOPPING.DRIVER LOCKED UP BRAKES,STARTED TO SLIDE AND LOST CONTROL.TRUCK SLID OFF EMBANKMENT R OLLING 3/4 OF A TURN.IT HAD RAINED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE SLIDE AREA WAS SOMEWHAT SLICK.VEHICLE ROLLED OVER EASILY WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE.MIRRORS WERE NOT EVEN BROKEN.
SAMPLE RETURN SUPPORT BRACKET WELDS BROKE, PIPE FELL STRUCK EMP ON L SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE IMPROPERLY LIFTED A SPARE HEATER WHICH RESULTED IN A HERNIA IN THE PERSONAL REGION.
ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS, I.NAME SUPPOSEDLY INJURED HIS LEFT LOWER LEG WHILE HELPING TO PUSH A PICK UP OUT OF SNOW COVERED DITCH.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE OLD RUSTY PIPE FROM THE SOUTH WALL IN THE CARLTON MILL BASEMENT LEVEL. WHILE HELPING OTHERS LIFT A PIECE OF PIPE DOWN TO THE FLOOR, A LOOSE PIECE OF RUSTED METAL FELL FROM THE PIPE, WENT THROUGH THE OPENING BETWEEN HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE AND FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON OPERATION OF FRONT-END LOADER AND WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF LOADER WHEN HE HAD A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.EMPLOYEE FINISHED SHIFT,BUT THE PA IN CONTINUED AND HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR THE NEXT MORNING.
EMPL DISMOUNTED FROM FORKLIFT AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.EMPL CONTINUED WORK BUT WENT TO DR 8-28 WHEN KNEE CONTINUED TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE.DR RX ANTI-INFLAMMATION MED.
EMPL CLEANING CARBON OUT OF ACID WASH TANK BY FILLING 5-GAL BUCKETS AND HANDING THEM OUT TO ANOTHER EMPL.EMPL HAD CHECKED FOR HCN BEFORE ENTERING TANK.AFTER LEAVING TANK,EMPL BEGAN TO FEEL ITT /// ILL,WENT TO BATHROOM,PASSED OUT.HIT HEAD WHEN HE FELL HAS SMALL BUMP ON HIS HEAD.EMPL GIVEN OXYGEN SAID HE FELT BETTER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN CLOTHES THAT HAD GOTTEN WET THE DAY BEFORE WHEN HE DEVELOPED SKIN RASHES. HE CHANGED CLOTHES AND SHOWERED AND RETURNED TO WORK. ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER, EMPLOYEE BEGAN FE ELING ILL AND WAS SENT TO THE EMERGENCY CENTER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CLEANING SCALE FROM CHARGED SPRAY LINES WHEN BARREN SOLUTION WITH SCALE IN IT HIT HIM IN THE FACE. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.
ALTHOUGH UNSURE OF THE EXACT CONDITIONS OF THIS INJURY, IT IS BELEIVED THAT THE EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE RUBBED HIS EYE WHILE HE HAD SOME FOREIGN MATERIAL ON HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF ORE PILE AND THE GROUND COLLAPSED UNDERNEATH HIM. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT KNEE SLIPPED BETWEEN TWO ROCKS, CAUSING IT TO TWIST. THE ORE PILE WAS UNUSUALLY STEEP, DUE TO B LASTING AND SLOUGHING CONDITIONS.
EMPL GIVING DIRECTIONS TO CTR PERFORMING TREE CLEARING OPER.GIVING INSTRUCTIONS,1 TREE THAT HAD BEEN PUSHED OVER SPRANG UP AND HIT EMPL HAND WHICH WAS HOLDING SAFETY HANDLE ON BULLDOZER BEING USED IN OPERATION.
WORKING ON LEACH PAD 4 WHEN SLIPPED ON ICE REINJ KNEE FORM PREVUOUS ACC.
WHILE WALKING AROUND CORNER OF BACKHOE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS RESULTED IN EMPLOYEE LOOKING DOWN INSTEAD OF AHEAD EMPLOYEE WALKED INTO BUCKET OF BACKHOE WHICH RESULTED IN HIS NECK BEING JAMMED DOC DIAGNOSIS WAS A STRAIN TO THE NECK
INJURED EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE TRYING TO DRIVE A PIN FROM A CATWALK WITH A DRIVE BAR AND A DOUBLEJACK HAMMER. INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING BAR WHILE OTHER EMPLOYEE HIT IT WITH TH E HAMMER. EMPLOYEE WITH HAMMER MISSED BAR AND STRUCK INJURED EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE RESULTING IN A BRUISE TO THE EYE AND FACE.
EMPL WAS PICKING SIX 5# SMAPLES OFF OF FLOOR P PUT THEM ON TABLE WHEN LIFTING SAMPLES EMPL STRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNDERNEATH 235 CAT EXCAVATOR EXAMINING STARTER CONNECTION PRIOR TO STARTUP. HE CAUGHT HIS TAILBONE ON THE HOE HOOK UNDERNEATH AND SLIPPED TO THE GROUND FRACTURING THE TAILBONE.
ACCIDENT CAUSED BY EMPLOYEE NOT SEEING A PIPE STICKING OUT OF THE SIDE OF A TANK WHILE WALKING PAST IT I THE DARK. LEFT KNEE CAP WAS MOMENTARILY DISLOCATED. EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN ON WALKIN G BUT X-RAY SHOWED NO LIGAMENT DAMAGE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHEN STEPPING DOWN FROM LOADER.HE SAVED HIMSELF FROM FALLING BY GRASPING THE HANDRAIL ,BUT THE FORCE OF THE GRASP TORE THE CARTILAGE L LOOSE IN HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING TAILGATE ON PICKUP TRUCK AND TOUCHED HOT METAL WITH FOREARM. THE BURN SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME INFECTED AND REQUIRED TREATMENT OVER TWO WEEKS AFTER THE BURN WAS INCURRED.
EMPL WAS CHANGING FILTERS IN THE E-CELL AFTER LAYING THE FILTER DOWN EMPLOYEE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA UPON EXAMINATION BY DR EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A STRAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG AND A PUBIC STRAIN
ACTUAL CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNKNOWN. MINER HIT AIRLINE WITH FRONT END LOADER ON WAY OUT OF MINE. COUPLING IN AIRLINE PULLED APART & AIRBLAST HIT MINER IN FACE. DRS. PROGNOSIS BILATERAL CORNEAL FOREIGN BODIES & SANDBLAST TO FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS FAMILIARIZING HERSELF WITH NEW PULVERIZER; SPRING ON HANDLE WAS TOO TIGHT AND FORCED EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AGAINST HINGE WHEN DOOR OPENED. RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND WAS SEVERELY PINCH ED.
IN THE COURSE OF HIS DUTIES, EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE FELT NUMBNESS IN HANDS, BUT CONTINUED WORK, NOT REPORTING SYMPTOMS FOR 6 WEEKS. EMPLOYEE THEN WENT UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE AND WAS JUDGED BY HI S DOCTOR UNFIT FOR WORK. COMPANY HAS BEEN UNABLETO SATISFACTORILY QUANTIFY THE DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT ALLEGEDLY INCURRED.
HE WAS PUTTING REGISTRATION DATA IN GLOVE COMPARTMENT OFONE PICK UP WHEN A SECOND TRUCK SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED FORWARD PINNING HM BETWEEN THE TWO TRUCKS. THE ENGINE ON NEITHER TRUCK W AS RNNING. THIS RESULTED IN AN ABRASION TO LEFT ARM ABOVE ELBOW AND CONTUSION OF RIGHT THIGH.
THE MECHANIC WAS REPAIRING THE THICKNER UNDERFLOW IN AN AREA THAT WAS FULL OF MU/SLURRY THAT CONTAINED LARGE AMOUNTS OF LIME AND CYANIDE.THE MECHANIC KNELT DOWN IN THE MUD TO DO SOME REPAIRS A ND THE CHEMICALS SOAKED THROUGH HIS COVERALLS AND BURNED HIS LEGS.THE MECHANIC WAS NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.
SLIPPED ON PLAS7IC SIDEOF POND & FELL & TWISTED SHOULDER-LATER DIAGNOSED AS DISLOCATED SHOULDER
COUPLING ON HOS9 USED TO PUMP ACID WAS WORN AND DID NOT CONNECT PROPERLY. THE COUPLING WAS REPLACED, AND ANOTHER WAS PUT ON ORDER.
HEAT SEALING ON3SLOPE OF PREG. POND#6 SAFETY ROPE CAME UNTIDE SLID DOWN INTO THE CYANIDE POND.
SUBJECT INJURED WHILE WALKING ACROSS HDPE LINER OVER A WET SPOT WHEN SLIPPED FALLING LANDING FLAT ON BACK.
A 30 GAL. DRUM WAS BEING MOVED WITH A DOLLY. THERE WERE 60-80 LBS. OF WASTE IN THE DRUM AND IT SAT 3" HIGHER THAN THE DOLLY. WHEN THE DRUM WAS ROLLED TO THE EDGE AND PLACED ON THE DOLLY, ITS W EIGHT ON THE DOLLY CAUSED THE HANDLE TO SPRING UP AND STRIKE THE PERSON IN THE FACE. THE RESULT WAS ONE BROKEN TOOTH WHICH REQUIRED A ROOT CANAL.
CHANGING TIRE ON PICK UP USING HANDIMAN JACK WHILE LOWERING VEHICLE WITH JACK HANDLE FLIPPED UP AND STRUCK RIGHT SIDE OF FACE. BOTH LIPS WERE CUT REQUIRING 42 STITCHES.
MINER WAS CUTTING TIMBER IN CARPENTER SHOP AND VAUGHT A NAIL IN BOOT NAIL PUNCTURED FOOT AND CAUSED INFECTION
3 MINERS WERE FLIPPING A TRANSFORMER ON ITS SIDE. AS IT FELL SPOERL LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL FORWWARD, STRIKING KNEE ON ANGLE IRON BRACE. LOST TIME DUE TO SURGEONS INCIISION TO CHECK KNEE FOR D AMAGE.
EMP WAS LIFTING AND MOVING 90 LB END LAP FROM THE JAW CRUSHER HE LIFTED THE CAP TURNED AND SLIPPED ON FLOOR WHILE FALLING BACKWARDS HE PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE
SAMPLE PREP TECHNICIAN BELIEVES HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE SAMPLE PREP WORK. PROBABLY CAUSED BY FATIGUE. DIAGNOSED AS MILE TO MODERATE BACK STRAIN.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHIFT MINERS LEAF AND YOUNG ENTERED THE NEWMARKET RAISE TO INSPECT THE BLASTING RESULTS OF THE PREVIOUS SHIFT. A CROSSCUT ROUND ON THE FIRST SUBLEVEL (X10U8) DETONATED SATISFACTORILY. SECONDARY BLASTING IN THE 9605 STOPE BROKE THE SLABS AS EXPECTED. TWO STOPE ROUNDS HAD MISFIRED.
EMPL DRILLING RAISE ROUND AND DETECTED LOOSE IN BACK.STOPPED MACHINE WHILE PARTNER BARRED IT DOWN.LARGE SLAB FELL AND WHILE MOVING ASIDE,STEPPED THROUGH HOLE IN STAGING INJURING KNEE.
TRYING REPAIR STOPER.PARTNER DRILLING IN RAISE AND NOTICED LOOSE IN BACK.EMPL BARRED DOWN LOOSE AND AS 100 LB SLAB HIT SHOULDER,DAMAGE WAS CONTUSION TO RIGHT SHOULDER.
OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING V BELT ON CONVEYOR DRIVE USING A PRY BAR BAR SLIPPED OFF SHEAVE WHEEL WITH OTHER END STRIKING EMP IN FACE LACERATION REQUIRED 6 STITCHES