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EE ALLEGES WHILE HE WAS UNLOADING HIS SHUTTLE CAR HE STEPPED ON A BOULDER TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE IN THE PROCESS.
THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS DOWN IN THE ORE POCKET DUE TO A SPILL. AS HE WAS COMING OUT OF THE POCKET ON A BELT MANTRIP, HE BEGAN TO FEEL DIZZY AND BECAME UNCONCIOUS, FALLING APPROX 25' TO 30'.
EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WAS STANDING ROLLS OF INSULATION OFF A DELIVERY TRUCK. ONE ROLL WAS NOT BALANCED GOOD & IT FELL BACKWARD JERKING EE'S RIGHT ARM. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AT HIS REGULAR OCCUPATI ON UNTIL 7-30. TESTS REVEALED HE TORE THE RIGHT BICEP LIGAMENT.
THIS ELECTRICIAN SUSTAINED A LOWER BACK INJURY ON 6/15/93 WHILE LIFTING A 5HP ELECT MOTOR. ON 6/3/97 HE CLAIMED A PLYBOARD STRUCK HIM IN HEAD (ON HARD HAT) RESULTING IN A LOW BACK INJURY. TH E DR HAS STATED HIS BACK PROBLEMS ARE OF CONTIN UATION OF HIS PRE-EXISTING BACK PROBLEM. SINCE HE WA STRUCK BY PLYBOARD THIS INCIDENT IS BEING REPORTED.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF 40 ACRE SCREEN PLANT AND HE SLIPPED ON WET MUD DUE TO RECENT RAIN, FALLING DOWN HE FRACTURED THE BONES IN HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG.
THE EE DEDGES THAT HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON A CORNER EDGE OF A COUNTER AS HE WAS OPENING A DOOR AT A SCALE HOUSE CAUSING HIS RIGHT ELBOW TO SWELL UP. EE WAITED 4-DAYS LATER TO REPORT INCID ENT.
EMP ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS CARRYING A 5 GALLON CONTAINER OF WATER HIS LEFT LEG GAVE OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL RESULTING IN LEFT KNEE DAMAGE. CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 10-28- 96, HIS FIRST DAY OF LOST TIME.
THE EE WAS CLOSING DOOR OF CONTROL ROOM AND CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE RT HAND FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR AND DOOR FRAME WHICH REQUIRED SEVERAL STITCHES TO THE FINGER. THE EE RETURNED TO WORK AT HIS REGUL AR JOB.
WHILE LOADING BAGS OF NITRATE TO PUT IN NITRATE TANK, TWO BAGS WERE STUCK TOGETHER AND AS HE LIFTED HE FELT A GIVE IN GROIN AREA-EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK HIS REGULAR JOB UNTIL 5-9-96 & IT WA S DETERMINED HE HAD A HERNIA. 5-9-96 WAS THE EMPLOYEE'S FIRST DAY LOST.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE BOLTER CABLE. HE TRIPPED AND FELL CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS ARMS TO AVOID INJURY BUT ENDED UP HAVING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO THE BONE IN HIS RIGHT HAND BELOW THE ELBOW . THE EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS SCHEDULED DAY OFF TIL THURSDAY 5-2-96 - FIRST DAY LOST.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A LOADER CHAIN. AS HE STRUKC THE PIN TO LOOSEN THE CHAIN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF THE HAMMER STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT FOREARM. NO LOST TIME NOR RESTRICTE D WORK OCCURRED.
THREE EES SAT DOWN AT START OF SHIFT FOR A SFAETY MEETING. ALL 3 SAT ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE TABLE APPROX. 700 .BS THE WEIGHT OF THE EE CAUSE THE TABLE TO TILT TOWARDS THEM. ONE EE BRACED HIMS ELF WHICH CAUSE A JOLT AND BRUISED HIS BACK. THIS EE HAS HAD 3 PREVIOUS BACK SURGIES.
EE ALLEGES THAT WHEN HE STARTED TO WALK ON WET SURFACE OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE FRAME OF EAST FILTER CLOTH, HE SLIPPED & WENT HORIZONTAL IN THE AIR & HIS GRATING STRILKING HIS BACK, ELBOW, HEAD , & SHOULDERS. THE EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL JAN 6, 1996, HIS FIRST DAY LOST.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP STAIRWAY OF LOCOMOTIVE. HE STARTED TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD AND SLIPPED OFF TOP STAIR ON TO SECOND STAIRWAY AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. HE WORKED HIS NORMAL SHIFT UNTIL 9/15/95 WHICH WAS HIS FIRST DAY LOST.
EMP WAS HAULING PIECE OF POLY PIPE ON TOP OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TOO CLOSE TO A PARKED MANTRIP AND POLY PIPE CAUGHT MAN TRIP CAUSING PIPE TO WHIP AROUND, STRIKING EMP ON RT SIDE OF SAF ETY GLASSES CAUSING SAFETY GLASSES TO LACERATE ABOVE THE RT EYE, REQUIRING A COUPLE OF STITCHES.
EMP WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO WRENCH IN ORDER TO REMOVE AIR LINE FROM INSTRUMENT. THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HAND TO BRUSH AGAINST PIECE OF JAGGED SHEET METAL CAUSING LACERATION AND REQUIRING S TITCHES TO RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS LOADING A PIECE OF PLYWOOD ONTO A TRUCK, HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE RIGHT ARM.
UPON START UP OF THE LANG PLANT WEST DRYER, THE DRYER WAS LIT SEVERAL TIMES AND PURGED TO ALLOW GAS TO ESCAPE. IT APPEARS THE DAMPER ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS CLOSED TOO TIGHT NOT ALLOWING A D RAFT OF AIR AND PURGING OF SYSTEM, CAUSING AN IGNITION. THIS INCIDENT WAS IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO MSHA FIELD OFFICE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONGSIDE OF DITCH DUG APPROX. 2' DEEP TO CUT NEW ELECTRICAL SERVICE. THE SOIL WAS WET AND MUDDY DUE TO RAIN AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL. THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK HIS RE GULAR DUTIES UNTIL 4-16-95 HIS FIRST DAY LOST. HE CLAIMED HE HAS LOW BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER SCALING & BARRING DOWN HECARRIED DOWN HOSE SLAB FROM BACK & AN ADJOINING 2IN PIECE FELL INEXPEDITELY CAUSING HIS HARD HAT TO PRESS DOWN ON SAFETY GLASSES C AUSING A CUT ON THE BRIDGE OF NOSE REQUIRING 2 STITCHES NO TIME WAS LOST AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING AN UNDERCUTTER. AS HE STEPPED OUT OF THE OPERATOR'S CAGE HE STEPPED ON A SMALL BOULDER, LOST HIS BALANCE AND HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE RIB, CAUSING A STIFF NECK.
EE WAS RUNNING A LOADING MACHINE AND WAS OBSERVED LIMPING ON 4-2-95. EE CONTINUED WORKING ON LOADER THRU 4-27-95 AND CLAIMED MINING TIGHT MUCK CAUSING LOADING MACHINE TO BRUNCE CAUSING SORE BA CK. EE FIRST DAY LOST WAS 4-28-95 FOR A SORE BACK ATTIBUTED TO BOUNCING LOADER.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING EQUIPMENT. AFTER SERVICING HE STARTED TO REEL UP HIS GREASE HOSE. HE HAD A LONG LENGTH OF HOSE OUT AND STATED HE WAS AFRAID THE HOSE WOULD WHIP SO HE GRABBED THE REE L . AS IT WAS TURNING AND THE MOMENTUM OF THE REEL CAUSED HIS LEFT HAND TO STRIKE THE REEL END. THE EMPLOYEE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK AND HAS NOT LOST ANY TIME.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS. STAIRS WERE WET & FROSTED DUE TO RAIN & TEMPERATURE & HE SLIPPED & FELL TO HIS KNEES BRUISING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
THIS MECHANIC WAS HELPING LIFT SECTIONS OF PIPE ONTO A TRAILER IN ORDER TO TRANSPORT PIPE TO NEWSHOP. AFTER LIFTING SECTIONS SEVERAL DAYS LATER HIS BACK BECAME SORE. THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK AT HIS NORMAL JOB UNTIL 2-6-95 FIRST DAY LOST.
THIS MECHANIC WAS HELPING JACK UP A LOADER. THE JACK WAS AT IT'S HEIGHT AND HE WANTED ONE MORE CLICK UP ON THE JACK. HE LET LOOSE OF THE JACK HANDLE WHICH WAS SNAPPED ITNO POSITION. THE CA TCH SLIPPED CAUSING JACK HANDLE TO FLY UP STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEEK.
A WAREHOUSE EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING BOXES FROM THE BED OF SUPPLY TRUCK ONTO THE LOADING DOCK. AS HE STEPPED ON TO THE DOCK, HE TRIPPED, FALLING] ON HIS LEFT SIDE, DISLOCATING HIS LEFT ELBOW.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ODWN TO WELD AN DFELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AT HIS REGULAR JOB UNTIL HE WENT OT HE DR ON 1-9-95. FIRST DAY LOST.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A HANDRAIL UNDER A DRYER AS HE BENT OVER TO GO UNDER THE DRYER HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK CAUSING A MUSCLE STRAIN EMPLOYEE WAS OFF WORK FIVE (5) DAYS 12-12-94-12-16-94
EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE BACK OF A PICKUP AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON MUDDY GROUND. AS HE LOST HIS FOOTING, HIS WATCH BAND BROKE, SLID DOWN HIS HAND, CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT FOREARM. TH E MILL HAD RECEIVED RAIN THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE EE RETURNED TO WORK AFTER TREATMENT TO FOREARM (STITCHES).
THE EE WAS BARRING DOWN A SLAB. AS HE EXERTED PRESSURE UPWARDS ON THE BAR, HE SUSTAINED A HERNIA. THE EE CONTINED TO WORK UNTIL 11/4/93, WHICH WAS THE FIRST DAY OF LOST TIME.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL A FUEL TANK IN AN MG SET. AS THE TANK SLIPPED INTO POSITION, THE EMPLOYEE'S SECOND INDEX FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK AND FRAME OF THE UNIT AND THE FINGER WAS FRACTURED.
THE EMPLOYEE WA SLIFTINGUP TWO SAMPLE BUCKETS WITH HIS LEFT HADN, OUT OF BACK OF PICKUP. HE FETL A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE COTNINUED TO WORK AT HIS SAME OCCUPATION UNTIL 9-10-93, HI S FIRST DAY OFF WORK DUE TO INJURY.
THIS EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING TO THE ORE DUMP & WHEN HE TURNED TO GO THE OTHER WAY HE FELT A CATCH IN HIS LOWER BACK HE CONTINUED TO WORK & AFTER SEVERAL DAYS WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR ON H IS OWN HE LATER TURNED IN AN ACCIDENT REPORT INDICATING HE WAS INJURED ON THE JOB I WAS NOT AWARE THE INCIDENT WAS JOB RELATED UNTIL SEPT 3 1993 THAT IS WHY THE REPORT IS LATE
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING STEEL CABLE FRO A NEW BELT LINE SUPPORT WITH A CABLE CUTTER. AS HE STRUCK THE CUTTER WITH THE HAMMER, A PIECE OF WIRE BROKE OFF, PENETRATING THE SKIN BY THE LEFT SIDE OF T HE NOSE.
THE EMPLOYE WAS MOVING A 5 HP ELECTRIC MOTOR FROM SHOP FLOOR TO STACK IN RACK. AS HE PICKED UP THE MOTOR, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK AT HIS REGULAR OCCU PATION UNTIL 7-1-93, WHICH WAS HIS FIRST DAY MISSED.
EMPLOYEE PARKER HIS SHUTTLE CAR AND WAS UNPLUGGING HIS CABLE NIP. AS HE PULLED ON THE CABLE, THE BOX AND RIB PEELED OFF, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER.
ALLEGES THAT HE WAS SITTING DOWN WORKING WITH A HILTI AND LIFTED THE GUN TO HIS SHOULDER HEIGHT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS STOMACH. THE EMPLOYEE AS CONTINUED TO WORK AT REGULAR OPERATOR CLASSIFICATI ON UNTIL 9-9-93. HE WENT TO A DR AND DISCOVERED HE HAD A STOMACH HERNIA REQUIRING SURGERY.
EE WAS LOADING A FACE IN 5-EAST 1ST LEFT. HE LEFT HIS KNIFE OPENED AND CLIPPED TO HIS BELT. HE WIPED HIS HAND DOWN HIS PANTS, MAKING CONTACT WITH THE KNIFE, CUTTING HIS RIGHT THUMB AND REQUIRI NG STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PIN WITH A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCKS. THE CHANNEL LOCKS SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE MOUTH, BRAKING A FRONT TOOTH. THE PIN WAS GREASY, WHICHCONTRIBUTED TO CHANNEL LOCKS S LIPPING OFF PIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT ORE DUMP PULLING CHUNKS THROUGH GRIZZLEY. EMPLOYEE OVER-EXERTED HIMSELF BY STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK.
THE #6 HOIST WENT OUT OF SERVICE AT APPROX. 3:00PM ON DEC 18, 1992. THE #6 HOIST WOULD GO DOWN BUT NOT COME UP. THE PROBLEM WAS FRUND IN THE MAIN CONTACTOR RETIFIER. A DIODE WAS FOUND TO BE B. O., REPLACED AND THE HOIST RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION.
THE EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE INTALL FLOOR GRATING AT 200 AM THE SUPERVISOR TOLD THEM IT WAS LUNCH TIME. THE EE UNTIED HIMSELF FROM HIS SAFETY LINE. AND HE LEFT THE WORK AREA AND EITHER SLIPPE D OR MISSED HIS STEP AND FELL 17 2 THRU THE GRATING TO THE FLOOR HE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT AND WORKED 2 DAYS. TODAY 12-7-92, IT WAS DISCEREND HE HAD SEEN ANOT
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT OF TH EEAST DOOR OF THE MAIN SHOP AND STEPPED ON A SMALL PIECE OF PIPE THAT ROLLED AND TURNED THE LEFT ANKLE OF THIS MECHANIC.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A CAN OF SOUP AND DROPPED THE CAN. AS THE CAN FELL, SHE TRIED TO CATCH IT, CUTTING THE END OF HER RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
THE #5 HOIST WENT OUT OF SERVICE AT 4:30 PM ON 09-24-92 & WAS PUT BACK IN SERVICE AT 11:30PM ON 09-24-92 #1 SKIP WOULD NOT LIFT OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT BECAUSE OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS PR OBLEM WAS IN THE PPM MODULE AFTER CHANGING OUT SEVERAL COMPONENTS & MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS THE HOIST RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DOWN VENT TUBING IN HIGH BACK, WORKING OFF TOP OF VENTILATION TRUCK. HIS FEET BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE TUBING, CAUSING HIM TO TRIP AND LAND ON A CUTTING MACHINE PARKED NEX Y TO VENT TRUCK.
EMPL LAYING UNDER POWDER TRUCK PUTTING A GROUND STRAP ON IT,GOT UP,RIGHT KNEE WOULDNT STRAIGHTEN AND IT POPPED.
HOIST WENT OUT OF SERVICE DOOR REMAINED OPEN
WORKING ON STAMLER: EMPLOYEE SWUNG HIS LEG OVER THE EDGE OF STAMLER (RATIO FEEDER) TO GET OUT. HE BRUISED HIS LEFT LEG (CALF) SLIGHTLY AND ABOUT 10 DAYS DAYS LATER HIS LEG SWELLED UP AND THE D OCTOR"S DIAGNOSIS WAS PHLEBITIS (BLOOD CLOT).