A 10' LONG FIBER GLASS BOAT NORMALLY USED FOR POND INSPECTION WAS TOWED IN THE SNOW BEHIND A PICKUP TRUCK. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE BOAT BECAUSE SOME EMPLOYEE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO DO SOME SNOW SLEDDING. THE BOAT RAN OVERA PIPE IN THE YARD, CAUSING THE FRONT OF THE BOAT TO HANG UP, STOPPING SUDDENLY. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN FORWARD AND THEN BACKWARD, BRUISING BACK.
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Showing 50 of 59EE FAILED TO REPORT OT WORK ON 8/26. WENT TO SEE A DOCTOR ABOUT SORE EYES. HE WAS TOLD THAT HE COULD BE ALLEGRIC TO DUST. RTN TO WORK ON 8/27. WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE IT IS JOB RELATED.
EE WAS REMOVING DIRT FROM UNDER CONVEY TAIL PULLEY AND THE SHOVEL WAS ENTANGLECTION THE PULLEY AND SAMSHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE FRAME WORK OF THE CONVEYOR.
30" PRY BAR SLIPPED OUT OF REAR DRIVE LINE U-JOINT WHILE I WAS REPOSITIONING MYSELF - THE BAR HIT ME IN THE TOP FRONT TEETH.
EE WAS AN EE OF A FIRM THAT WAS INSTALLING A TEST APPARATUS AT THIS MINE. HE WAS NOR WAS THE FIRM EMPLOYED BY THE AURORA PARTNERSHIP. MAN TRIED TO CUT A PIECE OF PVC PLASTIC PIPE WITH A POCKET KNIFE, WHEN A HACKSAW OR PIPE CUTTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND KNIFE ENTERED THE RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE.
CREW MEMBERS WHERE REPLACING THE CLUTCH HOUSING ON THE DIRECT DRIVE TO THE CRUSHER IT WOULD NOT SLIP INTO PLACE SO THEY HAD THE CRANE OPERATOR PICK UPON IT A BIT A CORNER OF THE HOUSING BROKE OFF & H IT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD BELOW HIS HARD HAT & ABOVE HIS SAFETY GLASSES
WHILE LIFTING ROCKS & THROWING THEM INTO THIS FEEDER I FELT MY BACK STRAIN APPROX 50# ROCK
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A METAL BAR TO UNPLUG AND CLEAR CLAY OUT OF A CRUSHER. WHEN THE JOB WAS COMPLETED HE LET THE BAR FALL TO THE GROUND AND IT STRUCK HIS FOOT. HE WAS WEARING HARD TOE SHOES - I NJURY BEHIND STEEL TOE.
CLEANING WINDSHIELD ON 992 LOADER - SLIPPED [FOOTIN] & FELL ONTO STRUCTURE [FRONT] LANDING ON OUTSTRECHED RIGHT ARM, JAMMED SHOULDER.
ICE ON ROCK AT OVERSIZED PILE - SEVERLY SPRAINED KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WRESTLING (HORSEPLAYING) WITH ANOTEHR EMPLOYEE IN THE CLOCK ROOM WHEN PUCNHIGN THEIR TIMECARDS AT THE START OFSHIFT. THISHORSE PLAY ELD TO THE OTHEREMPLOYEE FALLING ON THE EMPLOY EE THAT INSTIGATED HORSEPLAY.
WHILE WALKING AROUND THE END OF A RADIAL STACKER THE SPRING IN THE SELF CENTERING HYDRAULIC VALVE BROKE AND THE STACKER CONTINUED TO TRAVEL PINCHING HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMED HE WAS PREPARING PULVERIZED SAMPLES USING A RING PULVERIZER. WHEN CLEANING OUT BOWL AND PREPARING TO PULVERIZE ANOTHER SAMPLE THE EMPLOYEE BANGED THE RING AND PUCK TOGETHER T O KNOCK OFF ANY LOOSE MATERIAL. A SMALL FRAGMENT OF METAL BROKE OFF AND ENTERED THE LEFT EYE UNDER THE SAFETY GLASSES.
EE SUSTAINED SMALL CHEMCIAL BURN TO CORNER OF EYE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ADD CAUTIC SODA TO CHECMICAL MIX TANK. THE CAUSTIC IN BEAD FORM HAD CLUMPED AND SPLASHED WHEN IT ENTERED THE TANK SENDING DROPLETS UP AND ONTO THE FACE OF WORKER. WORKER REMOVED GLASSES AFTER SPLASH ENTERED CORNER OF EYE TO RUB THE AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM HIS DOZER IN THE HILTON PIT WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN ON SOME LOOSE ROCK. THESE ROCKS MOVED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT ANKLE.
THE EE CLAIMS HE GOT DIRT IN HIS EAR WHILE AT THE DR AND FAKING CARE OF HIS NOW WORK RELATED ALIMENTS HE HAD THE DOCTOR CLEAN HIS EAR OUT WE FORCED NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS INCIDENT UNTIL THEN.
WORKER WAS TAKING STRIP SOLUTION SAMPLE. THE SAMPLE LOCATION HAD A VALVE WITH A BUCKET HANGING FROM IT. WORKER WAS IN PROCESS OF PURGING SAMPLING LINE WHEN HANGING BUCKET FILLED UP & FELL OP ENING THE 1 1/2" VALVE WIDE OPEN. THE RELEASED SOLUTION FLOWED DOWN INSIDE THE WORKERS BOOT. THE BUCKET FELL FROM ITS POSITION ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO SOLUTION GOING INTO BOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMANTLING A 1 1/2" PIPE UNION BECAUSE THE SUYSTEM WAS FROZEN. WHEN THE UNION WAS JUST ABOUT DISCONNECTED, A SMALL BIT OF SOLUTIONUNDER PRESSURE ESCAPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE AT OUTER CORNER OF RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS WALKLING DOWN A PILE OF SAND LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL FORWARD.
THIS PERSON WAS HELPING THE WELDERS WARM UP AND WELD A LOADER BUCKTE ON A 992C. HEW AS WEARING A WELDING HELMENT BUT STILL RECEIVED A FLASH FROM ON EOF THE WELDERS. HEWAS UNAWARE OF THIS FLA SH UNTIL LATER THAT EVENING AT WHICH TIME HE WENT TO THEE.R. TO GET CHECK OUT. HE WAS GIVEN A SOLUTION.
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF A 773 B HAUL TRUCK EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM THE LADDER TO THE GROUND PARTIALLY ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS WELDING ON SPOKANE CRUSHER. HE POSITONS HIMSELF BETWEEN THE CRUSHER AND SERVICE VECHILE ANOTHER EE STARTED THE VEHCILE AND BEGAN MOVING IT THE BUM[PER RUNNING BOARD CAUGHT HIM AND ROLLE D HIM UNDER THE MOVING VEHICLE VECHICLE DO NOT PASS OVER HIM.
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND DIED.
EE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF IRON TO BE WELDED INTO PLACE. WHEN IT FELL, HE TRIED TO GRAB IT AND CUT HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PRY A LARGE STAIRWAY UP SO SOME WIRES COULD BE MOVED UNDER THE OTHER SIDE AND STRAINED HER BACK.
STEPPED UP ONTO THE SIDE OF A CONVEYOR FRAME, TO HOOK A SHIEVE, WHILE DISMOUNTING HE STEPPED ONTO A 4 X 4 WOOD BLOCK & TURNED HIS ANKLE.
WHILE LIGHTING HY-LO HARD HAT HEATER FUMES IGNITED CAUSING FLAME THAT REACHED HS HAND. HE HAD HAMMER OIL RESIDUE ON HANDS, FLAMES IGNITED HAMMER OIL CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RI GHT HAND.
WALKING DOWN THE HAUL ROAD TO SURVEY, TURNED HEAD AND UPPER BODY TO SEE IF HAUL TRUCK WAS COMING DOWN THE ROAD. STRAINED LOWER BACK. SUFFERED LOWER BACK PAIN COULD NOT WORK 4 DAYS.
AT CRUSHER- EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT THE MUD BOX IN THE SAMPLE TOWER. A CUTTER CAME AROUND AND HIT THE STICK HE WAS USING WHICH HIT HIM IN THE ELBOW.
LOADER OPERATOR WAS WAITING FOR TRUCK TO BACK UNDER BUCKET, AS THE TRUCK GOT UNDER HIM THE OPERATOR STARTED TO DUMP. THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP. THE DRIVER KEP BACKING UP AND BACKED INTO THE LOA DER BUCKET, CAUSING HIM TO JAM HIS NECK.
EMPL WAS UNDER TABLE OF D40K DRILL TECH PICKING UP SAMPLE PAN HE STOOD UP & HIT BACK ON TUBE THAT HOLDS HAMMER WHEN WE ARE NOT USING IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A TRUCK & STOPPED TO GET LOADED. A ROCK FROM THE LOADER BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. EMPLOYEE MOVED THE TRUCK, TOOK OUT THE WINDSHIELD & SET IT ON THE GROUND. WHEN HE SET IT DOWN HE SLIPPED & CUT HIS FINGER.
EE WAS OPERATING A 680E CASE BACKHOE WHEN HE KNOCKED OVER A BARREL OF OIL. EE JUMPED OFF OF THE BACKHOE TO GET THE BARREL UPRIGHT AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNDERNEATH A BELT WHEN A ROCK FLEW OFF THE BELT AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK OF THE NECK.
I NAME WAS WELDING & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING NEARBY MATERIAL FROM THE GRINDER CAME FROM THE BACK SIDE OF I NAME WELDING HOOD & STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE
BENDING OVER TO GET SAMPLE PAN WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK.
IN PIT WORKING ON POWDER TRUCK GETTING UP ON TRUCK TO REAPIR BROKEN DRIVE KEY ON AUGER-TWISTED WRSIT.
A PIECE OF WOOD WAS LEFT ON THE FLOOR & I NAME STEPPED ON THE WOOD & A NAIL STICKING THROUGH IT THE NAIL CAUSED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS FOOT NO PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS RECEIVED
HOOKING UP ROCK BASKET TO CLEVIS.WHILE HOOKING UP CHAIN ON BASKET -THE SHACKLE WAS HONGING OFF THE TOOTH OF THE SHOVEL-THE CLEVIS SLIPPED OFF AND HIT I.NAME ON THE SHOULDER AND BACK.
MASSIVE CONUULSION-LOSS OF CONSIOUSNESS AND BREATHING. NO PROPERTY OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE OR INJURY TO OTHER PERSONS.
THE INJURED WAS MOVING ANTISCALANT DRUM,THE DRUM SLIPPED AND HE ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE DRUM RESULTING IN LOWER BACK INJURY.
WORKERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE ROLLS CRUSHED WITH PORTAPOWER UNIT WHEN SHIMS SLIPPED OUT BECAUSE WERE NOT IN STRAIGHT & FLEW INTO EMPL LEG CAUSING COMPOUND FRACTURE.
WORKER BURNED EYES WHILE WELDING ROLLS.
WAS CLOSING THE LARGE DOOR TO THE MECHANICS SHOP TOOK THE COTTER PIN THAT KEEPS THE TENSION ON THE CHAIN THAT LOWERS THE DOOR OUT WHEN THE DOOR STARTED BEING LOWERED SOMETHING GAVE WAY AND T HE DOOR CAME DOWN I.NAME APPARENTLY TWISTED HIS BACK GETTING OUT OF THE WAY OF T HE DOOR
HE WAS CLIMBING OFF THE ROLLS, LOST HIS BALANCE, AND FELL ABOUT TEN FEET TO THE GROUND, BREAKING PELVIC BONE IN 5 PLACES.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING STEEL FROM THE PICKUP TO THE FLATBED TRUCK.
I.NAME WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OUR GOLD MELT HE INSERTED A WET CATHODE INTO THE HOT FURNACE UPON IMPACT THE CATHODE DISENTEGRATEDCAUSING THE HOT MELT TO FLASH I.NAME CURLED UP TO GET AWAY FROM SPLASH & RECEIVED BURNS ON HIS SHOULDERS & BUTTOCKS
EMPLOYEE WAS USING HAMMER TO REMOVE A PART FROM PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND CONTACTED HIS FINGER.
A 55 GALLON METAL BARREL WAS SUPSPENDED 5H FROM THE GROUND SURFACE BY A BACKHOE BOOM.THE OPERATOR OF THE BACKHOE SWUNG THE BOOM RAPIDLY TO ONE SIDE WHEN HIS SHIRT CAUGHT THE CONTROL STICK.THE SWINGING BARREL STRUCK THE INJURED IN THE HEAD.HE WAS NOTWEARING A HARD HAT.
WHILE WAKING OV9R THE BERM ON THE LEACH PAD WHICH INS COVERED BY PLASTIC, I SLIPPED AND FELL FORWARD SMASHING MY SHIN BONE. I SLIPPED BECAUSE THE GROUND UNDER THE PLASTIC WAS FROZEN DUE TO WEA THER CONDITIONS1