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1995 COMPANY PHYSICAL EXAM RESULTS INDICATED 40% HEARING LOSS. 1996 COMPANY PHYSICAL EXAM RESULTS INDICATED 50%+ HEARING LOSS.
FOREIGN MATTER ENTERED RIGHT EYE WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN DRYER.
EE WAS STANDING IN PROXIMITY OF WELDING ACTIVITY & RECEIVED FLASH TO BOTH EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING FEED PIPE ON THE SPAR REGRIND MILL. PARTICLES OF FOREIGN MATTER ENTERED RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION.
WAS PLACING A PIECE OF EXPANDED METAL INTO A CONVEYANCE TO BE HOISTED TO SURFACE. AS HE PLACED THE METAL HIS GLOVE CAUGHT IN AN OPENING IN THE METAL CAUSING THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND TO BE PINCHED OR SMASHED BETWEEN THE EXPANING METAL & A PIECE OF METAL ALREADY IN THE CONVEYANCE.
EE WAS RIDING AS PASSENGER ON EXPLOSIVES TRUCK. DRIVER WAS DISTRACTED BY ENGINE AIR INTAKE PULLING ON HIS JACKET. TRUCK STRUCK MINE WALL. PASSENGER WAS THROWN FROM TRUCK ON TO MINE ROADWAY.
PREPARING TO BAG PRODUCT. OPENING LARGE SLIDING DOOR TO BAGGING ROOM. DOOR WAS HARD TO MOVE. GAVE A HARD PUSH TO FREE STUCK DOOR AND THE DOOR MOVED SUDDENLY CATCHING LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND DOOR STOP.
WHILE FILLING 100 LB. COARSE CONCENTRATE BAGS AND PLACEING THEM ON PALLETS, EE LOST HIS GRIP ON ONE OF THE BAGS. WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF REGAINING CONTROL OF THE BAG THE EE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LARGE ROCK WHILE SCALING DOWN THE WORK AREA. ROCK SHIFTED AND EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM ROCK TO AVOID FALLING. HE TWISTED LEFT KNEE AS A RESULT. RESULT-SPRAIN TO THE L EFT KNEE-HAD TO WEAR KNEE BRACE.
LOOSE GUIDE TIMBER DISCOVERED DURING WEEKLY SHAFT INSPECTION. GUIDE COULDNOT READILY BE TIGHTENED, THUS HALTING PRODUCTION AND IDLING MINERS UNDERGROUND FOR APPROX FOUR HOURS. PRODUCTION RES UMED @ APPROX 12 NOON.
EE WAS CARRYING DRILL ON SHOULDER AND WAS STANDING BY HEADERS WHEN 6 INCH AIR LINE BLEW UP AND STRUCK EE IN HEAD AND SHOULDER. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 1-24-96.
WHILE TIGHTENING PINON BOLTS ON CONE CRUSHER WITH 3/4 IN RATCHET, DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND BUTTOCKS. COULD NOT STAND UP STRAIGHT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SWAMPING FOR LOADER OPERATOR. HE STEPPE DON BOARD WITH NAIL PROTRUDING FROM IT WHILE STEPPING BACKWARD AWAY FROM LOADER AS LOADER BEGAN TO MOVE. CREW WAS IN PROCESS OF DEMOLISHI NG THICKENER TANKS.
EE EXPERIENCED SEVERE CHEST PAINS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FREE STUCK DRILL STEEL ON 10-10-95. HE HAD EXPERIENCED MINOR CHEST PAIN, INTERMITTENTLY, SINCE 10-5-95 OR 10-06-95 UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFO RMATION FROM THE DR, WE QUESTION AS THE WHETHER THIS IS AN ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRALLING DISCHARGE GRATES IN "B" BALL MILL WHILE PULLING OVERHEAD ON A PRYBAR HE PULLED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER
EE WAS DRILLING BLAST HOLES WITH HAND HELD PNEUMATIC DRILL. APPROX. 50 LB SLAB FELL FROM FACE BEING DRILLED AND STRUCK EE ON LEFT HAND AS IT RESTED ON THE OPERATING DRILL.
EE WAS INSTALLING SHEET METAL ROOFING ON DRYING PLANT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAIN.
EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE CLIMBING FROM DRILL JUMBO WORK DECK. SLIPPERY WORKING SURFACE.
EMPLOYEE PINCHED RIGHT RING FINGER WHILE PLACING 100 LB ROCK DRILL ON WORK BENCH.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING VALVE ON NO. 2 BOILER INSIDE DOOR. ACCESS TO THIS AREA IS RESTRICTED. DISPLACED VERTEBRA, POSSIBLE MUSCLE SPRAIN.
WORN GUIDES ALLOWED SKIP TO OPEN IN LOADING POCKET. WHEN SKIP OPENED, ONE GUIDE BROKE. GUIDES WERE SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT ON 2-25-95. DUE TO ACCIDENT, GUIDES WERE REPLACED ON 2-24-95. PRODU CTION RESUMED @ 1500 ON 2-24-95.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING FLOORING OVER THICKENER TANK. EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK RADIATING DOWN LEFT LEG. LATER, NUMBNESS IN LEFT LEG. ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE ON 3/3/95.
ACCIDENTLY STRUCK A WELDING ARC BEFORE LOWERING WELDING HOOD.
UPON LOADING SKIP IN NORTH COMPARTMENT OF PRODUCTION SHAFT, SCROLL PLATE WAS DISPLACED PREVENTING MOVEMEN OF CONVEYANCES. APPROX DOWNTIME 2 HOURS.
HELPING MECHANICS CLEAN GREASE & GRIT OFF BIG DRIVE GEAR ON C BALL MILL. WAS MOVING AWAY FROM GEAR SO THAT IT COULD BE ROTATED SO THAT WE COULD CLEAN SOME MORE TEETH. I STEPPED ON SOME MUD AND LOST MY FOOTING AND I FELL. WEDGED BETWEEN A CONCRETE PILLAR AND MAIN DRIVE PULLEY. BACK HIT THE PULLEY.
EMPLOYE EWAS OPERATING HYSTER AND STRUCK A HOLE BY UTILITY (MOWER) SHED.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING HINGE PIN FROM LOADER BUCKET WITH HAMMER AND DRIVING BAR. AS THE PIN WAS REMOVED, EMPLOYEES HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH LOADER BUCKET. THE BUCKET FELL PINCHING THE SIDE OF THE LEFT HAND.
EE WAS PREPARING BAG SPAR ORDER FOR SHIPMENT AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHRINKWRAPPING ORDER WHEN EITHER FROM THE PALLETS OR FROM THE AIR FOREIGN MATERIAL ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE CAUSING EXTREMEM IRRITATION. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES EQUIPPEED WITH SIDE SHIELDS.
HOIST COUNTERWEIGHT CAME OUT OF GUIDE TIMBERS DAMAGING THREE GUIDE TIMBERS GUIDES REPLACED SHAFT THOROUGHLY INSPECTED WITH APPROX TWO TO FOUR WEEKS RESERVES REMAINING MANAGEMENT DECIDES TO CEA SE PRODUCTION AFTER SHAFT REPAIR WORK THE ONLY REMAINING ACTIVITY IS REMOVAL OF EQUIPMENT FRO MINE
EMLOYEE EXPERIENCE DLUMBAR PAIN WHILE REMOVING COVER TO INSPECT "A" TROMMEL SCREEN. PAIN INCREASED GREATLY ON 4-20-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING AN ELBOW FROM A 7IN PIPE NIPPLE(THREADED) WITH A 24IN PIPE WRENCH AS THE EMPLOYEE PULLED BACK ON THE WRENCH HE FELT HIS BACK GO BUT DIDNT THINK IT WAS SERIOUS AT THE TIME THE ELBOW & NIPPLE WERE IN A PIPE VISE PULLED ABACK MUSCLE DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 02-24-94
EE WAS GRINDING A STEEL BAR AT THE BENCH GRINDER. HE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE GRINDER AND UPON RETURN TO GRINDER, HE TRIPPED OVER OXY ACETYLENE HOSE AND FELL STRIKING OPERATING GRINDING WHEEL WI TH LEFT WRIST. OXY ACETYLENE HOSE IN USE AT TIMEOF ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN CONDITIONER TANK AND WORKING OVER HIS HEAD. ACCUMULATED SCALE (MOSTLY RUST) FELL FROM PLANT SUPPORT STRUCTURE. SMALL PARTICLE OF SCALE SLIPPED BEHIND EMPLOYEES SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ON STEEL BEAM. RIGHT ARM BEGAN HURTING. RIGHT ELBOW, PAIN ON TENSION, TENDERNESS, LATERAL EPICONDYLE AREA, COULD NOT COMPLETELY EXTEND ON FLEX. RIGHT ELBOW SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN PIT INSTALLING HYUDRAULIC MOTOR OVERHEAD ON HAUL TRUCK EMPLOYEE WAS USING PLASTIC MILK CRATE AS STEP STOOL LOST FOOTING & FELL FINGER STRUCK BY HYDRAULIC MOTOR & CRUSHE D AS CONTACT WAS MADE WITH CONCRETE FLOOR
WORKING ON CONVEYOR BELT. H AND BECAME CAUGHT IN CONVEY OR BELT. CAUGHT UP TO FOREARM. AVULSION INJURY RIGHT HAND. AMPUTATION RIGHT THUMB AND POSSIBLE RIGHT INDEX FINGER. CALLED FOR INFO- RE-ATTACHED BOTH THUMB AND INDEX FINGER - NOT RELEASED TO GO BACK TO WORK AND WON'T KNOW FOR QUITE AWHILE HOW MUCH USE HE WILL HAVE. WAS SENT TO JEWISH HOSP AT LOUISVILLE, KY.
WAS WORKING ON AN OVERHEAD VALVE WHEN HE FELL FROM A PLATFORM
PREPARING TO LEAVE WORK AT END OF SHIFT. WIPED SWEAT FROM FOREHEAD. FOREIGN MATTER ENTERED RIGHT EYE CAUSING DISCOMFORT.
EE WAS ASSISTING A MECHANIC IN SETTING A SPARE PUMP ON A SHELF APPROX. 7' HIGH/ (PUMP WEIGHED APPROX. 100 LBS.) RESULTED INELBOW BEING LOCKED IN P0SITION BY BONE GRAGMENTS. AGGRAVATION OF PRE- EXISTING CONDITION.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING MATERIAL FOR A BELT RUB WITH A KNIFE AND SLICED THROUGH THE MATERIAL INTO HIS HAND. MADE AN L-SHAPED LACERATION OF THE LEFT 4TH FINGER REQUIRING SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE TURNED LEFT ANKLE WHILE ASCENDING A SET OF FOUR STEPS IN THE CRUSHER PLANT.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM TRACTOR TO SLIPPERY MINE ROADWAY. UPON LOOSING FOOTING, THE EMPLOYEE SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETAIN BALANCE.
UPON TURNING TO DESCEND STEPS IN DRYER,EMPLOYEE TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL 2 INCH DIA. RUBBER HOSE OUT OF MUCK PILE. BACK POPPED AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT LEG.
UPON START OF SHIFT LOOSE (SPLIT) GUIDE WERE DISCOVERED IN PRODUCTION SHAFT. ALL EMPLOYEE'S EXCEPT THREE WERE SENT HOME. THE THREE EMPLOYEE'S REPLACED THE SPLIT GUIDES. REPAIR WAS COMPLETED AND HOISTING RESUMED AT 1:15 PM ON 11-3-92.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A FITTING ON THE DRILL JUMBO WITH A PIPE WRENCH. WHILE PULLING ON WRENCH THE WRENCH SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH. DRILL JUMBO WAS OPERATING AT TIME OF INCID ENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING PAN ON BELT GOING TO ROLLS. SHOVEL CAUGHT ON SPLICE AND THE HANDLE JAMMED ON A PIPE WITH HAND IN BETWEEN. CAUSED LACERATION TO HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PAINTING SETTLE STRUCTURE ATOP MILL.UPON FINISHING FOR THE DAY, THE EMPLOYEE DETACHED SAFETY LINE IN PREPARATION TO DESCEND FROM MILL ROOF.EMPLOYEE THEN STEPOPED ON FIBERGLASS SKY LIGHT FALLING THROUGH TO REAGENT ROOM FLOOR,ELEVEN FEET BELOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A SLAB WHICH FELL FROM A LOCATION ON THE UPPER LEFT PORTION OF THE FACE IN HIS WORK AREA. APPROX. WEIGHT OF SLAB IS ESTIMATED AT 100-150 POUNDS.
23193ED TO GET OFF TRACTOR TO SEE IF WATER WAS TURNED ON. SLIPPED ON WET GROUND AND HIT KNEE ON THE TRACTOR SEVERLY BRUISING HIS KNEE.