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Employee was installing a ground rod at the office trailer with a post pounder. He lost control of the post pounder and it bounced up and cut the top of his head. This resulted in a minor laceration requiring closure.
Small cut on left hand. Slipped with razor knife while cutting super sack product bag and poked tip of knife in left hand. Minor injury - first aid cleaned and band aid applied. No impairment. After shift employee sent for tetanus shot.
We had snow/icy conditions. Preventive measures had been taken in the form of ice melt and sand prior to the injury. Employee slipped and feet came out from under her, falling backwards, hit her head. She walked inside and co-worker asked her what had happened- went for help. Then she was taken by private vehicle to medical facility - diagnosed concussion.
Worker was pulling a cart across a ramp covering a threshold plate. In the process front legs broke off causing part to fall forward onto worker and edge of cart scraped against his face. Worker then reported incident to supervisor and was then treated for minor lacerations.
Employee was walking from the wash plant to the water pump control box (approximately 75 feet). Employee reports stepping on a rock and twisting/spraining his knee. Physician exam and x-rays showed no permanent damage to knee. Physician placed 30 lb. lifting restriction, no bending or twisting, walking as tolerated.
Fell from a man-basket fracturing his left leg.
Vega employee was driving a 10 Wheel dump truck following a TIC employee up a hill at Newmont. It was slippery and the truck lost traction and slid down on its side. Vega employee was taken by Newmont ambulance to Northern Nevada Regional Hospital.
While getting on the crew bus employee tripped and fell. His right hand contacted the bottom step of the bus. This contact resulted in a fractured metacarpal bone behind his pinky finger. He did not seek medical attention until 11/16/2010.
Employee was collecting ore control sample and stepped on a rock and lost footing and twisted his back and he suffered a lumbar strain.
Driller was adding drill rod. Top of rod contacted sheav wheel and dropped back on hand. Finger pinched against feed frame of drill.
While unplugging a shotcrete hose, cement sprayed in his face. He received medical treatment 7/28/10.
Checked on employee when returning to office he slipped on ice.
Rock fell while installing vent tube hitting him in the mouth fracturing tooth
While doing an pre-op inspection miner slip off loader and fractured foot.
Was taking a plate off bottom of haul truck Plate Fell hit his hand on ground cutting finger.
While working on loader in engine compartment he slipped and contacted operating fan blade with hand.
After directing powder truck into position he caught his foot under the lower stabilizing jack.
Closed door on loader and cut end of rt index finger off.
While pulling sample tube, tube came to top of rods with overshot intact. Driller stopped pulling tube as soon as ball cage cleared end of rods. Helper grabbed tube with both hands and then driller removed overshot from tube assembly setting it to the side. Helper lifted tube. He attempted to stop tube from slipping down rods, causing his finger to become pinched.
While repairing hydraulic hose on bolter backfill fell in striking employee.
While repairing hydraulic hose on bolter backfill fell in striking employee.
While checking for a hydraulic leak, the employee put his hand in the path of the moving boom, hitting his hand fracturing finger.
After mixing mud, employee was coming down the stairs, set an empty bucket down on the lower platform, turned to walk down from the lower platform, slipped and fell to the ground on his shoulder.
While spraying shotcrete, cement entered boots and burned feet.
Employee was walking behind haul truck when truck backed over him.
While bending a piece of 11" x 2" x 1/4" steel with sledge hammer the welds that held the material to the table broke loose and hit the employee in the chin.
When moving a truck ramp him pulled his arm or shoulder resulting in restricted duty.
While remote mucking, the mucker got too close and pinched him between the rib and the mucker.
While bolting in the face the left rib failed back from the face and buried the operator.
While installing a new rod on the Cubex Drill the employee placed his hand on the bottom of the rod. The rod slipped and caught his hand between the two rods. The injury required one suture.
The employee was tightening a bolt with an impact wrench when the pin holding the socket came loose and hit his hand requiring two sutures.
While stepping off tractor he twisted ankle on a rock.
While driving the center pin out of a truck with a hammer he hit his thumb requiring sutures.
Employee was screwing drill rods together when he felt a pain in his wrist. He was treated and released to restricted duties.
EE was manually re-positioning the forks on a sky trak 8042 fork lift. One fork perched on a frame bracket/divider. The EE dismounted the machine to correctly position the fork, placing his right hand on the fork frame and pushed the hung fork over. The suspened fork impacted his finger on the frame when dislodged
EE was attempting to raise core barrel when he felt a pain in his neck. He visited the doctor and was released to restricted duties.
The employee was tightening a bolt with an impact wrench, when the pin holding the socket came loose and hit his hand requiring two sutures.
Attempting to secure the quick couple vic clamp on a 2' pipe with both legs under him for support. Left patella displaced.
Pulling a hose out of the muck pile and strained his back.
Removing slide on rock bolter with impact wrench. Retainer on slide spun hitting left index finger cut it.
Ran over a piece of steel with UG haul truck and it flipped up and hit him in the mouth.
While changing a broken fanbelt on the Toro loader, Company #23, the top hose was loosened to relieve the cooling system pressure. When the hose was removed there was enough presure remaining in the system that the coolant sprayed out on employee, burning his arms and chest.
MINER WAS DRIVING A BEAM HOLE RAISE, ON A STEEL LADDER AND WORKING FROM A 2' X 2' DRILL DECK. AS JACKLEG CAME DOWN FROM A HOLE IT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH LEFT INDEX FINGER ON THE LADDER RUNG.
EE WAS DRIVING PLIT SETS WITH A JACKLEG. WHEN THE BOLT HAD BEEN DRIVEN, THE DRIVER STUCK IN THE END OF THE BOLT. EE HAD RELEASED THE LEG PRESSURE AND THE DRILL CAME DOWN AS THE LEG COLLAPSED A ND PINCHED HIS FINGER. 4 OR 5 STITCHES IN END OFFINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TYING IN A ROUND, WHEN HE PULLED ON A NON-ELECTRICAL TUBE TO TIE IN, A SMALL ROCK ROLLED OFF THE FACE AND HIT HIM IN THE TOOTH, CHIPPING IT.
EE WAS OPERATING A LHD, AND HIT A ROCK IN THE ROAD, BOUNCING HIM INTO THE ROPS, AND HITTING HIS HEAD.
EE & CO-WORKERS HAD BEEN BARRING DOWN AN OLD ACCESS TO THE TOP OF THE MINE SO WE CAN INSTALL A BACKFILL PLUG TO CLOSE A BREAKTHROUGH. THEY STEPPED OUT ON THE CATCH BENCH TO HAVE A LOOK WHEN A ROCK ROLLED OFF FROM THE HIGHWALL HITTING EE IN THE BACK.
EE WAS MUCKING OUT OF A STOPE WHEN SOME MATERIAL PEELED FROM BACK, HITTING THE LOADER. EE CLIMBED OUT OF THE LOADER & WALKED TO THE INTERSECTION WHERE THE OTHER MINERS HELPED HIM.
THE BREAKER HAD TRIPPED TO THE HOIST IN THE SHOP. EE LIFTED THE LID ON THE PANEL TO RESET THE BREAKER. HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE SIDE OF THE BOX AND THE DOOR FELL SHUT, CUTTING HIS THUMB.
EE WAS ROCKBOLTING AND A PIECE OF MATERIAL GOT IN HIS EYE.