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THE HOIST AIR VALVE WAS KICKING OUT AND SETTING THE HOIST BRAKE. HOIST WAS SHUT DOWN FOR 3 1/2 HOURS WHILE WE TRIED TO PINPOINT THE CAUSE PROBLEM WAS EVENTUALLY TRACED TO DIRTY ELECTRICAL CONT ACTS INSIDE OF THE OVERSPEED CONTROL CIRCUIT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNIGN A CAT 950B LOADER IN A MUCK PILE. THE BUCKET CAUGHT ON A LARGE ROCK WHICH CAUSED THE ENTIRE LOADER TO JERK. EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF OF THE CAB AND CUT HT ETOP OF HIS HEAD. INJURY INVOLVED MEDICAL TREATMENT (SUTURING 11 STITCHES).
THE EE WAS LIFTING A METAL GUARD WITH TWO OTHER EE WHEN THE WEIGHT OF THE GUARD SHIFTED AND FELL ONTO HIS HAND THUMB AREA, CAUSING A BRUISE TO HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING AND STACKING 50 LB. BAGS OF ANFO. HE CLAIMS THAT THIS CAUSED HIM BACK PAIN. MEDICAL TREATMENT (PHYSICAL THERAPY) WAS PRESCRIBED ON 4/3/95.
THE EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS REMOVING A CHAIN PULLER (COME-A-LONG) FROM ITS POSITION ON A HORIZONTAL BEAM ABOVE THE SHAKER SCREENS IN THE QUARRY SCREENHOUSE. AS HE UNHOOKED THE CHAIN PULLER AND TURNED TO HIS SIDE, TO PULL IT DOWN, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STANDING AND TALKING WITH FELLOW EMPLOYEE AND COLLAPSED INTO FELLOW EMPLOYEE'S ARMS. TRY TO REVIVE HIM WITH CPR, DID NOT SUCCEED. EMT'S ARRIVED AND TAKEN TO TAWAS ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL. AT 3:20 PM. DR. CAME OUT AND STATED VICTIM HAD DIED.
RUNG OF LADDER ON TRUCK WAS BENT UNDER, NOT ALLOWING OPERATOR TO PUT FULL FOOT ON RUNG OF LADDER. ALSO, OPERATOR FAILED TO REPORT THE STEP ON THE LADDER AS BEING A POSSIBLE PROBLEM.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A MUCK PILE AND SCALING THE FACE WHEN A ROCK CAME DOWN AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT UPPER ARM. INJURY INVOLVED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR A BROKEN ARM (CAST AND PINS).
EE STATES HE WAS WALKING AROUND THE BACK OF OUR QUARRY PRIMARY PANFEEDER IN THE CRUSHER BUILDING WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE MUDDY FLOOR CAUSING HIS LEFT TORSO SIDE TO STRIKE AGAINST AN I-BEA M SUPPORTING THE PANFEEDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING A HAULAGE TRUCK (CLINE). AFTER FILLING IT WITH OIL, HE WAS STEPPING OFF THE MACHINE AND ONTO A STEP WHILE MAINTAINING A THREE POINT HOLD. HIS LEFT LEG WAS ONT EH FENDE R, AS HE BROUGHT HIS RIGHT LEG DOWN TO THE STEP, HE FELT SOMETHING SNAP IN HIS LEFT, BENT, KNEE. HIS LEFT FOOT WAS 21" ABOVE THE TOP OF THE STEP.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON HIS DRILL AND WAITING TO MOVE. HE SAYS HE GOT DUST IN HIS EYE AND ASKED TO SEE A DR FIRST AID CASE-EYE WAS WASHED-OUT BY THE DR.
EE BACKED HER HAUL TRUCK INTO THE FACE. THE RESULTING JOLT CAUSED A NECK STRAIN. INJURY INVOLVED MEDICAL TREATMENT PHYSICAL THERAPY DIAGNOSED 4-13-94.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE CLIMBED OFF THE DRAGLINE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. HE WALKED BACK TO THE DRAGLINE & CLIMBED UP THE LADDER TO THE DRAGLINE SHOE, HE THEN SLIPPED ON THE ICE & SNOW & FELL APPROX 3-4' TO THE FROZEN GROUND. HIS L ARM EXTENDED;HIS RIB CAGE EXPOSED; THUS THIS IS THE AREA WHERE 4 RIBS RECEIVED A SLIGHT FRACTURE. HE LANDED ON THE SNOW & ICE ON THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT. A BURR ON THE DRILL STEEL CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S GLOVED HAND, HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM WERE PULLED AROUND STEEL. INJURY INVOLVED MEDICAL TREATMENT (PHYSICAL THERA PY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE MANCAR AND HAD SIGNALED TO HOIST. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SIGNALED TO STOP CAR AND THEN LOWER CAR. WHEN CAR WAS STOPPED COMING BACK DOWN, INJURED EMPLOYEE SLID FORWRD AND CAUGHT F INGER ON RAILING. INJURY INVOLVED MEDICAL TREATMENT. BONE FRACTURE DIAGNOSED 3-25-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS UTILIZING A FORKLIFT TO LOAD COAX CABLE SPOOLS ONTO OUT MANCA. HE WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE FAILED & ALLOWED THE FORKLIFT TO ROOL INTO HIM. INJURY INVOLVED MEDICAL TREATMENT [DIATHERMY].
HE CLAIMS THAT ON THE MORNING OF 12-3-94, HIM AND I.NAME WERE LOWERING A SIZE 4AWG CABLE INTO THE MINE THROUGH A PVC PIPE LINED AND GROUTED BOREHOLE. HE CLAIMS THAT ALTHOUGH THE CABLE WAS TIED OFF WITH A ROPE, IT STILL SLIPPED AND STARTED GOING DOWN THE BOREHOLE. WHEN IT DID SO, HE CLAIMS IT PULLED ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL, DRAGGING HIM ALONG THE GROUND. I.NAME JUMPE
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE BACK OF A UTILITY TRUCK WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTLY LOWERED THE MAN PLATFORM ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT. INJURY INVOLVED FIRST AID (ELASTIC BANDAGE WAS APPLIED TO LEF T FOOT). EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING METATARSAL GUARD BOOTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS COLLARING A ROOF BOLT HOLE ENOUGH FEED PESSURE WAS EXERTED TO BEND THE DRILL STEEL WHICH THEN BROKE THE SAFETY LATCH THE DRILL STEEL JUMPED OUT OF PLACE & STRUCK EMPLOYEES FOREHEA D INJURY INVOLVED MEDICAL TREATMENT SUTURING 18 STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A ROOFBOLTER AND SCALING THE ROOF WHEN A ROCK CAME DOWN AND HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE SOUNDED THE ROOF ABOVE HIMA ND THOUGHT IT WAS SECURE. INJURY INVOLVED MED ICAL TREATMENT (PHYSICAL THERAPY TWO VISITS.0