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Employee was attempting to move a large boulder that he was blocking traffic underground when he felt something pull in his left elbow. This did not become reportable until 3-12-04.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB OFF POWDER RIG BY TAKING SHORT CUT AND STEPPED ON SOFT BOXES CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE RIG WHICH WAS 4' ABOVE GROUND.
EE WAS FOUND IN CAB OF DRILL SLUMPED OVER IN SEAT, WITH NO RESPONSE. HELP WAS CALLED AND CPR COMMENCED. EE WAS PLACED IN BED OF TRUCK AND CPR CONTINUED WHILE TRANSPORTATING TO THE SURFACE. AMB ULANCE ARRIVED IN 3-4 MINUTES OF GETTING TO SURFACE. EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DOA.
EE WAS PREPARING TO CONDUCT MAINTENANCE ON THE CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEM. AS PART OF THE PROCEDURE, THE COUNTERWEIGHT IS LIFTED BY FORKLIFT AND CHAINED/SECURED TO RELEASE THE COUNTERWEIGHT FROM BEL T. EE WAS PREPARINGTO SECURE THE COUNTERWEIGHT WHEN IT SLID BACK-WORDS ON THE FORKS APPROX. 4.5 M ABOVE GROUND AND PINNED HIS FEET TO THE MAST OF THE MACHINE.
EE WAS SERVICING AN UNDERGROUND HAUL TRUCK AT THE SURFACE SHOP AREA. AFTER FUELING THE TRUCK, THE EE MOVED THE TRUCK TO ADD OIL. EE STATED THAT HE BEGAN TO FEEL NAUSEOUS SO HE STOPPED THE TRUCK. HE STATED THAT HE INTENDED TO DISMOUNT THE TRUCK BUT DOES NOT REMEMBER DOING SO. THE EE WAS FOUND LYING NEXT TO THE TRUCK WITH A HEAD WOUND. THE TRUCK WAS SHUT OFF AND THE PARK BRAKE
EE WAS PERFORMING PRE-OPERATIONAL CHECKS ON LHD.AS HE STEPPED UP TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE STEP. AS HE SLIPPED DOWN, HIS RT.HAND STRUCK A PIECE OF PROTRUD ING METAL WHICH CAUSED A LACERATION TO HIS PALM.THE RESULTING LACERATION REQUIRED 6 SUTURES.
THIS EE STATED HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP, ONTO A HAUL TRUCK AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LT. SHOULDER.
THIS ROCKBREAKER OPERATOR'S HAND SLIPPED OFF OF THE STABILIZER JACK CONTROL HANDLE AS HE WAS SETTING THE MACHINE'S JACKS. HE FELL INTO THE MACHINES CANOPY POST, STRAINING HIS NECK.
THIS EE STATES HIS LEFT ELBOW BEGAN TO HURT WHILE LOADING 50 POUND BAGS OF ANFO ONTO A BLASTING RIG.
THIS EE STATES HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT WHILE WETTING DOWN MUCKPILES AND RIDING ON A GATOR.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP ON TOP OF SECONDARY CRUSHER TO UNPLUG THE FEED CHUTE TO THE SCREEN. EE FELT STRAIN TO HIS LEFT ACHILLES. EE WORKED ON REGULAR DUTY UNTIL ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON PLACED HIS LEFT F OOT IN WALKING CAST ON JUNE 17, 2003. AT THIS TIME, THE ACCIDENT BECAME LOST TIME AND REPORTABLETO MSHA.
THIS EE ALLEGES PAIN IN HIS LEFT FOURTH & FIFTH FINGERS WHEN HE TURNED ON THE MASTER SWITCH ON A HAUL TRUCK.
THIS EMPLOYEE FELT PAINS IN HIS BACK WHEN HE PLACED A BOX CONTAINING MINER'S LIGHT BATTERIES INTO A CABINET.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING GRINDING RODS FROM THE ROD MILL AS PART OF A MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROJECT. THE RODS ARE 12' LONG & WEIGH 250 LBS. AS HE WAS MOVING 1 ROD INTO POSITION, IT SHIFTE D AND CAUSED HIS HAND TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN THAT ROD & ANOTHER ONE, RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE THUMB. THE LACERATION REQUIRED 4 SUTURES TO CLOSE.
THIS SUPERVISOR WAS OBSERVING AN EE REPAIR A LOADER PART. WHEN HE TURNED AND WALKED TOWARD THE LOADER HE FELT PAINS IN HIS BACK AND LEFT LEG.
THIS EE STRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE AS HE STEPPED DOWN FROM A JUMBO DRILL ONTO A ROLLING ROCK. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON MARCH 12,2003
THIS EE FELT PAINS IN HIS LEFT ELBOW WHILE DRILLING A HOLE IN ROCK WITH BATTERY POWERED PERCUSSION HAND DRILL. SURGERY WAS REQUIRED ON 3/25/03
THIS EE FELT PAINS IN HIS RIGHT ANKLE AS HE DISMOUNTED A GATOR.
UNSCREWING LIFTING EYE FROM STANDARD CRUSHER MANTLE; LATER REPORTED A SORE AND STIFF BACK.
HAULING PIPING UP STACKER WALKWAY. AWKWARD MOVEMENTS PLACING PIPE IN FRAMEWORK. OVER-EXERTED & TWISTED BACK. INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL A REPORTABLE INJURY UNTIL 1/22/03.
THE SLACK ROPE SAFETY SWITCH FAILED ON THE MAN/ORE HOIST CAUSING THE HOIST TO STOP. NO ONE WAS IN THE CAGE AT THE TIME. THE SLACK ROPE SWITCH WAS REPAIRED AND THE HOIST RETURNED TO SERVICE.
THIS EMPLOYEE STATES HE STRAINED HIS BACK AS HE THREW BUNDLES OF FIVE SPLIT-SET ROOF BOLTS ONTO THE BACK OF A TRACTOR.
THE MAN & MATERIALS HOIST STOPPED FUNCTIONING AFTER THE LAST MEN HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE MINE. THE HOIST WAS REPAIRED & RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 3:45 P.M.
THIS EE SLIPPED & FELL AS HE DISMOUNTED A HAULAGE TRK. HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER & ARM WHENHE CAUGHT HIMSELFT. SHOULDER SURGERY WAS REQUIRED ON 3/31/03
THIS EE'S LEFT KNEE BEGAN TO HURT WHEN HE STEPPED UP, ONTO A SET OF STEPS ON A GREASE RACK.
THIS EMPLOYEE REPORTED FALLING TO THE SAME LEVEL AS HE SPRAYED WATER ON A MUCK PILE. HE STATED HE INJURED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHEN STEPPING OFF DOZER BUT HE DID NOT FALL, HE HIT HARD ON HIS FEET.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING ONTO A FORKLIFT AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
THIS EE SNEEZED AS HE LIFTED A 50 LB BAG OF ANFO TO POUR INTO AN ANFOR POT. WHEN HE SNEEZED HE STRAINED HIS ABDOMDEN.
THIS EE REPORTED SHOULDER PAIN FROM OPERATING PNEUMATIC ANFO LOADER HOSE. ROTATOR CUFF SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2003.
WHILE HOISTING A MINER TO THE SURFACE, THE HOISTSTOPPED UNEXPECTEDLY. POWER WAS RESTORED TO ALLOW THE CAGE TO BE LOWERED AND THE MINER EXIT THE CAGE. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE CONTACTS ON THE LILLY CONTROLLER AND THE EE REMOVED FROM THE MINE AT 6:34 P.M.
OPERATOR CLAWED A ROCK DOWN, WHEN IT HIT THE FLOOR IT FRACTURED & A PIECE HIT HIM IN THE EYE.
EE WAS WASHING AROUND TAIL PULLEY WHEN WATER AND MATERIAL SPLASHED BACK IN HIS FACE.
EE WAS ASSISTING THE CRUSHER OPERATOR IN THE REPAIR OF A CRUSHER SCREEN. THE CRUSHER OPERAOR WASWELDING THE CHANNELS ON THE INSIDE OF THE SCREENEE WAS MANNING THE FIRE HOSE IN CASE OF A FLARE UP. EE SUFFERED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES FROM THE WELDING ARCS.
#3 MAN HOIST, BREAKER OR RELAY WENT DOWN AND WAS DOWN 1 HOUR AND 45 MINUTES.
UNSEEN TRIP HAZARD.
EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHEN HE STEPPPED ON A SUBMERGED ROCK IN HIS WORKPLACE.
THIS EE WAS OPERATING A ROAD GRADER, THE BLADE HUNG THE RIB THROWING THE MACHINE SIDE WAYS. THIS MOVEMENT CAUSED BACK PAINS.
REPETITIVE MOTION INJURY - CARPAL TUNNEL.
THIS EE STRAINED HIS BACK AS HE LIFTED AN OXYGEN CYLINDER INTO A SERVICE TRUCK. THE ACCIDENT BECAME LOST TIME ON 10-15-02.
#1 HOIST STOPPED WORKING WHILE REMOVING THE SHIFT FROM THE MINE. A BROKEN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WAS REPAIRED AND THE HOIST RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 4:20 PM.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIGGING IN A PUMP INTO A HEADING. HE SLIPPED ON A SUBMERGED ROCK AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE REQUIRED SURGERY ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2002.
THIS EMPLOYEE FELT PAINS IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AS HE PICKED UP A PIECE OF 2" PIPE.
THIS EE WAS CONNECTING DETONATOR TUBES WHEN ANOTHER EE ACCIDENTLY OPENED AN ANFO CONTROL HOSE. ANFO STRUCK THE FIRST EE IN THE FACE. ON 7/8/02 THE CO WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE INJURED EE HAD RECEI VED A PRESCRIPTION FOR HIS EYE.
THE MAINTENANCE MAN WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT FOREARM BY A XXXX STEEL PLATE HE WAS REMOVING FROM ADRILL JUMBO BOOM.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL A ROCK, APPROX. 30 BLS, OUT OF THE ROADWAY SO LIGHT VEHICLE COULD PASS BY.
THIS EE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON NON-SKID CLEATS ON A BOBCAT AS HE CLIMBED INTO THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT. SURGERY WAS REQUIRED ON MARCH 10, 2003.
WHILE WORKING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HE SLIPPED AND STRAINED HIS MCL IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS REMOVING A 14 MM ALLENHEAD SCREW USING A 1/2" IMPACT AND A 14 MM ALLEN SOCKET ON ROOFBOLTER. AS HE WAS REMOVING THE BOLT THE PIN HOLDING THE SOCKET TO THE IMPACT CAME LOOSE STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT PALM CAUSING A LACERATION.
AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FAILED IN THE HOIST POWER CIRCUIT CAUSING THE HOIST TO BE UNUSABLE UNTILIT WAS REPLACED.