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While performing bucket repairs on electric shovel 343, welder was grinding in a corner of the inside of the bucket. The grinder kicked back causing the employee to lose his balance and contact his left hand with the grinding wheel. Although the employee was wearing welding gloves, the wheel cut through the glove and into the middle finger knuckle, requiring two stitches.
Employee reported that he had received flash burns, from reflection, while welding on his previous shift. Employee was evaluated at the hospital, given prescription eye drops to treat his eyes, and released to return to work.
Employee was descending staircase on a Hitachi 5000 haul truck. When he reached the landing in the mid-point of the stairs, he slipped and twisted his knee. Employee was evaluated and given restricted duty.
As two mechanics leaned a belly pan from a rubber tire dozer against their service truck, the belly pan fell over and struck the top of employee's left foot. This resulted in a fracture of the metatarsal.
The injured employee was replacing an engine on a drill 121. He was lifting a fuel filter base when he felt pain in his lower back.
Employee slipped on ice while walking outside NE corner of truck shop. Employee fell down and injured left ankle, resulting in fracture.
While pulling fuel hose from reel, to fill haul truck, employee slipped and fell down, resulting in a fracture to left wrist.
On 7/11/13, employee was dismounting dozer when his foot slipped and he caught himself with his left hand. Employee hurt his left shoulder but did not want to seek medical treatment and returned to work. Treatment was later requested on 7/26/13. The injury became reportable when the employee began restricted duty on 8/1/13.
While walking on the drill pattern, employee stepped on a small rock which caused him to roll his left ankle and fall on his left knee. This resulted in a sprain, requiring 2 days of restricted duty.
On 4/21, while performing welding tasks under a drill in windy conditions, debris got into employees right eye. Employee reported discomfort on 4/22 and was seen by a doctor, but no debris was found. On 4/24, employee reported continued discomfort. Employee was taken to the emergency room again. A small piece of metal was found on the corneal limbus. Metal was removed.
While employee was handling a piece of pipe, he contacted sharp metal with finger tip on left ring finger, causing laceration. Cut required 3 stitches.
Employee was changing struts on a tool box lid. Employees right hand slipped which allowed the lid to fall on his left ring finger. X-rays revealed small chip on the tip of the bone (left ring finger tip).
At the end of a welders work shift, he reported that at some point during his shift, wind had blown dust into his eye. His eye was irritated. After the welder traveled home, he requested to see a doctor. A foreign body was removed from his left cornea.
Mechanic was removing hoses underneath a service truck. Dirt fell from overhead, got underneath mechanics safety glasses, and contacted right eye. Eye was still irritated after flushing out in eyewash station. Mechanic was taken to emergency room where a foreign body was removed from the cornea area.
Mechanic was descending hydraulic shovel using manlift/basket and the locking mechanism stuck. The mechanic exited and attempted free the basket. When the mechanic pulled, the basket released causing the basket to jerk away from him. The mechanic hyper extended his right elbow. Mechanic was seen at the emergency room and given two days of light duty.
Employee used plasma cutter to notch out some tubing. Employee did not use adequate lens for task, resulting in flash burn to his eyes. Employee did not realize he had received flash burn until later that evening. Employee missed one shift (10/7/12) as a result.
While installing protection chains to the right front wheel position on a rubber tired wheel loader the injured slipped and landed on his right knee and elbow causing a contusion to his knee. The injured completed his shift and went to the Dr. the next morning.
While cutting out the equalizer pin bar, the left side track frame on # 542 D10R dozer came down crushing the right leg of the affected employee. Investigation in process.
While picking up chock blocks strained lower back.
Worker was helping 2 vendor mechanics disassemble tooling used to install a hard bar pin in a CAT D10R Dozer (Unit #6013). The tooling was "bound," & each of the individuals began taking turns using a small sledge hammer to free the tooling. EE on his 2nd swing freed the tooling, but a piece of it (most likely a socket) hit him above his rt eyebrow requiring 12 stitches.
Employee injured eye when putting on safety glasses. He poked eye with eye glass temple
Injured Employee was loading trucks when a large rock broke loose on dig face. Employee tried to catch rock with loader bucket as it fell jarring the loader. The employee strained his back due to the incident. The employee was wearing a seatbelt.
While bending over in front of a portable heater to pick up a tool, metal grindings that were on his jacket blew into his eyes.
After incident investigation it was found that the injury arose from a door shutting on her finger.
Employee climbed a leachpad containment berm and slipped on liner and broke right ankle resulting in a loss time injury.
Working in the pulverizing room using air hose to clean out bowl, rock came up underneath safety glasses and struck the left upper eyeball.
While changing Sawzall blade, the operator did not remove battery and cut left index finger.
Worker was shoveling material out of the anchor trench when she felt a pain in her lower back. The worker informed her supervisor, but declined any treatment. On July 11th, the worker asked to see a physician where a micro fracture was diagnosed. No additional treatment necessary at this time.
Assay Lab employee had pain in right elbow. Initial ER evaluation was negative and returned to full duty. EE reevaluated on 9-12-2011 and was perscribed PT for tendinitis and remained on full duty. Rcvd first PT on 9-30-11. There were no lost or restricted work days.
Sprained back while twisting to throw air filters in maintenance dumpster.
Helper was getting choker cable off of casing. When he lifted up on the choker, the choker came unwrapped from the casing and hit him in the mouth. In doing so, it chipped one of his front teeth.
Employee picked up mud tub to load into truck and felt pain in his back. Treatment first provided on March 3rd.
Handling 1" steel plate from cutting table.
The accident was caused from working on a slick surface, the surface was slick from the weather conditions that we were having on the site. The worker sprained his left knee when he slipped and had his left leg caught in-between an inverted rail and rebar.
Grease was injected into the abdomen of the injured employee while helping a mechinic repair the autolube system on a DML Drill. Injured employee treated at hospital and released.
While stepping down from a portion of the lube truck that had been removed for repairs, the injured employee mis-stepped onto pallet of unstable 10X10 cribbing and twisted his knee. He was treated on the local ER and placed on modified work for two scheduled shifts.
Injured employee (Truck Driver) got debris in left eye. EE doesn't know how it happened. Operated truck with windows and doors closed for entire shift before injury. EE taken to the local ER for treatment.Modified duty for remainder of the shift and next scheduled shift.EE released to full duty. One day of modified work. No lost work days
Employee was tightening a bolt on the cutting edges on the Rubber Tire Dozer when a piece of slag broke loose flying under his glasses and into his right eye. The injured employee was placed on modified work for the remainder of his shift and released to work in the afternoon of the following day. There was one day of modified work and no lost days
Employee was air arcing and grinding and got foreign material in his right eye.
Employee was loading pipe onto truck when his feet slipped on the icy pipe causing him to fall and injure his back.
Employee was walking back to pickup after using restroom and slipped and fell in park ditch. Area was dry with no ice or snow.
Mobile Equipment Operator was dismounting Rubber Tire Dozer at end of shift, while stepping from the last step, felt a pop in the left knee. Employee didn't initially require medical treatment. Employee visited ER after shift was over and was placed on modified work after scheduled days off beginning on 11/21/09.
Maintenance Mechanic was dismounting D10R Dozer on right side and slipped on bottom push bar step resulting in injury to left bicep area. Employee treated at local emergency room and returned to work on light duty/modified work. He remains on light/modified duty. There have been no lost work days on this injury as of the date of this report.
Mobile Maintenance Mechanic was changing GET on loader using steel hammer. A piece of steel broke off of the GET or hammer and hit the mechanic in the leg. Injured employee received medial aid treatment (stitches) at local ER. No lost days or restricted work. Employee released to full duty same day.
EE was opening engine access cover of haul truck and strained lower back. Incident occured on last scheduled work day. Employee seen for follow up on 4/17/2009 and was perscribed light duty. Employee competed three days of light duty and was released to full duty on 4/23/2009. EE missed no schedule work days
Employee was lifting one end of a compressed gas cylinder with the assistance of another employee and strained his right shoulder. He evaluated at local Emergency Room and perscribed light duty for the next three shifts.
Injured employee stepped off of back of blasting truck and twisted right ankle.
Employee was vacuuming chairs and had pain in lower back. Employee didnt report injury to supervisor/mine until 1/22/2009. Employee evaluated by MD on 1/22/09 and returned to work without restrictions/full duty. Employee received medical treatment (First session of physical therapy) on 1/30/2009. No lost time or restricted work days.
Injured Employee knelt to pick up gold bar in refinery. Received a small laceration to the left knee that required two staples to treat. Injured employee treated and immediately released to full duty by local emergency room on same day. Employee returned to work. There were no lost days and no days of restricted or modified work. This was a medical aid/treatment injury only.
Employee was dumping a wheel barrow into a dumpster and strained back.