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Employee was lifting a 5 gallon container approximately 18 inches to a shelf. The employee rolled his ankle causing him to stumble and thereby causing a suspected muscle strain to abdomen. Employee did not feel injury was serious. Employee sent to physician and it was diagnosed as a hernia.

Employee was moving used oil drums on a flat bed trailer. Employee pulled on drum he thought was full but was actually empty. The lack of weight caused employee to lose his balance. Employee fell backwards striking his shoulder against forklift and then the ground. Employee received a contusion to the shoulder and was seen by a physician on 6-1-2010.

Employee was loading a container into a Bronco when the door blew shut. He set the box on the ground opened the door and picked up the box. He felt something sting in his torso and assumed it was a muscle pull and did not report the accident. Over a period of 2 months the condition did not improve. He reported the accident on 4-10-09 after discovering that he had a hernia.

Employee was climbing a ladder to get to the top of the warehouse roof. Employee was carrying a propane bottle, weighing approximately 35lbs. When placing bottle on roof, he felt something pull in his abdomen.

Employee was exiting the cab of a John Deere Backhoe. When he stepped off of the backhoe he stepped on either a dirt clod or small rock which caused his ankle to twist. The result of twisting his ankle was a sprained right ankle.

Employee was repairing a leak in the roof on the training room. While cutting tar paper with a box opener the employee rubbed his finger against metal flashing causing a laceration to the right index finger. The laceration required sutures. The injury did not cause permanent impairment.

Employee was pumping sump using a portable pump. Upon completion employee picked up pump to move it and caught the pump on bottom step on grating. This caused the employee to twist thereby straining his back and left side.

The employee was walking through the Grind/Leach building and slipped on some flocculant that was spilled on the floor, causing him to twist his ankle.

The employee stepped from the back of a pickup truck and stepped on a rock. This twisted his ankle resulting in a sprain requireing the employee to miss work because of the medication prescribed.

The EE was standing on a ladder using a wrench and cheater pipe in an attempt to loosen an old water line. When he pulled on the pipe, he felt a pain in his lower back.

The employee was lifting a sandpiper pump to move it and felt a sharp pain in his right groin area. This was diagnosed as an inguinal hernia (right).

The employee was starting up the leach circuit and opened a valve to supply air to the #3 leach tank. Solution came up the standpipe and splashed the employee on his face, hands, upper back and forearms. This resulted in a chemical burn.

While removing rods for a rod mill from the bin, one rod rolled over & caught the employee's hand between the rod and the rim on the bin. This resulted in a contusion to his left hand and a fracture to the left index finger.

The employee was attempting to unplug the ore feed chute when he hit his elbow against the bottom of the chute resulting in bruising and swelling of his left elbow.

The employee was working in the Solvent Extraction Circuit and a chemical solution spilled onto her leg as she was moving a sandpiper pump with another employee.

The employee was drilling a bolt hole in order to rock bolt some blocky ground when a rock fell and struck him on the head.

The employee was working in the solvent extraction area of the mill when he noticed irritation to his back and chest.

The employee was working in the solvent extraction circuit during an upset condition when an emulsion developed. The employee developed dermatitis. The Company does not believe this is a reportable injury but reporting it at the direction of MSHA.

While working in the solvent extraction area of the mill, the employee experienced itching, burning and tingling on her arms and legs.

The employee was cleaning up in the Solvent Extraction building and noticed some slight irritation in his eye. The irritation became worse during the night and he rubbed the eye, causing a corneal abrasion.

The employee was inspecting a valve for a leak and another employee was holding onto a valve handle. The handle came loose and struck the injured employee in the mouth breaking one front tooth and loosening another.

The employee was lifting a Gardner Denver 83 jackleg drill out of a Boss Buggy and felt pain in his groin.

The employee was walking along a walkway when he came to a step down. He misjudged the step and felt his knee twist and he jarred his neck.

The employee was drilling with a jackleg drill when a bucket of oil fell from the drill buggy and struck a valve on an air hose coiled on the buggy. The hose became charged with air and struck the employee in the face. This resulted in a loss of a tooth some time later.

The employee was walking under a tank and struck his head on a low hanging pipe.

The employee was investigating a leak in the Solvent Extraction Building when he stepped on a sump grating that was submerged in liquid. The grating turned up and the employee slipped into the sump causing a contusion to his left ankle. He then pushed himself up out of the sump and strained his thoracic muscles and chest wall muscles.

The employee was tightening a bolt using a ratchet wrench when the ratchet slipped and struck the employee in the mouth resulting in a laceration that required sutures.

The employee was walking down stairs when he twisted his knee and his knee hit the railing. This aggravated an off-the-job injury from some time ago and resulted in restricted duty.

EE was filling the boiler brine tank with salt. One bag slipped from grasp and EE caught it in an awkward position resulting in a back strain.

The employee tripped while walking up stairs and fell hitting his jaw on the stairs. This resulted in a mild concussion.

The employee was hanging vent line while standing in the slightly elevated bucket of a loader. He jumped from the bucket (1 1/2 - 2 feet) and felt a pain in his back when he landed. He then drilled with a jackleg drill for about 2 hours and the following morning he experienced severe back pain.

The employee had gone to an area near the fine ore bins to shut down a baghouse, and while walking back to the grind and leach building he slipped on a patch of ice and fell. He injured his shoulder and after several examinations a tear in his rotator cuff was found and surgery was scheduled.

As the employee was entering the solvent extraction building he slipped on ice in front of the door and fell causing a contusion and sprain to low back.

The employee picked up a pallet jack and while loading it into a pickup truck the handle assembly shifted downward and pinched the employee's left thumb between the handle and the jack assembly.

Employee had his thumb under a bolt & washer; when bolt was tightened it caused a contusion to the thumb.

Employee was removing bolts from a boot on a line under the CCD tanks -- employee was sprayed w/process solution. Solution contained soda ash which caused skin irritation.

The employee had finished filling a compressor with oil and was starting it for the second time. When it was started the bearing end cap blew apart. Pieces of the metal hit the employee in the groin area and on the right side of the head causing lacerations and bruises.

The employee was setting up a pump at the #5 Leach Tank. As he lifted the pump to set it on the bolts he felt a pain in the groin area.

The employee was painting a wall in the laboratory from a ladder. The feet of the ladder slipped out and the ladder slid to the floor. The employee struck his left arm and leg on the floor resulting in contusions and bruising.

The employee was working in the SVU area of the mill when he was evidently sprayed with some caustic solution. The employee continued working and did not realize that he had a chemical burn for at least 2 hours. This resulted in a chemical burn to his left upper arm that required medical treatment and perhaps some skin grafting.

THE EE WAS LIFTING A PLACING A BOX OF COPIER PAPER IN THE BACK OF A VEHICLE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND ABDOMINAL AREA.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A ROCK FROM THE TAILGATE OF A TRUCK WHEN HIS HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TAILGATE AND THE ROCK. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER THAT REQ UIRED SUTURES.

WHILE BARRING DOWN IN THE #2 CROSSCUT, A ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS ADJUSTING THE CARBURETOR ON A FORKLIFT. HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE THROTTLE ROD & WHEN HE RELEASED IT THE FAN BLADE CUT HIS RIGHT HAND AT THE MIDDLE KNUCKLE.

THE EE WAS WALKING DOWN WOOD STEPS. AT THE 2ND STEP FROM THE BOTTOM THE NAILS CAME LOOSE FLIPPING THE STEP. THE EE THEN ROLLED HIS ANKLE.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE CATWALK TOWARDS THE CENTER OF A WELL AND TURNED TOWARD A TRASH BARREL. THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING FROM THE LID INTO HIS EYE.

EE WAS HELPING MOVE A TANK FOWARD ON A TRAILER WHEN A RAIROAD TIE FELL FROMT HE TRAILER AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK OF THE RT. LEG BELOW THE ANKLE.

EE WAS INSIDE TUNNEL ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE FIRE HOSE WHEN ANOTHER EE PULLED ON IT SMASHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE HOSE & A BRICK PILLAR.

EE WAS PUSHING PIPE OFF BACKOF TRAILER WHEN A PIECE HIT THE END OF THE TRAILER STOPPING THE PIPE AND JAMMING IT INTO HIS HAND.

THE EE WAS ASSISTING WITH ROCK BOLTING AND STRAINED HIS BACK.