54736YEE WAS REPAIRING HYDRAULIC SYSTEM ON A HAUL TRUCK WHEN A HOSE RUPTURED SPRAYING HIS FACE & UPPER BODY HIS EYES WERE IRRIGATED AT THE MINE STIE THEN HE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL HE 61203REATED & RELEASED FOR FULL DUTY THE SAME DAY NO MEDICATIONS WERE PRESCRIBED
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Showing all 4668935 OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE RTD ON THE WASTE DUMP HE STATED HE PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE JUST AS THE THROTTLE STUCK OPEN RESULTED IN THE OPERATOR BEING JOLTED & THROWN INTO THE WIND 66000
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WS LIFTING THE CHOCK BLOCKS FROM THE WATER TRUCK HE HAD JUS PARKED SO HE COULD BLOCK THE WHEELS. HE FELT ASTRAIN IN HIS LOWER, RIGHT LUMBAR AREA.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS BITTEN ON TEH BACK BY A UNKNOWN BUG, TWICE. HE WAS TREATED AT THE MINE SITE, RESULTED IN SOME SWELLING.
54736YEE ALLEGES WHILE HE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER WORKING THE FACE OF THE MUCK PILE THE BRAKES ON THE LOADER LOCKED UP,SENDING HIM FORWARD.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER IN THE PIT LOADING HAUL TRUCKS. TRUCK BEING LOADED RADIOED TO LOADER OPERATOR HIS EQUIPMENT WAS ON FIRE. WHEN HE EXITED THE LOADER HE INHALED A LARGE DOSE OF SMOKE AND FUMES. HE WAS TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHUT AN ACCESS DOOR TO AN EMERGENCY STEERING PUMP ON AN 120 TON HAUL TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE LOST CONTROL OF THE DOOR AND IT STRUCK HIM ON THE KNEE.
EMPLOYEE HAD CLEANED CAB OF HAUL TRUCK, THROWING TRASH TOT HE GROUND. EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN FROM HAUL TRUCK TO GATHER TRASH. WHEN EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP DEBRIS, HE ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENC ED BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL ER AND HAD X-RAYS TAKEN. THE X-RAYS REVEALED THAT EMPLOYEE IS SUFFERING FROM DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS OF THE SPINE (BRIDGING OF VERTEBRATES WITH ARTHRIT
FOREIGN MATTER ENTERED EYE
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS EATING, SHE INADVERTENTLY INGESTED AN INSECT OR ANT. INSECT BIT HER ON BACK OF THROAT CAUSING AN ALLERGIC REACTION. (SWOLLEN THROAT/FEET/HANDS)
EE HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE ASSISTING OTHER MAINTENANCE EE DISASSEMBLE A LARGE FRONT END LOADER FOR SHIPMENT TO TX. EE DID NOT REPORT INJURY TIL SEPT 24. EE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE ACTUALLY D ID TO HURT HIS SHOULDER AND HE DID NOT MISS WORKUNTIL OCT 29. EE INJURY MAY BE PINCED NERVE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INSTALL A NEW DRILL BIT ON A DRILL HE ATTEMPTED TO CENTER THE BIT INTO THE BIT BOX ON THE DRILL TO TIGHTEN THE CHUCK. THE EMPLOYEE HA D HIS HAND ON THE BIT WHEN IT CAME IN TO CONTACT WITH THE BIT BOX. THE BIT MOVED UP AND HIS LEFT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BIT AND THE CHUCK.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE CUTTING GRADE WITH LOADER AT THE DIGGING FACE IN THE PIT SHE HIT A HARD SPOT ON THE FLOOR OF THE PIT STOPPING THE LOADER AND CAUSING A WHIP LASH EFFECT.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS INJURED WHILE WORKING ON THE LEFT FRONT STRUT MOUNTING BRACKET ON THE FRAME OF A 120 TON HAUL TRUCK WHEN THE TIRE AND STRUT ASSY FELL FROM A FORKLIFT IT HAD BE EN SECURED TO IN A STANDING POSITION ON THE FORKS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKED INTO THE TRUCK BY TAHE TIRE AND PARTIALLY PINNED AGAINST A STEERING STABILIZER BAR ON THE HAUL TRUCK. THE EMP REC L
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS INJURED WHILE WORKING ON THE LEFT FRONT STRUT MOUNTING BRACKET ON THE FRAME OF HAUL TRUCK WHEN THE TIRE AND STRUT ASSY. FELL FROM THE FORKLIFT IT HAD BEN SECRU ED TO IN A STANDING POSTION ON THE FORKS. THE EMPLOYEES LEGS WERE PINNED BETWEEN THE TIRE AND STRUT ASSY. AND A WORK PLATFORM HE HAD BEEN STANDING ON. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A BROKEN TIBIA AN
POSITIONING PC OF CRIBBVING UNDERNEATH DOZER TO SUPPORT IT SLIVER OF WOOD EMBEDDED IN LEG
DRIVING LOADED TRUCK ACROSS THE MAIN WASTE DUMP SHE HIT DIP IN ROAD CAUSING SEAT BOTTOM OUT BREAK INJ HER BACK
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE OPERATING A DM45 DRILL, HE GOT SOME METAL IN HIS EYE. THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT SURE OF THE SOURCE OF THE METAL BECAUSE HE WAS IN AN ENCLOSED CAB AND WAS WEARING SAFE TY GLASSES. HE THINKS IT COULD HAVE COME OUT OF THE AIR CONDITIONER. THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS NOT EXPOSED TO ANY OTHER FLYING METAL HAZARD DURING HIS SHIFT.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE GOING INTO THE FACE AT THE ORE STOCKPILE TO LOAD THE BUCKET ON THE CAT LOADER, HE HIT A BIG ROCK WITH THE LEFT CORNER OF THE BUCKET BRINGING THE LOADER TO A COM PLETE SHOP. THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS JARRED PETTY HARD INTO THE SEAT BELT AND HAD THE WIND KNOCKED OUT OF HIM BUT FELT HE WAS NOT HURT.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT AFTER STEPPING DOWN OFF HIS 120 TON HAUL TRUCK HE TURNED TO WALK AWAY FROM HIS TRUCK WITH HIS LEFT FOOT RESTING ON UNEVEN GROUND CAUSING HIS LEFT ANKLE TO TWIST UNDER HIM. THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED HIS INJURY IMMEDIATELY TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND AN ICE PACK WAS APPLIED TO HIS ANKLE. THE EMPLOYEE LEFT AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT TO GO ON 5 SCHEDULED DAYS OFF FOR HIS C
THE EMPL ALLEGED THAT WHILE REPAIRING A FLAT TIRE ON CAT 772 LUBE TRUCK HE SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO HIS BACK THE EMPL COULD NOT IDENTIFY ONE SPECIFIC ACTION THAT CAUSED THE INJURY BUT FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER COMPLETING THE TIRE REPAIR THE MEPL HAD BEEN LIFTING AND CARRYING THE PORT-A-POWERS USED TO BRAKE THE TIRE DOWN
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE PULLING A JACK STAND INTO POSITION UNDER A WA-800 LOADER TO SUPPORT THE MACHINE WHILE A TIRE WAS REPAIRED HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN. THE EMPLOYEE WAS T AKEN TO THE DOCTOR AND DIAGNOSED AS SUFFERING A MINOR RIGHT INGROINAL STRAIN.
THE EMPL ALLEGED THAT WHILE IN THE PORT-A-JOHN BATHROOM A SPIDER BIT HER ON THE L CALF THE EMPL WORKED THE REST OF HER SHIFT
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE CLIMBING THE LADDER TO ENTER THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT OF THE LUB TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM STEP AND HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE BELOW THE KNEE CAP.THE S OLES OF HIS SHOES WERE WET AND OILY.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE INSTALLING TEETH ON THE BUCKET OF A WA800 KOMATSU F.E.L. WITH A 12LB SLEDGE HAMMER, A SLIVER OF METAL CAME OFF THE TOOTH AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT BRE AST.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE HAD BEEN STANDING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RIM OF THE FRONT TIR AND HAD REACHED INTO THE CAB OF THE LUBE TRUCK TO ENGAGE AND WHILE STEPPING BACK DOWN ON THE GROUND HIS RING ON HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT THE CATWALK CUTTING HIS FINGER. THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD OF CLIMBED UP ON THE LADDER ON THE LUBE TRUCK AND NOT HAVE TRIED TO ENGAGED IT WHILE STANDING ON THE RIM.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE PRESSING A BUSHING INTO THE UPPER RIGHT BOOM ARM OF THE LOADER WITH 100 TON PRESS THE BUSHING BOUND UP AND ALL THREAD BROKE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS RESTING HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE END OF ALL THREAD AND IT SHOT OUTWARD AFTER IT BROKE CUTTING THE PLOAM OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND ALSO STRUCK THE INNER PORTION OF HIS LOWER RIGHT ARM CAUSING A LACERATION.
CLIMBING OFF TR6CK,RING CAUGHT ON LADDER CUT RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND REQ STITCHES.
EE STATES HOLDI3G SHAFT STILL WITH PULLEY WORKER ROTATED PULLEY WITH PRY BAR SMASHED BETWEEN PULLEY & BELT- CUT LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING A MECHANIC TIGHTEN A BOLT ON A PIONEER FEEDER HE WAS PULLING ON A RATCHET HANDLE WHEN THE SOCKET SLIPPED ON THE BOLT HIS RING FINGER ON THE RT HAND WAS SMASHED BETWEEN TH E HANDLE AND TH9 SIDE OF THE FEEDER FRACTURE OF FINGER RESULTED
LOOSE ROCK ON S6RFACE WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING.EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON ROCK AND FELL ON KNEE.
EMP STATES WHIL9 CUTTING A PIECE OF SKIRTING RUBBER THE UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT MY RIGHT LEG
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE CUTTING A NEW SECTION OF BELTING KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT LEG BY KNEE
A ROCK WAS STUCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO TURN THE ROCK WITH A BAR AND IT SLIPPED ON THE ROCK ALLOWING THE BAR TO STRIKE HIM IN THE FOREHEAD CAUSING A CUT ABOVE THE RT EYE
WHILE WELDING ON THE BUCKET WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HE GOT HIS EYES FLASHED AND BURNED
EMPLOYEE STATES: I WAS CLIMBING IN THE PRIMARY CRUSHER TO DISLODGE A ROCK AND WHILE CLIMBING OUT I SLIPPED AND THE BALL OF MY FOOT HIT A WELDED PLATE INSIDE CRUSHER
EMPLOYEE STATES: CLIMBING INTO THE CAB OF R35 EUCLID AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING DIRT NEAR LUNCH ROOM AT THE PLANT WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A DITCH AND T WISTED RIGHT ANKLE PULLING LIGAMENT S
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT ANOTHER WAS CLEANING OFF THE 7\ SCREEN WITH A SHOVEL THE SCREEN IS LOCATED ABOVE CONVEYOR W-4 A LARGE ROCK WAS KNOCKED OFF THE SCREEN ONTO W-4 THE ROCK FELL FROM THE TAIL OF W-4 DOWN TO B-4 WHERE I.NAME WAS WORKING, AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LOWER BACK
EMP STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO THAW OUT TAIL PULLEY ON L2 CONVEYOR WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL STRIKING HIS KNEES ON THE IRON FRAME OF L2 BELT BOTH KNEES BRUISED
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS PUTTING AWAY HIS TOOLS AT END OF SHIFT & KNELT DOWN TO PUT HIS TOOL BOX IN HIS LOCKER, THEN STOOD UP AND LEFT KNEE GAVE OUT.
COLD, WINDY WITH ICE CONDITIONS PRESENT. EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS TAKING A PIECE OF STEEL PLATE FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE ICE AND WRENCHED HIS BACK.
WHILE WORKING AT CRUSHER COWIE WAS STRUCK BY FALLING ROCK ON HARD HAT & KNOCKED TO GROUND COWIE SENT TO ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL SOME FORM CANOPY OR SCRAPER OF PROTECTRION WILL BE ERECTED TO PREVEN T A RE-OCCURRENCE AGAIN
MAN STATES UPON LIFT ROCK TO MOVE IT HE SAID HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE BURNING NUT OFF BOLT WITH TORCH A PARTICLE OF SLAG ENTERED UNDER EYELID GOGGLES WERE AVAILABLE BUT NOT USED WENT TO DR
WHILE UNLOADING TORQ CONV UNIT FOR A 988 LOADER FROM INLAND EQ CO MECH TR WITH ELECT BOOM OF MECH TK MANS THIRD FINGER LEFT HAND WAS PINCHED & TIP BROKEN