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Employee was cutting plastic tie wrap with razor knife; knife slipped and cut employee on left palm of hand.
EMPLOYEE HAD SHOVELED SALT OFF OF TOP OF CONVEYOR CHUTE. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SALT SHOVELED AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE
employee working with contractor installing beams for overhead crane in new shop.contractor moved beam without communication, pinched hand. Saw physician numerous times, put on restricted duty 7/13/05 for torn ligament discovered thru MRI.
OPERATOR CLEANING FACE ON 1600'LEVEL OF MINE. A NON-FATAL FIRE STARTED ON LOADER THAT COULD NOT BE EXTINGUISHED, THE MINE WAS EVACUATED. FIRE WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS.
EE was dismounting a front end loader in dark part of mine and stepped down onto a small chunk of salt, twisting left ankle.
Employee was using 21" step ladder to change hose on boom of material handler. As he stepped off of small ladder it sid out from under him causing him to lose balance and hurt his foot.
WHILE PLACING 4 X 8' 3/8" STEEL PLATE ON ASSIGNED JOB, FINGER GOT PINCHED. EMPLOYEE USED HIS LEFT HAND TO LIFT STEEL OFF OF HIS FINGER. EE FELT A MUSCLE PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
Employee was installing roof bolt through metal webbing, attempted to use roof bolt to pull slack in webbing prior to inserting in drill hole. He felt pain in right arm.
EE COMPLAINED HIS ARM WAS HURTING AFTER USING HAMMER (5/19/04). ON 6/8/04 EE REQUESTED TO SEE A DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR FOUND NOTHING WRONG. ON 7/1/04 EE WAS REFERRED TO A PHYSICAL THERAPIST. EE WAS GIVEN THERAPY AND TOLD TO AVOID USING A HAMMER ON THE JOB (RESTRICTED USE OF HAMMER, BUT ALLOWED ALL OTHER DUTIES).
EE WAS IN MAN BASKET ATTACHING J BOLTS ON ROOF OF MINE. OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO TRAM TO NEW LOCATION WITH BASKET ELEVATED. EQUIPMENT TILTED CAUSING EE TO FALL AGAINST HANDRAILING.
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON METAL STAIRWAY AND CUT HIS FINGER ON METAL STEP GRATING
SUPERVISOR WAS CHECKING ESCAPE LADDER IN 1300' BENCH, WALKING AND TRIPPED ON CHUNK OF SALT. DISLOCATED RT. INDEX FINGER.
A BATTERY ON AN ANFO LOADER SHORTED OUT CAUSING EMPTY BAGS OF ANFO TO CATCH FIRE, CAUSING AN EVACUATION OF THE MINE.
EMPLOYEE LIFTING 50 LB BAG ANFO, FELT PAIN IN LEFT ARM, ELBOW AND WRIST.
WHILE THE INJURED AND ONE OTHER PERSON WERE DISMANTLING A CONVEYOR AND WORKING FROM A MAN BASKET THE INJURED CAUGHT AN OBSTRUCTION WITH HIS FOOT AND TEMPORARILY LOST HIS BALANCE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT ARM.
EE OPERATING MOBILE CRANE FELT PAIN IN LOWER ABOMEN AREA WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. DIAGNOSED WITH SMALL HERNIA. DECIDED TO DELAY ANY SURGERY. ON 1-15-04 HAD LAPSOPIC SURGERY AND ALLOWED TO RETURN TO WORK WITH RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE SMOOTH SALT SURFACE CAUSING LEFT FOOT TO TWIST. THIS ACTION CAUSED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT LEG NEAR THE ANKLE.
THE SHAFT CREW WAS EXITING THE MINE ON THE EAST SKIP OF THE PRODUCTION HOIST IN MAN SAFETY MODE.THE SHAFT CREW GOT OFF THE SKIP AT COLLAR & THE HOIST OPERATOR RAISED THE SKIP TO THE DUMP POSIT ION SO HE COULD SWITCH BACK TO MANUEL MODE. WHEN IT ARRIVED AT THE DUMP POSITION, THE ACTUATING ARM ON THE BRAKE SET LIMIT SWITCH BROKE. THE MINE WAS EVACUATED AT 3:25AM & MINERS SENT BACK 4A
NORTH PRODUCTION SKIP MOTOR COUPLING DETACHED, CAUSING SKIP TO KICK OFF ON TIME, GOT STUCK IN SHAFT AT 227 FOOT LEVEL. SKIP LOWERED BACK DOWN TO 500' LANDING USING DISK BRAKES WITH A SECODAR Y AND TERTIARY DISK AND BAND BRAKES AS BACK UP.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT OFF THE OUTER JACKET OFA 480 FAN POWER CABLE. EE WAS CUTTING TOWARDS HIS LT. HAND WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGERS. EE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 12 STITCHES. HIS RESTRICTIONS DO NOT HINDER HIS ABILITY TO PERFORM HIS NORMAL JOB DUTIES.
THE SERVICE HOIST CAGE WAS STOPPING SHORT OF THE LANDING WHILE IN THE AUTOMATIC MODE. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE HOIST IN MANUAL MODE. IN ORDER TO FIX THE PROBLEM THE MINE WAS EVACUATED. A RESISTOR AND RECTIFIER WERE REPLACED AND THE HOIST WAS OPERATIONAL AT 7:40 AM.
EE AND MECHANIC WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE DRIE BELT GUARD, SO THEY COULD PULL THE GEAR REDUCER OFF FROM THE HEAD SHAFT. NEITHER EE WAS AWARE THAT THE HEAD SHAFT WAS BROKE AND THE GEAR REDU CER WAS IN DANGER OF FALLING. EE WAS HOLDING THE DRIVE BELT GUARD, HIS FINGERS WERE BETWEEN THE GUARD AND DRIVE PULLEY. THE GEAR REDUCER (200 LBS) FELL, AMPUTATING MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING MOUNTING BOLTS WITH TORCH, ON A CONVEYER HEAD FRAME. EE USED A FRONT END LOADER WITH A JIB (BOOM) ATTACHMENT TO HELP SUPPORT THE HEAD FRAME. THE HYD ON THE LOADER WAS BLEE DING OFF AND THE JIB ATTACHMENT WAS NOT PROPERLYATTACHED TO THE LOADER. THE JIB WAS CAUGHT ON THE STEEL WORK IT WA TO SUPPORT, ALLOWED THE JIB TO FALL IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. 6 STITCHES.
THE NORTH BRAKE VALVE ON THE PRODUCTION HOIST WOULD NOT SHIFT. CALLED A MINE EVACUATION AT 2:57 AM. REPLACED THE VALVE AND CONDUCTED A TEST RUN. PRODUCTION HOIST BACK UP AT 3:08 AM.
EE HAS A STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT OF AN AVERAGE OF 25 DB IN THE FREQUECNIES OF 2000, 3000, 4000 HZ IN HIS LEFT EAR. THIS WAS DISCOVERED FROM HIS ANNUAL AUDIOGRAM RESULTS, WHICH WERE RECEIVED ON 4/8/03. EE WAS RETESTED ON 4/17/03 & THE RESULTS RECEIVED ON 4/24/03 SUPPORTED THE PREVIOUS TEST.
THE SERVICE HOIST TRIPPED OUT ON AN OVERCURRENT AT 10:14 AM. UPON INVESTIGATION, A SECTION OF THE CONCRETE LINING OF THE SHAFT HAD SEPERATED AND WEDGED ALONG THE COUNTERWEIGHT GUIDE. CONCRETE SECTION WAS APPROX 18 INCHES BY 24 INCHES IN SIZE. MINE WAS EVACUATED EXCEPT FOR THOSE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN REPAIR WORK. HOIST WAS OPERATIONAL.
EE WAS CLEANING UP ALONG 13 BELT ON THE SURFACE.AS SHE WAS WALKING DOWN THE WALKWAY WITH HER HANDS FULL, SHE SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE SALT AND FELLBACKWARDS HITTING HER HEAD ON THE FLOOR. EE SOUG HT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 4-17-03 AND DIAGNOSES WAS A SPRAINED NECK AND BACK. SHE WAS PRESCRIBEDA MUSCLE RELAXER AND IBUPROFEN.
GETTING OFF OF MATERIAL HANDLER. CAP LAMP CORD HUNG UP ON STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND FALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER 023 CONVEYOR TAKE UP USING A JACK HAMMER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A PLATFORM TO REMOVE SALT BUILDUP. PIECE OF SALT SLID AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT ARM.
WHILE HOISTING PERSONNEL AT SHIFT CHANGE, A POWER SURGE FROM A LIGHTENING STORM KNOCKED OUT ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE HOIST, BURNING FUSES & TRAPPING 8 PERSONNEL IN SKIP, 10' BELOW LANDING, FOR APPROX. 3 HOURS.
EMPLOYEE CONTENDS HE REINJURED HIS LOWER BACK ON 2-13-03 ( NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT BUT WAS SORE AT THE END OF SHIFT) MANAGEMENT WAS NOT AARE OF THE RE-AGGRAVATED INJURY UNTIL 2-7-03. ORIGINAL INJ URY ON 12-29-02, EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AND HIT A BOLT IN THE FLOOR CAUSING HIM TO FEEL A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME.
EE WAS REPLACING A 7 1/2 HP ELECTRIC MOTOR ON A ROTEX SCREEN. EE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THAT MOTOR THROUGH A SMALL OPENING AND GOT HIS FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND"I" BEAM.
EE USING SAFETY KNIFE TO TRIM FACE SHIELD TO FIT FACE SHIELD FRAME. MADE CUT TOWARDS SELF, CUT LEFT WRIST. INJURY REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.
FORKLIFT OPERATORS HARD HAT FELL OVER HIS EYES. WHEN ADJUSTING IT WHILE MOVING HE FOUND HIMSELF LEFT OF CENTER, HE TRIED TO AVOID CONCRETE FOOTER OF STEEL PILLAR. BY THE TIME HE APPLIED HIS BRAKE, HE WAS UP ON THE BASE AND SLOWLY ROLLED THE FORKLIFT OVER.
EE WAS RELOCATING A POWER CABLE. AS HE TURNED AROUND & STEPPED INTO A DEPRESSION WITH HIS LEFT FOOT, HE HAD IMMEDIATE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CUTTING STEEL ON AIRSHAFT HEADFRAME & FELL THROUGH GRATING 32 FT TO THE GROUND. FULL BODY HARNESS WAS IMPROPERLY TIED OFF. SUFFERED CONCUSSION, CUTS, & DISLOCATED SHOULDER.
SERVICE CAGE WAS AT MID SHAFT WITH LOOP KICKED OUT. MASTER SWITCH WAS NOT MAKING CONTACT. CORRECTED & TEST RUNS MADE. EMPLOYEES ENTERED MINE AT 10:30 P.M. NO ONE UNDERGROUND PRIOR TO INCIDENT.
A PALLETIZER WAS JAMMED WITH PALLETS. HE WAS TRYING TO UNJAM PALLETS, AND SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED TWO. THE THIRD ONE WAS MORE TOUGH BUT AFTER SOME FRUSTRATION, IT CAME LOOSE. HE WENT TO PLACE IT DOWN & IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN HIS RIGHT CALF.
EE ATTEMPTING TO CUT TIE-WRAP WITH KNIFE. KNIFE BLADE HIT BED OF VEHICLE ABRUPTLY STOPPING CAUSING EE'S HAND TO HIT KNIFE BLADE, CUTTING FINGER.
AT APPROX 12:30 AM THE PRODUCTION HOIST KICKED OUT. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE NORTH BRAKE AIR VALVE WAS STICKING. IN ORDER TO CHANGE VALVE, HOIST HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. (EVACUATIO N INSTALLED NEW VALVE, COMPLETED AT 2:05 AM, READJUSTED AIR REGULATORS. MSHA NOTIFIED, NEWARK AT 2:25 AM (MESSAGE).
DURING A BELT SPLICE AN EMPLOYEE WAS LACING THE MACHINE ON TOP OF BELT WHILE ANOTHER WAS ADVANCING THE MACHINE AND RAN OUT OF ROOM ABOUT HALFWAYACROSS. VICTIM CLIMBED ON BOARD, GRABBED FRAME O F SPLICE RIG, REACHED OVER WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, AND PLACED IT ON TOP OF FRAME AS LACING WAS PROGRESSING. VICTIM'S THUMB WAS IN THE WAY AND THE TIP GOT SEVERED.
EE WAS ACCESSING A WORK DECK THRU A MAN DOOR. THE DOOR WAS BUMPED BY ANOTHER EE CAUSING VICTIM'S RIGHT HAND TO BE PINCHED IN DOOR & DOOR FRAME.
EE WAS STANDING ON THE FIRST STEP LEADING TO THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD OF 323 LHD. WHILE HOLDING ON WITH ONE HAND AND CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD WITH THE OTHER, THE EE'S F OOT SLIPPED EE FELL 1 1/2-2 FT TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS HANDS AND RIGHT FOOT, FRACTURING TWO TOES ON RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS INSTALLING A 6"X20' STEEL CONVEYOR BELT LINE STRUCTURE. ONE END FELL OF FORKS OF FORKLIFT. EE STRADDED THE STRUCTURE AND LIFTED IT BACK ONTO FORKS THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR RAISED THE FORKS BEFORE EE WAS CLEAR, STRIKING EE IN GROIN.
HOIST OPR WAS SENDING MATERIAL INTO MINE. APPROACHED LANDING TOO FAST. SKIP BOTTOMED OUT IN SUMP BEFORE STOPPING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO SKIP BOTTOM. SPEED AND WEIGHT OF LOAD PREVENTED SKIP FR OM STOPPING BEFORE GOVERNOR OVERSPEED TOOK OVER AND BEGAN STOPPING SKIP.
AT 6:30 AM A FLATBED TRUCK ARRIVED TO PICK UP A LOAD OF HALITE. AT 6:45 AM THE DRIVER WAS FOUND LYING ON THE GROUND ALONG THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE FLATBED, WHERE IT APPEARS HE HAD BEEN IN THE P ROCESS OF REMOVING THE STRAPS IN PREPARATION FORLOADING PALLETS. DRIVER WAS DOA, HEART ATTACK.
EE STOOD TOO CLOSE TO MOVING VEHICLE & HAD RIGHTFOOT BROKEN BY REAR WHEEL.
EE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE SALT FROM THE FLOOR IN THE MILL ON TO 27 ROTEX. DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FLOOR & ROTEX IF APPROX 40". PER CALL 6/19/02 HERNIA NOT REPAIRED
EE INSTALLING CYLINDER ON DRILL RIG. FAILED TO BLOCK HEAD. PART OF DRILL HEAD FELL AND CUT FINGER.
EE ASCENDING STEPS FROM SHAFT POCKET AREA. TOOLS AND EQUIP0MENT REQUIRED MULTIPLE TRIPS. EE ATTEMPTED TO THROW OBJECT UP STAIRWAY. OBJECT HIT BEAM, FELL BACK INTO POCKET AREA, HITTING EE.