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EE WAS LIFTING BUCKETS OF TERGITOL & MERCURY INTO AMALGAMATION BARRELS. EACH BUCKET WEIGHED APPROX 75#. THE BUCKETS WERE BEING LIFTED FROM FLOOR LEVEL TO SHOULDER LEVEL AWAY FROM HIS BODY A S HE DID NOT WANT TO SOIL HIS SHIRT. HIS ARMS WERE EXTENDED AS HE DUMPED EACH BUCKET INTO BARREL. THIS ACTION PUT A STRAIN ON HIS BACK.
EMPL SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE GETTING ON MANTRIP AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT.HE FELL LANDING ON BUTTOCKS.HE GOT UP AND ONTO MANTRIP NOT REALIZING HE WAS INJURED UNTIL HE HAD RIDDEN INTO MINE WHEN HE REA LIZED HIS BACK WAS GETTING STIFF AND HE THEN LEFT WORK.
EMPL WORKING ON RAIL WITH JIM CROW.HE SLIPPED WITH JIM CROW SMASHING FINGER BETWEEN IT AND RAIL.SKIN LACERATION-DORSUM LEFT LONG FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A RAIL AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
VICTIM WAS DRILLING PIN HOLE WITH JACK LEG. JACKLEG SLIPPED AND HE TRIED TO CATCH IT. PINCHING HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN LEG & HAMMER OF JACK LEG. HE HAS A CHIPPED BONE AND SMALL FRACTURE OF THE LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A 55 GALLON BARREL FILLING THE BIG FUEL TANK AND SLIPPED OFF, FALLING APPROX. 5-6\ ONTO THE TRACK. HE FIRST CONTACTED THE GROUND WITH HIS SELF-RESCUER (STAPPED TO GHIS BACK R SIDE), THEN HIT HIS BACK DIRECTLY ON THE GROUND.
CLIMBING ON AIR TRACK TO CHECK LEAKING WATER SWIVEL.SLIPPED OFF FALLING APPROX.2FEET LANDING ON UNEVEN GROUND LOCKING UP RIGHT KNEE.
BLOCKING MACHINE UP TO TAKE TIRE OFF, WHEN A DRILL STEEL FELL OFF OF MACHINE AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HAND
A LARGE ROCK WAS WEDGED BETWEEN TWO GRIZZLY RAILS AT 2200 PASS. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PRY IT DOWN BETWEEN THE RAILS AND APPARENTLY, THE ACTION OFTHE ROCK BEGINNING TO FALL CAUGHT THE BAR CAUSIN G IT TO SWING OVER STRIKING THEEMPLOYEES FACE AT THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING STOPER UP FINGER ON MUCK PILE. THE MUCK PILE SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL FORWARD. HE DROPPED THE STOPER AND STRAINED THE MUSCLED IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE TOSSED PRIMER BOX TO SIDE OF RIB. PRIMER BOX LANDED ON J-BOLT, FLIPPING IT UP AT EMPLOYEE\S FACE, LACERATING AREA ABOVE RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING MUCKING MACHINE WHEN THE MACHINES BUCKET CAME DOWN, HIT LARGE ROCK IN CAR, WHICH SPLATTERED ROCK FRAGMENTS INTO AIR WURROUNDING EMPLOYEE. DESPITE HIS SAFETY GLASSES, A ROCK ROCK GRAGMENT ENTERED HISLEFT EYE. CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION AND FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE.
EE WAS LIFTING CLIMBER RAIL OUT OF WAY OF A CAR- RECEIVED BILATERAL SEVERE GROIN PULL.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON LARGE ROCKS, COLLARING HOLE ON HANGING WALL, WHEN MACHINE SLIPPED. EMPLOYEE FELL AS MACHINE WENT DOWN AND RECEIVED CONTUSION ON LEFT KNEE.
PULLING DRILL STEEL OUT OF MUCK PILE, EMPLOYEE PULLED TOO HARD AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPL OPERATING AIRTRACK DRILLING MACHINE WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BACK AND LANDED ON EMPL FINGER WHICH WAS ON CONTROLS.
WHILE PULLING DRILLING MACHINE FROM HOLE EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN RT ABDOMINAL MUSCLE AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON END OF TWO BOARDS WHICH WERE STRETCHED ACROSS SCAFFOLDING TRYING TO REACH A VALVE.THE MOVEMENT OF EMPLOYEE STRETCHING TO REACH VALVE CAUSED BOARD TO SLIDE OFF OF SCAFF SCAFFOLDING CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL ABOUT 10\ HITTING HIS HEAD ON PUMP BELOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN LOWER ROCK AT DRAWPOINT. ROCK CAME DOWN HIGH OUT OUT DRAWPOINT, HITTING OUTSIDE OF EMPLOYEE\S LEFT ANKLE AND SMASHING INSIDE OF SAME ANKLE AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A ROUND AND PULLED MACHINE OUT OF LIFTER. HE PULLED TOO HARD AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING LHD LOADER DOWN DECLINE. THE THROTTLE STUCK OPEN CAUSING LOADER TO HIT RIB, THROWING EMPLOYEE OUT OF SEAT ONTO BACK OF LOADER BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING WITH LHD MACHINE AND DUST OR SMALL ROCK FROM MUCK GOT IN EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING INNER TUBE OUT OF DRILL AND HIS FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN SHEAVE AND STUFFING BOX.
EMPLOYEE WAS REAPLCING LANDING BOARDS IN TERRY SHAFT. THE LANDING ABOVE FELL DOWN AND A LADDER AND LANDING BOARDS FELL ON TOP OF EMPLOYEE\S RIGHT ARM, SHOULDER AND BACK.
EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP BAR TO SCALE LOOSE ROCK FROM BACK. WHEN HE WAS BENT OVER A ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK & LANDED ON EES LOWER BAK.
EE WAS CHANGING STEEL ON DRILLING MACHINE. THE JACKLEG BENT AT THE SWIVEL & PINCHED EES FINGER BETWEEN MACHINE & LEG.
OPERATING MOTOR WITH ONE MANTRIP CAR HOOKED UP BEHIND THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE END OF GRAVEYARD SHIFT AND THE VICTIM HAD JUST RECEIVED THE VERBAL OK FROM THE 4 EMPLOYEES TO PROCEED THE 4 E MPLOYEES WERE IN THE ENCLOSED MANTRIP CAR AND DID NOT SEE WHAT HAPPENED THE VICTIM APPARENTLY WAS NOT ATTENTIVE AND DROVE THE MOTOR THRU THE AIR DOORS APPROX 90YDS DOWN FROM HIS STARTING POIN
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN DRIFT AND LIIKED AHEADAND LOOKED AHEAD TO SEE IF TRAIN WAS COMING. WHEN HE LOOKED UP, HE SLIPPED ON A SLICK TIE IN TRACK AND FELL,STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK AND UPPER R UPPER RIGHT LEG MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PUT GATE BACK ON F LEVEL 1700 CHUTE. HIS LEFT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN CHUTE GATE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON GROUND PUTTING ON HYDRAULIC HOSE ON LHD MACHINE WHEN HE STOOD UP HE SLIPPED ON OIL ON GROUND CAUSING HIS KNEE TO TWIST
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP ON TOP OF LHD MACHINE TO INSTALL TOP END OF HYDRAULIC HOSE. HE SLIPPED ON OILY FRAME OF LHD AND FELL OVER BACKWARD ON TO GROUND AND LNADED ON TOP OF SELF RESCURE.
SLIPPED ON ICE OUTSIDE FIRE ASSAY LAB WHILE CHECKING DOORS,TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOPING 2/0 CABLE DOWN TO D LEVEL. HE WAS PERCHED ON LADDER, HOLDING ON WITH LEGS THROUGH RUNGS SO THAT HIS HANDS COULD BE FREE TO DOPE CABLE. WHEN HE LEANED FORWARD TO UNDO CABL E STRAP, HE FELT SEVERE STRAIN IN LEFT GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP ON RAISE CLIMBER CHECKING FOR TIGHT SPOTS IN RAISE HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ABOUT 10FT AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SIDE HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE RAIL
CLEANING TRUCK SHOP.BENT OVER AND PICKED UP 5 GAL OIL CAN TO SWEEP UNDER IT AND EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING IN STOPE. WHEN HE MOVED LINER ACROSS PART OF DRILLING MACHINE SETUP, THE MACHINE ROCKED AND SMASHED FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN MINE PORTAL OFFICE USING 2 COLEMAN LANTERNS FOR LIGHT DUE TO POWER FAILURE. SHE WAS APPARENTLY OVERCOME BY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES FROM THE LANTERNS.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HIS STEEL GOT STUCK AND HE COULDNT PULL IT OUT WHEN HE TURNED TO GRAB A WRENCH TO PULL IT THE STEEL FELL OUT OF THE HOLE AND SMASHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN STEEL AN D DRILLING MACHINE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MUCKING MACHINE WHEN A LARGE ROCK ROLLED DOWN MUCK PILE AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT
EMPLOYEE JERKED ON RAIL TO LIFT CAUSING PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON MOTOR ON WAY TO WORKING AREA THE SWITCH AT F-L1670 WAS COVERED WITH WATER AND THEY DID NOT SEE THAT IT WAS THROWN THE WRONG WAY CAUSING THE MOTOR TO JUMP THE TRACK THROW ING EMPLOYEE OFF HE HIT HIS IKNEEE AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE MOTOR
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG MAIN LEVEL TRACK AND STEPPED IN WATER FILLED HOLE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE THERE WASNO LOST TIME FROM WORK AT THIS TIME BUT THEN ON 112683 HE STEPPED IN DEPRES SION BETWEEN TWO TIES AND REINJURED HIS ANKLE RESULTING IN LOST TIME
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING PAST F LEVEL ORE PASS FROM 2060 ENROUTE TO 3200. HE HOPPED ON BACK OF A PASSING MOTOR FOR A RIDE BUT HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF, CAUSING HIM TO FALL OCC ON TO GRIZZLY OVER ORE PASS
EE WAS STANDING ON CHUTE PLATFORM PULLING 1670 #1 CHUTE. HE PUSHED LOADED CAR AWAY FROM CHUTE TO MOVE EMPTY ONE IN PLACE. A ROCK STICKING UP FROM CAR KNOCKED CHUTE PLATFORM OUT FROM UNDER EE CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX 6\ LANDING ON HIS FEET.
EE WAS LOADING HOLES WHILE STANDING ON STAGING. STAGING WAS SUPPORTED IN PART BY A LADDER WHICK BROKE, CAUSING STAGING & EE TO FALL. WHEN EE FELL HE CUT HIS HAND. HE IS NOT SURE WHETHER IT WAS ON THE STAGING THE LADDER OR POSSIBLY A ROCK.
EE WAS RIDING IN WELL OF MOTOR GOING OUT AT END OF SHIFT. WHEN MOTOR ROUNDED A TIGHT CURVE EE WAS THROWN FROM WELL & BACK OF LEFT CALF GOT HUNG UP IN MOTOR WELL CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CORE BOXES WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL FORWARD TWISTING SO THE BACK OF HIS LEFT SHOULDER AREA HIT AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE DOCK CAUSING PAIN BETWEEN SPINE AND RIGHT S CAPULA
EE WAS DUMPING A 1 TON ROCKER BOTTOM MUCK CAR. THE CAR DUMPED THE WRONG WAY, KNOCKING EE INTO A 2X12 BOARD FENCE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAND MUCKING. HE PICKED UP SHOVEL FULL OF MUD, TURNED TO DUMP IT, AND TWISTED BACK, CAUSING PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING MANY CONNECTED PIPES ABOUT 4\ OFF GROUND TO JOIN WITH ANOTHER PIPE. WHEN EMPLOYEE LIFTED PIPE TO ABOUT SHOULDER LEVEL, HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN BACK (UPPER HALF, ALON G LEFT SIDE OF SPINE).