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REMOVING BOULDE9 FROM HOPPER ON BACK OF CM EMPL CAUGHT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN BOULDER AND HOPPER WALL.LOST TIME SHUT DOWN END OF MONTH.
EMPL CAUGHT LEF7 MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN HYDRAULIC JACK AND METAL POLE WHILE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.CRUSHING INJURY REQ MED ATTENTION RESULTED IN NO DISABLING TIME.DELAY REPORT DUE TO MINE SHUTDOWN.
TWO MEN WERE CARRYING HEAVY METAL GUARD TO PLACE IT ONTO A VEHICLE. ONE MAN DROPPED HIS END WHEN THE GUARD SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS. THE INJURED MAN S RIGHT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FA LLING METAL AND THE VEHICLE BUMPER, FRACTURING THE DISTAL PHALANX.
I NAME WAS PULL3NG ON A 24 INCH PIPE WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER HE WAS WORKING OVER HIS HEAD AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY. DID NOT LOSE TIME UNTIL 12-2-85.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING INTO THE CAB OF THE GROVE CHERRY PICKER CRANE WHEN STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE TOP OF THE DOORWAY TO THE CAB OF THE CRANE. HE DID NOT LOSE TIME UNTIL 11 26 85.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CHANGING A FAN MOTOR SHAFT WHEN HE REACHED FOR A FILE AND BUMPED HIS ELBOW IN THE END OF THE SHAFT, CAUSING A BRUISE WHICH LATER BECAME INFECTED AND REQUIRED TREATMENT FOR INFECTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR RUBBER WITH A SHARP KNIFE WHICH SLIPPED AT THE END OF THE CUT AND LACERATED HIS LEG, REQUIRING SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING OFF END OF A BAR WITH A HAND-HELD GRINDER WHEN THE GRINDER SLIPPED AND CUT HIS ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH WHICH SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS NECK. HE CONTINUED WORKING TWO WEEKS BEFORE MISSING A DAY FROM WORK. FIRST DAY MISSED WAS OCT. 5.
BROKEN STRAND OF WIRE ROPE PUNCTURED AND LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE ROPE. FINGER BECAME INFECTED AND REQUIRED TREATMENT FOR THE INFECTION. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE SOLUBLE DRYER FIREBOX REPLACING FIREBRICK. HGE STUMBLED WHILE HANDLING LOOSE BRICK AND FELL LACERATING HIS LEFT WRIST. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND. NO TIME WAS LOST.
SKIP DUMP DOOR OF ORE SKIP CAME OPEN AS THE NORTH SKIP IN THE NO.1 SHAFT (PRODUCTION SHAFT ONLY) WAS BEING LOWERED. THE OPEN DOOR CAUSED THE SKIP TO HANG UPIN THE SHAFT, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF ALMOST 13 HOURS OF PRODUCTION TIME. THERE WAS NO DANGER OF ENTRAPMENT AS TWO OTHER SHAFTS ARE USED FOR MEN AND MATERIALS.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING HIS HANDS TO ADJUST ALIGNMENT OF CONVEYOR PANS & CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO PANS (BELT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOT OPERATING) DOCTOR TREATED FOR FX OF DISTAL PHALANX RT INDEX FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING RAG AND T RASH CAUGHT IN A CHUTE IN THE CRUSHING MILL HE JERKED ON A RAG TO FREE IT AND HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK HIS THUMB AGAINST THE CHUTE WALL HE LOST NO TIME U NTIL 06-20-85 AT WHICH TIME THE COLLATERAL LIGAMENT OF HIS RT THUMB HAD TO BE REPAIRED SURGICALLY
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ABOVE A LEACH TANK AT THE TAILS PLANT. HE SLIPPED AND FELL CATCHING HIMSELF WITH BOTH HANDS. HIS ARMS WERE SUBJECTED TO SUDDEN JERK FROM HIS BODY WEIGHT. HE SPRAINED BOTH SHOULDERS AND ELBOWS AND RIGHT WRIST AND ALSO HAD TO HAVE A WOODEN SPLINTER REMOVED BY INCISION UNDER LOCAL ANESTHELTIC. THE EMPLOYEE IS A SUPERVISOR AND LOST NO TIME OR LITE DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE IMPROPERLY PLCED HIS RT FOOT UNDER FRAME OF MACHING MACHINE SUPPORT JACK SLIPPED OFF AN EDGE IN THE FLOOR CAUSING FRAME TO SET DOWN ON EMPLOYEES FOOT FRACTURING GREAT TOE DISTAL PHALANX FX WAS TREATED & EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS SAWING A BOLT OUT OF A CHAIN WITH A HACK SAW WHEN THE SAW SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND CUT THE INDEX FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.(LEFT HAND IS PRIMARY.)SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP AND CARRIED TWO SPROCKETS WEIGHING ABOUT 25 POUNDS EACH AND CARRIED THEM SOME 200 FEET.HE FELT SLIGHT PAIN AND CONTINUED WORKING.THAT EVVENING,AT HOME,HE SLEPT FOR TWO HOURS IN HIS EASY CHAIR WAKING UP TO FIND HIMSELF UNABLE TO MOVE.HE HAS LOST TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING END PLATE ON PUMP AT TAILS PLANT WHEN IT FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.THE PLATE WWEIGHT ABOUT 150 POUNDS.LATE DIAGNOSIS OF BONE FRACTURE RESULTED IN LOST TIME.
EMPLOYEE WALKED AROUND A CORNER OF PROTRUDING METAL AND LACERATED THE LOWER PORTION OF HIS LEFT KNEE.SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED MUSCLE SPASMS IN HIS BACK WHEN HE IMPROPERLY LIFTED A BOX OF CUTTER BITS WEIGHING ABOUT 40 POUNDS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY
EMPLOYEE CARRYING HEAVY OBJECT SLIPPED IN OIL SPILL FELL AND HURT HIS BACK CONTINUED TO WORK TWO WEEKS AT REGULAR DUTY BEFORE GOING TO DOTOR AND BEING PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY SINCE THEN HE H AS TAKEN TIME OFF FOR CHIROPRACTIC MANIPULATION
CAREFUL INVESTIGATION FAILED TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY OF WHEN OR WHERE THIS MAN WAS INJURED, OR HOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CENTER PUNCH WHILE REPAIRING EQUIPMENT WHEN THE TIP OF THE PUNCH BROKE OFF AND ENTERED HIS LEFT WRIST SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE FORIEGN BODY WAS REQUIRED
EMPL SERVICING SAMPLE PUMP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET WOODEN FLOORING AND FELL AGAINST SMALL GATE VALVE FRACTURING A RIB.
EMPLOYEE HANDLING MATERIAL STEPPED ON OILY STEEL PLATE SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT WRIST INITIALLY DIAGNOSED AS A SPRAIN WEEKS LATER X-RAYS REVEALED UNDISPLACED FRACTURE NO DISABLING INJURY
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO WELD ON AN ORE STORAGE BIN. IN ORDER TO REACH THE NECESSARY HEIGHT, HE WAS USING A WOODEN BENCH TO STAND ON. WHEN HE STEPPED UP ON TO THE BENCH IT OVERTURNED CA USING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS ELBOW ON THE STEEL FLOORING.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON A LARGE WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD AGAINST THE MOUNDING EYEBOLT OF THE MOTOR HE WAS WORKING ON. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED IN HIS CHEEK BELOW THE LEFT EYE
EMP TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED OVER A NON-OPERATING PORTABLE CONVEYOR. HE SET HIS FOOT IN LOOSE MUCK.SWELLING DEVELOPEN AS A RESULT OF THE STRAIN AND RESTRICTED DUTY WAS REQUIRED
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR INOPERATIVE BRATTICE TOOL WHEN THE SHELL HE HAD PLACED IN THE TOOL FIRED CAUSING THE EJECTOR ROD TO PUNCTURE THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND WOUND BECAME INFECTED AND REQUIRED ANTIBIOTICS FOR TREATMENT NO LOST TIME NO RESTRICTED DUTY
EMP WAS CHANGING BITS WHEN BAR SLIPPED MASHING FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND BIT NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY DR REPORTED FRACTURED DISTAL PHALANX LEFT FINGER
STOOD UP FROM KNEELING POSITION AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.DIAGNOSES AS MUSCLE SPASM WITH ACCOMPANY COMPRESSED NERVE.PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING BACKWARD WHILE LOOKING UP HE TRIPPED OVER A RAILROAD TRACK RAIL AND FELL BACKWARD CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS RT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP SCRAP METAL AFTER A REPAIR JOB, HE PICKED UP A HEAVIER PIECE OF SCRAP AND INJURED HIS BACK
EE WAS USING A CHIAN HOIST TO T URN A MOTOR OVER TO FACILITAT WINDING IT. HE REACHED OUT TO STEADY THE MOTOR & SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS LEFT ELBOW.
WHILE CLEANING A COME-A-LONG EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO FREE THE CHAIN BY ATTACHING THE COME-A-LONG TO A 2 INCH ANGLE IRON BRACE AND JERKED ON THE CHAIN, WHEN HE DID SO THE CHAIN CAME FREE AND STRU CK HIM IN THE MOUTH, CUTTING HIS LOWER LIP, SUTURES WERE REQUIRED
MANUALLY LIFTED BARREL OF OIL ONTO BACK OF VEHICLE.REPORTED KNEE INJURY AND RETURNED TO WORK.RETURNED TO DR ON 12-5 COMPLAINING OF BACK AND KNEE PAIN.X-RAYS REVEALED SMALL ABNORMALITY IN LOWE R BACKBONE WHICH DR SAID WOULD HEAL WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS MINER PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPL TAKING METAL COVER OFF WIRE WAY AT SO SHAFT HOIST.DROPPED COVER AND IT STRUCK LEFT FOOT JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE OF BOOT.
LETTING WATER BARREL DOWN BY CHAIN HOIST,HOIST HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF MINERS HAND MAKING FULL TURN AND CATCHING HAND BETWEEN HAND LE AND SHAFT ON LOWER GEAR RATIO FOR HOIST HAND .SUTURES WERE R
ATTEMPTING TO MANUALLY CLOSE A WOODEN DOOR WHILE DRIVING A VEHICLE PAST IT EMPLOYEE CAUGHT THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE F DOOR AND THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE
EE WAS RIDING IN PASSENGER SEAT OF A TRACK MOTOR WHEN THE TROLLEY POLE JUMPED OFF THE TROLLEY. AS HE REACHED FOR THE POLE TO REPLACE IT T HE POLE STRUCK A GUY WIRE & BOUNCED DOWNWARD WITH FOR CE ENOUGH TO KNOCK HIS HAND AGAINST THE VEHICLE FRAME CAUSING SEVERE LACERATION TO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
EMPL WORKING IN LOW COUNTRY ON KNEES WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT KNEE,LATER FINDING PUNCTURE WOUND.FLUID DEVELOPED DURING NIGHT AND NEXT DAY ACCORDING TO WORKER WHO SOUGHT MED ATTENTION AF TER WORK ON 2ND DAY.NO FOREIGN BODIES WERE FOUND IN X-RAYS BUT TREATMENT INVOLVES STAYING OFF KNEE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN A MOBILE CRANE WITH A HOT WATER HOSE. THE HOSE BLEW OFF OF THE NIPPLE AT THE USER END AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS SPRAYED WITH HOT WATER.
EMPLOYEE AND HELPER WERE LOADING A 12" PIECE OF FLEA PIPE ONTO A WINCH TRUCK. THE FLANGE OF THE PIPE HUNG ON THE ROLL BAR. TED REACHED THROUGH THE CAB WINDOW TO PUSH UP AND FREE THE PIPE. THE PIPE SURGED FORWARD AND THE LOCKING FLANGE CAUGHT HIS HAND AND MASHED IT AGAINST THE ROLL BAR.
MOVING FANS AT T HE MAIN SHOP JU/G WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SOMETHING PULLED IN HIS STOMACH OR SIDE. OUTPATIENT SURGERY FOR A HERNIA FOLLOWED.
I.NAME WAS BEATING ON A CHUTE TO CLEAR IT OF WET MUCK. HE DREW THE HAMMER BACK FOR ONE LAST BIG BLOW AND WHEN HE STARTED THEHAMMER FORWARD, IT HIT A BEAM, THROWING HIM OFF TARGET. WHEN THE HAM MER HEAD MISSED THE CHUTE, HISFINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE CHUTE.
ANOTHER EE FELL ON INJURED EES LEGS WHEN THEY BOTH FELL TO G ROUND WHILE ENGAGING IN HORSEPLAY WHILE AWAITING QUITTING TIME.
EE WAS TRAMMING C/M INTO FACE WHEN HE STOOD UP LEAVING HIS SEAT & PLACING HIS FOOT IN AN UNUSUAL POSITION UNDER THE MACHINE FRAME. HE THEN PULLED A HYSRAULIC LEVER WHICH LOWERED THE MINER ON TO HIS FOOT APPARENTLY IN AN EFFORT TO RAISE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MACHINE.
NO KNOWN TRAUMA HAD BEEN MOVING EQUIPMENT FIRST PART OF SHIFT BEFORE COMMENTING THAT HIS BACK BOTHERED HIM. DID NOT REPORT INJURY ON SHIFT ON WHICH IT OCCURRED. RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY FOR P ARTIAL SHIFT. THEN TOOK OFF SEVERAL WEEKS.
DROVE BATTERY OPERATED VEHICLE GOLF CART TYPE UNDER STATIONARY CONVEYOR BELT NOT OPERATING SUFFERED CONTUSION TO RT ARM