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EE HAD COMPLAINED OF BACK SPASM 2 WEEKS PRIOR, HAD DONE BACK STRETCHING EXERCISES, HAD BEGAN TO RIDE DIRT BIKE "OFF ROAD" AT SAME TIME, ON DAY OF INCIDENT EE PICKED UP G/D83 DRILL (MINUS LEGS) AND FELT BACK "GO."
HELPER WAS COLLARING DRILL BIT INTO SLABS FROM ROUND, LAST ROCK SPLIT PREMATURELY, HELPER LOST FOOTING & BANGED ELBOW INTO RIB. WORK AREA WAS STREWN WITH BOULDERS FROM SHOT.
BACK GAVE WAY WHEN EE REMOVED LAGGING TO REPLACE IT WITH SHORTER LENGTH AT TOP OF 30' RAISE. EE CLIMBED DOWN RAISE & WAS TURNING CORNER AT SUBLEVEL WHEN 1' X 2' ROCK STRUCK HIM. BRUISED RIGHT SIDE & LEG, ABRASIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHUTITNG TRAP DOOR JUST ABOVE TUGGER WHEN A SMALL ROCK CAME DOWN AND STRUCK RIGHT LEG JUST ABOVE KNEE. MANWAY HAD JUST RECENTLY BEEN OPENED TO FACE BY REMOVAL OF BULKHEAD IN RAISE RELEASING ROCK DEBRIS. NOT ENOUGH CLEANING HAD BEEN DONE BECAUSE ONLY APPARENT SOARCE OF ROCK WAS BEHIND SETS IN MANWAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING LARGE ROCK OFF OF BULKHEAD OVER MANWAY IN EXPLOR. RAISE WHEN CORNER OF ROCKBROKE OFF & STRUCK RIGHT CALF JUST ABOVE THE MINE BOOT. POINT OF ROCK BROKE BLOOD VESSEL BELOW S URFACE, BLOOD DRAINED INTERNALLY BELOW TO FOOT AND CAUSED SWELLING.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING 12 X 12 BEAM WITH 1" AUGER BIT. BIT GRABBED WOOD AND TWISTED RIGHT WRIST.
EE HAD JUST RECEIVED WARNING & FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS OF CHUTE BARRING SAFETY. EE BARRED LARGE ROCK STUCK IN CHUTE WITH BAR TOO CLOSE TO BODY. EE FAILED TO HEED WARNING & ROCK SHIFTED & HIT BAR WHICH HIT HIM IN SID OF NECK/EAR. BRUISED NECK MUSCLES & EAR. INVESTIGATION SHOWS PATTERN OF FAILURE TO HEED SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.
EE & HELPER WERE DRILLING FACT IN RAISE WHEN THEY STOPPED TO SCALE LOOSE QUARTZ. EE ROLLED 1ST ROCK BETWEEN LEGS WHEN 2ND ROCK ROLLED INTO RIGHT KNEE WHICH WAS IN FRONT OF 1ST ROCK. BRUISED MUSCLE IN RIGHT KNEE, LIMITED DUTY 3 DAYS
EE WAS PACKING DRILL STEEL UP 45% RAISE WHEN HE JAMMED HEAD AND NECK ONTO LOW TIMBER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING CHAIN ON OLD EQUIPMENT ON WOOD PILE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND JUMPED 2' TO GROUND TO AVOID INJURY AND LANDED ONE FOOT ON A STEEL PIPE ADJACENT TO POND AND HIT BACK/TAILBONE ON G ROUND/PIPE. EMPLOYEE HAS STRAINED OR BRUISED BACK MUSCLES.
BOSS WAS WALKING IN MAIN DRIFT TO CHECK OUT WORK AREAS AND LINE OUT CREWS, WHEN HE STEPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED KNEE. ACCIDENT DID NOT RESULT IN LOST TIME OR MEDICAL CARE AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. M EDICAL OPERATION WAS REPORTED TO ME IN PHONE CONVERSATION OF 2-1-98. SUPERINTENDENT RESIGNED ON 9-10-97. SURGERY ON KNEE WAS PERFORMED AFTER RETIREMENT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING SHORT 4X6 FOR SILL ON RAISE (45 DEGREE). ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS IN WAY SO HE STEPPED OFF ONTO MUCK PILE, FOOTING GAVE WAY AND HE SLID 4-6" STRIKING LEFT ELBOW & KNEE ON RIB .
EE WALKING OXY/ACETYLENE CART DOWN HILL BY RUBY SHOP, STEPPED ON SMALL ROCK & TWISTED BODY SIDEWAYS.
ORE CARS USED IN REHABILITATION WORK ARE CUT DOWN TO FIT DRIFT. TWO EE'S WERE DUMPING CAR WITH BARS, WHEN ONE SHIFTED HIS BAR TO GET TUB THE REST OF THE WAY, THE TUB KICKED BACK ENOUGH TO CAUS E A SEVERE SPRAIN TO THE INJURED EE'S WRIST.
EE STEPPED OUT OF BACKHOE AND SLIPPED IN MUD.
EE WAS DUMPING ORE CAR, BIG ROCK FELL OUT HITTING FOOT.
EMP WAS DRILLING. THE WHIP CHECK WAS NOT IN PLACE. THREADS BACKED OFF ON DIXON FITTINGS. HOSE SEPARATED HITTING EMP ON LEFT JAW.
EE WAS DRILLING HOLE. HOLE WAS NOT COMPLETELY COLLARED. DRILL SLIPPED PULLED ARM FORWARD. DISLOCATED ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING ORE CAR WHEN HE FELT HIS LEFT CALVE MUSCLE PULL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CAARRING TIMBER UP THE RAISE. HE LOST TRACTION, SLIPPED. TIBMER LANDED ON HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING LAGGING ON THE TIMBER CAR. HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LAGGING AND THE FRAME.
EE WAS RUNNING LOADER (ROUTINE JOB), HIS BACK BEGAN HURTING, CONTINUED TO GET WORSE AS DAY PROGRESSED.
EE WAS WALKING ON 2'X12' IN BETWEEN RAILS, NEXT TO THE POCKET. HE SLIPPED AND HIS KNEE WAS JAMMED BETWEEN RAIL AND 2'X12'.
ORE CAR CAME OFF TYRUCKS (CHASSIS) TRIED TO PUT IT BACK ON HAD BACK SPASM.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SKIP ON TO DECK AT 200 LEVEL. TIMBER (6X8-8'LONG) LANDED ON HIS ARM.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A 10LB PIECE OF WOOD. TWISTEDWHILE RAISING UP WITH PIECE OF WOOD, INJURED MIDDLE OF THE BACK.
SHE WAS LOADING A 2 X 6 ONTO A FLATCAR WHEN SHE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HER BACK.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP/DOWN WHEN HE STEPPED ON A SLIPPERY RUNG, SLID OFF, & TWISTED ANKLE.
EE WAS BARING DOWN, SLAB HIT SIT UP TIMBER, KNOCKED IT OUT FROM UNDER HIM. AS HE FELL HE GRABED A STULL & SHOULDER GAVE OUT.
EMPLOYEE WA REPAIRING CONE CRUSHER IN SHOP. WAS REMOVING BRASS PLATE FROM CASTING. SHARP EDGE CUT HIS FINGER. THEN THE PLATE FELL ON SAME FINGER
EE WAS PULLING DRILL OUT OF HOLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CHUTE SMASHED FINGER WITH ROCK.
ANOTHER EE WAS ON THE ROOF TOSSING 2 X 10'S OFF. HE ASKED THE INJURED EE WHERE HE WOULD BE WORKING & WAS TOLD IN THE CORNER, THEN HE WALKED OUT AS BOARD WAS COMING OFF THE ROOF. WAS STRUCK IN THE FOREHEAD.
PULLING WIRE IN SHOP WITH HIS HANDS, STRAINED HIS RIGHT SIDE, LOWER BACK.
CLEANING UP AROUND SHOP, MOVING 10" X 10" BLOCKS 3' LONG INTO LOADER BUCKET. MOVING BLOCKS OUT OF MUD. EMPLOYEE HAD HELP AVAILABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE #1 WOLF RAISE MANWAY LADDER AND SLIPPED. HIS SHOULDEER WAS JERKED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH HIMSELF.
EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP STEEL PLATES.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PIECE OF WOOD TO CLEAR BRUSH ALONGSIDE ROAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BOXES. ONE SLIPPED AND WHEN SHE TRIED TO CATCH IT, SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A LARGE BLAST ROCK INTO AN ORE CART. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A BACK BRACK AND WAS ASSISTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A LIMB THAT WAS SPRING LOADED. IT SNAPPED AND HIT IS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN LOCOMOTIVE AND TIMBER, RIGHT RIB PINCHED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ORE CAR, FOOT SLIPPED ON A BOARD, EMPLOYEE'S HAND STAYED ON THE CAR WHILE HER BODY FELL TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING TIMBERS WHEN ROCK SLAB FELL ON HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS COUPLING TWO ORE CARS & GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CARS & SQUEEZED BETWEEN THEM
EE WAS CONDUCTING INSPECTION OF SHAFT. AFTER THEINSPECTION WAS COMPLET THE EE WENT TO THE SHAFT SKIP. HE GOT ON THE BONNET & RANG THE HOIST UP. THE DOOR WAS OPEN ON THE SKIP & CAUGHT IN THE SH AFT. THE IMPACT THREW THE EE OFF & HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE WHEN HE FELL.
STEPPED OFF LOADER AND TWISTED ANKLE.
EE WAS HELPING DRILLER PULL OUT THE DRILL. HE HAD HIS ARMS EXTENDED OVER HIS HEAD WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED.
PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LETTER. [EE VOLUNTARILY QUIT3/1/95 - SINCE QUITTING HE HAS HAD ONE WRIST OPERATED ON FOR CARPEL TUNNEL.
PINNED BETWEEN TIMBER AND LOADED ORE CART.