EMPLOYEE WAS STICKING A SPLIT SET BOLT INTO A MAT. A ROCK FELL, STRUCK HIS HARD HAT WHICH THEN PUSHED ON HIS GLASSES. THE GLASSES CUT HIS NOSE AND UNDER HIS RIGHT EYE.
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Showing 50 of 596EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING OUT THE FACE. A SLAB PEELED OFF AND STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. REQUIREDSUTURES.
EE RECEIVED CUT TO FOREARM REQUIRING STITCHES WHHILE ROCKBOLTING.
EE WAS LOADING A ROUND WHEN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE FACE CAME OUT. THE ROCK KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND COVERED HIM UP. HE SUSTAINED CUTS TO HIS HEAD.
EE WAS RIDING ON A MOTOR WHEN HE SHOCK A PIPE. IT HIT HIS CAP LAMP AND STRAINED HIS NECK.
EE WAS DRILLING JACKLEG DRIFT ROUND WHEN HE STRAINED BACK PULLING DRILL AND STEEL FROM HOLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ONTO HIS JACKLEG DRILL WHENA ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND. FRACTURED
THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SPLIT SET ROCK BOLT. A SMALL ROCK FELL OUT OF THE BACK AND STRUCK HIS UPPER LIP. REQUIRED SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS. HE PULLED THE MACHINE AWAY AND THE BOLT DRIVER FELL AND STRUCKHIS RIGHT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS USIGN A METAL BAR TO GET A FLAT CAR ONTO THE RAILROAD TRACK. WHEN THE CAR WENT ON THE BAR BOUNCED BACK ADN STRUCK HIS LEFT CALF. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 88-7-96 AND DID NOT NOTIFY THE EMPLOYER UNTIL HE RETRUNED TO WORK ON 8-14-96.
EE WAS MUCKING OUT A MUCKPILE. A ROCK ROLLED OUT OF THE BUCKET AND HE RAN OVER IT. IT JARRED HIM FORWARD AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS INSTALLING SPLIT SET BOLTS. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE BOLT THROUGH THE MAT, THE STEEL FELL AND STRUCK HIM BEHIND HIS RIGHT EAR. REQUIRED SUTURES.
EE WAS BARRING DOWN. THE ROCK FELL STRUCK ANOTHER ROCK AND THEN STRUCK HIS RIGHT BIG TOE.
HE WAS IN PROCESS OF DRILLING RAISE ROUND WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND CUT HIS HAND (PALM OF RIGHT HAND). CUT REQUIRED STITCHES.
EE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW, WRIST AND UNDERARM. NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT.
EE WAS IN A STOPE SUVEYING. A JACKLEG WAS LEFT UNHENDED MOMENTALY BY A MINER. THE DRILL FELL OVER AND STRUCK EE RIGHT SHOULDER,ARM, AND RESTED ON HER CHEST. SHE RETURNED TO WORK RESTRICTED DUT Y.
EE WAS HANGING A POWER CABLE TO POWER AN ELEC/HYD POWER PACK FOR A ROCKBREAKKER. HE WAS STANDIN ON THE STRUCTURE STEEL OF THE OPERTOR'S PLATFORM WINDOW SUPPORT STEEL. HE STEPPED DOWN ONTO TH AN UNBOLTED SEAT. LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GORUND HITTING THE EDGE OF THE STRUCTURAL STEEL BASE WITH A RIB CAGE.
EE WAS INSTALLING OVERHEAD GRAND SPORT WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE REHIED LIGHT DUTY 1 DAY.
EE WAS DRILLING WITH A JACKEG DRILL. HE TURNEDTHE AIR OFF THE LEG AND WAS REACHING FOR THE D HANDLE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS BOLTING THE BACK. AS HE WAS DRILLING, THE STEEL HUNG. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO RELEASE THE CHUCK, THE ROCK FELL AND SLID DOWN THE STEEL, PINNING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE MACHINE
EE STEPPED OF A MUCK ONTO A ROCK. THE ROCK ROLLED CAUSING THE EE TO SPRAIN HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EE HAD BARRED ON A ROCK BUT IT WOULD NOT COME DOWN. HE HAD DECIDED TO BOLT IT UP. AS HE DRILLED A HOLE, THE ROCK BROKE, FELL AND BOUNCED OFF THE STEEL STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH.
THE EE WAS RIDING AS A PASSENGER ON A LOCI LOOKING FOR A WATER VALVE. HE WAS LOOKING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. AS THEY WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE DRIFT, THE EE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A PIE CE OF VENTILING THAT WAS HANGING LOW.
EE WAS BOLTING THE BACK. AS HE REACHED UP TO ADJUST THE LEG ON HIS MACHINE, A SMALL ROCK FELL, BOUNCED OFF THE DRILL AND STRUCK HIS CHIN. REQUIRED STITCHES.
EE WAS UNLOADING PIPE OUT OF A CAR WHEN THE END OF ONE OF THE PIPES HIT HIS RT INDEX FINGER. REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING FOR A QUICHE DISH ON AN UPPER SHELF IN THE SAMPLE PREP SLURRY ROOM. THE DISH TAPPED ANOTHER DISH AND SHATTERED CUTTING THEEMP'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER. REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMP WAS STRIPPING INSULATION FROM HIGH VOLTAGE WIRE. UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT ANDLEFT THUMBS. THE LEFT THUMB WAS CUT BELOW SKIN DEPTH.
EMP HAD BROUGHT A UNIT OF 5' BOLTS INTO SD2100 ON A FLATCAR. HE PUT HIS BACK AGAINST THE RIB ANDPROCEEDED TO PUSH THE BOLTS OFF THE FLATCAR WITHHIS RIGHT FOOT. FELT PAIN IN STOMACH AREA.
EMP AND PARTNER WERE BARRING DOWN THE HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL. EMP HAD FINISHED AND WAS OBSERVING HIS PARTNER BAR WHEN A LARGE SLAB FELL OUT OF THE BACK AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE AND HIS PARTNER WERE MOVING RAIL. AS THE EMP REACHED DOWN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMP WAS INSTALLING A STEEL CAP IN A CHUTE PREP. THE CAP FELL OFF AND STRUCK EMP KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND OVER A STEEL COLLAR PIPE. HE THEN FELL TO THE GROUND. SUSTAINED BROKEN RIBS.
EE WAS BOLTING THE BACK WHEN A ROCK FELL AND SHUCK THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT.
EE S JOB DUTIES CONSIST OF SWEEPING AND MOPPING. SHE COMPLAINED THAT HER BACK HURB DOING THIS. ON 6-14-96 EE SAW A CHIROPACTOR WHO PRESCRIBED WORE RESTRICTIONS WHICH WE WERE UNABLE TO ACCOMMAD ATE. SHE DID NOT WORK 6-14 AND IS OFF AT THIS TIME. DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 6-14-96.
EE WAS STEPPING OFF OF A MUCKER BACKWARDS AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
SAND LINE PLUGGED. AS EE TOOK THE LINE APART, SOME SAND AND WATER BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE IS UNSURE HOW BUT DOING COURSE OF WORK GOT A METAL FLAKE IN HIS LEFT EYE. EE DID NOT REALIZE IT UNTIL HE GOT HOME THAT NIGHT. EE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT UNTIL 5-22-96.
EE WAS INSTALLING DYWIDER BOLTS WHEN THE SPINNER FELL FROM THE MACHINE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH CUTTINGHIS UPPER LIP REQUIRED STITCHES.
EE WAS COLLARING A BOLT HOLE WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK & STRUCK THE EE'S RIGHT WRIST. REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A 2 YD MUCKER CHECKING THE CHAINS ON A FAN THAT HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED. HE STEPPED ON THE FRONT FENDER, SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. LANDED ON HIS HEAD.
REMOVING BEAM IN SHAFT. TAKING LAST NUT, BEAM CAME LOOSE LANDING ON LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BOLT DRIVER INTO HIS PARTNER'S MACHINE WHEN A SMALL ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT WRIST. REQUIRED SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIPPING PRIMERS TOGETHER ON TOP OF A MUCK PILE WHEN HE BECAME VERY DIZZY. THERE WAS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF NO2 IN THE AREA FROM THE BLAST THE NIGHT BEFORE.
EE WAS CARRYING 8' FOOT CAGING UNDER A RAISE PREP. THE TIMBER AT THE SKIPWAY MADE IT DIFFICULT TO GET THRU HE HAD TO TURN SIDEWAY AND TWIST HIS BODY TO GET THRU. IN DOING SO HE STRAINED HIS RI GHT ELBOW RIST HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENTTUKL 4-27-96.
EE WAS REMOVING BOLTS WITH AN ALLEN HEAD SOCKET WRENCH, WHEN THE WRENCH BROKE. EE'S RT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT BY THE WRENCH. HE REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PARTNER HAND PVC PIPE ON A HEADER COMING DOWN. HE WAS HANGING ONTO THE LADDER WITH HIS LEFT HAND. THE PIPE FELL AND STRUCK HIS HAND, CUTTING THE 2ND AND 3RD DIGITS. REQUIR ED STITCHES.
EE WAS SCALING DOWN THE BACK WHEN THE SLAB PULLED THE BAR BACK SMASHING HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE RIB. HE CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHICH REQUIRED A BUTTERFLY CLOSURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING A BOULDER IN A CHUTE WHEN A ROCK FELL AND PUSHED THE BAR BACK PINCHING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE SCALING BAR AND THE PREP. REQUIRED SKIN GRAFTS.
EE WAS WALKING OUT OF THE DRY BUILDING TO START HIS PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE & FELL OH HIS LEFT KNEE. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 3/28/96. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEFT CHR ONIC PREPATELLER BURSITIS, PFC & WILL HAVE HIS KNEE DRAINED.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING A ROCK FROM THE BACK WHEN A PORTION OF IT FELL, SHOOK THE BAR AND BOUNCED UP STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S FOREHEAD. REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO CHECK THE OILER ON IS JACKLEG WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER HIS HOSES AND FELL. HE BRUISED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND RETURNED TO WORK IN THE RESTRICTED CAPACITY.