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EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BELLY PAN ON 633C SCRAPER, WHEN PAN FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE O LEFT LEG CAUSING INJURY.
PULLING ON PIECE OF 1" PIPE,HAND HIT FLANGE ON A PICE OF 6" EXPANSION JOINT RUBBER PIPE STRIPING.PIPE KEPT GOING CATCHING THE LEATHER ON GLOVRES I WAS WEARING CAUGHT FLESH ON UNDER PAD LEFT IN DEX FINGER TEARING THE FLESH LOOSE ABOUT 1 1/4 LONG 3/8" DEEP.
EMPLOYEE PLACED FINGER(RIGHT INDEX)IN APINCH POINT WHICH CUT THE TIP OF THE FINGER OFF.SKIN WAS SEWN OVER END.NO IMPAIRMENT IS EXPECTED.
EMPLOYEE FELT H9 HAD GOTTON SOMETHING IN HIS EYE CAUSING SOME IRRITATION. ON THE MORNING OF 10-4-87 HIS EYE WAS VERY IRRITATED , TAKING A LOOK AT THE EYE MORE CLOSELY HE NOTICED AN OBJECT IMB EDDED ON THE FR2N OF THE EYE.
EMP WAS ATTE MPTING TO CHECK A PUMP MOTOR BY ROTATING THE DRIVE BELTS WHEN HIS HAND WAS ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT BY THE PUMP PULLEY. WHEN HE PULLED HIS HAND BACK AWAY FROM THE PULLEY HE PINCHED AND C UT HIS RING FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND
MAN WAS CLOSING KNIFE, USING HIS RIGHT LEG TO SET KNIFE BLADE AGAINST WHILE CLOSING KNIFE. GOT HIS INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND A LITTLE TOO FAR UP. WHEN BLADE CLOSED, CUT IP OFF HIS INDEX FING ER.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED/JUMPED ABOUT 4\ TO THE GROUND FROM A UTILITY POLE STORAGE RACK., TURNED ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A SHAFT SLEEVE THE PUNCH BAR SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH LOWER LIP
THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING EQUIPMENT DOWN A SERVICE COMPARTMENT. HE BENT OVER TO TIE SOME DRILL STEEL IN THE TUGGER CABLE WHEN HE STARTED TO STRAIGHTEN UP HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING BOLT HOLERS IN THE BACK OF A DEVELOPMENT DRIFT WHEN SOME DIRT ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. PHYSICIAN WASHED OUT SAND. RX EYE DROPS GIVEN.
BAGS MAY HAVE BEEN STACKED TOO HIGH. FIVE BAGS FELL OFF THE TIP OF THE STACK WITH ONE BAG STRIKING HER ON THE HEAD. RX PAIN RELIEVER WAS GIVEN. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 12 -19-84.
REPAIRING STEPS AT SEEPAGE PUMPS AND SLIPPED ON FROSTY BOARD,FALLING ON HIS BACK AND RIGHT SIDE ON RIB CAGE.EMPL DIDNT SEEK MED ATTENTION UNTIL 12-13-84.
MINER HAD FINISHED DRILLING & WAS CARRYING HIS MACHINE TO A STORAGE AREA JUST AS HE WAS ABOUT TO LEAN MACHINE AGAINST RIB OF STORAGE AREA HE STUMBLED HIS FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN MACHINE & RIB S TITCHES WERE REQUIRED
BACK FALL OCCURRED IN 9800 HAULAGE BETWEEN LHD SHOP #7 VENT HOLE ON THE 1-5 INCLINE. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 17\X 10\X 6\. ABOUT 35 TONS BACK WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6\ SPLIT SETS AND HEAVY CHAIN LINK FENCING. NO PRIOR EVIDENCE TO GROUND MOVEMENT AREA AT BACK FALL WILL BE CAUGHT UP W/10 X 10 TIMBER SETS AND CRIBS
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER MUCKING OUT A ROUND AT THE 0310 AREA WHEN HE F ELT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. A METALLIC FOREIGN BODY WAS EMBEDDED
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A WATER VALVE OFF A 2" HEADER. THE CENTER OF THE VALVE BLEW OUT. THE WATER UNDER PRESSURE STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE. RUST PARTICLES IN THE WATER ENTERED T HE EYE. PARTICLES OF MATERIALS EMBEDDED IN EYE
EMPLOYEE FELL 2 OR 3 FEET OFF LADDER WHILE REACHING FOR ANFO LOADING HOSE. DIDNT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL NOV. 14, 1984. RX GIVEN
EMPLOYEE HAD DISMANTLED A FOUR INCH P.V.C. PIPE LINE ON A IX PLANT IN THE PROCESS OF REASSEMBLING A PRY BAR WAS BEING USED TO PRY THE PIPE INTO A STRAIGHT LINE THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE VALVE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TIMBER GROUND SUPPORT.HEWAS CHIPPING OUT A HITCH IN THE FLOOR WITH A HAND AXE TO INSTALL A STULL.HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AS EYE PROTECTION IN THE PROCESSOF SHAPIN THE HITCH HE MAY HAVE GOTTEN A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS LEFT EYE.NO FOREIGN BODY FOUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING 3014 MANWAY, WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF OF THE LADDER. HE KEPT FROM FALLING BY HANGING FROM THE LADDER RUNGS BY RIGHT ARM, PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER FIRST MEDICAL AT TENTION 11-19-84
UNKNOWN TO HOISTMAN, SKIPS WERE OUT OF BALANCE. RAISED LOADED SKIP TO SURFACE BUT DID NOT DUMP. OTHER SKIP THEN LOADED. HAD TWO LOADED SKIPS, STARTED TO RAISE LAST LOADED SKIP. WEST CLUTCH THE SLIPPED. BOTH SKIPS WERE THEN DUMPED AT 9:15 HOISTS CLUTCH THEN READAJUSTED. AFTER KIPS WERE DUMPED. HOIST COULD HAVE BEEN USED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING 3" X 12" X 6\ LAGGING FROM BETWEEN 4" STEEL SETS WHICH WERE WEDGED WHEN A LAGGING CAME LOOSE EASILY CAUSING A MUSCLE PULL ON THE LEFT GROIN AREA. EMPLOYEE ALSO HAD A SMAL L BRUISE ON THE LEFT HIP POSSIBLE FROM THE POINT OF THE LAGGING WHICH STRUCK HIM
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING BOULDERS WITH A PB-6 I.R. PAYEMENT BREAKER. EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE, FELL DOWN WITH PAYEMENT BREAKER, PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN GRIZZLY RAIL AND PAYEMENT BREAKER, WHICH CAUSED DISLOCATION OF FINGER.
UP THE SERVICE COMPARTMENT USING THE TUGGER LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE RAISE. THE TUGGER CABLE WAS HANGING ABOUT 2 ABOVE THE SILL AND HAD A CLEVIS ATTACHED TO IT. THE EMPLOYEE GRASPED THE CABLE ABOUT 2\ ABOVE THE CLEVIS AND TURNED TO ATTACH IT TO THE SLUSHER. THE CABLE SWUNG UP AND THE CLEVIS HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING MUCK FROM 7001 PILLAR STOPE.HE WAS DRIVING EMPTY TRAIN IN 62//HAULAGE DRIFT TO 7001.BY #6 VENT HOLE AT SEC. 33,DUST CONDITIONS EXISTED, AND APPARENTLY THAT IS WHERE EMPLO EMPLOYEE GOT FOREIGN OBJECTS IN EYE.EMPLOYEE RECEIVED RX.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A MANWAY LADDER.THE RUNG 10\ABOVE THE FIRST LANDING PULLED OFF AS HE GRASPED IT . HE FELL ABOUT 4\ TO THE LANDING.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING A 30 H.P. SLUSHER DOWN 3913 MANWAY, AIR MOVING UP THE SERVICE COMPARTMENT CARRIED SAND BACK UP THE MANWAY INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
APPARENTLY EMPLOYEE WAS GOING OUT WITH A LOADED TRAIN AND STOPPED AT 2500-3100 INTERSECTION TO MOVE A STULL THAT WAS LEANING INTO THE DRIFT. AFTER HE MOVED THE STULL HE CONTINUED GOING OUT WIT H HIS TRAIN, TRAVELED ABOUT 10\ WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK A PIPE GOING ACROSS THE HAULAGE CAUSING HIM A BLOODY NOSE AND DIZZINESS
EMPLOYEE IS ON HAULAGE DRIFT REPAIR AND HAD MADE ROOM TO STAND A STEEL POST. I NAME LIFTED THE STEEL POST TO SET IT IN PLACE, FELT A PAIN IN THE UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING TAILING AREA DRIVING JEEP 4X4 #57165. HE WAS DRIVING AROUND #3 EVAPORATION POND HE VEERED OVER ONTO THE EAST SHOULDER OF ROAD AND ANGL ED DOWN SIDE OF BANK ABOVE SEEPAGE DITCH. THE JEEP ROLLED OVER ONE COMPLETE TURN, LANDING ON ITS WHEELS IN BOTTOM OF SEEPAGE DITCH CAUSING INJURY TO EMPLOYEES BACK AND CUT ON FOREHEAD
AT START OF SHIFT WOOD SHAVING FISCOVERED ON 2-2 STATION AFTER 1ST MANTRIP WAS MADE IMMEDIATE SHAFT INSPECTION REVEALED 3 DAMAGED GUIDES. 21 PERSONS WERE UNDERGROUND. CREW WAS THEN EVACUTED FR OM MINE THRU ESCAPEWAY TO OTHER MINE SECTION 35 CAGE SHOE ON NORTH SIDE OF CAGE SLICED 3 GUIDES AT SETS 111, 202, & 211 DAMAGED. REPAIRS MADE AND SHOE CHANGED
EMPLOYEE WAS DRESSING UP A CRESCENT WRENCH ON THE GRINDER WRENCH BOUND ON GRINDING STONE CAUSING WRENCH TO FLIP OVER AND HITTING FINGER ON F R AME OF GRINDER
EMPLOYEE ASSISTING IN TIGHTENING BOLTS WITH 3/4 DRIVE RATCHET. RATCHET BROKE WHICH CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO FALL. RESULTED IN AGGRAVATION OF LONG-STANDING BAD BACK.
SPRAIN RIGHT THUMB WHILE OPENING 1 P.V.C. DIAPHRAM VALVE. VALVE WAS VERY HARD TO OPEN.
EMPLOYEE CLEANING SPLIT RING OF TRUCK WHEEL WITH A WIRE BRUSH RING FELL OVER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF RT FOOT JUCT BEHIND STEEL TOE OF HIS BOOT RECEIVED SLIGHT FX OF 1ST & 3RD RT TOES
EMPLOYEE PUT ON WORK BOOT WHICH MAYHAVE CONTAINED AN INSECT SHE RECEIVED INSECT STING TOP OF FOOT
EMPL CARRYING DRILL MACHINE FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER.HOSES WERE ATTACHED TO MACHINE AND WERE DRAGGING BEHIND MINER AS HE MOVED.DRIFT SLOPED DOWN AND EMPL WAS WALKING FAST.OILER ON AIR HOSE BEHIND HIM CAUGHT IN WIRE MESHWHCH JERKED HIM TO A STOP AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL AND TWIST HIS KNEE.
AT 4:15 PM EMPLOYEE STARTED CLIMBING THE 3014 MANWAY CARRYING A P.O.C.I. ON A STRAP OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. AS HE WAS PASSING THROUGH THE SECOND LANDING, HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE RUNG AND HE FELL APPRX. 25 FEET TO THE FIRST LANDING. HE HIT WITH MOST OF HIS WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT LEG CAUSING FRACTURES OF THE KNEE AND FOOT. THE PROBE WHICH WAS FALLING WITH HIM PUNCTURED HIS RIGHT FOOT,
WHILE GOING FROM UNDERGROUND STATION TO SURFACE, ON CAGE A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE, IMPAIRED VISION, SCRATCHED EYEBALL.
EMPLOYEE PACKING PUMP. HAD FINGER BEHIND PACKING GLAND WHEN HE STRUCK THE GLAND WITH HAMMER.
EMP WAS HELPING LOAD A BUNDLE OF TIMBER IN THE CAGE. THE BUNDLE WAS SUSPENDED IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION FROM THE BACK OF THE WINCH TRUCK. WHILE TRYING TO GUIDE THE TIMBER INTO THE CAGE THE BUND LE SWUNG HORIZONTALY AND PINCHED THE EMPLOYEES HAND AGAINST ONE OF THE WINCH TRUCK BOOMS
EMPLOYEE BROKE SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE HIT FINGER WHEN REACHING FORHANDLE ON HAND CART WHILE LOADING YELLOWCAKE DRUMS ON TRUNK.
THE MAN STEPPED DOWN ON THE RAIL WHEN DISMOUNTING FROM THE MANTRIP MOTOR TO THROW A SWITCH AT THE STATION AND 0900 INTERSECTION. AS THE MAN S WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, IT TURNED ON T HE RAIL TWISTING THE ANKLE.
LIFTED REAR END OF BUNDLE FRONT END SHOULD HAVE SLID INTO THE CAGE HOWEVER BUNDLE SWUNG IN AN ARC TO SIDE INSTEAD OF GOING FORWARD AND STRUCK INJ EMP ON LEFT SIDE AND PULLED HIS RT SIDE INTO THE TUGGER CONTROL HANDLE THE RESULT WAS FRACTURED RIB APPARENTLY THE FLOOR OF CAGE WAS LITTLE ABOVE THE SILL LEVEL AND TIMBER HIT THE CAGE FLOOR AND COULD NOT SLIDE FORWARD
ROCKFALL W9002 DRIFT IN LHD AREA OCCURRED SOMETIMES BETWEEN 400PM JULY 12 AND 830AM JULY 16 1984DRIFT SIZE WAS APPROX 12X12FT AND AREA INVOLVED MEASURED APPROX 12X14X16FT GROUND WAS SUPPORTED W/6FT SPLIT SETS & HEAVY CHAIN LINK FENCING NO PRIOR EVIDENCE OF GROUND MOVEMENT
PROPANE GAS LEAKED INTO HIGH VOLTAGE STARTER THROUGH A BREAK IN THE BURIED HIGH VOLTAGE FEEDER, CONDUIT. SUBSEQUENT SMALL EXPLOISION AND FIRE DAMAGE OUTER JACKET OF HIGH VOLTAGE FEEDER CONDUCT ORS.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO CHECK SEEPAGE PUMP AT #2 AND SLIPPED ON WET EMBANKMENT BEFORE STAIRWAY AND STRAINED LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF BACK OF FIRE TRUCK, FOOT SLIPPED ON STEP AND EMPLOYEE FELL TO GROUND APPROX 5\
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A SHEAVE BLOCK THEN DROPPED IT ON HIS BIG TOE OF THE LEFT FOOT, CAUSING CONTUSION. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL JUNE 4, 1984.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING POWDER CAR AT THE M & E. HE PULLED A BOX OF POWDER OUT OF THE CAR AND HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE DOOR OF THE CAR. EMPLOYEE BRUSISED HIS FIGHT ELBOW. EMPLOYEE GIVEN A REPORTABL E PRESCRIPTION BY PHYSICIAN. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 05-24-84.