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March 23, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Nerco Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

ACCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY MSHA EE & EE AR QUETIE NO DETERMINA TION HAS BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME

August 8, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nerco Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CHANGING PUNCH PLATES ON SCREENS ON EPLATE BECAME STUCK. INJURED ATTEMPTED TO KNOCK IN PLACE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. HE HAD RIGHT HAND TOWARDS THE HEAD OF HAMMER AND LEFT HAND UNDER HANDLE . WHEN HE HIT THE PLATE THE HANDLE CAME DOWN AND HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN PLATE AND HANDLE.

June 12, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nerco Minerals Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

REPARING FRONT END LOADER AND DRAINED OIL IN DRAIN CAN PULLED THE CAN OUT FROM UNDER LOADER AND TWISTED BACK

February 10, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nerco Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

WELDER WASHING OUT 55 GAL DRUM IN PREPARATION FOR CUTTING AND DIRT. REMOVED GLOVES CUT FINGER ON SHARP EDGE ON TOP ROLL.

February 3, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Nerco Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

WAS CLEANING OUT AROUND CONVEYOR THAT HAS TIME ON IT WIND BLEW PARTICLE INTO EYE AND CUASED IT TO BE IRRITATED HAD TO HAVE EYE WASHED OUT.

January 17, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nerco Minerals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE SLIPPED AND FELL (SAME LEVEL) IN THE PARKING LOT- BROKE RIGHT ANKLE.

December 28, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nerco Minerals Company · Fall from machine

UNHOOKING A CABLE FROM THE CONVEYOR. SLIPPED OFF CONVEYOR FRAME AND FELL APPROX 3 FEET AND LANDED ON HIS FOOT WHICH WAS TURNED AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

May 22, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler MACHINERY
Nerco Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REACHED UP TO DISENGAGE THE COMPRESSOR CLUTCH OVER EXTENDING HIS REACH RESULTED IN A TORN MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER

April 22, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nerco Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TWO MEN WERE MOVIGN DIRLL ROD. IT WAS SNOWING VERY HARD AND FOOTING WAS VERY LICK. ONE MAN SLIPPED AND DRAPPED HIS END OF THE ROAD. THE SECOND MAN HELD ON RESULTING IN PINCHED RIGHT HAND A ND MIDDLE FINGER FRACTURED.

November 22, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Nerco Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING A DOWNED TREE INTO SECTIONS WHEN ARMS BECAME TIRED & CONTACTED SAW ON RIGHT LEG A 3IN SUPERFICIAL LACERATION OCCURRED ON RT THIGH ELEVEN STITCHES WERE NEEDED TO SUTURE THE WOUND EMPLOYEE 0AILED TO WEAR SAW CUTTING CHAPS PROVIDED TO HIM BY THE COMPANY

November 21, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nerco Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE SHOVELING3MUD FROM AROUND OLD TOILET IN FILT ER TRAILER LID OFF TOILET TANK FELL OFF TANK ONTO RIGHT HAND CAUSING A 3/4IN LACERATION ACROSS FIRST (PROXIMAL) KNUCKLE ON RIGHT HAND RING F INGER 3

November 15, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nerco Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRYING & 7LEANING FROZEN TAILINGS (LEACHED ORE) OUT OF THE CHUTE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE FELT A SLIGHT PAIN IN H IS LOWER BACK-STRAIN TO THE VERTIBRAL LUMBAR MUSCLES

October 24, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nerco Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

SELF CAUGHT HIS SLEEVE IN THE TROUGH ROLLERS CONSEQUENTLY HIS HAND GOT PULLED IN AND FRACTURED HIS LEFT RING FINGER

July 15, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nerco Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING 5 CHUTE EMPLOYEE MISSED HITTING MATERIAL WITH A SPUD BAR & PINCHED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE 2IN CAP ON THE TOP OF THE BAR & THE LIP OF THE HOPPER (CHUTE) CAUGHT BETWEEN TY PE 3

July 9, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
Nerco Minerals Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE MEN WERE EX1OSED TO HYDROGEN CYANIDEGUS AND THEY WERE EXPOSED TO SODIUM CYANIDE SOLUTION. THE EXPOSURE TO THE GAS WAS MONITORED AND DID NOT PRESENT A LIFE THREATENING CONDITION. THE EXPO SURE TO THE SOD3UM CYANIDE WAS NOT MONITORED AND DID PRESENT A LIFE THREATENING CONDITION.

July 9, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
Nerco Minerals Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE MEN WERE EX1OSED TO HYDROGEN CYANIDE GAS AND SODIUM CYANIDE SOLUTION. THE EXPOSURE TO THE GAS WAS MONITORED DID NOT PRESENT A LIFE THREATENING CONDICTION THE EXPOSURE TO THE SODIUM CYANID E WAS NOT MONIT2RED AND DID PRESENT A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.

June 20, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Nerco Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

WHILE CLEANING A CONVEYOR BELT RETURN ROLLER THE PIECE OF STEEL THE EMPLYEE WAS USING BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE ROLLER IN DOING SO HIS LEFT RING AND LITTLE FINGER BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE ROLLER THE RESULT WAS DEEP LACERATIONS TO BOTH FINGERS AT THE DISTAL JOINTS SUTURES WERE NEEDED

April 17, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nerco Minerals Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE CARRYING 5 GAS CAN IN ONE HAND & A CHAIN SED & FELL ONTO HIS BACK HE LANDED ON A STUMP RESULTING IN A CONTUSION TO HIS MID BACK EMPLOYEE TOOK A SHORT CUT HIS SUPERVISOR SPECIFICLY TOLD H IM NOT TO 3

April 16, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nerco Minerals Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE MOVING A 5IMB FROM DOWNED THREE WITH CHAIN SAW IN ONE HAND EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL ON THE SAW HE BRUISED HIS RIBS ON RIGHTSIDE HE WAS INSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT TO SET THE SAW DOWN BEFORE MOVING L3MBS

March 20, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Nerco Minerals Company · Fall from ladders

THE CHERRY PICKER WAS BUTT UP TO THE CEMENT WALL.THE PUMP WAS APPROX.3\FROM THE FLOOR.I NAME WAS BETWEEN THE CHERRY PICKER AND THE LADDER.AT THAT POINT THE CHERRY PICKER STARTED TO TIP OVER I INTO THE PIT.I NAME HAD AHOLDOF THE CABLE CHOKER AND STARTED TO FALL HEAD FIRST INTO THE LADDER.HE LANDED ON HIS HANDS.HE THENM ROLLED OVER AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE PUMP.

January 30, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nerco Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING INSULATED 16\X8\ PANELS USED FOR DEFROSTING FROZEN GROUND BEFORE BACKFILLING AND MOVING JUMPING JACK TAMPER. LIFTING OBJECTS CAUSED LOWER BACK PAIN.

January 29, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Nerco Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING JUMPING JACK TAMPER COMPACTING BACKFILL MATERIAL ON A HORIZONTAL SLOPE CAUSED STRAIN ON GROIN.

January 17, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nerco Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DISMOUNTING THE LOADER LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF STEP AND WENT UNDER FUEL TANK WHEN WEIGHT SHIFTED ANKLE WAS CAUGHT AND CAUSED A SEVERE SPRAINED ANKLE X-RAYS TAKEN, TORN LIGAMENTS BUT NO FRACTURES NO FORM OF MEDICAL TREATMENT GIVEN, JUST ICE AND HEAT ALTERNATION, 3 DAYS LOST TIME

December 10, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nerco Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING APART A FUEL FILTER OF A 769 CAT TRUCK IN ORDER TO TROUBLE SHOOT A PROBLEM THE HACKSAW SLIPPED AND LACERATED THE SKIN AND EXTENXION TENDON ON THE LEFT THUMB JUST PROXIMAL TO THE DISTAL JOINT

August 28, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nerco Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOOSENING UP A 8" LAYER OF TAILINGS (COVERING THE POND LINER) WITH A PICK, THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK (LOWER). THE EMPLOYEE FAILED TO REPORT THIS INJURY IMMEDIATELY. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT, REPORTED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY AND WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE SHIFT. HE MISSED THE NEXT TWO WORKDAYS.

July 9, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Nerco Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUSHING ON TREE BEING CUT BY FELLOW EMPLOYEE; AS EMPLOYEE STEPPED FORWARD TO PUT PRESSURE ON TREE TO PUSH OVER, FELLOW EMPLOYEE WITH CHAIN SAW PULLED BACK FROM CROUCHED POSITION FROM WHICH HE HAD BEEN CUTTING; SAW HAD BEEN TURNED OFF BUT WAS IDLING; SAW CUT LOWER RIGHT LEG-LACERATION REQUIRING 14 STITCHES.

July 6, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Nerco Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING LIMBS OFF A RECENTLY DOWNED TREE WITH CHAIN SAW; AFTER MAKING PASS, EMPLOYEE RAISED UP AND BLADE CUT LEFT LEG, SAW WAS IDLING; LACERATION REQUIRING 10 STICHES 6 INCHES ABOVE KNEE.

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