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Cleaning out a crusher when employee's foot was pinched between two pieces of metal.
While preparing for his work became light headed, was taken to VVMC in Cedar he was later transferred to DRMC in St George. On 6/2/2014 he was transferred to SLC Hosp where he passed of natural causes related to his heart. GDC does not believe this constitutes a reportable event under the Mine Act, submits this form out of abundance of caution and err on the side of compliance.
Miner became entangled in belt return roller and sustained fatal injuries. Equipment involved was Rahco mobile stacker, Model m30x1500.
Miner was opening individual bags of lime, and pouring them into a super sack so that we could put it into the process. Miner had proper PPE on, but clean up man not have been sufficient. Miner dermatitis.
Employee attempted to move a piece of rail road track that was laying on another piece of rail road track, by himself, when it moved, it rolled over and smashed his finger. He got stitches and they surgically repaired the right hand ring finger.
Employee was cutting "pex" pipe with a utility knife and the blade of the knife slipped, cutting his right thigh.
Operator was exposed to a new chemical in the mill. Minor burns oh his body. Took him in for medical care as a precaution.
The operator was removing a guard on the bottom of the belt, the guard slipped and fell on his hand causing a laceration on the middle finger of the left hand.
Men were working on the rail cars on track 3 near the mill. Operator was using a grinder with no guard. The wheel caught on the metal and the grinder and the cutting wheel jumped up his forearm cutting it. We transported him to the Work Med clinic where he received 24 stitches. He was released to return to work, modified work release.
While replacing lid on 5 gal paint bucket, hand slipped off screw driver that was being used to bend tab over. Hand slipped off screw driver and index finger was cut by lid tab.
The employee was a supervisor observing work being done by 2 other workers in the SAG Mill. He turned and went to go around the gear being worked on and slipped and fell (same level fall) contacting the edge of metal grating causing a laceration on his rt shin. The laceration required stitches. The employee was released without restrictions.
EE's leg was not paying attention to the equipment that he was working on.
EE was performing maintenance and repairs on equipment when his hand got crushed between two pieces of steel.
Index finger in left hand got pinched and cut between form clamp handle and scissor lift railing as lift was being raised.
Employee removed the supervisors lock to start up the plant, caused an electrical panel to close and the box shorted out.