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WHILE PUTTING HQ LIFTER SHOE ON, THE RODS SPLIT APART CAUSING THE TUBE TO FLIP UP AND HIT EE IN THE CHIN.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS GOING TO CHARGEOUT A DERRICK SCREEN. HE WAS KNEELING AND AS HE STRETCHED OUT TO GRAB THE SCREEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS STOMACH. HE PULLED BACK AND THE PAIN SUBSIDE D, THEN AS HE STRETCHED OUT AGAIN THE PAIN CAME BACK WORSE.

EE REPORTED THAT WHILE DOING CLEANUP ON THE CONE DECK, HIS SHOVEL GOT IN BETWEEN TWO PLATES AND JARRED HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THAT DAY AND THE NEXT THEN WEN TO SEE A DR. DR. "POPPED HI S BACK BACK" INTO PLACE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS USING A GRADER TO GRADETHE ROAD ON #2 SULFIDE STOCK PILE. HIS BLADE CAUGHT A HIDDEN ROCK CAUSING HIS NECK TO JERK WHICHCAUSED DISCOMFORT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK.

THE EMPLOYEE AND WITNESS REPORTED THAT THEY WERE INSTALLING A LIP PROTECTOR ON THE BUCKET OFA FRONT END LOADER CAT 992. THE INJURED EMPLOYEEWAS HOLDING THE LIP PROTECTOR BY ITS HANDLE WHILE THE WITNESSS HIT IT WITH A DOUBLE JACK HAMMER TO FORCE IT OVER THE BUCKET LIP. THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF OF THE PROTECTOR AND HIT THE EMPLOYEES FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING DOWNHOLE HAMMER DOWN USING A 5FT PRY BAR TO TURN THE HAMMER DRILLER BUMPED ROTATION CAUSING PRY BAR TO STRIKE THE HELPER IN THE SHOULDER

EMPLOYEE REPORTED SHE WAS IN THE ASSAY LAB AND HAD TAKEN A POUR BAR OUT OF THE OVEN.AS SHE WAS CARRYING THE BAR A BUTTON FELL OUT ONTO THE FLOOR.SHE TURNED HER HEAD TO SEE WHERE THE BUTTON HAD GONE,TILTED THE BAR AND GOT A 2ND DEGREE BURN ON THE RIGHT WRSIT AND FOREARM AREA.

EE REPORTED THAT WHILE USING THE WINCH ON A DRILL THE HOOK WEIGHT HEADACHE BALL HUNG UP ON THE POWER HEAD AFTER HE HAD RELEASED TENSION ON THE CABLE. IT THEN FELL AND PINCHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGER BETWEEN IT AND CABLE CLAMPS LACERATION THE INDEX FINGER WHICH REQUIRED 4 SUTURES.

EE REPORTED THAT WHILE INSTALLING A TEMPORARY ELECTRICAL POWER CABLE THE WIND BLEW DIRT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. HE TRIED TO WASH IT OUT WHEN HE GOT HOME. WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. SO WENT TO AN EYE DR THE DR REMOVED THE DIRT USING A Q TIP. THEN GAVEHIM A BOTTLE OF ANTIBOTIC DROPS TO USE FOR TWO DAYS.

EE REPORTED THAT ON 10-19-94 WHILE USING A BOBCAT LOADER TO PERFORM CLEAN UP ALONG 9 CONVEYOR, HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK HE CONTINUED TO WORK AT HIS REGULAR JOB, BUT ON 10/2 6 WENT TO SEE A DR AND WAS PLACED ON ONE DAY RESTRICTED DUTY.

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE LEFT REAR TIRE ON A 992 FRONT END LOADER BLEW OUT THE BLOW OUT THREW A ROCK OF ABOUT 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER & 11/2INCHES THICK THRU THE LEFT WING WINDOW OF THE HAUL TRUC K IT WAS LOADING THE ROCK THEN GLANCED OFF OF THE WINDSHIELD HIT THE DRIVER IN THE FOREHEAD & FELL INTO HIS LAP

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT WHILE INSTALLING AN ELECTRIC UNDER TANK PUMP IN THE DUCON THICKNER THEY WERE USING A GASOLINE DRIVEN PUMP TO TAKE THE WATER OUT OF THE THICKNER AFTER THE ELECTRIC PUMP W AS INSTALLED HE STARTED TO TAKE THE DISCHARGE LINE OFF OF THE GASOLINE PUMP THERE WAS PRESSURE IN THE LINE SO HE BLED IT BUT WHEN HE TOOK OFF THE LINE IT SPRAID STEAM ONTO HIS ARM

REPORTED THAT HE WAS IN TEH MILL LOWERING A PUMP INTO A SUMP AND GOT HIS LEFT RING FIGNER PINCHED BETWEEN A CHAIN AND A GUARD ON THE PUMP.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT AS SHE STARTED THE ASSAY SAMPLE MIXING MACHINE. SHE HAD HER FINGER DRAPED OVER THE LIP OF THE MIXER AND A MIXING PADDLE HIT HER LITTLE FINGER ON HER RIGHT HAND AND SMAS HED HER FINGER TIP. AT THE HOSPITAL THE DOCTOR REMOVED HER FINGER NAIL.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT WHILE GETTING UP ONTO HSI HAUL TRUCK TO OPERATE IT. HE PRESSED THE SHIN OF HIS LEFT LEG AGAINST THE TRUCK. BUMPER AND BRUISED HIS SHIN. HE CONTINUED TO WORK HIS REGUL AR JOB. BUT ON 12-10-93 HE WENT TO SEE A DR AND HE USED A NEEDLE TO DRAW OUT LIQUID AND REDUCE SWELLING.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS DRIVING A LUBE TRUCK DOWN THE WEST SIDE OF THE PIT TO GO INTO THE SLEEPER PIT. AS HE ROUNDED A CURVE, HE LOST CONTROL AND THE TRUCK SKIDDED AND THEN TIPPED OVER ONTO I TS LEFT SIDE PINNING HIM IN THE TRUCK, BETWEEN THE SEAT, THE DOOR AND STEERING WHEEL. HE WAS PINNED APPROX. 1 HR AND 30 TO 40 MINS.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT WHILE GETTING HER TRUCK LOADED LOADER OPERA TOR HIT THE TRUCK BED WITH THE LOADER BUCKET ARM WHILE AT THE SAME TIME DROPPING A LARGE ROCK INTO THE BED THE SUDDEN JARRING MOTION CAUSSED HER BACK TO POP OUT SHE REPORTS THE P[ROBLEM WITH HER BACK AS ONGOING & CAN OCCUR ANY TIME THERE IS A SUDDEN MOTION

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS STARTING TO REPLACE A DRILL BIT ON DRILL NUMBER 7. AS HE STARTED TO PUT THE BIT BREAKER INTO PLACE IT SLIPPED & FELL ON THE TIP OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. THE BI T BREAKER WEIGHTS ABOUT 30 LBS.

EE REPORTED THAT ON 8-6-93 WHILE WALKING UP A RAMP HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND FELT PAIN IN HIS ACHILLES TENDON, BUT CONTINUED DOING HIS REGULAR JOB. ON8-11-93 HE SAW A DOCTOR & WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A TORN AND PARTIALLY DETACHED TENDON.

EE STATED THAT HIS LEFT EYE TARTED TO ITCH HE RUBBED IT WITH A DIRT HAND AND GOT SOMETHING IT IT. HE WENT TO THE DR AND WAS GIVEN RX MEDICATION.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT ON 8/2/93 HE WAS LIFTING A U-JOINT ASSEMBLY TO PUT IT IN A BOX WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. HE CONTINUED TO DO HIS REGULAR JOB. ON 8/9/93 HE WENT TO A DOCTOR A ND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A HERNIA.

EMPLOYEER REPORTED HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM A HAUL TRUCK. WHEN HE REACHED THE GROUND HE STEPPED WRONG, ONTO A LOOSE ROCK, AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. HE DID NOT SEE A DR ABOUT THE INJURY UNTIL 7 -15-93 AT THAT TIME, NO TREATMENT WAS GIVEN AND HE RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY ON 7-23-93. THE DR SENT HIM BACK TO WORK WITH A RELEASE STATING HE HAD TO WEAR AN ANKLE BRACE.

EE REPORTED HE WAS USING A SUPER SUCKER VACUUM TRUCK WITH THE 4 INCH HOSE ATTACHMENT TO VACUUM ROCK OUT OF A PLUGGED ROCK BOX AT A SCREEN HIS LEFT HAND AND FOREARM GOT SUCKED INTO THE HOSE AND AT THE SAME TIME TWISTING HIS THUMB AND WRIST AT AN AWKWARD ANGLE X RAYS NEGATIVE EE PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY STATUS.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING WATER HOSE TO WASH DOWN IN REAGENT AREA OF MILL. WHILE SHOWERING FELT DIZZY AND SLIGHT HEADACHE. PRECAUTIONARY TREATMENT FOR CYANIDE POISONING & TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. ALTHOU GH NO SYMPTOMS OF CYANIDE POISONING @ HOSPITAL DR. INSISTED ON IV TREATMENT. EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE DAYS OFF FOR BROKEN BLISTERS ON BUTTOCKS.

EE REPORTED THAT HE, AND THE WITNESS WERE EACH ON FRONT END LOADERS MUCKING ON A LARGE PILE OF MUCK AT THE END OF THE OVERLAND CONEYOR. EE WANTED TO TALK TO WITNESS SO HE GOT OUT OF HIS CAB A ND ONTO THE DECK, AND WALKED TO THE FRONT OF THEMACHINE. AS HE GAE WITNESS A HAND SIGNAL HE STEPPED BACKWARD AND FELL OF OF THE DECK, HIT THE FRONT TIRE AND ON TO THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS TAKING CENTER TUBES OUT OF THE SECONDARY SCREEN AT THE CRUSHER, AFTER HAVING CUT THEN IN HALF. AS HE REMOVED ONE 4 FOOT SECTION OF 5 INCH TUBE, HE TURNED TO LAY IT ON THE CONE DECK. AS HE TURNED HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE TUBE AND AN I BEAM LACERATING THE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD PULLED THE REAR AXLE OFF OF A HUAL TRUCK. HE TOOK THE PANHARD ROD OFF AND LAID IT ON TOP OF THE AXLE. THE ROD STARTED TO SLIP HE TRIED TO CATCH IT AND PULLED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND ELBOW. NOTE: EMPLOYEES CALLED A PANHARD ROD A DOGBONE.

EMPL REPORTED THAT WHILE PUSHING A HAND TRUCK WITH TOOLS ON IT BETWEEN THE REAR TIRES OF A HAUL TRUCK & A SHOP VICE, THE WHEELS ON THE CART STOPPED SUDDENLY WHEN THEY CAME UP AGAINST THE 1" HI GH VICE PUSHING HIS THUMB BACKWARD.

EE REPORTED THAT DUE TO A VEHICLE COLLISION SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT THE MARIGOLD MINE SHE HOW SUFFERS FROM FREQUENT BACK PAIN ON THE NIGHT SHIFT OF 4-3-93 SHE WENT OVER A ROUGH SECTION OF ROAD IN HER HAUL TRUCK AND EXPERIENCED MID BACK PAIN SHE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED STATUS UNTIL SHE COULD SEE A PHYSICIAN.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT WHILE CHANGING A DRILL BIT HE FELT A TWINGE OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. THE PAIN CAME AND WENT FOR SEVERAL DAYS, SO ON 4/7/93, HE REPORTED IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR. HE WAS SENT TO A DOCTOR AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD A HERNIA.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS PUSHING/LIFTING A DOZER TRACK BY HAND AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR FOR BACK ADJUSTMENT.

EE REPORTED THAT WHILE PUTTING DRIP IPES ON A 6 WAY REGULATOR AT THE LEACH PAD THE PLASTIC PIPE BROKE AND SPRAYED SOLUTION INTO HIS FACE. HE SWALLOWED TWO MOUTH FULL OF A .38 LB PER TON CYANID E WATER SOLUTION AS A PRECAUTION HE WAS TAKEN TOTHE EMERGENCY RM AND WHILE THERE AN IV WAS INSERTED SO CONTINUOS BLOOD GAS MONITORING COULD BE DONW AND SO HE COULD RECEIVE SODIUM THIOSULFATE

EMPLOYEE WAS USING WEED BURNER TO DEFORST MUD ONCONVEYOR BELT WHEN ROLLER BROKE FREE A PIECE OF MUD POPPED OUT HIT EMPLOYEE'S HARD HAT & SLID BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HIS EYE WAS HURTING AND THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE RECEIVED AN ARC FLASHBURN. HOWEVER WHEN EXAMINED BY A DOCTOR THERE WAS FOREIGN MATERIAL IN EYE. EMPLOYEE HAD NO IDEA HOW FOREIGN M ATERIAL GOT IN EYE AND MAY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR DAYS.

EMPLOYEE HAD SPENT FULL WORK DAY CHANGING LINERS INSIDE A BALL MILL. EMPLOYEE WENT HOME AND THAT NIGHT, JUST BEFORE GOING TO BED, BEGAN TO EXPEREINCE PAIN IN LEFT EYE. THE NEXT DAY, WHEN HE WE NT TO AN EYE DOCTOR, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. THE ONLY PLACE HE THOUGHT HE COULD HAVE GOTTON IT WAS AT WORK. THE DOCTOR GAVE HIM A BOTTLE OF PRESCRIPTION MED

ON 01-05-93 EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A 40 TON MOBILE CRANE AS HE STARTED DOWN A HILL THE CRANE BEGAN TO SLIDE N THE SNOWY/ICY ROAD & TURNED OVER EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKED BY A PHYSICIAN & RETURNED TO H IS REGULAR JOB INITIAL COMPLAINT WAS OF SLIGHT NECK PAIN HOWEVER AN MRI ON 04-22-93 SHOWED FURTHER TREATMENT TO BE NECESSARY & THE PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK STATUS MAKING INJURY REPORTABLE AT

EE REPORTED THAT ON 1-2-93 HE WAS DRAGGING CUTTING EDGES FOR A 16G MOTOR A RADER UNDER THE GRADER WHILE HE WAS BENDING OVER HE FELT PAIN IN POWER BACK EE WENT TO DR BUT NO TREATMENT WAS GIVEN AT THAT TIME ON 1/29/93 EE HAD FOLLOW UP TREATMENET ON INJURY.

EE REPORTED HE WAS DRIVING TR-14 ON LEACH PAD 4 ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE WAS LEVEL IT WAS ALSO SLICK WITH ICE HE SHIFTED TO A LOWER GEAR AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SKID HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE SKI D BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE TRUCK THEN WENT INTO A SIDE SKID AND TURNED OVER ONTO ITS SIDE.

EE REPORTED THAT AS HE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER SEVERAL ROCKS HIT HIS BUCKET CAUSING THE MACHINE TO ROCK AND MAKING HIS BACK HURT. AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE HIS BACK DID NOT HURT B ADLY SO HE CONTINUED TO WORK THAT AND SEVERAL MORE DAYS THE PAIN PERSISTED SO HE SAW A DR ON 11-5-92 AND WAS PLACED ON A RESTRICTED DUTY STATUS.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REMOVAL OF A PALLET RACK (PALLET SHELVES). A CROSS JOINT SLIPPED AND FELL SCRAPING HIS SHIN.

EMPLOYEE STATED DURING WINDY/DUSTY WEATHER CONDITIONS, A METAL PARTICLE WAS LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. ACCIDENT REPORTED BECAUSE OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER, A BANK CAME DOWN HITTING THE LOADER AND JARRED THE EMPLOYEE, INSIDE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY BECAUSE OF PAIN IN HIS NEKC AND BACK. AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF RECORDS SHOWED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS MISTAKENLY, NOT REPORTED, AT THE TIME.

54736YEE STARTED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT AND MOVE A FOUR-INCH PLASTIC PIPE, HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

54736YEE STATED THAT AS HE STEPPED DOWN FROM A STEP ONTO THE CARBON STRIPPIGN DECK OF THE MILL, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE STATED WHILE REACHING FOR A HANDRAIL HE HIT HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND ON THE RAIL. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 7-14-92, BUT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 9-22-92.

EMPL CARRYING SAMPLE BAG IN RIGHT HAND.REACHED TO PICK UP A SAMPLE WITH LEFT HAND AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

FELT PAIN IN BACK WHILE OPER FRONT END LOADER Y

WHILE OPENING METAL CAN CONTAINING WELDING ELECTRODE,CAN SLIPPED FROM EMPL HOLD AND CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER ON SHARP EDGE OF CAN.STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE CUT.

STEPPING OFF PLATFORM KNEE BENT AND FELT PAIN IN KNEE

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE ADJUSTING FLOP GATE THE GATE BECAME LODGED EMPLOYEE TRIED TO DISLODGE THE GATE & GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN GATE & CHUTE BEAM