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EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE PROCESS PUMP WHEN THE PUMP SHIFTED & CUT THE SMALL FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
THE EMPLOYEE GOT A PICK UP TRUCK STUCK ON THE HEAP. IN TRYING TO GET IT OUT THE EMPLOYEE SAID HE FELT A TWING ON HIS BACK. REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR, BUT SAID HE DID NOT NEED TO SEE DR. WENT TO DR. AFTER HOURS THAT EVENING.
EE WAS CLEANING WEEDS ALONG HEAP AND SLIPPED ON STEEP SURFACE.
ELMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE DISMANTLING OF A FAN PLATFORM. THE PLATFORM UPSET, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE WITH IT'S LEGS. THE EMPLOYEE RECIEVED STRAIN AND CONTUSION TO HIS LUMBAR AND RIGHT B UTTOCKS. EMPLOYEE WAS SKILLED AND PROFICIENT. ALSO, HE WAS WEARING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. HE FOLLOWED SAFETY RULES.
EMPLOYEE WAS OBSERVING SAFETY RULES. NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED. EMPLOYEE WAS SKILLED & PROFICIENT. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING PROPER PRTECTIVE CLOTHING. EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHE R.
EMPLOYEE WAS OBSERVING SAFETY RULES. STEERING MECHANISM BROKE ON THE BOB-CAT. EMPLOYEE WAS SKILLED AND PROFICIENT. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING PROPER PERSONAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND SEAT BELT.
NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT WAS NOTED EMPLOYEE REPORTED EXTREME PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND WAS PROVIDED MEDCIAL CARE.NO VIOLATIONS NOTED,NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED,EMPLOYEE IS FULLY TRAINED AND PROFICIENT IN ALL PPE WAS IN USE.
EMPLOEYE WAS OPERATING A SUMP PUMP THE PUMP LOST PRIME AND WAS LEFT RUNNING DRY.EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN PRIME VALVE WITH OUT SHUTTING OFF PUMP.EMPLOYEE WAS SPRAYED WITH STEAM AND HOT WATER. NO SPECIFIC RULES WERE BROKEN EQUIPMENT WAS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.THE EMPLOYEE FAILED TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES FOR PRIMING PUMP.EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING PPE REDUCING THE SEVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT.
EMPL WAS STANDING ON HANDRAIL OF LOADER STRETCHING TO OPEN AC UNIT COVER. EMPL FAILED TO FOLLOW SAFE WORK PRACTICE STANDING ON RAIL NOT UTILIZING LADDER. EMPL IS FULLY TRAINED & QUALIFED MINER PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT & PROPER EQUIPMENT WAS AVAILABLE TO PERFORM ASSIGNED TASK.
EE TRIPPED AND FELL ON TO LEFT KNEE. EE WAS TREATED BY CO DR FIRST AID RELEASED TO WORK EE RETURNED FOR FURTHER TREATMENT DID NOT NOTIFY THE CO UTIL 9-30-91. NO VIOLATION OF SAFETY HOLES WAS N OTED MINE EQUIPMENT WAS NOTE INVOVLED MINER IS EXPERIENCED AND QUALIFINALY ALL PROTECTIVE EQU. USED.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BEARING FROM A 16-G GRADER WITH A HAMMER AND PUNCH.WHEN INJURED STRUCK THE PUNCH WITH THE HAMMER A CHIP OFF OF THE PUNCH FLEW STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT FOREARM AND BECOM ING EMBEDDED IN HIS ARM.EMPLOYEE REPORTED THE INJURY TO SUPERVISOR ON 08-16-91 BUT REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 08-17-91.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE BEARING HOUSING FROM THE BOTTOM SELF IN THE WAREHOUSE, EMPLOYEE FAILED TO GET ASSISTANCE TO FOR LIFT, STRAINING HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT VIOLATE SPECIFIC WORK RULE, NO E QUIPMENT WAS NOT INVOLVED INDIVIDUAL IS BEING RETRAINED IN SAFE LIFTING, WAS PROPERTY USED.
THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF THE BOTTOM RUNG OF THE LADDER HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED IN SOFT SOIL CAUSING THE ANKLE TO BE SPRAINED.EMPLOYEE HAD NOT ASSURED THAT THE SOIL AT THE PLACE OF THE LADDER WAS STABLE.NO EQUIPMENT WAS A FAULT.MINER IN CURRENT ON ALL TRAINING.ALL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WAS USED.
EMPL ATTEMPTED TO JUMP FROM BOTTOM RUNG OF 988 LOADER HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT ON TOP RUNG BY RING ON WEDDING RING CONTRARY TO SAFE WORK PRACTICES. EMPL WAS EXPERIENCED MECHANIC. NO PROTECTIVE EQU IPMENT WAS INVOLVED.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING AN EMPTY PLASTIC TANK A 6INX6INX24IN BLOCK OF WOOD HAD BEEN PLACED ON TOP OF THE TANK THE WOOD BLOCK SLID OFF STRIKING I NAME ON HIS HAR HAT EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING ALL PPE EM PLOYERS FAILED TO FOLLOW SAFE WORK AWARDINES EMPLOYERS WERE FULLY TRAINED & QUALIFIED FOR THE TASK NO MSHA REGULATIONS WERE VIOLATED
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON JTA0744 HAUL TRUCK WHEN HIS RIGHT EYE STARTED TO BOTHER HIM.HE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT BUT ON 05-29-91 REQUESTED TREATMENT AND WAS TAKEN T O THE DOCTOR.
BEING LOADED WHEN BUCKET OF LOADER STRUCK REAR OF TRUCK IT JERKED PAIN IN NECK
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE WORKING ON THE HYDROLIC SYSTEM OF THE 988 CAT LOADER.
EMPL WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK JTA0627 WITH LOAD OF ORE TO ORE DUMP. HE BACKED UP TO BERM & STARTED TO DUMP WHEN APPARENTLY DUMP FAILED CAUSING HAUL TRUCK TO ROLL OVER BACKWARDS OFF OF ORE DUMP 7 0 TO 70' ROLLING SEVERAL TIMES COMING TO REST ONRIGHT SIDE OF TRUCK AT BOTTOM OF SLOPE.
EMPLOYEE BENT DOWN TO PICKUP A ROCK TO CHOCK A TIRE ON A TIRE TRUCK WHILE SETTING A GENERATOR AND BEFORE HE PICKED UP THE ROCK HIS BACK POPPED.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING INHAUL TRUCK #736 BEING LOADED BY A CAT 988 LOADER #842 WHEN THE LOADER STRUCK THE REAR OF THE HAUL TRUCK CAUSING IT TO JERK.THE JERK CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HIS CJ\ HIN ON THE STEERING WHEEL OF THE HAUL TRUCK.EMPLOYEE STATED 01-30-91 THAT HE WAS FINE AND DIDN'T WANT TO SEE A DOCTOR BUT CHANGED HIS MINE 01-31-91.
EMPL LIFTED SAMPLE BAGS AND STRAINED BACK.BAGS WERE BEING TRANSPORTED IN A PICKUP.EMPL LIFTED BAGS UP AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.TAILGATE ON TRUCK NOT WORKING.
I.NAME RECD BURNS TO FACE,NECK & HAND WHEN TRUCK STARTED BACKFIRING.I.NAME WAS POURING GASOLINE FROM NON-APPROVED CONTAINER INTO CARBURATOR,JERKED SPLASHING HIMSELF WITH GAS.IT IGNITED BY THE BACKFIRE.SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN AND PREVENTED SERIOUS INJURY.
I.NAME OPERATING LOADER IMPROPERLY.EQUIP HADNT BEEN INSPECTED PRIOR TO OPERATION.FACTORY SAFETY EQUIP HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THE RIGHT SEAT ? WAS LOOSE.THE OPERATOR WAS EXPERIENCED,WAS WEARING R EQUIRED PROTECTIVE EQUIP AND SEAT BELTS BUT WAS OPERATING TOO FAST FOR THE CONDITIONS CAUSING THE LOADER TO TILT FORWARD AND SNAP BACK STRAINING HIS NECK.
CLIMBING IN R WINDOW OF PICKUP HIT KNEE ON SIDE OF TRUCK DOOR NOT OPER
INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED ADDITIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT AND WAS OFF WORK 05-10-90 THROUGH 06-07-90.
EMPL PREPARING SAMPLES,CRUSHING ROCK WITH ROLL CRUSHER.EMPL FAILED TO FOLLOW RXD PROCEDURES AND STOPPED ROLLERS WITH HAND.THIS WAS A NEW TASK,SUPV DIDNT PROPERLY INSTRUCT EMPL.EMPL DIDNT USE S HUT OFF AS INSTRUCTED;FINGER & THUMB WAS CAUGHT IN ROLLER.
ADJUSTING CHEMICAL FLOW,WIND GUST BLEW EMPTY CHEMICAL CONTAINER ONTO EMPL.WIND UNUSUALLY STRONG-70 MPH -EXCESS OF 100 MPH.THE PLANT EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES,FENCES,ETC.
EE WAS LOADING 10 BAGS OF ORE SAMPLES INTO PICK UP. TAILGATE OF THE PICK UP WAS UP. WOULD NOT OPEN. EE DID NOT INITIATE REPAIR PROCESSURE ON TRUCK TAILGATE. EE STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING BAGS OVER TAILGATE.
INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED ADDITIONAL TREATMENT 01-08-90 THROUGH 02-07-90,RELEASED TO RETURN 02-07-90.FAILED TO RETURN TERMINATED.
INDIVIDUAL STEPPED OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT LOOP CAUGHT ON EMERGENCY PULL CORD SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL WAS CAUSED TO STEP OFF BALANCE ON TO HIS LEFT FOOT INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LOWER BACK HIP & LEFT LEG NO RULES WERE VIOLATED OR EQUIPMENT FAILED INDIVIDUAL WAS FULLY QUALIFIED ALL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WAS IN USE
PIPE WRENCH WAS BEING USED TO ADJUST SHACKLE PIN,SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE ACROSS BRIDGE OF NOSE.IMPROPER TOOL UTILIZED,TOOL WAS WORN.WRENCH WAS BORROWED FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.EMPLOYEES INVOLV ED WERE INEXPERIENCED AT TASK FURTHER TRAINING IS TAKING PLACE.ALL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WAS WORN,SAFETY GLASSES MOST LIKELY PREVENTED MORE SERIOUS INJURY.
EMPL WAS OPERATING LOADER COMPLAINED OF NECK PAIN. NO VIOLATIONS OF REGULATIONS WERE NOTED INCIDENT INVOLVED POWERED LOADER NO APPARENT FAILURE NOTED. JOB SKILLS WERE NOT A FACTOR NOR WAS PROT ECTIVE CLOTHING.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON ROCK <2IN-3INDIAMETER| SLIPPED & INJURED HIS ANKLE NO REGULATION WERE VIOLATED NO EQUIPMENT FAILED TRAINING JOB SKILLS NOT INVOLVED ALL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WAS IN USE
DIRT WEAS BLOWN FROM A PORTABLE CONVEYOR & ENTERED EMPLOYEES EYE EMPLOYEE FAILED TO REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MORNING EMPLOYEES FAILER TO REPORT THE INJURY AS REQUIRED BY MINE REGU LATIONS PREVENTED TREATMENT THAT WOULD HAVE LESSONED THE ACCIDENTS SERIOUSINESS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE EQUIPMENT THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT WEAR ALL PROTECTIVE EQUIP AVAILABLE GOGGLES & WAS RECEI
INDV OPERATING AIR IMPACT WRENCH REMOVING LINER ON A C CONE...CAUGHT BETWEEN IMPACT WRENCH HAND LE AND SPIDER BUSHING WHEN LINER BROKE FREE.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A ROCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER THE EMPLOYEE REACHED INSIDE THE ROCK BOX WHILE THE JAW WAS RUNNING, THE BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND IMPACTED HIS THUMB AGAINST THE ROCK BOX. MAKIN BALL IS THE SHIFT OPERATOE AND WAS WEARING ALL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.
INDIVIDUAL WAS WORKING IN CLOSE PROXMITY TO THE DOZER WHEN THE OPERATOR OF D-8 ADE A SUDDEN TURN STRICKING HIM IN THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN TO GET A SAMPLE HER LEG TWISTED AND SHE FELT A PAIN.SHE FIRST REPORTED TOA PHYSICIAN ON 07-10-89 AND THE FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 07-15-89.SHE WAS PROPERLY TRAINED WAS PERFOR MING HER JOB PROPERLY WAS WEARING THE PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT.SHE NEEDED TO TAKE PROPER CARE DUE TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE TRAYS USED FOR CATCHING PRECIP FROM THE PRESSES WERE BEING MOVED AFTER BEING FILLED WITH PRECIP. THE TRAYS WERE HEAVY AND HARD TO MOVE THE EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE LOADED TRAY AND THE FRAMWORK OF THE PRESS. THE EMPLOYEE WASPROPERLY TRAINED WAS WEARING PROPER SAFETY EQUIP. WAS PERFORMING THE TASK PROPERLY BUT WITHOUT DUE CARE.
WEATHER COMBINED WITH DUST AND CHEMICALS TEMP EXCEEDED 100 DEG. WEARING EQUIP SUN SCREEN USING PROPER TOOLS .
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS AHND IN ROLLER CRYSHER IN SAMPLE PREP AREA.HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE RULES REQUIRING THE EQUIPMENT POWER BE DISCONNECTED PRIOR TO REMOVING GUARD.THE ACCIDENT INVOLVED A SAMPLE PREP ROLLER CRUSHER.HE HAD HAD PROPERLY TRAINED AND THERE ARE SEVERAL WARNING SIGNS ON THE EQUIPMENT BUT THE EMPLOYEE STILL REMOVED THE GUARD.THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A FEEDER CHUTE TO CLEAR WORK AREA FOR THE IMPACT CRUSHER.HE CLIMBED OVER THE GUARD RAILS OFF THE WORK PLATFORM TO WRAP A CABLE AROUND THE END OF THE CHUTE.THE D RIVE MOTOR FOR THE CONVEYOR BELT UNDER THE CRUSHER WAS OPERATING.THE EMPLOYEE MOVED NEXT TO THE MOTOR AND A SHAFT GRABBED HIS LOOSE CLOTHING CAUSING CONTUSIONS TO THE RIGHT LEG. THE MOTOR TO
EMPL WAS GETTING OFF BOBCAT UTILITY LOADER AND TRIPPED HE WAS DOING THE JOB PROPERLY HE WAS OPERATING A BOBCAT UTILITY LOADER HE WAS PROPERLY TRAINED FOR THE TASK HE WAS WEARING PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING USUAL JOB AND STARTED FEELING PAIN IN SHOULDER. SHE WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR ON 9/12/88. HE DIAGNOSED A RE-INJURY OF ACCIDENT REPORTED 3/17/88.
STRAIN CERVICAL SPINE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF THE BOTTOM RUNG OF LADDER AND HIT THE GROUND HARD. HIS KNEE BENT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. HE NOTICED THE PAIN ABOUT 1 WEEK LATER. HE WAS TRYING TO HURRY OFF OF LADDER. HE W AS DOING JOB IN HURRIED MANNER. HE WAS PROPERLY TRAINED FOR JOB. HE WAS WEARING PROPER SAFETY EUIPMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LIFT LARGE ROCK OUT OF JAW CRUSHER. HE WAS USING PROPER TOOLS, HE WAS DOING IT PROPERLY, HE WAS PROPERLY TRAINED FOR JOB AND HE WAS WEARING PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
THE NEXT DAY AFTER A SHIFT ON THE FRONT END LOADER THE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN
REMOVING FEEDER CHUTE FROM ROTARY CRUSHER WIND CAUGHT THE CHUTE AND KNOCKED EMPLOYEE OFF THE CRUSHER ONTO A GUARD RAIL HE WAS USING THE PROPER TOOLS HE SHOULD HAVE USED EXTRA PRECAUTIONS DUE T HE STRONG WINDS HE HAD THE PROPER TRAINING FOR THE JOB HE WAS WEARING THE PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT