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EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING MUCK CAR TO MUCKER, CAUGHT TIP OF THIRD FINGER ON RGHT HAND IN CABLE CRUSHING TIP OF FINGER CASUING AMPUTATION OF TIP OF FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SCALING BAR, WORKING ON THE BACK WHEN ROCK FELL ON LEFT FOOT GASHING FOOT AND TEARING TENDON.
DRIVING ON MINE PROPERTY SWEVERED TO MISS DEER RAN OFF THE ROAD DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT BROKEN RT LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS BLOWING WATER OUT OF LIFTER WITH BLOWPIPE HOLDING FOOT OVER THE HOLE ROCK FELL HIT HIM ON THE KNEE CAUSING SOFT TISSUE INJURY OF LEFT KNEE
CUTTING STEEL GUARD FINISHED CUTTING JUMPED DOWN PULLED LOWER BACK
MOTOR DERAILED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN FROM FLATCAR ON WHICH HE WAS RIDING
EMPLOYEE WAS SLUSHING WHEN A DITCH BOARD CAME LOOSE, TURNED UP A NAIL UNDER THE WATER AND EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON IT. PUNCTURE WOUND THROUGH BIG TOE OF RIGHT FOOT.
MUCKING MACHINE JUMPED TRACK AND SWUNG AROUND HITTING EMPL LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN THE CRUSHER, ABNORMAL POSTION CAUSED SLIPPED DISC IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING WITH AN EIMCO 22 MUCKING MACHINE, CAUGHT RIGHT ANKLE BETWEEN MACHINE AND THE RIB CAUSING BRUISING AND STRESS TO THE ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN WITH A SCALING BAR WHEN A SMALL ROCK CHIP HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH, CHIPPING LEFT FRONT TOOTH.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING RAIL OVER, BAR SLIPPED WRENCHING BACK AND BR HIT HIM ON LEFT COLLARBONE.
DRIVING SPIKE INTO TIE WITH AXE, MISSED HITTING LEFT THUMB CAUSING FRACTURE OF TIP OF LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE SHOT ROUND BLAST CARRIED DOWN OLD UNKNOWN LONGHOLE KNOCKING SLABS OFF ONTO EMPLOYEE CAUSED CONTUSIONS TO PINE HEAD & RT.ANKLE & RT.ANKLE SPRAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO POUT MOTOR BACK ON TRACK & TWISTED BACK
LIME BUILDUP ON MOTOR SHEAVE DISCHARGEED LIME INTO EMP EYES CAUSING LIME BURNS BOTH EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN MUCK HANGUP IN CHUTE, PINCHED LEFT INDEX FINGER, CAUSING FRACTURE OF LEFT INDEX FINGER.
STEPPED ON TIE UNDERWATER, SLIPPED, TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING IN STOPE POCKET AND WAS OVERCOME BY POWDER GAS FROM PREVIOUS ROUNDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MACHINE AND PULLED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOEE WAS DUMPING CAR WITH A BAR AND W AS HIT IN THE RIBS, CAUSING PAIN AND STIFFNESS. (THIS ACCIDNET WAS NONREPORTABLE AT THIS TIME, BUT ON 9-6-88 THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR AND WAS PUT ON LIGHT DUTY BECAUSE OF BRUISING AND RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN. AT THAT TIME HTIS ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE).
EMPLOYEE WAS COLLARING A HOLE, SLAB FELL FROM HANGING WALL, BREAKING STAGING BOARD AND THROWING EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF MACHINE PULLING RIGHT GROIN MUSCLE.
MAN WAS RIDING THE MANTRIP-CABLE BROKE AND SKIP FELL APPROX. 40' BREAKING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STAGING UP-LAID 2"X12' OVER SPRIG-IT FLIPPED BACK-CAUGHT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT ARM, BREAKING RIGHT WRIST.
CARRYING TMBER - PULLED BACK MUSCLES. (LOST TIME ACCIDENT, NOT REPORTED.) (AUDITED BY NACHO BENITEZ).
JARRED HIS BACK WHEN HE KICKED OUT AS HE WAS COMEING DOWN ON SKIP.
SCIATIC PAIN AND BRUISING OF LOWER BACK AND KEFT HIP MOVING TIMBER ACROSS STOPE PULLED MUSCLEDS.
MOVING METAL CHUTE WITH TRAVELING CRANE USING 1/2" CHAIN. TRYING TO CLEAR AN OBSTRUCTION WHEN CHAIN SLIPPED AND CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN CHAIN AND CHUTE CAUSING A RAGGED GASH WHICH REQUIRED 6 STICHES.
EMPLOYEE BREATHED TOO MUCH CARBON MONOXIDE FROM AREA NOT AIRED OUT COMPLETELY AFTER BLASTING, CAUSING TEMPORARY RESPIRATORY FAILURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GO3NG INTO WORKING AREA THAT HAD BEEN BLASTED THE NIGHT BEFORE AIR HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED RESULTING IN CARBON MONOXIDE CAUSED TEMPORARY RESPIRATORY FAILURE
LIFTING RAIL WI7H JACK FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT RIBS.
FOREIGN BODY RO7K CHIP IN LEFT EYE HELPING PARTNER COLLAR DRILL HOLE.
TRACK MAINTAINA3CE ROCK CHIP FLEW UP INTO RT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING A ROUND-A PIECE OF ROCK WAS EMBEDDED IN EYE-BECAME INFECTED TWO DAYS LATER.
EMPL BARRING DO4N IN FINGER SLAB FELL FROM HANGING WALL AND HIT HIM ON SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING 6'6" RAIL FROM THE STATION TO THE SKIP WHEN FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
RUNNING GEOPHY8ICAL SURVEY WHEN STEPPED OFF LARGE BOULDER ON STEEP SLOPE TWISTING RT KNEE
LOADING HOLES W2EN ROCK ROLLED AND LANDED ON RIGHT SKIN AND ANKLE.
CLIMBING A LADD9R.
EMPLOYEE WAS MU7KING INTO A 5 TON MUCK CAR WITH HIS PARTNER WHEN MUD SPLASHED INTO HIS RT EYE CAUSING INFLAMATION OF OUTER SIDE OF RT EYEBA
EMPLOYEE WAS BA9RING DOWN THE RIBS OF AN OLD DRIFT WHEN A THIN SLAB ROLLED ON EDGE TOWARD HIM AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT
EMPL TRAVELING 6Y TRACK BIKE OUT OF MINE.MUCK TRAIN WAS DERAILED AND EMPL DIDNT SEE IT.HIT MUCK TRAIN INJURING NOSE AND FOREHEAD.NOSE WAS SEVERLELY BROKEN AND FOREHEAD WAS SCRATCHED AND BRUISE
REMOVING TRACK 8PIKES WITH A SPIKE BAR. SPIKE CMAE LOOSE SUDDENLY PINCHING EES MIDDLE LEFT HAND FINGER BETWEEN THE RAIL & THE BAR. MASHED FINGER.
EE WAS MOVING 838 TIMBERS THAT WERE STACKED ON TOP OF ROCK BOLTS THAT HE NEEDED. 8X8 FELL OVER & H IT HIM IN THE FOOT. BRUISED RIGHT ANKLE & OUTSIDE OF INSTEP.
LOWERING RAIL W3TH A CABLE HOIST; HOIST RELEASED AND DROPPED RAIL ON EMPLOYEE'S FOOT (LEFT).
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON FLAT CAR RAISING TIMBERTO PARTNER,SLIPPED ON MUD AND FELL HITTING HIS COLLARBONE AND NECK ON A FLATCAR STAKE.BAD BRUISE ON LEFT COLLARBONE AND NECK BEHIND LEFT EAR.
STRIPPING AND R9PLACING DECKING IN DIAMOND DROLL STATION WHEN PULLED A BOARD LOOSE AND STEPPED ON A NAIL THAT WAS HOLDING THE BOARD EMBEDDING IT IN BALLOF RIGHT FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A CHEATER PIPE ON SLUSHER CLUTCH HANDLE & PULLING TOWARD HIMSELF WHEN CLUTCH ADJUSTMENT BOLT BROKE & EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS BRUISING HIS TAILBONE
EMPLOYEE WAS BA9RING DOWN USING A SCALING BAR.BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE NEAR THE RIGHT EYE,CUTTING FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO WASH THE MILL FLOOR, SLIPPED AND FELL BREAKING OFF A FRONT TOOTH AT THE GUM LINE.