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AFTER BLAST EE WENT TO INSPECT AREA. DID NOT SEE WHEREHE WAS GOING AND STEPPED ON LOOSE ROCK, TWISTING KNEE.
EE WAS COLLARING HOLE W/JACKLEG DRILL, WHEN ROCKFELL FROM BACK AND HIT HAND ON DRILL, LACERATING IT.
DRILLING 8' UPHOLES WHEN 6' STEEL BROKE THROUGH A CORD A THE BROW. BAR RELEASE FROM THE STEEL, EE GRABBED THE HOSE, MACHINE FELL AGAINST 8 STEEL LOEANING AGAINST RIB THAT THEN HIT INDIVIDIVAL IN HAND HET.
EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM WHEELBARROW, TURNED W/SHOVEFUL, FELT AND KNEE GIVE AWAY.
COLLARING DOWN WHEN ROCK BROKE LOOSE & STRUCK MINER IN L FOOT.
SLIPPED DOWN MUCK PILE INJURED KNEE.
EE EXPERIECED PAIN IN LOW BACK HANDS ASLEEP HEADACHES, DIZZNES
SLUSHER BUCKET FELL ON FOOT WHILE MOVING IT SMASHED R FOOT
ROCK FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN HEAD, POSSIBLE NECK INJURY.
LIFTING POWDER INJURED L. SHOULDER, LOW BACK.
EMP. WAS FEELING ILL. POSSIBLE PNEUMONIA.
R.O.P.S ON LOADER STRUCK RIB AND SHEARED SUPPORT BOLTS HOLDING IT TO LOADER FRAME ROPS FELL ON RIGHT HAND SMASHING ANS SEVERLY LACERATING IT. POSSIBLE LOSS OF MIDDLE FINGER DEEP JAGGED LACERAT ION ACROSS PALM OF RIGHT HAND.
FINGERS WAS PINCHED IN SLIDING PIVOT OF JACKLEG.
CARRYING TRANSMISSION TRIPPED AND DROPPED ON FOOT.
SLIPPED AND TRIPPED WHLE STEPPING BACKWARDS.
TWISTED WRIST WHILE HOLDING CYLINDER.
SCALING FOOT WALL, ROCK FELL & BROKE 4" X 6" PLANK USED AS PLATFORM, EE FELL & LANDED ON FEET.
DRILLING WHEN ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EMP. IN NOSE POSSIBLE CRACK.
ROCK FELL STRIKING EE ON SHOULDER AND ANKLE ROCK FELL FROM BACK RIB
EE STATES WHILE LIFTING CORE TUBE UP THROUGH RODS, CORE CAME OUT AND ENTRAPPED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN ROD AND PIPE.
STANDING ON BACKHOE TRACK. EMPLOYEE FELL OFF ANDTRIED TO BERAK FALL WITH HIS ARM. POSSIBLE STRAIN RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ACTING AS COUNTERWEIGHT ON BOBCAT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL CRACKING RIBS.
WHILE DRILLING, LOOSE ROCK FELL OUT OF BACK AND STRUCK EMP. ON HEAD.
ROCKROLLED DOWN MUCK PILE AND STRUCK EE IN R SHORT
SLID OFF LADDER DOWN FACE OF MUCK PILE. LADDER WAS NOT SET. HURT RIGHT KNEE.
ROCK FELL AND HIT EE IN HEAD. POSSIBLE NECK INJURY.
MINER OPERATING A JACKLEG DRILL COLLARING A HOLE AT A CLOSE ANGLE. THE BIT SLIPPED OUT OF THE HOLE AND THE DRILL FOLDED BACK AGAINST THE LEG, PINCHING HIS LEFT HAND.
MINER WAS OPERATING A JACKLEG DRILL FROM ON TOP OF A MUCK PILE DRIVING A SPLIT SET BOLT. SOME ROCK BROKE AWAY & THE BOLT BENT & THE DRILL TIPPED OVER TO THE DOWNHILL SIDE OF THE MUCK PILE. THE OPERATOR/MINER TUMBLED DOWN TO MUCK PILE WITH THE DRILL & A ROCK OR THE LEG HIT HIM ON THE BACK.
AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES ARE UNDETERMINED. EE WAS SENT TO A LOCAL CLINIC AND THEN REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST AT A REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR CAT, SCAN, MRI, NEUROLOGIAL ASSESME NT. TREATED AND RELEASED TO GO HOME, NOT RELEASETO RETURN TO WORK.
WHILE SCALING BACK, A ROCK CAME DOWN, ROLLED DOWN AND HIT EMP IN THE SHIN CAUSING A BRUISE AND OPEN WOUND. ON ABOUT 8-20-96, WOUND WAS STILL OPEN WITH PUS AND DRAINAGE. MINER SENT TO CLINIC AN D DID NOT RETURN TO WORK FOR 3 DAYS.
MINER WAS WALKING UP DECLINE, LEFT LEG SLIPED, FELL ON INSIDE OF KNEE. BRUISE ABOVE INSIDE LEFT KNEE. MEDIAL COLLATRAL LIGAMENT IS TENDER TO TOUCH AND MOVEMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING BOULDER FROM APRON FEEDER ON CRUSHER WITH A BAR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS 10 FEET ONTO MUCKPILE.
MINER DRILLING FACE IN A RAISE ROCK FALLING FROM FACE HIT HIS HAND HAT AND PUSHED IT DOWN ONTO THE MINERS NOSE AND FACE. SORENESS AND STIFNESS IN NECK. DR CLINIC REFURED HIM TO OROTHOPEDIC SUR GEON TO INVESTIGATE CERVICAL SPINE INJURY.
EE CLIMBER UP ON TOP OF FLOATATION CELL TANK TO GAIN ACCESS TO BROKEN DRIVE BELT, HIS RIGHT FOOTSLIPPED OFF CELL. HE FELL WITH ENTIRE WEIGHT ON EDGE OF FLOATATION CELL.
SURFACE UTILITY WORKERS WERE UNLOADING FREIGHT INCULDING 12' 8X8 MINE TIMBERS BY HAND FROM AN AIRPLANE (SIDE DOOR OF A DC6). DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON'S WORK, THIS WORKER STRAINED MUS CLES IN HIS ABDOMEN AND BACK SEVERELY ENOUGH THAT THE FOLLOWING DAY HE HAD TO DISCONTINUE WORK & SEE A DR. DR. SUBSEQUENTLY EXCUSED HIM FROM RETURN TO WORK.
EE WAS WALKING TO WORK AREA AND SLIPPED ON ICE AT PORTAL AND HYPER EXTENDDED WRIST WHEN HE LANDED ON IT. WORKING WITH JACKLEG DRILL HAS CONTINUALLY IRRITATED WRIST. ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO SU PERVISOR ON 2-11-96, EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ASSISTANC ON 4-15-96.
MINER WAS MOVING AIR HEADER ON 2" BULL HOSE, HIS HAND BUMPED A VALVE HANDLE, TURNING THE VALVE ON AND SPRAYED HIS FACE WITH FROZEN CONDENSATE, AND SAND/DIRT ON HEADER ASSEMBLY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP CUT-BANK COVERED IN SNOW, SLIPPED, FELL AND CUT KNEE ON A ROCK. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT TRAVELING ON ESTABLISHED WALKWAY. EMPLOYEE WAS OFF SHIFT AND TRAVELINGTO MAN-CAMP FROM UNIT AFTER NORMAL SHIFT.
HE WAS MUCKING AND TRAMMING WITH JCI 250 LHD, HANGING HAND DOWN BETWEEN ARTICULATING SECTION OF MUCKER, HAND GOT SMASHED BETWEEN HIS SELF-RESCUER AND ARTICULATION OF MUCKER.
CUTTING PLASTIC TUBING W/POCKET KNIFE, TUBING WAS NOT ON FLAT SURFACE, KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT RIGHT THUMB.
PATIENT WAS MOVING "I" BEAM FROM AN AIRPLANE WHEN "I" BEAM SLIPPED AND CAUGHT WEB OF RIGHT HAND. RESULT WAS AVULSION BETWEEN THUMB & 1ST FINGER. PATIENT WAS WEARING LEATHER GLOVES.
EE WAS USING A RAZOR KNIFE WHEN ARM SLIPPED, CUTTING WRIST.
EE WAS RIDING ATV OVER ROUGH TERRAIN. HE LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE CROSSING A DITCH AND STUCK OUT LEFT FOOT TO CATCH HIMSELF. TWISTED ANKLE.
EE STUBBED TOE ON METAL STUB UP BOLT PROTRUDING FROM CONCRETE.
EE WAS HOLDING A LADDER FOR ANOTHER EE, WHO WAS USING A HAMMER. THE 10# HAMMER WAS DROPPED AND HIT THIS EE ON THE HEAD AND NECK. SOME AND POSSIBLE NERVE DAMAGE.
EE WAS MOVING MATERIAL FROM ONE STAGING SITE TO ANOTHER. WHILE MOVING MATERIAL OFF A PALLET, AN OXYGEN BOTTLE ROLLED OFF THE PALLET. EE'S RT MIDDLE FINGER WAS BROKEN BY THE BOTTLE AS IT ROLLED .
EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHE RPERSON WERE MOVING A40 CABLE REEL WITH CABLE ON IT FROM SOEM JACK STANDS. THE JACK STANDS WERE ON UNEVEN GROUND AND THEY TIPPED OVER. THE REEL DROPPED AND EMPLOYEE'S WRI ST WAS SPRAINED.
THE MECHANIC WAS INSTALLING A TOOTH ON THE LOADER BUCKET, ANDUSED THE HAMMRER TO ALIGN THE HOLES IN ORDER TO SECURE WITH A PIN. THIS IS A STANDARD PROCEDURE AS TEETH ARE WEAR ITEMS, AND THE M ETAL SHAVING THAT CAME OFF BECAUSE OF HAMEMRING WAS VERY UNUSUAL. THE PIECE OF METAL BROKE LOOSE ON IMPACT OF THE HAMEMR AND LODGED IN HIS UPPER ABDOMEN.
BREAKING SLAG [GLASS] OF LEAD BOTTONS WITH HAMMER.
WHILE DRILLING A HOLE FOR A ROCK BOLT A 10 OR 15 LB ROCK FALL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK EE IN THE LOWER BACK.