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EMPL WAS DUMPING TRAIN OF ROCK AT SURFACE ORE DUMP. HE HAD FOOT OUTSIDE CAB OF LOCOMOTIVE & STRUCK CAR STOP AT END OF RAIL. BROKE BONE IN RIGHT FOOT.
WHILE CUTTING BUCKET LIP OF LHD SPARKS BOUNCED OFF BUCKET AND FLEW INTO LEFT EAR.BURN IN EAR CANAL.SLAG HAD TO BE REMOVED BY PHYSICIAN.NO PERMANENT DAMAGE KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
DRILLING FACE ROUND WHILE PULLING MACHINE AND STEEL OUT OF COMPLETED HOLE.LOST BALANCE AND PINCHED LEFT HAND BETWEEN MACHINE AND RIGHT RIB OF DRIFT.
WHILE LIFTING A SECTION OF WIRE MESH OUT OF A SKIP AT THE TOP OF A RAISE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK THE PROBABLE CAUSE WAS TRYING TO LIFT WHILE IN AN AKWARD POSITION
EMPLOYEE WAS USING WRENCH TO REPAIR 1.25 YD JCI LAD IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. PULLED MUSCLE ON LOWER BACK. X-RAYED AND DIAGNOSED WITH PRESCIPTION FOR PAIN KILLER AND MUSCLE RELAXANT. DR RECOMMEN DED TWO DAYS REST THRU RETURN TO WORK.
WHILE LOADING 30 FT SECTION OF 40 LB RAIL ON FORKLIFT ATTACHMENT OF 966 LOADER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE SNOW, PUTTING HAMSTRING IN RIGHT LEG. AFTER 2 WEEKS OF DISCOMFORT HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR, TOOK A DAY OFF & TOOK SOME MEDICATION. IT IS MUCH BETTER NOW.
WAS WORKING ON THE DRIVELINGS OF THE JCLWITH ENGINE RUNNING,STARTED TO GET INTO JCI THE LEFT LEG WAS IN THE JCI AND THE RIGHT LEG WAS OUT HIT ARTICUALTION HANDLE AND THE FRONT RIGHT FOOT WAS C AUGHT IN BETWEEN THE MACHINE BY ACCIDENT.
LIFTING COLUMN OF CORE DRILL, LOST HIS FOOTING AS HE WAS LIFTING AND TURNING AT THE SAME TIME.
THE LEG STUCK ON THE JACKLEG AND WHNE IT BECAME UNSTRUCK IT JUMPED FORWARD AND SMASHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE LEG AND THE RIB.
WHILE BARRING HANGUP IN CHUTE ROCK STRUCK BAR CAUSING BAR TO STRIKE EMPL IN RIGHT EAR & SAFETY GLASSES. BOW OF GLASSES CAUSED LACERATION REQUIRING 5 STITCHES BEHIND EAR.
WAS BARRING DOWN FORWARD WHEN ROCK FELL BEHIND VICTIM STRIKING HEAD HARD HAT IN PLACE AND SHOULDERS INJURING NECK.WAS FIRST AID HAS BECOME MEIDCAL SINCE FURTHER TRY HAS BNEEN ORDERED BY PHYSIC IAN.
EMPL TURNING OF WATER PUMP AND A HOSE BLEW APART STRIKING EMPL ON RIGHT HAND WHICH CAUSED SMALL LACERATION WHICH GOT INFECTED.
JACKHAMMER SLIPPED OFF CONCRETE AND DROPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO PINCH LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN HANDLE AND APICE OF 2" PIPE LACERATING FINGER 15 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A WINGNUT ON A 1 1/2 IN BULL HOSE WITH AN AXE BEING USED AS A HAMMER HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW IN MID SWING DEFLECTING HIS BLOW AND STRIKING HIS RT THUMB WHICH WAS ON THE BOS S CLAMP
VICTIM WAS CHIPPING AT THE FACE FOR SAMPLES AFTER REMOVING A SAMPLE AND WAS OBSERVING IT A LARGE ROCK FELL FROM THE FACE AND STRUCK FOREARM CAUSING A BONE FRACTURE AND SKIN ABRASION
VICTIM WAS LOADING ORE TRAIN USING PNEUMATICALLY OPERATED CHUTE DOOR WHEN VERY WET ORE EITHER RAN OR BROKE THE CHUTE BURYING THE VICTIM. VICTIM SUFFERED FROM INABILITY TO BRETHE AND DIED OF AS PHIXIATION.
EMPLOYEE WALKED INTO A PROTRUDING ROCK BOLT INJURING HEAD
PULLING CABLE FROM SLUSHER DRUM CLUTCH ACCIDENTLY ENGAGED VICTIM PINNED BETWEEN SLUSHER AND BUCKER T
TIGHTENING A NUT OVERHEAD SOCKET STAYED ON NUT AFTER TOOL WAS REMOVED SOCKET THEN FELL OFF AND STRUCK TOOTH
VICTIM WAS PICKING UP A PIECE OF TIMBER DROPPED IT ON FOOT AND A 60 LB NAIL PIERCED RT FOOT
THEY WERE HOIST3NG THE REAR OF DRILL SLIDE TABLEAND THE HANDYMAN JACK KICKED OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT ELBOW. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY SENT TO FRISCO FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION AFTER CHECKED BY EMT ON SITE. 3
EE WAS USING BA9 TO MOVE SLUSHER INTO RAISE WHEN HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST A LADDER.
EE WAS WALKING 8OWN STEEP INCLINE SLIPPED & FELL ON SELF RESCUER RESULTING IN BRUISE ON LOWER BACK.
EE WAS PULLING 5 #40 NAIL FROM TIMBER WHEN CROW BAR SLIPPED STRIKING EE IN MOUTH-FRACTURED UYPPER RIGHT #8 TOOTH.