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EMPL CLEANING UP MUCK IN HEADING NOT BEING WORKED.SOME ROCK FELL FROM BACK HITTING HIM ON HEAD,ARM AND LEG.DR COULDNT FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT EMPL COMPLAINS OF DIZZYNESS SO HE HAS LOST WORK.
EMPL STEPPED OFF JUMBO TO VIEW DRILLING AND A ROCK DROPPED FROM THE BACK AND HIT HIM ON THE R FOOT EMPL SUSTAINED A FRACTURE OF HIS BIG TOE
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING DRILL AT FACE,PRILL POT WENT EMPTY AND HOSE SURGED HITTING EMPLOYEE IN SIDE OF FACE.EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED AN ABRASION ON THE SIDE OF FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH MECHAINC PUTTING AN IMPELLER ON A PUMP.EMPLOYEE ROLLED PULLEY AND CAUGHT FINGERS BETWEEN PULLEY AND BELT SMASHING FINGERS.
EMPL WAS PERATING SCOOPTRAM & DUCKED TO AVOID AIR CURTAIN STRAINED BACK.
STEPPED OFF DRILL SPRAINED ANKLE
EMPL WAS OPERATING SCOOPTRAM TO PULL ANOTHER VEHICLE UP INCLINE HE STOOD UP TO SEE BEHIND HIM IN DOING SO HE PLACED HIS HAND OUTSIDE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT AS MACHINE ARTICULATED FINGER WAS PIN CHED. TIP OF RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
A SULFIDE DUST IGNITION BURNED SOME VENTILATION BAG IN THE 37 XCUT IN ZONE 6 DECLINE DURING BLASTING ON DAY SHIFT WHEN THE SWING SHIFT CAME IN TWO MEN WENT BY THE BLASTED ROUND IN 37 DRIFT & W ERE OVERCOME BY EXHAUST GASES FROM THE BLASTED ROUND THE TWO MEN INHALED TOXIC GASES & WERE SENT TO HOSPITAL FOR EVALVATION ONE MAN RELEASED
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PULLING DRILL STEEL FROM THE STEEL RACK. HE WAS NOT POSITIONED PROPERLY AND SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK & STRAIN OF UPPER BACK.
DRILLING WITH JACKLEG, JACKLEG KICKED OUT AND EMPLOYEE TOOK WEIGHT WITH HIS BACK AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A TIRE, TIRES WERE BLOCKED BUT JACK SLIPPED PINNING EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN TOP OF TIRE AND BED OF TRUCK. EMPLOYEE FRACTURED HIS INDEX FINGER
WENT TO GET ON MUCKER, BANGED HE KNEE AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION EMP WAS RELEASED 3-17-89WAS NOT ABLE TO PERFORM POROPERLY SO HE WAS GIVEN ONE DAY OFF.
HOLDING DRILL ROD SLIPPED AND FELL DROPPPING ROD ON ANKLE CONTUSION ON ANKLE.
MONOR CUT ON BACK OF L. HAND 3 DYS LATER DEVELOPED LUMP ON ELBOW WAS HOSPIT. TO TREAT IT DR SAISIT DID NTO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH CHEMICLA S OF CONCENTRATE NOT SURE WHETHER TIS JOB RELATED
EMPL WALKING NEAR WAREHOUSE AREA SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL BRUISING LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WALKED THRU SOME STANDING WATER IN THE MINE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED HOOD ON HAUL TRUCK TO REMOVE AIR CLEANER. HOOD LATCH BAR WAS MISSING, EMPLOYEE WEDGED HOOD OPEN WEDGE DID NOT HOLD AND HOOD FELL ON EMPLOYEE HAND. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A BRUISE ON HIS LEFT HAND AND SOME SWELLING.
EMPL SLIPPED ON ICE GETTING OUT OF TRUCK SPARINED KNEE
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SNOW WHILE WALKING FROM JOB SITE TO OFFICE TRAILOR TWISTED ANKLE
ICE ON LADDER RUNGS, ICE ON GLOVES LOST GRIP WHILE DESCENDING FIXED LADDER, PIVOTED BACKWARDS STRUCK INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT BRUISED BACK PULLED MUSCLES LEFT SIDE 2ND, 3RD RIB NEAR CENTER OF BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE CABLE SOCK SLIPPED CABLE WHIPLASHED BRUISING EMPLOYEES RT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WITH CUTTING TORCH, WENT HOME THAT NIGHT AND DISCOVERED EYES BURNING ABOUT 2 A.M. WENT TO DR. EMPLOYEE HAD GRITTY EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING FROM RESTROOM SLIPPED ON ICE HIT LEG ON ROCK BROKE LEG AND HURT ANKLE
MOVING BOTTLE UNASSISTED FOREMAN TOLD HIM NO T TO DOO THIS ALONE BU T EMP HAD ALREADY PINCHED NERVE ON NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF BUILDING STEEL AFTER SETTING UP GEAR TO PULL CABLE SLIPED AND BANGED TWISTED KNEE
EMPL WAS MOVING A CORE BOX IN THE CORE SHED WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK EMPL WAS NOT USING PROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUES
EMPL WAS OBSERVING HELPER GRINDING PIPE. EMPL HAD ON WELDING HOOD BUT SLAG PIECE GOT UNDER HOOD & IN EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DOWN A GRADE SPAD FROM THE BACK BY PULLINH ON THE GRADE STRING. AS THE SPAD CAME LOOSE IT STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND NEAR THE WRIST CAUSING A PUNTU RE WOUND.
EMPL WAS CUTTING PLASTIC TYWRAP OFF CABLE WITH KNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HAND.
FIBERGLASS PARTICLE GOT INTO EYE CAUSING SWELLING WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY WENT DOWN EMPL WAS CLEANING UP F IBERGLASS IN BUILDING AT TIME.
EMPL WAS WORKING IN MILL AS HE WAS WALKING ON CATWALK EMPL TWISTED HIS FOOT ON SOME LOOSE GRATING EMPL SUSTAINED A SIMPLE FRACTURE OF JA BONE IN HIS R FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER TO SECURE A DRILLING LIGHT TO WORK BY HE REALIZED LADDER WAS NOT POSITIONED CORRECT SO STARTED BACK DOWN THE LADDER LADDER SLIPPED CAUSING PAIN IN EMPLOYEES BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MUCK WITH A WAGNER TWO YARD SCOOP TRAM. EMPLOYEE BACK UP LOADER TO DUMP MUCK WHEN HE RAISED THE BUCKET HE WAS NOT LEVEL GROUND AND THE SCOOP TRAM TIPPED SIDEWAYS IN DOING SO THE EMPLOYEE HIT HIS KNE INSIDE THE OPERATORS CAB.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF JUMBO DRILL AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE ON A SMALL ROCK.
EMPL WAS ENGAGED IN NORMAL DUTIES AS DIAMOND DRILL HELPER WHEN HE WENT TO DUMP CORE OUT OF CORE TUBE HE FELT & CRAMP IN NECK DOWN THROUGH LEFT ARM POSSIBLE PINCHED NERVE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRIPPING INSULATION OFF CABLE WITH RAZOR KNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT FINGER THROUGH GLOVE
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING CREW BUS TO MAN CAMP AT THE END OF SHIFT. BUS HIT POT HOLE. EMPLOYEE WAS JOSTLED AND SPRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON BURN NEXT TO EXCAVATION HE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO EXCARATION STRIKING HIS BACK IN A ROCK.
WHEN CHECKING PUMP EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND HIT RT KNEE ON DUMP TRUCK AND DISLOCATED RT KNEE CAP
HAULING MUCK-HIT A SERIES OF BUMPS & HURT BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A SPACE HEATER. HEATER WAS NOT GETTING FUEL SO EMPLOYEE TRIED TO ADJUST FUEL INTAKE WHILE HEATER WAS ON. HAND SLIPPED AND FAN CUT FINGER.
EMPLOYEE HAD SPRAINED HIS ANKLE A WEEK BEFORE,BUT WAS NOT TOO BAD TO WORK.EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN FROM A MUCK PILE AFTER BARRING AND WETTING DOWN.EMPL OYEE TWISTED AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
MUSCLE STRAIN OF L SHOULDER WITH NERVE INVOLVEMENT FROM LIFTING SLUDE BAGS
EMPL OYEE STEPPED ON ROCK,WHICH OVERTURNED.
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP ROLL OF VISQUEEN STRAINED UPPER BACK.
I.NAME EXITING RESTROOM.STEPPED OFF WALKWAY AND FELL INTO DRAINAGE DITCH.
EMPLOYEES WERE LOADING PIPE ON A FLATBED GETMAN & EMPLOYEE SMASHED LACERATED LITTLE FINGER ON RT.HAND EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 5 STITCHES IN LITTLE FINGER
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO MOVE A TIMBER SO HE COULD GET A CABLE AROUND IT EMPLOYEE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE DOCTOR SAID STRAINED MUSCLE
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED MAST OF RBM7 RAISE BORING MACHINE TO REMOVE A 2" BULL HOSE FROM THE SWIVEL.A COMBINATION OF OIL SOAKED BOOTS NOT BEING TIED OFF THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATLEY 8 F EET TO THE MAIN WORK DECK.
EMPL TIGHTENING BOLT AND WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT.WRENCH STRUCK EMPL IN CHEST ON LEFT SIDE -FX OF RIB.EMPL WAS X-RAYED AND GIVEN MEDICATION FOR PAIN ,RELEASED. INCIDENT NOT REPORTED UNTIL 6-7-