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DRILL CUTTINGS CAME OUT OF THE HOLE WHEN BLOWING IT OUT AND GOT STUCK IN LEFT EYE. MINER'S HELPER WAS HELPING DRILL A SINKING HOLE. THE MINER WAS BLOWING (AIR) THE HOLE CLEAR, WHEN MUD AND WAT ER SHOT OUT OF THE HOLE AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE , MUD AND WATER WENT UP UNDER HIS GLASSS AND BECAME TRAPPED UNDERNEATH HIS LEFT EYELID.
CLEANING OUT JAW CRUSHER FOR REPAIR; WHEN INJURED PUNCTURED HIS LEFT ARM ON A FRAYED CABLE.THE PUNCTURE WAS EQUIVALENT TO A 16 PENNY NAIL PUNCTURE 1/2 INCH DEEP HE WAS GIVEN FIRST AID AND THEN SENT TO DOCTOR FOR A TETANUS SHOT.
I NAME WAS APPLYING HARD SURFACE WELD WITH AN ARC WELDER & HAD RAISED HIS WELDING HELMET TO INSPECT THE WELD WHEN COOLING SLAG POPPED LOOSE INTO HIS FACE A PIECE STRUCK I NAME IN H IS LEFT EYE EYE WASH WAS USED HE THEN WENT TO SEE AN EYE DOC EYE DROPS WAS PRESCRIBED AS MEDICATION
HAD RIGHT UPPER FRONT TOOTH BROKE HALF OFF WHILE FINHOEING. MINERS HELPER WAS FINHOEING MUCK DOWN AN ORE PASS SLIDE AND A ROCK CAME ROLLING DOWN THE MUCKPILE AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE AND BROKE A FRONT TOOTH. HE WENT TO A DENTIST FOR EXAM.
HE IS A SURFACE HAND SCREEN AND JAW CRUSHER OPERATOR, WAS WALKING DOWN A STAIRWAY WAS NOT HOLDING ONTO HAND RAIL SLIPPED THIRD STAIR DOWN AND FELL TO THE BOTTOM HE FELL ON HIS BACK AND PULLED HIS LOER BACK MUSCLE.
DRILLING RAISE ROUND MUD FROM DRILL HOLE FELL INTO EYE RT EYE WENT TO DOC DOC COVERED EYE WITH A PATCH FOR THE WEEKEND ABLE TO REPORT TO FULL DUTY 061289 I NAME WAS SCHEDULED TO QUIT EMPLOYMEN T AT THE SPOTHECTHORSE MINE 061089 LAST SHIFT I NAME RECEIVED ONE LOST DAY WORK
RICHARD ROOKE (MINER'S HELPER" WAS BARRING DOWN STOPE WALLS (RIB) IN HIS WORK AREA. HE SWUNG THE SCADE BAR BEHIND HIS BODY. IT CAME IN CONTACT TO THE STOPE RIB BEHIND HIM AND KNOCKED A LOOSE ROCK DOWN ON HIM. THIS SLAB (SIZE UNKNOWN) HITHIM BETWEEN HIS NECK AND UPPER BACK, THE IMPACT KNOCKED HIM DOWN. RICHARD WAS KNOCKED DIZZY, WEAK AND LIGHT HEADED. HE WALKED OUT TO THE SURFA
HELPING PULL DRILL UP A RAISE. PULLED BAKC. KENNY (MINERS HELPER) WA PULLING ON A ROPE (HOISTING) A ROCK DRILL UP A RAISE INTO HSI ROCK AREA, HE PULLED HIS BACK MUSCLES, WENT TO SEE A CHIROP RATOR, WORK RELEASE IS FOR 6-8-89.
HE WAS BREAKING BOULDERS ON A GRIZZLEY BELOW A CHUTE HE HEARD A ROCK FALL AND WAS ROLLING DOWN THE CHUTE HE LOOKED UP AND A ROCK STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.
WHILE HAND DISK GRINDING PULVERIZER PLATES, A SMALL METAL PARTICLE GOT INTO LEFT EYE.THE INJURED SAID HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
CARRYING A JACKLEG,WALKING DOWN DRIFT.TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
DUMPING ORE CAR PULLEDD MUSCLE IN BACK REFORMING NORMAL TASK UNDER NORM. CONDIT. AMN APPARENTLY NOT IN CONDIT. TO PERFORM THIS TASK.
STULL SUPPORTING LADDER GAVE WAY WHILE WAS ON LADDER FELL WITH LADDER.
HAULING EQUIP UP RAISE JACKLEG DRIL FELL DOWN RAISE AND HIT HIM IN STOMACH AND LEGS.
TRAMMING HAD TO REMVOE BOULDERS FORM MUCK CAR AT LOADOUT LIFTING BOULDER CAUSED LOWER BACK TO BE PUT OUT OF PLACE.
WAS CAVING A PICK TO HIS WORK AREA, AS HE STEPPED OVER A SLUSHER CABLE HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE WITH THE POINT OF THE PICK. HE BRUISED THE SHOFT TISSUE BETWEEN THE KNEE JOINT AND HIS KNEE CA P.
I.NAME UNLOADING MATERIALS OFF SKIP CAGE,STANDING ON CAGE HE TWISTED HIS BACK TURNING UPPER BODY TO LOOK OVER SHOULDER,UPPER BODY TWISTING MOTION CAUSED HIM TO PULL BACK MUSCLES.WASNT CARRYING ANYTHING.WENT TO DR ,DR SAID COUPLE DAYS OFF TOREST AND RELAX HIS BACK.
REOCCUANCE OF OLD INJURY, MAY 26,1987.
DRIVING TAILINGS TRUCK DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL SPEED OF TRUCK WHICH BACKED ONTO A RAMP-LIKE PILE OF TAILINGS ON RIGHT SIDE CAUSING TRUCK TO OVERTURN ONTO THE DRIVERS SIDE.THE DRIVER RECEI VED PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.
STARTED TO CLEAN BUCKETS (OF BUCKET ELEVATOR) WITH POWER OFF AND LOCKED OUT. TURNED POWER BACK ON TO JOG BUCKETS- FOUND A LOOSE BUCKET AND ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE IT WITH THE POWER STILL ON. TOPLA NDER STARTED THE ELEVATOR BY MISTAKE. THE SKIN ON THE TOP OF HIS HAND WAS SCALPED BACK.
I.NAME WAS STEPPING UP INTO CAB OF TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON ICY RUNNING BOARD CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. I.NAME SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AND PULLED SOME MUSCLES ON HIS RIGHT SIDE OF H IS BODY (OLWER RIB MUSCLES).
I.NAME PERFORMED AN UNSAFE ACT TRYING TO JOCKEY THE DERAILED TRAMMER BACK UP ON THE RAIL HE SHOULDE HAVE LIFTED THE TRAMMER BACK UP ON THE RAIL WITH A TRACK JACK HE ALSO POSITIONED HIS HAND O UTSIDE OF THE OPERATORS SEATING AREA EXPOSING HIS HAND TO A PINCH POINT HIS TOP 1 INCH OF HIS LEFT HAND THIRD FINGER (RING FINGER) WAS CRUSHED THE CRUSHED AREA HAD TO BE AMPUTATED
I NAME LIFTEING DUMPING PUSHING OLD MINE CARS PULLED MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK SOULDERS AND NECK. WENT TO SEE A CHIROPRACTOR FOR TREATMENT.
WALKING DOWN LADDER (12') SLIPPED, GRABBED FOR A HAND HOLD, TWISTING HIS BACK.
LIFTING SAMPLE BUCKET ONTO TABLE. BUCKET WAS TOO HEAVY. SHE STRAINED HER LOWER BACK. INPROPER LIFTING METHOD.
THE INJURED AND 2 OTHER MEN WERE AHND CARRYING A 4X8 S-BEAM OF IRON APPROX 250 LBS-INTO THE MECHANICS SHOP.HE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS HOLDING AND PULLING THE BEAM WHILE THE OTHER 2 MEN SUPPORTED THE BEAM.PULLING LIFTING AND WALKING BACKWARDS CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN BACK.LOWER AND MIDDLE BACK INJURY.
I.NAME WAS HOLDING A 2 INCH AIR LINE WHILE HIS PARTNER WAS KNOCKING THE WING NUTS TIGHTLY TOGETHER THE AXE HEAD CAME OFF THE HANDLE AND STRUCK I.NAME IN THE HEAD HE RECIEVED A CUT WHICH NEEDED STITCHES
I.NAME MINERS HELPER WAS OPERATING THE RAIL HAULAGE CAR TRAMMER MOVING AN EMPTY CAR IT DERAILED HE TRIED TO LIFT THE CAR BACK UP ON THE RAIL IN DOING SO HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK HE WENT TO S EE A CHIROPRACTOR FOR TREATMENT
I.NAME MINERS HELPER WORK AREA WINZE JOB DUTY HAND MUCKING PULLED LOWER BACK MUSCLES WHILE MUCKING AT THE WINZE BOTTOM BY HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING UP SLAG-A PICE OF THE SLAG PIERCED THROUGH LEATHER GLOVE AND LODGED IN HIS FINGER TIP.
07-23-88 SATURDAY THE INJURED -MINE-MECHANIC-WAS USING A HAND GRINDER AND HE CAUGHT SOME GRINDINS SCRATCHED
MINE SUPER. WAS HELPING THE KENTUCKY FAVORITE LHD DECLINE CREW BY OPERATING THE LHD. AFTER MUCKING OUT, HE PARKED THE LHD, SHUT IT OFF AND STEPPED OFF THE MACHINE. HE STEPPED ON A HAND-SIZE RO UND ROCK. THE ROCK ROLLED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM, HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.
I.NAME WAS WALKING THRU HIS WORK AREA WITH AIR HOSE OVER SHOULDER HE HIT A STULL IN THE STOPE HIT TOP OF HARD HAT HE JARRED HIS NECK HE WENT TO SEE A CHIROPRATOR FOR TREATMENT HE NEVER MISSED A SHIFT
EMPLOYEE WAS SORTING JUNK OUT OF REFUSE PILE, HE STEPPED ON NAIL AND PUNCTURED HIS RIGHT FOOT.
PULLED MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK WHILE LIFTING ORE SAMPLE BUCKETS TO PUT SAMPLES INTO DRYING OVEN. PUORING SAMPLE MATERIAL FROM SAMPLE BUCKET TO DRYING OVEN SAMPLE TRAYS SHE STRESSED HER UPPER BACK AND NECK MUSCLES.
EMPL WAS HELPING LOAD SECTION OF 6"X40' PIPE ONTO TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT CAUSING LOWER BACK STRAIN OR SPRAIN OR PULLED MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE HURT LEFT WRIST WHILE SWINGING HAMMER BREAKING LARGE ROCKS WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.
I.NAME WAS ASSISTING MINER DRILL A RAISE ROUND WAS STANDING NEXT TO MINER WHILE MINOR WAS DRILLING DRILLING MUD SPLASHED IN EYES & PIECE OF ROCK SCRATCHED LEFT EYE
CARRYING EMPTY SAMPLE BUCKETS STEPPED IN A LOW PLACE IN THE GROUND IN FRONT OF STEP INTO CRUSHER BUILDING BRUISED HIS KNEE.
USING A BLOW PIPE (COMPRESSD AIR) TO MOVE SOME BROKEN TUNNEL HEADING ROCK INTO TRANSFER CHUTE. EYE WAS SCRATCHED WITH A ROCK CHIP, MUD SPLASH AND DIRT.
MINER WAS DRILLING A BACK ROUND WHEN A ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS (R) HAND AND FRACTURED HIS SMALL FINGER.
MOVING DRYING OVEN PINCHED RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN A PRY BAR AND THE SIDE OF OVEN CAUSING BRUISE TO THUMB.
HE WAS DRILLING A VERTICAL RAISE ROUND WHEN DRILLING WATER WITH DIRT AND MUCK SPLASHED INTO HIS FACE AND EYES. HE WASHED OUT HIS EYES AND FINSHED THE WORKING SHIFT.