EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING OVERHEAD GARAGE DOOR ON MILL BUILDING. IT STUCK AND HE PULLED ON IT WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HIS THUMB ON HIS RIGHT HAND WAS BETWEEN THE DOOR SECTIONS. THE DOOR CAME LOOSE AND CLOSED ON HIS THUMB.
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Showing all 34EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING SHAFT IN SKIP TO GO TO WORK AREA, A DRILL STEEL CAUGHT ON RAIL OF SKIP, SNAPPED BACK AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF HIS HEAD BREAKING HIS HARD HAT.
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IS A CUMULATIVE CONDITION ARISING FROM THE VIBRATIONS OF MINING MACHINERY IT IS AN OCCUPRATIONAL DISORDER THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM TO THE MINER AFTER YEARS OF DRILLING
EMPL HAD FINISHED WORKING FOR THE DAY.STANDING NEXT TO CHUTE WHEN ROCK FELL FROM CHUTE AND STRUCK LEFT ARM BETWEEN ELBOW AND WRIST,BREAKING RADIUS BONE.
EMPL WAS BREAKING A SLAB WITH A LARGE HAMMER WHEN A LARGE SHARP PIECE OF ROCK CAME OFF AND CUT THROUGH HIS BOOT SOCKS ANAD CUT HIS FOOT JUST BELOW THE ANKLE AND ACROSS HIS FOOT CAUSING A 1 1/4 " CUT
EMPL CRUSHING ROCK WITH MILL CRUSHER.SCREEN STOPPED.HE REACHED INTO GIVE BELT ON SCREEN A PUSH.IT CAUGHT GLOVE AND PULLED HAND INTO SCREENING BELT PULLEY.
INJURED EMPLOYE9 REMOVED STEP PROVIDED FOR STABILITY, AGAINST REPEATED WARNINGS BY LEAD MINER, MUCKER TIPPED, PINNING EMPLOYEE AGAINST ROCK WALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING GD-83 DRILL FROM BUCKET EMPLOYEE FELT STRAIN BUT DID NOT REALIZE HIS INJURY
EMP WAS WALKING3FROM SHAFT AREA TO HOISTROOM WHEN HE BUMPED HIS HAND ON THE HEADFRAME, I-BEAM
EMP WAS LIFTING3WALL PLATE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK, CAUSING BACK STRAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS HA3D MUCKING WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING MUSCLE STRAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS EN7ERING WORK AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED FROM LADDER AND FELL, INJURING HIS FOREHEAD ON A ROCK, CAUSING A LACERATION ON HIS FOREHEAD.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 ON WET ROCK LOST HIS BALANCE AND GRABBED HOLD OF OPERATING CLAM OF CRYDERMAN SHAFT MUCKER HE GRABBED THE HING AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HINGE AND RIM SMASHING HIS FIN GER 3
I.NAME WAS LOWE9ING A 4X6 TO I.NAME WHEN IT SLIPPED STRIKING I.NAME ACROSS THE LOWER BACK, CAUSING LOWER BACK STRAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT WITH SPANNER WRENCH, WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING FINGER TO STRIKE SHARP METAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK, DOWN HIL, TO I. SPGS. WHEN HIS BRAKES FAILED AND HE JUMPED FROM VEHICLE TO AVOID GOING OVER EDGE WITH TRUCK. HE CONTACTED THE GROUND WITH HIS LEFT KNEE, CAUSING ABR ASIONS AND CONTUSIONS.
EMP WAS CHIPPING A SMALL HOLE IN ROCK WITH AN HAND HAMMER FOR PLACEMENT OF A CAP WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE FOOTWALL STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT
EMPLOYEE\S LAMP CORD CAUGHT ON MUCKING MACHNE AS HE TRIED TO AVOID ROCK FALLING FROM MUCKER. HIS HAT FELL OFF AND AS HE TRIED TO RETRIEVE IT, HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN MUCKER AND POST.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING FROM LIMA SHOVEL. HE TWISTED HIS BODY AS HE DESCENDED AND WHEN HIS FEET CONTACTED THE GROUND HE INJURED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A WASHER WHILE REASSEMBLING THE PARTS HE STRUCK HIS FINGER WITH A HAMMER MONENTARILY TRAPPING IT BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND A PIECE OF IRON
EE WAS SETTING UP A DRILL HE DROPPED THE DRILL & TRIED TO CATCH IT. THE WEIGHT OF T HE DRILL & THE TWISTINGS OF HIS BODY CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS NOTCHING TIMBER WHEN THE ELECTRIC CHAIN SAW HE WAS USING BUCKED UP, SHUT OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD CAUSING A 6" LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE STUMBLED AND FELL BACKWARDS WHILE HOLDING ONE END OF4" X 6" X 8\ MINE TIMBER. POSSIBLE PULLED MUSCLE OR HERNIA
EMPLOYEE WAS USING MUCKING MACHINE WHEN HIS WRIST WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE MACHINE.
EMP WAS DUMPING AN ORE CAR WHEN RE RECIVED A POSSIBLE BACK STRAIN OR MUSCLE PULL
STOOPED TO WALK UNDER STOPE TIMBER,LOST FOOTING AND REACHED UP TO GRAB STOPE TIMBER TO CATCH HIS BALANCE,PULLING MUSCLE OR DISLOCATING RIGHT UPPER ARM,SHOULDER JOINT.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING PILLOW BLOCK BEARING ON SHAFTING ONE END OF SHAFTING ROLLED LOOSE FROMS UPPORTING STAND AND DROPPED A FEWS INCHES WEDGING EMPLOYEES RIGHT FOOT AGAINST SUPPORTING STAND
EMP WAS OPERATING SMALL FRONT END LOADER TRAVELING ON FALT LEVEL GROUND UNLOADED A CORNER OF THE BOBCAT BUCKET CAUGHT UNSEEN OBSTRUCTION RESULTING IN SEVERE JOLT TO THE OPERATOR
SHARPENING CHAIN-SAW CHAIN WITH ELEC POWERED GRINDER WHEN METAL PARTICLE BECAME AIRBORNE AND LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.
NAIL PROTRUDING FROM TIMBER PUNCTURED SKIN OF LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN LOOSE MATERIAL IN A STOPE TO MAKE ROOM FOR A SUPPORT TIMBER WHEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF LOOSE ROCK MATERIAL STRUCK HIS RT HAND INFLICTING BRUISES AND MINOR SKIN LACERATION
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN IN A RAISE WHEN A SMALL PORTION OF BARRED DOWN MATERIAL GLANCED OFF OF SUPPORT TIMBER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LOWER RT BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING MINE TIMBER ON SURFACE WHEN ONE FELL ABOUT 6 INCHES STRIKING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGERTIP
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO SEE A POSSIBLE OBSTRUCTION HINDERING MOVEMENT OF LOADER BUCKET AND BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN BUCKET AND MINE TIMBER