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STEPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE FAILED TO USE CORRECT TOOL FOR JOB. HE TRIED TO PRY A CUP OF A SURVEY PRISM WITH KNIFEBLADE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES. HE WAS RELEASED TO WOR K SAME DAY.
EE LIFTED A ROCK FROM HAUL ROAD AND HURT HIS BACK.
WORKER SLIPPED STEPPING FROM DOZER TRACKS TO SERVICE TRUCK. HE FAILED TO USE SAFE WORK PROCEDURES (SHORT CUT). HE STRAINED HIS LUMBAR WHEN HE FELL.
68935 REPLACING FEED CART TO POSITION ON SAG MILL SNATCH BLOCK FAILED CABLE WIRE ROPE WAS TIGHT IT HIT EE ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT CAUSING CONTUSION.
EMPLOYEE WAS SURRVEYING & REMOVING EXISTING STAKES THE TERRAIN IS RUGGED & HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF A LOW GROUND AREA HE GRABBED ONTO ROCK WHICH GAVE WAY & SLID DOWN A LARGE ROCK HIT HIS LEG & C AUSED LACERATION TO HIS CALF
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE HOIST TO REMOVE AN OVER-SIZE ROCK FROM THE ROCK BOX OF THE PRIMARY (JAW CRUSHER) WHEN THE ROCK LIFTED THE BOX ALSO RAISED, EMPLOYEE SHIFTED POSITIONS AND LOWERED TH E ROCK. HE HAD PLACED HIS FOOT UNDER A BRACKET OF THE BOX AND WHEN LOWERED, THE BOX DROPPED AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT UNDER IT, SMASHING THE BIG TOE. P.P. EQUIPMENT WAS BEING WORN.
RODMAN LOADING SAMPLES.LIFTING MORE BAGS THAN HE SHOULD HAVE AND HURRYING.CONSEQUENTLY EMPLOYING POOR LIFTING TECHNIQUE,POPPED NECK RESULING IN A STRAINED MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BOXES. HE LIFTED BOX TO TOP OF STACK OF 4 WITH A TWISTING MOTION, WHICH CUASED LOWER BACK PAIN.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT PREPARED TO PERFORM THIS TASK IE LADDER USED WAS NOT TIED OFF...EMPLOYEE HAD NO SAFETY BELT AND WAS NOT TIED OFF...HAD PERFROMED HIGH WORK WITHOUT IMPLEMENTING SAFETY PREC AUTIONS...THE USE OF A LADDER ON A SCAFFOLD ASSEMBLY PROVIDED AN UNSTABLE FOOTING FOR THE LADDER.
APON SAG MILL ENTRY BALLS WERE POPPING AND WXPLODING AT UNUSALY HIGH RATE. A BALL FRAGMENT ENTERED THE RIGHT FOR ARM OF THE VICTIM. BALL MANUFACTURER IS CMONG OUT TO INSPECT BALLS FOR MANUFACT URING FLAWS.
CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON 992C LOADER SLIPPED RT LEG WENT THRU LADDER ABOVE LAST RUNG OPERATOR FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON WRIST TWISTING LEG & ANKLE
TWO MEN ARC WELDING AT CRUSHER, ONE MAN RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES THRU A POSSIBLE BAD HOOD GASKET OR REFLECTION OR EXPORSURE TO OTHER WELDER. NO FAULT WAS FOUND WITH HOOD GASKETS WERE REPLACED.
EE, EMPERIANCED A MUSCLE SPAZUM IN HIS BACK AS HE WAS WALKING A 200 LB.RECTANGULAR PIECE OF METAL AND TRIED TO LIFT IT OVER 4" PIPE WITHOUT HELP AND STRAINED A MUSCLE. DR DERCRIBED LIGHT DUTY PAIN PILLS AND PHYSICAL THERPOPY DAILY. TO BE REEVALUTATED 26 AUG. 91.
EE WAS TAKING INSULATION OFF OF PIPING FOR THE STRIP CURCUIT WHEN HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYES. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES. THE EYES WERE NOT FLUSHED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE NO PAIN OR DISCOMFO RT WAS FELT. MEDICAL ATTENTION OCCURRED ON 1/31, 2/1, AND 2/4. SCRATCHES TO THE EYE CAUSED THE DR TO PRESCRIBE MEDICATION WHICH WAS USED. NO LOST TIME OR LIGHT DUTY OCCURRED.
HE WAS LIFTING A METAL PLATE AT THE CRUSHER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK. HIS BACK DID NOT HURT UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING. HE WENT TO A DOCTOR WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE COMPANY. HE CALLED IN SICK FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS BUT INFORMED THE COMPANY ON 161/2 HE WAS SENT TO THE COMPANY DOCTOR FOR BACK X-RAYS. THE COMPANY DOCTOR PUT HIM ON LGIHT DUTY UNTIL 11/6, WHEN HE RETURNED TO WORK REGULAR D
I NAME WAS OPERATING JAW CRUSHER WHEN A LARGE ROCK JAMMED THE JAWS HE HAD TO USE THE OVERHEAD HOIST WITH A HOOK ON IT TO UNJAM IT HOOK SLIPPED UPWARD CAUSING A ROCK CHIP TO FLY INTO HIS FACE I NAME WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES W/SIDE SHIELDS AFTER GETTING A ROCK CHIP IN HIS LEFT EYE I NAME RUBBED IT CAUSING BRUISING & SCRATCHING A DOC PRESCRIBED EYE DROP ANTIBIOTICS MAKING IT REPORTA
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING CHAIN HANGER BRACKETS TO 10" CHANNEL AT THE PRIMARY CURHSER. HE WAS WEARING A WELDING HELMENT AND SAFETY GLASSES. A PIECE OF SLAG OR DIRT FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE. ON 10- 3-90, MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NECESSARY. SCRATCHES ON HIS EYE NECESSITATED PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS. THE FOREIGN OBJECT WAS REMOVED BY THE DOCTOR. NO LOST TIME OR LIGHT DUTY OCCURRED.
EMPL WAS CARRYING PIECE OF 3/4" STEEL 12 X 38" WITH ANOTHER EMPL IN PRIMARY CRUSHER ARA. THEY WENT TO PLACE STEEL ONTO CV1 UNDER MAGNET WHEN MAGNET PULLED STEEL UP ONTO IT CRUSHING EMPLS LEFT HAND. PORTION OF FIRST JOINT OF LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS RIPPED OFF. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO LV FOR MEDICAL ATTNTION. ENTIRE FIRST JOINT WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED. DR RELEASED HIM FOR LIGHT DUTY BUT H
EMPL WAS SHOVELING ROCK UP FROM IN FRONT OF SAG MILL FEED CHUTE INTO MILL WHEN HE STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST FEED CHUTE. ON 9/21 AT 9:50 PM EMPL WENT TO DR IN L.V. HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING C ONTUSION OF RIGHT ELBOW. HE WAS DISABLE FROM WORK BUTWAS RECOMMENDED FOR THERAPY DAILY UNTIL 9/24. AT THIS TIME HE WAS TO BE REEVAULATED.