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Employee cut left index finger while attempting to slice through a grease line with a utility knife
Employee was repairing a drive belt, and attempting to loosen a nut, using a crescent wrench. While employee was applying pressure to loosen the nut, employee felt a pain in right shoulder.
Initially this was a first aid injury until surgery was required on 3/29/2018. Employee was pushing a camera through pipe. EE was kneeled down pushing hard when ee felt a pain. This incident resulted in surgery to repair hernia.
While grading the road with a loader, employee struck the edge of a concrete pad, causing the loader to stop. Employee hit head against something resulting in a cut on the right side of head requiring stitches.
Liquid spilled off the lid of a 5 gallon bucket of oil while contractor was lifting it out of the containment area. The spilled liquid contacted EE's shirt and pants. As the day progressed EE said it was irritating on the skin.
While cutting square tubing with band saw, dead end fell off roller saw horse and kicked up end being cut, smashing finger tip between saw and pipe.
Employee was in Hopper room shoveling out water into pails in order to remove the water from the location. At one point, the employee picked up a full pail and turned at his waist. He felt pain in his left hip.
Associate was sitting in the loader and leaned over to close the door. He placed his right hand on door frame for leverage and pulled door closed with left hand. He did not move right hand and severed the flesh from end of middle finger.
Associate was cleaning a face when some material fell onto his loader.
Associate was on one side of the anfo truck prepping the primers when another associate on the other side of the anfo truck let down the outriggers onto the first associate's foot breaking 3 bones.
Associate was shoveling around skidster that was stuck when he got stuck in the clay around him and cut himself on the skidster. Associate received stitches in the arm.
Fall of roof occurred at intersection 235 and 106 in the primary escapeway of the mine. The fall occurred while the scalar operator was in the area scaling when a large amount fell from the back hitting the scalar breaking the window and causing minor scratches on the operator.
Associate was using the scaler to remove loose material from the rib in the 235N/106E intersection. The associate moved the scaler into 106 heading to watch the intersection shortly afterward, a 25X50 section of back came down in the intersection. No one was injured.
Associate was plowing snow with the skidster, hit a frozen piece of material. Causing the associates head to jerk, which resulted in a sprain of the neck. The associate has returned to his normal work duties. Associate went in for follow up and needs some massage sessions to work out knots in his neck this was discovered on 3-19-13.
Associate was helping out at the washplant, raking fines at the dewatering screen when the rake got caught and yanked out of the associates hand.
Associate was walking to his car and slipped on some ice.
Associate was shoveling snow off of a catwalk when he slipped and landed on the left side of his body.
Associate was cutting belt off fan with knife towards himself and knife slipped cutting hand. Associate was not wearing gloves at the time of the incident. First aid was administered on site and associate went to hospital receiving 6 stitches.
Associate was operating a loader in the wet sand storage tunnels when he hit a bump in the road. He was jostled and felt a pain in his neck. Associate was sent to the hospital for an examination with sprained muscles in his back and neck. Associate returned to work the following day with restrictions. The cause of the accident was a malfunction in the 980K ride control.
Moving a section of sand chute with a forklift and when one was lifted another chute shifted and fell on ee left foot. He was wearing steel toe boots but is still cut his little toe. Taken to hospital where he received stitches.
Associate was putting a side shield on the back of the loader when he tripped on a rock and the shield bounced off the rear tire striking the associate in the nose lacerating the nose requiring 9 stitches.
Holding bolt from loader with hand, bolt spun cutting left hand middle finger.
EE was hooking up chain to fuel barrel, was getting off of barrel and jammed shoulder
Drill #1 was stuck and EE was using outriggers to lift drill and get rocks under tires. Hand was in open door jam & door to truck slammed on left thumb while raising the outriggers.
EE was changing cutting edges on loader at the shop, tightening bolt with air wrench and finger slipped and got cut by edge of bolt
The associates were moving a retention pond boat by themselves and lost control. The boat slid down a water pipe and struck the associate in the face and arm, resulting in lacerations, requiring stitches.
Associate was climbing down the extension ladder when the associate missed the second step from the bottom straining the right hip.
On February 8th, associate was walking into porthole, tripped on rock and twisted right ankle. Associate refused medical attention and incident was treated as a first aid case. On July 11th, associate went to doctor for a pain that had not gone away in his right ankle. Doctor x-rayed ankle and found fracture in right foot. Associate has no work restrictions and went back to work.
Operator was opening a rail car door, when wrecking bar slipped out of door clamp and pinched finger on right hand between the bar and the railcar.
Dumping small lab hopper and associate hit the frozen sand with hand to free material. The frozen sand came out and the hopper weight shifted and hopper lid stuck right hand index finger, peeling skin back. Taken to urgent care and received 5 stitches.
Injured 2nd toe while walking over rocks.
Two associates were rotating a steel frame. The frame was pulled to the edge of the work bench and one of the associates reached to grab the frame when it fell to the ground. His small left finger was pinched between steel frame and table top resulting in a fracture.
EE was removing fuel tank from sweeper in an area with low lighting, and not sure how, but wire cut EE's middle finger on his right hand.
Associate was unloading sheet metal off of a pick-up truck with two other associates. Steel hit ground and cut left hand.
Roof fall in primary 300ft inside porthole #1 on 90N at first intersection. Pile is approximatly 20'x20'x3'to5' deep. MSHA called with in 5 minutes. There were 5 miners and 1 contractor in mine at time of incident. Everyone got out with no injuries.
No injuries. Roof fall on the west side of the mine and the primary escape, at 90 E impeded travel. 10 miners were in the mine, zero contractors.
The associate was working on a haul truck in section 102 east of the mine when a section of the rib arch sloughed off striking the associate's right leg between the rib material and fender of the haul truck resulting in lower leg injury.
EE was loading trucks in wet sand area noticed smoke, tried to get #7 loader out of mine and made it as far as 90 and #1 portal and loader started on fire. Put out with extinguisher. No injuries, just equipment damage. Mine evacuated, called MSHA, removed loader.
EE while guiding a loader in for cleanup, had his hand on the sump and the loader caught the disconnect stands and pushed it against the sump where his hand was, and his hand was pinched.
Roof fall in tunnel 86E of primary escapeway impeding travel. No injury and no equipment damage. The roof fall happened under normal mining conditions. The area was immediately barricaded and employees notified of restriction of travel and evacuated. MSHA was notified within 15 minutes (07:36 PM) via Hotline.
Employee was holding a piece of steel with his hand when cutting with the band saw. Broken teeth on saw grabbed the steel, forcing steel forward and pinching of finger between steel being cut and steel laying next to band saw. Wrapped finger and received stitches at urgent care clinic. Vice not used to secure steel while cutting and hands should have been kept clear.
Employee was struck by loose material falling from roof. He sustained a lumbar strain/sprain and right hand pain and finger abrasion. He returned to work with restrictions and has a follow up appt.
Doing morning housekeeping. Bent forward and lower back went out.
Crossing under conveyor and twisted right knee.
Got out of backhoe took 3 steps in loose sand, knee felt different, started to get weak that night and swell. Did not report injury until 7/17/09 to supervisor
Loose material fell from the back striking employee, knocking him down. Diagnosis is Sprain and Strain of knee and leg, left shoulder.
Employee tried to kick a frozen chuck of sand loose. Kicked the ice and felt a pain in his back.
Lifting Return Rollers at Screen Tower
While lifting winch cable to unhook from railcar, cable twisted and injured lower back.
Hose came out of hole off of Getman Anfo truck & wrapped around arm while trying to shut it off.