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EE TIPPLE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN DIRT AND ROCK OFF THE VIBRATING SCREEN LCOATED AT THE TIPPLE. WHILE SWINGING A PICK AS HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PUT D9 DOZER TRACK BACK TOGETHER. HE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO PUT PIN BACK IN REAR AXLE AND TORE ROTOR-CUFF IN SHOULDER.
DOZER OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OF THE 8K DOZER CAB WHEN HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT IN THE GRAB HANDLE OF THE DOZER AND FELL.
EE SLIPPED GOING DOWN A SLOP IT CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM ANBD HE WENT TO THE DR. ON 6-25. HE DIDN'T MISS ANY TIMNE. NOW HE MUST GO IN FOR SURGERY ON 7-30 AND WILL MISS APPROX 30 DAYS WORK.
MINER STEPPED DOWN FROM BOTTOM STEP ON TO THE WALKING SHOE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND PULLED CARTIDGE FROM THE ANKLE BONE.
MINERS WERE CHANGING OUT AN OLD DRAG CVABLE WITH A NEW ONE WHEN THE NEW CABLE WHICH WAS FASTENED IN THE SOCKET END AT THE BUCKET WHEN SUDDENLY THE CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF THE SOCKET AND RECOILED AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR WHO WAS STANDING OFF TO THE SIDE IN AND ACROSS HIS CHEST AREA.
THE BULLODOZER ENCOUNTERED A HYDRAULIC OIL LEAK ON THE LEFT CYLINDER. MINER CLIMBED UP ON THE MACHINE AND WHILE FORCING A WRENCH TO ALLOW A BOLT TO BE INSERTED, SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HIS KNEE ON THE PUSH ARM OF THE DOZER.
MINER WAS STEPPING OFF DRAGLINE WALKING SHOE TO THE GROUND AND SIMPLY MISSED THE SECOND STEP AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE ON GROUND IMPACT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON EQUIPMENT, DRIVING A CHISEL BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL, CHISEL FLEW UP AND HIT HIM ABOVE RIGHT EYE, REQUIRING STITCHES.
ON E/23/89 CROEWBURG MINE WAS TO TEMPORARILY CEASE OPERATIONS. APPROX 100 TO 1500 LBS OF EXPLOSIVES WERE BURIED IN ACTIVE PIT. TRASH & DEBRIS HAD BEEN DUMPED IN PIT BY MINE PERSONNEL. TRASH W AS SET ON FIRE AT APPROX 6:30 AM 5/12/89 UNAWAREOF ANFO BURIED & IT DETONATED.
WHILE INSTALLIN1 SCREEN EMPLOYEES WERE CUTTING ON SCREENS AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO ADVANCE A BELT TO PREVENT SPARK DAMAGE, THE DRUM TURNED INSTEAD CAUSING A BEAM TO STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK AREA. 3
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A HAND HELD AIR SANDER AND PUT A GRINDING DISK ON THE UNIT. THE DISK THEN CAME APART STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE GROIN AREA OF HIS BODY. THE GRINDER WAS A TOOL OWNED BY THE EMPLOYEE. 3
INFLATING TIRE WHEN BEAD BROKE FORCING RIM INTO VERTICAL DIRECTION ,STRIKING LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.CAUSED END OF FINGER AND FINGER NAIL TO BECOME DISMEMBERED.