Sandersville Land and Mines Metal/Non-Metal

Employee cut finger on water screen.

Crew was air drilling in a pit and were changing bits. EE's hand was caught between bit and drill rig resulting in a fractured bone in EE's hand.

EE bent over to remove wheel chock from trailer they were working on. They felt back pain when they bent over.

Employee was moving pump hose when EE stepped into a hole and complained of possible foot pain. Uneven ground conditions contributed to this injury.

2 non mining related persons were riding ATV's on mine property. The two ATV's collided in the haul road resulting in one person being injured

A person trespassed into the pit and drown in the pit water.

The driver was driving too fast for conditions which was the root cause for this accident.

Low-Boy driver was picking up a bull dozer. After climbing up onto the tracks he was in the process of trying to open the door. Before he was able to open the cab door he somehow lost his balance an fell to the ground. The driver suffered a fractured Tibia from the fall.

Employee inserted hand into air conditioner vent contacting fan with middle finger on right hand. Resulting in an 1 1/4" laceration requiring two stitches.

Hit left thumb with hammer.

while removing bolts from belly pan on dozer, pan fell striking employee on right wrist, causing 1 inch laceration requiring 4 stitches.

The employee was hauling clay in a dump truck and while negotiating a 90 degree right turn the truck turned over on its side. Speed was a contributing factor. The employee sustained a laceration near her eye and on her arm.

Employee was using a hoist and chain to lift motor, when he slipped and caught his index finger between the chain and hook. Causing a laceration of his left index finger.

Employee was climbing ladder out of blunger and felt pop and sharp pain in right knee.

Employee was lifting aluminum pipe into position when right index finger stuck end of pipe that had been cut off. The jagged end cut the employee's finger.

Employee was operating an off road truck; when backing up to dump, rear wheels sunk down in soft dirt. Operator jumped from cab onto ground causing bruising and swelling to heel of foot.

Employee was using a sledge hammer to install a chain sprocket. While striking the sprocket the sledge hammer kicked back and struck the employee in the forehead. The employee received a laceration over right eye requiring 5 stitches.

Operator was coming down ladder off an off-the-road truck when he apparently lost his footing and sprained his left ankle. Continued to work until about 9:00 pm when it started hurting and he went by the E.R. where ace bandage was applied. He is to wear wrap 48 hours, apply ice, elevation and use crutches until 7/29/05.

GETTING DOWN OFF EARTHMOVING TRACTOR/LAND LEVELER & LOST HIS FOOTING. FELL & WHILE REACHING FOR HAND RAIL HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER, BENDING & BREAKING IT. HE THEN FELL ON HIS RIBS BRUISING THEM. HE WAS TAKEN TO ER, THEN TO SURGERY TO REPAIR HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. OUT OF WORK UNTIL RELEASED BY PHYSICIAN.

EE WAS OPERATING DOZER. EE SAID HE HAD PUSHED SOME WATER OUT OF A SMALL HOLE IN THE CLAY. WHEN HE WAS BACKING UP AND THEN GOING FORWARD, THE DOZER BUCKED WITH HIM, CAUSING A SHARP PAIN TO GO UP HIS BACK.

Driving down haul road, hit a bump, bounced up in the cab and hit his head on a bolt that was in the side of the top of the cab.

Employee was on land leveler tractor being pulled down hill by a dozer. tractor was not running so had no brakes and ran into back of dozer shaking up ee. complained of back pain.

TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS COLLIDED ON TUCKER ROAD HEAD ON

Operator was attempting to get equipment-dozer unstuck...muddy conditions....Dozer dislodged and came down stockpile. Blade hit the bottom of stockpile causing abrupt stop. Operator was pitched forward into dozer cab striking head resulting in laceration to scalp.

Employeee was filling up water tank when hose came out and hit him under the chin. Required sutures at Wash Co Med ctr ER.

WHILE EE WAS OPERATING DRILL RIG, PULLED DRILL ROD AND CABLE UNEXPECTEDLY RELEASED MASHING RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN ROD AND DRILL RIG...RESULTING IN LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB REQUIRING SUTURES. EE IS ON RESTRICTED WORK UNTIL REEVALUATION IN 7 DAYS - NO USE OF RIGHT HAND.

WHILE REMOVING A DEFECTED CYLINDER FROM OFF-ROAD DUMP TRUCK, THE CYLINDER SLIPPED OFF THE BOTTOM SUPPORT. BEING HELD BY SERVICE TRUCK CRANE, CYLINDER SWUNG INTO FUEL TANK AND CRUSHED RIGHT HAN D BETWEEN CYLINDER AND FUEL TANK.

EE WAS WELDING ON A DRILL PAN AND REMOVED HIS HELMET TO INSPECT THE WELD. HE BEGAN WELDING WHILE HOLDING THE HELMET IN HIS FREE HAND. HE RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.

EE POSITIONING HYDRAULIC PUMP ON DRILL RIG; PUMP SLIPPED; CRUSH INJURY TO RIGHT 5TH FINGER; LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES.

CHANGING PUMP MOTOR, EE WAS GUIDING MOTOR INTO POSITION, RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTORAND BASE BOLTS RESULTING IN LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.

DRIVER WAS DUMPING LOAD OF CLAY AND TRAILER & TRUCK ROLLED OVER ON LEFT SIDE INJURING DRIVER WHO HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO MEDICAL CENTER. DIAGNOSIS WAS A CERVICAL STRAIN. PRESC RIBED ICE TO SHOULDER/NECK/PELVIS FOR 1ST 24 HRS, THEN HEAT; WEAR SLING FOR 3-4 DAYS/MEDICATIONS AS PRESCRIBED & FOLLOW UP WITH MD IN A FEW DAYS.

HAMMERING OUT A BEARING WITH A HAMMER & PUNCH. HANDS WERE GREASY. SWUNG AT PUNCH, MISSED, & HIT LEFT THUMB.

WHILE OPERATING 50 TON OFF ROAD TRUCK HE STARTEDEXPERIENCING PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE AND FELT NUMB INTHE SAME AREA. HE REPORTED ON 9/26 AFTER SEEING DOCTOR ON 9/19 AND OUT OF WORK SINCE. HE INDICAT ED CURRENT WORK CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTED TO PAIN. IN DOCTOR'S REPORT HE DID NOT INDICATE THIS AS AWORK-RELATED INJURY. DELAY IN REPORTING WAS DUE TO THE DOCTOR'S FINDINGS.

WHILE GETTING ON BH77, FELT SOMETHING PULL AND SHARP PAIN IN BACK - REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AROUND 6 PM.

BACKING UP TO LOADER FOR LOADING, LOADER OPERATOR STRUCK TRUCK BODY WITH BUCKET, JARING OPERATOR IN CAB OF TRUCK CAUSING NECK INJURY-STRAINED MUSCLE.

TIGHTENING BOLT WITH PIPE WRENCH AND THE PIE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT CAUSING STRAIN TO RIGHTSHOULDER.

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE OF THE HAUL TRUCK DROPPED INTO A 3.5 FOOT DROP OFF CAUSING THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK TO RISE UP INTO THE AIR. THE TRUCK THEN ROLLED ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE. THE VICTIM'S HEAD STRUCK THE DOOR FRAME CAUSING INJURY.

TRAVELING ON MINE DIRT ROAD, HIT A BUMP CAUSING LEFT KNEE TO HIT STEERING COLUMN; KNOT ON KNEE, SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. LOSS TIME.

SLIPPED WHILE TRAVELING/ WALKING AND FELL FORWARD ONTO LEFT LEG CAUSING BACK, HIP, AND LEG SPRAIN TO LEFT SIDE.

CONDITIONS WERE WET AND MUDDY, MINE EUQIPMENT NOT OPERATIN GDUE TO WET CONDITIONS. EE AND 2 OTHER MEN WERE ISNTLALING 3 SECTIONS OF 18" PLASTIC PIPE IN A SEDIMENT BASIN. ONE MAN WAS PULLING TIE STRAP ON CONNECTING BAND TIGHT WHEN PAIR OF COMMON PLIERS BEING USED SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE EE IN FACE AROUND RIGHT EYE WITH PLIERS. DUE TO SWELLING AROUND EYE HE WAS CARRIED TO D

EE WAS CUTTING AND WELDING IN THE OPEN SUNSHINE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGH 90'S AND FAINTED AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

EE ENTERED WOMEN'S BATHROOM AND AN UNKNOWN PARTICLE FLEW INTO HER LEFT EYE. THE PARTICLE IS SUSPECTED TO HAVE FLOWN INTO HER EYE FROM THE OVERHEAD HVAC DUCT. PARTICLE COULD NOT BE WASHED OUT(E MBEDDED) AND PRESCRIPTION EYEDROPS WERE GIVEN.

DRIVING AROUND CURVE TOO FAST, TRUCK ROLLED ON SIDE AND SLID INTO ONCOMING TRUCK WHO HAD STOPPED WHEN HE SAW EMPLOYEE COMING TOO FAST-- EMPLOYEE CUT LEFT FOREHEAD, BRUISED LEFT SHOUL- DER & RIGHT KNEE. OTHER DRIVER NOT INJURED.