CYPRESS PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

The employee was closing the gate to the entrance of the mine. It was raining hard and very windy, and the gate swung away from the employee while trying to grab the gate, EE lost EE's footing and fell. EE hit EE's arm on the ground/rock driveway. EE notified the supervisor of incident after clocking out.

A 2 1/4" 3/4 drive socket was being used to tighten down lid bolts on primary crusher. The socket was being used with a 3/4 drive air ratchet. Miner was using his right hand to hold socket in place and his left hand to separate impact. Socket had a piece of chrome sliver peeling off of socket. It was about 1 1/2 inches long. The sliver went into the miners right hand.

While performing plant clean up, employee exited the bobcat and his right foot slipped off of the drag attached to the bobcat. When his foot slipped, he landed on his right knee.

Employee was using a cutting torch to repair leak in a discharge chute under hammer mill. A piece of hot rusty metal rolled inside his right ear when the air pressure from the torch hit it and knocked it loose.

A peice of metal came loose from a chipping hammer and became lodged in employee's left hand between his thumb and first finger. A co-worker was using the hammer to dislodge material from a feed plate on a scalping screen and he was standing next to him. The small peice of metal was not removed because of the depth in his hand.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A POCKET KNIFE TO CUT A PLASTIC ZIP TIE OFF OF A BOOT ON A HYDRAULIC HOSE. WHEN THE KNIFE CUT THROUGH THE TIE, IT ALSO CUT THE EE'S RT. FOREARM.