Rio Tinto Group safety activity

While trying to board the haul truck operator hit the right knee on the second rail on the ladder. EMT assessed IP and noted a purple mark on the front of their knee cap. IP was walking with a limp and said it was painful to press on the gas of haul truck. EMT sent IP to RMMC with supervisor.

Worker was walking to a hole they were about to measure when they tripped and rolled their ankle on uneven ground. Worker was assessed by EMT at 10:21am. EMT provided worker with an ice pack and advised them to go Medical Clinic for further evaluation. Supervisor took worker to MC.

Operator walked from grader to talk to oncoming shift grader operator. Talked for a minute then proceeded to walk to board the Burnell bus when operator turned left to board bus, they felt a pop and some pain in left knee. Operator failed to report incident to leader after event happened. Went into RMMC after shift for further evaluation.

Lifter on the drill that suspends the pipe down hole slipped and smashed the driller helper's finger between the pipe holder (or clamp) and the lifter.

Drill crew was tripping in Tremie pipe and a driller assistant was attempting to remove the lifter with a pipe wrench when the pipe slipped downward causing the injured employee to get a finger pinched between the pipe wrench and the foot clamp. The injured employee sustained a laceration and possible fracture to employees right ring fingertip.

Drill helper was helping to remove a sub adapter from the roughneck by holding the elevated sub adapter prior to release. Once it was released, the weight of the adapter caused the sub to drop slightly causing the drill helper to pinch their middle finger between the threads of the sub adapter and drill rod; causing a laceration and fracture of the finger tip.

Employee and a geo-tech were pull-testing bolts. A bolt plate was placed beneath one of the legs of the pull tester so the leg would not get trapped in the mesh. Tension was pulled and the bolt passed. The employee unscrewed the nut securing the pull testing machine to the bolt. When removing the nut, the bolt plate became loose and fell 3-4 ft hitting the employee in the lip.

IP stated while they were operating the haul truck, they hit a bump and got pulled by the wheel of the haul truck when they hit the bump. Felt a pain in their shoulder which worsened as they were required to pull hard on the steering wheel to get the truck to move. IP was assessed by EMT and was referred to RMMC.

The worker received a foreign body in the left eye following grinding. Visited medical clinic. Remove Foreign Body Cornea (with slit lamp): saline irrigation and anesthetized by 2 gtt(s) of Proparicaine. Foreign body removed with a needle. The eye was irrigated with saline after the procedure. Release full duties, may perform regular work. Released from care.