Tilden Mine safety activity

Employee was using a prybar in an upward forward motion to remove a middle impact roller for 2CV when the prybar slipped out causing the employee to strike their right middle finger against an overhead steel channel. Employee was sent to the hospital for imaging which revealed fracture. Employee's finger was dressed and immobilized with a splint and employee returned to work.

Two employees were installing a plastic deflector sheet into a chute and were lowering the deflector by hand. The deflector became wedged in the chute and when it dislodged, it dropped and pinched the employee's right thumb.

Employee was operating loader 49 on the north wall of the Tilden Main Pit when they contacted a large boulder in the dig face with the loader bucket causing the employee pain in their right shoulder from being jarred. Employee was wearing their seat belt at the time of the incident. Employee was prescribed restrictions to wear a sling and limit lifting with right arm to < 10 lbs.

Employee was lifting filter sections from machine and felt something pop followed by tightness in their lower abdomen. Employee was evaluated by site nurse and sent to local hospital where ultrasound revealed fat containing hernia.

Operator was cleaning in the Primary Crusher basement when they stumbled on a rock on the floor causing fall. Employee reported after getting up, shoulder fell out of socket causing pain. Employee self-relocated shoulder and was evaluated by site EMT and transported to local ED for imaging which revealed bone fragments and degenerative mineralization and tendon calcification.