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Twisted left knee while pulling fuel hose from the Lube Truck. ER doctor x-rayed knee, placed a brace on it and gave the employee crutches and returned the employee to light duty. After employee was examined by an orthopedic, he was placed on loss time status.

Employee backed his truck up to a light plant to move it.(LP21) To hitch up the trailer, he physically moved the trailer tongue to the truck. He felt pain in his back and legs. The physician said he has Sciatica and swelling at the junction of S5-L1 in his back. He prescribed steroids, muscle relaxant, and pain medication, and was released back to work on light duty.

While climbing down from DZ-7 (dozer) employee stepped to the ground and back started hurting.

Driller was lifting a bit out of the basket when he felt a pain in his back.

Moving a piece of steel plate and when he turned to set it down he hit his elbow on a ladder causing muscle tear on the right elbow region

Miner was reinstalling guards on CV10 after repairing the pulling and an other miner pushed on the guard smashing his hand between the guards. (crusher was not running at the time).

Miner was sliding out the magnet on CV04 so it could be cleaned off and pulled something in his groin.

Miner was cleaning the catwalk on the scalper when a rock came of CV-02 belt and struck him in the right foot. The damage to his right foot not completely known at this time but he is walking on it with brace

While lowering Grizzly from frame one hitch point slipped and allowed the mechanism to swing, striking miners legs and foot.

Employee was removing worn crusher liner a piece broke off and hit him in the left forearm

Employee was injured when he removed a cap from a pressurized (100 psi) air line without relieving pressure and was struck on the right forearm by rust and debris. Employee received minor first aid, was transported to medical facility. The arm was cleaned and wrapped, given tetanus shot and prescribed an antibiotic.

EE REPORTED ON 8-7-03, THAT HE HAD SUFFERED A HERNIA AT SOME TIME WITHIN THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND WOULD BE NEEDING SURGERY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HE WAS NOT SURE WHEN OR WHERE IT HAPPENED FOR SURE AND HAD NOT INDICATED A PROBLEM PRIOR TO THIS. HE IS HAVING THE SURGERY ON 9-2-03, AND WILL BE OUT FOR APPROX. 4 TO 6 WEEKS.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS MOVING A BARREL OF COMPRESSOR OIL TO SERVICE THE DRILL. WHILE MOVING THE BARREL HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK. HE EXPECTS TO BE OFF WORK FOR AT LEAST ONE WEEK.

EE AND CO WORKER WERE REPLACING THE ROLLER ON A DOZER. THE WELD THEY HAD MADE TO HOLD THE BOGGEY IN PLACE BROKE. THIS ALLOWED THE BOGGEY TO SLIP AND CATCH HIS FINGER. NBO BROKEN BONES BUT HE H AD A DEEP LACERATION ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. SEVERAL STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND. HE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT WHICH WAS 8/26/01.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE HAD LIFTED A CHOCK BLOCK FROM THE HOLDER ON THE FRONT OF A 85TON HAUL TRUCK TO PLACE IT UNDER THE WHEEL. HE CLAIMS HE FELT SOME PAIN IN AND AROUND HIS BELLY BUTTON & NOW HAS A HERNIA AS A RESULT OF THE CHOCK BLOCK.HE HAS NOT MISSED WORK UNTIL NOV.14. SURGERY TO REPAIR THE HERNIA AND WILL BE OFF FOR APPROX. 6 WKS. THE INJURY REPORTED TO SAFETY DEPT. 1MO.AFT

EE WAS ASKED TO REMOVE THE DRIVE LINE ON A PICK UP THAT WAS NEEDING REAPRS. HE JACKED THE PICKUP , PLACING BLOCKS BEHIND AND IN FRONT OF THE REAR WHEELS. HE DID NOT USE OR PLACE ANY BLOCKING U NDER THE TRUCK. HE THEN CLIMBED UNDER THE TRUCK AND THE JACK SLIPPED OFF THE POINT TO CONTACT, WHICH WAS ON THE AXLE. HE IS RATHER LARGE AND WHEN THE JACK SLIPPED, THE TRUCK FELL IT HIT HIM O

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE HAD SOME PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE HELPING TO MAKE REPAIRS ON A D9 DOZER. HE WAS SEEN AND TREATED AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL ON 8/11/01, AND RELEASED FOR WORK. ON 11/5/01 HE REPORTED TO WORK BUT LEFT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHIFT DUE TO PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE MISSED HIS FIRST SHIFT OF WORK OF 11/5/01 AND AT THIS TIME WE ARE NOT SURE WHEN HE WILL RETURN.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD ATTEMPTED TO LIFT AND MOVE A PORTION OF THE CONVEYER BELTING. THIS IS VERY HEAVY MATERIAL AND SHOULD ONLY BE MOVED WITH A FORKLIFT. HE STRAINED THE GROIN AREA AND IS NOW LOOKING AT SURGERY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HE WILL BE OFF FOR APPROX 4-6 WEEKS.

EE STATED HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TUB OF WATERAPPROX 3 GALLONS & HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS TREATED & RELEASED WITH A FULL RELEASE HOWEVER HE CONT'D TO HAVE SOME PAIN & WAS TREATED BY ANOTHER DR. THIS DR TREATED HIM UNTILD/22/01 WITH NO RESTRICTIONS, WHEN HE TOOK HIMOFF WORK. HIS FIRST MISSED DAY IS 3/23/01

EE REPORTED HE WAS RETURNING A CHOCK BLOCK TO THE HOLDER ON A HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT WRIST. HE CONT' WORK UNTIL 9/14/99 WHEN HE WAS SEEN AT THE LOCAL HOSP AT THIS TIME A FRACTURE WAS FOUND IN HIS WRIST & HE HAS NOT RETD TO WORK YET

EE REPORTED HE HAD REINJURIED HIS ARM IN HIS NORMAL PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES. HE IS UNSURE WHAT HE DID BUT HE EXPERIENCED SWELLING IN HIS A ELBOW. THIS EE HAD SURGERY ON THIS ELBOW IN JULY RETURN ING TO FULL DUTY ON 8-3-99. HE HAS NOW BEEN OFF WORK SINCE 8-30-99 AND WE ARE UNSURE WHEN HE WILL RETURN.

EE WAS REPAIRING THE DECK BUSHING ON DRILL, BUSHING FELL STRIKING THE C-CLAMP UNDER BUSHING CAUSING THE C-CLAMP TO FLY UP AND STRIKE THE EE IN THE FACE. HE HAD A LACERATION ON HIS MOUTH AND SE VERAL TEETH WERE LOOSENED . IT DID REQUIRE 3 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE LACERATION, AND HE MAY NEED SOME DENTAL WORK FOR REPAIRS TO HIS TEETH. NO LOST TIME DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WOKE UP ONE MORNING FOLLOWINGHIS EVENING SHIFT WITH A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS TREATED FOR A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER LUMBAR. HE DOESN'T RECALL WHEN OR WHERE THE STRAIN MAY HAVE OCCURRED. HE IS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC.INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO EMPLOYER. POSSIBLE RETURN TO FULL DUTY WITHIN 7 DAYS.

EE HAD PICKED UP A METAL PLATE TO COMPLETE REPAIRS ON HEAVY EQUIPMENT. PLATE SLIPPED, LACERATING HIS LEFT THUNB. 5 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REPAIRS TO THE CRUSHER UNIT. AS REPAIRED PART WAS BEING LOWERED INTO POSITION, HE ATTEMPTED TO STEADY IT USING HIS HAND, NOT THE RECOMMENDED METAL BARS OR TAG LINE. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN FRAME AND CRUSHER BOWL.

HE WAS MOVING 50 LB BAGS OF SODA FROM A PALLET TO A MIXING HOPPER, OPENING THE BAGS AND DUMPING THEM INTO THE HOPPER STRAINING HIS MIDDLE TO LOWER BACK.

EE WAS SHOVELING OUT A SHALLOW TRENCH AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

ON 6-19-96, WOKE UP WITH A SORE BACK. ON 6-20 & 6-21 IT WAS STIFF AND SORE. ON 6-22 EMP HAD TROUBLE BREATHING BECAUSE OF SORE SPOT ON BACK. 6-24EMP WAS WORKING AT THE PONDS GUIDING THE CRANE & WALKING UP & DOWN THE HILL INTO THE POND & EXPERIENCED SHORTNESS OF BREATH & PAIN IN THE MIDBACKALSO THERE WAS A BRUISE ON THE MIDBACK TO THE LEFT.

EE WHILE STANDING UPRIGHT REMOVING THE CAP FROM THE AIR FILTER CANISTER, ON AN I.R. 45 BLAST HOLE DRILL, WHEN TURNING TO SET THE CAP ASIDE, HE FELT LOWER BACK PAIN.