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While changing out gearbox on head pulley of 453 belt. While doing so the employees were adjusting the gearbox on the forks of telehandler when employees finger was smashed in between the motor base and a prybar they were using to adjust the placement of the motor base. Employees right index finger received a laceration and fractured fingertip.

Using Dingo MT55 bucket to push it backwards over a muck pile. Machine tittered and caught employees finger between conveyor framework and Dingo handrail.

Injured employee was assigned the task to take Kenworth water truck underground. While accessing the mine via the incline slope into the mine, the employee apparently lost control of the water truck and collided with the rib in the first turn in slope #1.

The employee was sent out for preventative medical evaluation following a water truck incident, and was diagnosed with a back strain and issued restrictions. A water truck operator/trainee struck a parked vehicle while backing down a decline. The employee was a passenger/instructor in the truck during the operation/training on the water truck.

Employee strained his back from seat impact, and required follow up treatment. During the operation of a water truck, the employee had struck a parked vehicle.

Employee stated he was taking the water truck down the intake slope using the air-brakes to verify braking. Brake overuse bled off the air; locking up the center-axle and wheels. This caused the truck to skid. The employee nosed the truck into the rib to stop. Per medical evaluation, the impact jarred the employee's lower back causing a lumbar strain.

Employee stated that he was backing the Cat 988H out of the heading with a bucket of muck, when the units rear wheel abruptly dropped through a pothole. The operator shared that he was sitting sideways as normal for his preferred method of vision. The abrupt floor changes and jostling affected the miners lower rt. back.

Coarse material was loaded into a Cat 772 by a Cat 988, which caused the truck and operator to be shocked very hard. The truck operator was leaning forward on the steering wheel, and his seat pressure had been lower for road comfort. The shifting truck caused him to be slammed into the seat which hurt his upper back and made it hard for him to breath (thoracic strain).

The employee was pulling a water line with a Kawaski mule underground into crosscut #4. While operating, the employee looked over his left shoulder with his right arm through the steering wheel. The employee ran over an unseen rock in his travel path. The obstruction caused the steering wheel to turn sharply, pulling his right arm.