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Miner was loading muck pile with Cat 992G loader. Discovered a "toe" under the muck pile and was using loader to break out "toe". Drove loader into an area of "toe" that refused to move causing a very sudden and abrupt stop. This lurched the miner in his seat causing an acute neck and upper back strain.

Miner operating a wheel loader dropped front tire into a mud filled depression causing machine to bounce.This resulted in a low back and neck strain. Was first notified of incident on 11-8-2010. Originally treated with Ibuprofen and muscle relaxer. After further diagnostics, it was determined on 12-10-2010 that physical therapy was needed.

Miner was sitting in cab of haul truck being loaded with wheel loader. The load in the bucket was extremely wet and released from bucket as a large mass causing truck to jerk and rock excessively. This resulted in an acute right mid-back strain.

Miner was operating a wheel loader. When he exited the loader cab he noticed pain in his lower right back. Can't pin pain down to any one single event. He was diagnosed with an acute low back strain.

Miner was operating haul truck approaching a curve when another operator of a haul truck approaching curve from the opposite direction failed to maintain control of his truck and skidded sideways in front of vehicle striking the cab with left rear of truck bed entrapping original miner and causing a broken leg.

Miner was washing pad under a conveyor that had choked up. Another miner up on the conveyor threw off a softball sized rock and struck other miner on hard hat resulting in a contusion to the head.

Miner was working near the edge of a crushing plant bluff in harness and lanyard tied off to an air compressor. Compressor was still attached to a pickup. Another miner moved the pickup and compressor pulling injured miner approx. 12 feet causing a wrist sprain and elbow contusion. All miners in quarry have since been retrained in workplace exam and tie-off procedures.

Reached around behind seat to check a cab heater fan shroud that was making noise and came in contact with fan blade resulting in laceration and fracture of middle finger.

Employee was preforming in hole service, a Mine employee was running the controls to an overhead discharge auger and hit the Dyno employee in the back causing the employee to fall to the ground.

PURCHASING SUPERVISOR WAS DIRECTING A LOADER OPERATOR TO UNLOAD A ROLL OF 48" WIDE CONVEYOR BELTING. THE ROLL WAS SUSPENDED WITH A CHAIN FROM THE BUCKET TEETH AND AS THE ROLL WAS PLACED ON THE GROUND THE CHAIN WENT SLACK. INJURED EE REACHED BETWEEN THE BUCKET & THE ROLL OF CONVEYOR BELTING PINCH POINT WITH HIS RT.HAND & SUSTAINED A CRUSHING INJURY TO HIS HAND. SMALL FRACTURES.

EE WAS HAULING OVERBURDEN MATERIAL THRU THE PIT TO THE RECLAMATION AREA AND LOST CONTROL OF THE ARTICULATED, 40 TON HAUL TRUCK. THE TRUCK JACKKNIFED AND OVERTURNED COMPLETELY. THE EE SUSTAINED A MINOR FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT HAND AND RING FINGER.

EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER CLEANING UP BLASTED ROCK TO BE LOADED BY ANOTHER LOADER. HE STRUCK A SOLID SHELF OF ROCK IN THE MUCK PILE WITH THE BUCKET & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

THIS INJURY IS AN AGGREVATION OF A PREVIOUS INJURY. EE WAS OPERATING A LOADER WITH A SEAT CONFIGURED DIFFERENTLY FROM HIS REGULAR LOADER. HIS LOWER BACK PAIN PROGRESSIVELY INCREASED UNTIL 6-30 -00, AND WE SENT HIM TO THE DR'S OFFICE FOR PAINRELIEF AND PHYSICAL THERAPY. HE MISSED THREE DAYS AND RETURNED TO FULL DUTY ON 6-28-00.