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During the muck cycle, left rib failed - operator was not in the drift when rib failed.
Operator was bolting up 4540 heading. He went to repair a leaking hose when the right rib failed resulting in a buried bolter. He was able to escape over the top of the material.
While spraying shotcrete the dry pot stopped. The miner stepped away from the face as the dry pot was being worked on. The miner briefly pulled his attention away to check the progress of the dry pot when a rock rolled off the sloped face on to the muck pile and down to the flat. The rock continued rolling in to the miner's right leg resulting in a contusion.
While being loaded, the truck driver was shaken side to side causing pain in the left of his back.
While trying to align striker bar to drill steel, the boom on drill became in a bind, when it came loose from the sill it swung to the left striking his hand (left hand middle finger).
Operator was exiting the Dozer on the Leach Pad, he stepped down on a rock, losing his balance and twisted his ankle.
The Operator was operating a loader. After shutting down the Loader, he was climbing down the ladder to the ground. He had his lunch box and jacket in this hand. While climbing down he fall from the ladder hitting his head on the ground. He was unconscious for approximately 2 minutes and had a cut on the back of his head.
Loader Operator worked all shift loading hopper at Crusher. Looking over his left shoulder to see behind him during the shift. At the end of the shift his neck started clamping up. Later that night his neck felt worst and his leg was beginning to become numb.
Accident occurred with the employee tripped over his own feet, falling backwards on a concrete floor located in the Process Plant. Employee reached back with his left hand to catch himself and strain his left wrist.
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.
Operator was clearing a clay-plugged transfer chute with a pry bar. The operators left hand slipped off the pry bar and got pinched between the bar and the chute causing a laceration of the left middle finger. The laceration was cleaned, stitches were required and prescription for pain killers was given to the employee. The employee was given three days off.
Employee complained of an aggravation to a non-work related pre-existing lower back injury
Aggravation of a back strain injury incurred on 6/25/2014
Employee had previously reported back pain starting 7/10/2014. Until 9/15/2014 it was not considered a reportable injury
Technician was loosening the flange bolts next to a valve assembly to change a gasket. The line was charged with heated Sodium Hydroxide. The technician drained the line via a bleed valve upstream, but noted that there was little discharge. As he loosened the flange, the liquid in the pipe sprayed into his face. He suffered minor chemical burns.
The hammer was inspected prior to use. Was not loose or damaged. Was used several times prior to incident. Hammer had a wooden handle & was 2 years old at least. After looking at the handle after incident, the handle looks to have shrank, causing the head to slip off and strike the employee in the head. Laceration to head 11 stitches. Full release.
Individual was prying on a liner inside a chute, and heard/felt a popping in his left arm.
While retrieving a sample of ore flowing off of the crusher belt. The employee's feet sunk into soft material causing her to trip and fall.
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.
An electrician was testing the power center for an 800hp, 4160v pump. His meter was undersized and became damaged by high voltage and carried a current. The probe arced to the structure and an arc flash resulted causing burns to the electrician. No electricity was contacted by the injured.
Driller was lifting a bit out of the basket when he felt a pain in his back.
Stepped over a module at the crusher and stepped on a nod sticking out and twisted his right ankle. Right is fractured.
Injured was positioning a wood frame door and stepped back slightly for balance. At that point a forklift's right rear tire rolled onto/against his foot.
Fall of ground(back) in 4740 OG C-11 Heading.
Miner was operating a 777 cat haul truck and sprained his back. He felt that the suspension on the seat was too stiff and the bouncing was too hard on his back.
On return of day shift, the heading was discovered by inspection to have had a roof fall.
employee was cutting a hole with a oxy-acct torch when the cut out piece of hot material bounced of the bumper of his work truck and fell into his left boot burning the top of his left foot
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
Checking levels in oil tank step down off tank pad (apporx 14 inches) and twisted knee
Miner slip of step and when he tried to catch himself strained his left shoulder
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.
Miner was descending down the ladder of a haul truck missed the last step landed had on his feet and injured his back
Miner was removing lower dampener housing bolts air ratchet got hung up and when he pulled on hose ratchet to free it ratchet came up under his safety glasses and hit his right eye
The employee slipped when he was on top of the lube truck, and fell from the fuel tank on to the oil tanks, about 3 feet injuring his lower back and right knee.
Employee was removing worn crusher liner a piece broke off and hit him in the left forearm
The operator of the water truck miss shifted causing him to lose control, and allowed the truck to roll backward and up the bank. This caused the truck to roll over. The operator was wearing his seatbelt and was not injured.
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.