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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.