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Miner got out of the truck, put the hose down the hole to pump the water out of the drilled hole and their knee popped.
At the Truck Shop, EE was unloading flat steel from a flatbed truck. EE picked up the steel. The weld broke off the washer on the right side as one leg of the chain broke on the right side of the steel which left the whole sheet of steel fall on EE left hand, and causing extensive damage to EE's left ring and pinky finger. Surgery was successful
Employee was removing the hood springs on a tri-axle truck in preparation of removing the radiator. The spring was under tension and slipped out of their hand and the hooked end of the spring penetrated the skin of their right hand. Medical attention was required to clean and stitch the wound.
Employee was doing a pre-shift inspection on a Cat D5H dozer. EE was checking the anti-freeze level and had opened the radiator cap. The dozer had not been started and was cold. When EE looked down at the top of the radiator, a piece of dust or dirt blew into EE's right eye. EE was later diagnosed with a cornea abrasion.
Employee had just climbed down the ladder on a CAT 777C rock truck. They stepped down on the ground and was still holding on to the handrail and stepped on a rock which rolled out from under foot. This caused them to fall while still holding handrail with left hand, causing a strain/sprain to left shoulder.
The employee was operating a triaxle truck hauling coal from the mine to the cleaning plant. The tarp motor broke on the triaxle and employee was pulling on the tarp arm to manually move the tarp arm into a secure position. EE felt pain in neck and reported it to the supervisor at 2:00 P.M. on 11/15/2021. EE did not seek medical attention until 11/18/2021.
Employee was helping clean out a box trailer that will be used as a job trailer. EE was stepping up into the trailer from EE's pickup tailgate and experienced pain in the right knee. The pain got progressively worse during the day. EE did not seek medical attention until 10/5/2020.
Employee was helping another employee get a piece of 4 inch metal pipe off the pipe rack and onto the forks of a forklift. EE tried lifting the pipe by self onto the forks, causing a strain to EE's lower back. Employee did not seek medical attention until after the end of EE's shift at 4:00 PM.
Strained back while stemming holes
Clinic Visited 08/3/12. Employee got something in his eye at work and flushed the eye. The employee and supervisor thought they had everything cleaned out. A couple days later the employee was feeling discomfort and decided to get the eye looked at. A prescription was given to prevent potential infection.
Operator was cleaning snow off the walkway of Hitachi shovel. He was using his foot to clean off the snow and he struck his toe against a rubber door stop causing pain in his left knee. He worked the rest of the shift and did not tell his supervisor until 12:00 p.m. on 1/21/2012.
Removing left hood spring from tri-axle truck and the spring rapidly decompressed and came off of attachment point striking employee on left index finger at the tip
Employee was lifting a 6" x 6" x 8" wooden block to use as a cribbing to secure the boom of a loader, when he heard/felt his right shoulder pop.