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Employee was operating a loaded end dump truck, while EE was steering with EE's left arm EE received a sharp pain in EE's left shoulder. The employee did not report EE's injury to a supervisor until 2 hours after EE's shift ended at 4:00 p.m. EE sought medical attention hours later and was informed by that doctor to take the rest of the week off and got referred to an ortho dr.

05/09/25 emp tipped a scraper onto its side while working on a slope. EE stated EE was not injured. On next scheduled shift 05/12, emp stated that EE injured right shoulder. Emp went to ER, X-rays done, was diagnosed with right shoulder pain, and released to return to work with no restrictions. The emp worked until 05/27 when MRI indicated EE could not work without restrictions.

Employee was attempting to use an overhead crane to straighten a piece of metal on the bed of an overburden truck. When tension was applied to the crane hook it moved and pinched the employees thumb resulting in an injury.

An employee was driving a OB truck when EE hit a soft spot on the road. The employee reported to EE's supervisor at 9:45 a.m. that EE was experiencing back pain and wanted to seek medical attention. Employee was taken to a clinic for physician observation and was referred to their clinic's chiropractor.

Employee was driving back to shop on main haul road. Approaching Dixon ramp 2 they got too close to the edge of ditch and got pulled in causing truck to overturn on its side. The employee was wearing a seat belt. EE received a small laceration to the side of head requiring 3 staples.

Dragline dump rope caught in drag hitch. Groundman moved drag ropes to create slack and went to park tractor. Two maint. employees developed a plan to use the boom truck arm to release the rope. While releasing the rope they did not see groundman enter area unannounced from behind. Rope released and contacted groundmans face causing injury to nose, lip, upper maxillary and teeth.

Employee received a back strain while riding in a shift change bus.

An employee was operating a 20,000 gallon CAT 777D water truck when the truck lost traction on a watered road. When the truck reached a dry section of the road it caused the truck to tip on its side. The operator was wearing a seat belt and was transported to the hospital where ee received 3 stitches for a laceration on right arm.

Employee was operating a JLG man lift making repairs to the mast on a Marion 8200 dragline. As EE was letting the boom down on the man lift the basket on the man lift came into contact with the handrail on the mast crushing the tip of the left ring finger.

Traveling to park loader at end of shift. Hit a rut in the haul road and jarred him in the seat. He did not feel any pain at that time. By mid-morning the next day he was feeling pain in his back and sought medical treatment.

A coal truck operator was waiting to get loaded by a loader. The loader dumped its first bucket into the truck bed which caused the truck operator to get bounced in the seat. Employee was taken in for physician evaluation.

Employee was dismounting a forklift when the forklift began moving forward catching his leg between the forklift and a chain link fence gate breaking his leg. Employee failed to follow company procedures and policies.

EE was operating scraper & when looking backwards ran over a rock in the cut. Speed was slow while loading, but tire slipping off rock caused EE discomfort in tailbone area. There were no mechanical issues w/seat or scraper. EE worked next shift on 19th, but couldn't return on 22nd due to discomfort. A dr's appt recommended time to heal, but no treatment was administered.

Emp operating a 992 front-end loader was struck from behind by mud chunks which flew out of a sump. A 8750 dragline was filling in the sump located 450 feet away. A chunk flew thru the back window of the loader hit the head rest deflecting the chunk towards the emp's right shoulder/back area. The chunk then flew out the front window. The employee was transported to a hospital.

Was parking truck in the staffing area at the end of the night shift. He backed into another truck already parked. He said that he was blinded by the lights of a pickup leaving that parking lot. He made no mention of personal injury and declined an examination when he was taken for the maditory drug test. Equipment damages has been estimated at between %50,000 and $75,000

EE was pushing down on hoist lever to lower dump body when the lever slipped and recoiled against the EE's thumb. The EE felt pain in her thumb but had full movement of it. The discomfort did not go away so the EE chose to see a Dr. on 3/9/11. EE has a fractured thumb.

An employee was operating a scraper when he hit a frozen chunk of dirt and hit his head on the radio bracket above him causing an incision that needed stitches.

The operator of a 657E scraper experienced neck pain while push pulling with another scraper. The mine was informed by Workers Compensation on 10/28/2010 that employee was receiving chiropractic care.

Operator was running tractor pulling 3 scraper pans. Tractor ran off the side of the haul road striking a root pile. Impact broke out right and left side glass. Operator received laceration to left index finger and back of head requiring treatment at local clinic. Operator refused to take post incident drug test and was terminated per company substance abuse policy.

EE's of Bronco Drilling company failed to return to their rig site when returning from town. This was a frequently traveled road by all Bronco EE's to the rig. Investigation revealed that all 3 EE's were on their cell phones at the time and seat belts were not being worn. EMT attendants noted impairment of all patients.

EE's of Bronco Drilling company failed to return to their rig site when returning from town. This was a frequently traveled road by all Bronco EE's to the rig. Investigation revealed that all 3 EE's were on their cell phones at the time and seat belts were not being worn. EMT attendants noted impairment of all patients.

EE's of Bronco Drilling company failed to return to their rig site when returning from town. This was a frequently traveled road by all Bronco EE's to the rig. Investigation revealed that all 3 EE's were on their cell phones at the time and seat belts were not worn. EMT attendants noted impairment of all patients.

EE received a personal emergency phone call & needed to leave work. Leaving the job site, ee was traveling on an oil & gas lease road running accross mine property. He lost control of his truck & rolled it. He got out of the truck & called his supervisor. Whe the supervisor arrived at the scene, ee was sitting on the lease road. Took him to the hospital to be examined.

A hydraulic failure of a coal truck spill protector allowed the spill protector to contact a personnel lift and push it over. The employee was wearing a safety belt in the personnel lift. The lift tipped over and the employee's leg was fractured when the lift contacted the floor.

Employee was working underneath a pickup when the transmission shifted rolling into the right shoulder and neck area pinning the employee.

Tipped over scraper.

Employee lost control of truck hauling hay. Employee stepped on his brakes to slown down, this caused the truck to pull immediately to the right. Employee tried to steer the truck back on the road, but the erosion grooves on the side of the haul road were too severe, causing the truck to loose control and roll over. Employee had multiple abrasions and stitches in left hand.

Employee was struck by 10" Polypropylene pipe being dragged by a tractor, knocking him to the ground. His left ankle was broken. The injured employee directed the tractor driver to pull the pipe, when the pipe moved it shifted striking the employee. All employees have been instructed to stand well clear of pipe and machinery when it is being moved.

A pat eye was being pulled with an overhead crane when pat eye broke loose and the chocker used to pull struck employee in (R) face/cheek area resulting in a fracture and laceration requiring hospitalization.

The operator of a 777Cat Haul Truck hit a soft spot in the haul road at an excessive speed, this resulted in a fracture to the operators right wrist, and a laceration to his chin. Note: The operator was wearing his seatbelt, also, the operator had been through the soft spot 4 times prior to the accident, and was contacted approx 1 minute prior to the accident about the soft spot.

WHILE LOADING OBJECTS ONTO THE FORKS OF A FORKLIFT, THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR LOWERED THE FORKS ONTO INJURED EMPLOYEE'S FOOT. HIS TOE WAS FRACTURED.

INJURED WAS RIGGING OXYGEN CYLINDER TO MOVE WITH MOBILE EQUIPMENT. HIS LEFT ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND CYLINDER WHICH CREATED A PINCH POINT AND CAUSED INJURY.

A 300 ' SECTION OF 6" POLY PIPE WAS BEING TOWED AROUND A LEFT HAND TURN WITH A MINER ON THE GROUND, STANDING BETWEEN A BERM AND A CABLE TREE. WHILE MAKING THE TURN, THE PIPE FOLLOWED ALONG THE BERM UNTIL THE TENSION WAS SUCH THAT THE PIPE BEGAN TO RIDE UP AND OVER THE BERM. WHEN THE POLY PIPE CLEARED THE BERM, THE TENSION ON THE PIPE WAS RELEASED. PIPE HIT THE MINER BELOW LEFT KNEE

WHILE BACKING AN OVERBURDEN TRUCK DOWN A SLOPE TO DUMP THE LOAD, THE TRUCK OVERTURNED ONTO ITS SIDE, CAUSING A BRUISE TO EE'S LEG AND HIPS. HER FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 7/24/01.