Employee was loading a truck with 200 lbs rip rap and one boulder fell off and they didn't notice it. They pulled forward running over the top of the boulder, that caused them to jar their back. Went back to work but as the day progressed so did the pain in their lower back and they notified their supervisor.
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Showing all 7Was driving a haul truck when the truck in front of EE stalled. EE got out to see if EE could help. EE climbed up on the catwalk when the brakes disengaged and started rolling backwards. EE jumped off the haul truck and in doing so strained calf muscle and upon hitting the ground strained left wrist.
Miner was in a skid loader on a designated route. A haul truck was headed toward the miner. It appeared that the haul truck driver did not notice the skid loader. Skid loader operator turned and was hit by the haul truck and spun out the skid loader, the skid loader operator hit their head when the skid loader came back down, hit their head again and also injured left shoulder.
While driving an articulating truck at the quarry, something fell into EE's left eye.
Employee was operating a haul truck that was getting loaded with large pieces of shale. She was wearing her seatbelt, but due to the load, was getting tossed around in the truck. After that she started to develop severe back pain.
DRIVING HAUL TRUCK OVER ROUGH TERRAIN.
EMPLOYEE DRIVING LOADER ACROSS YARD AND HIT A ROUGH SPOT CAUSING THE LOADER TO ROCK SIDEWAYS STRAINING HIS BACK.