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Employee was driving a haul truck when EE hit a bump and EE's seat bottomed out. EE worked through the shift and came in the next day but the pain worsened and EE left four hours into the shift to see a physician. EE was diagnosed with a back sprain.
EE was driving a Terex 3066 C Articulated Rear Dump Truck down a steep gravel haul road into a turn. The equipment's rear tandem tires began to "buck jump". EE applied brakes. Truck slid sideways and turned over on right side. EE caught arm in steering wheel and broke right humerus.
The person injured was operating the water truck and while driving down the road the truck shifted gears as the operator hit a pothole in the road. This is when the operator reported that he hurt his back. The operator went to the hospital and missed the next two days of work before returning on the 3rd day.
Operator was prying on a large rock in the pit, he alleged his bucket slipped off and jarred the machine throwing him forward. Made a comment his back wasn't feeling great to the leadman but continued working until 7/15 when the doctor told him to take time off.
Injured employee was operating a front end loader on the load out yard. He hit a pot-hole and immediately felt pain in his upper back. He is out of work waiting for a MRI.
Employee was adjusting skirt boards on a chute which leads to a 42 belt. The belt was running empty to calibrate the scales. The employee finished adjusting the skirt boards when his hammer and left arm were sucked into a belt idler. The employee received minor burns on his arm, minor cuts on his wrist, and a laceration on his middle finger which required 8 stitches.
Employee drove a Kamatsu WA600 Wheel Loader into the muck pile to transport raw material to the primary crusher. As the loader entered the muck pile, the loader hit something making the machine come to a violent stop, straining the operators lower back. It is still unknown what the bucket hit to make the machine come to a sudden stop.
Employee was stripping in the pit, against the supervisor orders. Instead of moving the stripping piles he was digging into the wall repeatedly, a rock fell hitting the loader bucket. Damages to the loader are >$20000. He told management by phone he was having neck pain, going to the doctor. Refused to take a drug test. 7/11/2005: turned in his handbook and uniforms.
employee was using a bucket truck to access BC-2. The bucket cable broke, bucket fell to the bed of the truck. Employee continued to work, has since seen physician, monitored by physician and now needs surgery on 1/23/2006. This incident has just become reportable, which explains the gap in time between occurance and reporting. Has not missed any time.
THE YARD LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING A HAUL TRUCK IN STOCKPILE AREA. WHILE LOADING, A CONTRACTOR PULLED HIS TRUCK BEHIND LOADER. LOADER OPERATOR BACKED AWAY FROM HAUL TRUCK TO GO FOR ANOTHER B UCKET W/O SEEING THE CONTRACTOR. WHEN HE DID SEE THE CONTRACTOR IN HIS MIRROR, HE SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING THE CONTRACT TRUCK. HE STRAINED & PULLED HIS BACK MUSCLE FROM THE STOP
EES WERE SPREADING STONE WHEN SOME OF THE STONE BECAME STUCK IN THE TAILGATE. WHEN THE JAMMED ROCKS WERE DISLODGE, TAILGATE RELEASED AND EE'S FINGER GOT CAUGHT.
RUNNING 988F LOADER MOVING A BIG ROCK WHEN BUCKET TEETH SLIPPED OFF. BUCKET HIT ANOTHER ROCK JARRING EMPLOYEE'S BACK.
A ROCK FELL FROM BIN ABOUT 14' AND STRUCK EE IN HARD HAT- BOUNCED OFF AND STRUCK HIS NECK AND BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING CAT 966 C LOADER WHEN HE HIT A BUMP & A PIECE OF DUST FELL FROM THE HEAD LINER INSULATION ABOVE HIS HEAD. IT FELL BETWEEN THE GAP IN HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS RIGHT EYE