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While driving haul truck, employee felt pain in lower back.
Employee was operating loader and strained lower back when they hit a bump.
EE was operating a Caterpillar 992C loader in the South Pit. As they were driving the machine, they reached up with left hand to adjust the airflow coming out of an overhead air conditioning vent. As they reached up, their hand hit the adjacent vent and cut the middle finger resulting in sutures to repair.
Employee was operating a 980G loading a customer truck. While the loader was still in reverse backing away from the truck. Operator depressed the brake / clutch and the loader shifted from reverse to neutral to forward inadvertently. Sudden shift caused pain in lower back.
Employee was cutting bars out of the grizzly with a torch. Employee sent another employee for a tape measure. When employee couldn't find tape measure in the truck, he got in truck and drove to get tape measure. Employee forgot that employee was using the torch that was attached to the truck. Torch jerked and twisted and struck the left wrist of employee that was using it.
EE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY RAN INTO A SINK HOLE WHICH WAS NOT PRESENT ON HIS LAST PASS THROUGH THAT AREA. HE JARRED HIS BACK AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN UPPER BACK STRAIN AND GIVEN RESTRICTIONS WHICH WE DID ACCOMODATE.