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EE driving an artic truck went to grab drink bottle and dropped bottle. Leaned over to grab bottle, while still driving, and veered off road & hit tail end of a berm jarring EE & equipment. EE sustained head wound and fractured collarbone on left side of body. EE was rushed to ER (received staples & sling) & returned to work next shift.

Employee was using a forklift. The forks were too wide, parked the machine, chocked the wheels, and went to move the forks. The procedure - raise the boom, tip forward to release pressure on the forks, slide the forks into position. EE lifted the end with right hand and pushed with the left. EE lost control of the raised fork and it smacked down on the left pinky.

While operating a scraper in a pit, employee experienced back pain that necessitated medical treatment beyond first aid.

Heavy rains created slick environment causing loader operator's equipment to slide hitting the back wheels off a hole. This jolted EE inside the cab causing them to hit head off window causing small laceration (EE was wearing seatbelt), 9/20/18 first aid case. 10/22/18 EE went to chiropractor after medical evaluation, referred them to, indicating they had a neck sprain.

Pit conditions were normal as well as machinery operating conditions; operator hit something on the ground and felt a pop in groin.

Employee jarred his back in a pothole while driving a haul truck. Employee claims inability to continue to work. Under medical review and care.

Operator of a haulage truck lost control while descending down ramp. Operator drove truck through an engineered berm in lieu of emergency braking. As a result, the truck tipped on its side and the operator banged his head resulting in eight staples.

The operator was backing up a 777 haul truck and being loaded by a 242 loader. It is not known if the top of the bucket hit the top of the bed of the truck or if the load caused a force resulting in the operator banging their head on the drivers side window. At the time of this report, a second objective medical finding had not been obtained.

While changing cutting edges on a WA500 loader bucket,Mechanic employee was installing bolts with hand underneath bucket. Loader was idling operator was sitting in cab. Operator dropped his hand held radio as he reached for it, his coat caught on the steering wheel causing the loader to turn and drop bucket onto mechanic employee hand.

At approx. 11:00pm on 7/22/10 two employees were operating the facility's TM 4305 TrackMobile. When TrackMobile connected to railcar, employee lost his balance causing him to hit his head on the cab door. Employee sustained minor cut above left eye. First Aid was administered and employee was able to complete remainder of his shift.

Employee was operating scraper levers and right shoulder started to hurt, he felt tightness and aching.

While driving along a flat stretch of haul road, the operator lost control of the haul truck. The haul road was wet due to light snowfall. The truck skidded, the driver overcorrected and ran the truck up onto the dryer prairie beside the road. The trucks momentum caused the right tires to align and lay the truck on its right side.

Mill operator cleaning ledge above rotary feeder with air chisel, when chisel slipped into operating feeder veins. Air tool struck employees left hand, middle finger, pinning it between tool and feeder housing. Injuries are fractures and lacerations to middle finger on the left hand.

Employee has been employed as a truck driver since 1998. He was watering haul road going into Pit 915 on BPM Minerals haul road. He had watered into the pit, turned around & was leaving the pit with a half load of water when he came around a corner & the load shifted on the water truck & the truck & water tank tipped on the driver side.

After belt replacement on #2 granular screw, #1 screw became inoperative. Maintenance determined the screw was plugged and would have to be cleaned and belts replaced. The mill operator reached behind the front guard to grab belts to try to rotate the pulley. The pressure on the pulley suddenly started the drive pulley turning, pinching his fingers between belt and pulley.

GOOD CONDITIONS, NORMAL DRY DAY. TRUCK DRIVER HIT HEAD INSIDE CAB WHILE OPERATING TRACTOR TRAILER.

EE WAS CLEANING TAIL PULLEY ON #1 CONVEYOR. A CHEMICAL TRUCK SPRAYING HERBICIDE ON FENCELINE SPRAYED HIM WITH KROVAR IDF HERBICIDE. EE WAS DOWN WIND FROM TRUCK. WIND CARRIED MIST ONTO EE.