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An EE was operating the Cat skid steer, as EE was backing up, the skid steer and the Dingo IE was operating made contact.
While operating a manlift from one location to another, driver hit a dip that caused driver to bounce up with left foot landing on the material in the basket resulting in a sprain to calf from the twisting. We are reporting this incident because driver was prescribed physical therapy that driver attended on 7/30/20.
While driving a haul truck, associate ran onto a berm. Driver was shaken by the incident & we decided to take EE to a panel doctor. The doctor wrote EE out of work to ensure the EE was well recovered.
While driving the manlift into the pit, the manlift started coasting fast & veered off to the right. Driver overcorrected & the manlift came to an abrupt stop by hitting a snow bank next to a berm, throwing employee against the basket rail. EE then felt what EE thought may be a sprain in EE's wrist, yet continued working.
EE was filling the pug mill feeders and moving material away from the stacker. He noticed a customer truck on the yard. While attempting to leave the base pile he ran over a wind-row of material. This jarred the loader and transferred to his back, causing some lower back pain.
Rigging a beam, forklift was in a tight area. Needed to get forks from under beam in order to lift with hook. Forklift operator completely retracted boom and still couldn't get fork from under beam. He backed up at that time ee leaned forward to get chocker sling; forks came from under beam and hit ee in the forehead.
The operator observed the bucket above the ground and the loader hydraulic pressure valve settings were within limits or only slightly out of adjustment which are determined not to have caused the tube to burst. We attribute the cause of the accident to material failure of the tilt cylinder tube for unknown reasons.
Associate noticed that his back became sore sometime during the afternoon as he operated a haul truck. He does not recall any particular event causing the pain. He left the location to go to his doctor thinking it was from a pre-existing medical condition. The doctor determined that he had a bruised rib that could have been caused by operating the haul truck.
Pit loader was driving towards EE in pickup truck. EE stopped to allow right of way to it. Pit loader says sun was in his eyes; did not see pickup truck. The pit loader struck the pickup truck on the driver's side. EE was unable to move by the time he realized the pit loader was not stopping. He suffered a minor injury to his hand. Some metal was removed at a doctor's visit.
Associate wetting down muck pile with water truck "cannon" older model and associate needed to be on outside of vehicle. Truck was approx. 10 feet from pile. While spraying rock 3 to 4 feet in diameter rolled down pile hit corner of platform associate standing on, broke into piece and one piece flew up hitting associate in right shin
Associates were using steel tubing suspended from crane as a ram to strike a nut wrench. One assocate was guiding ram by holding the lifting eye, when swung ram missed nut wrench pinning associate's hand between wrench and ram.
Associate was washing under Conveyor 6, rock flew out of the discharge of the NP 1213 and C6 striking him in the face, lacerating his chin. Required three stitches
Assoc. sitting in water truck at pile, 988II loader backed into the driver door of water truck jarring associate
OPERATOR WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK HAULING OVERBURDEN FROM AN AREA THAT WAS BEING STRIPPED, RAN OVER A ROUGH AREA CAUSING HIM TO BE JOSTLED ABOUT IN THE SEAT, STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
WHEN RETURNING FROM SPOILS AREA OPERATOR MADE A RIGHT TURN INTO THE STRIPPING AREA RAN INTO A HOLE ON THE EXTREME RIGHT HAND EDGE OF THE ROAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING ROCK OUT OF SHOT. HOOKED BUCKET TEETH ON BIG ROCK AND TRIED TO LIFT ROCK. THE REAR OF LOADER RAISED UP OFF THE GROUND; AT THAT POINT, THE BUCKET SLIPPED OFF OF THE ROCK AND THE REAR OF THE LOADER DROPPED TO THE GROUND.