EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LUBE TRUCK GOING TO THE TAILINGS DAM TO START EQUIPMENT FOR THE DAY SHIFT PRODUCTION PEOPLE.AFTER STARTING DOWN THE ROAD TO THE DAM THE EMPLOYEE FELT THE BRAKES WERE NOT HOLDING WELL ENOUGH SO HE DOWN SHIFTED BUT MISSED THE NEXT LOWER GEAR. CONSEQUENTLY THE VEHICLEGAINED SPEED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO BE STOPPED BEFORE GOING OVER THE BERM.
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Showing all 11EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING LOADED HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE HIT A BUMP CAUSING HIS HARD HAT TO HIT THE TOP OF THE CAB. HE DID NOT REPORT IT AT THE TIME AND WAS OFF FOR FIVE DAYS. THE FIFTH DAY HE REPORTE D TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM.
DRIVER WAS HAULING WASTE TO WASTE DUMP WHEN HE WENT TO SLEEP HIS VEHICLE STRADDLED A BURM TO THE LEFT OF THE HAUL ROAD AS THE BERM GOT HIGHER <APPROX 110FT| THE VEHICLE STALLED RT WHEELS WERE ON ROAD & LEFT WHEELS WERE APPROX 8-10FT HIGHERVEHICLE SETTLED OVER ON RT SIDE NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE DRIVER WAS SORE
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN OUT FROM UNDER MOVING CONVEYOR BELT WITH A HOE. THE HOE GOT CAUGHT PULLING HAND AND ARM AGAINST THE BELT BURNING HIS FOREARM.
OPERATOR WAS TURNING STEERING WHEEL TO BACK UP TO THE DUMP WHEN SHE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HER SHOULDER
WHILE LOADING A HAUL TRUCK, THE LOADERS FRONT TIRE DROPPED INTO A HOLE. THE LOADER SHIFTED BOUNCING THE OPERATOR AROUND. THE BOUNCING DAMAGED A NERVE IN HIS NECK, AFFECTING HIS NECK AND BACK.
EMP WAS OPER FEL IN ORE CORRAL. APPROACHING RE PILE FOR NEW LOAD WHEN BUCKET HIT HIDDEN CONCRETE SLAB AND CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. SUDDEN STOP CAUSED THE EMP TO BE WHIPPED FORWARD AND BACK WARD CAUSIGN A CASE SEVERE WHIPLASH. EMP WORKED UNTIL 27 //OF AUGUST BEFORE ANY LOST TIME OCCURED.
DRIVER BACKING 6NDE LOADER.WHEN LOADER WAS DUMPING INTO TRUCK DRIVER MOVED TRUCK TO REAR STRIKING LOADER BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING THE LUBE TRUCK FROM THE PIT AREA TO SHOP HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE SPEED & INCREASED SPEED AS HE DECENDED THE GRADE HE ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE A SHARP CURVE NEAR THE SHOP & ROLLED T2E TRUCK
INJ IS MINE SUP9RINTENDANT AND WAS ESCORTING A SNOW BLOWER WHILE REMOVING SNOW FROM THE MAIN ROAD. INJ WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED WHEN HE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE IMPACT CAUSED A MINOR WHIP LA8H WHICH THE INJURED WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR FOR ADJUSTMENT. THIS WHIPLASH WAS A NAN AGGRAVATION OF A PREEXISTING CONDITION WHICH HAD BEEN TREATED ON A CONTINUING BASIS
WHILE CLEANING A CONVEYOR BELT RETURN ROLLER THE PIECE OF STEEL THE EMPLYEE WAS USING BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE ROLLER IN DOING SO HIS LEFT RING AND LITTLE FINGER BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE ROLLER THE RESULT WAS DEEP LACERATIONS TO BOTH FINGERS AT THE DISTAL JOINTS SUTURES WERE NEEDED