EE BACKED HIS HAUL TRUCK UP TO A BERM TO DUMP HIS LOAD. THE LOAD LEFT THE BOX AND HELD THE BOX IN THE RAISED POSITION. EE PUSHED THE LOWERING LEVER DOWN AND PULLED AWAY FROM THE BERM. THE RAMS BEGAN LOWERING AND THE BOX DROPPED SEVERAL FEET, JARRING EE'S NECK. CHIROPRACTOR & THERAPY & DAYS OFF.
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Showing 50 of 62EE WAS TRAVELING INTO THE MINE WHEN A ROCK APPROX 6' X 6' X 8' ROLLED DOWN AN ANGLE OF REPOSE, JUMPED A SAFETY BERM AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF HIS 992 LOADER. EE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE CAB AND RECEIVED A CUT ON TOP OF HIS HEAD AND ON HIS LEFT ELBOW.
Employee parked fuel/oil truck to adjust the rear brakes. After completing the adjustment the truck rolled over the wheel chock. The employee ran behind the moving vehicle slipped falling to the ground on the left side of the vehicle. The left front tire rolled over his left ankle causing a fracture to his left ankle and left lower leg.
EE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN ON 7/24/05 FROM THE SEAT IN HIS HAUL TRUCK BOTTOMING SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE SHIFT. HE CALLED OFF FOLLOWING SHIFT BUT GAVE NO REASON. INJURY DATE 7/22/05. THIS SEAT WAS IN THE TRUCK FOR 3 WEEKS AND WAS CHANGED OUT AFTER HIS INJURY. MANUFACTURER FOUND NO REASON FOR IT TO BE BOTTOMING OUT
Haul Truck Driver recieved back injury while being loaded by a 992C loader. Loader bucket hit the side of the truck and jolted the employees back.
Member stood and exited the cab of 992D Caterpillar loader and experienced strained back.
EE EXPERIENCED A PAIN BETWEEN HER SHOULDER BLADES AS SHE WAS DRIVING HER LOADED HAUL TRUCK TO THE WASTE STOCKPILE. HER FINGERS OF LEFT HAND BEGAN TO TINGLE. EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR DIAGNOSED STR AINED MUSCLES IN UPPER BACK AND SHE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR FOR AN "ADJUSTMENT" ON 11-17-03.
WATER TRUCK OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB A STEEP RAMP IN THE RADIO TOWERS PIT. THE TRUCK FLIPPED OVER BACKWARD AND CAME TO REST ON ITS TOP. THE OPERATOR RECEIVED A LACERATION TO THE TOP OF HIS HEAD AND CONTUSIONS TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE EXPERIENCED BAKC PAIN WHILE OPERATING A 992 LOADER. HE MADE MENTION TO HIS SUPERVIOSR ON 4-15-02 BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION CHIROPRACTOR UNTIL 4-22. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE HIS CHIRO PRACTOR FOR AN ADJUSTMENT UNTIL 4-26-02.
EE WAS EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN DURING AND AFTER OPERATING 992 CATERPILLAR LOADER AT THE CRUSHER. THIS PAIN GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER SEVERAL SHIFTS CAUSING HIM TO GO TO THE CHIROPRACTO R FOR AN ADJUSTMENT. NO SPECIFIC ACCIDENT. COMP.HAS BEEN SLOW IN DECIDING ACCIDENT OR INDUS. DISEASE.
THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO HIS CHIRO FOR LOWER BACK PAIN AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LOWER BACK DAMAGE. THE EMPLO9YEE FEELS THAT THE PAIN IS DUE TO THE OPERATION OF THE 950 FRONT END LOADER. THE PAIN H AS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE SINCE HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE MINE SITE.
THE EE WAS DRIVING HIS LOADED 785 TON CAT HAUL TRUCK ONTO A WASTE DUMP & BOTTOMED OUT THE SEAT WHEN HE DROVE THRU A DEPRESSION INTHE ROADWAY HE FILED AN ACCIDENT REPORT THAT SHIFT BUT DID N OT G TO A CHIRPRACTOR UNTIL 6/15/99 & DID NOT TELL HIS EE UNTIL 7/14/99
THE LOADER OPERATOR LEANED FORWARD IN HIS SEAT THE LOADER WENT THROUGH A DEPRESSION IN THE FLOOR. HIS BACK TWISTED. HE DID NOT ADVISED THE CO. UNTIL 6-17. HIS CHIROPRACTOR HAS BEGUN THERAPY BU T RELEASED HIM TO HIS REGULAR JOB WITH NO RESTRIRICTIONS. WORKERS COMP HAS ACCEPTED THE CLAIM.
THE EE WAS PLOWING THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE MINE WITH A 966 LOADER. HE WAS GOING OVER A CATTLE GUARD WHEN THE BLADE CAUGHT IN IT STOPPING THE LOADER. HE WAS PROPELLED INTO THE WIND SHIELD LACERA TING HIS SCALP.
EE NOTIFIED THE COMPANY ON 1-21-99 THAT HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LOWER BACK PAIN. HIS PAIN DEVELOPED OVER THE SUMMER OF 1998. EE BEGAN CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS IN AUGUST OF 1998 WITH NO COMMENT TO HIS EER. IN DEC 98' HE SAW AN ORTHOPEDIC M.D. WHO BELIEVED HIS PAIN WAS WORK RELATED. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER MARCH 99 HE REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD HAD A ROUGH LOAD ON OR ABOUT JUNE 21 98.
EE WAS DRIVING A 785 HAULTRUCK INTO THE PIT AND DROVE THORUGH A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD, JARRING HIS LOWER BACK
EE WAS DESCENDING A HAUL ROAD IN A 785 CAT HAULTRUCK SHE HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD & FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK. THE PAIN HAS NOT GONE COMPLETELY AWAY SINCE THAT TIME. SHE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 11/20/98 AT WHICH TIME SHE BEGANRECEIVING PHYSICAL THERAPY ON 12/10/98
THE OPERATOR OF A CAT 785 HAUL TRUCK FELL ASLEEP WHILE TRAVELING NORTH PAST THE B CRUSHER ORE STOCKPILE. HE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A 4' BERM PERPINDICULAR TO THE HAUL ROAD. HIS UPPER BOD Y AND FACE STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING A LARGE LACERATION UNDER HIS TONGUE AND SEVERE CONTUSIONS TO HIS CHEST AND RIGHT LEG.
AS EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING NEWHOLLAND SKID LOADER HE STEPPED ON CONTROL PEDDLE AND BUCKET ARM CAME UP PINCHING HIS LEFT ARM BETWEEN BUCKET ARM AND CAB LACERATING HIS LEFT ARM. THE INJURY REQUIRED 20 SUTURES. THE EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED BACK TO WORK BUT 4 DAYS LATER THE PHYSICIAN FOUND THAT A SERIOUS INFECTION HAD DEVELOPED AND THE EMPLOYEE HAS MISSED WORK SINCE 2/21.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ROCKS FROM UNDER THE JAW CONVEYOR. A ROCK FELL FORM THE CONVEYOR AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK, CAUSING PAIN AND SWELLING.
EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING BORE HOLE CUTTINGS WHEN HE GOT SOME ROCKS-DUST IN HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP TO A BERM WHEN SHE POWERED THROUGH THE BERM ON HER RIGHT REAR WHEELS ROLLING THE TRUCK DOWN THE WASTE DUMP. EMPLOYEE WAS BEING SPOTED BY A DOZER OPERATOR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. BERMS WERE 4' HIGH.
ON 8/23 THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. EE WAS LIFTING ROCK OUT OF BANK WITH LOADER, WHEN LOADER BUCKET SLIPPED OFF A ROCK HE WAS PICKING. THIS CAUSED A SUDDEN JAR TO HIM. REPORTED THAT SEAT BELT PULLE D A MUSCLE IN ABDOMINAL AREA [ONLY A STRAIN]. ON12/5/95 HAD PHYSICIAN LOOK AT AREA & WORKER COMPCLAIM FORM FILED OUT. ON 12/13/95 CLAIM ADJUSTERSAID IT WAS WORK RELATED.
EE WAS ATTACHING 5' X 5' X 5/8" WEARPLATE TO DOZER BLADE. HE HAD TACKED THE LOWER CORNERS OF PLATE TO THE BLAD AND USED FORKLIFT FORKS TO PRESS TOP OF PLATE INTO PLACE. THIS ACTION APPRENTLY B ROKE THE WELDS AT THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE PLATE. WHEN THE EE MOVED BETWEE THE FORKLIFT AND THE BLADE, THE PLATE CAME DOWN.
THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF THE PICKUP HIT THE SOFT SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY AND THE PICKUP RAN OFF THE ROAD.
HE WAS CLEANIGN ALONG #5 BELT CONVEYOR. HE SAW A ROLLER THAT WAS NOT TURNING. HE REACHED IN WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND SPUN THE ROLLER. THE ROLLER CAUGHT HIS SLEEVE PULLING HIM INTO THE BLET. HE PULLED THE TRIP CORD AND STOPPED THE BELT. HE RECEIVED A SMALL CUT ON HIS ARM. ONE STITCH WAS USED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
992 LOADER WAS LOADING A HAUL TRUCK WITH CRUSHER ORE AND THE MATERIAL HIT THE FAR SIDE OF THE TRUCK BOX ROCKING THE TRUCK.
COMING DOWN OFF HILL, LUBE TRUCK LOST CONTROL AND ROLLED ON SIDE CRUSHING CAB.
TWO 988B LOADERS REARENDED EACH OTHER AT THE TRAM PAD
OPERATOR HAD JUST LEFT THE LITTLE BEN PIT WITH A LOAD OF ORE GOING DOWN HILL BY THE '87 PAD TO THE LIME TOWER AND ON TO ORE PAD '91. THE GRADE IS AT AN APPROX 10% SLOPE. FOUR TRUCKS HAD DRIV EN OVER THE ROAD AND MADE THE ROAD ICY. WHEN THE VICTIM HIT THE ICE, HIS TRUCK WENT SIDEWAYS THEN FELL ONTO THE OFF PASSENGER SIDE. THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT, SAFETY GLASSES AND
APPARENT ETHYLENE GLYCOL INHALATION
WHILE LOADING T RUCKS AT THE LEACH PAD AREA INJURED CLAIMS THE LOADER OPERATOR HIT THE SIDE OF THE DUMP BED WITH THE LOADER BUCKET WHEN JARRED THE TRUCK CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LEFT TESTICLE
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS BACKING UP THE DOZER WHEN HE CAME UPON UNLEVEL GROUND CAUSING DOZER TO JERK JARRING EMPLOYEE'S BACK.
ON 3-1-91, EE WAS EE AS A HAUL TRUCK DRIVER. THIRTY FOUR WORKING DAYS LATER EE STARTED CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT ON HIS OWN ACCORD. ON 4-21-91, EE DECIDED TO FILE FOR WORKMANS COMPENSATION. AFTER EVLAUATION OF HIS PRE EE PHYSICAL AND X RAYS ITIS OUR DETERMINATION THAT THIS MOST LIKELY IS A PREEXISTING CONDITION THAT WAS AGGRAVATED BY LENGHTY PERIODS OF SITTING WE FELL THAT THIS IS NOT
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING HIS FINAL CHECKS OF THE DAY WITH A HONDA ATV.HE WAS GOING TOO FAST AND LOST CONTROL ROLLING THE ATV.HE RECEIVED 12 STITCHES TO HIS LOWER LEFT LEG.
I.NAME IN HAUL TRUCK,TURNED ON AIR CONDITIONER AND PARTICLE BLEW IN EYE.THIS JUST NOW BEING REPORTED BECAUSE OF A MISUNDERSTANDING.
I.NAME INSIDE CAB OF TRUCK WHILE OTHER USED A LOADER TO PRESS ON REAR OF THE BOX CAUSING THE BOX TO RAISE FOR BLOCKING PURPOSES.LOADER BUCKET SLIPPED OFF REAR OF BOX CAUSING IT TO DROP.I.NAME TWISTED HIS BACK AND HIT THE STEERING WHEEL.
I NAME WAS IN THE TRUCK WHEN THE LOADER KICKED UP SOME GRAVEL & HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE HIS CORNEA WAS SCRATCHED & HE DID RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION HE WAS AT WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY
THE INCIDENT/ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON SWING SHIFT ON AUG 08,1990 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 PM LOADER M-224 APPARENTLY EITHER PUT A LARGE ROCK IN HAUL TRUCK T-198 OR MODERATELY STRUCK THE TRUCKS HEADA CHE RACK WITH THE CORNER OF THE LOADER BUCKET.
HAULING TOP SOIL, HIT ROUGH SPOT LIME DUST DISLODGED SETTLING IN R EYE
THE 992 LOADER PUT A LARGE ROCK IN THE BOX OF HIS TRUCK, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO MOVE. IT JARRE HIS BACK.
LOADER WAS LOADING TRUCKS WITH ROCKY MATERIAL, TRUCK WAS JOSTLED, HURTING DRIVER'S NECK.
START-UP OCCURRED 1-8-90.EMPL CALLED BACK TO WORK TO RUN A CAT AS WELL AS OTHER EQUIP.EMPL DEVELOPED SORE BACK ON 19TH OF JAN.AFTER DRIVING HAUL TRUCK. EMPL COMPLAINED BACK WAS BOTHERING HIM A ND THAT HE NEEDED TO SEE A CHIROPRACTOR ON THE 26TH OF JAN 1990.FOLLOWING MONDAY,EMPL DIDNT RETURN TO WORK FOLLOWING WEEKEND ACTIVITIES.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADE,R BOUNCED OVER ROCK AND FELT A TWINGE IN NECK AND BACK.
INTERSECTION TOMAIN PIT TOOK WRING ROAD HIT ANOTHER TRUCK COMING DOWN HILL.
EMPL WAS BACKING UP ON DUMP SITE AND BACKED INTO ON DUMP AREA MARKED AND DESIGNATED AS A LOAD OUT FEED AREA
EMP ALLEGED THAT WHILE IN PIT BEING LOADED ANOTHER TRUCK CAME INTO PIT SEEN HIM BEING LOADED AND PULLED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM AND IN LINE TO BACK UNDER THE LOADER ONE HE DROVE AWAY. WHILE L AST BUCKET LOAD WAS BEING PLACE ON TRUCK TRUCK IN FORNT OF HIM STARTED TO BACK UP THINKING IT WA> HER TURN TO BE LOADED. SHE THOUGHT INJ HAD DROVE PAST HER. BACK OF HER TRUCK CRUSHED CAB OF
INDIVIDUAL WAS CARGING DRY LIME TO A TANK USING A PIECE OF MOBILE EQUIPMENT WHEN THE MATERIAL BECAME BRIDGED IN THE BAG THE INDIVIDAUAL EXITED THE EQUIPMENT TO SHAKE THE MATERIAL FREE POSITION ING HIMSELF BETWEEN THE MOBILE EQUIPMENT AND IMMOVALBE TANK WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE BAG THE CLUTCH DISAGREEMENT NOT BEING SET AND UNLEVEL RAMP SURFACE THE EQUIPMENT ROLLED PINCHING THE LEFT
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES SHE LOST CONTROL OF 1126 114 KENWORTH WATER TRUCK APPROX. 100 YDS FROM THE TOP OF GRADE 9 11 PERCENT NORTH OF SHOP RAN THE LENGTH OF THE ROAD TO CRUSHER AREA THRU THE INTE RSECTION BETWEEN THE LEACH PADS AND ACROSS A DITCH AND THRU A 12 INCH PLASTIC PIPE AND ROLLED OVER.
LOADER BUMPED INTO SIDE OF TRUCK WHILE LOADING. JARING THE TRUCK DRIVER WHICH AGGRAVATED A PRE EXISTING NECK INJURY.