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Haul truck operator was about to dump load at the dump point. EE reached down for the dump lever and felt a pop in the shoulder and pain thereafter.
On 1-27-15 Mine Operator reported a back injury occurred at mine while being loaded by the electric shovel. Under investigation, pending results.
While loading old drill steel with a forklift at the Vortex ready line a driller was on the ground while the forklift was picking up the steel to be placed on the trailer. The drill steel started rolling off forks and onto left foot.
The employee was operating a Forklift and ran over a pothole. The force of running over the pothole resulted in a lumbar strain.
Operator was cleaning up spill rock on waste dump, turned loader around and ran over a rock that fell out of the bucket causing operator to hit his head.
At approximately 1:30 P.M. employee hit a pot hole while in the haul road by the landfill area of the Mine, while operating her haul truck returning back from North Heap Leach pad. Causing her lower back pains.
Loader operator was pushing the trash dump when a piece of PVC pipe broke the lower right side of the front windshield getting glass in his eyes. The employee was wearing protective eye ware. He was evaluated at the local ER and placed on Modified Work for one shift. There were no lost work days.
The operator was parked and being loaded by a loader. The operator claims a large rock hit the side of his bed causing a jarring effect and straining his back.
Injured Employee drove onto berm and seat bottomed out causing back injury. Employee referred to Emergency Room and was placed on modified work. Employee later placed on no duty.
Employee was standing between large tire truck and metal dumpster, as tire truck backed up he was pinched between truck fender and dumpster, sustaining a compression injury to shoulder.
EE and witness report a very low speed impact between the two haul trucks. At time of incident both involved operators denied any injury. The EE was in a fully padded suspension seat at the time of the impact. There was minimal damage to the haul trucks. At a much later date, the EE claimed a back injury. The EE was denied worker compensation on two occasions for this claim.
EE was operating an All Terrain Vehicle in an unauthorized & unsafe manner(jumping a berm). The ATV flipped over forward, landing on the EE who sustained a broken leg & dislocated hip as a result. The EE had been instructed not to operate the ATV. The ATV was inoperative until the injured EE & another EE made the ATV operative against the supervisor's instructions.
WHILE DRIVING IT28 LOADER ON HAUL ROAD, EE DROVE OVER A RUT IN THE ROAD CAUSING EXCESS MOTION OF LOADER UP AND DOWN. SEAT SUSPENSION BOTTOMED OUT WHICH CAUSED A SPRAIN IN LOWER BACK.