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While driving the front end loader toward a stock pile of material the left front tire ran over a large rock jolting the operator in the cab.
Left rear wheel came off of cart and lost control of vehicle, braced for impact when cart fish-tailed. Initially, a first aid incident, follow up Dr. appt July 1, placed employee on restricted duty.
Miner was checking a head pulley bearing on a stacker belt against his outlined duties and without prior instruction when he got his had caught between the pulley and the wiper causing a severe crushing injury to his right hand.
Backed over bolder with loader and jarred his back.
Driving pickup to job, stopping, seat slid forward unexpectedly, wrenching lower back. Seat was not latched in driving position. Driver new to pickup and unaware seat was not latched. Seat belt in use but attached to seat frame which moved with seat.
Miner was pulling a conveyer belt into place. A C-clamp grasped the belt, being pulled via a choker by a forklift. The clamp pulled loose and sprung back, striking the miner in the face. He had a lip laceration and minor contusion to his face.
Employee was operating a haul truck and hadn't notice a loader had stop to let him go by (both haul truck and loader were going in same direction). The haul truck's catwalk, on the driver's side, came in contact with the side of the loader bucket which pushed the hand rail of the catwalk through the driver side (open) window, which hit the employee on his nose and broke it.
While assisting another employee with unplugging a rock feeder, a rock, approximately 4" in diameter, came out of the poke hole, ricocheted and struck employee in the pelvic area causing a bruise.
Dusty floor.
Employee was operating a 50ton haul truck and had started dumping a load of sand when the haul truck leaned to one side at which time the operator retracted the bed of the truck which caused the truck to jerk. The operator complained of soreness to his back and shoulder.
Driving haul truck - back pain.
EE was passenger sitting in rear seat of 4-door truck. While driving from Service Yard, driver fell asleep and the vehicle idled into a tree on the left side of the road. Impact with back of front passenger seat bruised EE's knee (only reportable injury). Damage to left front of vehicle & windshield. Minor tree damage sustained.
Employee, not paying attention to safety precautions, bruised his hand. No impairment or broken bones.
EMPLOYEE GOT HIS GLOVE CAUGHT IN A MOVING CONVEYOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING CLEAN-UP IN THE AREA OF #2B CONVEYOR (STAND AND CRUSHER UNDER BELT), WHEN A 4" - 8" ROCK CAME FROM ABOVE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT FOREARM CAUSING CONSIDERABLE SWELLING AN D PAIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO DOCTOR.
DRIVING ON ROUGH ROADS ON THE EXPANSION NEAR THE5080 ELEVATION CAUSED JARRING OF THE NECK.
UNKNOWN AT THIS HIME SUPPOSED HE WAS REPORTED BACK TO HIS PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN BY THE ER. DR WAS FAXED EE HE HAD A ASHMASED BACK MUSCLE LOW TORN MUSCLE AND THAT HIS DR WAS RELEASED HIM BACK FOR WORK PREMATRELY EE ON DISABILITY FOR SKIN RASH RASH FROM THE AIFALY FROM THE MINE FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
EE WAS REMOVING A LOOSE TIRE FROM EXTERIOR OF THE TIRE CHUTE. HIS ARM ACCIDENTLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE EXTERIOR WALL OF THE TIRE CHUTE CAUSING A BURN TO HIS LEFT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PORTABLE POWER UNIT TO LIFT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN UNIT SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS FINGER.