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EE was loading customer trucks from the 411 stockpile and the face of the pile slid down on loader bucket causing the rear of the loader to rise and then EE dropped the bucket, causing the rear of the loader to slam down and bounce several times. EE complained of back pain then.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE SPRAINED HIS BACK WHILE RUNNING END LOADER IN SHOT ROCK AREA
Employee was loading stone from the mill. When he opened the truck door to open the bin gate the truck rolled back and caught his left arm between door and mill frame. Employee thought truck was in gear but it was not.
DRIVING TRUCK TO MOVE BOULDERS ALL DAY WITH WINDOWS DOWN, HE STARTED FEELING SICK IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FLOOR BOARD OF THE TRUCK. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL BUT THEY DID NOT DO A BLOOD TEST TO SEE IF HE DID HAVE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THEY DID A CAT SCAN TO RULE OUT TUMOR.
EE WAS STACKING FLAGSTONE & ANOTHER EE WAS UNPLUGGING HOPPER WITH THE LOADER WITH FORKS & A 6" PIECE OF FLAGSTONE FLEW OUT & HIT INJ EE IN THE RIGHT CENTER OF HIS BACK.
EE WAS WRITING PRODUCT NAME AND WEIGHT ON PALLETS AND A COWORKER IN THE FRONT-END LOADER WAS PICKING UP PALLETS AND MOVING THEM FOR AN ORDER. THE COWORKER CAME IN TO PICK UP A PALLET AND THE FORKS WERE A LITTLE OFF TRACK AND PUSHED THE PALLET AND ROCK INTO EE, HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT ARM AND BACK.
MINER TRAVELING DOWN A RAMP IN A F.E.L., HE LOST CONTROL AND WENT OVER A BERM, SLID 18'DOWN THE SIDE OF THE RAMP AND ROLLED ONTO THE TOP. THE MINER'S LEG WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE SEAT, TWISTING TH E LEG AND DISLOCATING THE HIP. CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR AND DRY.
HE PLACED HIMSELF IN HARMS WAY BETWEEN A MOVING LOADER AND STATIONARY FLAGSTONE CONVEYOR; LOADEROPERATOR'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF BRAKE AND HIT EXCELERATOR. THE LOADER LEAPT FORWARD, PINNING VICTIM BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR AND LOADER.