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Employee was driving a golf cart from the working face of the mine to the lunch room when making a turn the cart rolled and employee fell out and impacted shoulder to the rough salt floor. Employee suffered a left shoulder contusion.
Employee was driving a golf cart along the underground conveyor beltline and his leg struck an emergency stop box that protrudes out from the beltline. Employee suffered a broken left leg.
Employee was in a manbasket on a forklift painting a warehouse loading dock canopy. When the forklift operator moved the forklift, he misjudged the distance between the manbasket and and a steel girder, and momentarily pinned the employee between the girder and the back of the manbasket.
EE WAS BACKFILLING AN OLDER, NON-WORKING AREA OF THE MINE USING A 915 LHD. AFTER DUMPING A LOAD OF MUCK, EE WAS IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM STARTING TO BACK DOWN THE ALLEYWAY WHEN HE HEARD A "SN AP" & SAW A MOVEMENT ALONG THE ROOFLINE. A PIECE OF SALT APPEARS TO HAVE STRUCK THE TRACTOR, W/SOME OF IT EITHER HITTING THE EE DIRECTLY OR DEFLECTING OFF THE TRACTOR & SUBSEQUENTLY STRIKING
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A GOLF CART WITH HIS LEFT LEG HANGING OUT THE SIDE OF THE GOLF CART. THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT STRUCK A CHUNK OF SALT AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS BACKING AN LHD AWAY FROM THE FEEDER BREAKER. AS HE TURNED TO OL SERVE THE BUCKET, THE LHD RAN OVER A CHUNK OF SALT. THE LHD BOUNCED, CAUSING THE EE S HEAD TO HIT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CA NOPY OF THE LHD.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ONA GOLF CAR THAT HAD ITS FRONT AXLE ATTACHED TO A CHIN HOIST. APPARENTLY THE CONTACTS WERE STUCK AS THE GOLF CAR TOOK OFF WHEN THE EMPLOYEE CEHCKEC THE SWITCHES. AS THE EMPLOYEE CHASED THE CART TO DISENGAGE IT, IT SWUNG AROUND AND STRUCK HIM ON THE KNEE.