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Employee asked another employee to release bucket on skid steer. employee raised bucket tilting it down. employee stood in front of bucket (in the line of fire) released the pins and the bucket slid off striking employee in their left foot. EE sustained fractures to 4 bones in their foot.

EE foot struck by forklift resulting in a fracture

Employee was removing a conveyer belt when the right outrigger on the forklift they were using shifted downward causing the forks to hit an electrical box where they had their hand. The impact caused a fracture / laceration to their left thumb.

Lack of communication between operator and ground rigger, pinched rigger's fingers between load causing laceration to fingers. Resulting in stitches and temporary light duty work.

Employee was operating the Komatsu WA900 wheel loader when employee applied the service brakes, employee felt a sharp pain in lower back.

Employee was operating CAT 980k front end loader. While driving through the shipping yard at some point, employee hit a pothole causing employee to get jarred on the seat, this was a combination of operating while out of position ergonomically,

The employee was working off of a scissors lift to make a repair. At the same time another employee left a forklift running with no wheel chocks parked on a slope. The forklift rolled back down the slope and collided with the scissors lift. The employee was pinned between the handrail of the SL and air slide the employee was working on.

Employee suffered a neck strain requiring 3 days of restricted duty when the rear bumper of the employee's front end loader struck the ground while reversing. This was due to the employee operating in an unauthorized area next to a ramp in a manner in which the employee could not control the loader.

The EE was in the passenger seat of a haul truck, ridding back to the excavator and the main yard, when the haul truck struck a bump. The EE sustained a contusion on the left side of the buttocks from the seat belt support plastic.

Employee was moving a 40' container with a boom forklift, during the process the forklift over turned causing the employee to hit the right side of their head on the window. Employee sustained a small laceration, receiving five staples.

Softrock Haul Truck Operator was operating a CAT 777G Haul Unit too close to berm on left side of road and ran into berm knocking off left wheel of Haul Unit. Truck rolled over onto its left side. Operator jumped out of truck injuring left arm, elbow and left foot.

Employee was operating a Sky Trak forklift and rolled backwards. The left rear wheel went up on a berm causing the forklift to lay on its side.

Employee reported the bed of EE's 777 truck slammed while retracting after dumping the load at the main crusher. EE did not feel any pain until April 28th, 2023. The initial report of injury did not require any restrictions, however, on EE's second visit, after an MRI EE received restrictions on 05/08/2023

Employee claims they had some issues with their back about three weeks ago but reported it today.

On 6/18 employee was involved in a vehicular collision which resulted in minor back pain to lower back. Employee did not want to seek medical attention on that date. On 6/24 employee was still experiencing back pain and was taken to the doctor where EE was placed on restricted duty.

While working on a tire, the tire manipulator slipped catching the technicians thumb between the manipulator and the driver key the technician was holding in place by hand.

Employee was driving company truck (Ford F150) and veered off a paved road and hit a concrete barrier causing airbags to deploy striking face and chest. Employee sustained a cracked sternum and broken nose.

EE was going up in the man-lift basket and approaching the railing of the screen 3 and 4 deck. EE had EE's left hand gripping the handrail of the man basket, EE's middle two fingers were curled over the rail of the basket. EE leaned forward and pinched EE's two fingers between handrail of basket and handrail of wash plant.

An employee was attempting to clear a plugged air slide. When EE opened the inspection cover while it was running, material shot out of the air slide causing material to get in EE's eyes. EE was taken for medical evaluation and placed on modified duty.

While operating a loader, the miner hit bumps in the road, potholes, etc. which jarred and injured EE's back.

Employee was parking a manlift and ran over a rock abruptly moving the manlift basket upwards. This caused the employee's right foot to come out and over the safety pedal cage. When the right foot landed it was on top of the cage and the right ankle was injured. A harness was being utilized.

Operator error resulting in accident while hauling overburden to stockpile. Operator failed to wear seatbelt, causing injury. Although operator displayed high proficiency and had driven this exact route 49 trips this same workday, 50th trip was attempted at excessive speed and caused this accident. Non-use of mandatory seat belt caused EE's injury. Operator relieved of mine duty.

IE was helping the operator of a skid loader change the bucket. The operator blocked the bucket but the release lever jammed and they could not release the bucket. Another EE had the operator raise the bucket so EE could hit the lever with a wooden block. The lever released the bucket, then falling onto both feet of IE causing a contusion.

Employee was cleaning conveyor close to the head pulley and snubber idler. EE failed to follow Lock Out / Tag Out procedures and inadvertently got hand caught between the head pulley and snubber.

EE was loading used wire rope into a dumpster. Forklift become unstable and turned over. EE received a laceration to the head that required medical attention, stitches. EE returned to work on the next scheduled shift. MSHA site was down for service Feb. 15 thru Feb 19.

Employee was using a vac truck to clean the cone of a cement silo when material came out. Cement entered the employee's right eye. The employee was taken to the eye doctor and was prescribed eye drops.

Employee was operating a McCloskey ST110 Portable Stacker via remote control and ran over ee left foot with the left track of the machine, breaking 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones in foot.

Injured Employee was using a vacuum hose to vacuum up waste cement dust. As they were vacuuming, debris became lodged in the vacuum hose causing the hose to "kick back" causing the Employee to lose control of the wooden handle used to control the vacuum hose. The wooden handle struck the Employee in the left side partially rupturing the spleen.

Driving a haul truck to the excavator an hit a pot hole causing lower back to be sore

Hot hose came loose from fitting and hit driver on the head

Employee was operating a haul truck and the bed of the truck was lifted by loader when the bucket pushed down material at the end of the bed. Bed lifted and came down shaking the truck.

Employee was troubleshooting a conveyor when a rock bounced off and struck employee in the top of the hard hat. As a result the employee is experiencing neck soreness and headaches.

Employee was arriving to work on motorcycle. EE was making a right hand turn very slowly to park. the back wheel of the bike slid and the employee laid the bike down pinning EE's right ankle under the saddle bag. Employee suffered a fracture to ankle.

Employee was moving the chocks on a radial stacker and was bumped by another employee who was operating the skid steer. Employee thought EE was OK but EE went to the doctor the next day and had a hairline fracture to one rib.

While driving a forklift the employee ran over a pot hole, the lift jumped and the employee strained back.

Employee spotted a truck to be loaded and had the spout in the down position in the trailer. He gave hand signal to driver to come inside and driver began to move truck and trailer in reverse. With the spout still in the trailer, the employee banged on the window pane in front of him to attempt to get the driver to stop. The window broke and cut the employee's wrist.

One of the tail pulleys had buildup behind the guard that was covering the wing pulley. EE took a 36" long rod with a hook at one end and inserted it in a 1" space in the guard to sweep the material free from the tail pulley. In doing so the rod was caught by the wing pulley and ripped the rod from his hand which resulted in breaking the skin and his thumb.

EE was operating a forklift at the cement plant finish mill area during a ball mill changeover. While moving a stack of pallets from finish mill area to storage area outside, he accidentally ran over a wooden pallet with rear wheel of forklift. When the pallet broke under the weight of wheel, a piece of wood flew in the air inside the cab and struck EE in mouth.

Employee was operating a Caterpillar 988H loader digging in a face, the loader encountered some hard material. The loader jolted as he tried to curl his bucket back. He had his hand on the joystick steering control when the jolt occurred. As a result, he felt tingling in his fingers and palm.

While driving a manlift employee hit a small ditch bounced lost balance and his right foot slept out of the basket impacting the toe guardsand cutting his calf

While driving a golf cart to retrieve a sample. The cart hit a yellow guard pole by the kiln walkway support beam. The cart came to a complete stop and his chest hit the steering wheel of the cart.

A maintenance technician was operating a forklift most of the shift carrying empty oil drums from one part of the plant to another. The road that the forklift traveled was bumpy road with several pot holes. Toward the end of the shift, the technician started feeling pain in his lower back but could not remember a single event to cause the pain.

Employee informed that he felt "a little stiff" in the morning. He did not attribute it to any particular event at this time. We logged the incident in the first aid register at that time and followed up with him later that Friday. However on Tuesday morning 07/22/2014 he complained again of stiffness in his back. He was taken to a clinic. He was diagnosed with a strain back.

EE was clocked out and was leaving the plant to go home. He lost control of his vehicle and it rolled. He was seen at St. Mary's Emergency Room as a precautionary measure.

Employee was cleaning return rollers on a conveyor belt with a poke bar. The conveyor belt was running. As the employee was scraping, the poke bar caught on the roller and jerked his right hand up jamming it against the frame of the conveyor belt. He broke two bones in his hand and received a laceration.

EE requested medical treatment on 2/14/14 and said he injured his back on 2/10/14. Doctor determined injury to be non-work related. EE went to his personal doctor and his injury was determined to be work-related. EE was sent to a third doctor on 2/25/14 and his injury was determined to be work related. EE was placed on restricted work duty and this became reportable on 2/25/14

Employee complained of pain in his wrist that began 2 1/2 to 3 years ago. The doctor diagnosed it as a sprain and prescribed a splint.

Employee complained about back pain on Wednesday 12/11/2013. He claimed that he felt OK through the weekend and Tuesday, but on Wednesday he reported some discomfort. He never reported this but until Wednesday 12/11/2013

Miner was working out of a manlift basket when the lift swayed after coming to a stop, miner reached hand out to steady himself on railing, finger over the edge of the railing became pinched between the lift rail and the catwalk rail of the plant. Right index finger pinched, bone cracked,(2)stitches.

The employee was working inside of a hopper when a loader operator brought a load of material and dumped it on top of the employee and immediately his coworker began digging him out,uncovered within 15 minutes, he was taken to the hospital for testing and released ok. The next day he had a swollen ankle on his right foot and is being treated with modified duty release.