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Miner was an employee of a sub-contractor under direction of Lonestar Sierra. Miner was walking to contractor parking lot after shift ended. Plant EE was driving on plant road when EE struck miner while miner was crossing the road. Miner was transported to a nearby er for evaluation. Initial reports indicated no broken bones or serious injuries. Miner advised miner was sore.

Foreign object went in right eye while driving mobile equipment. Eye became infected and required anti-biotics prescription.

A shuttle car operator got stuck. A battery scoop operator pulled it out, the car rolled back down, they started the car and backed up to give chain slack. They bumped the scoop operator with the car on the upper shins. The Maintenance manager took them to the doctor. the X Rays taken revealed that there was a small hairline fracture in the upper right shin.

A fork lift with a barrel dumper attachment with a band and clasp around the barrel was being used to move barrels of balls. One employee reached down to unclasp the barrel before the forklift had come to a complete stop. The forklift rolled forward and the employee caught EE's finger between the barrel dumper on the forklift and another barrel on the ground.

Forklift was parked, the operator climbed in to begin another task. Upon turning on the forklift the forklift rolled and rolled over injured employee's right foot. This forklift is a hydrostatic brake system, when you let off the gas the forklift is to stop.

EE was leaving the plant after shift on Lime Rd. A deer ran in front of riding motorcycle, ee tried to miss the deer, lost control of the bike and wrecked.

Employee's foot was stuck by a skid causing a fracture.

EE was riding in the passenger side of a water truck in the Quarry, when the water truck tipped over. EE is a temp employee from Express Temp Agency.

While making a turn in the Quarry, the water truck tipped over.

Employee was cleaning around the 13304 belt with an air lance, when employee stood up, hit employee's hard hat and was jerked forward, causing the air lance to get entangled in the belt. The air lance wrapped in the head pulley, wedging the employees hand between a roll and the lance, lacerating 4 fingers.

Employee was driving Jeep, turned into 3 South commons and door came open. Employee reached out to catch it and got the left index finger caught in door hinge.

Employee states had been working all day in a wheel loader while the seat's air system was not working and developed a strain in lower back.

Employee stated he has been running a loader for 35 years and am 59 yrs old and the right side of my neck started to hurt and become stiff. Tense muscles in neck. NO restrictions but started physical therapy on July 15th to ease muscles. I received the list of therapy sessions on July 29th.

Driving a loader down haul road and saw a rock. He lowered the bucket to scoop up the rock and forgot to check if the bucket was level. The bucket dug into the road and abruptly stopped the truck. EE hit the windshield of the loader.

Shuttle car went down in the last open. Injured and 3 others went to help get the car out of the way. They pulled slack off of the reel to get a scoop behind it. Injured was standing by the cable and the operator turned the car and the cable knocked injured to ground, landing on right shoulder.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN BRAKES LOCKED UP CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE PANIC BAR.

In the RM reject canal, I was moving new scrapers to be installed. I was alone. I was trying not to let the scraper get away from me and fall into the reject gate. When moving across and over to the install location. I was trying to move it and locate it when it fell over, smashing my finger.

Employee was stepping onto an overcast wall and floor that was suspended by a forklift. There was pressure on the fork of the lift against the rib. When the employee stepped onto the overcast, the fork dislodged and sprung upwards against his leg, causing bruising and laceration to his penis. Did not seek medical attention until next day.

Employee was driving a haul truck hauling rock and hit a pot hole and bounced and hit his hard hat on the roof of the cab.

Employee was standing by the train tracks when he heard a metalic sound coming from the railcar wheels. He realized the sound was coming from the wheel chock and bent down to move it. At the time, the train was being moved, and the ladder of the railcar struck him in the head, causing a scrape to his right ear.

Employee was operating the shuttle car,the shuttle car bumper rode up on the miner bumper lifting the tires about 1 foot off the ground. The shuttle car rolled back and fell off the miner bumper causing the employee to bounce and strike his head on the cab of the shuttle car.

Operator was operating shuttle car, hit bumb, jammed head into canopy.

On 1/2/09, the boom from a crane bumped a concrete structure. A piece fell and struck an employee on his hard hat. Dazed, but OK he returned to work. Later, the employee reported pain in his neck and visited a Dr. on 1/15/09. The Dr recommended the employee not return to work and rest until a diagnosis is obtained later this month. His first lost time day was 1/16/09.

The employee was cleaning the feeder, when shuttle car came to dump. There was a cover hanging down off the side, the rear hit feeder with cover, causing cover to pop off; hitting the employee in the chest.

Employee was responding to a metal detector alert on a coal belt. This belt uses an electrically actuated air jet to mark the location of tramp metal. He removed the metal piece and then went to use his radio, when the air jet fired unexpectedly sending coal dust into his left eye. Coal particle was removed by a physician and an antibiotic was prescribed.

Employee was backing up in a skidsteer loader. He struck a concrete wall causing his head to snap back.

Pulling belt control box into 935 bucket with push plate. Employee rigged chain pulling the box into the bucket. He was in bucket with right hand on top of push plate. His fingers got caught between the back of the bucket and the push plate causing lacerations and fractures to right middle and ring fingers.

Employee was setting timbers in entry. A freedom car came into entry and struck scoop which in turn, the timber in the scoop knocked the employee off his feet and he landed on his tail bone.

Employees were installing a new conveyor belt. The belt was being pulled with a loader and cable. Traffic was being stopped as the loader approached a road. The cable started to rub on a road sign. Employee attempted to get the cable clamps past the sign when the tension on the cable knocked the sign over striking the employee on the left leg.

Employee was riding on floor board of Little Mac and was holding on to the fender wall when they hit a bump in the roadway cuasing the right front tire to come in contact with the fender and smashing employee's finger.

Employee was gathering blocks operating scoop #488 at the #9 back entry when he ran over a piece of the 4" polypipe causing it to pop up and enter the cab of the scoop striking the operator in the left rib cage.

While entering belt line #1 #4 tail, EE drove through both sets of doors into the belt line. He then made a turn to go down to #5 belt when he struck his head on a low hanging roof mat.

Rock dusting from #6 beltdrive towards overcast, while going up overcast, Lil Mac powered out and started back down the ramp, when he fell off the machine landing between belt and machine and he lost his hard hat and light. When he raised up, he came in contact with belt roller, hitting his head and catching his hooded sweat shirt, ripping hood from shirt.

Injured employee was stacking brick onto a pallet one at a time by hand inside kiln #6. The forklift operator moved to pick up the pallet, not seeing the employee, and the fork pushed the injured employee's left foot into the pallet. This caused an approx. 1 inch laceration to the top of the injured employee's left foot.

Employee was operating forklift in the plant warehouse. While backing up, the forklift hit a box, knocking it over. Employee tried to stop the box from tipping over with his right foot.

EMPLOYEE SAYS HIS LEFT WRIST HURTS FROM RUNNING THE CONTROLS ON THE LOADER. HE REPORTED THIS TO ME ON 2/3/04. HE WENT TO THE RAPID CARE AND SAW A DOCTOR. HE SAID TO TRY IBUPROFEN & HEAT & COLD .HE RETURNED TO RAPID CARE ON 2/20/04 & WAS REFERRED TO THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST AT PT-OT PROFESSIONALS FOR THERAPY 3 TIMES A WEEK FRO 4 WEEKS. NO WORK RESTRICTIONS.