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While an employee was digging for large chunks in a rock bank with a loader, a large chunk came down the rock bank and landed on the loader's full bucket, jarring the loader and the employee. The employee was taken to the local ER/personal doctor due to back pain where it was determined the employee has thoracic compression fractures to T8, T10 and T11 of the spine.

A railroad employee was travelling down a section of rail in a piece of equipment. The piece of equipment derailed and the equipment turned onto it's side. The employee suffered a small laceration to the head.

Dark rainy conditions with poor visibility road way was bumpy due to recent rain events. Employee was in haul truck when EE hit a bump in the road the bump bounced EE in the seat which EE had aired up quite high. EE is a tall person and the bump caused EE to strike head on the roof of the truck causing EE pain in the neck and the right arm.

Mine RR ops tech was unloading scrap in the yard off of a grapple truck from the elevated loader operators seat. While picking a piece of RR track up with the grapple, EE inadvertently swung the wrong direction. The rail hit the guard and than raised up striking the employees right arm and right knee, causing a laceration requiring stitches to employees right arm and right knee.

Inattentive Driving: EE was a passenger in company vehicle driving on plant roadway. Driver reported sun glare caused him to veer and miss a turn in roadway. Continued down 5' steep grade into drainage area. The abrupt stop caused a fractured fibula bone to driver and passenger re-injured a previous non-work related injury to his wrist. Very little damage to company vehicle.

Inattentive Driving: EE was a passenger in company vehicle driving on plant roadway. Driver reported sun glare caused him to veer and miss a turn in roadway. Continued down 5' steep grade into drainage area. The abrupt stop caused a fractured fibula bone to driver and passenger re-injured a previous non-work related injury to his wrist. Very little damage to company vehicle.

While traveling on haul road with a loaded haul truck the front right tire blew out. In the act of the tire blowing the operator was jerked about in the cab. A couple hrs after the incident the operator stated his back was feeling a little sore. The operator was taken to the hospital to be checked out.