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Miner was cleaning under conveyor with a machine (Vermeer)- when lifting bucket, bucket hit another conveyor causing the machine (Vermeer) to kick forward and up pinching miners hand between Vermeer controls and bottom of conveyor.
Employee was driving the JLG when they hit a pot hole causing them to bounce off the "safety foot peddle". This caused them to come to a sudden stop straining their back. Employee was brought in for evaluation and returned to work with restrictions, no lost time.
While operating a haul truck the individuals tires slipped into a rut causing his head and neck to have a whiplash type effect.
The employee was in an Aerial Lift working to clear a troughing roller utilizing a hammer. The equipment was not locked out at the time of incident causing the hammer to be drawn into the troughing roller also drawing the employee's hand in between the belt and roller. The employee received a hand contusion as a result of the incident.
This individual was cleaning out next to a conveyer when a rock struck him in the back of the neck causing some pain in the shoulder along with numbness in the right arm.