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A miner was using a stand-on skid steer to perform housekeeping around a transition point of two outdoor conveyors when they struck their hard hat on the end of a pipe. The miner was taken to the emergency room where they were diagnosed with a head and cervical spine injury and prescribed lost time.

EE reports pain and swelling to right knee. EE reports was in the Komatsu truck 845 for 12 hours on Monday, recognized right knee pain and swelling on Tuesday morning upon waking up. Reported on 5/16/25.

On 3/21/24 a maintenance employee reported to the supervisor they hurt their knee on 3/16/24. Injured employee was working to free a stuck forklift. The injured employee was operating a Kubota to free the forklift. The team used a strap to try and pull the forklift free, once the slack was out of the strap the Kubota came to a stop, the employee's left knee contacted the dashboard.

Employee called over radio that EE was hurt. When other employees came to area it was discovered 1) guard was not securely in place and had been removed 2) the equipment was running at full power ~400 fpm 3) broken shovel found in pit below, 4) right hand glove was discovered on grating, 5) torch was laying on grating Employee was missing EE's right thumb. Went to ER

A contractor truck driver was leaving the site after picking up a load when they reached down to pick up a water bottle and veered off of the main road out of the plant down a road bank into a rock berm and overturned the trailer causing a neck strain.

Employee stated that after driving Volvo Truck EE's hip hurt. EE had hip surgery 1 year ago. Went to doctor and they wrote EE off work for 1 week. To be evaluated

While unchoking a feed chute to #4 conveyor, an employee opened an inspection door/hatch above the conv. before closing the manual feed slide. This allowed the heated rock to flow from the opened hatch on to the floor. below. The heated rock contacted the employees' leg and caused a burn to the skin between the shin and knee.

Employee was hauling waste on the 966 loader with a full bucket and with the bucket up to the stock pile. The right side of the bucket clipped and bent the I beam on the headlap scale. Employee stated: was driving that way instead of around to get more loads out before employee went home. Employee subsequently also complained of neck and back pain on 3/16/2021.

After the employee moved the tripper on 20 conveyor from tank A11 to tank A2, the tripper started rolling back to the east because the #20 conv belt hit the handrail and catwalk crosswalk that was still in place west of tank A1. The contact of the conveyor with the crosswalk forced the tripper to roll back to the east and hit the employee that was on the A row side of the tripper

Employee was operating front end loader and expressed feeling pain in the lower back. Employee was sent to the Occupational Clinic where they were diagnosed with lower back strain.

As the loader operator was backing out of muck pile ee began to articulate the loader to square up with it. In this process the loader bucket came in contact with the back corner (driver side) of box. No damage occurred employee felt pain in neck and back

EE experienced a sudden stop while scooping roofing granules with a skid steer from the rail loading area. The sudden stop caused EE to be restrained by the lap bar. This sudden restraint eventually caused soreness in the rib area.

While driving 813 Haul truck employee experienced low back pain and numbness in legs during normal job duties. Operating conditions normal as any other day. Employee noticed that the seat was at its end of life and hand no more cushion over some parts of the seat. Employee reported injury on 08/15/2013 and went to doctor because pain increased. Employee is now off work.

Our truck entered tracks where several trains were stopped but when he looked to left, one train was moving towards the truck. Driver tried to reverse, but too late.

Our truck entered tracks where several trains were stopped but when he looked to left, one train was moving towards the truck. Driver tried to reverse, but too late.

Our truck entered tracks where several trains were stopped, but when he looked to left one train was moving toward truck. Driver tried to reverse but too late.

Injured party was in a Per Mar Security Company Vehicle and was parked, a Front End Loader that was plowing snow backed up and crushed the front end of the truck while he was in the truck. Large piles of snow were in the area making visual difficult for the front end loader.

While retrieving a pallet of chemical, an employee was backing up slowly with a forklift and struck an upright building support that was in his blind spot. The forklift came to an abrupt stop. The employee reports a burning pain across his lower back.

Employee punched out from work. While driving home he left parking lot and was driving on paved quarry road. Almost hit deer and crashed bike. Employee suffered scrapes bruises to head face and arms and was brought to ER by ambulance. He returned to work on July1.

The employee saw her own doctor to investigate a sore shoulder that she thought might be related to sleeping. The doctor suggested that it might be related to work. When the employee heard that information, she remembered driving the secondary waste truck over unpaved roads at Greystone were particularly rough due to frost heaving. Workers comp has said it is work related now.

Employee was plowing snow in a front end loader when the blade of loader came in contact with a rail road rail. The loader stoped suddenly and jarred employees low back.

Miner operating forktruck moving pallet with screen crates. Forks not completely under load and load not tipped back. Pallet fell, causing crate to break. Miner had puncture wound on (L) palm by nail protruding from broken crate. EE was not wearing gloves.

On loaded trip with finish truck, he crossed over train tracks to slow and jarred his back. This happened about 6pm on 6/14/07. He reported it on 6/20/07 when treating it himself didn't work. (ice & aspirin). At the time he didn't think it was anything to worry about, but pain did not go away.

Employee went to the nurse on June 6, 2007 and stated two weeks prior his right knee started to hurt, due to driving the 936 and 988 loaders. He states that the rough drive and having to push hard on the pedal is making his knee hurt. Nurse treated and will have to due follow up.

It is believed that the employee placed his right foot on top of rail and was run over by wheel of rail car WC 24278.

An employee was operating a Skid Steer. The employee went in to scoop up a pile of fines and ran into something solid. This caused the skid steer to come to a sudden stop. This caused the employee's arms to be driven backwards. This caused a strain on the right shoulder.

Employee slipped on loose wet graules on the floor. As the employee attempted to catch himself he got his finger caught between the dust/dirt buildup on the conveyour ledge and the troughing idler.

An employee backed over another employee's foot with a forktruck. The cause was due to the inattention of both employees.

Employee was digging into a rock pile with a front end loader, when he tilted the bucket upward, the back end of the loader came off the ground causing the employee to pitch forward. He struck his stomach on the round ball on the steering wheel causing an abdominal contusion.

A Tank Loader was injured when his right arm was pulled into #18 Tripper Conveyor between the head pulley and the cleaning brush. Injuries included accidental avulsion of some of the worker's right forearm muscle tissue. The employee is hospitalized at this time.

INADEQUATELY SECURED EQUIPMENT ROLLED OUT OF STORAGE TRACK INTO PATH OF SHOVING MOVEMENT. EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM THE RAIL CAR HE WAS RIDING PRIOR TO THE COLLISION.

Two miners were performing maintenance on a tail pulley assembly on #2 conveyor when pillow block bearing housing broke causing tail pulley to fly up and strike one miner in his chest, right hand and elbow.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF GYRO PIT, DIRECTING DUMP BERM REMOVAL. TOP LIP HAD BEEN BROKEN FREE AND AS FRONT END LOADER TILTED BUCKET UP TO MOVE IT OUT, IT SLID UP AND CLOCKWISE TOWARD THE EMPLOYEE. HE LEAPED BACK TO AVOID BEING HIT AND DROPPED 13 1/2 FEET DOWN INTO THE CLEARED PIT.

Employee was using a push broom brush (Handle was removed) to remove rock buildup between two troughing idlers on a conveyor. The conveyor was running at the time and the brush was caught between the idler and the conveyor which pulled in the brush and the employees right hand.

EE was operating loader and complained of back pain. MRI showed herniated disc.

DURING THE PROCESS OF CHECKING THE WIRING ON TRIPPER #9, THE PROBE WAS PULLED IN BY CONVEYOR STRIKING THE POSTERIOR ASPECT OF THE LEFT HAND. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED CLOSURE WITH 14 SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE (1) WAS INSIDE A VEHICLE THAT WOULD NOT START. ANOTHER EE (2) ATTEMPTED TO TOW THE VEHICLE BACKWARDS TO THE SHOP FOR THE REPAIR. EE (1)HAD HIS HAND ON THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE FACING BACKWARDS TO SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING WHEN THE VEHICLE CROSSED A DITCH JOLTING THE STEERING WHEEL AND INJURING HIS ARM AND SHOULDER.

DRIVER WAS DRIVING ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS, HIT A "CHUCK HOLE" AND STEERING WHEEL TURNED INTO HIS LEFT THUMB JAMMING IT. HE SOUGHT TREATMENT ON 3-5-03 AND WAS FITTED WITH A WRIST SUPPORT TO IMM OBILIZE HIS HAND AND WAS PUT ON RESTRICTIONS, I.E. NO DRIVING OF TRUCK.

EE CLAIMS THAT REPETITIVE JERKING FROM CONTINUOUS LOADER OPERATIONS HAD CAUSED INJURY TO THE EE'S NECK.

DRIVER STRAINED LEFT HAMSTRING WHILE TRYING TO SUPPORT HIMSELF WHILE DRIVING ON ROUGH ROAD. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 7-25-02. PHYSICAL THERAPY WAS PRESCRIBED.

WHILE HAULING A LOAD OF WASTE WITH THE DUMP TRUCK THE SEAT BOTTOMED OUT WHEN THE TRUCK DROVE OVER A POT HOLE AND THE DRIVER STRAINED HIS BACK. THE DRIVER IS CURRENTLY RECEIVING PHYSICAL THERA PY BUT IS NOT ON RESTRICTIONS.

EE WAS DRIVING SE ON THE RIGHT TOWARDS EXTREME CENTER. ANOTHER EE DRIVING NW TO THE EXTREME RIGHT. COLLISION OCCURRED AT FRONT LEFT QUARTER PANEL. SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE'S BACK GOT SORE AFTER DRIVING FRONT END LOADER AND LIFTING PIECES OF STEEL USED TO RE-RAIL DERAILED RAILCAR. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 6-12-00 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A STRAINED LOWER BACK. HE WAS PUT ON RESTRICTIONS.

EE WAS CLOSING THE DOORS TO THE MAN LIFT ELEVATOR IN C&S AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DOORS. HE SUSTAINED A CRUSH TYPE OF INJURY RESULTING IN A SEVERE CONTUSION ONLY. PREVIOUSLY THESE DOO RS HAD BEEN DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. THEY HAD JUST BEEN REPAIRED AND NO LONGER NEEDED THE FORCE THAT WAS USED TO CLOSE THEM.

INDEPENDENT TRUCK DRIVER WAS PICKING UP QP MATERIAL. AS DRIVER WAS GOING DOWN 3M SERVICE ROAD HE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE TO THE LEFT & DROVE OFF THE ROAD WITH RIGHT FRONT AND REAR WHEELS. AS HE TRIED TO GET BACK ONTO THE PAVEMENT, HIS TRUCK TIPPED OVER. LOCAL POLICE FOUND TRUCK DRIVER UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.

EE WAS DRIVING THE 988 LOADER, BRINGING IN STOCK PILE TO TRUCK HOPPER. WHEEL OF LOADER WENT INTO A LOW SPOT IN THE ROAD CAUSING HIM TO MAKE A TWIST MOTION TO REGAIN PROPER BODY ALIGNMENT. HE T HEN EXPERIENCED PAIN TO THE POSTERIOR RIGHT SIDE OF NECK AND POSTERIOR SHOULDER. UPON EVALUATION HE RESPONDED WELL TO RX STRENTH MOTRIN. HE RETURNS TO WORK W/O RESTRICTIONS, HOWEVER REMAINS O

WHILE DOWNSHIFTING MAC DUMPTRUCK WHEN APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT A CAR CUT IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER. THE DRIVER SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES MAKING THE TRUCK BOUNCE TO A STOP. DRIVER JAMMED RIGHT SHOULDE R DURING THIS INCIDENT. A SPRAIN WAS DIAGNOSED AND DRIVER WAS PUT ON RESTRICTIONS.

EE STATED WAS WORKING ON 4TH FLOOR WHEN 22 TRIPPER JUMPED TRACK KNOCKING HIM INTO THE WALL HITTING HIS L SHOULDER/BACK.

AS EE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF INSPECTION DOOR OF OPEN CHUTE, MATERIAL FELL FROM INSIDE THROUGHTHE DOOR AND STRUCK HIS UPPER BODY WHICH CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE EDGE OF INSPECTION DOOR, RESULTING IN CONTUSIONS TO ARMS, CHEST, AND ABRASIONS TO FACE.

DUST FROM A TRANSFER CHUTE CAME OUT & CONTACTED EMPLOYEE. THIS CONTACT APPARENTLY CAUSED SOME FORM OF RASH ON FOREARM & CHEST AREA. EE WAS SENT TO DERMATOLOGIST & PRESCIBED OINTMENT.