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While operating a loader when EE hit EE's elbow on the arm rest when EE ran over a sand pile. Incident not reported until 5/23/26.
Employee hit a bump while driving a haul truck. As a result, the employee was jolted (was wearing seat belt) and felt pain in upper back.
Bucket truck parked in front of connex, lifted bucket and traveled forward, coming in contact with connex, moving it 6". Another employee was inside of the connex hanging up a hose at the time of contact. Injured says was "thrown around", but did not fall, hit head or come in contact with anything. Next day reported rib and back pain; taken out of work until follow up appt.
While driving haul truck, employee felt pain in lower back.
Employee was operating loader and strained lower back when they hit a bump.
EE was operating a Caterpillar 992C loader in the South Pit. As they were driving the machine, they reached up with left hand to adjust the airflow coming out of an overhead air conditioning vent. As they reached up, their hand hit the adjacent vent and cut the middle finger resulting in sutures to repair.
Employee was operating a 980G loading a customer truck. While the loader was still in reverse backing away from the truck. Operator depressed the brake / clutch and the loader shifted from reverse to neutral to forward inadvertently. Sudden shift caused pain in lower back.
Employee was cutting bars out of the grizzly with a torch. Employee sent another employee for a tape measure. When employee couldn't find tape measure in the truck, he got in truck and drove to get tape measure. Employee forgot that employee was using the torch that was attached to the truck. Torch jerked and twisted and struck the left wrist of employee that was using it.
EE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY RAN INTO A SINK HOLE WHICH WAS NOT PRESENT ON HIS LAST PASS THROUGH THAT AREA. HE JARRED HIS BACK AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN UPPER BACK STRAIN AND GIVEN RESTRICTIONS WHICH WE DID ACCOMODATE.