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EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN RAMP WITH LOADED TRUCK. WENT TO PUT ON BRAKE AND BRAKE PEDAL FELL THROUGH FLOOR. BRAKE PEDAL WAS LOOSE BEFORE BUT DIDN'TTURN IT IN BECAUSE BRAKES STILL WORKED.
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING INTO AREA WHEN BACK TIRE WENT UP ONR IB OR ROCK. WHEN I CAME DOWN HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ENGINE COVERS.
OPERATOR WAS HIT BY A UTILITY PIPE WHEN THE CANOPY OF THE EQUIPMENT HE WAS OPERATING ES4 CAUGHT THE END OF A PREVIOUSLY HIT OR LOOSENED PIPE. OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE LHD AND TRUCK.
EE WAS DRIVING 966 LOADER IN SAND PIT WHEN HIS LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING.
WHILE REMOVING BOULDERS FROM THE 600 LEVEL ORE PASS, MUCK WAS DUMPED INTO ANOTHER CONNECTING ORE PASS 700 CAUSING A SUDDEN GUSH OF AIR AND DUST TO IMPART THE 600 LEVEL OF SOME OF WHICH ENTERED EE S EYE.
SUPERVISOR WAS MAKING HIS ROUNDS UNDERGROUND ON HS TRACTOR HIS SELFRESCUER WAS HITTING ON HIS BACK CAUSING IT TO BE SORE
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE MINE VIA THE MAIN RAMP (AR1) WHEN A WAGNER TRUCK PULLED INTO THE PORTAL AND CAUSED EXCESS DUST.
LOWERING BRAKE CALIPER ONTO TRUCK. FORKS HUNG UP SLIGHTLY. HAD PARTNER LOWER SOME MORE WHICH PUT DOWN PRESSURE. FORKS CAME FREE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER AND NECK.
WHILE DRIVING WT-5 ROCK TRUCK AND WAS BETWEEN 400 B-NEATH AND 360 LEVEL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON A TRACTOR WHEN GOING THROUGH THE #3 AIR DOOR PULLED ROPE GOT CAUGHT ON RACK & CLOSED THE DOOR THE TRACTOR SKID INTO THE RIB CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS KNEE ON RAIL OF THE TR ACTOR INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS THE PASSENGER
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A LOADER AND HIT A BUMP CAUSING KNEE TO HIT CONTROL PANEL.
WHILE BACKING TRUCK UP, BOUNCED INTO THE AIR HITTING HEAD ON THE TOP OF THE TRUCK.
TASK TRAINING A NEW UNDERGROUND EMPLOYEE ON WAGNER TRUCK, NEW EMPLOYEE HIT RIB AND TRAINER'S FEET SLIPPED OUT OF CAB AND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE TRUCK.
TRAMMING BRAKES FAILED WHILE ENTERING DUMP, MOTOR WENT THROUGH DUMP STRUCK MOTOR
WHILE DRIVING BACK FILL TRUCK,I HIT A SECTION OF ROUGH ROAD AND JARRED MY BACK.
INJURED WAS RIDING ON THE BACK OF AN ORE CAR WHEN IT DERAILED AND THEN RERAILED ITSELF.HE WAS THROWN OFF THE CAR AFTER HITTING THE CAR WITH HIS CHEST.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RE-RAIL MM4 LOCMOTIVE,THE DRAWBAR SLIPPED THROUGH A HOLE IN THE CAB OF MM7 LOCOMOTIVE WHERE INJURED WAS THE OPERATOR.THE DRAWBAR EXTENDED ABOUT 2' INTO THE CAB PINNING HIS LEGS IN THE CAB.
BUMPED RIGHT KNEE ON DASH OF LOADER ES3.
STANDING ON TRACTOR OPER WENT FORWARD THROWING FORM TRACTOR LANDING ON HIP
WAITING ON RAMP FOR BLOCK LIGHT TO CHANGE,A RUNAWAY LHD HIT HIS TRUCK FROM THE REAR.PER CALL:STARTED MISSING 8-9-91.HAD SURGERY TO REPAIR TORN LIGAMENTS.
WAITING FOR RAMP BLOCK LIGHT TO CHANGE AND A RUN AWAY LHD HIT HIS TRUCK FROM THE REAR.
EE WAS ON THE MANTRIP FROM WORKPLACE TO STATION IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF LOCOMOTIVE. EE CAP LAMP BATTERY CAUGHT ON A POST AS THE LOCO. ROLLED BY. THE EE WAS TURNED AND PUSHED AGAINST THE BA CK OF THE LO. HE HIT HIS RIGHT LEG AND THIGHT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A MUCKER ON THE 600' LEVEL WHEN A DUX TRUCK CAME TOWARDS HIM FROM THE STEEL SETS. IN AN EFFORT TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, HE HIT THE RIB, PEELED ROPS OFF MUCKER #23WS1. T HE ROPS PINNED HIM INSIDE OF THE CAB.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK, 24DT2 UP THE MAIN RAMP AT APPROX. 280 LEVEL. HE HIT A ROCK OR BUMP AND BOUNCED UP INTO ROPS CAUSING MUSCLE SPASMS OF THE STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE.
AFTER CLEANING SLIDES ON #2 GATE, EMPLOYEE STEPPED UP ON FACE OF CHUTE. EMPLOYEE OPERATED VALVE TO CLOSE GATE AND SECTION OF CHUTE GATE CAME DOWN ON TOP OF EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING ACAT OUT TO BARGE ON TAILING POND TO INSPECT A PUMP MOTOR UPON APPROACHING BARGE THE THROTTLE STUCK OPEN THE SCAT HIT THE BARGE THROWING EMPLOYEE OUT
WHEELS SUPPORTING A CONVEYOR BELT WAS ROLLING DURING THE MOVING OF THE BELTS THEY STRUCK A BLOCK THAT STOPPED THEIR PROGRESS I NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET THE WHEELS ROLLING AGAIN BY TUGGING ON THEM HE PULLED HIS SHOULDER
THE EMPLOYEE HAD A PIECE OF TIMBER WEDGED AGAINST THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SO THE RPM'S WERE AT A HIGH RATE TO OPERATOR CONTROL LEVERS. THE BOARD SLIPPED AND HIT THE GEAR SHIFT CONTROL PUTTING T HE VEHICLE IN REVERSE. WHILE TRYING TO STOP THEVEHICLE, THE MAN WAS HIT ON THE LEFT SIDE.
A WATER PIPE BROKE ON THE MAIN DECLINE. HE WAS DRIVING A LUBE TRUCK DOWN THE DECLINE AND STARTED SLIDING ON THE WET ROAD CASUED BY THE BROKEN LINE.
INJURED WAS CLIMBING INTO THE BACK OF MANTRIP WHEN OPERATOR STARTED TO PULL FORWARD CAUSING INJURED TO FALL FROM MANTRIP
WHILE DRIVING DOWN 755 D72 RAMP, A ROCK FLEW AND HIT I NAME IN THE FOREHEAD. IT IS UNCERTAIN WHERE THE ROCK CAME FROM.
EMPL OPERATING REMOTE-CONTRL LHD. HE HAD JUST LOADED TRUCK ,BACKING MACHINE UP TO DO CLEAN UP.STANDING TO FRONT & LEFT SIDE OF MACHINE.ACCIDENTLY TURNED MACHINE INTO HIMSELF AS IT STARTED FORW ARD.BUCKET PINNED LOWER LEGS TO RIB.
3 INDIVIDUALS I3 BACK OF TRACTOR COMING OUT OF MINE -SHIFT CHANGE.ONE WAS HORSE-PLAYING WITH DRIVER SO DRIVER STOPPED TO YELL AT PERSON.TRACTOR STOPPED SUDDENLY AND THREW I.NAME FORWARD CAUSIN G STRAIN ON HER3BACK -LOWER AND NECK.
THE INJURED EMP5OYEE WAS OPERATING A HAULAGE TRUCK AND RAN UP AND OVER A ROCK WHICH WAS I N THE ROADWAY. WHEN THE TRUCK CAME DOWN FROM THE ROCK, THE EMPLOYEE WAS BOUNCED UP FROM THE SEAT INTO OVERHEAD CANOPY1 THIS CAUSED A HYPER FLEXION OF THE NECK. THE ROCK HAD APPARENTLY DROPPED OFF A MUCKER WORKING IN THE AREA. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.
OPERATING HAULA1E TRUCK WITHOUT CAB AND WAS BACKING UP.AS HE TURNED THE TRUCK THE LEFT FRONT SIDE STRUCK THE RIB AND CAUSED SOME BACKFILL AND SHOTCRETE TO FALL STRIKING EMPL.
INJURED WAS DRI5ING TRACTOR UP INCLINE RAMP WHEN SOME DUST FRON VENTILATION FAN ENTERED EYE.
HE WAS IN THE P9OCESS OF COUPLIG TOGETHER TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. WHJILE HE WAS INSERTING PIN WITH LEFT HAND AND DIRECTIONG THE LOADER OPERATOR WITH RIGHT HAND. THE MACHINE MOVED BACK WITH A SUDDEN JOLT P3NCHING THE LEFT RING FINGER.
INJURED WAS DUM1ING MUCK DOWN THE 600 ORE PASS WHEN DUST AND SAND WAS BLOWN BACKM INTO HIS FACE.
SAMPLING ORE BE3NG TRAMMED PAST HIM AS SCOOP PASSED IT BLEW DIRT INTO EYES FROM EXHAUST.
INJURED WAS STA3DING IN ROADWAY MOVING A CABLE SO THAT THE T RACTOR COULD TURN AROUND THE TRACTOR APPROACHED & THE OPERATOR TURNED TO WATCH THE CLEARANCE THE TRACTOR FRONT TIRE DROVE UP OVER T HE INJUREDS LEG3HAD ANKLE SURGERY IN JAN 87
WHILE DRIVING R2CK TRUCK, EMPLOYEE RAN INTO RIB AND PINNED LEFT ARM BETWEEN TRUCK AND RIB
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING HAUL TRUCK. HOOD SUPPORTS FOR HOOD WERE NOT INSTALLED. VIBRATION FROM STARTING UP OF ENGINE CAUSED HOOD TO FALL, STRIKING EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND.
R.O. MOBILE TRUCK CRANE BACKED OVER 16 FOOT TWO BY FOUR BOARD NEXT TO BALL MILL BOARD FLIPPED UP STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT TEMPORAL REGION KNOCKING OFF HARD HAT AND SAFETY GLASSES INFLICTING 5 /8" LACERATION
TRUCK LEAVING THE MINE SITE APPARENTLY STRUCK THE BASE POST OF A BEAN TYPE TRAFFIC CONTROL GATE WITH A REAR WHEEL THE POST BROKE OFF CAUSING THE UPRIGHT BEAM TO FALL STRIKING THE WORKMAN WORK MAN RECEIVED A CONCUSSION AND CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO THE SHOULDER AND BAC K WORKMAN WAS WEARING A HARDHAT
EMPL DUMPING MUCK INTO OREPASS.THE HOOK LOST ITS GRIP ON THE CAR AND STRUCK EMPL ON LEFT ARM.THE CAR THEN STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT SIDE.EMPL SUSTAINED FRACTURED RIBS,BRUISED CHEST,ABDOMEN.
WHILE OPERATING ELECTRIC UNDERGROUND HAULAGE TRAIN, AROUND CORNER AT INTERSECTION, LOCOMATIVE STRUCK FRONT END OF ANOTHER HAULAGE TRAIN MOVING THRU INTERSECTION.
OPERATING MUCKING MACHINE.BUCKET CAUGHT ON PIECE OF BURIED PLASTIC PIPE.SMALL PIEC BROKE OFF STRIKING OPERATOR ON UPPER LIP CUTTING LIP.STITCHES REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.