EE WAS OPERATING A HAULTRUCK WHILE THE TRUCK WASBEING LOADED, A LG. ROCK FELL OUT OF THE SHOVEL BUCKET AND INTO THE TRUCK BED. THIS CAUSED THE CAB TO JERK AND THE EE REPORTED HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE SEATS HEADREST. EE LATER COMPLAINED OF HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, CONFUSION. 1ST SAW DR. ON 1-25-02. CAT SCAN SHOWED A CEREBRALMASS. ORDERED MRI TO CONFIRM. RESULTS IN A FEW DAYS.
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Showing all 47WHILE EE WAS OPERATING TH DOZER, THE DOZER WAS BROADSIDED BY A HAUL TRUCK. EE FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK.
EMP WAS OPERATING THE 1911 HAUL TRUCK. EMP DROVEACROSS ROUGH ROAD AND JARRED HIS BACK. EMP CLAIMS THE SEAT BOTTOMED OUT.
WHILE LOADING HAULTRUCKS, EMPLOYEE FELT A MAJOR JOLT. EMPLOYEE'S HEAD AND SHOULDERS BROKE THROUGH THE BACK WINDOW. EMPLOYEE STRAINED A NECK MUSCLE AS A RESULT. JOLT WAS DUE TO A FAULTY LOADER SEAT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK AND THE TRUCK RAN OVER A ROCK. EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THE JOLT AGGRAVATED HIS EXISTING BACK CONDITION.
EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER. HE DROVE OVER A ROCK, BOUNCING MACHINE WHEN HE CAME DOWN. THIS IS REPORTABLE BECAUSE EE MISSED TIME FROM WORK.
EE REPORTED BACK SORENESS DUE TO OPERATING A HAUL TRUCK DURING THE WORK WEEKD OF 2-19-26-96. ROADS WERE ROUGH FROM EFFECTS OR RAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING IN THE BALTIC PIT. HIS TRUCK HIT A HOLE ON THE PIT FLOOR. CONSEQUENTLY EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TRUCK'S ROOF WHICH CAUSED NECK & BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CHIROPRAT IC TREATMENT(ULTRA SOUND, ALIGNMENT, VIBRATION).
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HUAL TRUCK THAT COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER HAUL TRUCK. THE CAB OF HIS TRUCK WAS DAMAGED ADN HAD TO BE CUT TO EXTRICATE HIM. HE WAS ENTRAPPED FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR.
LOWER BACK PAIN WHILE LOADING HAUL TRUCKS.
THE BLADDER FOR THE AIR ACTUATED SEAT ADJUSTMENT FAILED ALLOWING THE SEAT TO FALL TO THE BOTTOM HITTING THE RUBBER GROMETS. HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A CHECK UP. NOT SERIOUS AS HE WAS GIVEN A RETURN TO WORK ON 8-14-95.
OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF SCRAPER, DROVE OFF THE HAUL ROAD AND OVERTURNED THE SCRAPER.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS BOUNCED AROUND IN CAB OF TRUCK WHILE IT WAS BEING LOADED.
WHLE REMOVING PRE-CLEANER ASSEMBLY, INJURED WORKE LOST HIS FOOTING AND HIS FINGES OF HIS LEFT HAND CONTACTED TO ENGINE FAN.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED BACK PAIN FROM DRIVING THROUGHA DIP IN HAUL ROAD. DIP WAS TEMPORARY AND DUE TOCONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY.
EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER CLEANING UP ROCK SPILLAGE IN THE MINE. HE SAYS THAT BY THE END OF THE SHIFT HIS NECK AND BACK WERE HURTING FROM BEING BOUNCED AROUND IN THE LOADER. THERE WA S NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT THAT CAUSED THE REPORTED INJURY.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT ARM. THE UMBNESS IS A RESULT OF A MILD NECK STRAIN. AT THE TIME THE NUMBNESS APPEARED. THEEMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK ON A ROUGH HAUL ROAD WHEN A BIG ROCK FELL IN THE BED.
EMPLOYEE WAS OEPRATING A HAUL TRUCK. AN ONCOMING TRUCK WAS IN HIS TRAVEL LANE. EMPLOYEE APPLIED BRAKES. TRUCKS COLLIDED AT REDUCED SPEEDING IMPACT SHIFTED EMPLOYEE FORWARD AND HE STRUCK HIS LEG UNDER DASH.
LOADER OPERATOR WAS BACKING UP WHEN THE LOADER HIT A BUMP, JARRING TH EMACHINE AND THE OPERATOR EXPEREINCED PAIN IN HIS NECK HE ALSO FELT NUMBENESS IN HIS RIGHT HAND.
OPERATOR WAS LOADING HAUL TRUCKS ON 4100 BENCH IN THE YELLOW ASTER PIT. HIS LOADER BUCKET STRUCK A SOLID BOULDER IN THE BANK. HE SAID HE THEN FELT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER AND RIGHT ARM.
HEE LOADER OPERA TOR PHONED TO INFORM ME THA T HE HAD A LOWER BACK PAIN HE GAVE NO SPECIFIC DATE OF AN INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT 06-19-94 WAS LISTED BECAUSE OF THE LAST WORK PERFORMED
EMPLOYEE REPORTED BACK PAIN AFTER DRIVING A FRONT END LOADER OVER A PUMP.HE COMPLETED THE SHIFT,BUT MISSED HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.
OPERATOR WAS CLEANING UP HIGHWALL MATERIAL IN THE BALTIC PIT. THE BUCKET TEETH SLIPPED OFF SOME HARD ROCK JARRING THE LOADER.
MAY 16 NO REPORT OF INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT WAS MADE BY EMPLOYEE OR FREMAN MAY 17 EMPLOYEE REPORTED OFF BY TELEPHONE SAID HE HAD BACK PAIN
EQUIPMENT OPERATOR EE WAS LOADING HAULPAK TRUCKS IN THE YELLOW ASTER PIT BY THE MIDDLE OF HIS SHIFT HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT ON APRIL 6 WHEN HE REPORTED FOR HIS NEXT SHIFT
EMPLOYEE WAS A PASSENGER IN A PICK UP TRUCK. THEVEHICLE WAS DRIVEN THROUGH A DIP, CAUSING HER TORISE UP AND HIT HER HEAD. SHE BEGAN EXPERIENCINGNECK PAIN. ON 8-19-94 A DOCTOR ADVISED HER TO STAY OFF WORK TO REST HER NECK.
INJURED WAS OPERATING THE AUGER ONT EH DRILL TRUCK. WHEN BACKING UP TO FILL THE NEXT HOLE, THE DRIVER BACKED UP SUDDENLY. THE AUGER HIT HIM IN THE CHEST CAUSING PAIN.
EE WAS MINING ORG ON THE 3740 LEVEL WITH THE CAT 982 C 1311 HIS LOADER ENCOUNTERED A HARD SPOT HE WAS JOSTLED AROUND IN THE CAB BECAUSE HE DID NOT EXPERT IT.
OPERA TOR WAS RUNNING CAT 966 LOADER APPLYING LIME TO ORE ON HEAP LEACH PAD
OPERATING CAT 992 LOADER ON 3760 LEVEL. THE OPERATOR USED TOO MUCH BUCKET HOIST. LIFTED THE BACK OF THE MACHINE OFF THE GROUND. WHEN LOADER CAME BACK DOWN HE COMPLAINED THAT HIS BACK HURT.
EE WAS MUDDY DOWN THE RAMP TO THE 3760 LEVEL WHILE OPERATING 7312 CAT 992 FRONT END LOADER HE WAS WORKING ON AN 8 PERCENT SLOPE.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN AT THE END OF THE SHIFT THAT HIS NECK HURT. HE EASN'T SURE OF THE CAUSE.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A HAUL TRUCK. AS HE WAS PARKED AT THE LOADER BIENG LOADED. HIS TRUCK WAS STRUCK BY THE LOADER BUCKET. THIS JOSTLED INJURED INSIDE THE CAB AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A HAULTRUCK. AS HE WAS PARKED AT THE LOADER BEING LOADED, HIS TRUCK WAS STRUCK BY THE LOADER ARMS OF THE LOADER. THIS JOSTLED INJURED IN THE CAB. TWISTED HIS BACK.
EE WAS OPERA TING THE 992C LOADER EE REINJURED HIS BACK WHILE STRAINING TO APPLY THE CLUTCH BRAKE
WHILE OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER OPER WAS JARRED WHILE BACK DRAGGING OVER A LARGE ROCK CAUSING THE REPORTED BACK PAIN.
DRIVING TRUCK BACKED INTO CAB AND GRILL OF OTHER TRUCK CAUSING DAMAGE TO FROM IMPACT BACK MUSCLE STRAIN
AREA WAS BADLY CONGESTED WITH EQUIP PICKUPS & PEOPLE. EMPL ATTEMPTING TO MOVE LOADER OUT OF ROADWYA UPON 3:1 SLOPE TO ALLOW TWO PICKUPS FROM WELCHS CONST CO TO GO THOUGH AREA. HE CAME TO COMPL ETE STOP ON SLOPE. BUCKET WAS TOO HIGH IN AIR BECAUSE OF PLASTIC SLUNG ON BUCKET. WHEN EMPL STARTED TO MOVE AFTER PICKUPS WENT BY LOADER TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE.
EE WAS SEAT IN THE DRIVERS SEAT OF A 769B HAUL TRUCK UNDERNEATH THE LOADER WHEN A LARGE ROCK ROLLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE BUCKET HITTING THE EDGE OF THE TRUCK BED AND CAUSING EE TO GET BOUNCED A ROUND INSIDE THE CAB HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPTIAL AND APPEARED TO BE A NECK MUSCLE STRAIN. LOADER OPERATOR WAS INEXPERIENCED.
OPERATOR WAS USING A 966 LOADER TO TRAM WASTE MATERIAL FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER WHILE RETURNING TO LOADING AREA HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK DRAG ROADWAY AREA HE WAS USING 15 GEAR REVERSE WHEN HE HIT A BURN ABOUT 6IN HIGH CAUSING PAIN IN NECK & UPPER BACK AREA THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT SERIOUS AS TOLD BY I NAME
LUB TRUCK PULLED UP NEXT TO REEDRILL TO SERVICE.DRIVER APPLIED PARKING BRAKE AND OPENED DOOR TO STEP ONTO REEDRILL.STEPPED ONTO TRACK AND WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP BY HANDRAILS WHEN TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS SMASHING HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN DOOR OF LUBE TRUCK AND HANDRAIL ON REEDRILL.HIS FINGER WAS CUT JUST BELOW MIDDLE JOINT NEEDING STITCHES AND THE BONE WAS FRACTURED.
COMPLAINED OF SHOULDER SORENESS AT END OF SHIFT OPER HAUL TRK WHEN SHE CMP. OF SORENESS
THE INJURED WAS SPREADING WATER ON THE HAUL ROAD INTO PIT WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE WATER TRUCK.HE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT TO AN UPPER GEAR,ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO GAIN TOO MUCH SPEED.BRAKES HEATED AND WERE FAILING WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A CORNER.THE TRUCK WAS LOADED WITH WATER(APPROX 5,000 GALLONS) WHEN IT ROLLED AT THE CORNER.HE SUFFERED BUMPS AND BRUISES AND MINOR INJURY.HE WAS WE
OPERATOR COMPLAINED ABOUT LOADER BEING TOO LOOSE THEREFORE CREATING A JERKING MOTION WHEN IN OPERATION I UNDERSTAND THE OPERATORS BACK PROBLEM ORIGINATED FROM A PREVIOUS PROLEM BEFORE HE START ED WORKING WITH OUR COMPANY DAMAGE OR INJURY APPARENTLY WAS MINIMAL BECAUSE ONLY 1 DAY MISSED
I NAME WAS DRIVING THE WATER TRUCK TO A PAD AND HIT A ROCK WITH THE FRONT TIRE CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN FAST AND CAUGHT HIS HAND IN THE STEERING WHEEL
RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT FROM A PUNCTURE.
LAMONT ZONE I.N5ME TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED BY 988 FRONT -END LOADER HIS TRUCK WAS JARRED SH ARPLY BY ONE OF THE LOADS FROM 988 HE SUSTAINED A SPRAINED BACK AS A RESULT OF THIS IMPACE