EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE 44 CONVEYOR BELT TRACKING BY MOVING A RETURN ROLLER WITH A HAMMER. WHEN HE STRUCK THE RETURN ROLLER BRACKET THIS HAMMER BOUNCED BACK AND INTO THE BELT ON THE BO TTOM SIDE. THE HAMMER WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE RETURN ROLLER. HE DID NOT LET GO OF THE HAMMER IN TIME AND HIS LEFT ARM WAS ALSO PULLED BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE RETURN ROLLER.
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Showing all 10WHILE HAULING ORE TO THE HEAP LEACH PAD, EMPLOYEE BECAME EXPOSED TO LIME DUST WHEN BACKING UP TO DUMP.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING INTO DUMP AREA, GETTING READY TO BACK UP AND DUMP. HE HIT A BUMP THAT JARRED HIS LOWER BACK.
WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK UP THE ROAD ROUNDING A CORNER AND SLID IN MUD INTO A SAFETY BERM.
EE WAS OPERATING LOADER, LOADING TRUCKS, HIT A HARD SPOT IN THE WALL CAUSING REAR END OF LOADER TO COM UP THEN DROP DOWN. SEAT BELT SUPPOSEDLY SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO BOUNCE UP AND HIT HEAD ON C EILING OF LOADER.
EMPLOYEE HIT A DIP IN THE HAUL ROAD WHILE DRIVING A TRUCK. HAD SEAT BELT ON AND CAUSED UPPER BODY TO TWIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP IN RUBBER TIRE DOZER & RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSING A SIDE SHIFT OF HIS BODY.
WHILE THE EE WAS OPERATING HIS HAUL TRUCK THE EE RAN OVER A DIP IN THE ROAD IN DOING SO THIS CAUSED THE EE TO BE JOSSELED INSIDE THE OPERATOR S CAB.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING SKIRTING ON CONVEYOR BELT. HE NOTED A DIRT BUILDUP ON A RETURN IDLER AND ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE IT BY STRIKING THE IDLER WITH A HAMMER. THE HAMMER WAS DRAWN BETWEEN THE I DLER AND BELT AND PULLED HIS HAND INTO IDLER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 85 TON HAULAGE TRUCK. A LARGE ROCK FLOPPED AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE BED JOSTLING THE EMPLOYEE SEATED IN THE TRUCK CAB.