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ROOT CAUSE - cylinder punctured and cracked the cylinder housing causing the trailer to drop down approximately 4-5 feet without the cylinder engaged. Worker was injured due to a safety violation (not wearing a seatbelt at all times). CONTRIBUTING FACTOR - normal wear and tear from daily use.

Temp was helping to prepare the vacuum truck hose. While holding the end of the hose, EE's arm was sucked into the vacuum hose.

Employee was working inside an open hopper when rock was dumped into the hopper. This caused rock to contact employee's legs resulting in bruising and hyper extension of the right ankle.

EE arrived at the Annual Refresher class and later could not rise out of the seat. EE told the Safety Manager that the back was hurting due to pot holes in the haul road. On the initial doctors visit there were no restrictions. When the EE returned to the doctor on 10/22/18 for a follow up and was still in pain, the doctor gave EE a back brace.

Backing down the 300 ton hopper ram in a FEL employee ran into the trailer of a truck, and hurt their back. EE went to the Doctor on 3/1/18 where they were put on restriction.

EE was moving the forks in on the Lull, in order to do this they have to raise the boom up & then tilt it forward so the forks will slide. As the Lull operator was tilting the forks forward, the forks & the rod fell out & the forks hit EE on top portion of his thigh. He was able to finish job before he went to dr. Sent back to dr 4/7/15 which was the first day of lost time

While riding as a passenger in a on-site service truck, the service fuel truck run through a pot hole, causing the miner to hit his head on top of roof.

Employee lost control of the waste truck he was driving and jumped from the truck while it was moving backwards. Employee received a sprained right ankle and an abrasion to his right elbow when he jumped from the moving truck.

Employee was cleaning up at the Primary Crusher with the Dingo skid steer. The employee slipped and fell while operating the skid steer and the machine pinned him against the cement retaining wall.

EE was standing on the ground to the left of the motor grader using a tripod level. Grader EE backed up. The operator of the motor grader was backing up and looking to the right and did not realize that EE had backed up. He turned the wheels sharp to the right and the front tire struck EE.

Employee was performing repairs on a material conveyor. Due to improper body position and not following proper procedures, employee got thumb caught in a pinch point. Equipment was locked and tagged out and employee was wearing gloves.

While checking a screw conveyor, the motor started unexpectedly, causing injury to an employees hands.

Employee was dumping mud from a 773 Rock Truck. The mud became stuck in the bed, as the employee put the truck in drive gear and started forward, the front end of the truck rose off the ground about 6 ft then falling back to the ground, jarring the employee's lower back.

Employee was in personal vehicle passing under the fuel delivery belt with his window down. As he passed under the belt a piece of coal fell from the belt striking the top of the drivers door, shattering and a piece of material lodged in eye.

EE was driving a Ford L-9000 tandem truck from the settling ponds to the east waste pile. After driving for two hours, he experienced sharp pain in his right shoulder. He took two pain tablets and continued to drive until approximately 2:45 pm. EE told supervisor that the pain had gotten worse and he needed to see a physician.

Employee was going up the C pile ramp in the loader and ran over a pile of stone which caused him to hit his mouth on the steering wheel, breaking two teeth.

Employee was standing in the walkway at the northeast corner of the drive pier elevation talking to a contractor who was in the basket of a manlift; another contractor's truck hit the manlift, causing the basket to jerk. It pushed the employee into the north side of the kiln trunion bearing.

Co-worker backed a Cat 773 rock truck into the cab of another Cat 773 rock truck. MSHA was contacted the night of the accident and an investigation followed.

EE was rigging beams and instructed the forklift operator to retract the forks of the lift. When he retracted the forks they caught on the ground causing the beam to turn over onto the EE's foot causing his big toe to be broken.

Injured was using the hose on the vacuum truck. There was high pressure on the hose. The hose jerked with the pressure and hit injured, causing her to fall backwards onto the floor.

WHEN INJURED BACKED UP TOWARDS BERM AT WASTE DUMP AREA; TRUCK WENT THROUGH BERM OR GROUND GAVE WAY CAUSING TRUCK TO GO INTO ABANDONED QUARRY. INJURED DID NOT GO TO THE DR. UNTIL 6/25/03. REP ORTABLE FROM STANDPOINT OF MODIFIED DUTY ONLY. NO LOST TIME AS OF PRESENT DATE.

INJURED WAS OPERATING CAT STICK STEER LOADER (BOBCAT). HE PUSHED HOT LIME AND WATER INTO A PILE WHEN BOTH HOT LIME AND STEAM CAME IN ON HIM. HE JUMPED FROM THE CAB OF THE MACHINE AND LANDED IN HOT LIME.

INJURED WAS HELPING A MECHANIC REMOVE THE DRIVE SHAFT FROM A 773 B TRUCK. CAP CAME OFF OF U-JOINT AND HIT INJURED INT HE HEAD DIRECTLY OVER THE LEFT EYE. REPORTABLE BECAUSE OF SUTURES ONLY.

INJURED PARTY WASD RIVING TRACK MOBILE DOWN TRACK #2 WHEN INJURED REACHED CARS ON TRACK #2 WITH TRACK MOBILE HIS SPEED WAS TOO GREAT TO STOP BEFORE TRACK MOBILE COLLIDED WITH CARS, INJURED HAD HIS HEAD OUTSIDE OF A WINDOW AT IMPACT, CAUSINGHEAD TO HIT WINDOW FRAME RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HEAD REQUIRING STITCHES.