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Hurt back due to poor loader suspension & seat.
Large boulder was dropped into the haul truck bed being operated by employee. Jarring sensation caused acute stress reaction.
Employee was driving a haul truck and hit a dip in the road. This casued him pain in the neck and lower back.
Tailings operator was driving Kawaski Mule down pipeline road, which is 18 to 22% grade, lost control of Mule and crashed, resulting in severe back injury.
Employee was driving on main haul road by Mill, ran into the berm, hit a large boulder in the berm, causing light vehicle to tip on its side and slide ~30 feet.
Lube tech was driving down hill on the haul road to service the loader and lost control of the service truck while driving approximately 10 mph. The truck hit the berm and tipped over on the passenger side.
Employee was filling generator with diesel when swivel on the hose came apart, allowing diesel to spray into the employee's face.
Employee was adjusting mirror on heavy equipment and the glass broke.
EE was watering haul road into pit. The waterpull was full when heading into pit. He was driving down ramp too fast & tried to gear down. He could not gear down & the waterpull went to neutral. He panicked and removed seat belt and jumped from the waterpull. The waterpull then took off and hit the high wall. Injury was not reported until 10/2/06.
Employee was standing on flatbed of lube truck, helping to put a barrel on forklift. One forklift fork was underneath lip on edge of truck, unknowingly. When the fork was tilted, it created pressure so when the driver backed out, the fork swung upward and hit the bottom of his foot.