EE driving an artic truck went to grab drink bottle and dropped bottle. Leaned over to grab bottle, while still driving, and veered off road & hit tail end of a berm jarring EE & equipment. EE sustained head wound and fractured collarbone on left side of body. EE was rushed to ER (received staples & sling) & returned to work next shift.
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Showing all 10Employee was using a forklift. The forks were too wide, parked the machine, chocked the wheels, and went to move the forks. The procedure - raise the boom, tip forward to release pressure on the forks, slide the forks into position. EE lifted the end with right hand and pushed with the left. EE lost control of the raised fork and it smacked down on the left pinky.
While operating a scraper in a pit, employee experienced back pain that necessitated medical treatment beyond first aid.
Heavy rains created slick environment causing loader operator's equipment to slide hitting the back wheels off a hole. This jolted EE inside the cab causing them to hit head off window causing small laceration (EE was wearing seatbelt), 9/20/18 first aid case. 10/22/18 EE went to chiropractor after medical evaluation, referred them to, indicating they had a neck sprain.
Pit conditions were normal as well as machinery operating conditions; operator hit something on the ground and felt a pop in groin.
Employee was operating scraper levers and right shoulder started to hurt, he felt tightness and aching.
While driving along a flat stretch of haul road, the operator lost control of the haul truck. The haul road was wet due to light snowfall. The truck skidded, the driver overcorrected and ran the truck up onto the dryer prairie beside the road. The trucks momentum caused the right tires to align and lay the truck on its right side.
Employee has been employed as a truck driver since 1998. He was watering haul road going into Pit 915 on BPM Minerals haul road. He had watered into the pit, turned around & was leaving the pit with a half load of water when he came around a corner & the load shifted on the water truck & the truck & water tank tipped on the driver side.
After belt replacement on #2 granular screw, #1 screw became inoperative. Maintenance determined the screw was plugged and would have to be cleaned and belts replaced. The mill operator reached behind the front guard to grab belts to try to rotate the pulley. The pressure on the pulley suddenly started the drive pulley turning, pinching his fingers between belt and pulley.
GOOD CONDITIONS, NORMAL DRY DAY. TRUCK DRIVER HIT HEAD INSIDE CAB WHILE OPERATING TRACTOR TRAILER.