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EE operating water truck drove over pot hole. The steering wheel turned to the right quickly with left hand gripped to steering wheel, causing shoulder strain & cervical strain.
Employee stated that he hit a bump while driving a haul truck and jarred his back.
Employee took a shortcut after finishing work on the ABC crusher screen and, ignoring company policy, he climbed over a handrail stepping onto a moving conveyor belt running underneath the crusher screen. The belt was not part of the crusher screen that was being worked on. First aid was administered by an off-site provider on an out-patient basis.
Employee failed to wear a seatbelt, and buried bucket into the ground of his front end loader, causing employee to hit windshield and break thru windshield
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE DRIFTED OFF THE ROADWAY STRIKING A BERMED AREA.
WHILE IN THE JAY-JOHN A FELLOW EMPLOYEE DUMPED A BUCKET OF WATER AND SAND ON JOHN. THE EE SUFFERED A CHEST WALL STRAIN. ALL PARTIES INVOLVED WERE THEN DISCIPLINED FOR HORSEPLAY.
EMPLOYEE USED LEG TO PUSH APART FORKS ON SKIDSTEER, HEARD HIS RIGHT KNEE POP.
WAS WORKING ON CONVEYOR AT THE SHAKER DISCHARGE TO CONNECT THE DISCONNECT ELECTRIC BOX UP ABOVE THE FRAME. THE BELT ON THE CONVEYOR CAME ON & PULLED EE INTO THE MOTOR FRAME. HE FELL DOWN INTO THE DROP BOX. THE CONVEYOR STARTED TO SPIN ALLOWING HIM TO PULL HIMSELF ONTO THE DROP BOX.
DIGGING MATERIAL OUT OF HIGHWALL. BUCKET CAUGHT A ROCK AND CAUSED THE LOADER TO JERK, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO WRENCH HIS BACK.