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Employee was attempting to remove a wheel hub assembly when they felt a pop in their shoulder.
Employee was walking behind a refuge chamber in a stope to use the restroom when EE tripped on a piece of screen that was laying on the ground. The area was flat in nature and employee slipped on screen injuring their right leg.
Employee was attempting to cut a hydraulic hose with a grinder/cut off tool when tool slipped cutting EE's thumb.
Contractor Employee injured left elbow when trying to rotate feed cylinder (still in crate) with pry bar in the mine yard. Contractor Employee was rotating cylinder crate to do a proper hoist with telehandler.
Employee was bending over moving tools when they felt a sharp pain in their abdominal area. After further evaluation at ER, determined that employee had a unilateral inguinal hernia.
Employee was cutting pin from the skip door when the door fell landing on employee's leg.
Blaster was traveling down road in anfo rig when hit a pothole jarring their back. Employee was placed on restrictions for strained back.
Buggy was coming down hill at the fuel bay and while attempting to turn sharply into the fuel area, buggy rolled on its side injuring the passenger. Incident did not become reportable until 12/28/2022 doctor follow-up.
A mechanic was entering the cab of 8172 drill when they lost their footing. When they lost their footing, they grabbed the rail inside of the cab, causing a shoulder strain.
Employee was hanging utilities in roadway when a fist size of rock fell out between screen striking employee in hard hat. On follow up appointment with doctor on 10/20/2022, the incident became medically treated due to prescription to treat neck soreness.
Employee was operating a skid steer underground when the skid steer hit a piece of track abruptly halting it. The employee was wearing a safety harness, which hit their chest area causing pain to the lower sternal area.
Employee states while cleaning the mill hole off, the loader hit a large rock and came to a sudden stop jarring EE's back. Employee complaining of lower back pain.
Employee states that they were stepping out of an anfo-rig when they stepped on a rock. Employee fell and caught themselves with their right hand, injuring right hand.
The blaster was working with anfo on the anfo-rig. Blaster states the equipment they were utilizing was blowing dust significantly more than usual. They became short of breath with chest tightness. Employee was brought out from underground where they continued to have breathing difficulty.
Employee states a rock fell onto the boom of the truck, employee jumped out of the way of the falling rock. When employee jumped attempting to move employee twisted right hip and lower back area.
Grouters were in the process of pumping water into the 1st hole in preparation of cement grouting when the packer being pressurized was ejected from the face resulting in an injury to one of the grouters.
Employee was moving jackleg when the leg collapsed pinching hand.
A rock detached from the rib, striking the ANFO rig and causing the basket to swing into contact with the rib. The employee was in the basket.
The employee was assisting shop personnel in preparation to test 24017 drill before releasing to Ops. The miner was putting new steel onto the boom and was attempting to cut off orange plastic cap from the end of steel. The miner's utility knife slipped, contacting their leg resulting in a laceration.
Employee was pulling on telehandler injuring left shoulder.
An electrician working in the area of West A feeder belt passed a barricade when walking down the catwalk, and fell through to the ground below. The area had previously been barricaded off due to unstable catwalk platforms that needed to be replaced/fixed.
The employee was operating a loader in which they were having trouble reaching the foot pedals, which irritated their back. The employee was then placed on a mechanical scaler in which the operation there of, irritated their back even more. The employee notified their supervisor and was taken to seek medical attention.
Miner was walking around cleaning the drill with a pressure sprayer wand, when miner fell, in doing so it caused the wand to rotate back to miner's face. The water stream cut a small laceration above miner's eye that required two stitches to close.
An employee was walking up the set of steps near the MCC room and felt knee pop and felt a burning sensation with swelling
Employee was cleaning safety glasses. When the employee went to put them back on their face they accidently scratched the left eye with the earpiece on the safety glasses.
At 8:30 am a mechanic was removing old pressure washer in wash bay to install new unit. During removal the wash unit tipped from the telehandler forks and guard on washer unit caught the mechanics glove cutting EE's right middle finger and scraping stomach. Mechanic was taken to the hospital and received 4 stitches in EE's right middle finger.
Employee was using torch cutting bolts off and burned through glove in turn burning left index and middle fingers.
The employee was loading anfo into holes on the face when they stepped backwards causing a strain to their L knee.
The employee was standing on a railing to unclog a discharge line, when EE lost EE's balance and stepped down hard on EE's left heel causing a fracture to EE's heel.
Employee was stepping down off of a bolter onto a set of mobile stairs when left foot slipped out from under employee causing employee to twist Right knee. Employee sustained a sprain to MCL/possible medial meniscal tear.
Employee was moving lumber outside the training room. They bent down to move a 2x4, as employee was getting up said they felt sudden pain in lower back.
The employee was going to put a bolt on the driver when EE tripped on a rock, falling to the ground. EE stuck hands out to catch self and noticed afterward that the right hand was starting to swell.
Employee was working on the air conditioning unit on a loader when EE's little finger on EE's right hand came into contact with the fan causing an open distal fracture to the last digit.
An employee was helping offside and was moving bolts to the bolter and dropped the bundle on their left foot.
The Utility supervisor stated that while operating the Telehandler it felt like a piece of dust went into the eye.
Employee was working on mobile equipment and the engine compartment door fell on the employee's left hand
The employee had been installing air and water in the 1092 stope and while attempting to turn the air header back on, the employees feet became tangled causing the miner to fall. The employee placed left arm out to brace the fall and struck the ground.
The employee picked up a large rock to move it out of the underground road. While tossing the rock, EE dropped the rock on L foot. The rock struck EE's foot just behind the steel toe guard, causing a fracture to the L great toe.
Employee was stacking screen on rib, when EE stepped back EE didn't realize EE's footing was on a piece of screen. The screen slid out from underneath EE, causing the employee to slip and fall.
Employee was assisting with ground control measures when a rock fell behind the employee. The employee ran from the area and tripped and fell.
Employee was assisting with ground control measures when a rock fell striking the basket causing the employee to sustain injuries to leg.
Employee was conducting ground control measures when a rock fell striking the employee while high scaling.
The night shift supervisor was traveling with an employee on #41 John Deere tractor. The tractor hit a bump in the road, and said employee told the supervisor it hurt EE's back.
The employee was using a fin-hoe to clean out lifter holes after drilling them, when EE felt pain in the lower back/left hip.
Employee was assisting with a pump when a rock fell from the rib striking the employee in the hard hat. As a result, the employee sustained soreness and a neck strain. Incident classified as MTI.
A cover door on an AD-30 was lifted to access the transmission as the employee leant down to inspect the area. The door fell down crushing both hands, breaking right thumb.
Employee was performing routine maintenance of crusher and when walking down crusher stairs, foot got hung up causing employee to lose balance. In the process of catching self from falling, employee jammed/twisted back.
The employee was carrying empty boxes from the powder magazine when the employee dropped one of the boxes, causing employee to trip over the box. Employee fell on outstretched arm. The employee sustained a strain to left wrist and was placed in an immobilizer splint.
A group solely comprised of RWS contractors [MSHA Contractor ID B5045] was working in the mine. A pump sitting on a trailer was moved by RWS contractors by a telehandler, without notification to Nyrstar. RWS hitched the trailer to their telehandler. RWS pulled the trailer up a ramp. The trailer hitch broke. An individual RWS EE traveling on foot behind the trailer was struck
Operator was traveling down a roadway in a haul truck when struck a pot hole. Operator felt discomfort in back and the incident cause lower back pain and spasms. Incident did not become restricted or reportable till 5/4/2021 after further evaluation from healthcare provider.