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Employee was adding hydraulic fluid to the loader when they fell, striking the tire with their right arm.
Employee was driving CAT 777 rock truck with an air ride operator's seat. According to the operator, the seat had plenty of air at the beginning of the shift. The air ride seat lost air throughout the day. The employee hit a rough spot in the road and the seat bottomed out causing them to jar lower back and tailbone area.
Employee was replacing conveyor chain in a truck dump feeder. The chain was being pulled out by a hoist truck. The flight keepers were unknowingly wore out and 1 flight fell out of the chain and struck the employee on the left hand and knocked 2 more flights out of the chain as it was being pulled out.
Employee was servicing a 988G loader 129' from a highwall. A root cluster with dirt and rock fell from the highwall and, upon impact, projected the dirt and rock into the haulroad towards the loader. A rock 2" x 3/4" came through the engine compartment and glanced off of the employee's head. Employee received 3 staples to close the laceration.
Employee was assisting in dropping a transmission into a 993K loader. They bent over to move some hydraulic hoses out of the way and felt a sharp pain in the left arm and shoulder. However, the employee stated they had recurring pain in this area for over a week and could not pinpoint this injury to this particular instance. This is still under investigation.
Employee was operating an empty rock truck back to the pit via the right contour haul road and met a loaded rock truck travelling in the opposite direction. Employee pulled to the side of the road to let the truck by. The rock truck traveled over an irregularity in the road at a high rate of speed, jarring the employee into the right armrest of the operators seat.
Employee was exiting a D11R. EE stated that EE's right foot was on the last step on the push arm as EE was lowering EE's left foot down to the ground. EE lost EE's balance on some frozen material and twisted EE's knee as EE tried to regain EE's balance.
Laying on stomach on deck of D10 tractor trying to put test gauge on fan pump fitting when right shoulder popped and started hurting
The employee slipped and fell while walking across the parking lot at the end of shift. This resulted in an injury to right arm. On 03/17/2018 the employee went to the doctor and found that the employee in-fact fractured arm. Employee reported this to supervisor on 03/18/2018. The employee has not missed any time due to this accident as of this date.