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While operating 773 haul truck (equip# 1391) with a load, EE was driving down the Phase-2 haul road between the L-1 bench and H-3 bridge, the truck hit a bump in the haul road and EE tried to brace himself with his legs to cushion the bump. In that process he strained his inner right thigh. EE reported incident at the end of his shift on 1/28/13

EE was working behind the cab of a 773, reaching into the compartment in a bent postion to trouble shoot air brake system. When he came down from the truck he felt pain in his lower back. (Eq.# 1384)

On 8/18/12 EE stated he came into work with his right leg muscle tight, drove 773 and alleged that the pain got worse. In 8/31/12 EE reported as a "near miss". On 9/7/12 EE sought medical attention and placed off work as a work related injury.

While working on IR Drill pounding out a pin with a hammer, metal fragment broke off and cut into the palm of employees right hand.

While pulling on a wrench with left hand and pushing the ratchet with right hand to tighten a bolt for a v-belt guard on screen 31, employee felt his shoulder pop. Possible shoulder strain/sprain.

At approximately 12:15 am while inside the bowl of crusher 2, employee was hand unloading the jammed crusher of loose rocks. Several loose pieces of rock fell from an overhead chute onto employee. The initial rock knocked employees hard hat off and other loose rocks fell and struck employee in the head and upper back.

While working on Dozer, equipment number 2550, employee was standing on the Dozer tracks replacing hydraulic hose and o-ring, when his foot slipped off the tracks and he fell about 4 to 5 feet to the ground, landing on his back.

While in a skid steer loader traveling down an inclined roadway with bucket up and filled with material, employee felt that the loader was going to tip forward. Employee reacted by trying to brace himself in the equipment and accidently hit the control stick for the bucket. The bucket came down and smashed his left leg, above the ankle, into the equipment.

While cutting through a retention bracket that held down a compressed spring, with a welding torch, the force of the spring popped up, causing a 1" piece of the retention bracket to ricochet against employee. As a result, employee sustained a laceration and contusion to the left chest area.

While servicing a 773 haul truck (equip. 1389), employee was preparing to put power steering fluid in the tank, however the cap was tight. He placed his left forearm against the muffler to gain leverage to open the cap. He did not realize the muffler was hot, as a result, he sustained a burn to his left forearm.

While trying to lift a tire from the service truck (#1291) that was lying flat on the truck bed, employee felt a sharp pain to his lower right side of his back

While digging out material that backed up in crusher II, employee had to reach down with his left hand to pull rocks, transfer rocks into the right hand & reach up to pass the rocks out of the crusher. Due to the high wall of the crusher, it made it difficult for employee to position himself without stretching and twisting repetitively, causing strain to his back, neck & shoulder.

While opening the hood of the water truck (Equip# 669), the stop cables broke causing the hood to over extend and strike employee on the top of his head. Employee was wearing a hard hat.

While working in Phase II, employee was operating the bench loader, moving material from the face of the wall to bring a boulder down. The boulder slid, dropped and hit the front bucket of the loader, causing the rear of the loader to lift 3' to 4' off the ground. Upon landing employee felt pain to his back and neck. Employee reported incident at the end of the shift.

Employee was walking on the wet concrete walkway in the feeder tunnel when he slipped and fell on to the concrete walkway. Employee stated that he fell on his left side of his body, using his left hand to cushion his fall.

Employee was seen wiping the windows on the CAT-773 haul truck and about 5 to 10 minutes later he was seen by the Stockpile Operator, laying on the ground in front of the haul truck. Employee sustained a laceration to his head and broke his right wrist.

While operating overhead Gantry Crane controls with right hand, employee guided and latched hook into the completed catwalk with his left hand. Upon pressing the up button to raise the catwalk, the hook twisted, crushing his left thumb between the hook and the catwalk causing laceration.

While walking on ground level, employee slipped in muddy area and bent his right knee. Employee regained his balance and did not fall to the ground, however he heard a pop noise from his right knee.

Our employee broke his upper shin bone below his knee on his right leg while repairing a 988B Cat Loader for Ameron. The 4 ft. platform he used to gain access to an area to replace a pin collapsed. He is waiting to have surgery.

Employee and co-worker, was carrying a acetylene tank to load onto the welding truck, when co worker let go of his side and the acetylene tank crushed injury's left pinky finger against the mounting bracket on the truck

After extracting a hammer bit from crusher 2 with co worker, both EEs carried it down the stairs into a truck. While walking to the truck, injured stepped into a muddy area with surge rocks and twisted his left ankle.

IE & another employee were working in a large discharge chute removing rocks to clear a rock jam. Employees were casting 4" to 11" basaltic rocks out of their respective sides of the box. The other employee attempted to cast a larger size rock over the side of the box that IE was positioned. The rock did not clear over the side, fell & struck him on his left shoulder.

While clearing an area by Tower 23, employee was piling debris off to the side to make room for the crane when he threw a metal box tubing, which was part of an old walkway cage and the jagged edge cut into his right palm, leaving a deep laceration.

While working in the tertiary plant, employee stepped onto screen #5 to retrieve a piece of wood when his left leg slipped and twisted causing pain to his left knee.

On 7/1/09, employee called supervisor to report that he was not coming in due to lower back pains. Employee thinks that while operating the dump loader on 6/30/09, the jerking action while driving and hauling materials from Phase II to the Primary Crushing unit, is what caused his back to be sore.

While using the impact gun to unscrew 3/4" flat head bolt on a backhoe bucket, employee pushed on the flat head bolt with his left hand to prevent it from spinning. The flat head bolt began to spin and the edges of the bolt sliced into his left index finger causing a 1/4" deep laceration that required 5 sutures.

On 2/17/09, employee was operating a Dozer (equip# 2550) to remove a toe (rock protrusion) that required more time and force than normal to remove. At the end of the day employees back was sore from all the jolting of the equipment. Employee worked a full shift the next day and his back was still sore. He reported the injury to the supervisor after his shift on 2/18/09.

While working with other employee relocating 6" water hoses about 25' long, into a trench in Phase I, employee allegedly twisted and strained his back. Employee worked 8.0 hours the next day, and did not show up for work on 2/9. EMPLOYEE REPORTED THE INJURY TO THE NIGHT SUPERVISOR ON 2/9/09.

After punching out for the day, employee was descending down from the stairway when he lost his footing from the middle landing of the steps and tumbled down the remaining 9 steps.

While working with two other employees ratcheting a come-a-long to lift a ripper claw, the chain on the come-a-long broke and the ripper claw fell and hit employee above the right knee.

Employee was working with a crew of 6 people unloading bags of anfo and saran explosives from the container to the magazine container when he started to feel discomfort in his back. He continued working and thought that the discomfort would go away. By the end of the work day employees lower back ached. Employee sought medical attention on 11/28/08.

While changing screens on screen #5, employee began pounding the wedge down on the screen when pieces of metal flew into his left eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses, however they were not the appropriate type for the work he was doing.

Employee was unloading 55 lb bags of anfo explosives from th econtainer, passing it on to employees outside the container for most of the morning. Later in the afternoon, after loading holes for a blast, he back started to stiffen and he would receive shocks of pain in his lower back when he twisted a certain way.

While carrying a screw for the diaphram up the stairs in the primary plant, employee felt his knee pop. Employee sought medical assistance on August 7, 2008.

While checking conveyor 3 bearings in the primary plant, EE stepped onto a pile of rock material, sunk into the material and strained his lower back. EE thought that the material was hard before he stepped onto the pile.

While installing new plates in the F2 hopper with another co-worker, employee began to install the 2nd angle iron when he noticed welding debris in the area to place angle iron. EE leaned the angle iron slanted against the 1st angle iron to clean debris when the 2nd angle iron slipped and smashed his right hand middle and pointer fingers between the ledge and iron plate.

While installing pads in the F1 feeder, EE was holding one end of the pad while other employees were inserting bolts to attach pad to the links. In the process, EE's left hand got wedged between two pads causing the pad to cut and smash the tip of his middle finger.

While working with another employee changing bits on drill (2641), employee's finger tips of his right hand got caught (smashed) inbetween the seem and wrench of the drill. Employee was wearing a glove. Doctors initial reports received on 5/19/08 notes pain medication was given, therefore this is a recordable injury.

While operating the 2754 Loader in phase 1 moving secondary rocks on the floor, employee drove the loader into the face of the wall and felt pain in his back. He thought that the pain would go away but it didn't. Reported incident on 4/10/08.

While refueling the D8 Dozer at the fuel station, employee was descending from the equipment with his right hand on the dozer's railing. As he reached out to grab the fuel nozzle with his left hand, his left foot slipped causing a jerking motion unexpectedly to his right arm. Thereafter he started to feel mild pain. Incident reported on 4/02/08

While working near crusher 4 cleaning the area, employee pulled on the water hose and strained his lower back.

While servicing the drill, the intake hose from the bag house had filled up with mud. Employee then disconnected the hose clamp and pulled the hose off of the intake housing. In the process, employee felt pain in his lower back. At the end of the day, employees back started tightening up.

After climbing down from truck #1392, employee began walking towards the lunch room when his back froze up on him. EE believes this is an aggravation to prior injury. EE off of work on 03/03 and 03/04 due to illness. EE submitted medical certificates for being out sick and reported he was out for being sick and not because of injury.

While doing pre-trip or pre-check of the water truck (equipment #0668) employee alleges that the hood of the truck was stuck at the time. While pulling to get the hood open employee felt a tightness to his lower back.

While working with the powder crew on C-Rdge, they needed to move the container of explosives with a tractor. Employee was turning the handcrank to raise the container when his hand slipped causing his body to go forward and hitting his head on the crank. As a result employee sustained about a 2" laceration on his right eyebrow.

While cleaning out the bypass chute behind crusher 2, employee stepped on section of the catwalk that appeared to be rusted and fell partly through hitting his right thigh on the electrical conduits and the tail pulley guard. As a result employee sustained abrasions on forearm, contustion of the thigh and laceration to left palm.

While getting out of the truck to buy lunch, employee slipped and fell to the ground landing on his back.

While walking up the stairs on T-23, employee was pulling a 1/4" X 95' grease hose when it got caught on an old screen lying on the ground, causing his right wrist and shoulder to jerk in a backwards motion.

While working in the parking lot behind the lunch room cutting down trees, employee was standing behind the tree that another employee was cutting when the tree slid back and hit employee in his inner right thigh.

EE was attempting to move an extended jack stand and in the process, he released the jack stand, the force of which caught the EE's baby finger on the way down. Injury was a laceration/contusion to right baby finger, originally a non recordable due to no lost time with a one time first aid treatment, however it should have been a recordable injury, restrictions on hand use given.