An employee backed a haul truck up a ramp and struck the truck parked behind him.
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Showing all 33employee was driving a haulage truck with an improperly adjusted seat.
Striking hammer onto bucket tooth. Mettle chipped off striking top of right hand ,piercing skin.
While building a foot bridge, a piece of metal rolled onto finger.Index finger left hand. Smashed finger brusied under finger nail.
The weight of heavy mettle plates were not placed properly allowing them to fall backward, in mettle rack, onto the employee's left hand middle finger, smashing end of finger.
Employee was greasing bulk truck and strained his back.
Employee bent forward ( stooped over ) to pick up a net with a handle when he felt a pain in his back. The net is used to retrieve objects from a wash tank and weighs less than 5 pounds.
Employee was loosening the bolts on the door of the cage over the back-up alarm on a front end loader when the dooor sprang open pinching his left index finger.
Employee was demoted on 10/21/2008. On 11/04/2008 employee filed for FMLA. Employee subsquently sought medical opinion and determination was made on 12/31/2008 that employee's condition (stress) was job related.
Employee was performing routine maintenance duties on an O&K 340 hydraulic shovel. He was walking on the rear catwalk when his foot slipped and his leg went through an opening between the catwalk and the counterweight of the shovel.
WHILE ASSISTING ON REPLACEMENT OF THE LOADER BUCKET TEETH, EE REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO WIPE THE SWEAT FROM HIS FACE & A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF & LOGGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. METAL BROKE OFF BECAUSE THE HAMMER THE WORKER WAS USING WAS STEEL ON A STEEL TOOTH. EE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAD SURGERY TO REMOVE THE METAL. HE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A COMPLETE RECOVERY
Employee fell off shovel when exiting.
Slip and fall on inclined surface.
Employee shifted weight from right leg to left leg while kneeling and spray painting machinery.
Employee was handling wet metal grates.
Injured EE was working underneath a 16M grader installing a pump. The pump splines into the transmission and the pump was still connected to its hoses. The EE's hands slipped and the pump swung downward on the hoses and the pump struck EE in the mouth and bruised his lip and broke his right eye tooth.
Employee was repositioning a drill air supply bracket. The bracket dropped approx. four inches and pinched his hand.
Employee was working in a crouched position while fastening a hydraulic hose. He turned sideways and strained hie right knee. The employee was seen bt a doctor and told to ice the knee at night. On a follow up visit to the doctor on 12/19/07, he was placed on limited duty.
Employee was dismounting a fuel/service truck and hyperextended his left knee.
While removing 992 cab, load shifted and pressed employee between cab and trailer resulting in shoulder injury.
Employee was driving a haulage truck and hit a bump, which caused his back to wrench slightly.
Lifting /maneuvering heavy object ( machinery )
Employee alleges he struck his kneecap on a rung as he was ascending a ladder. At date of report he has been diagnosed as unable to return to work pending an MRI and any recommended treatment.
Employee's hand was caught in a pinch point when he inadvertantley placed or left it placed on a length of pine that was being pushed toward a fusion machine.
The employee was attempting to relocate a rattlesnake from outside the maintenance shop area to a more remote area of the mine. While transferring the snake from the snake pole to his hand, the employee was struck by one fang on the first knuckle of his left hand.
While in the process of closing a valve on Pipe #2 at the CIC, the employee felt his right knee buckle to the inside of his stance and a sharp pain in his knee.
The employee was pulling drip line from the spool on the leach pad when a coworker pulled on the end of the line to stop the lines from reeling out. The abrupt stop caused the employee to feel a sharp pain in his lower back.
During a power outage the employee was walking back to the plant office after checking on the emergency lights at the lab. While walking, he stepped on a small rock and turned his ankle, resulting in a mild sprain. It was very dark due to the power outage and they employee did not have a flashlight.
EE was cutting 1/2" drip line on the side slope of Leach Pad #4 to remove carbon and scale from emitters. In the process, his knife slipped off the drip line and cut his right leg.
The double deck on the Gold Plant shaker screen had become loose and rotated from the carbon discharge chute. Employee tried to reposition the upper deck back into place. After about fifteen (15) minutes, he felt some pain in his groin area. Employee was able to complete his shift. He was seen by a physician's assistant the next day, and was diagnosed with a hernia.
Employee states his right hand became entrapped between line and casing brush, while working brush into well casing.
In the act of leaving bolts and tools in tool box on floor, when raising back up hit left elbow on hand railing.
EE WAS GETTING THE PREG POND LEVEL. HE WAS MOVING THE WEIGHT CONNECTED TO THE TAPE MEASURE. AS HE WAS DOING THAT, HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. FACTORS/REASONS: POND COVER IS A SLICK LINER; EE WAS NOT USING ANTI-SKID PADS THAT ARE STUCK TO THE POND COVER. LOST BALANCE; EE WAS NOT USING ROPE TIED TO TOP OF POND.