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Miner was removing a skid steer bucket when it fell on miner's left ankle.
Released clamps holding hammer assembly on rock drill. Upon releasing the clamp the hammer assembly slid forward pinning miner's hand against the front of the drill.
IE WAS HOLDING A HAMMER AGAINST A PIN. A COWORKER WAS USING SECOND HAMMER TO HIT THE FIRST HAMMER TRYING TO JOLT PIN FREE. TWO SMALL PIECES OF METAL BROKE OFF THE HAMMER IE WAS HOLDING AND PUNCTURED IE'S RIGHT HAND.
Placed right index finger into cab heat deflector of a 988F CAT loader to feel for air flow. The miners finger contacted the blower fan, cutting the tip of the miners right index finger.
Operating a cutting torch while laying on side. A spark fell in miners ear canal.
The miner hit a large safety pin on a dolly leg of a surge bin with a hammer. The miner felt something hit left eye as miner bent over to swing the hammer. The miner left the mine site near the end of the shift without telling supervisor miner was hurt.
Employee was in the process of placing a drill steel in the drill mast. EE had one end on the pick-up tail gate and the other end on top of a berm. When employee pulled the steel onto the mast the back end of the steel fell off the tail gate pinching the employee's left hand between the steel and a large rock laying on the the berm.
While trouble shooting an issue with the primary crusher, the employee was rotating the impeller by hand when his glove caught between the impeller and the liner pinching the tip of his right middle finger.
Employee was walking from the scale house to his vehicle. He slipped and fell causing a fracture to the fibula bone on his left leg. The weather conditions was clear 28 degrees with the sun out.
Employee was removing unnecessary tools and trash from the back of the service truck. While walking back to the service truck after placing trash in the dumpster, "located next to the shop approximately 16 feet from the back of the truck", he felt a pop in his right knee.