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On 2/27/26, an employee performing a routine inspection of Rotex Screens felt a strain in EE's left shoulder while reaching overhead to close a top door latch. Employee sought additional treatment on 03/26/26 and was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was walking on slightly uneven ground and felt a slight pop in left knee. Physical therapy on 11/20/25 made it become a reportable incident.

While employee was trimming belt edges on BC-1004, they had another employee switch out the blade on their utility knife because it was getting dull. Once they resumed cutting, the new blade cut better than anticipated resulting in contact with their other hand, which resulted in 12 stitches. Employee was wearing gloves while performing this task.

Scope of the job was to utilize scrapers to transport overburden soil to fill in washouts along a slope within the mine with assistance from a dozer. In this process a scraper operator was braking then started to lose traction and began to slide sideways until the left front tire of the scraper dropped into a washout, thus jackknifing the scraper, causing the cab to overturn.

The employee reported feeling pains in abdomen on 9/2/24 after replacing two (2) 40x48 diester screens on VS1001. Employee believed it was from the work the employee did on 9/1/2024.

8/5/24 employee stated drinking water (5 gal dispenser) tastes funny. Water jug is sent off to a lab for testing. 8/7/24 employee calls in sick to work, lab results for water jug states positive for E.coli. Employee does not want to go to the doctor, finally goes on Friday 8/9/24. Tests revealed neg. for E.Coli so it is unclear if the illness is from the mine site.

Employee was using a torque multiplier to remove a bolt from a front end loader axle when the multiplier gear slipped causing EE to jerk forward, injuring EE's L pectoral. Employee was seen at the ER on 8/06/24 and given a return to work with restrictions, pending an MRI. EE stated it did not bother EE until then. An MRI was scheduled for 8/20/24 where EE was told to stay off work

Employee stated that had tweaked back while operating the loader during the shift. There was no specific incident that caused the back pain, just normal operation.

Two employees were moving a tote of coag using a pallet jack. One employee was pulling on the pallet jack handle while the other was pushing the tote. The employee pushing on the tote felt a pop in their left calf muscle.

While employee was cleaning up a trench with a hose and their left foot slipped into the trench while the right foot stayed on the surface and strained their lower back.

While shoveling sand and small gravel from the dryer, employee turned to dump the shovel load when employee felt a strain and pop in lower back.

Employee was working under the dozer when EE reached into the belly pan and was bit by a rattlesnake on the right wrist. EE was taken to the ER and given anti-venom and released the next morning.

Employee was changing out the floc bag using an overhead hoist. As the employee moved the new bag to the hopper, they tried to step on the pallet the new bag was on, but caught their foot on the corner, causing them to trip/fall and injure their left ankle. Status changed on 9.26.23

While walking into the warehouse prior to start of shift, employee had hands full with employee's personal items and didn't see a rock on the ground. Employee tripped and fell, twisting left ankle and right knee. Employee then landed on right knee, wrist and shoulder.

Employee got out of EE's haul truck in Tailings loadout to clean off EE's camera and something got into EE's eye. Unsure if it was sand or clay.

Maint Supervisor noticed the S & H /Env Supervisor face down on the ground next to MCC E5. 911 was called immediately.  CPR was administered to the employee until emergency personnel arrived on the scene and took over all lifesaving measures.  The employee was transferred to hospital. It was confirmed that the cause of EE's medical event was a heart attack.

At the end of the shift the Employee parked the end loader and descended down the steps, using three points of contact, and missed the last step. This caused the employee to fall and roll ankle.

While adjusting position on a welding job, employee stated EE felt a pop and EE's back immediately tightened up.

Employee was attempting to loosen an adjuster on a bearing and felt a minor strain in right forearm. This resulted in a cramping sensation and minor swelling.

Loadout employee was loading railcars. While stepping between two railcars, EE's retractable fall protection device locked causing EE to lose balance and fall. While falling employee attempted to catch self and injured EE's left hand.

Employee felt irritation in EE's right eye during EE's shift until it got worse. Employee tried to flush EE's eye with no success and went to the hospital where they removed a metal shaving and gave EE prescribed medication. EE has no knowledge of working with metal that shift, but the shift prior, used a grinder. EE may have rubbed EE's eye.

Wet Plant Operator noticed an issue with PU-2203 and called Maintenance. Maintenance employee was walking by the pump, smelled it overheating, radioed to shut down. After employee called, melted rubber sprayed out of pump casing coming in contact with employee's left thumb and right forearm causing a burn.

While installing insulation over a access panel, the employee realized it was upside down while on a ladder and was going to climb down, to turn it around. A gust of wind caught the insulation cover and caused EE to become unstable on the ladder. The employee jumped to the ground approx. 44" and injured EE's left Achilles.

Employees were tasked to replace a bearing. The outer housing was removed and the race was scored, but not enough to release it from the shaft. Employee 1 went to get a wedge to help remove the race. Employee 2 began hitting the inner race with a hammer. A piece of the hammer head broke off and lodged in EE's chest, requiring stitches when removed.

2 Haul trucks were traveling in opposite directions down and up a ramp in the dump. As they met on the ramp the driver immediately pulled off to the side to avoid contact. One truck started to slide when the brakes were applied causing a collision. Employees were wearing seat belts, however, driver of truck #2 received a laceration above the eye requiring three stitches.

While driving a Komatsu WA500 Loader, an employee drove over a rough road and bounced in EE's seat, injuring EE's shoulder. When EE bounced, EE caught self on the way down with EE's R arm on the arm rest, which ended up hurting EE's R shoulder. The employee said speed was not a factor.

Employee was traversing from one platform to another when EE twisted their right knee. The employee was stepping over a chute and did not have a good area to step which led to the injury. The employee was checked by medical and released to full duty, but after a few weeks, employees knee grew more painful. EE was scheduled for surgery on 4/23/21, but worked fully up to that point.

Employee was taking a pallet of culligan water jugs to the main plant using a forklift. EE pulled up to the overhead door, climbed off the forklift to open the door. As EE walked back to the forklift, EE tripped over the corner of the pallet falling into the forklift mast. EE used their hands to brace the fall but jammed the right ring finger in the process.

Employee was assisting in closing a wheel handled, knife gate style valve. As the valve became harder to close by hand, the employees used a pipe wrench, gripping the shaft of the wheel handle. As they were handing the wrench back and forth, it became loose from their grasp, striking employee on the 2 front teeth, chipping them both.