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Employee was cleaning out a lifter hole by hand when some rock sluffed off the face and struck them in the back. Result was fractured ribs.
Employee was backing up to dump, upon raising box, the rubber pads/bushing pulled apart from the suspension on the rear driver's side wheels causing the weight to shift on the box and tipping the truck over
Employee was getting out of a haul truck with left hand on handrail behind door frame and right hand on door. Went to get down and turned body away from truck releasing right hand from the door and upon going to step down did not release left hand and dropped dislocating shoulder.
The belt on the plant was shut off and employee went to shovel some material off the belt to help with start up. The foreman was in the control tower and did not see employee clearing the belt off. When the foreman started the belt back up employee grabbed the v-belt and a finger got in between the v-belt and pulley.
Employee driving a dump truck, was dumping on uneven ground and the truck tip on its side. A loose item in the cab struck EE in the ribs.
The crushing plant had gotten plugged. After getting the plant unplugged EE was helping up a access door back on when EE's coat was snagged by the conveyor belt. EE's arm was pulled into the conveyor and tail pulley.
Removing tooth from ripper shank piece of slag from tooth flew off and struck EE in upper lip was tapping on tooth with a 16lb. hammer.
Clearing lodged material from tail gate on dump box end gate slipped smashing 2nd finger of right hand.
Clearing blast holes of ice & snow with bar & hammer. Pinched finger between bar & hammer lacerating finger requiring stitches.
Unloading drill from low boy trailer. Fell striking head on quarry floor. Truck driver was at scene but did not witness the fall, found drill operator on the ground.
Cutting & welding lower hinge pin bracket on scissor hoist frame on dump box. Hoist rotated cutting off index finger on left hand, between hoist frame and truck frame.
Employee was knelt down greasing conveyor, stood up and strained his right knee.
Employee was fixing/removing a guard on a tail section of plant. He stood up lifting guard and twisted right knee.
RE-SETTING PLANT AFTER SHOT, WAS ADJUSTING CONVEYER AND LIGHTS. CLIMBING DOWN LOWER LADDER (2 FTFROM GROUND) FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN RUNGS, FELL BACKWARD BREAKING LOWER LEG.
WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND. TWISTED KNEE THEN FELL TO GROUND FURTHER INJURING KNEE.
PERSON FELL FROM 90 FOOT HIGHWALL SOMETIME BETWEEN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
ROOF FALL IN ABANDON HEADING NO DAMAGE OR INJURYFILED 30FT OF HEADING BELEIVE THE AREA ABOVE HEADING IS OLD RIVER CHANEL DUE TO WATER EROSION LOST ROOF SUPPORT NO WAY OF KNOWING THIS AREA WAS AS LARGE OTHER AREA OF MINE ARE OK
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A P4 WILDEN DIAPHRAM PUMP OUT OF FACE AREA. HE PICKED PUMP UP WITH ONE HAND (APPROX 20LB.) AND TWISTED TO THE SIDE TO SET THE PUMP DOWN AND FELT PAIN UNDER LEFT SHOULDER B LADE AND BACK.