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Injured was replacing a tire on a haul truck when tire shifted striking injured miner's hand.
While wearing gloves, employee was lifting drill steel vertically when it slipped through his hands. Employee then tightened his grip stopping the downward momentum of the slipping steel. He then felt a "twinge" in his back, released his grip, letting the steel slide through his hands to the ground. Employee then repositioned himself and lifted the steel into place.
Employee slipped while exiting water truck cab. Experienced back pain two days later.
Employee was carrying parts into a storage building when he slipped on some mud, straining his lower back.
Belly pan on loader fell, strilking and fracturing employee's right wrist.
Employee was loading scrap metal into a loader bucket when he strained his back.
Employee was installing "skirt" on office trailer when he cut his finger on a piece of metal flashing under the trailer. 5 stitches required.
Crusher head being removed from crusher by crane swung, crushing employee's hand against a support bolt. Crushing injury to middle and ring fingers of right hand.
Foreign object blew into employee's right eye while he was repairing a haul truck door. Employee was wearing safety glasses.
Employee lost his footing while dismounting a Cat 960 wheel loader. He fell to the ground catching his right arm under his body, injuring his right shoulder. Injury has been diagnosed as a damaged right rotator cuff, to be confirmed by a future MRI.
Injured employee was helping re-install a speed reduction gearbox onto a conveyor drive. The gearbox slipped trapping the employee's hand between the gearbox and an angle iron support. Employee suffered a crushing injury to his right index finger. Injury was later determined to involve a fracture of the right index finger.
WORKER WAS OPENING VALVE ON WATER TRUCK WHEN HIS HAND BECAME CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT IN THE VALVE MECHANISM. WORKER RECEIVED LACERATION TO RIGHT PINKY FINGER WHICH REQUIRED 9 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF TRUCK, STRIKING LEG ON STEPS.