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Miner was conducting EE's plant walk facing the sand screw, which is a noisy area due to the shaker decks above, EE stated EE heard the skid steer operating, but when EE turned to EE's left to see where it was the skid steer knocked EE off EE's feet and into the bucket, causing shin and elbow injuries.

Miner was moving a haul truck wheel chock and felt pain in EE's left shoulder. EE missed no days of work but has now been put on restrictions from EE's Dr. that won't allow EE to perform EE's work duties and will be off work until further notice as of 1/20/2026.

Miner bumped EE's head on equipment frame exiting a skid steer. Miner was wearing a hardhat.

Miner struck thumb with a hammer while trying to unstick a valve.

Was working inside of crusher chute when a lodged piece of metal fell striking EE below EE's hardhat causing a cut.

Miner was using a grinding tool, and a piece of metal hit miner's R-eye. Miner claims miner was wearing miner's prescription glasses and a face shield.

Miner rolled R-ankle while walking from thickener to get parts for a maintenance project.

Miner was climbing down from conveyor and landed wrong on their heel causing a fracture.

Miner was moving a steel plate on a conveyor belt and cut their back on a pad eye welded to the tunnel roof.

Miner stated that a piece of angle iron fell off the steel rack and smashed fingertip between the rack support.

Miner was shoveling sand onto conveyor belt and felt pain in right shoulder and biceps.

Miner was cutting conveyor belt and razor knife jumped and cut EE's thigh.

Miner was assisting with a maintenance project; welding was being performed and they sustained an eye irritation from residual arc flashing.

Miner was using a come-along attached to a beam, hook slipped hitting the miner in the head. Miner was not wearing a hardhat and received a small cut on their head.

Miner was installing V-belts on a motor pulley and EE's fingers got pinched between the sheave edge and the V-belt.

Miner was hammering in a choker plate for material feed, missed the plate and struck EE's R-index finger. Miner was wearing leather gloves at the time and sustained a fracture to EE's fingertip.

Operator of a 777F haul truck drifted into haul road berm, momentum and inertia of truck carried over into an impoundment. Operator sustained minor injuries, but taken to hospital to error on the side of caution and released from hospital after observation.

Miner was doing a belt splice, was using a claw hammer for belt clips and hit L-middle finger with the hammer.

Miner was operating a 777 haul truck and hit a pothole in the haul road causing an injury to lower back. Truck was empty at the time.

Miner has had an audiometric standard threshold shift in R-ear. Miner states they have been exposed to work noise for 41-years and has been exposed to gunfire in the past. Miner wears earplugs.

Miner has had an audiometric standard threshold shift in R-ear, pending retest, which results won't be available within the 10-day reporting criteria. Miner stated hobbies as music and guns, and worked with hearing protection directly before the initial test was performed.

Miner has had an audiometric standard threshold shift in R-ear, pending retest, results won't be available within the 10-day reporting criteria. Miner has been exposed to work noise for 12-years and wears ear plugs for protection. Miner experiences ringing in their ear.

Drug impaired trespasser entered mine and was throwing rocks at haul trucks from pit slope. Authorities were called, & when PD tried to coax them up out of pit, they chose to head down & tumbled approx 100' down slope wall to pit floor. They then got up and ran before collapsing. FD transported them offsite. Awaiting PD report.

Miner was working on cone crusher retaining ring when EE's left ring finger got pinched between the retaining ring and the shaft.

Miner was wearing Safety glasses, but a gust of wind blew dust up under the glasses while they were walking to their service truck.

Bee hive near primary MCC, miner was walking by when a bee stung EE's left eyelid causing an allergic reaction.

Miner was walking down a grade to bottom plant & slipped, causing injury to EE's left knee.

Miner was breaking oversized rock with a sure-strike attachment. Though the excavator was boomed out fully, fly rock hit & broke both the windshield & plexiglass protective shield causing miner to get glass in eye.

Slipped on shaker deck stairs trying to get more slack for welding lead, causing them to roll an ankle.

Miner stepped on a rock and rolled ankle when walking down stairway to primary.

Come-along hook struck miner in the upper lip.

Walking down stairs from primary and twisted left ankle.

Stepping down from edge of VSI, they slipped and rolled R-ankle

Was cutting belting with a razor knife, blade slipped and cut through EE's glove & R-index finger.

Tightening a nut with a pipe wrench when the wrench broke causing employee to fall back onto catwalk injuring arm and hand.

Hammering to remove a ripper arm pin on a D9 dozer, small metal shard struck EE's R-cheek.

States pain occurred in left chest and ribs while swinging a sledge hammer.

Cut left index finger during maintenance. Hand was placed on gravity take up guide pole, 966 loader bucket that was supporting the counter-weight bled down hydraulic pressure causing the counter-weight to lower and finger got pinched by the guide pole sleeves.

Stepped out of service truck and rolled ankle on a rock.

Hit R-index finger with a sledge hammer

Miner was in a boom lift with another miner who was operating it, miner was holding on the outside railing with right hand when the lift basket bumped into the the crusher they were working on and pinched right thumb.

Was working on a return-roller hanger bracket, when last bolt was removed the weight of belt caused the bracket to drop rapidly and broke EE's middle finger on right hand.

Was replacing a return roller on a conveyor, used a wooden board for leverage to lift belt and hurt EE's shoulder. Continued working regular duty but found out EE will need surgery.

Miner claims to have slipped stepping down an A-frame ladder & injured shoulder at the primary, but wasn't witnessed by those working in the area. Didn't mention it to foreman until 1/5/2021, foreman did not take action as no medical issue was stated. We were notified by the staffing agency of the injury on 1/19/2021.

Miner claims to have been struck by a rock that jumped from a guarded shaker deck causing a laceration to left index finger and sprained wrist.

Employee was merely walking to the primary Jaw when EE started to experience a 'sharp pain' in the left knee. EE didn't report until the next day.

Employee stated through the course of duties changing screens on a shaker deck on 5/22/2020 that employee's knee tightened up. Employee thought it would be fine, but 5-hours into the shift on 5/23/2020 employee reported the injury.

Miner was descending down a ladder when a foot slipped while they had a grasp of the ladder with left hand. The resulting sudden pull dislocated the left shoulder.

Manual Labor, shoveling, clean up. Miner has a left inguinal hernia.

While walking down a set of stairs the miner tripped over EE's own foot and fell stumbling down landing on EE's right knee on the stairs. Injuring the right knee causing a contusion to right knee.