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pushing material with a rubber tire dozer was backing up and ran over a rock causing machine to bounce and cause back strain.
Skoria was placed in the employee parking lot around 4:30am. Pit operator employee slipped in the parking lot getting EE's work bag out of EE's car.
Mill Mechanic was moving a sensor into position for run operations and in the process pushed themselves up to move along the ring gear and felt a pop in their left shoulder.
Employee performing non-routine repetitive physical labor experienced gradual discomfort in shoulder/elbow resulting in Rotator Cuff Tendonitis.
While cleaning P92A ore pass grizzly in P91 at around 21:25 of plug reversing in 1st gear, hit rib with left rear corner of loader. Upon contact with rib, low speed, felt sharp pain in front right shoulder.
Employee was staging liners, when they accidentally pinched the tip of their finger when setting one down. The nail was broken in half and bleeding, Causing a finger fracture
Employee was coming down off a service truck, slipped on the top step, and fell 3 feet landing on EE's back, causing a mid and upper back contusion, left 5th anterior rib fracture and left small pneumothorax.
Employee states lower back and shoulder discomfort from lifting spilled grinding media that weighed up to 24lb.
Employee stepped from the engine hood cover to the cab access platform and sprained right ankle.
Employee experienced Personal Medical causing them to injure their foot while stepping out of shower.
Replacing return roller on locked out conveyor belt system when jack failed and belt pinned hand against roller. No broken bones, pinched muscles and loss of sensation to hand.
Operator slipped dismounting a motor grader, lost grip on the ladder and fell on the grader blade.
Employee had to restack liners because the original pallet was damaged and needed to be replaced on another pallet, an extra task that can be avoided if the original pallets are better managed. When moving the concave liners from a damaged pallet, one of the liners shifted and crushed a finger, causing an open tuft fracture of right index finger with nail damage.
Employee was cleaning under the lime plant and fine material from the screw conveyor was coming down and the employee believes they inhaled some of the airborne lime. The case did not go recordable until 09/23/2025 when the employee was given restrictions.
After getting a bucket of material, the loader loading the haul truck backed up and turned too quickly causing the bucket of the loader to make contact with the truck bed. This caused the haulage operator to suffer a back muscle strain. Case went recordable on 09/13/2025 when the operator was given restrictions.
On 08/22/2025 at 1300 an employee was inside tub of Grade 1 Disc filter north retrieving piece of cpvc pipe that was dropping the drain valve. The employee moved their leg against an agitator fin which cut their upper thigh resulting in 3 sutures to close wound.
Mechanic was inspecting a bolter to replace the striker bar. The extractor and striker bar were resting on the rails when the mechanic placed their left hand on the extractor and right hand on the striker bar it rolled forward and off of the bolter resulting in a laceration and a tufts fracture to the distal phalanx on right ring finger.
Employee was connecting a flange to a pipe and was struck in the mouth by one of the bands.
Employee was checking froth quality at cleaner cell when finger became pinched between froth paddle and cell weir.
A Blasting Operations Technician was opening a bag with a utility knife and cut their leg. This caused a laceration that required stitches. The employee returned to work the next shift.
Bruised Ankle
Mine maintenance employee walked into Lube Truck Chock Holder on front of truck striking with hard hat. This caused bruising to face, nose, and a chipped tooth. Employee returned to work next shift.
Heavy equipment maintenance employee opened roll door for heavy equipment fueling and used more force than necessary. Hand bumped into top of door frame causing some bruising of right hand/bones restricting ability to squeeze and lift with right hand.
Employee was working on grader replacing cutting edges. The employee over torqued a bolt causing it to break loose. The bolt hit the underside of employee's hardhat ricochet to employee's forehead striking employee above the right eyebrow, creating a laceration. The laceration needed 5 stitches to close.
Employee assisting with caustic transfer when they smelled something funny triggering an asthma attack.
Pushing object to align positioning for bolt. Felt a strain in back muscles
Uneven snowy terrain, snow packed/covered ice.
Employee was trimming overflow rubber off edge of conveyor belt when knife slipped and contacted the employees knee resulting in sutures. The employee returned to work on EE's next scheduled shift but is on restricted duty for 10 days.
Left index finger cut by knife requiring 6 stitches.
Employee was using a scaling bar to straighten a valve handle when employee felt pain in left ring finger. Broken ring finger
Multiple oversized boulders were loaded onto haul truck HT107, creating a rough load event. This sudden impact resulted in the operator sustaining a back injury severe enough to require a mayday call over the radio. No vehicle damage occurred; however, the operator's injury required immediate medical evaluation.
During Fuel Lunch Line at the Fuel Island, Maintenance Lube tech was tasked with guiding Haul Trucks for fueling. When crossing the pedestrian barrier to complete ground guiding they encountered uneven ground which resulted in losing foot placement and rolling an ankle resulting in injury to the left ankle.
Employee was carrying a liner with another employee. The liner almost dropped and the employee attempted to catch the liner before it hit the second employee. The liner caught the employee's right pinky finger between the liner and feeder and the finger was pinched. The pinch lacerated the finger, which required 3 stitches to close.
Operator closed grid box of Liebherr T-264 Haul Truck during pre-operation inspection and pinched their right 5th digit between the latch of the panel and the panel itself.
Removing fuel filter from a loader with filter pliers, felt pop in right elbow causing strain, restricted duty
Passenger van (Ford E-350) carrying crew members was dropping off an operator to the haul truck which was staged at the fuel island. When backing out of the service lane, the van made contact with a concrete barrier protecting the fuel pump area.
Passenger van (Ford E-350) carrying crew members was dropping off a operator to the haul truck which was staged at the fuel island. When backing out of the service lane, the van made contact with a concrete barrier protecting the fuel pump area
Employee claims employee got debris in eye after starting heater in light vehicle.
The haul truck was lodged in mud and being removed by the maintenance team.
Working alone
Employee was washing their glassware from lunch when it contacted the counter, shattering the dish, causing lacerations to both hands. One of which required a single stitch.
The technician was using a tool to hold pressure up on a plow bolt to prevent the bolt from spinning while removing the nut. The tool slipped and the technician's hand contacted the spinning bolt head causing a laceration.
Employee attempted to re-secure bolt on service truck air brake system, ring clamp released causing part of system to impact individual in face causing laceration to eyebrow and mild concussion.
The injured Miner was moving 8'x10' 6 gauge welded wire mesh panels from the stockpile to the LHD bucket for transport. The miner stepped on panels that were previously placed in the bucket, slipped and fell to miner's side.
Employee was working in wet and muddy conditions. Employee slipped and twisted EE's right knee while trying to catch EE's balance resulting in a sprained knee. Employee was evaluated and put on light duty.
A technician was pulling a final driver cover. As the technican was raising the hoist to remove slack from rigging material, the hoist continued to raise causing the lifting link/bolt to break out of the cover. The lifting rigging struck the employee in the wrist resulting in a laceration and contustion.
Haul truck operator was being loaded by contractor shovel trainer operator. Shovel operator didn't hoist the bucket high enough and contacted the dove tail of the haul truck.
Loss of traction while descending the steps of the shovel.
Diesel diagnostic mechanic was working on air stem of inner dual tire. Ice/muck material that was frozen to underside of haul truck bed melted from haul truck surface and released due to gravity and fell on head, neck and shoulder.
While walking out to trash can, right foot slipped on ice while coming down with left foot. Left leg kicked out from underneath to the left. Employee sustained a contusion to left knee. Employee is scheduled at orthopedic specialist for further evaluation.