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Employee was operating the mobile crusher in the pit on a 980H loader. They stopped the loader to get out. They climbed out of the loader and their back started hurting. They did not fall or slip.
A Cat D250E haul truck was positioning to dump a load of material. The employee stopped three times before going backwards over the highwall.
Cutting skirt rubber from old conveyor belt. Tripped and fell.
He was stung by a wasp. He has never been allergic before, but he had an allergic reaction this time.
Stepping off shaker screen holding handrail and put foot down wrong.
Employee was in the office in charge of scales and answering phone. At noon he ate lunch with a co-worker and the co-worker went back to work at 12:30. The supervisor noticed that a truck was waiting to be scaled. The supervisor thought EE was asleep, so he went ahead and weighed the truck in. He then tried to wake EE and couldn't. He felt his pulse and realized he had none.
DRIVING LOADER DOWN RAMP, THE ENGINE DIED. LOADER HIT BERM AND WENT OVER THE SIDE OF RAMP, LANDING ON ITS RIGHT SIDE.