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Employee was air lancing air slide and twisted EE's knee.
Tripped on lip of grating and fell forward onto left knee.
Cat 775E was preparing to dump shot rock into crusher, when the operator heard a loud pop and the cab became fully engulfed in flames. Operator quickly exited cab of haul truck and had to jump approximately 8ft down. Emergency services were called immediately and were onsite in approximately 5 minutes, due to the nature of the fire it took approximately 3 hours to extinguish.
Employee was leaving their car in the parking lot and twisted their right ankle. After an x-ray it was found that the employees fibula was chipped due to this.
Employee is a mechanic and was performing maintenance activities on the D-6 dozer at the plant. Employee was standing on top of the D-6 dozer tracks while holding onto a handrail with left hand. Out of nowhere, employee claims left hip "gave out" and employee fell on top of the D-6 dozer tracks. Employee was evaluated by an Urgent Care on 10/26/22.
An employee was climbing rope ladder to get into the vessel when the screw clamp that was holding it in place came off. The employee fell 46 inches and hurt their knee and bumped shoulder. This resulted in a shoulder sprain.
Employee slipped on a patch of ice while getting out of personal vehicle in the employee parking lot and landed on left hand causing a broken wrist.
Employee was showing another employee how to use quick disconnect on CAT skid steer. Used foot to move the lever and pant leg got caught. Employee was un-successful in catching self, EE lost EE's balance, and fell on top of disconnect piece protruding from the machine. Employee fell with EE's back hitting the piece.
The employee operates as a lab tech, was out walking, they took a step in the main yard and twisted left knee. The event occurred on 1/3/21 but not reported until 1/14/21. After multiple follow-ups, surgery was scheduled on 8/1/2021. First lost day of work occurred on 8/2/2021.
climbing out of bobcat and twisting.
Employee was looking under the truck for an oil leak, when turned away stepped on a 3 to 4 inch rock and fell and fractured hand.
Employee walked from fuel pump to open door looking down on 9 tail pulley to check on water presence in tunnel. Employee turned to the right and walked away from chained doorway when right foot slipped on ice. Left leg bent underneath employee, left arm slipped out over employee's head trying to stop fall.
30 below freezing temperatures with icy walk ways. Employee was walking to work station when they slipped and fell on ice.
Miner was walking up a stair way and tripped at the top falling forward onto the concrete catwalk. EE put arms down to catch self and cut left forearm just below the elbow resulting in 2 sutures to close the cut.
Miner was walking and tripped on a step falling onto grating. EE was carrying a sledge hammer and the hammer landed on EE's left hand resulting in a fracture to the left index finger.
Miner stated that ee slipped on refractory on the deck. Employee was interviewed after the incident and reported no injury and completed a statement and returned to work without further incident.
Per MSHA instruction - walking to tool trailer after safety meeting. Slipped on ice and snow twisting ankle.
Employee was walking backwards, tripped and fell over own feet. Employee used right hand/wrist to attempt to break the fall. Right distal medial radial head fracture.
Crane Operator was climbing the ladder at the front of the crane and stepped on to the crane deck. After Operator placed first step Operator slipped and shin struck the second step on the deck. Operator sustained laceration on lower left leg requiring stitches.
Miner was fueling a haul truck and was walking from fuel station around the truck, slipped on loose gravel causing miner to lose their balance and strain their back. Miner refused treatment until 7/24 when aching didn't recede, restrictions placed then.
Employee was walking down a stairway at the Bulk Scales and slipped and fell down 4 or 5 steps. Stairway was clean, free of any trip hazards and well illuminated. The employee injured pelvis area.
Employee was leaving site for the day. Employee stepped out of the transport van, and as employee hit the ground felt right knee twist and pop.
Supervisor intentionally bumped into ee as Sup. walked past, causing the ee to lose balance. As the ee attempted to catch fall ee banged rt elbow on the table next to the scale & twisted right knee. There were no witnesses, claim is still under investigation. The ee did seek medical treatment for a swollen knee & was placed on lite duty. Sup denies any physical contact was made.
Miner was climbing down a ladder on a Cat 914 G end loader and lost balance falling backward striking head on the ground resulting in a contusion that required 2 staples to close.
The worker was part of a construction crew pouring at the mine as part of a new facility addition. The worker was walking across steel rebar matting that was part of the concrete form being poured. As the worker walked across the matting EE lost footing and fell forward. As EE fell, left forearm struck the edged of a section of rebar, caused cut to the L forearm, 10 stitches.
Employee was walking in an aisle way of the raw material storage building and slipped on ice causing a strain to left knee. The injury was not initially reported until 9 days later. After consultation it required surgery to repair a torn meniscus, performed on 6/15/16.
Employee tripped at top step of stairs and fell forward onto a platform resulting in injury to ribs upon impact.
Employee was walking in an icy area, slipped and fell. EE landed on EE's side causing a shoulder injury.
EE set up a ladder on uneven ground. He took his first step & ladder tipped over. He fell on a flight of stairs causing a sprain of ligaments, contusion & multiple fractures of ribs along right side of back.
Worker was walking and stepped off curb, hyperextending his left knee. Felt fine the day after but knee pain came back in end of January. Was given rest restriction to heal.
The preheater elevator doors had to be manually closed. EE usually used a step ladder to reach the mechanism above the doors safely. The ladder was not in the elevator. There were accessible stairs, but EE chose to climb the escape hatch steps to try & reach the mechanism. As he was operating the manual closure he slipped off the steps & fell inside the elevator floor
Employee was investigating a leak on the Amerex return line. He was walking around some material spillage when he slipped on some clinker & twisted his right knee. He reported swelling, limping, and a pain level of 5 out of 10.
Employee was hammering the slide on the #2 clinker tank. He lost his footing and fell backward hitting his elbow on clinker chunks on the floor. Six weeks later on 11/0, employee stated he had also hit his back on same chunks when he fell as well. He was administered medical aid (back brace) & released with some restrictions of bending, twisting & jarring activities.
Employee was assisting in adjusting cutting knives of plastics shredder. The drum head was being turned manually to check for clearance, the employee stumbled and reached to gain balance resulting in his finger entering the shredder screen through one of the approximately 2 inch holes of the screen and coming in contact with the turning drum and a chipping tooth.
Employee was entering the above grate section of the Clinker Cooler through the south access door during a kiln outage for grate repair. The employee stepped through the access door and his right foot caught while his torso was turning and caused strain on his right knee.
Employee was performing an end of shift inspection of the plant. He noticed what he thought was a splice in the belt had torn loose on the short sand stacker conveyor. He began to walk towards the belt and became distracted by the splice, he tripped over a raised sand spoil and fell forward and scraped his head on the conveyor/catwalk.
Stepped off of step ladder onto a piece of wire. It rolled causing him to fall to the floor. Twisted knee when he fell.
Snow and ice everywhere. Employee pulled off the main road to a storage area right after the loader had gone through plowing snow but before any sand had been spread in this area. Loaded his truck with material, turned and his feet went out from under him--he fell.
Employee working under cooler with group of employees stringing the drag chain. As he was moving the chain across the sprocket he slipped and fell hard on his knee on a piece of castable.
Approximately 10 inches of snow had fallen over the previous 24 hour period. Employee walked out of break room and slipped on an icy patch falling forward onto her arms.
Employee got out of loader to retrieve a piece of metal from the work area. Stepped on golf-ball size rock, causing his foot to slip. He fell onto his knee and felt a pop. Went to hospital and was diagnosed with a torn MCL.
Employee inside gyp silo 21 breaking down the job. Standing on scaffolding--was handed a ladder from below. Went to turn with ladder. As he did his foot caught between scaffold planks. They were tied down and did not move. He fell sideways wrenching his back on the lower left side.
Twisted left ankle on bottom step going up to plant. Went to Carle Clinic for medical services. Released to return to work with modified duties. No heavy lifting, no up and down steps, and wear ankle support if nessecary. No prescription drugs were given. Return visit on 1 May 2012.
Employee walking down outside staircase and slipped on ice at the bottom of the staircase. He did not go all the way down--caught himself but his right knee twisted causing injury and pain.
Employee changing screens in crusher, standing on platform, facing crusher box using an impact gun to tighten screws. He walked off the end of the platform and fell landing on a hopper box wall.
Employee sent to work on airslide that had gotten water in it. They had to pull the airslide out and re-skin the air slide. To get to the airslide they had to climb over an airslide wall. As he climbed this 4 feet angled wall, slid and fell against wall. Injured shoulder tendon.
Employee walking down staircase. Foot caught on grating on bottom step. Knee was twisted.
Employee lifted a spool of wire in the warehouse, turned, stepped on pallet and foot slipped off pallet. Big toe was injured
Employee inside ball mill, turned to leave, ball rolled under his foot and twisted right knee.
Employee working on airslide. Instead of walking around to the other side--decided to step over it. As she did, she lost her footing and fell. As she fell her little finger on the right hand caught a bolt head and was cut. Stitches were required.