Employee was shoveling tailpiece, tripped over 2" waterline, falling and injuring back.
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Showing all 7The employee was installing last row of roof bolts, tripped and fell on corner of roof bolt plate, lacerating left arm.
Mechanic fell about 6 feet while working on customer-owned equipment. D11R. He lost his balance when he grabbed the filter bonnet which had been loosened. He fell on the tracks and landed on his right side. On the day of the incident, he finished his shift, bu awoke with his right arm stiff and swollen and his right hip and wrist sore.
The driver was coming off the hill in a loaded coal truck and he jumped out of the truck.
Employee tripped on fuel hose while fueling his truck and fell against side of pickup truck.
Stepped off bumper of truck, hit low spot on ground, twisted right ankle.
Looking at centerline and tripped and fell into boom on Miner and hit lt shoulder.