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Victim walked over a bank & picked up water hose. As EE was coming up the embankment another man opened the valve. The pressure caused the hose to jerk EE around and fell over the bank. Tore left bicep.
Employee was welding and fell. Employee fell on 6/24/13, he didn't think he was injured and chose not to seek medical aide. On 6/26/13 he reported to his supervisor that he felt that he had damaged his ribs in the fall. There is no lost days - employee is on light duty.
When descending ladder from loader employee sprained his right ankle when shifting weight to right foot as left foot left the last rung of the ladder.
The back dump operator was descending the ladder of the 777C Cat truck, missed the bottom step and that shifted his weight to his left arm and he heard a popping sound in his chest.
After fueling grader, climbing down, right foot slipped striking right knee against machinery.
Employee was attending annual safety retraining. During lunch break, two employees were "horse playing". EE attempted to pick up another employee and throw him over his shoulder. Both employees fell to the ground, causing EE to dislocate his hip.
Location: office area. He slipped and fell due to the ice and snow in the office area going out to get in his truck.
Employee was putting his foot down off of the drill and lost balance, spraining his ankle when he hit the ground.
Employee was walking from the miner to the water valve to turn it off when he slipped and fell. As he fell, he tried to catch himself with his left hand and arm. His hand was bent inward causing a slight sprain of the hand and wrist.
Employee was climbing down the ladder of her Rock Truck when she lost her footing and fell to the ground. She was taken by ambulance to the Pinveville Community Hospital where she was admitted and still remains.
Employee was servicing an escavator with hydraulic oil. The employee was standing on the tracks of the escavator when he lost his footing and fell to the gound. The employee landed on his shoulder. The bone in the shoulder was cracked, but not broken.
The employee was replacing the sieve screen holder on the cyclone refuse bin. His foot slipped and employee hit his chin on the sieve holder. The cut required 11 stitches.
Employee stated he was descending stairs, stepped from stair to floor, lost his balance and he fell causing him to sprain his ankle.
Lowering of tools (chain hoist) from a raised location to floor, when employee lost footing on platform and fell approx 2 ft. to floor. Sustained dislocation of left ankle and hairline fracture of bone in left foot.