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The employee was working from a work platform, EE was trying to repair a hydraulic leak on a water truck. Another employee was moving the oil cart and struck the bottom of the work platform causing the employee on the work platform to fall.
Employee was exiting the right rear passenger door of a crew cab pickup when EE got feet hung up between the rear seat and the door pillar, causing EE to fall out of the vehicle and land on the right shoulder and hip area. EE sustained a deep bruise to the right hip area causing EE to miss the next scheduled shift.
Truck driver was walking around trailer when ee slipped and fell. The temperature was -6 degrees which contributed to slick conditions of the packed snow. The driver slipped, ankle rolled and ee fell fracturing tibia and fibia.
An employee was walking from the parking lot to the mine office. He stepped off of a curb, lost his balance, and fell to the ground. An x-ray revealed a fractured bone in his arm.
Employee tripped while walking down a flight of stairs. Employee was diagnosed by an Emergency Room physician as having a concussion from hitting his head during the fall, as well as a Distal Bicep Tear which will require surgery.
Employee was moving trailing cable with a cable hook when he slipped and fell to the ground landing on his right elbow tearing his right shoulder rotator cuff.
A haul truck operator was attempting to fuel her truck. She was pulling on the hose to straighten it when her foot got caught in the hose. She fell to the ground. After working her normal shifts for 3 weeks, she was unable to report to work on a night shift on 2/27/15 due to her injury.
A welder was working on a shovel dipper door which was laying flat on the shop floor. While he was crouched on top of the door, his foot slipped off the edge. He fell to the shop floor and fractured his left wrist.
While unhooking the D-ring rope from the back deck of the Rubber Tire Dozer, the employee lost his grip on the grab bar and fell approximately 4' to the ground. The employee landed on his left arm when making contact with the ground, and reported pain in his left wrist.
Employee was pulling on a rope that was attached to a road sign, the employee was trying to place the rope over the ball hitch of his pick up truck so he could move the sign to another part of the mine. As the employee was pulling on the rope trying to get the sign close enough to the ball hitch of the pickup he slipped and his head struck the flat bed pickup.
After completing his shift, the injured miner was walking through the parking lot to get in his car pool. When he passed between two parked cars, he slipped and fell. The fall caused soft tissue injury to the employee's left knee and shoulder. The employee was given first aid treatment but was not able to return to his next scheduled shift on January 2, 2014.
Employee was walking on uneven terrain in muddy, wet, slick conditions. He slipped and fell on his hands and knees.
Employee was working on a dozer in the shop, as he climbed off the dozer he felt his right knee lock up. He was unable to straighten his right knee.
An employee was working in the cab of a haul truck, he exited the cab and descended the ladder. He stepped on the grating on the lower deck platform. The grating moved and he rolled his ankle and fell into the handrail that he was holding onto.
Mechanic alleges that while he was washing a truck in the mine wash bay, his foot slipped as he took a side step causing him to lose his balance. He states he did not fall down but felt pain in his lower back as he regained his balance. This incident is still under investigation.
The employee exited the cab of his haul truck, a strong gust of wind blew off his hard hat and safety glasses. The employee tried to catch his hat and glasses and a second gust of wind knocked the employee off balance, he then fell down the stairs of his haul truck hitting his right arm on the hand rail support causing a break in both bones of the right forearm.
A haul truck operator was walking behind a haul truck when she slipped on packed snow and fell injuring her right knee and back. She received first aid treatment and returned to work on the same shift. On April 27, 2012 a physician prescribed work restrictions.
Employee states, "Tripped while returning to my truck after fueling, stepped wrong and twisted my knee." Walking surface was flat, clear of debris, dry and illuminated at the time of the incident.
The employee was on the bed of a lowboy assisting in transporting a track dozer. He slipped and fell to the ground. After a few days, he sought medical attention where it was found he had fractured his ankle.
While walking to the crew bus at the end of her shift, haul truck operator slipped and fell fracturing a bone in right wrist. Area had been bladed prior to the incident.
On 10/30/2011 an employee exited a crew bus and was walking towards their haul truck. When they slipped on a patch of ice and fell to the ground landing on their right shoulder. On 10/30/2011 the injury was not reportable. However on December 15, 2011 they employee went in to see a doctor about the injury and was prescribed physical therapy for the injury.
Employee was descending the ladder of a Caterpillar 16G blade. As he reached the ground, he twisted his left ankle resulting in a sprain/strain injury to the ankle.
EE was installing the double winch bracket onto the boom tip of the digger derrick. He was pushing the bracket down so it could swing over the boom tip. When the bracket went EE fell forward causing his left ankle to twist resulting in a fracture to the left fibula. The tight fitting bracket and the terrain were contributing factors.
Rubber Tire Dozer operator was reaching down to hook shovel cable up to his dozer in order to assist a shovel relocation. He rolled his right ankle over and fell. When he fell, his hard hat came off and his head struck the rear boarding ladder causing a laceration. The laceration required 7 staples to close the wound. His ankle was sprained and not broken.
While walking in pit area, employee slipped and fell down causing a sprain to his left ankle.