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EE was walking out of the headframe heading towards the mill where EE slipped and fell on the ice from freezing rain. EE landed on EE's right arm trying to catch self and fractured EE's elbow from the fall.
A miner was going to unplug the Jumbo when they rolled an ankle on a small rock causing a fracture in their ankle
Was walking looking up at mining area, tripped over rock, put hand out to catch fall and landed on a rock that cut hand next to thumb. Transported to surface.
An Exterminator with Orkin was walking through a storage area looking for a trap when EE tripped over an unseen object and fell directly onto left shoulder/upper arm causing a fracture.
After the end of shift an employee slipped and fell in parking lot while walking to EE's vehicle. The fall resulted in a sore shoulder that was a bruise or sprain.
A miner was leaning out over a fall protection railing and in a downward direction and was standing with one foot upon a round scaling bar. The scaling bar rolled causing the miner to lose balance and fall approximately 7 feet to the ground below. As a result of this fall injury was caused to miner's shoulder.
Miner felt a pop from the right knee as EE was stepping up to another leveled surface. Miner woke up the next day to a swollen knee and pain that required medical treatment.
Worker tripped over a rock, right shoulder was injured trying to stop the fall.
Miner was stepping off the jumbo drill with EE's right foot on the sill, when EE put EE's weight on EE's foot it slipped off the sill rolling the ankle. Miner was not maintaining 3 point contact when EE slipped.
A employee rolled EE's ankle while stepping off of a tractor to assist two miners in the unloading of materials at a lay down area.