While stepping onto a parking pad outside of the electrical shop building, the employee slipped and fell to the ground. Employee landed on torso.
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Showing all 21While walking up the stairs to the 3rd bank silo loadout. The employee was carrying two plastic bags in left hand and had backpack over right shoulder while on the way to the control room to start shift. The employee tripped on a stair tread and reached right arm out to brace the fall.
The employee was dismounting a railcar and felt a pop in their left leg. EE continued walking along the railroad tracks and discomfort increased. On 07/23/2024 the employee was issued a work restriction and physical therapy.
While walking from the parking lot to the building to begin working, the employee tripped over an uneven seam in the concrete parking lot. This caused EE to lose balance and fall to the ground landing on their hands and knees.
At approximately 4:oopm the employee was installing guards on the 471-DB-04 pan conveyor. While carrying a section of guard to the tail end for installation, the employee slipped on mud and fell to the ground with the guard section landing on EE's leg and back. The employee was issued a work restriction and prescription medication.
Employee tripped going up stairs, fell, and wedged right thumb in step grating. The fall resulted in a fractured thumb.
While walking through the kiln/cooler area on 10/09/2023, the employee slipped on dust that had settled in the roadway causing EE's elbow to hit the pavement. On 10/10/2023 the employee requested a medical evaluation. On 10/24/2023 the employee had a MRI to evaluate the injury and that MRI revealed a fracture of bone and partial tear of tendon.
The employee was working on a kiln hydraulic pumps repair, and when EE was complete EE stood up and began to leave the area. When EE began walking, EE's boot caught on a hose that is attached to the equipment causing EE's to trip and hit EE's knee on the ground.
While going up the stairs on the second level of finish mill 2 to clear an airslide; the employee missed a step and tripped causing employee to land improperly on the next step.
Employee was walking in stockpile area, slipped on ice covered with dust falling and striking right shoulder on ground. After continued pain in shoulder EE was sent for evaluation on 1/31/2022, MRI revealed torn rotator cuff in right shoulder. Injury became reportable on 2/18/2022 when surgery was performed to repair torn rotator cuff in right shoulder.
EE jumped down from a storage trailer that was approximately 4 feet in height. When EE landed, left knee gave out. After visiting the doctor following the incident, EE was returned to work with restrictions that still allowed EE to perform EE's job duties. On August 11th, EE had an MRI conducted and it was discovered that EE had a torn ACL and meniscus in left knee.
Employee was walking on dirt roadway, stepped in frozen rut in roadway and twisted right ankle spraining the ankle.
The employee was standing on a step attached to the tractor tote to check the level of material. The step broke from under the employee causing employee to hit their back on an adjacent containment wall. Employee was under the care of their dr. for an unrelated issue at the time. On Jan. 23, 2020 the company was notified that the injury was not caused by the unrelated issue.
On 04/28/19 the employee twisted EE's right foot while walking into the bypass dust collector compressor room. The employee initially refused medical treatment. On 05/10/19 the employee was referred to an orthopedist after an x-ray showed a fracture in one of the bones in the foot.
Miner was found lying on ground left side of 990H Loader, was seen minutes before on railed platform at rear of Loader. Miner was transported by ambulance to hospital, responsive at time of transport, trying to talk, attempting to sit up, remains in hospital for treatment for injuries.
Employee was placing red tape up to protect workers below an area to be worked. The employee slipped and tore right quadriceps muscle.
An employee was walking along the rail tracks where repairs were being made on an earlier shift, they tripped and hit a knee on railroad track that was set aside to replace existing track. The injury was reported on 12/21/18, the employee refused medical treatment at the time. on 12/26/18 the employee requested medical treatment and was issued a light duty designation.
A customer truck (over-the-road truck driver) was finished getting tractor trailer loaded, customer walked up to the hatch closing station and closed the hatch. Customer then walked down the stairs from the hatch closing station and to the cab of the truck. As customer walked to the cab of the truck; customer stepped in a hole and injured back.
The employee was walking into the electric shop and tripped on the step. Employee reached out to catch themselves and cut a hand on an adjacent sink.
Went to cross over a discharge pipe (PVC) and did not realize that a patch of ice had formed on top of the pipe. Placed foot onto the pipe to step over it and slipped. The employee injured their wrist when they braced themselves upon landing.
Material on a pallet that the employee was walking on slid off of the pallet. This caused the employee to fall causing a contusion on a finger and a sprain in back.