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EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM DECK FO DRILL WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE LAST STEP CAUDSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE, HE STUMBLE DACROSS THE MARKER CHA IN, FALLING TO THE GROUND LANDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BODY.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT WAREHOUSE SECURING PARTS TO DO A REPAIR. AS HE WAS CARRYING PARTS FROM THE WAREHOUSE TO HIS VEHICLE, HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE LANDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BODY. HE DIDN'T BELI EVE HE WAS INJURED AND CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 1-29-94, WHEN HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS DISABLED UNTIL 2-8-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN LOADING BARRLES OF GREASE ONTO THE DRAGLINE WITH THE USE OF THE OVERHEAD CRANE. HE SLIPPED AND FELL SUSTAINING A LACERATION TO HIS HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN CLEANING SNOW FROM RAILROAD CARS, SO THE CARS COULD THEN BE LOADED WITH COAL. AS HE WAS SHOVELING SNOW THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF A CAR, HE SLIPPED AND FELL THROUGH THE O PEN DOOR, LANDING ON THE RAILROAD TRACES. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 1-14-94 AND BECAME DISABLED ON 1-15-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REPLACING SHAKER SCREEN IN PREP PLANT. AS NEW SCREEN WAS BEING LOWERED INTO PLACE WITH USE OF ELECTRIC HOIST IT BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE SIDEWALLS. EMPLOYEE STEPPE D ONTO THE SCREEN IN ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE IT. ITINSTANTLY CAME FREE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL ONTO TWO SUPPORT ANGLES SUSTAINING INJURY.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
THE EE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE REMOVAL OF AN ELECTRICAL POLE. THE EE WAS POSITIONED AT THE TOP OF THE POLE AS HE REMOVED THE NEUTRAL CABLE THE POLE BROKE OFF, BELOW GROUND LEVEL. THE EE WAS USI NG A LADDER AT THE TIME AND WHEN THE POLE BROKE THE POLE THE LADDER AND THE EE ALL TOPPLED TO THE GROUND.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE UNLOADING OF A TRAIN AT AN OFF SITE LOCATION, NOT ON MINE PROPERTY. THE TRAIN WAS BEING UNLOADED AT THE LEHIGH-PORTLAND CEMENT. CO. AT CEMENTON N.Y. WHILE U NLOADING THE TRAIN HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE GRATING THAT IS PART OF HTE UNLOADING FACILITY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS PARKING AREA TO HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE AT THE END OF THE WORK SHIFT, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. FREEZING RAIN HAD CREATED A SLIPPERY CONDITION.
EMPOLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE LEFT FENDER LIGHT OF THE BULLDOZER HE WAS OPERATING. AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY WEATHER WAS FREEZING RAIN. WHILE STANDING WITH HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE DOZER TRACK TRACK AND HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE PUSH-ARM, HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HE FELL BETWEEN THE PUSH-ARM AND THE BULLDOZER AND BENT OVER FORWARDS STRAINING HIS RIGHT KNEE,
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A FRONT-END LOADER.AS HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND,HE STEPPED INTO A SLIGHT DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND,CAUSING THE INJURY.
54730USING LADDER TO CLIMB OFF DRAGLINE FROM ASSIGNED WELDING POSITION. FOOT SLIPPED ON BROKEN LADDER RUNG HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING WATER PUMP HE TURNED AROUND & STEPPED INTO A HOLE WITH HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE LANDING ON HIS RT ARM/HAND & STRIKING HIS CHEST ON A LUMP OF FROZEN D IRT
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS A CROSSMEMBER IN FRONT OF THE HOIST DRUM TO CHECK THE OIL IN THE SWINGER AND TO GREASE THE BLOWERS OF A DRAGLINE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE CROSSMEMBER LETTING HIM F ALL AND STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST AN ELECTRICAL SWITCHBOX MOUNTED IN THAT AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SCREENING GRATES FROM THE INSIDE OF A TRUCK BED. THREE SECTIONS OF THE SIX SECTIONS WERE ALREADY REMOVED, WHEN A SECTION HE WAS STANDING ON BROKE LOOSE LEAVING HIM FDALL INTO THE TRUCK BED. ONE END OF GRATE WAS SUSPENDED BY AN OVERHEAD CRANE AND THE OTHER END WAS HOOKED ON A STEEL CHANNEL ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK BED.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A 6" WATER PUMP FROM PIT 537 WITH A HILIFT WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE SUNK INTO THE MUD. HE DISMOUNTED FROM THE HILIFT TO UNHOOK THE WATER PUMP AND AFTER HAVING DONE THIS HE WAS WALKING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HIL LIFT TO MOUNT, WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT SUSTAINING THE INJURY.
EMPL WAS DISMOUNTING FROM ROTARYDRILL. HE SLIPPEDFROM BOTTOM STEP & FELL APPROX 3' LANDING ON BACK ON FROZEN EARTH. THIS IS THIRD RECURRENCE OF ORIGINAL INJ WHICH OCCURRED ON 01/05/88. PREVOU SLY EMPL HAS MISSED 40,81 & 154 DAYS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING ROAD TAR PLACED ON HAUL ROAD. HE LOOKED AHEAD AND SAW THE CHIPS WERE NOT SPREADING AS THEY SHOULD. HE STOPPED HIS TRUCK, DISMOUNTED, WENT TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AND NOT ICED THE SPINNERS WHICH SPREAD THE CHIPS WAS PLUGGED. AT THIS TIME, HE SLIPPED ON THE ROAD TAR AND CAUGHT HIMSELF BY REACHING FOR THE SPINNER COVER, OR HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN IN THE ROAD TAR. H
EMPL WAS FILLING SHOT HOLE WITH DRILL CUTTINGS & STEPPED INTO HOLE WHICH WAS MADE BY LEVELING JACKS OF DRILL. HOLE WAS COVERED WITH MUD & WATER & WAS NOT VISIBLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING LEFT SIDE OF DOOR BACK USING A RUBBER TIE STRAP, WHEN THE STRAP BROKE, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO LOOSR HIS BALNCE AND FALL APPROX. 5 FT TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS LEFT AHOU DER.
EMPL HAD WENT TO SERVICE WATER PUMP IN PITS. AS HE WAS WALKING TO PUMP HE STEPPED IN DEPRESSION & STUMBLED. HE DID NOT NOTICE ANY PROBLEM UNTIL HE GOT TO DRAGLINE. AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER HE EXPERIENCE PAIN IN LOWER BACK, LEFT HIP, THIGH ANKLE.
EMPL WAS DISMOUNTING FROM ROTARY DRILL HE SLIPPED FROM THE BOTTOM STEP AND FELL APPROX 3 FEET LANDING ON HIS BACK ON THE FROZEN EARTH THIS IS A RECURRENCE OF THE ORIGINAL INJURY THE EMPL STATE D HE HAD NOT DONE ANYTHING TO CONSIDER TTHIS A NINJURY HIS DR ALSO HAS CLASSIFIED THIS AS A RECURRENCE EMPL ORIGINALL MISSED 40 DAYS FROM 1/6/88 THRU 2/17/88
EE WAS CLEANING WINDOW GLASS ON PAN DOOR, WHEN HE SLIPPED FROM THE RUNNING BOARD. AS HE WAS SLIPPNG, HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO PREVENT FALLING, HE SUTAINED THE INJURY. ORIGINALLY THIS WAS TREATED AS A FIRST AID CASE, HOWEVER, THE EE HAS SINCE RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AND THEREFORE AS OUTLINED IN PART 50 WE ARE REPORTING THIS INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BUCKET OF WATER TO PRIME A PUMP WHEN FOR REASONS UNKNOWN HIS RT ANKLE GAVE WAY CAUSING THE INJURY
EMPL WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM CP DRILL WHEN STEP TILTED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND TWISTING KNEE.
EMPLOYEE NOTICED HIS LIGHTS WERE DIMMING AND WENT TO CHECK THE BATTERIES FOR A POSSIBLE SHORT OR LOOSE CONNECTION AS HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHECKING THE BATTERIES HE SLIPPED AND FELL A DIST ANCE OF APPROX 9 FT ONTO HIS RT SHOULDER TH BACK OF HIS HEAD STRUCK A SMALL STONE CAUSING A LACERATION AND CONCUSSION
OPERATOR WAS CHECKING FOR HYDRAULIC LEAK ON PAN. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY WALKED AROUND MACHINE BUT COULD NOT LOCATE LEAK. HE THEN WENT TO WALK ACROSS FULE TANK. AS HE WAS CROSSING FULE TANK HIS F EET SLIPPED & HE FELL APPROX 12-15' TO GROUND SUSTAINING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON 745 FIAT ALLIS LOADER AS HE WAS BEGINING TO DISMOUNT HE SLIPPED FALLING APPROX 8 FT TO THE FROZEN GROUND LANDING ON HIS RT SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS DI8MOUNTING FROM ROTARY DRILL. HE SLIPPED FROM THE BOTTOM STEP AND FELL APPROX. 3 FT, LANDING ON HIS BACK ON THE FROZEN EARTH.
EMPL GOING DOWN3BANK TOR ETRIEVE WATER SAMPLE.HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS WITH SUPPORTING HAND SUSTAINING THE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE HAD JU8T COMPLETED REFUELING 745 FA HI-LIFT.HE WAS REACHING TO REPLACE THE FUEL HOSE,WHEN HIS FOOTING SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE7URNING TO OPERATORS COMPARTMENT FROM CONTOL ROOM IN THE POWERHOUSE OF THE DRAGLINE. AS HE WAS DESCENDING 2 STEPS,HIS CLOTHING CAUGHT ON A BOLT (S) OF THE DRAG DRUM GUARD,CAUSIN G HIM TO LOSE H3S BALANCE AND FALL FORWARD STRIKING A LARGE BOLT ON THE WALK SHAFT SUSTAINING INJURIES.
EMP WAS REMOVIN1 CORE BARREL FROM STAND ON SIDE OF DRILL, WHEN STEPPING TO GROUND, WHILE HOLDING CORE BARREL, HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING BACK SPRAIN
INJURED WAS FIN3SHING PUTTING OILIN THE TRACTOR. HE WAS STANDING ON THE PUSHARM WITH ONE HAND HOLDING ONTO THE RACK AND THE OTHER HAND ON THE OIL HOSE. AS HE STEPPED FROM THE PUSH ARM TO THE R OCK ON WHICH TH9 OIL TANK SETS, HE SLIPPED INTO THE AREA BETWEEN THE PUSHARM AND TRACK FRAME, SUSTAINING A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE IS3A ROAD GRADER OPERATOR AND DURING A TOWING OPERATION THE TOW CABLE BECAME KINKED AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE KINK OUT OF THE CABLE HE SLIPPED ON THE MUDDY ROADWAY AND FELL ON HIS BACK 3
EMP HAD JUST CL3MBED INTO THE CAB OF THE ROTARY DRILL TO SEE IF THE PREVIOUS SHIFT HAD LEFT INSTRUCTIONS AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE CAB HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE
AT TIME OF ACCIDENT EMPLOYEE WAS HOSING DOWN FLOOR OF MAGNUM PRESS ROOM OF TIPPLE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME FLOCCULANT & FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON UPRIGHT BEAM THAT CAUSED LACERATION TO BACK OF THE HEAD
EMPLOYEE W AS HELPING TO CLEAN THE AREA UNDER THE JIG COMPARTMENT OF THE TIPPLE FOR REPAIR WORK WHEN HE FINISHED HE JUMPED FROM THE TOP OF A RAILING AROUND THE DRAG TANK TO THE CATWALK WHEN H E LANDED ON THE CATWALK IT GAVE WAY AND HE FELL FIFTEEN FEET TO THE CEMENT FLOOR BELOW
U KNEE TWISTED AS HE LANDED ON THE LOOSE GRAVEL IN THE BOTTOM OF THE DITCH
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A WATER CATCH BASIN ELEVATED APP ONE FOOT AS HE STEPPPED TO THE FLOOR LEVEL THE MUSCLES JUST BELOW THE LEFT KNEE PULLED
EMPL DISMOUNTING FROM BULLDOZER,...STEPPED ON PUSHARM WHICH WAS SLIPPERY AND COVERED WITH MUD,SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON LEFT SIDE OF HIP.