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Employee was working off of a ladder and his boots were muddy causing him to lose traction and slip. He fell off of the ladder and landed on his elbow resulting in two fractured bones.
Walking to mine office, slipped and fell on ice.
Employee was exiting a 930 loader, when he lost his footing and fell off of the steps to the ground, landing on his right knee and bending it back under his body.
EE was pulling belt with channel locks and changed locks, slipped and EE fell into rib and hurt right shoulder. EE had to have surgery on 12/8/08. Returned to work on light duty 12/9/08.
Employee was pulling on a water hose, when he slipped and fell, striking a three wheel mantrip with his jaw and knocked an upper rear tooth out.
Employee was carrying parts from the supply house when he slipped and fell down a set of steps breaking the small bone in his left arm. He was assigned to another job on a temporary basis.
Employee was walking and slipped and twisted her right ankle. The ankle x-ray showed a fracture.
Utility man was walking from parking lot to the supply yard storage trailer when he slipped on the gravel and twisted his left ankle. He continued to work until 8/7/08 when he was diagnosed with a fractured metatarsal bone in his left foot.
While cutting a piece of belt to make a splice, the utility knife blade came out of the knife, causing EE to fall forward. When EE attempted to catch himself, he accidentally fell forward on the knife blade that was still stuck in the belt, lacerating his left hand which required several sutures. This is to report medical treatment only.
On July 9, 2008 an employee was crossing the conveyor chain on the miner when he slipped and twisted his right knee. Due to complications the employee started missing work on October 10, 2008.
Employee slipped and fell in muddy conditions resulting in a fracture to a bone in his right hand.
An employee of Superior Steam Cleaning & Sandblasting was on a small section of roof. He was removing sheeting on the side of East Gulf Prep Plant. As he was tying off his safety harness he slipped and fell though a skylight. He fell and cut his head on the right side.
Lost footing in mud and fell. One foot was too deep and didn't give when fell.
The injured was walking around the bucket of the parked endloader in order to get in the machine when his right foot slipped on a patch of ice in the roadway and his left foot remained stationary. This caused his left foot/leg to twist and resulted in his full body weight to shift to his left foot/leg causing a fracture just above the ankle.
Employee was carrying a bag of rock dust when he slipped and fell to the mine floor, hitting on his right hip, knee, and thigh. Due to complications He started missing work on January 21, 2008.
While crossing the belt at the #2 tailpiece employee's right foot slipped off the tailpiece causing him to twist his right knee. He continued to work until the day of his surgery.
Employee was pulling a water hose down a set of steps in the sample building when he slipped and fell hitting the steps with his butt. Due to complications he started missing work on August 14, 2007.
Employee slipped and fell as he was walking around the bridge unit, hitting on his left arm and shoulder. Left arm was diagnosed as broken.
Employee was exiting the thickener site and five steps from the ground he slipped and fell on his rear and rolled to the ground causing a deep bruise to his tail bone.
Employee was greasing and tripped and fell face first to the ground catching himself with his hands. Employee complaining of lower back pain.
While walking in the haul road entry of the 3 Section construction area the injured stepped into a hole and twisted his right ankle causing him to fall with his full weight resting on his ankle. The area was wet and muddy.
Employee was starting the equipment and as he exited a dozer he slipped on the push bar and fell to the ground approximately 2.5 feet. The condition was cold, icy, and snowy. This is a revised submittal.
Employee stepped over a roof bolter cable and knee gave away.
Employee was installing a belt wiper. He slipped catching himself, but striking his right shoulder - breaking his right clavical.
The HWM electrician developed pain in his lower back after his right foot slipped as he stepped into the power head area of the Superior High Wall Miner. He finished his shift and started off on 09/24/06.
Employee was moving miner cable when he fell on wet mine floor and landed on his back.
The employee was walking across a floor that was being prepared for concrete, he tripped on the reinforcing wire mesh. The trip caused him to fall striking his knee on a metal curb - requiring 6 sutures.
A piece of rock fell hitting employee in back and knocked him into the bolter as he was on his knees bolting top causing laceration to forehead. Sutures involved.
He was making a belt splice when a belt clamp came loose and as he fell he was struck in the head. Later in the shift he started having back pain.
Employee was cutting belt with a knife when he fell and accidentally cut his right thigh. Wound required staples to close.
Employee was climbing down from belt crossover at No. 5 drive and his foot slipped. This is being reported to abate violation No. 7436824