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EXAMINING SOUTH BELT SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM TWISTED BACK
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS OVER A CABLE ATTACHED OT MUD-CAT MACHINE. LANDED ON HIS BACK INJURING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EE WAS ASSISTING IN REMOVING BELT FROM THE MINE A PIECE OF BELT FLIPPED OVER AND HIT THE EE THE EE FELL BACKWARDS TO THE MINE FLOOR LANDING ON HIS CAP LAMP BATTERY.
AFTER GETTING OFF TRACK JEEP AND STANDING UP, EMPLOYEE BEGAN EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN. PAIN INCREASED IN INTENSITY AFTER STANDING UP AND WALKING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
AFTER EATING LUNCH IN THE OFFICE BUILDING BREEZEWAY THIS EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BACK TO THE SCREENHOUSE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS TAILBONE.EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS X-RAY
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 4FT ROOF BOLTS ONTO A BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS RT KNEE AGAINST THE BACK BUMPER OF THE ROOF BOLTER
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF A SEAT ON A TRACK JEEP. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN ON UNEVEN BOTTOM TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.INCIDENT REPORTED ON MARCH 11, 1992.
EE WAS ACCOMPANING FEDERAL INSPECTOR ON A WALK ALONG INSPECTION WHEN HE TWISTED AND FELL WHILE WALKING OVER LARGE BALLAST CAUSING A TORN LIGAMENT TO THE RIGHT KNEE.
EMPL WALKING DOWN STEPS IN SUPPLY HOUSE WHILE CARRYING A PIECE OF CABLE.EMPL THOUGHT FEET BECAME TANGLED IN CABLE AND HE FELL DOWN 6 STEPS TO CONCRETE FLOOR.STRUCK HEAD ON A ROTO-BIN AND RIGHT SHOULDER ON STAIR RAIL AND FLOOR.HAD PAIN IN SHOULDER AND NECK.
EMPL WAS ROOF BOLTING.A DRILL STEEL GOT STUCK IN THE ROOF.TRIED TO RETRIEVE THE STEEL,SLIPPED AND HIS RIGHT HAND LANDED ON DRILL HEAD.AT THIS TIME THE STUCK DRILL STEEL FELL OUT STRIKING RIGHT LITTLE FINGER CAUSING FRACTURE.
GETTING IN SCOOP SLIPPED LANDED ON SEAT OF SCOOP INFLAMATION TO R TESTICLE
CHANGING PROP, TIGHTENING FITTING KNEE PADS SLIPPED ON METAL STRAIN TO LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO TURN BELT DRIVES ON WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
WHILE LOWERING THE BATTERY FROMT HE DECK OF THE DREDGE INTO THE ROW BOAT, THE INJURED EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ONT HE DECK OF THE DREDGE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
PULLING MINER CABLE OUT OF MUD SLIPPED FALLING AGAINST MINER BRUISED LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER,AFTER HELPING TO COMPLETE REAPIRS CARRYING HAND DRILL.EMPLOYEE WAS LEANING ON LADDER CAGE BETWEEN STEPS;DID NOT NOTICE THERE WAS NO CAGE AT BOTTOM OF LADDER.EMPL OEYE LEANED BACK,LOST HIS GRIP AND FELL.
GOING DOWN RAMP WITH SUPPLIES ON DOLLY IN TRIPPED AND STUBBED TOE ON DOLLY
WHILE GETTING OFF THE CONTINUOUS MINER TO MOVE TRIALING CABLE & WATERLINE, INJURED EMPLOYEE TIPPED OVER PIECE FO ROCK & TWISTED KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF A SCOOP THAT HAD BEEN WASHED DOWN AND SLIPPERY. HE SLIPPED IN TIGHT QUARTERS AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON FRAME OF SCOOP CAUSING A BRUISE.
WALKING UNDER BELT SLIPPED AND TWISTED R KNEE
WALKING DOWN STEEP EMBANKMENT ON RIP RAP SLIPPED &JARRED BACK WHILE ACQUIRING A WATER SAMPLE
EMPLOYEE MAN ASSIGNED TO REPLACE SOME RUSTED DOORS THAT COVERED A BIN ON THE PLANT FLOOR. EMPLOYEE DOES NOT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED BUT THINKS HE WAS ON HIS KNEES AND LEANED ONTO THE DOOR ADN FELL THROUGH INTO THE BIN. EMPLOYEE HAND LACERATION OF FOREHEAD, PAIN IN RIGHT FOREARM, RIGHT LEG, LOWER BACK AND NECK.
GETTING OUT MOTOR SLIPPED AND STRUCK R AHND ON ROOF RAIL
WALKING TO FEEDER SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS NEAR TAILPIECE.
EMPL WAS STANDING ON STEPLADDER WITH BACK AGAINT 3" WATERLINE. BOLT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN BROKE & HE FELL BACK OVER WATERLINE FALLING INTO REFUSE FILTER FEED TROUGH STRIKING HEAD & LOWER BACK.
GETTING THE ROCK DUST FROM CAR HE SLIPPED AND BUMPED THE CAR WITH L SIDE OF BODY
WHILE WALKING ALONG TRACK, INJURED EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG THE BELT WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE CAUSING STRETCHED LIGAMENTS.
EE WAS TRANS FERRING CHANNELS FROM A SUPPLY CAR TO SCOOP WHEN HIS FOOT STRUCK IN THE MUD AND WHILE TURNING TO PUT THE CHANNELS ON THE SCOOP HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF 3 WHEELER WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND BENT BACKWARDS CAUSING A STRAIN AND SWELLING TO THE BACK OF THE LEFT KNEE.
THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE WALKING ONT HE CONCRETE SLOPE DECK TAHT WAS WET FROM BEING WASHED WITH WATER.
EE WAS WALKING ALONG A BELT LINE WHEN HE SLIPPED IN MUD CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK LEFT SIDE.
THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE EXAMINING THE SLOPE BELT, NEAR THE TOP THERE WAS WATER PRESENT. THIS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL. WHILE FALLING HE TWISTED FALLING ON HIS HIP AND BACK.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF A P 242 HE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE CAP ON THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE CAUSING ABRUISE.
PULLING ROCK DUST HOSE FELL DOWN STEPS
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN THE LADDER, HE LOST HIS FOOTING. CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO TWIST AND HIT HIS TAILBONE AGAINST THE METAL LADDER. PAIN IN TAIL BONE. MEDICAL ONLY STARTING 11-14-90.
WHILE CRAWLING ON THE BOTTOM, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED CAUSING STRETCHED CARTLIDGE TO THE LEFT KNEE.
WHILE PERFORMING WORK THAT REQUIRED THE USE OF A LADDER THE EMPLOYEE FELL A SHORT DISTANCE WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED.
WHILE WALKING AROUND THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE,THE INJURED EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON A WET ROCK AND STRUCK HIS LEFT SIDE ON THE ROOF BOLTER CANOPY.NOTE: FIRST DAY OF WORK MISSED WAS 10-25-90.
WHILE GETTING OUT OF PORTAL BUS, INJURED EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE & GROIN.
CHECKING OUT DRIVE, SLIPPED STRUCK L KNEE ON METAL PLATE
WALKING BACK OF BOLTER SLIPPED AND FELL ON L ANKLE CROSSCUT STEEP WITH SOME WATER ON BOTTOM
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT DIVERSION VALVE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARD AND LAND ON A ROCK CAUSING PAIN IN THE TAILBONE.
ROOF BOLTING AND SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPL WAS WALKING ALONG BELT LINE LOOKING FOR SPLICES WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM EXPERIENCING PAIN IN LEFT KNEE & UPPER BACK.
WHILE ROCK DUSTING ALONG CONURY ON BELT, THE INJURED EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER A DROP OFF ON MIEN FLOOR AND STRUCK SHOLDER AGAINST CRIBB BLOCK. WHENT UNDER INVESTIGATION, 7-31-90 WHEN STARTED MIS SING WORK. REPORT LATE UNDER INVESTION.
WALKING BACK TO TAKE TO SCOOP OFF OF THE CHARGER & SLIPPED & HE JARRED HIS LOWER BACK
THE EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A BELT STAND ON AN OVERCAST AND LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF BUS AND TWISTED RIGHT HIP EXPERIENCING DISCOMFORT.
BUILDING CHUTE AT 2 WL DRIVE CARRYING STEEL & STEPPED INTO PILE OF WATERLINE & TWISTED KNEE TO AVOID FALLING.