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EE WAS STANDING IN MUD , TRIED TO STEP OUT AND TWISTED KNEE. EE HAD PRIOR KNEE PROBLEM IN 1997. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 10/12/99.
EE WAS WALKING ALONG TRACKWAY BETWEEN P-4 AND EAST 2 WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE TWISTED.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RUN AS A SURFACE TRANSFORMER FAILED WHEN HIS FEET TRIPPED IN THE LOOSE GRAVEL AND HE FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EE TRIPPED AND FELL AGAINST TRACK ROOF DRILL THAT WAS PARKED IN THE BOTTOM AT ELEVATOR LANDING AS HE ATTEMPTED TO GET OUT OF OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF MANBUS.
EE WAS WALKING WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A CROSS OVER BOARD FALLING AND STRUCK BOTH KNEES AGAINST MINE FLOOR.
EE WAS SHOVELING LOOSSE COAL, MUD AT 40 NO. 1 DISCHARGE HEADER WHEN HER FEET SLIPPED AND HER RIGHT ANKLE WAS INJURED.
WHILE SHOVELING ON 40 #1 BELT CONVEYOR WHE HER RIGHT LEG GAVE AWAY CAUSING HER TO FALL DOWN INJURING HER LEFT LEG.
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE FACES OF WEST 1 SECTION WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EE WAS WALKING OFF OF SECTION AT END OF SHIFT WITH OTHER CREW MEMBERS WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE. ON ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL INJURING HIS BACK.
EMP WAS CARRYING PARTS TO THE TRACK JEEP PARKED AT THE END OF TRACK ON EAST 1 SECTION WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A BAG OF ROCK DUST AND FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE EDGE OF THE JEEP.
EMP AND COWORKERS WERE INSTALLING TRACK RAILS INWEST 1 SECTION. EMP WAS USING A LIFTING JACK TO RAISE RAILS WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED AND SPREADED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON WET MINE FLOOR CAUSING A N INJURY TO HIS GROIN AREA.
EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE WHEN HE TWISTED IT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS SHEAR OPERATOR.
EE WAS LOADING TRASH ONTO SUPPLY JEEP, FROM ALONG TRACK WAY FOR P-4 SECTION WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS MOVING TOOL BOXES WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE ARRIVED FOR WORK AT APPROXIMATELY 11:25PM. AFTER PARKING IN PARKING LOT HE BEGAN WALKING TOWARD BATH HOUSE. WHEN HE STEPPED ON A WOODENCROSSTIE THAT IS USED FOR A LANE DIVIDER. HE TWI STED HIS LEFT ANKLE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE DIVIDER.
EMPLOYEE GOT LEFT FOOT STUCK IN MUD. WHEN SHE PULLED IT OUT SHE TWISTED HER LEFT KNEE AND RIGHT HIP.
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER A COAL PILE WHILE WALKING.
EE WAS PULLING UP PIN CABLE, WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE TOP, CAUSING HIM TO FALL, TWISTINGHIS LEFT ANKLE & HURTING HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON INCLINED MINE BOTTOM AT 40 NO. 1 TAILPIECE WHEN HER FEET SLIPPED AND SHE FELL CAUSING INJURY TO HER BACK.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING ONTO DOZER AND FELL CAUSING HIS RIGHT SIDE TO STRIKE FRAME OF DOZER INJURING RIB CAGE.
EE STEPPED IN HOLE ON SIDE OF TRACK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EE WAS CHECKING THE TOP SURFACE ON TOP OF THE 40 FAULT HILL ARCH WHEN A PIECE OF THE WOOD LAGGING THAT HE WAS STANDING ON BROKE AND HE FELL STRIKING HIS ARM ON A SHARP EDGED ROCK CAUSING A LAC ERATION.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS GETTING OUT OF SCOOP WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE CAUSING AN INJURY.
EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED AS HE WAS STEPPING OFF OF DOZIER. EMPLOYEE GRABBED HAND HOLD TO KEEP FROM STRIKING HEAD AGAINST FRAME CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT ARM.
INJURED WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE THE 4012 TRACK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE CAUSING AN INJURY.EMPLOYEES FIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS 08-30-95.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP TIMBERS SLIPPED ON TRACK & FELL ON ANOTHER TIMBER
EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING OVER A BELT CROSSOVER WHEN IT CAME UP ON THE OFF SIDE. EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF AND HURT HIS LEG.
INJURED AND SEVERAL OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AND MUD FROM UNDER SLOPE CONVEYOR WHEN INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON TO WARN OF SLOPE TRIP BEING LOWERED..INJURED AND SEVERAL OTHER EMPL OYEES BEGAN TO RETREAT.AS THEY WERE WALKING HER FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HER TO TWIST HER KNEE AND ANKLE.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN TE SLOPE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT KNEE, NECK AND BACK.
WHEN CROSSING 40 NO 2 BELT AT SOUTH MAIN NO 1 HEADER, EE TURNED HIS LEFT ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM BELT CROSSOVER ONTO CEMENT BLOCK STEP. CEMENT BLOCK TURNED OVER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON RAM CAR WHEN HE SLIPPED IN OIL, TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE AND BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST RAM CAR. EMP. FIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS O5 \17\95.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF RAM CAR WHEN SHE FELL AND HURT HER LEFT HAND,RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF STEPS ON FORKLIFT AND TURNED TO WALK TO ASSIST CO-WORKER COUPLE MINE CAR WHEN KNEE WAS INJURED. EMPLOYEE'S FIRST WORKDAY LOST WAS 4/23/95.
WHILE UNLOADING GEAR BOX OFF MILL EMPLOYEE CAUGHT TOE AGAINST PALLET ON FLOOR NEXT TO MACHINE AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
SETTING FORM FOR WATER RING, HAD VERY SMALL OPENING TO COME BACK THROUGH FROM INSIDE WATER RING, STRAINED BACK.
EE TWISTED LEFT KNEE & BACK ON UNEVEN BOTTOM
EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF BACK OF TRUCK WHEN TAILGATE OPENED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST RIGHT ANKLE.
INJURED STATED HE TURNED WRONG GETTING OUT OF JEEP AND GOT A CATCH IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS WALKING INTHE SURFACE SHOP NEAR LATHE MACHINE WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED & HE FELL CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RT TEMPLE
EE SLIPPED & TWISTED BACK GETTING OUT OF RAM CAR EMPLOYEES FIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS O9-19-94
EE HAD REFUELED FORLIFT FOLLOWING TRIP TO MATERIAL YARD, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO GET BACK UPON SEAT LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP WITH SHIN STRIKING EDGE OF STEP.
EE WAS WALKING UNDER UNDERPASS AT BOTTOM OF SLOPE CONVEYOR AT ELEVATED CONCRETE LANDING WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL ON BOTH KNEES CAUSING AN INJURY.
INJURED AND SEVERAL OTHER MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING A SET OF VOLTAGE REGULATORS AT THE NO 2 FAN. INJURED WAS ON A PLATFORM PERFORMING WORK WHEN HE TURNED AND LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF THE PLATFORM STRIKING A CHAIN LINK FENCE CAUSING AN INJURY TO HIS BACK. EMPLOYEES FIRSTWORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS 3-18-94.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF RAM CAR TRAILER AT END OF SHIFT WHEN HE STEPPED IN A TIRE "RUT" CAUSING HIS LEFT KNEE TO BE HYPEREXTENDED.
INJURED WAS WALKING WHEN SHE STEPPED IN A RUT THAT HAD BEEN LEFT BY A TIRE PRINT FROM MOBIL EQUIPMENT CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HER RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON EDGE OF CONCRETE SLAB & TWISTED HIS ANKLE & FX FOOT
INJURED WAS WALKIGN WHEN HE STEPPED INA HOLE CAUSING AN INJURY TO HIS LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING TRAILING CABLE OFF OF ROOF DRILL WHEN HE FELL ON MINE FLOOR IN MUD & WATER CASUING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT KNEE. FIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS 10/21/ 93.
BETTY E CUSTARD WAS TRAVELING THE TIGHT SIDE OF 430 CONVEYOR, CARRYING HER WATER JUG. HER BELT OR WATER JUG HUNG SOMETHING AND SHE FELL HITTING HER HEAD AND BACK ON A BELT ROLLER.
EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING ROCK & TWISTED HIS RT KNEE BY STEPPING ON A PIECE OF SCALE ROCK.