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EE WAS PULLING A CURTAIN DOWN WHEN THE LADDER FELL OVER CAUSING EE TO FALL ON HIS LEFT FOREARM.
EMP WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER FORM THE GOB TRUCKS OPERATOR COMPARTMENT. FOOT SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND TWIST HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
THIS WAS THE EE'S 1ST SHIFT BACK FROM A NON WORKRELATED INJURY TO HIS ANKLE. HE HAD BEEN OFF FROM WORK SEVERAL MONTHS. HE ALLEGES THAT HE WENT THROUGH A MAN DOOR & STEPPED ON A TIMBER & TWISTE D HIS ANKLE. INJURING THE ANKLE AGAIN. HE LEFT WORK NOT REPORTING INJURY UNTIL MUCH LATER.
EMP WAS LOADING ROCKDUST BAGS. LOST HER FOOTING,FELL ON ROOF BOLT AND CONCRETE BLOCKS AND SPRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMP WAS STEPPING FROM A CONVEYOR TAILPIECE TO THE GROUND. FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE. ACCIDENT RESULTED IN SPRAINED LIGAMENT.
EE WAS WALKING AROUND A SHUTTLE CAR TO MAKE REPAIRS. HIS FOOT BECAME ENTANGLED IN A PIECE OF VENTILATION CURTAIN. THE CURTAIN CUASED HIM TO FALL. HE TRIED TO BREAK HIS FALL BY STICKING OUT HIM ARM. IN DOING SO HE SUPPERED A DISLOCATED SHOULDER AND STRAINED LEGAMENTS.
EE WAS GOING DOWN SOME STEPS AT PLANT 2 WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON BARGE TO INSPECT CHUTE. FELL FROM LADDER AND INJURED LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEP LADDER TO HANG BACK-UP CURTAIN. HE FELL OFF LADDER AND INJURED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS HELPING HANG A CONTINUOUS MINER TRAILING CABLE. AS HE PULLED ON THE CABLE HIS FOOTING SLIPPED BECAUSE OF MUDDY CONDITION. HE FELL BACKWARD LANDING ON HIS TAIL. HE SUFFERED A BRUISED TAI LBONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING DOWN THE STEPS OF A FUEL SERVICE TRUCK. WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EE WAS OFF LOADING ROOF BOLTING SUPPLIES FROM A SCOOP ONTO A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. HE SLIPPED ON THE UNEVEN MINE FLOOR. HE SUSTAINED A KNEE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BAG OF ROCK DUST TO THE CONVEYOR BELTDRIVE. HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR. HE STRAINED HIS BACK AND NECK.
INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN FRONT SIDE OF SLOPE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL ON THE CATWALK AND FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD AGAINST ROLLER FRAME.
AFTER COMPLETING A SERVICE JOB ON A DOZER THE MINER WAS STOPPING DOWN TO THE GROUND WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REFUELING A HIGHWALL DRILL. THE FUEL HOSE CAME LOOSE FROM THE FUEL NOZZLE. HE JUMPED FROM THE DRILL DECK TO THE GROUND TO STOP THE FLOW OF FUEL. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE AFTER HE JUMPED. 3 1/2-4 FT.
EE TWISTED BACK WHILE WALKING RETURN AIRCOURSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN TO THE GROUND FROM THE SERVICE TRUCK. THE GROUND WAS NOT LEVEL & HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS AT THE THICKENER TANK. HE STEPPED ONTO A PATCH OF ICE AND SLIPPED AND FELL. AS A RESULT OF THE FALL HE FRACTURED A BONE IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
WHILE INJURED WAS STEPPING OFF MINER,HE STEPPED ON ROCK,SLIPPED, AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS KNEE ABOUT A MONTH AGO BUT DID NOT REPORT IT TO ANYONE. HE STATED HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF A 777 CAT TRUCK WHEN HE HURT HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE WENT TO TH E EMERGENCY ROOM ON 12/27/94 AND WAS X-RAYED AND GIVEN A BRACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON RUBBER RAIL TRAILER AND WAS STACKING CONCRETE BLOCKS FOR BRATTICE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT LEG.
EE HAD BEEN MAKING REPAIRS ON THE AUTOMATIC SAMPLER. HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS FROM THE SAMPLER WHEN HE ALLEGES A STEP BROKE LOOSE ON SIDE CAUSING HIM TO HIS HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE RAIL . HIS KNEE WAS BRUISED.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING OVER TO ASSIST ANOTEHREMPLOYEE HE STEPPED DOWN INTO A RESCESSED AREA IN CONCRETE & TURNED HIS ANKLE.
EE TRIPPED OVER CABLE AND HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD ON A LARGE ROCK AND BROKE HIS JAW.
EE WAS WALKING THRU A X CUT AND TRIPPED, FELL AND HIT HIS BACK ON HIS SELF RESCUER.
AFTER MAKING UP A HOSE, THE INJURED EMPLOYEE FELL AS HE WAS LEAVING HT EHOSE TRAILER.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN AROUND TO GO BACK TO HER SIGN-IN PAD & TWISTED HER LEFT ANKLE
EE WAS STANDING ON TOP DECK OF TWO STAGE WORK PLATFORM PUSHING PLATFORM TO ONE SIDE OF CIRCULAR SHAFT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. 15' TO SHAFT BOTTOM--HE RECEIVED SCRAPEDS & BRUISESTO HIS LEFT SIDE AND SWILLING & BRUISES TO HIS LOWER LEFT LEG.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF BUS SLIPPED & HIT LEFT KNEE ON TRACK
WHILE WALKING BACKWARDS EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A SLICK ROCK STUMBLED JARRING LOWER BACK
WHILE MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY EE TRIPPED ON A PIECE OF ROCK TWISTING BACK.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE BED OF THE GENERATOR TRUCK AT THE FRONT DOOR END INSTEAD OF THE OTHER END WHERE THE LADDER WAS, HE TRIED TO STEP DOWN BY GRABBING HOLD OF THE MIRROR WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL.
EE WAS WORKING IN THE RAIL RECEIVING AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RT ARM AND PULLED MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF PIPE STATES HE SLIPED & SAT DOWN HARD
EE SLIPPED ON A FLAT WET ROCK & HURT HIS RIBS
HE STEPPED OUT OF BUS AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE OIL RETURN ON THE ABELSLURRY PUMP. HE CHECKED ONE SIDE AND STARTED ACROSS TO CHECK THE OTHER SIDE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING THE CATWALK. HE BRUISED THE LEF T RIB CAGE AND ARM.
EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF SCOOP & TWISTED HIS KNEE
WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO RAIN OFF AND ON HAD MADE THE GROUND MUDDY AND SLICK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE TRACKS CHECKING THE ENGINE OIL IN A D-10 DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, STRIKING HIS ARM ON THE TRACK. HE FRACTURED HIS RIGHT ARM BELOW THE ELBOW AND ABOVE THE WRIST.
EE WAS WALKING FROM BATHHOUSE TO PARKING LOT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A LIENCURTAIN. THE AREA WAS USUSUALLY HIGH AND REQUIRED HIM TO STAND ON THE SCHOOP TO REACH THE ROOF. HIS BOOTS WERE COVERED WITH MUD WHICH CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND FALL .
WHILE DESCENDING THE STAIRS AT THE FOREMAN'S TRAILER AT THE MINE SITE, HE SLIPPED ON ICE & FELL THUS INJURING HIMSELF.
EE WAS WALKING AROUND SCOOP AND LOST HIS FOOTING ON A CRIB BLOCK HURTING HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPEDON AN ICE SPOT ON THE FLOOR OF THE PREP PLANT.
INJURED WAS CLIMBING UP THE DOZER THAT HE WAS GOING TO OPERATE. HIS BOOTS WEE COVERED WITH MUD. AS HE STEPPED ONTO THE DOZER TRACK HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND LSIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND BELO W. HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND DISLOCATED IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP PIPE HANGERS & HE SLIPPED ON THE STAIRS AS HE WAS GOING DOWN TO THE DISK FILTER HE SLIPPED DOWN SEVERAL STEPS INJURING HIS LOER BACK &/OR BUTTOCKS
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING 4 OTHER MEN IN PICKING UPAND CARRYING A FORM JACK HE STUMBLED AND STRUCK OPEN MOUTH AGAINST JACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST ANDING ON THE TRACKS OF A D9N DOZER WHILE MAKING REPAIRS HIS FOOTING SLIPPED & HE FELL TO THE GROUND (3FT) HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF BY STICKING HIS HAND OUT TRYING TO GRAB HIS TRUCKS TOOL BOX LID PUNCTURED HIS HAND STICHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH JACKLEG DRILL. HE SLIPPED ON THE INVERT, FELL TO FOOT LEVEL, LANDING ON THE GROUND. THE DRILL LANDED ON HIS LEFT HAND.