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EMP WAS COMING DOWN A LADDER WHEN THE LADDER KICKED OUT. EMP FELL 9 FEET, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT SIDE AND HURTING HIS RIGHT ARM AND WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS REACHINAG OVERHEAD TO UNHOOK A CHAIN. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE BEAM HE WAS STANDING ON WHICH WAS ON THE GROUND. HE STRUCK HIS LEFT SHIN ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON & RECEIVED A LACER ATION. 5 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT OF A RECLAIM TUNNEL TO GET A WRENCH AND SHE FELL INTO A SUMP HOLE INJURING BOTH HER KNEES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO DISCEND A VERTICAL LADDER HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON & FELL 4FT TO CATWALK BELOW
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF THE BASE PLATE OF A 250 HP MOTOR HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HIS UPPER BACK ON A PIPE
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL AND INJURED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON 03-30-93.HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR BUT NO TREATMENT WAS GIVEN.IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT HE HAD TORN CARTILAGE.HE WAS OPERATED ON 05-23-94. THE FIRST DAY OF WORK MISSED WAS 05- 20-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON A METAL BOX WHICH WAS SULPENDED APPROX. 3" FROM THE FLOOR USING AN ELECTRIC CHAIN HOIST. HE WAS USING HIS HANDS AND RIGHT FOOT TO ROTATH THE BOX. HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING SOME PICTURES & STEPPED IN A HOLE STRAINING HIS LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE DRAGLINE. HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON WALK BOX AND SLID DOWN LADDER, HITTING RIGHT RIBS ON DOOR HANDLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A D-10 DOZER. HE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER TO GET ANOTHER TOOL. AS HE EAS DISMOUNTING, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND HE JUMPED FROM TEH DOZER TRACK TO THE GROUND, INJURING HIS KN EE. HEIGHT APPROX. 31/2 FT TO 4 FT HIGH.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A R-85 TRUCK AND THE BOTTOM STEP WAS BROKE. HE FORGET ABOUT BOTTOM STEP BEING BROKE. HE STEPPED DOWN AND HIT THE GROUND JARRING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHASOING PIGEONS OUT OF AN OLD GOB BIN.HE FELL THROUGH A HOLE IN THE CATWALK.THE EMPLOYEE HAD NO REASON TO BE IN THE AREA.THE BIN IS ABANDONED AND HAS NOT BEEN USED SINCE 1985.
EMPL WAS WALKING ACROSS PREP PLANT FLOOR FLOOR WAS WET EMPL SLIPPED & FELL.
EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG WENT THRO7UGH A HOLE IN CATWALK AT NO. 2 PLANT. THIS RESULTED IN A AND THE EMPLOYEEE WORKED WITH THE SCHEDULED HERNIA OPERATION ON 2-10-89. 2-10-89 WAS THE FIRST DAY HE M ISSED WORKED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO JERK HIS BACK.
EMPL WAS MOUNTING HIS DOZER SLIPPED AND FELL
STEPPED IN DRAI3AGE DITCH IN #2 PLANT & AGGRAVATED PREVIOUS INJURY TO B ACK.
INJURED WAS ENT9RING THE CAB OF A CATERPILLAR 9 88 END LOADER. HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE DOOR FRAME
EMP WAS CLIMBING THE OUTSIDE OF A COAL BIN TO INSPECT THE INSIDE HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 10\ TO THE GROUND, BREAKING HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND LEFT KNEE AND TEARING LIGAMENTS IN KNEE