Employee was climbing down step ladder and slipped off second step causing EE to loose EE's balance, fell stumbled backwards and hit EE's head on the bumper of EE's truck causing a cut that required stitches.
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Showing 50 of 81Employee was entering cab of dozer and didn't see that floor board was missing. Employee's foot went in the hole and employee caught right side of rib cage against steering clutches.
Stepping down off Highwall Miner and twisted knee
Employee was walking across parking lot and slipped on the ice landing on their shoulder. Continued to work until 2/24/22 when EE informed me of the accident and that it was not getting any better. I instructed EE to go to hospital and they found that EE had a cracked shoulder bone.
Employee was walking in parking lot and slipped on the ice. Employee fell on arm, continued to work until 3/16, elbow was not healing so they put employee on Restrictive duty.
EE was climbing down a step ladder and turned to put EE's foot on ground and felt EE's knee pop.
Employee was hooking up a suction hose to water pump and slipped in the mud causing employee to twist knee.
EE was carrying a piece of roof screen beside the roof bolter. EE lost footing and twisted knee.
EE was standing on a D-11 Track pulling on a Hydraulic hose that is on a hose reel on our lube truck, when EE pulled on it the reel did not lock in place and it jerked the hose back and caused the EE to lose balance and slip and fall onto the push arm. Received 4 cracked ribs.
Employee was stepping down off a tractor and missed the step causing him to slip and twist his ankle.
Employee was climbing up on his rock truck and slipped and fell.
Employee was walking across the parking lot and slipped on ice spraining his ankle.
Employee was stepping off a D-6 push arm and slipped on ice causing him to fall about 2 feet to the ground. Employee suffered a hairline fracture in his wrist.
Employee was getting into his dozer and slipped causing the door to slam shut on the very tip of his middle finger breaking it.
Employee was changing oil filters on his loader and slipped and fell injuring his arm. He fell 38 inches to the ground.
EE was in a hurry to get fire extinguisher from in back of his cab and slipped and fell from the cat walk. EE landed on his foot breaking bones in his ankle.
Employee was climbing back into the pickup truck after checking water pump and slipped getting in. When he slipped he shut the door on the tip of his middle finger and broke it. It was raining and muddy.
Employee was climbing down the ladder of a 988F loader and slipped on the last step. Employee did not fall but twisted his shoulder when he slipped.
Employee was climbing up ladder of Rock truck, he had mud on his feet and slipped and twisted his back.
Employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell.
Employee was clearing debris off highwall miner beams and slipped and twisted his knee.
Employee was standing on a ladder using a sledge beating a pin out of a hoe bucket when the pin came out and knocked the ladder out from under him. He fell on his side hurting his ribs.
Employee was mounting a D11T dozer. He was on the push arm and reached for the hand hold on the side of dozer and missed. Employee fell and hurt his back and ribs.
Employee was walking across a muddy spoil bank to get to a water pump and slipped and twisted his knee
Employee was standing on the track of a D-9L dozer and turned to get back into the cab when he lost his footing, he grabbed the hand rail but turned wrong and pulled a muscle in his back.
Employee climbed down on a step ladder and when he got to the last step he stepped down onto uneven ground under the last step and hyper extended his right knee. Tore a tendon behind the knee cap.
Employee had just finished his shift and had parked the cat scraper he was operating. As he stepped down off the last step his foot got hung up in the last strap causing him to stagger back twisting his right knee.
The associate stepped onto the cantilever platform next to the conveyor structure the expanded metal grating gave way and the associate fell to the ground.
Party climbed out of a vehicle & as he started walking he stepped on some frozen ground that gave way with him causing him to roll his right ankle. It was a severe sprain.
Employee was replacing teeth on a 992 loader, he was carrying one over to the loader and slipped and fell hitting his shoulder on the ground. He has worked with a pain in his shoulder, now he has decided to have it repaired. Doctors have told him that he has a small tear in his rotator cuff.
Employee was climbing down the ladder of a 365 Trac-Hoe and lost his footing. He fell approximately 4 feet to the ground injuring his back.
Party had got of his truck at the start of the shift to put a 6" pump line back together. It was down in the twenties temperature wise over night. The water on the ground froze. As he went to put it back together he slipped and fell injuring his toe.
Party was climbing down his haul truck. When he got to the last step to step down, his foot got caught causing him to fall backward on the ground with his foot still caught.
EE was preforming inventory at our warehouse and was walking across a deck plate that is used to unload semi trucks when she stumbled and fell.
Party was climbing down off dozer to check something, when he stepped down his foot slipped and he fell, holding onto the dozer with his left arm.
Employee was climbing onto his D11 dozer and slipped and fell spraining his left hand.
Party was standing on the racks of a 475 Komatsu bull dozer replacing cylinder blade when he slips and fell off the dozer striking his right lower leg against the dozer requiring 11 stitches.
Party had just put water in water truck and was walking to get on water truck when he turned and heard his right knee pop. Started feeling pain soon after this.
Party was climbing the Cat 657E scraper on the rear. He was in the process of starting the rear engine when he fell off the Cat 657E scraper.
EE was walking to his Front end loader and stepped in a small hole and twisted his knee. He worked the next day but decieded to take the 10th off to go to the doctor for an xray
Employee opened the door of his D11 dozer and stepped out onto the deck, he straddled the door to retrieve an air hose that was attached to the cab. The hose had been used for repairs. He went to throw the hose off and lost his grip and fell. He suffered a broken arm.
EE was taking off his coveralls when he slipped on the ice and pulled a muscle in his back.
EE was cleaning the tracks on his cat hoe, when he stepped on a rock and fell, landing on a rock. He cracked a rib.
Employee was climbing onto a D11 Dozer. He was stepping over from push arm to tracks and slipped and fell onto tracks. Went for xrays. Had a bruise on his rib cage.
Injured party was pushing rock in the shot, when he turned around to back up & turned back around he saw flames shoot out on both sides of the engine compartment on the tractor. Party exited the dozer & jumped off.
EE was fueling a rock truck at the end of his shift and stumbled over the hose and twisted his knee. He worked the rest of that week, and all of the next week, but on Monday morning of the 23rd he said he had to go have it looked at.
Employee was standing on the stinger of a 657 scrapper power washing. The hose of the power washer become tangled under the tire of the pan and EE pulled on it. When it came loose it caused him to lose his balance and fall backwards about 4'6".
Employee was climbing onto Trac Hoe and slipped. He cut his leg on the track. He received 5 stitches.
Correction to E- Document 781351 EE was to report to work on Thursday night , but was unable to because his knee was bruised from previous days Accident.
Employee jumped from his mechanic's truck to put a fire out and when he returned to his truck he noticed his knee was hurting. He went to his doctor and his doctor told him to be off for 2 weeks.