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EE was walking up the belt line when he slipped and hurt his right shoulder trying to stop his fall.
The employee was shoveling coal fines away from the rib when he slipped on the wet floor and hurt his back.
The employee was dropping miner cable off of the hangers. As he lifted the cable off the hangers, he slipped and fell back onto his elbow.
The employee was walking. He slipped and fell on a wet rock. He attempted to catch himself and injured his right shoulder.
The employee was stepping through a Kennedy mandoor and as he shifted his weight through the door, his foot slipped on the wet surface and he twisted his knee.
While carrying a bottle of compressed oxygen into the beltline, the employee slipped and fell and the bottle landed on right hand and wrist. This caused a contusion to his wrist and he was not allowed to return to work for two days.
EE WAS GETTING VENT TUBES SO HE COULD ADVANCE VENTILATION IN THE FACE WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL, THUS HURTING HIS BACK.
The employee was washing the feeder breaker. He started to wash it off from the outby end of the feeder. The hose was pulling ?hard? but not stopped. He continued to pull the hose and wash, when the hose came free and employee lost his balance and he slipped on the wet floor. As he fell, his right ankle rolled under him.
A bundle of roof screens were leaned up against the rib. ee was retreving one screen when the bumple fell over and knocked ee down to the ground resulting in a broken wrist on his left hand.
As ee stepped off the walkway of the roof bolter, when he stepped on the mine floor his foot slipped, he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
Employee was removing vent tubes when he twisted his ankle.
Was climbing over pan line, his foot got tangled in some hoses and he fell in pan and landed on a flight on his back.
While walking across a cement pad to a surface belt transfer pad, individual stepped on uneven area of the cement and twisted right ankle. Seen by Dr and treated for sprain and was not allowed to return to work for three days.
EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE CONVEYOR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE CAUGHT HIS FALL WITH HIS ARMS. HIS LEFT ARM WAS DISLOCATED AT THE SHOULDER.
INDIVIDUAL HAD JUST GOT OUT OF UNDERGROUND TRUCK AND STARTED TO WALK TOWARDS FACE AREA, SLIPPED ON SOME ICE ON THE FROZEN MINE FLOOR AND TWISTED RT KNEE. INDIVIDUAL DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTI L 12/10/03 WHEN KNEE BECAME VERY SWOLLEN. DOCTOR TREATED SWELLING WITH MEDICATION AND KEPT OFF WORK 5 DAYS.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE BACK OF HIS SERVICE TRUCK AND LOST HIS BALANCE.
INDIVIDUAL INITIALLY HURT KNEE BY TWISTING IT WHILE PULLING ON LONGWALL FACE. ON 5-22-03 WHILE WALKING, INDIVIDUAL TURNED AND KNEE GAVE OUT AND LOCKED UP. SAW DOCTOR AND DOCTOR FELT SOME SCAR TISSUE WAS IN THE JOINT OF KNEE AND WOULD REQUIRE SURGERY TO REPAIR.
WHILE WALKING IN THE BLEEDER ENTRY, SLIPPED AND FELL ON TO RIGHT KNEE. THIS CAUSED A SMALL CHIP FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP.
LOST FOOTING ON SLICK FLOOR FALLING & TWISTED SHOULDER (LEFT)
WHILE REMOVING A WHEEL BLOCK FROM BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. THE INDIVIDUAL SQUATTED DOWN & GRABBED THE BLOCK AND SLIPPED ON SOME ICE FALLING ON LEFT SIDE. THE EE LANDED ON LT. HIP AND LT. SHOULDER, CAUSING BRUISE AND STRAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER AND QUESTION OF TORN ROTATOR CUFF.
THIS EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON AN ACCESS DOOR PROVIDED FOR THE CRUSHER WHEN HE FELL THROUGH A HOLE IN THE FLOOR CREATED WHEN A SECTION OF FLOORING WAS REMOVED TO SHOVEL COAL INTO THE LOADER BUCKET. HE FELL INTO THE LOADER BUCKET.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE A LENGTH OF 1" WATER HOSE TO A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. THE HOSE WAS STUCK AROUND A CORNER SO HE PULLED HARD ON THE HOSE. HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE HOSE AND H E FELL BACKWARDS AND HIS LEFT LEG WAS UNDER HIS BODY AS HE FELL. THE FALL BROKE THE TIBIA AND FIBIA OF HIS LEFT LEG.
THE EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE GREH 1 SKIP LOADER AND HE STEPPED ON THE LOAD HE WAS CARRING ONT HE FORLES. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A RESIN BOX AND HE FELL STRIKING HIS BACK ONT HE FRAME WORK FOR TH E FORKS.
MAN JUMPED OFF BELT & LANDED ON A CHUNK OF COAL APPARENTLY 2' FROM BELT TO GROUND
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON WET SLICK FLOOR, SLIPPED ON UNEVEN SURFACE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. EMPLOYEE FILED ACCIDENT ON 2-19-01, BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 3-13-01. DOCTOR DIAGNOSED POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO KNEE THAT MAY REQUIRE SURGERYEMPLOYEE HAS NOT MISSED WORK AT THIS TIME.
INDUVIDUAL WAS LOADING PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON LOW BOY TRACTOR TRAILER. HE WAS PUTTING ON THE TIE DOWN STRAPS, WHEN HE STEPPED OFF OF TRAILER TO GROUND ABOUT 18" CAUGHT SIDE OF RIGHT LOWER LEG O N SMALL OUT RIGGER THAT WAS STICKING OUT PUT RIGGER IS 16" LONG AND 12" HIGH USED FOR HOLDING BOARDS. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION TO THE SIDE OF RIGHT LOWER LEG REQUIRING STITCHES.
WHILE EXITING A SKID STEER LOADER, CAUGHT FOOT ON BUCKET EDGE AND TRIPPED AND FELL CATCHING THEMSELF ON RIGHT HAND. HE SAW DOCTOR ON 9-7-00 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PAIN IN HIS RIGHT WRIST, AND A POSSIBLE FRACTURE.
WHILE HANGING THE ROOF BOLTER CABLE, STEPPED ON PIECE OF COAL TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE AND KNEE. SAW DOCTOR FOR KNEE PAIN 9/6/00 DIAGNOSED CARTILEGE TEAR IN KNEE (RT). SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY 9/13/0 0.
WHILE REMOVING THE NAIL THAT WAS HOLDING THE DRILL BIT ON THE DRILL STEEL, HE SLIPPED WITH HIS HAND TOOL (DIKES) AND STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE MOUTH. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION TO HIS LOWER RIGHT L IP REQUIRING 5 SUTURES.
WHILE GETTING OUT OF EQUIPMENT, EE'S FOOT GOT CAUGHT CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL, INJURING RIGHT SHOULDER.
WHILE PUTTING ROOF BOLTS IN A NEW OVER CAST. THE INDIVIDUAL STOOD UP ON THE SIDE. OF THE ROOF BOOLTER STORAGE DOCK. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ONTO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTER'S STO RAGE DECK. THIS BRUISED HIS RIGHT RIBS REQUIRINGA RIB BELT AND MEDICATION.