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EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO PARTS TRAILER WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL CAUSING HIM TO LAND ON HIS SIDE. EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A CAN UNDER HIS ARM. WHEN HE FELL ON HIS ARM IT PUSHED THE CAN INTO HIS RIBS .
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A HYDRAULIC LINE. WHILE PUSHING THE LINE DOWN THROUGH FROM THE TOP OF THE MACHINE, EMPLOYEE FELL INTO THE MACHINE CAUSING INJURY TO HEAD AND NECK. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN MUS CLE RELAXERS AND AN INFLAMMATORY DRUG.
EE TWISTED FOOT WHILE CLEANING WEIGH SCALES.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON LADDER WHILE DISMOUNTING DOZER AT END OF SHIFT. ALTHOUGH THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED 8-24-90 AND EMPLOYEE MADE A ONE-TIME DIAGNOSTIC VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE HAD NO TIME L OST UNTIL 9-19-90. EMPLOYEE IS NOW SEEING A PHYSDICIAN FOR FURTHER TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXPERIENCING FUEL PRESSURE PROBLEMS WITH HIS LOADER & DECIDED TO CHANGE FUEL FILTERS HE WAS WORKING ON THE REAR BUMPER OF HIS MACHINE WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL APPROX 41/2FT TO THE G ROUND LANDING ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE THE DOCTOR FOUND 2 BROKEN RIBS
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE OIL LEVEL IN THE D10 HE WAS OPERATING.HE SLIPPED ON THE DOZER TRACK,FALLING ON HIS BACK ON TOP OF THE TRACK.NOTE:EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK AND RECEIVED ONLY DIAGNOST IC TREATMENT UNTIL 10-18- AND 10-19 WHEN HE WAS HOSPITALIZED AND IS NOW BEING TREATED FOR A RUPTURED DISK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PLACE A 36" PIPE IN A DITCH AT THE LOADOUT TUNNEL. DIRT FELL FROM ONE SIDE OF THE DITCH. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE TRYING TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE DIRT. HE SLIPPED OF F THE PIPE, TWISTED HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE DITCH.
STEAMING OUT D10 DOZER RADIATIR.SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING INJURY TO RIB CAGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PA3NTING TRUCK SCALES. WHILE PAINTING THE SCALES, EMPLOYEE SLID BY THE SIDE OF THE SCALE & HIT LEFT FOOT ON CEMENT PILLAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS DI8MOUNTING LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF ONE EDGE OF THE LOADER STEPS & HIS KNEE TWISTED
EMPLOYEE WAS GO3NG TO CHECK THE BREAKER WENT TO CLIMB TWO STEPS AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF ONE STEP
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING THE BREAKER AT THE TIPPLE, DROPPED TO HIS KNEES TO LEAVE THE BREAKER, LANDED ON A PIECE OF COAL, BRUISED LEG BELOW KNEE CAP.
I.NAME WAS HELP3NG REPAIR THE FINAL DRIVE ON LOADER. HE WAS ON T HE ER SIDE OF THE LOADER MOVING FROM TH BUCKET TO THE TIRE. I.NAME WAS UNAWARE THAT THE TIRE WAS RAISED OFF THE GROUND & TURNA BLE. WHEN HE JU4PED ONTO THE TIRE THE TIRE TURNED & I.NAME FELL ONTO THE BOOM OF THE LOADER.
FILLING DIESEL 0UEL INTO LOADER & FELL FROM STEP NOTE: ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO LADON COAL CORP UNTIL 2-13-86, AFTER OUR SAFETY INVESTIGATION IT WAS OUT OPINION THAT THE A C CIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE U3SAFE ACT OF MOUNTING OR DISMOUNTING THE MACHINE
GETTING OIL FOR DOZER-JUMPED DOWN OFF PUSH-ARM OF DOZER.
FELL OFF STRIP MACHINE NEXT DAY WAS LIFTING BAGS OF CHEMICALS AND NOTICED PAIN STARTING IN BACK
WORKING ON DOZER SLIPPED WHEN GETTING OFF TRACK BRUISED LEFT KNEE
STEPPED DOWN FAROM DRAG ATO TRUCK PADS - JUMPED FROM PADS TO GROUND. DIDNT USE PROPER METHOD OF CLIMBING DOWN FROM DRAG.