EE WAS WALKING AROUND MINE OFFICE BLDG WHERE HE WOULD RETURN EXTRA SUPPLIES AND REMOVE HIS MINING APPRATUS I.E. BOOTS LIGHT HAT ETC. HE STEPPED ONTO A SMALL PALLET USED AS A BRIDGE THAT HAD A BOARD MISSING AND HIS FOOT WENT THRU CAUSING HIMTO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL DOWN.
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Showing all 5EMPLOYEE FOOT SLIPPED IN MUD & FELL HIT RIBS ON SCOOP BUCKET BRUISED 2 RIBS.
I.NAME DISMOUNTING MANTRIP WHEN KNEE BUMPED UNUSUALLY HARD ON MINE FLOOR.
THE INJURED WAS3CLIMBING ONTO A FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE DEW COVERED STEPS.HE FELL TO THE GROUND,IMPACTING HIS RIGHT FOOT.HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE COMPLETE DAY.BY THE N EXT DAY THE FOO9 WAS SWOLLEN AND HE COULD NOT WORK.
THE MINER WAS T2SSING CINDER BLOCKS TO USE AS STOPPAGE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO BLOCKS. THE RESULT WAS A BROKEN RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.