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YROOF DRILL OEPRATOR BENT OVER TO PICK UP ROOF BOLT. TWISTED HIS LEG.
WALKING ON SURFACE DOING EXAMINATION, SLIPPEDON ICE BOUNCED WITH SNOW AND STRAINED KNEE.
EMPLLOYEE WAS ROCK DUSTING AROUND #2 HEAD DRIVE HE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL AND FELL HURTING HIS LEFT KNEE AND LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING WATER LINE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE ADN HIT HIS HAND ON A NEARBY WAGNER SCOOP BUCKET.
STEPPED IN DIP IN BOTTOM, LEFT ANKLE TURNED.
EE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OVER FOR THE BOLTER, WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ON HIS BUTT, HURTING LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CRIB BLOCKS IN MUDDY AREA. SLIPPED WHILE CARRYING BLOCK AND STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.
TWISTED ANKLE ON SMALL C.P. FIRST DAY OF WORK MISSED WAS 1-12-96. ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE WALKING.
SLIPPED ON ICE NEAR PORTAL. CAUSED LIGAMENT DAMAGE, BUT WAS NOT FIXED NOR WORKED MISSED UNTIL LAST WEEK. FIRST WORK DAY MISSED WAS 3-21-96.
EE WAS STANDING ON TWO STACKED OMEGA BLOCKS BUILDING A PERMANENT SEAL. HE FELL OFF THE BLOCKS AND LANDED ON ONE OF THE BLOCKS CAUSING A SUSPECTED LEG BREAK.
ROOF BOLTER HAD MATERIALS ON IT THAT EE COULDNT REACH SO HE CLIMBED UPON THE BOLTER AND SLIPPED AND FELL.
EE CONTINUED REGULAR WORK UNTIL JULY 26. HE DID NOT FELL AN ACCIDENT REPORT OR MISS WORK UNTIL THEN. THE EQUIPMENT GOING USED WAS NOT INSPECTED BEFORE USE AS REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN LADDER FACING FORWARD AND SLIPPED. WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF, HE TWISTED HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BELTS AND SLIPPED ANN FELL ON ARM.
CLEANING SPILLAGE AT HEAD DRIVE, EMPLOYEE FELL ON TAILPIECE.
EE WAS ON TOP OF ROOFBOLTER, WHEN HE JUMPED OFF MACHINE HE LANDED ON LEFT FOOT CAUSING HIM TO SPRAIN ANKLE.
STEPPED ON SMALL PIECE OF ICE CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND TWIST HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WIPING THE WINDOWS ON THE CRANE & SLIPPED OFF THE BACK & HITTING HIS LEGS AGAINST A METAL BRACKET ON THE CRANE. HIS RIGHT LEG WAS BRUISED & SKINNED & 2 DAYS LATER INFECTION SET IN & UPON GOING TO THE HOSPITAL HE WAS ADMITTED.
HE WAS IN 5 HEADING WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A BLOCK OF COAL AND FELL ON THE REMOTE UNIT HITTING HIS RIGHT RIBS.
HE WS BUILDING A STOPPING AND WHEN HE TURNED TO PICK UP ANOTHER BLOCK THE STOPPING FELL ON TOP OF HIM FROM THE BACK SIDE CUTTING HIS EAR AND BRUSING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
PULLING MINER CABLE AND SLIPPED AND FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER.
DRILLING WITH MOBILE DRILL FELL OVER COAL DRILL BOOM LANDING ON HEAD AND BACK.
HE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF STEP LADDER TRYING TO HANG ROOF BOLTER CABLE, WHEN LADDER TURN OVER CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON TOP OF LADDER.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRINK DOWN FROM UPPER LOFT A TOOL BOX. IT STARTING SLIDING DOWN STAIN WAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL. INJURING LEFT SHOULDER.
VICTIM WAS WALKING UP ROADWAY & STEPPED ON SLICK PLACE IN ROAD & FELL
WHILE ROCK DUSTING NEUTRALS IN NORTH MAINS 33 WAS LOADING DUSTER IN PARKED RAM CAR AND AFTER DUSTER WAS LOADED HE STEPPED OFF RAM CAR BUCKET AND SLIPPED IN LOOSE COAL AND INJURED HIS LEFT ANKL E.
STRAIN BACK WHEN GETTING OFF SHUTTLE CAR
MAN WAS WALKING TO BELT PORTAL, SLIPPED ON SNOW AND LANDED ON W65 SELF RESCUER ON HIS BELT, FRACTURING RIBS. HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A SERIOUS INJURY. MAN WORKED UNTIL 3-1-94 AND WENT TO DOCTOR AT END OF SHIFT.
FILLING LOADER WITH DIESAL FUEL WHEN NOZZLE CAME OUT OF TANK GOT DIESAL FUEL ON STEP. SLIPPED ON STEP AND HURT NECK AND BACK.
WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED, TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.
WAS ON TOP OF 12-12 MINER WASHING & CLEAN IT OFF. JUMPED OFF, HURT RIGHT KNEE. THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 2-4-04.
UNLOADING BELT ROLLERS OFF MAC 8 & SLIPPED IN A OFFSET IN MINE FLOOR & TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANIGN HEAD DRIVE AND FOOT SLIPPED UNDER GUARD.
INJURED WAS WORKING ON TRAM MOTOR ON 488 SCOOP WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF OF SCOOP ONTO GROUND HURTING HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS RUNNING MINER ON REMOTE CONTROL THOUGHT TOP WAS FALLING AND WALKED BACKWARD AND FELL ON HIS TAIL END. CAUSING ROCK TO JOB UP IS TAIL END.
FALL AND TURNED KNEE.
INJURED WAS WORKING OFF HIS KNEES HELPING OTHERS PULL BRIDGE CABLE WHILE PULLING CABLE, HE WAS TWISTING THE UPPER PART OF HIS BODY LEAVING HIS KNEES STATIONARY, WHILE IN THIS MOTION HIS RIGHT KNEE SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING KNEE TO TWIST (STATEMENT MADE BY INJURED-NO WITNESS).
HE SAID THAT HE STEPPED OFF OF MANTRIP & TWISTED BACK.
SLIPPED ON ICE IN PARKING AREA & LANDED ON LEFT KNEE - MICROSCOPIC SURGERY LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN 3 BELT MAKING PRESHIFT FOR 3RD SHIFT WHEN HE TRIPPED AND TWISTED BACK.
SHOVELING BELT LOST FOOTING HIT RIGHT KNEE ON CRIB BLOCK.
EMPLOYEE OPERATING BOLT MACHINE HIS FOOT SLIPPED & WENT UNDER STAB JACK WHILE SWINGING HEAD
41506AS SHOVELING BELT AND SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIM SELF WITH HAND AND WEIGHT OF BODY BROKE RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS STANDING ON THE FUEL TANK OF THE COAL TRUCK. HE SAID HE FELL OFF ONTO THE SCALES AT THE PENDER TIPPLE. HE SAID HE THEN FELL FROM THE SCALES TO THE GROUND.
I NAME WAS WALKING ALONG THE #3 BELT CONVEYOR WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AN OFFSET IN THE BOTTOM & TWISTED HIS RT KNEE
STANDING ON BATTERIES, JUMP OFF OF BATTERIES AND SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING TOUCH-UP PAINTING ON STEEL BEAM SLIPPED & FELL
MOVING BELT FROM TRACK FOOT SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE
SLIPPED ON WET ROCK AND SPRAINE LEFT KNEE.
INJURED STATED THAT WHILE GETTING OFF 3 WHEELER HE SLIPPED WHEN HE STEPPED OVER AN OIL CAN AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.