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Employee was exiting a dozer and tripped on the hand grip located on the tilt jack causing him to fall approximately three feet to the ground hitting on his back.
Employee was standing on a trailer (approximatelt 18 inches high) that a 6 inch water pump was mounted on. He went to exit the trailer and his right foot got caught on a metal bracket.
Employee was stepping off of a launch pad to the ground when he stepped on a sump cylinder and slipped and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground and in doing so he straddled a 4x8 inch piece of tubeing.
TWISTED HIS KNEE (WHILE WALKING).
Employee was welding on top of a loader bucket turned over (unattached) and the next thing he remembers is waking up lying on the ground, a fall of approximately ten feet
PULLING ON BELT SLIPPED & FELL
EE CLIMBED ON TO HIS LOADER & CHECKED THE ANTI FREEZE BEFORE THE START OF HIS SHIFT. AS HE WAS COMING OFF THEL LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE STEP AND HE FELL APPROX. 3 FT TO THE GROUND
EE WAS EXITING A CAT. HAULER & AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE STEPS HE MISSED THE LAST STEP.AS HE WAS FALLING HE TRIED TO TURN TO KEEP FROM FALLING ON HIS BACK AND IN DOING SO HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER CHANGING A HYDRAULIC HONE OUT ON A LOADER WHEN THE LADDER FELL. HE HIT THE STEERING VALVE AS HE FELL. HE BRUISED HIS LEFT CHEST AND RIBS.
EE WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND AND AS HE STARTED TO ENTER HIS DOZER HE STEPPED ON THE PUSH ARM AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL STRIKING THE PUSHARM WITH HIS CHEST. THE CONDITION WAS RAINY AND MUDDY AT THE TIME OF THE FALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE ROCK TRUCK AND HE REMEMBERS STEPPING ON THE LAST STEP NEXT TO THE GROUND WHICH IS APPROX 2-3 FT FROM THE GROUND. THE NEXT THING HE REMEMBERS IS LYING ON THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE CABLE THAT COMES FROM THE POWER CENTER TO THE HIGHWALL MINER. AS HE WAS PULLING HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS BACK. THE GROUND WAS WET AND MUDDY.
EE JUMPED OFF THE BED OF A WATER TRUCK.
EE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT A MUFFLER OUT ON A 988 CATAPILLAR LOADER. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL APPROX. 8 TO 10 FEET TO THE GROUND.
EE WAS PUTTING HYDRALIC OIL IN A TRUCK. HE WAS STANDING ON AN OLD AIR FILTER TO REACH THE OIL CAP. WHEN HE JUMPED OFF THE OIL FILTER HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE OIL FILTER WAS APPROX 3' HIGH.
EE WAS INSTALLING A GENERATOR ONTOP THE HIGHWALL MINER. THE GENERATOR WAS HUNG FROM A TRUCK HOIST. AS IT WAS BEING LOWERED THE GENERATOR STARTED SPINNING. WHEN THE EE WAS TRYING TO STOP THE RO TATION HE STEPPED INTO THE HOLE WHERE THE GENERATOR WAS TO SET.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING A LOADER AND AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER HE MISSED A STEP AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD ENTERED HIS HAULER AND STARTED THE ENGINE AND AS HE WAS EXITING THE HAULER HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET TO THE GROUND. APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW HAD MELTED THE DAY BEFORE AND SOME RIAN HAD FALLEN THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE GROUNDS WERE VERY MUDDY AND SLIPPERY. THIS CONDITION CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.
EE PARKED HIS SUPPLY TRUCK ALONG SIDE A CAT 777 HAULER TO WELD A HAND RAIL ONT HE HAULER AND AS HE WAS ON HIS SUPPLY TRUCK HE LOSTED HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND APPROX. 6 TO 7 FEET.
EMPLOYEE HAD EXITED HIS DOZER AND WAS WALKING TOWARD HIS SUPERVISOR AND TURNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN LOOSE DIRT AND TURNED HIS ANKLE AS HE WAS WALKING.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF THE PLATFORM OILING AND GREASING A CAT HAULER AND WHEN HE WAS COMING DOWNTHE STEPS TO THE GROUND HE SLIPPED ON THE STEPS AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE STEPS.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER TO PUT HYDRAULIC OIL INTO A 785 CAT ROCK TRUCK WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL APPROX. FOUR TO FIVE FEET LANDING ON HIS KNEES WITH HIS RIGHT LEG GOING UNDER HIS BODY.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF THE CAB OF HIS TRUCK ONTO THE PLATFORM AND WHEN HE LEANED AGAINST THE HANDRAIL IT BROKE AND HE FELL ABOUT 8-10' TO THE GROUND.