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Employee stated that he slipped stepping into ramcar and twisted his left ankle.
Was shoveling spillage around belt line stepping wrong and twisting his knee.
EE was unloading trash from back of p/u truck into dumpster. Lost balance falling from back of truck onto ground.
slipped and fell and injured back
The employee traveled over construction material. When he slipped his arm was cut on the edge of a steel plate.
Slipped off miner and injured hip.
Employee was attempting to help free vehicles stuck on road when he slipped on ice and landed on his right hip. Accident occured on the county road not on mine property.
Employee was checking oil levels on grader when employee was dismounting the machine, one foot hit ice and employee fell to the ground. Employee bruised his shoulder blades and left hip.
The employee fell from an unstable ladder and tore ligaments in ankle. Employee is currently off work.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF SERVICE TRUCK STEP.
Employee was on top of water truck to check and see if tank was full, when he slipped and fell on top of the water truck.
Operator was dismounting truck, the bottom cable step slipped and caused his left foot to strike the ground very hard. It had been raining & there was a lot of mud. His left knee was dislocated and will require surgery.
Cut about a 6 inch bush which had a grapevine growing from it in the ground which was unseen and it knocked him down and landed on a rock which cut his head.
WHILE UNLOADING A TRANSMISSION PUMP FROM THE BACK OF SERVICE TRUCK, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE BUMPER AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND WITH PUMP FALLING ON ARM.
Victim was dismounting the loader when he stepped on the bottom step that had gotten broken during his shift and he fell to the ground. Complained of pain in lower back, diagnosed with swollen disc.
EE was dismounting the truck when he slipped on the bottom step and fell, bruising his left hip. Missed two days work.
EE was climbing onto the truck to start his shift. He had a lunch bucket and another item in his hands. He slipped and fell approximately ten feet to the ground. His left leg was broken just below the left knee. Required surgery to insert pins and plates to stabilize the bones.
Employee slipped and fell while traveling down a slope beside the truck dump hopper; twisted his right knee. He apparently has returned to his home in Oregon. We have not heard from him and we have no way to get in contact with him. Terminated as of this date (March 28, 2005).
Employee had filled the hydraulic tank on the dozer and was dismounting when he slipped and fell. His right foot was caught behind the pusharm and he fell backwards to the ground twisting his right knee. Either strained knee or possibly torn ligament. Still awaiting evaluation of xrays/scans by medical personnel.
EE was climbing out of the loader to clean the windows when he slipped and fell from the loader to the ground. He is still off work due to pain and stiffness in his neck.
The employee was carrying a conveyor belt idler to the scrap metal bin when he stepped on a patch of ice. The employee fell fracturing his left ankle.
Employee was standing on tracks of 992 excavator talking to supervisor. The tracks were muddy and when he moved to grab the handrail to climb down, he slipped off. He struck his left knee on running board, causing swelling, brusing and possible ligiment damage.
Employee was going into the parts trailer, slipped and fell off the steps to the ground. Initial medical result was broken upper fibula and strained ankle. He went to his family doctor on 11/1 and futher exams showed a broken right ankle with some misalignment of the pieces of bone. Surgery to put screws in these pieces was done on 11/3. First lost work day was on 11/1.
EE was climbing down from a loader after finishing with servicing. He slipped on the bottom step and twisted his ankle. Diagnosed with a cracked bone in ankle.
Victim was climbing onto the generator when he slipped and caught himself with his hand on the floor. Complained of pain in left thumb but continued working. After his shift ended he went to the Emergency Room and an x-ray revealed a fractured thumb.
Victim was cleaning the rear window when his foot slipped and he fell to the ground. Diagnosed as torn rotator cup.
When finishing with maintenance/repair on water truck, victim's hand slipped on grab rail and he fell to the ground. No substantial injuries, just stove up and sore.
Operator climbed into dozer to start work shift, got back out to clean the windows and fell backwards onto the tracks and then to the ground. Bruising to this left hip and shoulder. Small laceration on left hand. Small laceration on left hip which required one stitch to close.
VICTIM WAS PERFORMING REPAIR WORK ON DOZER WHEN A CHAIN SLIPPED. THIS CAUSED HIM TO SLIP & FALL. COMPLAINS OF PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LOWER RIGHT SIDE.
VICTIM STEPPED IN A DEPRESSION WHILE WALKING ACROSS EQUIPMENT PARKING LOT. PULLED TENDONS IN THE BOTTOM OF FOOT.
EE SLIPPED & FELL DUE TO MUDDY CONDITIONS. STRAINED HIS SHOULDER.
VICTIM SAYS HE SLIPPED AND SCRAPED HIS RIGHT LEG ON THE DATE SHOWN. NOTIFIED FOREMAN AT JOB ON 5/2/03.
VICTIM FELL APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET TO THE GROUND FROM A CATWALK THAT WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED.
EE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. WENT TO DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY. SAYS PAIN MEDICINE MADE HIM UNSTEADY SO HE STAYED HOME ONE SHIFT.
WHILE EE WAS WALKING TO SEDIMENT POND NO. 24 TO GET A WATER SAMPLE HIS RT FT SLIPPED AND WHEN HIS FOOT CAUGHT HE HYPEREXTENDED RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL TO THE GROUND. BRUISED RT. LEG.
EE SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING GRADER. ABRASIONS TO LEFT LEG & RIGHT ARM. SLIGHT CRACK IN BONE IN RIGHT ELBOW.
EE WAS STRAIGHTENING EXHAUST PIPE ON DOZER, WHEN HE FELL & APPARENTLY STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE TRACKS. VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO HAZARD ARH HOSPITAL THEN TRANSPORTED TO SAMARITAN HOSPITAL IN LEXINGTON , KY. INJURIES: LACERATION BEHIND LT EAR, CONCUSSION, 7TH VERTABRAE CRACKED.
EE STEPPED ON LOADER TIRE WHEN DISMOUNTING & TWISTING HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS PULLING FUEL HOSE UP ON #4 OIL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET TRACK HE CAUGHT HIMSELF PULLING A TENDON IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM REAR TIRE OF 16 G MOTOR GRADER WHILE FUELING, SURFACE WAS WET AND MUDDY.
EE LOST FOOTING AND GRABBED HOSE HILE BENT OVER CAUSING UPPER RUPTURE ON LEFT SIDE.
THE CREW WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING LEFT SIDE TOP HOIST CYLINDER PIN, EE WAS IN A BASKET PULLING PIN WHICH WAS HOOKED ONTO HIS CABLE WHEN THE PIN CAME OUT IT FREE FELL ABOUT 3' THEN TH CAB LE CAUGHT THE PIN AND BASKET SHAFT BROKE. BASKET FELL TO THE GROUND AND THEN THREW EE OUT AND LANDED ON HIS BACK ABOUT 3-4" ABOVE HIS WAISTLINE.