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While welding grizzly bars on the dredge the employee lost his footing falling into a sitting position and striking his left elbow on one of the bars.
The employee was assigned the task of greasing rollers in Building 7. As the employee was walking he twisted his knee.
While walking down the stairs with an armful of obsolete stock the employee slipped and fell down the stairs.
Getting ready to install hoist cable on dragline, employee stepped down turning his knee on rock.
When the employee dropped into a crawl hole he landed wrong on his left knee.
Installing head liners in the ball mill, employee lost footing while hooking liner to the hoist and strained his upper back. Employee was placed on restricted duty for 2 days.
Employee was climbing in to a chute to do repair work when he slipped and fell and injured his wrist and brusied over back
The employee was moving a drum in the Electrical Shop, when he slipped and twisted his knee. He declined Medical treatment until June 22, 2007. Medical test results returned on June 28, 2007, making this injury a recordable.
Employee had orthoscopic knee surgery on May 24, 2007 to remove floaters from under kneecap. Related to a first aid incident in November 18, 2006, which later became reportable due to fluid drained from knee and reported to MSHA on 2/2/2007. Employee has returned to light duty.
The employee was walking along a plant walkway, when he tripped. Trying to break his fall, the employee grabbed the handrail and strained his shoulder.
While climbing into the assigned haul truck the employee slipped, lost his footing and fell 10 ft to the ground.
Employee slipped and fell in water puddle mixed with flocculent fluid.
While greasing a drum on a crane, employee slipped and lost his balance causing him to fall on his left leg which went between the dismount steps and the body of the crane while his body bent sideways toward the ground.
Employee was cleaning up under a transfer box when he slipped on some rocks causing him to fall forward into a support beam. This incident resulted in the employee suffering a cracked rib.
Employee was walking down the stairs when he slipped and fell to the bottom.
Employee was walking in the Mill and tripped. While trying to catch himself he stuck out his right hand to break his fall and bent it backwards. First date of Medical attention was March 12, 2007. Employee thought no injury occurred until swelling started.
Employee turned to walk over to the welding truck and stepped into a 5 1/2" drill hole twisting his left knee. On April 12, 2007, employee informed management that he had received results on April 10, 2007 of an MRI that was positive for ligament damage in the knee. This accident was not reportable until we received the positive results from the MRI on April 12, 2007.
Employee was installing liner in the mill when his foot slipped causing strain to the lower back. Employee was released to modified duty but declined the modified duty position.
While attempting to place crusher main shaft, employee's gloved hand was snagged by the slag left from cutting off the pad eye, pulling him slowly in the direction the crusher main shaft was turning causing him to grab with his other hand to keep from losing his balance. This caused the jerk on his left arm and the resulting injury.
Employee was jumping over a ditch and injured his left knee. It was diagnosed as a strain. Doctor gave the employee a return to work release. Managment took him back to the doctor three times over the next six weeks. A speclist prescribed an MRI. On 03/07/2007, diagnosed the injury as a fracture and prescribed a leg brace. At this time it became a reportable injury.
Contractor suffered a broken left leg and right heel when he inadvertently stepped back off mill pier while installation of raw mill bearing housing was underway. Employee fell approximately 15'5". Employee had removed his fall protection to gather parts on the ground below and had failed to put it back on.
The employee was helping the company electrician inspect the wiring on the pit water pump, he tripped and fell injuring his right hand.
Employee was climbing down the ladder on a Cat 740 haul truck when the truck was bumped by a Cat D9 dozer. The employee lost his grip on the ladder and fell to the ground injuring his left ankle/foot. Broken bones in the left foot.
On November 18, 2006, IE had tripped while walking to his truck, striking knee on a rock, requiring first aid treatment. IE began suffering swelling to knee, and had fluid drained from knee by doctor on January 26, 2007. He returned to full duty on Monday, January 29, 2007.
As the employee was getting ready to step on the crusher he was working on, he stepped on a piece of angle iron that was tack welded on the liner. The angle liner broke off causing the employee to fall about three feet backwards onto the head of the crusher.
Employee was preparing to work on chute at end of #8 conv. While he was standing on the catwalk a part of the catwalk floor gave way causing him to fall onto the catwalk. While he was falling he grabbed the chute and it cut his left hand requiring 8 stitches.
Employee was walking on a wet dredge deck when he slipped and fell.
Employee was climbing off of a hitachi model 1100 shovel when he slipped and fell spraining his right ankle
A customer truck driver pulled his truck onto the weighout scale. He was getting out of the truck to get his scale ticket when he slipped and fell to the ground. He was later diagnosed with fractured ribs. The injured customer driver was employed by J&S, Inc.
Employee climbed down from a ladder; when he stepped off the ladder he strained his right knee.
The employee was removing a clamp out of a 12" drisco pipe at EV 5 51. When the last bolt was removed from the clamp, the pipe dropped down striking the employee in the chest. This caused the employee to fall to the ground landing on his left flank.
Employee was walking down the stairs when his foot slipped off the step. The employee held on to the stair rail but felt pain in his low back.
While cleaning under Palblizer; employee's foot slipped striking a metal cross beam. Injury became reportable after extensive medical treatment.
Employee was coming down off a stockpile of loose material. He slipped on the loose material and twisted his left knee.
Field Service Technician had air hose running from truck to excavator. When walking back to his truck, he tripped over air hose and caught himself on the excavator's track. This resulted in the technican fracturing his right wrist.
Employee was on scales. He got out of his truck and stepped on the guardrail they have for them to step on to get his load ticket. He turned to get back in his truck when his foot slipped on guardrail and he fell hitting his left side on guardrail and fracturing a rib.
The employee slipped while stepping down from 3452 Loader. When he slipped, he banged his right knee against one of the ladder steps. A non-work related laceration became infected.
Employee was opening the engine door to check the oil. EE backed up & fell off the loader hitting his right wrist on the manlift parked next to the loader.
A customer truck driver was injured at the mine when he fell from his truck bed while tarping his load. The driver disobeyed Hanson site specific training by exiting his truck and climbing in to his bed. The driver lost his balance when a tarping hook snagged his pant leg which caused him to fall. The driver suffered a fractured right wrist.
GOT OUT OF CAB OF WATER TRUCK TO MAKE SURE IT WAS LINED UP. STEPPED ON LEFT SIDE OF CAB AND LOST HIS FOOTING, FELL APPROXIMATELY 72" TO THE GROUND.
EE stepped in grease before mounting equipment. When EE was climbing ladder to the truck, his foot slipped on step. He held on with one arm and bumped his arm into the trucks fire extingusher holder.
The employee was using a jack hammer when he slipped and fell, striking his left shoulder. Injury was not reported to employer until 2/13/06.
While dismounting from the wet screen, employee slipped and caught himself, suffering a dislocated shoulder. Employee reported he had dislocated his shoulder several times in the past due to sports injuries.
The employee was moving from one smaller container to a larger container while carrying a box. When leaving through the door he misjudged the height of the ground to the container. He slipped and fell to the ground.
While walking along a wet/muddy conveyor path, ee slipped and twisted his leg/knee.
Employee fell against the crusher striking his elbow.
The employee was walking fast from the plant, past the C-2 Conveyor towards the S-2 Shaker. It was dark so he did not see the un-even ground. The employee tripped and fell landing on his right shoulder.
EMPLOYEE FELL COMING DOWN STAIRS. TWISTED/SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER OF CAT TRUCK TO INSPECT AREA. THE AREA WAS DARK AND HE DID NOT REALIZE STEP TO GROUND WAS MORE THAN NORMAL. EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS INJURING RIGHT ARM, WRIST, NECK AND BACK. HE DID NOT REPORT TO SUPERVISOR UNTIL 11-8-05. INITIALLY TREATED AS 1ST AID. ON 2ND VISIT TO DOCTORS 11-9-05 CHANGED TO REPORTABLE DUE TO MEDICATION PRESCRIBED.
The employee was repairing a hole in Chute C-9 while using an extendable ladder. The legs on the ladder he was working on slipped out causing the employee to fall. He struck his leg on the tailguard.