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Employee was helping carry a calrod heater, walking backwards between screen deck and bonnett and his foot slipped off end of plywood and went into lime burning chute.
Employee looking for a water leak in drainage ditch slipped on muddy ground and fell. This resulted in reportable lost time accident.
Employee working in small storage area with 2.5" aisles when a truck came in needing to be unloaded - employee turned to leave catching his foot on open box falling forward and landing on his right side fracturing two ribs. This resulted in a lost time accident.
Employee was lifting empty sand bags onto platform by the bagger; as he lifted the bundle he felt his back lock up, his foot slipped and he fell to the ground. He stated that he hit is leg on either the guard or hand rail brusing his leg. He has also complained of back pain and sought medical attention. He did not loose any work time.
Emp was cleaning out duct at hydrator, went to step down and mis-stepped, falling backwards. He caught himself, but caused lumbar strain. This is a lost time accident.
Emp was climbing down from a loader and missed the first rung, falling to the ground. This is a reportable accident because he was fitted with a brace on his left knee. There was no lost time.
Slipped while pulling on pipe wrench and hit head on a piece of steel.
Miner was changing return idler under P2 conveyor when foot slipped causing body to turn and strain muscle in lower back.
While walking out of building (lunchroom), sprained left ankle on a cement ledge.
Truck driver entered mine property to pick-up load of material. While traveling from truck to scale house stepped through piece of floor grating and lacerated inside of left leg. Driver received ~7 stiches to close laceration. Driver returned to truck that night. Spent night in his truck, and left property @ ~8:00am on 04/26/07.
EE was welding on a railcar I-beam. Stood up and welding helmet fell off. EE went to jump down to pick up welding helmet on the ground, striking head against corner of railcar.
The repairman was rebuilding a chute. He had to climb down the 54 inch chute to the bottom to take a measurement. While standing on the chute taking measurements, he started to slide forward because of dirty material lying on the chute steel. His left foot toe caught the side of the chute causing his foot to twist outward away from its normal position.
Employee was stepping down of the bottom step of the 970F endloader, which is approximately 18 inches from the ground. Employee was trying to reach for a concrete wall with his foot which was about 3 feet back from the endloader. Employee failed to reach the concrete wall which caused him to fall backwards and the middle of his back striking the concrete wall.
EE climbed up to the top step of dump truck, approx. 2.5' from ground, to look into the bed to check his load. EE slipped from the step and controlled the fall by grabbing truck handrail with left hand supporting his weight. This is MSHA reportable lost time accident.
Employee was walking from the scale house back to company truck & tripped over his feet falling to the ground. Whe he hit the ground the wind was knocked from him. Getting up he felt soreness in his chest. He was sent the local hospital to be checked.
EE helping to clear a stone vibrator in the rotary feed tunnel, while exerting pressure with his upper body, he misstepped and turned foot inward, resulting in a sprained right ankle.
EE was using 2' water hose to clean up sand build-up. The hose was positioned differently than usual. He did not check to see if hose had enough slack to pull forward. As he went to pull, it got hung up and he stopped abruptly and fell to the concrete and hit his right elbow. He was placed on restricted duty. Co doesn't have restricted work program so this is a lost time accident.
EE was descending from the lower (midpoint) of the track area of the D8L Dozer, when he lost his footing and slipped off the equipment injuring his right lower leg. He did not need medical treatment until 5/23/06. He was released for restricted work activity, but there is none available. His first lost workday is 5/24/06.
The millwright was kneeling on a conveyor belt that was laying on the idler deck, as he repaired the belt. The idler deck was elevated 36 inches above the concrete floor. As the millwright tried to climb off the belt, he caught his foot and jacket on an idler. He then lost his balance which caused him to fall off the conveyor and land on the floor.
Injured employee was standing on 3rd rung of a portable ladder when it slipped out from under him. A vertebra was fractured when he fell to the work platform.
The operator slipped and fell as he came off the grader.
Stepped off 2' high platform in J&H Baghouse felt pain in right knee. Pain caused EE to fall to the ground on both knees.
EE was helping replace a bearing on a speed sensor on a conveyor that was at ground level. He was walking up a small (approx. 4 foot) mound of material. His right foot slipped and he fell to same level. He struck his right shoulder on the ground, causing a right side shoulder sprain.
On 150 Screen, working on 140 stone box - going down, slipped - striking left elbow and hip on screen deck.
Injured employee stepped on edge of crack in concrete pad near crushing plant main screen. He twisted his ankle and fell, causing a sprain.
The boat loader leader was climbing a 5 foot steel ladder to get into a flume under the loading shuttle to clear some ice. As he climbed the ladder, two of the steel rungs failed which caused him to fall. He caught himself with his right arm and climbed into the flume. His right shoulder was badly strained and resulted in 3 days off of work.
The millwright was walking across the mill 4th floor by the surge bin when he tripped and fell on his left knee causing a bruise. He had stumbled over a 3 inch raised section of concrete in the floor. The injured lost one day of work.
Injured employee slipped while descending ladder on Kawasaki Model 85Z II Front End Loader, fell & bruised left hip.
EE was trying to access the front of the scaler when he slipped on some spilled oil on the hydraulic tank and fell approximately 4 feet to the ground, landing on his left side. EE did not lose any time until 10/7/05 when he had a partial lateral menisectomy performed on his left knee. --EE complained that knee still was not feeling good and started losing time again.5/19/06
EE was checking trucks on the ready line. He exited haul truck T332 by use of the ladder. He rolled his left ankle on a rock located on the ground at the bottom of the ladder. He sustained a fracture to the mid-foot and sprained ankle.
Employee was standing waiting for water truck to fill. He stated that he turned to walk back to get in the truck, rotating on his left leg when he heard the knee pop. He reported the injury to his foreman shortly after and continued to operate the truck until taken to receive medical care. Incident resulted in an MSHA reportable injury.
While employee was attempting to exit loader, hit arm on mirror frame.
Employee was climbing up a Cat 785B. He was wearing rubber gloves and there was dew on the railing. Employee slipped falling about 10 to 12 feet and broke his right ankle.
Employee was operating trackmobile. He stepped down to the ground and twisted his right knee. Note: This report is being file because employee has sought medical attention and has not returned to work.
Employee was stepping down from ladder and missed last step which caused him to slip to ground level. Resulted in sprain to his left ankle.
Employee was spotting railroad hopper cars using a track mobile. He jumped down from the top rung of the ladder to exit the cab and fell backward when he hit the ground. He injured his vertebrae.
The injured employee wass loosening hand brake on rail car when he slipped & hit bottom on the car drawhead. The accident was determined to be "lost time" on 07/11/2005.
Employee was dismounting bagging location when he slipped and struck his left upper arm against a guard.
The mechanic leader crawled into the hydraulic pump area to fix a hydraulic leak on the #691 front-end loader. After he finished the work, he bumped and bruised his knee as he was coming out of this area. His knee became infected and on 5/31/05, he began losing time.
EE was standing on engine compartment of drill engine-EE removed panel-EE stepped on raised side of engine-compartment panel fill causing the EE to lose balance. EE fell approximately 6.5 feet. EE received fracture to left hip and lacarations to left elbow.
Ee rolled ankle when bolt broke from mushroom damper. Ee was bracing himself, standing on conveyor walls of the chute. Ee left foot was forward, right foot behind. Left foot was used to apply pressure to break the bolt. When bolt broke, ee weight shifted to right foot causing his ankle to roll over on the chute wall.
The Cat 150 ton truck driver was descending the ladder on truck #5 while holding the operator's report in his left hand, when his foot slipped. As he slipped, he grabbed for the handrail with his left hand but could not stop himself from falling off the ladder, 5 feet to the ground. He landed on his rear end which resulted in a fractured vertebra.
EE was pulling rubber hose out of bulk tanker truck when the rope broke. EE fell backwards, hitting his left shoulder on a pallet.
Employee was entering cab of track equipment when his foot slipped causing sprain to right arm.
Employee was operarting the skid steer cleaning out the loading floor. Quicklime on the floor was damp, steam vapors surrounded the skid steer. Operator then tried to get out of the loader and slipped. Using his left hand to break the fall, the employee's hand stuck in the quicklime.
EE tripped getting away from a back flow of dusty material from a clean out port and fell to the catwalk upon his left knee. EE was using an air hose to remove blockage in the feed chute to the Gayco.
Operator was on walkway at creek pump to clean screen. the walkway frame broke & the operator grabbed the railing to keep from falling. At that point he felt a pull in his rt. shoulder. He did not see dr until 3-3-05 & has not lost time. Amendment: After 6 months the dr determined that surgery was reqd to repair a torn ligament. This was not reportable till he reqd surgery 10/13/05
Injured employee was standing on the track of an excavator preparing to install the battery he had in his hands when he slipped, fell to the same leve, and struck his knee on the track. This caused a contusion that became a problem after about a week and required medical treatment. Fluid was drained from the affected knee and he was placed on restricted duty.
EE WAS OPERATING BAGGING MACHINE FROM A SEATED POSITION. HE ROSE TO STEP DOWN AFTER FINISHING A PALLET OF SAND BAGS. HE DID NOT PLANT HIS RIGHT FOOT SQUARE AND ROLLED THE ANKLE AS HE PUT HIS WEIGHT ON IT, CAUSING A SPRAIN OF THE RIGHT ANKLE.
Employee was hunched down near the ground trying to get a return idler to move by hitting it with a hammer. When it started moving he fell forward and put his hands in a pile of hot lime. He was wearing gloves and long sleeves but the lime got in between the two and caused second degree burns on his right wrist.