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Employee had moved the Cannon drill that EE had been operating away from the face to park at the end of the shift. As EE exited the drill EE twisted EE's ankle resulting in an ankle sprain.
Employee was walking around a set of saw-horses while cleaning in shop. Employee's foot hit the bottom of a saw-horse leg causing EE to trip and fall to the concrete shop floor. Employee tried to catch self by putting left hand down as EE fell. This caused injury to wrist, hand and index finger. (Broken). Was not reported until next day.
EE was loading a flat deck company barge (ORS-722) at the upper dock. The barge was about 75% loaded when EE stepped up onto the barge that was approx. 12" higher than the dock level with right foot. Using hands EE pulled self up and right foot slipped in a small amount of sand causing right knee to hit the barge resulting in swelling and a sprain knee.
Employee was exiting the drivers side of the wall header blasting truck in the mine. EE failed to use three points of contact and slipped on the first landing catching self on the mirror by hov bar causing a strain like sensation in lower back. Advised management the following morning
Employee hopped off an 8inch I-beam onto the floor hurt right knee
EE was helping Co-worker change a broken 5/8" cable on the winch that moves the barge back and forth on our lower dock. He was going down the steps to get onto the crane barge. He stated that he stepped off the last step onto crane barge, his right knee popped. He sat down but couldn't straighten out his right knee.
Driver was standing on load stand while his truck was getting loaded by conveyor belt. When the truck was loaded, he went to get back in his truck from stand. Driver said he didn't know exactly what happened. He believes he slipped and fell, hitting his left knee on walkway of truck.
Employee was walking toward a conveyor belt to help get it running after the belt had chocked down when he slipped on some ice & fell twisting his left ankle. (There was a severe ice storm 6 days prior to this accident.)
EE was attempting to climb down the ladder & over stepped & fell to the rock floor hitting his lower back & right forearm.
River belt was choked down; they shoveled belt off and were putting shovels in chute opening to hold material back. He put shovel in chute and said his knee went out, falling onto belt skirt board with left side and knee.
WAS STEPPING UP ON CONCRETE WALL AROUND FUEL AREA & MISSED STEP AND FELL.