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weather was wet and cold ground was muddy
Employee was opening a door, decided not to, two other employees open door causing employee to lose his balance. Employee fell to the floor and hurt his back.
Operator slipped on Muddy ground at the Thompson Mine and twisted his left knee. He did not fall to the ground.
EE CLIMBED UP ON TRAILER TO FREE THE TARP. COMING BACK DOWN, HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON HIS TRUCK.
Employee was attaching a water hose to a pumping station to fill up the Mine Water truck. Due to a divot in the ground from water leakage, his left foot stepped into the divot, causing his leg to buckle under him. In an effort not injure himself further, he rolled on the ground in the direction of the left leg
EE WAS LOADING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE INTO A PICKUP IN WHICH THE BED WAS WET FROM RAIN. HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE TWISTED HIS BACK AS THE OXYGEN BOTTLE FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING FROM THE PARKING LOT WHILE ON HIS BREAK. WHEN HE WALKED DOWN THE STEPS TOWARD THE BREAKROOM HIS LEFT ANKLE ROLLED OVER & TWISTED IT. EXAMINATION OF THE AREA SHOWED NO DE BRIS & THE STEPS WERE IN GOOD CONDITION.
EE STEPPED ON GRATING AT MONITOR CLAMSHELL AREA. THE GRATING SLIPPED OFF ONE EDGE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL WITH IT INTO THE DITCH. HE FELL ONTO A CORNER OF THE STEEL GRATING, WHICH LACERATED THE B ACK OF HIS LEFT INNER THIGH. HE CLIMBED OUT OF THE DITCH. FIRST AID WAS APPLIED, AND AN AMBULANCE WAS SUMMONED. ER DR.'S CARE-RELEASED 1.5 HOURS LATER.
PASSING BY CONVEYOR, NOTICED BAGS WERE BACKED UP AND FALLING OFF CONVEYOR. WALKED AROUND TO TURN OFF SWITCH, STEPPED ON BAG AND TWISTED ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE HAD ENERGIZED THE GATE TO THE ROCK HOPPER TRUCK. AS HE WAS WAITING FOR IT TO CLOSE, HE PICKED UP A WATER HOSE TO WASH DOWN THE AREA. AS HE DID SO HE BACKED UP AND TRIPPED ON A SECONDA RY HOSE IN THE AREA CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS QUITE HARD.