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Miner was leaving the office and traveling down a flight of stairs when they realized that they had forgotten something. Turned in the middle of the stairs and lost balance and fell scraping left shin on a boot scrubber mounted on the bottom step.
Pit Foreman was climbing up on the off-side of a Volvo L-250 Rubber tire loader to tighten a bolt on the tension spring to scaler. While stepping to designated location, EE's right foot slipped and caused EE to fall to the ground where EE landed on their back. EE was transported to the hospital where x-rays revealed EE fractured the L1 vertebrate.
Slipped on ICE when stepping off of scaffolding and hurt back.
EE was washing the cab of the 740 truck. While exiting the cab ee reported that ee was using three points of contact and foot slipped out. One foot was up on the second rung and the other on the ground. EE said that ee initially didn't feel any pain, but as the day progressed driving the truck ee back started hurting.
Employee was conducting a maintenance action on the DBT Crusher. Employee was helping with moving cribbing blocks from the tail pulley of feeder chain and was reaching up when the chain settled and shifted. When employee planted foot it slipped approximately 1 ft. Employee reached up and over head causing shoulder to dislocate.
Employee was changing a grease hose when EE slipped and fell, injuring EE's left shoulder. EE was taken to an emergency and the Employee was treated at the hospital where EE was diagnosed with a separated shoulder and treated by mobilization. Employee was released to return to EE's next scheduled shift.
Released back to work with a "sitting only" restriction. Tem 8F. Pit excavator drove fuel truck to machine in pit bottom & park the truck. Exited to chock the rear wheels. EE's right foot slipped on an ice puddle EE caught EE's full weight on EE's left foot. EE experienced pain in EE's ankle. RMH/Sentara Corp health determined EE's injury to be Achilles Tendon Entesopathy.
DRIVER ENTERING DRIVERS SIDE OF TRUCK, SLIPPED ON STEP & SPUN AROUND, GRABBED HANDLE ON CAB, STRIKING HIS LT.ELBOW ON POST OF TRUCK SHED STRUCTURE. DRIVER WAS FOLLOWING 3 PT. CONTACT RULE WHEN INCIDENT OCCURED. HE WAS SENT TO DR. & RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY.
TRUCK DRIVER WAS DESCENDING THE FRONT LADDER OF THE TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OR HE MIS-JUDGED THE STEP AND FELL ABOUT 4 FEET TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS FEET. WORKED THE REMAINING SHIFT BUT H AD TO BE SEEN AT DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE OF PAIN & STIFFNESS IN THE LEFT KNEE. LOST TIME. *NOTE* THIS OPERATOR WAS FACING THE LADDER PROPERLY WHEN THIS OCCURRED.*