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At quitting time the employee was exiting EE's service vehicle and twisted EE's left ankle and fell to the ground.
Miner was performing maintenance on primary takeout belt gear box. Lost balance while on ladder and fell +/- 3 feet spraining ankle.
Miner was dismounting ladder on 980 G FEL. Right knee buckled when miner placed right foot on ground. Miner was on flat clean surface.
Miner was exiting mill office coming down steps and twisted ankle on last step. Visit to doctor and x-rays showed that right ankle was broken.
Miner was removing bolts from drive belt guard on VSI take-out belt when foot slipped and miner fell into a troughing idler cracking a rib.
Miner was stepping out of bed of service truck onto bumper, slipped and hit the ground on right shoulder. Miner was taken to doctor to be checked out and was issued prescription for anti-inflammatory.
Miner was walking from baghouse to showerhouse and slipped on ice spraining right shoulder. At time of doctors visit, was issued prescription pain meds.
Miner was exiting plant control tower coming down steps, and slipped on wet step. Miner reported incident on day of occurence, but refused medical attention at time of incident. Miner later (3-3-2010) decided to seek medical attention as left shoulder was irritating him, and upon visit to physician, was issued prescription pain meds.
Miner was walking from the stone house to the shower room to go home and slipped on a frozen rut made from a loader tire and twisted his left knee.
Miner was climbing ladder to cab of loader when he slipped, fell and hit his head.
Miner was re-setting stop blocks at base of stacker conveyor, when lost balance and mashed finger between conveyor frame and block.
Miner was climbing down off of water truck and pulled muscle in left calf.
Employee was assisting maintenance personnel changing a hydraulic apron cyclinder on our 1615 Hazemag. He was standing on the belt guard on the left side of the crusher, his foot slipped causing him to twist his right knee which caused him to lose his balance and fall about two foot to the floor. Employee was taken to the local hospital to have his right knee x-rayed.
Employee was stepping down off a piece of our water truck, when he slipped and reached to catch his balance. While reaching he cut his index finger on a piece of metal. The cut required six stitches. No lost workdays.
WHILE STEPPING DOWN FROM THE PIPE TO GROUND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS KNEE. THE PIPE WAS APPROX 26" IN DIAMETER
TRYING TO CATCH SELF FROM FALLING FROM LADDER ON 988B LOADER. BENT RIGHT ARM AND RIGHT THUMB BACK AND HYPER EXTENDED THEM.
EE WAS COMMING OUT OF MILL BUILDING DOWN FLIGHT OF 3 STEPS, ON BOTTOM STEP EE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE BALANCE OF THE SHIFT AND THE FOLLOWING DAY ON 9-11-030 WHEN HE CAME TO WORK THE ANKLE WAS SWELLED UP AND HE WASTAKEN TO DR.
WHILE CHECKING ON PUMPS AROUND POND, STEPPED ON SOME SHOT ROCK AND CAUSED KNEE TO TWIST. HE COULD FEEL HIS KNEE CAP POP. WENT HOME AND HAD HIS WIFE TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING FROM CHANGE ROOM TO HIS WORK LOCATION, ACCENDING STEPS TO GO INTO BUILDING HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL ON STEEL STEPS.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A STEP LADDE,R HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET TO GROUND.
EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM A TRAILER HITCH ON THESERVICE VEHICLE WHEN THE LOST HIS FOOTING & TWISTED HIS KNEE WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND
EE WAS WORKING ON ROCK BOX, ABOVE DRY SCREEN, CUTTING OUT LOWER SHELF. BOX FLIPPED, THROWING EE.
WALKING ON CATWALK, TRIPPED ON VALVE HANDLE, FALLING AND CATCHING LEFT FOREARM ON TOP ADGE OF SCREEN THAT WAS LEANING UP AGAINST THE HANDRAIL OFTHE WET SCREEN, LACERATION OF LEFT FOREARM.