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Crusher Operator was dismounting the frame of a Tertiary Crusher when his foot slipped and his other foot hung up on the arm guard of the cone causing his knee to hyper-extend.
Employee was walking down traction type plastic on a slight grade and he felt his knee give out. It was determined to be a tear to ACL and Meniscus, worked until surgery on 12-6-2012.
Operator was walking from his haul truck to the shop. The operator slipped on the ice and fell to the same level. The operator was assessed at the emergency room with a fractured left humorous bone.
Employee was walking along a stream bank when he slipped on moist vegetation. When he attempted to catch his fall with his hand, his hand contacted a tree branch, causing a laceration.
Employee was helping to lift up a hood on a straight truck when he planted his right foot on uneven ground causing his knee to pop and cave in. An MRI revealed a torn ACL and the employee was advised on 09/05/2007 that surgery was required to repair the ACL. A date for the surgery has not yet been scheduled.
Employee was putting oil in a Cat 16G Motorgrader. when he turned to walk on tandem housing. When he placed his foot on the tire he slipped and fell to the ground. Weather conditons were snowing. Slight oil spill may have contributed to the accident. Injury consists 3 fractured ribs.
Employee was exiting the cab of a drill. He was walking on a platform when his left ankle was caught between the cab and a deck wrench lying on the deck. Employee twisted his ankle causing a sprain.
Employee was dismounting from a 100T haul truck. When he stepped down on the ground with his right foot, he felt a pop in his right knee. Shortly after, the knee began to ache and swell.
Employee was priming blastholes on a blast pattern that had received 3 to 4 inches of fresh snow the night before. After priming a blasthole, the ee stepped back to kick some drill cuttings away to bury the down line. When he stepped back he fell into a blasthole that had been re-drilled. He experienced pain in right knee but did not know it was a serious injury.
Employee was walking to a pick up when he slipped on snow packed ground spraining his ankle.
EE was checking pipe line connections on leach pad #4 when he slipped & fell on some ice. He immediately felt sharp pain in his lower back. Did not seek medical treatment until 03/15/04.
WHILE PRESSING A BEARING INTO THE BOOM ON A CAT 992 LOADER, THE TOOL BROKE. THIS RESULTED IN THE HYDRAULIC HOSES HITTING EE CAUSING LOSS OF BALANCE AND HE FELL ABOUT 9.5 FT. HE HAS A BROKEN WR IST ON THE LEFT ARM AND PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE ALSO HAS A CUT ON THE FOREHEAD WHICH TOOK SEVERAL STITCHES.