He was installing a timber set on the second level when one of the caps on the first level he installed the night before came loose. He fell breaking his right ankle, two bones in twelve places. Requiring surgery.
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Dutch Mining LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 16, 2007
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dutch Mining LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface
A winter storm hit the area around the mine. Employees were instructed to leave the mine site. Ee was leaving the portal area. He was walking down the road from the portal to his truck. He slipped and fell due to the ice and snow causing an injury to his right wrist.
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