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The injured miner bent over to pick up a pry bar, turned and tripped on a rock and fell onto left shoulder.
He stepped off a ladder and twisted right ankle when foot contacted ground. Worked for rest of day and next. 6/16/08 went to doctor to have it looked at and doctor had him stay home 2 days. Returned to work 6/18/08.
Employee was exiting the cab of the drill. He stepped down on the 1st step, then missed the 2nd step & fell about 4', landing on the ground. He stated that he was unable to grab the handle in time to keep him from falling. Other than failure to maintain 3-point contact, there appear to be no contributing factors causing the incident (moisture, wind, defective equipment, etc.).
Accident occurred while removing brush from beaver dam at quarry lake drain, slip and fall causing back pain the next day.