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Employee slipped and fell while carrying a roller frame. The roller frame fell on top of the employee causing a fracture to left rib.
Employee was walking and stumbled. Employee tried to catch himself when falling using his hand and landed on a rock, causing his right ring finger to dislocate.
Employee climbing down ladder, ladder collapsed causing employee to fall.
While walking in a muddy area, employee slipped and fell to knees.
The area was wet and slick, employee fell and landed on his back.
Wet/slick conditions. Employee was walking up #3 belt line and slipped and fell and tried to break his fall with his left arm injuring his left shoulder and forearm.
While cleaning diesel scoop, putting cover back on slipped and turned knee.
Employee was shoveling #5 belt when he slipped and over extended his knee.
Employee was headed to check on#5 drive when he turned and slipped on some loose coal on the floor.
Employee had pulled the covers off of the diesel scoop to wash it in the pit, he had put degreaser on it and slipped and fell against the cab canopy.
Employee was in the process of installing a buggy anchor when a section of the rib rolled off striking him in the back and pushing him forward and pushed his face into the bolt tray and busting his lip and chipping a tooth.
Employee was walking to the power center in the #5 entry @9-1/2 xcut south to turn power on to shuttle car when he stepped on a ledge/hole and twisted his ankle.
Injured tripped/slipped going through the split in the curtain at the section power center.
Fireboss examining #4 belts, slipped and fell. Caught himself with left hand, landed on left side, dislocating his left shoulder.
Employee reported injury 12-27-07 but did not miss any work until 4-17-08, still hurting and went to doctor. Employee stepped through a check curtain and twisted right knee.
Doing pre-shift in #7 entry and slipped and fell hitting right hand finger on hammer or caplight attached to mining belt.
submitted on 10/19/2007, mistake on filing submission #531688, resubmit. Had been raining earlier in day and employee walked out of office onto aluminum steps and feet slipped out from under him and he fell landing on rear midway down steps, hurting neck & back.
Employee reported he slipped on steps of a belt crossover falling and landing on hip and lower back and was in pain. Sent to dr. reported bruise
A big rock was hung in stacker chute & employee climbed up on top of stacker guard around 2' hi and slipped, falling to ground.
Walking down slope to mine opening and slipped on patch of ice 50 foot from portal and fell to ground spraining right ankle.
Third shift outby rolling up belt. Foreman told men not to climb on top of scoop to pull belt & left to go to another area. Employee climbed up on scoop anyway. Some of guys told him not to as well and when he climbed up to pull belt slipped & fell off scoop hitting ground.
He was walking underground and twisted right knee.
Employee was walking down #3 belt line & went through low place & bumped head & stepped on loose rock & lost balance & fell twisting ankle.