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EE was working with other crew members taking a motor w/structure to another location when they de-railed the motor. They were working to jack the motor up to get it back on rail when he stepped off of the flat car. He states his knee "popped".
Employee was standing in some belt structure pulling on a cable when he got his feet tangled in structure causing him to fall. He said he twisted his upper body as he fell and that he felt pain in his right hip and leg.
Employee was standing behind the roof bolter and was knocked off his feet when the other operator took up the cable. Management questions the validity of this accident. Employee notified management on 4/13/2006, that the reason he'd missed work was due to this accident.
While loading cable bolts on a scoop, employee stepped onto a bundle of combination bolts & lost his footing. He fell onto his right side.
EE slipped & fell against the scoop's operator deck while he was changing a tire on the scoop. He lacerated his lower lip, but did not miss any work.
Employee slipped and fell into roof bolts stacked on bolter.
Employee was moving material when he tripped. His leg got caught under a stack of metal, fell and thus injuried his ankle(R).
EE alleges to have injured his knee (R) while moving a can of hydraulic oil. He claims to have stepped in a hole & twisted his knee. THIS ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 3/21/2005 & MINE MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS THE VALIDITY OF THIS ACCIDENT.
While employee was pulling a feeder cable out of the way, he slipped & fell- thus twisting his knee.
Employee was walking when he stepped into a water hole, slipped & fell injuring his right knee.
EE WAS WALKING WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.