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While walking from his personal vehicle to the parking lot, ee fell on the ice and struck his knee on the ground. There was a rock where he struck the ground. His knee struck that rock.
Employee was stepping from the launch pad of the high wall miner down onto the bumper of a service truck when his foot slipped off the bumper. He fell past the bumper striking his rib area under his right arm. He stated that it knocked the wind out of him. He was diagnosed with bruised ribs and given prescription pain meds by the doctor. He returned to work.
Employee was stepping down from a high wall miner conveyor car, stepped into a hole or depression on the pit bottom. His foot turned under and inward as he placed his full body weight on the ankle. He felt immediate pain in the ankle area. He was transported to the emergency room and diagnosed with a bone chip in the ankle. Employee is a lost time.
The miner was stepping down from the back of a MMU Bulk Truck #126. His foot slipped off the ICC bumper and fell to ground. The miner tried to cushion his fall by reaching with his right hand and broke his wrist.
Employee was dismounting the steps from the launch deck of the highwall miner unit. His right foot slipped from the last step causing his left foot to get momentarily caught on the step just above it. He felt pain in his left ankle. He was diagnosed with a tendon strain of the left ankle.
At the end of his shift miner was walking to his vehicle, stepped wrong, turned and felt his right knee pop.
Miner was checking level of water in tank of Ledwell Water Truck, when he slipped off bottom step, injuring right arm and right side of his ribs.
While lining up pins for a stiff arm on a CAT D-10 dozer, the pry bar being used slipped and the miner fell foward striking his right ear and right jawbone on truck outrigger. Miner was given an icepak and said he would continue working. Miner did not seek medical attention until MAY 02, 2009. Miner did not miss any work between March 25, 2009 thru May 05, 2009.
Employee was exiting the launch of the highwall miner unit and jumped to the pit floor. He slipped and fell onto the frozen ground material, striking his knee cap.
Employee was removing coal from under a belly belt of HWM unit #1. As he was walking around the area below the belly belt, he stepped onto uneven pit floor and turned his foot inward.
Employee was operating a water truck and was walking to the pump when he lost his footing and fell. He jammed his shoulder upon impact with the ground. He initially felt only a slight tingling sensation in the shoulder, but upon arrival at his home, he was unable to elevate his arm.
Employee was dismounting a water truck. As his foot touched the ground, his ankle rolled to the side, causing pain to his right ankle.
Slipped off of ladder and fell to the ground.
Using a 6 foot A-frame ladder to tighten bolts, ladder kicked out causing him to slip and catch himself with his right arm.