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Employee was moving vacuum hose, and it got caught causing EE to fall. EE had pain in EE's right knee which worsened on 04/24/2026.
While dismounting Dozer 01, the employee led with their left foot onto uneven ground. Upon contact, they experienced pain in the left distal quadriceps area.
Employee was walking down staircase when EE stepped on second to the last step, the stair broke resulting in EE's left foot going through the step and hurting EE's ankle. Employee seen and released to full work duties. Employee had follow-up and seen 10/16/2025 and went on restricted duty.
While exiting light vehicle on driver's side, employee stepped onto pointed edge rock, right ankle twisted resulting in subsequent fall to ground. Injury sustained was right ankle avulsion fracture distal fibula
Employee stepped in the inlet side of the cell at the tank house. They fell forward and injured left wrist and right shoulder.
While employee was walking under EE's truck on the driver's side for an air valve check, the right foot slid out from underneath EE. This caused all weight to shift to EE's left side and resulted in a left ankle sprain.
Truck driver was walking toward line up room in parking area. EE rolled EE's right ankle which resulted in an avulsion fracture
Shovel Operator was exiting the cab when EE tripped and fell on the metal grating. EE has cuts to EE's eyelid, cheek, nose and lower lip. EE received two stitches to lower lip.
Employee was walking when they tripped and fell on metal grating walkway causing abrasion on right wrist
Our employee was gathering equipment at the jobsite and accidently tripped on a cable tray. As EE reached out to break EE's fall EE came in contact with a sharp piece of pipe where EE cut EE's right hand. Our employee was taken to an urgent care facility where EE received 5 stitches in EE's right hand.
Truck Driver Trainee was putting on EE's coat as EE stepped out of the water truck cab. EE fell backwards and struck the handrail with EE's left rib area. EE was taken to the emergency room and got x-rays with negative findings on 12/6/24. The Trainee was x-rayed again on 12/10/24 and four non-displaced rib fractures on EE's left side were found.
Employee was rolling up the fuel truck hose after servicing a dozer at the 4650 dump in Lone Star pit. Their left leg gave away.
Employee was stripping area on PH1 ROM Dump and twisted ankle while EE was performing the daily task of stripping area.
The employee was walking to EE's vehicle at the end of EE's shift when EE stepped on uneven ground causing EE to trip and fall. Employee was complaining of serve pain in EE's right elbow, shoulder, and ankle.
Mechanic stepped down from the rubber tire dozer to ground and felt pain in right knee. Seen by occ med physician and released for full work. Two weeks later 7/17 an MRI was conducted for which a follow up occ med appt occurred 7/22, where the employee was ordered physical therapy. At no point to date has the employee missed a work shift or been restricted from full duty.
Climbed out of the front loader frame, noticed knee popped out of place.
While descending the stairs of the 2390 Tripper Car, the employees heel caught the edge of the last step and caused them to slip and fall forward onto their side and injured their left ribs and shoulder.
Employee was walking and stepped wrong, when trying to avoid falling they rolled ankle.
Employee was walking down the stairs at the stripping machine to the west bay and overstepped, causing them to slip, fall and hurt their left leg and right arm.
EE was scraping grease from the high-voltage rings of a shovel. EE rolled onto their belly to descend the ladder, and in the process, their legs and body fell from the opening/ladder, EE grabbed onto the ring to keep themselves from falling and loaded their shoulder at an awkward angle with their body weight. EE immediately experienced a burning pain and limited range of motion.
As the employee was exiting their work vehicle, they stepped into a rut in the road and twisted their left knee.
Employee hyperextended their foot when stepping down a step of the 2430CON002 Horizontal Feed Conveyor. Misjudged depth of step and rolled ankle.
While descending the ladder of Haul Truck 22, the employee slipped off the fourth step and the right ankle was hung up on the rail of the ladder and twisted as the employee fell forward.
Employee was walking around Drill 9 when they tripped and fell and hurt the right ankle and scratched the right hand. The employee was evaluated by Site Rescue. The incident resulted in a right ankle fracture.
Employee was walking up the staircase of the Screening Tower when they did not gain proper footing on the final step, fell and hit their right knee causing discomfort.
EE was unloading Sulphur and got the supplied breathable airline caught on the heel of their boot when stepping backward. This caused EE to trip and fall on their backside. While trying to brace from the fall with hands EE hairline fractured a bone in left wrist.
Employee was disconnecting the fuel hose from the haul truck. When the employee turned to replace the hose, employee stepped in a hole and sprained the left ankle.
While employee was performing their pre-shift walk around, they tripped over a handle for a cover on the haul truck deck and landed on their left side against the fire suppression system, bruising their ribs.
Employee was attempting to dismount Rubber Tire Dozer, when the employee tripped, fell on the deck and felt pain in left leg.
The operator was dismounting the Haul Truck when EE missed a step descending the staircase of the truck. This resulted in an injury to the right knee.
Employee was trying to reel up a cable for the shot. Employee had to use the back step to fix the cable on the reel. When finished, EE stepped down and felt a pain in EE's right ankle.
The employee tripped on the stairs coming from cab of Shovel 2 down to the house of the shovel, injuring the left knee.
Employee was walking back to the Polaris when employee stepped over a berm and twisted right ankle. The employee continued to walk towards the Polaris and twisted the ankle a second time.
Employee was collecting samples on a drill pattern, when EE stepped over a track left by the drill and lost EE's footing on loose material, causing EE to fall and injure EE's right knee.
Employee was walking down stairs of Haul Truck 35, when EE's knee gave out. Felt pain in the left knee and was unable to put pressure on it.
Employee was stepping into man van at beginning of shift when employee felt knee pop. Upon exiting the van, employee felt pain and was unable to put weight on left leg.
Employee lost footing going down the stairs of Shovel 4. Employee slipped and tumbled to the ground and suffered impacts to EE's left rib cage, back, and one knee. Employee was transported to ER, X-rays and scans conducted showed no evidence of fractures.
Employee was exiting the Man Van at the Crusher Road Tiedown when employee rolled right ankle.
Employee missed a step and slipped while attempting to exit the cab of Water Truck 17. Employee fell to the ground hitting their left foot. Employee then climbed back into Water Truck and moved it to the side and called dispatch. This incident resulted in a fracture to the left ankle.
While employee was exiting the Lube Truck, they missed the step on the ladder and strained left muscle.
Employee was finishing a break when the toe of EE's boot got hung up on the seat of the bench causing EE to fall on EE's left knee. The fall caused a small laceration.
Employee rolled their right ankle stepping down from the inbound gate scale, resulting in a fracture.
While employee was exiting the cab onto the drill deck, the operator felt a pop in right foot.
Employee was working at Lone Star leaching pad, cell 9 mod D. The employee attempted to cross a 12" and 4" pipe that was butted together by stepping over. EE stepped on 4" pipe to get over 12" pipe causing EE to slip and sprain EE's left knee.
A water truck driver twisted EE's left ankle while dismounting EE's water truck on the last night of EE's five scheduled night shifts. Employee reported to work on 7/31 after four scheduled days off, worked half of the shift, then reported to supervision that EE's ankle pain had worsened attributed to the original twisted ankle event.
Employee was standing next to the fusing machine and took a step back and slipped and fell to the ground receiving a small cut to their elbow and felt pain in left shoulder.
Shovel Mechanic was removing a wedge from the tooth adapter using an impact gun when the bit got stuck inside the wedge. In the attempt to remove the bit from the wedge, the mechanic suffered a smashed finger. As mechanic sat there holding the hand, mechanic started to feel faint & ultimately fainted, falling to the ground from seated position causing laceration to chin.
While operator was performing pre-operational inspection of haul truck, the employee rolled the ankle walking on the ground around the haul truck.
While employee was exiting the man van, the employee rolled an ankle on the running board that had mud build up.
While stepping out of a pickup truck, the employee stepped on a rock and felt a sharp pain in the middle sole and heel of the right foot.