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Employee was climbing down the ladder on a CAT 777D rock truck. EE stepped off the ladder onto the ground and twisted left ankle. EE went to the hospital the next day and had an x-ray done on the ankle. It was diagnosed as a sprain.
Employee was getting out of the triaxle truck at the fuel pumps in the parking lot. Employee slipped on the step while getting out of the truck and grabbed the hand hold to keep from falling. EE felt a pop and then pain in the right arm. EE went to the emergency room and was diagnosed with a torn bicep muscle.
Employee was walking across the cab deck towards the door of the rock truck and stumbled and fell towards the door. EE put out left hand to grab the mirror on the door and hit left hand on the mirror bracket between the little and ring finger causing a sprain.
Employee had just parked the CAT 992G loader and was climbing down the ladder at the rear of the machine. Employee parked loader on an unlevel area. Employee could not reach ground and EE slipped and fell on their back. Employee said was OK. Employee did not seek medical attention until 2/16/2021. Employee said tore their bicep muscle.
Employee was walking across the area between the silt pile and coarse reject pile and slipped and fell due to snowy conditions. Employee landed on right hip/lower back area causing a muscle strain/pain in that area. *Employee did not seek medical attention until 2/8/2021.
Employee was going to grease a truck and had climbed down the ladder to the ground. EE had parked on a flat area near the fuel tanks. EE turned around after climbing down the ladder and tripped over some rocks, causing them to fall over backwards and they landed on left shoulder, causing a sprain.
Employee was walking through the shop on the way to the change room. EE tripped over 2 large pieces of angle iron laying on the shop floor. EE caught the toe of EE's shoe on the angle iron, causing EE to fall forward. EE put right hand down to stop the fall and struck EE's hand on the concrete floor. EE fractured the little finger. EE did not seek medical attention until 6/25/2020.
Employee parked EE's triaxle truck in the parking lot of the 021 pit. EE was adding alcohol to EE's air tank on #9048 Mack truck. EE slipped on ice while walking across the parking lot. EE landed on EE's back causing bruising. EE was taken to emergency room as a precaution.
The employee was climbing down the ladder of a CAT 777D rock truck. Employee missed hand hold and fell backward to the ground. Employee fractured a hip.
Employee was walking across the job site parking area from his pickup to the loader he was operating. He stepped in a washout and twisted his left knee. He did it again on 9/15/2015. He did not report the accident to his supervisor until 10/1/2015.
Employee was climbing down off the dozer when he slipped and struck his right elbow on the dozer track. Bruised right elbow. The employee did not seek medical attention until 2/12/2015. That visit was diagnostic in nature. Employee received medical treatment on 2/19/2015 and was told by his doctor not to return to work until 2/23/2015.
Employee was climbing down the ladder from a CAT 777C rock truck. Right foot was already on the step and employee tried to put his left foot on the same step and left foot slipped off of step due to mud on the step. This caused his right leg to twist, straining his right groin muscle.
The employee was hooking up chains to a crusher plate so he could load the crusher plates onto his truck with his truck mounted crane. The area around the crusher plates was snow covered and icy. Employee slipped on the ice when hooking up chains and tried to catch himself from falling and twisted his lower back.
Employee was walking around water truck and stumbled on some rocks or stones. He started to fall and reached out with his left hand to grab bracket for suction line to prevent his fall. He injured his left shoulder and left foot. He fell to the ground and landed on his right knee.
While performing an equipment pre-check, the equipment operator slipped and fell onto his back side in a small puddle of water. He worked until March 1, 2011 when he sought medical attention for pain of the lower back. MRI shows possible slipped disc (L5) in his back.
While fueling Cat 992C Loader, the operator had his left foot on the bottom rung of the access ladder and pulled the fuel hose towards him and the hose caught on a rock causing the employee to lose his balance and fall backwards hurting his left ankle and hitting the back of his head several inches above the neck.