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A miner was injured after slipping and falling as EE walked to EE's equipment.
The above is the accident date not the date this accident became reportable. Injury became reportable on 2/23/23.
Employee was stepping down from the loader and missed the last step resulting in shoulder and arm strain. Employee underwent surgery on 11/17/21, making this a Lost Time accident
Employee tripped and landed on hand and as a result fractured the small metacarpal bone in EE's right hand.
Employees were working on top of surge tunnel setting form work in place to add decking for a concrete pour. The main beam on the form work broke causing the form work to collapse. Both employees fell and one employee's retractable lanyard prevented the employee from striking the ground. The second employee struck the wall in a swinging affect or hit the ground.
Employee slipped while descending stairs fracturing the 5th metatarsal on the right foot.
Employee stepped on a rock and twisted their foot, which resulted in a broken foot.
Employee struck right knee while descending down the dewatering screen resulting in a contusion.
Employee was walking between two buildings on site when employee slipped and fell, breaking the fall with employee's left hand/elbow. This resulted in a fracture of the left humerus (upper left arm).
Employee was walking between the service truck and assigned task area when employee twisted employee's knee. This was aggravated a few hours later while the employee was getting into the rear seat of the service truck.
Employee was descending the access ladder of a front-end yard loader during a pre-shift inspection when ee fell, fracturing left ankle.
Injured EE unbuckled the discharge line on a pit pump. As ee released the QD coupling water struck ee in the face causing ee to jump backwards and trip and slide down the embankment to the sump. EE struck several rocks as ee traveled down the slope and this caused injury to face and shoulder. EE walked up the ramp to where a coworker was on the forklift moving material.
EE STEPPED DOWN OFF LADDER OF MOBILE EQUIPMENT TWISTING RIGHT KNEE, INITIALLY DIAGNOSED BY DOCTOR AS A SPRAIN WITH NO RESTRICTIONS. AFTER TOTAL HEALING WAS NOT REACHED WITHIN FOLLOWING WEEKS, EE WAS TAKEN IN FOR FOLLOW UP EXAM WHEN VERY SLIGHT MENISCUS LIGAMENT TEAR WAS FOUND.
Employee was standing on the ground, pulling on a ratchet. The ratchet broke and caused the employee to fall backward, twisting his ankle.
While exiting dump truck drivers hand slip and he lost balance. He Fell 3' to 4' to ground landing on back of his head. He received a Subdural Hematoma/Concussion. Taken to ER in Maryland and transferred to DE. No stay was released 11 days later to full duty
EE slipped on ice in office parking lot landing on hip and shoulder. Doctor ordered restricted duty did not occur until 02/02/2015.