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A mine employee was ascending the line 100 Rotex stairs, when employee's right foot got caught between the steps which caused employee to fall and strike mouth against a step. Injury resulted in four sutures and caused a chipped central incisor tooth.
An employee was injured while descending the stairs from the rotex deck at the Dry Plant. EE was maintaining three points of contact but lost EE's balance towards the bottom of the steps causing EE to tighten EE's grip on the handrail injuring EE's right shoulder. The employee was diagnosed with a dislocated shoulder.
On 01/07/20 while descending the steps from the primary screener, the employee slipped and fell, striking lower back. Employee did not seek medical attention at the time. On 2/3 the employee sought medical attention for aggravation of this injury, and was placed on restricted work duty. Freezing rain that morning was a factor in this incident.
Employee was walking, slipped on snow/icy steps of office.
Miner was cleaning/shoveling excess feed from the around the mobile rinser, loader operator placed material into hopper when a compacted segment slid from grizzly grid striking miner. Miner lost EE's balance / footing falling to the ground. During chain of events after being struck and coming to rest on the ground, miner sustained a fractured femur on EE's left leg.
Crane mechanic was working on the Link Belt Crane pulling the air cleaner. EE stepped back thinking EE was stepping onto the main deck from the catwalk. EE miss-stepped, missing the main deck and fell to the ground level. EE was not wearing fall protection.