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Employee was exiting truck, stepped in hole and pulled ligaments in ankle.
EE was servicing a cat 775 E haulage truck, EE was removing the left rear final drive oil plug, the employee slipped and his face struck the tire when the oil plug broke free. EE sustained a broken tooth when his jaw struck the truck tire.
Employee was hand shoveling in the primary crushing area for spillage clean-up. Uneven ground conditions allowed him to slip and twist left knee. The doctor's first evaluation and MRI on 01/25/07. The orthopedic doctor follow up on 02/06/07 prescribed surgery to repair.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING EQUIPMENT ON READY-LINE PRIOR TO DAY SHIFT. HE SLIPPED ON PARKING BERM BUT DID NOT FALL TO GROUND. PHYSICIAN EVALUATION IDENTIFIED BACK STRAIN ON 08/18 AND PRESCRIBED THERAPY ON 08/24
EE WAS EXITING THE SEAT/CAB OF RIDIG FRAME HAUL TRUCK. AS HE WAS PUTTING WEIGHT ON RIGHT LEG, HE FELT RIGHT KNEE "POP". HE WAS DOCTOR EVALUATED ON 07/06/05 AND PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY
Employee accessed an elevated platform to energize an elevated electrical panel. After energizing the switchgear, he jumped off the elevated platform to the MCC concrete floor. The elevation was approximately five feet. Employee sprained lumbar.
EE LOST FOOTING ON CONVEYOR CATWALK. HIS LEFT HAND WAS HOLDING HANDRAIL AND RIGHT HAND HOLDING GREASE GUN. WHILE TRYING TO RESTRICT FALL, THE FORCE OF EE'S WEIGHT OVERPOWERED HIS LEFT ARM STRENGTH. EE'S LEFT BICEP WAS RUPTURED AND REQUIRED SURGERY TO REPAIR.
Operator was in progress of pre-shift inspection of a motor grader, while climbing onto engine compartment access platform, operator strained his mid-back region. Orthopedic surgeon prescribed therapy on 6-9-04 medical evaluation.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON PATCH OF ICE ON GROUND LEVEL WALKWAY, BUT DID NOT FALL. EMPLOYEE FELT STRAIN IN LOWER BACK, BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL EVALUATION UNTIL 02/28/03. THE X-RAYS & EVALUATION INDI CATED PINCHED NERVE. EMPLOYEE BEGAN THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS ON 03/03/03.
SCALE ATTENDANT GOT UP FROM COMPUTER WORK STATION AND TRIPPED ON CHAIR MAT. EE FELL TO FLOOR STRIKING LEFT KNEE ON CONCRETE FLOOR. LEFT KNEE CAP WAS FRACTURED.
THE EUCLID 74TD 35 TON HAUL TRUCK WAS BLOCKED, LOCKED AND TAGGED OUT FOR REPAIR. A WIRING FAULT WAS BEING TRACED AND ACCESS INTO AND UNDER THE CAB WAS REQUIRED. EE WAS INSPECTING THE WIRING UN DER THE CAB WHILE STANDING ON THE EXTENSION LADDER, HIS FOOR SLIPPED FROM THE LADDER RUNG. HE FELL APPROX 4 FEET TO GROUND LEVEL. HIS INJURIES CONSISTED OF BRUISES TO THE LEFT LEG, THIGH & HI
WHILE WALKING TO THE BREAK ROOM, EE TRIPPED ON A PLASTIC TRASH BAG AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED LACERATIONS AND ABRASIONS TO HIS RIGHT WRIST AND ELBOW. A WALKWAY GRATING USED FOR BOOT SCRAPING WAS PRESENT IN THE FALL AREA AND CONTRIBUTED TO HIS INJURIES. FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED AND EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO CLINIC WHERE HE REC'D SUTURES IN HIS WRIST & ELBOW, XRAYS, AND SHOT.
EE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK. HE WAS THEN TOLD TO HAUL OVERBURDEN MATERIAL. AT APPROX 11:45 A.M. HE WAS TOLD TO OPERATE THE WATER TRUCK THROUGH THE DINNER PERIOD & REMAINDER OF THE DAY. HE D ROVE HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE, A JEEP WRANGLER, TO THE WATER TRUCK. AS HE WAS GETTING OUT OF JEEP HE FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND. HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS BREIF PERIOD AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.
THE INJURY WAS INITIALLY NON-REPORTABLE; HOWEVERSUBSEQUENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION HAS REVEALED THE NEED FOR SURGERY AND LOST WORK DAYS. A TEAMSTER WAS DELIVERING DRINKING WATER TO VARIOUS WORK AR EAS AT THE MINE. WHILE CARRYING A 5 GAL. KEG TO HIS PICK-UP TRUCK, HE STEPPED OFF THE EDGE OF A CONCRETE PAD. THIS MIS-STEP CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE. SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR 12/14/00.