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EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL BELTING ON NEW CONVEYOR SYSTEM. BELTING UNRAVELED CAUSING EE TO JUMP OFF CONVEYOR ON TO GROUND. SOIL AND GROUND CONDITONS ARE ROCKY CAUSING HIM TO LAND UNEVENLY.
EMPLOYEE CLIMBING INTO TUB OF DSI SLIPPED & HIT BUTT JARRING HIS TAILBONE
WHILE WALKING ALONG CONVEYOR TO CHECK ELECTRICAL CABLE, EE MISSED THE STEP AT THE END.
WALKING ACROSS YARD ON UNEVEN GROUND. TWISTED ANKLE.
WHIL SITTING DOWN, THE SEAT OF THE CHAIR DROPPED ABOUT 8 INCHES.
SLIPPED ON METAL STEP
EMPLOYEE CLEANING MATERIAL BUILD UP IN DISCHARGE CHUTE AND LOST FOTTING AND DROPPED 3 FEET THE LENGTH OF SAFETY LINE.
EMPL HAD STOPPED SKIPLOADER,CLIMBING UP ON EQUIPMENT TO BORROW CIGARETTE FROM OPERATOR.EMPL WAS STILL WEARING SAFETY BELT WITH LIFE LINE LOOPED ON BELT,SLIPPED ON LADDER WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FR OM LOADER AND TRIED TO JUMP TO GROUND.LIFE LINE HAD HOOKED ON TOP OF LADDER,WHICH STOPPED EMPL IN MID-AIR AND SWUNG HIM BACK INTO THE LADDER.
DRIVER WAS HOSING OFF TRUCK,SLIPPED & FELL ON W WET CONCRETE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CROSSING SIGNE ONTO LIFT GATE AT END OF SHIFT KICKED SIGNS TO POSITION WHEN LEG WENT TOO FAR & HE DID THE SPLITSINJURING HIS BACK
WALKING ON UNEVEN GRAVEL. TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SKIRTS ON #46 BELT-FEED HOPPER. EMPLOYEE STOOD ON A FIVE GALLON PAIL TO REACH BOLTS & AS HE WAS TIGHENING OLTS HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND SLIPPED OFF PAILS STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS BOLTING UP STRUCTURE (NEW CONSTRUCTION) & WAS SECURED BY A SAFETY LANYARD-THE PIN WHICH HELP THE LANYARD BECAME DISLODGED CAUSING INJURED TO FALL APAPROX 26FT TO THE GROUND
EE WAS REMOVING DOOR FROM CRUSHER WHICH WAS LOCATED OVER TIAL PULLEY. WHEN EE JUMPED FROM TAIL PULLEY GUARD TO DISMOUNT SHOULD BE CLIMBED DOWN FROM GUARD HE JAMMED HIS KNEE.
FUELING EQUIPMENT - EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON HOSE KNOCKING NOZZLE OUT OF TANK AND HITTING EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER AND BACK.
EMPL ALLEGES TO HURT KNEE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON FRAME WORK OF CONVEYOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM CABIN TO TRACK FOOT SLIPPE OR MISSED EMPLOYEE FELL AGAINST TRACK WITH AREA OF RT HIP RECEIVING MOST IMPACT & CONTACT
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON STEP OF TRUCK AND SLIPPED LOSING HIS GRIP AND FELL, LANDING ON LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WELDING CABLES UP #3 GRAVEL CATWALK AND SLIPPED ON ROCKS.
EMPL CARRYING BUCKET WITH TOOLS ONE IN EACH HAND AND SLIPPED ON STAIRS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER AND STEPPED ONTO CATWALK AND TWISTED ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE AFTER CLEANING CHUTE WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET ABOVE GROUND,JUMPED BACKWARDS TO GROUND AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE AFTER ADDING OIL TO EQUIPMENT SLIPPED ON OVER SPILL. EMPLOYEE GRABBED HAND RAIL TO STOP HIS FALL AND IN THE PROCESS CUT HIS THUMB AND BRUISED HIS ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE AFTER COMPLETION OF HOSING AROUND EQUIPMENT ATTEMPTED TO WALK ON STEEL BEAM, SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS TESTICLES.
EMPLOYEE IN PROCESS OF POURING OIL INTO 988 LOADER. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED (SLIPPERY SURFACE DUE TO RAIN) CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL FROM LOADER AND LAND ON HIS BACK ON THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WHILE WALKING ALONGSIDE #3 CONVEYOR, TRIPPED AND FELL ON A ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM CRANE SLIPPED OFF STEP
EMPLOYEE WASHAULING STAR COMPACT TO THE FILL SITE, DURING THE DUMP CYCLE HIS SCRAPER GOT STUCK IN A SOFT SPOT HE GOT OUT AND STARTED WALKING TO GET HELP. HE STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND AND TWISTE HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE TWISTE8 HIS RIGHT ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF HIS EUCLID TRUCK.
INJ EMPL HAD CH5NGED A LIGHT BULB.RETURNING TO REGULAR AREA HE STUMBLED AND LOST HIS BALANCE.TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF FOOT BECAME LODGED BETWEEN FRAME GUARD ON TRANSFER BELT AND TRANSFER BELT T AIL PULLEY. 3
EMPL ENTERING #1 TUNNEL TO CLEAN CATWALK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON MATERIAL BUILT UP ON WALKWAY.HE TWISTED AND HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9NING FLOP GATE TO FEED MATERIAL TO #5 CONVEYOR.THE GATE FELL AND STRUCK THE CHANNEL HE WAS STANDING ON CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL.HE CAUGHT ONE OF THE GATES AND THE MOMENTUM OF HIS WEIGHT C5USED HIM TO SWING AND STRIKE HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE ON THE BEAM THAT THE GATE IS ATTACHED TO.
EMPLOYEE WHILE 7HECKING CONVEYOR STEPPED ONTO A WOODEN CATWALK AND LEG FELL THROUGH CATWALK TO KNEE CAUSING LEFT KNEE CONTUSION
EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING READY TO GET DOWN OUT OF HIS EUCLID WHEN HE PUT HIS FOOT OUTSIDE OF THE CAB HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL OUT OF THE CAB TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A LOADER TO MOVE A PORTABLE STACKER INTO PLACE. AFTER HE HAD FINISHED THE JOB, WHILE CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE LOADER, HI FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER RUNG CAUSING HIM TO FALL BETWEE3 THE LADDER ANDREAR TIRE OF THE LOADER. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REQUEST MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 9-23-86 AND LOST TIME BEGAN 9-24-86.
EMP WAS CLIMBIN1 OUT OF CAB OF B70 EUCLID IN ORDER TO CHECK THE LEVEL OF HOPPER HE WAS TO DUMP HIS LOAD INTO WHILE GETTING OUT OF CAB HE STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE EMP HIT UPPER RIGHT3CHEST ON BATTERY BOX COVER OF TRUCK AND THEN FELL TO GROUND UPON SEEKING MEDICAL TREATMENT FOUR DAYS LATER, FOUND A CRACKED RIB
INJURED EMPLOYE9 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING PANELS OF SCREEN CLOTH OUT OF THE BED OF A PICKUP AS HE WAS LIFTING, HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON WET GROUND AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HA3GING A WATER PIPE ON THE LOADOUT STRUCTURE. HE WAS APPROX. 12 TO 15 FT. ABOVE THE GROUND, STANDING ON A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON. HE CLAIMS HE SLIPPED AND GRABBED FOR SOMETHING SE CURE AND STRAIN9D HIS BACK. DID NOT LOSE TIME FROM WORK UNTIL 5-6-86.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A DRAGLINE.HE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE TRACK OF THE MACHINE AND LANDED ON A ROCK,TWISTING HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING 5 GALLON WATER BOTTLE INTO SCALE OFFICE. HE WAS IN A HURRY AND MOVING QUICKLY WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HE HIT HISRIGHT LEG ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR JAM. RESULTING IN A LACERATION ON HIS RIGHT SHIN WHICH REQUIRED 6 STITCHES AND A TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE PARKED3WATER TRUCK TO FILL TANK WITH WATER. WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF TRUCK EMPLOYEE MISSED STEP CAUSING HER TO FALL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE SUFFERRED BROKEN BONES IN RIGHT HAND AND ARM AND RIGHT FOOT1
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE DECK OF TEH ELJAY SCREEN ONTO THE DECK AROUND THE ELJAY CRUSHER EMPLOYEE SAID DUE TO THE RAIN THE DAY BEFORE EVERYTHING WAS WET AND MUDDY MAKING HIS BOOT S MUDDY AND SLIPPERY HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS REQUIRED
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON THE BOOM OF THE A-FRAME TRUCK TO INSPECT THE SHEAVE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TOLOSE HIS BALANCE. EMPLOYEE JUMPED TO GROUND TO AVOID FALLING LANDING ON THE GROUND AND INJURING HIS RIGHT HEEL AND ANKLE
EMP WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF 980 CAT LOADER AT END OF HIS SHIFT AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON LOWER RUNG HE FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS MUVING MUDCAT CABLE FROM ONE POSITION TO ANOTHER. INTHE PROCESS OF RETIGHTENING THE CABLE WITH THE GRIP HOIST, USING A 6 FOOT PIPE AS A HANDLE, EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING. T HIS CAUSED HIM TO LET GO GO THE PIPE HE WAS PUSHING ON. THE GRIP HOIST FAILED TO GRIP THE CABLE AND THE PTPE CAME BACK STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE FOREHEAD, CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING
INJURED EMPLOYEE AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE TAKING APART THE GYRADISC CRUSHER BOWL, ALL WERE USING PRY BARS IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOOSEN THE BOWL. INJURED EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO TH E HAND RAIL AND THE PRY BAR HE WAS USING FELL ON HIS RIGTT KNEE, CAUSING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE AND CONTUSION ON RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS MIXING CHEMICALS FOR THE MUD POND. IN ORDER TO DO SO HE HAD TO CLIMB A LADDER TO A PLATFORM ON A CHEMICAL TANK. AS HE WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER HIS FOOT SLIPPED. EE GRABBED RAIL ON THE LADDER TO STOP HIS FALL & FELT SOMETHING PULLI IN HIS ADBOMEN. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA .