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Miner was laying down changing a plate on the bottom of the screens on our plant. It is a very awkward position to change them and EE twisted wrong, causing pain in EE's back.
We were not notified of the injury until 07.22.2024. Miner was lifting a hammer out of our VSI when miner's foot slipped, and miner then pushed up to keep the hammer from falling, causing a sprain/strain to miner's right shoulder rotator cuff capsule.
Our employee was exiting a loader that they were cleaning and when exiting down the ladder, they missed the last step and fell onto their left ankle/foot, twisting it.
Miner was cleaning off a truck and there was a patch of snow on the ground near them. They slipped, but did not fall. When they went to catch themselves, they pulled a muscle in lower back.
EE was getting out of EE's 982 to use the restroom and stretch. While EE was stretching EE got light headed and fell approximately 6-7 feet off the loader cat walk to the ground below.
Miner slipped walking in mud and hit head on a concrete block.
The employee slipped on ice and has a sore knee, possible meniscus injury.
Climbing into a slurry tank and lost footing causing the employee to fall 5 to 6 feet landing on elbow
While building a temporary staircase at the Lisbon Scale House, EE stepped off the stairs onto unstable gravel. EE caught the edge of the stairwell with EE's left hand for balance, but then slipped another 2', causing EE to strain EE's left shoulder. EE immediately had pain when attempting to rotate EE's shoulder in any direction.
Miner was exiting skid steer, slipped, and jammed thumb into bucket of skid steer.
Employee was walking down a hill, slipped, and got back up and walked away. He said he was not going to report it, but ended up turning in paperwork on 8/2. He stated he didn't want to report it, but on 8/9 asked about this injury and workers comp so we are now reporting it. He said this event re-injured his back.
On 3/18/10, EE was working on the plant with a skid steer. He had parked and climbed out using 3 points of contact. He put his foot on the tire (that was wet from a puddle) and slipped. He caught himself with his left arm and twisted his right knee. Reported event on 3/19/10 @ 2 pm. Did not seek medical attention until 4/1/10.
Slipped on ice and twisted in air and landed on hands & knees. Pulled or tore stomach muscles.
EE was standing on the deck of a loader and was cleaning off the snow from the hood. His right foot slipped out from underneath him and he left shoulder fell against the hood of the loader.
WAS ON A LADDER AND LADDER SLIPPED AND FOOT WAS PLANTED. HE WENT TO TURN AND TWISTED KNEE.
WALKING DOWN A HILL AND PLACED FOOT WRONG WAY AND TWISTED KNEE.
OPERATOR FELL FROM LOADER WHILE DISMOUTING
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OIL ON CAT MOTOR. HE HAD TO GET MORE OIL & AS HE TURNED AROUND HIS RIGHT FOOT HIT THE LITTLE SLOPE WHERE THERE IS A 2" PIPE ATTATCHED TO WHICH IS A FLAT PIECE OF STEEL HE SLIPPED & HIS LOWER LEG HIT THIS PIECE OF STEEL AS HE FELL. HE HAS A FRACTURED FIBULA.