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EMPL SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE GETTING ON MANTRIP AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT.HE FELL LANDING ON BUTTOCKS.HE GOT UP AND ONTO MANTRIP NOT REALIZING HE WAS INJURED UNTIL HE HAD RIDDEN INTO MINE WHEN HE REA LIZED HIS BACK WAS GETTING STIFF AND HE THEN LEFT WORK.
EMPL WORKING ON RAIL WITH JIM CROW.HE SLIPPED WITH JIM CROW SMASHING FINGER BETWEEN IT AND RAIL.SKIN LACERATION-DORSUM LEFT LONG FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A 55 GALLON BARREL FILLING THE BIG FUEL TANK AND SLIPPED OFF, FALLING APPROX. 5-6\ ONTO THE TRACK. HE FIRST CONTACTED THE GROUND WITH HIS SELF-RESCUER (STAPPED TO GHIS BACK R SIDE), THEN HIT HIS BACK DIRECTLY ON THE GROUND.
CLIMBING ON AIR TRACK TO CHECK LEAKING WATER SWIVEL.SLIPPED OFF FALLING APPROX.2FEET LANDING ON UNEVEN GROUND LOCKING UP RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING STOPER UP FINGER ON MUCK PILE. THE MUCK PILE SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL FORWARD. HE DROPPED THE STOPER AND STRAINED THE MUSCLED IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON END OF TWO BOARDS WHICH WERE STRETCHED ACROSS SCAFFOLDING TRYING TO REACH A VALVE.THE MOVEMENT OF EMPLOYEE STRETCHING TO REACH VALVE CAUSED BOARD TO SLIDE OFF OF SCAFF SCAFFOLDING CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL ABOUT 10\ HITTING HIS HEAD ON PUMP BELOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN DRIFT AND LIIKED AHEADAND LOOKED AHEAD TO SEE IF TRAIN WAS COMING. WHEN HE LOOKED UP, HE SLIPPED ON A SLICK TIE IN TRACK AND FELL,STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK AND UPPER R UPPER RIGHT LEG MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP ON TOP OF LHD MACHINE TO INSTALL TOP END OF HYDRAULIC HOSE. HE SLIPPED ON OILY FRAME OF LHD AND FELL OVER BACKWARD ON TO GROUND AND LNADED ON TOP OF SELF RESCURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON GROUND PUTTING ON HYDRAULIC HOSE ON LHD MACHINE WHEN HE STOOD UP HE SLIPPED ON OIL ON GROUND CAUSING HIS KNEE TO TWIST
SLIPPED ON ICE OUTSIDE FIRE ASSAY LAB WHILE CHECKING DOORS,TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP ON RAISE CLIMBER CHECKING FOR TIGHT SPOTS IN RAISE HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ABOUT 10FT AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SIDE HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE RAIL
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG MAIN LEVEL TRACK AND STEPPED IN WATER FILLED HOLE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE THERE WASNO LOST TIME FROM WORK AT THIS TIME BUT THEN ON 112683 HE STEPPED IN DEPRES SION BETWEEN TWO TIES AND REINJURED HIS ANKLE RESULTING IN LOST TIME
EE WAS LOADING HOLES WHILE STANDING ON STAGING. STAGING WAS SUPPORTED IN PART BY A LADDER WHICK BROKE, CAUSING STAGING & EE TO FALL. WHEN EE FELL HE CUT HIS HAND. HE IS NOT SURE WHETHER IT WAS ON THE STAGING THE LADDER OR POSSIBLY A ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CORE BOXES WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL FORWARD TWISTING SO THE BACK OF HIS LEFT SHOULDER AREA HIT AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE DOCK CAUSING PAIN BETWEEN SPINE AND RIGHT S CAPULA
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ON LOG WHICH WAS USED AS A TEMPORARY STEP FROM ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER IN CRUSHING PLANT (APPROX 3FT BETWEEN LEVELS) WHEN HE STEPPED ON LOG IT FLEW OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSIN G HIM TO FALL AND CUT LEFT FOREARM ON METAL SKIRTING EMPLOYEE ALSO BIT THRU LOWER LIP DURING FALL
EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING WHILE HANDMUCKING CAUSING A TWISTING MOTION OF HIS BODY STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK HIS BACK DIDNT START REALLY HURTING UNTIL NEXT DAY
STEPPING OUT OF BATTERY MOTOR -BUT FOOT WAS TANGLED IN CONTROL WIRE CAUSING HIM TO TRIP AND FALL OUT OF MOTOR.RIGHT ARM WAS BENT OVER HEAD WHEN HE HIT GROUND CAUSING EMPL TO LAND ON RIGHT SHO
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING ROCK STANDING ON GRIZZLY WHEN HE SLIPPED STRADDLING GRIZZLY
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A LADDER ACROSS SCRAM AND SLIPPED ON THE ROCKS AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.