Cleaning build up at conveyor, wet muddy conditions. Stepped in soft material twisting, employee sought treatment for knee sprain.
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Showing all 4Failed to maintain 3 points of contact dismounting excavator on to uneven ground, twisting ankle resulting in minor soft tissue damage.
On 2/2/2020 the miner reported to the safety supervisor that the miner had fallen while dismounting dump truck on 1/31/2020. Miner stated miner mis-stepped one of the steps causing miner to fall to the ground at a height of approximately 3ft.
Miner was injured while moving a conveyor. The tail pulley end raised off of the ground slightly picking the miner up and allowing ee to fall about 2 feet back to the ground spraining rt ankle and left knee. Restricted duty case, follow up in a week. Miner may return to restricted duty on 05/25/2017.