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EE was performing the morning haul truck inspection of tires when EE stepped on some wet material and strained lower back.
Miner determined repair was needed in a chute, the miner descended catwalk of conveyor belt towards 5' vertical ladder which lead to the ground. Instead of turning EE's body and maintaining three points of contact, the miner stepped in between the top rung of the ladder and the end of the catwalk, toppled over backward and had leg/foot caught between the ladder and the catwalk.
Haul truck driver exited CAT 773 Haul Truck to relief himself while waiting to unload haul truck into primary crusher. Employee returned to the haul truck and while climbing back up the haul truck, he lost his footing and fell off ladder approximately half way up the ladder. Employee sprained right wrist in fall to the ground.
Driller, was doing maintenance on his drill, slipped off a step and hit the handrail with his left side (ribs). I had an employee drive him to occupational health facility. X-rays were negative, just bruising. Tried to work through it, first lost day to workers comp 8/28/10, today. He has a Dr.'s appt 9/2/10. Restricted duty, lost work days.