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Employee miss-stepped ascending a short flight of steps jamming left big toe/foot
Employee Bent over to pick up the tag rope line, slipped, and fell on EE's left side Straining EE's back
I tripped over the fork of a Telle Handler while flying a drone.
The employee was walking on an icy surface and EE's feet went out from under EE causing EE to land on EE's bottom. The employee dropped EE's right arm to soften the fall and injured EE's shoulder. The employee has seen several doctors since Feb. 16 and now will have surgery.
Drilling Boulders with sinking hammer to be shot miss stepped on small 5 inch rock lost balance and fell to ground, tried to stop fall w/ left arm and fractured left radius bone
Miner was hanging utilities and slipped on wet ground, falling and landing on a jagged rock with his right forearm, causing a cut near the elbow, requiring 4 stitches.
Driller slipped on a small bit of grease and fell straining his knee.
The injured was dismounting the rock truck when his right knee gave out. He fell to the ground, twisting his knee. He was sent to dr for assessment and nothing was foung. He was later sent for further assessment to an Orthopedic specialist due to knee pain. He was given a knee brace on 5/13/10 and RTW on 5/17/10.
Injured & his partner were on a 6 x 6 raft and pulling themselves toward the dewater pump to do the monthly P.M. The partner pulled on the rope used to move them forward when the raft tipped sideways. The injured worker grabbed the wall to support himself and in doing so injured his right hand. The water is 12" deep.
The employee was doing seasonal maintenance on the swamp coolers where the mine employees live. He was leaving the roof to go down the ladder. When the employee put his weight on the ladder, the safety catches released & the employee fell (maximum fall 11'2" from eave of trailer to the ground). Injuries were four fractured ribs and a cut spleen.
While walking, the mechanic stepped into a hole and fell to the ground striking a rock with his knee. The extent of the injury diagnoses was received on 8/5/08 and that resulted in a reportable inujry.
Walking into drift, stepped wrong and twisted knee.
Employee was moving from one work site to another, slipped on wet concrete, landed on lt. checking on wooden curbing, broke 3 ribs.
Employee slipped on some ice that was covered by a fresh blanket of snow.
Slipped on ice, landed on back.
Workers light went out during shift he was walking out to get a replacement when he trip over something and fell on to a pile of bolts and mats cutting his left leg e required 5 stiches
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON A WET FLOOR AND HIT HIS HAND ON A LOCKER IN THE CHANGE ROOM.
LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE MANUALLY POSITIONING A DRUM FOR A BARREL GRAB AND FELL FROM A FLATBED TRAILER.
THE EE LEFT THE BUILDING TO DO A YARD TOR, NOTICED THAT THE SNOW HAD BEEN REMOVED BUT DID NOT NOTICE THE FILM OF ICE. HE SLIPPED AND FELL. THAT DAY, DR TOLD HIM HE HAD A CONTUSION, LATER IT WA S DETERMINED HIS INJURY IS MORE SERIOUS.
EE HAD BEEN CLEANING MUD OUT OF AN INTERMODAL CONTAINER USED TO SHIP PROCESS FEED FOR THE MILLWHEN EXITING THE CONTAINER, HE KNELT DOWN PLACEDHIS HAND AT THE EDGE TO HOP OUT. WHEN HE TRANSFE RRED HIS WEIGHT TO HIS HAND IT SLIPPED BECAUSE OF MUD, AND HE FELL APPROX 5' LANDING ON HIS FOREHEAD