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Blaster was coming down office steps @ quarry office and slipped. It was raining and steps were wet. Starting falling and tried to catch himself. He grabbed railing and felt something pop in his arm.
Contract hauler was exiting the cab of his dump truck at the weigh scale when he slipped on ice and fell to the ground.
Employee attempted to sit on the mid rail of a railing. The mid rail is removable so that screen can be replaced. The mid rail became dislodged and the employee fell to the level below.
Employee was walking around a truck when he slipped on some ice and fell back striking his head and left shoulder on the ground.
While standing on a rock face, started to turn around, lost footing, right leg got stuck between two rocks, causing the rt ankle & knee to twist, fell to the ground, and hurt rt ankle.
Employee was checking VS3 for a hole in the top deck. He stepped up onto an elevated motor mount to view the top deck screens. As he was preparing to step back onto the floor, his right foot slipped off of the mount, and landed on the floor, causing all of his weight to shift onto his right foot, twisting it.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE CATERPILLAR 777 HAUL TRUCK TO CHECK THE OIL WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF OF THE HAND RAIL AND HE FELL 10 FEET TO THE GROUND.
Employee was hurrying to get a 992C loader started and into the pit, when he climbed the ladder with his lunch pail in his hands. He reached for the handrail at the top of the ladder, missed it and fell to the ground striking his buttocks and knocking the wind out of him.
EE WAS WALKING ON A CATWALK WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL DOWN ONTO HIS LEFT KNEE CUTTING IT. THERE WAS NO OBSTRUCTIONS ON THE WALKWAY THAT HINDERED HIS TRAVEL.
WHILE EXITING THE WATER TRUCK TO CHECK A FLOCCULANT SYSTEM, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF PRIMARY CRUSHER AND WAS STEPPING ON WELDER PARTS. PARTS SHIFTED AND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT GROIN/LEG.
WHILE CLEANING ICE OFF OF C-25 CONVEYOR, EE SLIPPED & PULLED HIS GROIN MUSCLE.
WHILE PULLING ELECTRIC CABLE, RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF ROCK, TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.
WHEN REPLACING FEED PLATE ON SCREEN, EE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.