EE states that while pulling water hose to back to hose reel on water truck that the EE's foot hooked a frozen clump of material, causing a fall to the ground on EE's left side. EE was seen at urgent care and was issued restrictions due to limited mobility and pain in left shoulder and left thigh.
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Showing all 43Employee was stepping over cutting torch hoses at the crusher when employee tripped causing knee to pop. Employee stated employee didn't pick foot up high enough to clear the hoses. Employee was seen by a doctor and received light restricted duty.
Stepped into the bucket of a skid steer loader to enter the operators cab. Right foot slipped when left foot caught the edge of the bucket causing employee to trip, twisting right foot resulting in a fracture to the right foot.
Employee was coming down ladder on a 980 loader, EE's left foot got caught in 2nd step and EE overexerted EE's right side catching self. Employee did not fall.
Front end loader operator was attempting to clean front corner windshield when the operator lost grip and fell. Upon falling the operator fractured right wrist and was placed in a cast and assigned restricted duty.
The miner exited the cab of a drill and loss of consciousness, falling and slightly injuring shoulder. The miner was seen by a Fire Company medic who checked EE's sugar and vitals, finding nothing wrong. EE was released. The miner was also seen a doctor which treated the shoulder with Ibuprofen and gave EE a full release the day of the mishap.
EE was getting into the cab of the drill when EE tripped. EE swung an arm upward to regain balance and struck the door pin area cutting arm, requiring 7 staples. EE did not maintain 3 points of contact and did not use the hand hold provide.
Employee was cleaning chute and fell from 4th step of ladder causing fracture to left leg
Employee stepped off loader and twisted ankle. Did not feel pain or observe any swelling until EE took boot off at home, but a "near miss" was reported at work. EE later went to doctor and was awarded light duty.
Employee was working on a gearbox motor assembly when the motor slipped from the assembly striking employee's hard hat causing lacerations to the left side of face and causing employee to fall and fracture right wrist.
Employee conducting pre trip inspection of vehicle and fell off of side landing on right shoulder/arm. Conditions were somewhat wet/muddy. Unknown extent of injury to right shoulder but could be rotator cuff injury, TBD.
An employee was looking up holding a tagline for a load when EE stepped into a hole, causing EE to bump EE's knee.
Employee tripped while running and received a contusion to left knee.
Injured was dismounting a Cat 972 loader when his hands slipped from the ladder causing him to fall to the ground.
Due to sleet and freezing rain, the surface of the lot had quickly become very slick. As our driver walked back to his truck, he slipped on the ice and fell. When he caught himself with his left hand, he suffered a possible hairline fracture of his left wrist. He should recover completely.
Injured was standing on a platform 4.5 feet off the floor, attempting to attach a come-along when he lost his balance and fell to the floor.
Employee went up and over the rear fender of the truck from the concrete silo supports instead of correctly mounting from the rear where the safe access is provided. The fenders have flat slick surfaces.
Injured was standing on the center rear section of the Cat 972 loader attempting to clean the hood when he lost his footing and fell to the ground 3 1/2 feet below.
Snow and Ice was on the step leading into the cab of the vehicle. Employee slipped on the step and fell approximately 3 feet to the ground, injuring his back.
Employee was climbing the ladder to the loader cab and slipped on the second step. He caught himself with his right arm on the handrail, regained his footing and climbed up to the cab. He later went to the ER where it was determined he broke his right forearm. He was talking with another employee while climbing and was distracted.
The employee was involved in snow clean up at the rotary kiln tunnel. We had 24 inches on the ground and it was still snowing. The loader cleared the area which compacted the remaining snow on the ground and made the area slick. The employee slipped on the snow and struck his left knee on the ground. Employee sustained a knee sprain.
Employee looking for a water leak in drainage ditch slipped on muddy ground and fell. This resulted in reportable lost time accident.
Employee working in small storage area with 2.5" aisles when a truck came in needing to be unloaded - employee turned to leave catching his foot on open box falling forward and landing on his right side fracturing two ribs. This resulted in a lost time accident.
Emp was cleaning out duct at hydrator, went to step down and mis-stepped, falling backwards. He caught himself, but caused lumbar strain. This is a lost time accident.
Emp was climbing down from a loader and missed the first rung, falling to the ground. This is a reportable accident because he was fitted with a brace on his left knee. There was no lost time.
EE climbed up to the top step of dump truck, approx. 2.5' from ground, to look into the bed to check his load. EE slipped from the step and controlled the fall by grabbing truck handrail with left hand supporting his weight. This is MSHA reportable lost time accident.
EE helping to clear a stone vibrator in the rotary feed tunnel, while exerting pressure with his upper body, he misstepped and turned foot inward, resulting in a sprained right ankle.
EE was checking trucks on the ready line. He exited haul truck T332 by use of the ladder. He rolled his left ankle on a rock located on the ground at the bottom of the ladder. He sustained a fracture to the mid-foot and sprained ankle.
Employee was standing waiting for water truck to fill. He stated that he turned to walk back to get in the truck, rotating on his left leg when he heard the knee pop. He reported the injury to his foreman shortly after and continued to operate the truck until taken to receive medical care. Incident resulted in an MSHA reportable injury.
EE was standing on engine compartment of drill engine-EE removed panel-EE stepped on raised side of engine-compartment panel fill causing the EE to lose balance. EE fell approximately 6.5 feet. EE received fracture to left hip and lacarations to left elbow.
Ee rolled ankle when bolt broke from mushroom damper. Ee was bracing himself, standing on conveyor walls of the chute. Ee left foot was forward, right foot behind. Left foot was used to apply pressure to break the bolt. When bolt broke, ee weight shifted to right foot causing his ankle to roll over on the chute wall.
EE was pulling rubber hose out of bulk tanker truck when the rope broke. EE fell backwards, hitting his left shoulder on a pallet.
EE tripped getting away from a back flow of dusty material from a clean out port and fell to the catwalk upon his left knee. EE was using an air hose to remove blockage in the feed chute to the Gayco.
Employee fell from dozer arms landing on the ground resulting in a dislocation of 4th finger. Employee was exiting the right side of the dozer using both hands on the hand rail while climbing down, his foot slipped and the employee jumped backward and landed on his left hand.
EE FELL FACE FIRST WHEN HE SLIPPED/TRIPPED DOWN A BANK TO A WATER VALVE. EE WAS OBSERVING THE LOADING OF THE WATER WHEN HE NOTICED THE 3" WATER HOSE CONNECTOR WAS COMING LOOSE FROM THE STAND PIPE ON THE WATER TRUCK. HE HURRIED DOWN A BANK TO SHUT OFF THE VALVE WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL ONTO THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION/LACERATION TO THE FOREHEAD, NECK SPRAIN, RESTRICTED DUTY.
Tarping truck, after loading, rope broke and driver fell breaking right leg.
EE WAS TRYING TO MOVE A RAILCAR WITHOUT ASKING FOR SOME HELP. HE WAS IN A HURRY TO MOVE THE CAR AND SLIPPED, FELL, AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT AND SNOW WAS CONTINUOUSLY FALLING. EE WASWEARING RUBBER OVERBOOTS.
EE STATED HE GOT IN THE TAIL END OF HIS PICKUP TRUCK TO CHANGE OUT THE OXYGEN TANK. AS HE WAS EXITING THE BACK END, HE SLIPPED AND FELL, HITTING HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE TAILGATE OF THE TRUCK. E E STATED THAT THERE WAS SOME WETNESS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK.
EE WAS WALKING TO HIS CAR, SAID HE WAS WALKING FAST, AND FELL. THERE WAS NO TRIPPING HAZARD, ETC.
EE CROSSED SEVERAL LARGE STONES, APPROX. 2'X2' TO BE INA POSITION TO PULL THE PUMP FOOT VALVE OUT OF THE MUD USING A ROPE. WHEN CROSSING BACK, HE PUT THE ROPE ONTO THE BANK AND SLIPPED ON AN A DJACENT STONE, LACERATING HIS MID RIGHT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING SAMPLE BUCKETS DOWN A CATWALK AND FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON CATWALK.
WAS WORKING ON EUCLID, GOT FOOT CAUGHT AND FELL.