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Employee was descending staircase on a Hitachi 5000 haul truck. When he reached the landing in the mid-point of the stairs, he slipped and twisted his knee. Employee was evaluated and given restricted duty.
Employee slipped on ice while walking outside NE corner of truck shop. Employee fell down and injured left ankle, resulting in fracture.
While pulling fuel hose from reel, to fill haul truck, employee slipped and fell down, resulting in a fracture to left wrist.
On 7/11/13, employee was dismounting dozer when his foot slipped and he caught himself with his left hand. Employee hurt his left shoulder but did not want to seek medical treatment and returned to work. Treatment was later requested on 7/26/13. The injury became reportable when the employee began restricted duty on 8/1/13.
While walking on the drill pattern, employee stepped on a small rock which caused him to roll his left ankle and fall on his left knee. This resulted in a sprain, requiring 2 days of restricted duty.
While installing protection chains to the right front wheel position on a rubber tired wheel loader the injured slipped and landed on his right knee and elbow causing a contusion to his knee. The injured completed his shift and went to the Dr. the next morning.
Employee climbed a leachpad containment berm and slipped on liner and broke right ankle resulting in a loss time injury.
The accident was caused from working on a slick surface, the surface was slick from the weather conditions that we were having on the site. The worker sprained his left knee when he slipped and had his left leg caught in-between an inverted rail and rebar.
While stepping down from a portion of the lube truck that had been removed for repairs, the injured employee mis-stepped onto pallet of unstable 10X10 cribbing and twisted his knee. He was treated on the local ER and placed on modified work for two scheduled shifts.
Employee was loading pipe onto truck when his feet slipped on the icy pipe causing him to fall and injure his back.
Employee was walking back to pickup after using restroom and slipped and fell in park ditch. Area was dry with no ice or snow.
Mobile Equipment Operator was dismounting Rubber Tire Dozer at end of shift, while stepping from the last step, felt a pop in the left knee. Employee didn't initially require medical treatment. Employee visited ER after shift was over and was placed on modified work after scheduled days off beginning on 11/21/09.
Maintenance Mechanic was dismounting D10R Dozer on right side and slipped on bottom push bar step resulting in injury to left bicep area. Employee treated at local emergency room and returned to work on light duty/modified work. He remains on light/modified duty. There have been no lost work days on this injury as of the date of this report.
On 8/20 he was pulling a liner over a berm on cell #13 twisted his ankle. Did not want to seek medical on 8/20 date of initial injury.
Employee stepped out of truck and fell approximately 12 feet to the ground.
Employee twisted ankle after stepping off of Service Truck
Mechanic was washing drill and twisted left ankle on hose bundle on deck.
Employee slipped on last rung of ladder and strained knee. Initially the employee was returned to work but was later placed on in no duty status (2/3/06) after an MRI.
Employee went around handrail on 992D loader to wash window and fell from equipment.
Walking stepped on mud clog, uneven frozen ground-twisted ankle.
EE was climbing off of haul truck and missed bottom step and fell approximately 1 foot landing on butt.
WHILE LIFTING A PIPE WITH TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEE TRIPPED AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON THE GROUND. DID NOT QUALIFY AS MSHA REPORTABLE UNTIL 9/23/05 WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.
EE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF MACHINE. HE HAD HIS BIFOCALS ON AND IT CAUSED HIM TO MISJUDGE HIS HANDHOLD AND HE GRABBED A LOOSE PANEL HANDHOLD INSTEAD OF THE LADDER HANDHOLD. THE LOOSE PANEL CAUSED HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND WAS COMING OVER ON TOP OF HIM. EE THREW THE PANEL TO THE SIDE AND JUMPED TO THE GROUND, LANDING IN FROZEN RUTS.
Fueling loader and was coming down ladder right hand slipped on handrail, was supporting his weight on left arm, body swung around and jerked on left shoulder.
THE WORKER WAS INJURED ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB OUT OF A LOWLYING AREA IN THE POND, SLIPPING ON A DUSTY GEOMEMBRANE SURFACE. SLICK CONDITIONS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CLIMB OUT. THE WORKER SUFFERED A FRACTURED BONE IN HER SHOULDER. GEOMEMBRANE WAS 60 MIL. SMOOTHE HDPE.
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT TOE ON A 8" RUBBER HOSE. HE TOOK A QUICK STEP OVER IT WITH HIS LEFT FOOT SO HE WOULD NOT FALL. AT THIS TIME SOMETHING SNAPPED IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.
Employee was rising from a kneeling position and he placed his hand on a fire ext to assist when the ext gave way and he lost his balance and fell to the ground.
EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING SHOVEL WORK AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AN ACCESS LADDER AND FELL INJURING HIS LOW BACK FROM IMPACT.
THE EE WAS CHANGING A BIT ON A BLAST HOLE DRILL WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING FORWARD. WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RT HAND ON THE DRILL MAST HE FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN HIS RT SHOULDER.
SLIPPED WHILE ACCESSING DRIL BIT STORAGE ON III DRILL. CAUGHT FALL WITH ARM STRAINING MUSCLES.