On 01/21/2026, EE went to warm up EE's machine. In the process of walking over to EE's machine to access the ladder to climb into the cab EE slipped on a patch of ice falling backwards. As it was dark when EE parked EE's piece of equipment EE had not seen the patch of ice. It was early enough in the morning EE could not see the patch of ice in the morning either.
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Showing all 3Miner was using a chair to reach an item on an upper shelf. The chair slipped out from under the miner causing EE to fall. The miner fell directly on EE's left wrist. Resulting in a fracture of EE's ulna and radius bones
Injury slipped on the snow and fell. As he was falling, he grabbed for a pallet to catch his balance. A stone fell from the pallet and smashed his finger. He was taken to the clinic the next morning. An X ray was positive for a small fracture in his distal phalax of the first digit of the left hand.