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The employee slipped on the stairs and had a compression fracture in veribrate
The miner was setting a conveyor Stanchion when climbing out of a 3 foot hole for the concrete support, EE twisted EE's knee and felt a "Pop"
Employee was walking on floating catwalk on conveyor. Employee was observing conveyor belt while walking and became entangled in hose on catwalk and twisted and overexerted his left ankle
On 08/26/09, EE was repairing a dredge bucket when he slipped on a wet, oily surface and fell. He caught himself while falling by grabbing a nearby steel cable, but sustained contusions to his left hip, a swollen right knee, and a tender right arm. It was determined on 11/11/09 that he would need surgery to repair a tear of the distal biceps tendon on his right arm.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING A BUILD UP OF DIRT FROM AROUND A GUARD ON A PORTABLE CRUSHING PLANT WHEN HE FELL FROM HIS POSITION ON TOP OF A SMALL RETAINING WALL SURROUNDING THE PLAN T. THE AWKWARD FALL RESULTED IN A DISLOCATION OF THE SPINE IN THE LOWER BACK AREA. ALTHOUGH THE INJURY MAY NOT BE SERIOUS, TREATMENTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO ALLEVIATE THE PAIN.