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Miner slipped while descending a piece of crushing equipment and caught self before falling. Employee felt a pain in employee's stomach two days later and reported the incident. Employee has been diagnosed with an abdominal hernia.
The miner was helping change screens on a screen plant. He was standing on the discharge belt and working outside of the catwalk guardrail. He stepped backwards off the discharge belt and fell approximately 3' onto a shuttle belt.
The miner was repairing a torn belt. Due to freezing rain the entire site was coated with ice. The miner slipped and fell. When he fell he twisted his knee. He is required to wear a knee brace and attend three physical therapy sessions.
A wood stair used to access the scale house gave way causing worker to fall approximately 2 feet.
worker was walking down an incline when he tripped on a rock. He put out his right hand to break his fall striking it on another rock. He suffered a laceration on the palm of his right hand that required four sutures. Fatigue and an uneven surface contributed to the accident.
Worker was walking down a slope to restart a stacker belt and stepped awkwardly, re-injuring his knee that he had had surgery on 7 years prior.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP FRONTEND LOADER STEPS AND FOOT SLIPPED. HIS RIGHT ARM(HAND) LOST GRIP AND HE SWUNG BACKWARDS, HOLDING ON WITH HIS LEFT ARM(HAND). CO-WORKER PUSHED HIM BACK TO LADDER BUT HE HEARD A LOUD POP IN HIS SHOULDER.