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EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING WALKING CAM ROLLERS ON DRAGLINE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON GREASE CAUSING A PULLED MUSCLE IN GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN SOUTH CRUSHER HE WAS USING A FIRE HORSE & WALKING ALONG A SLOPE WHILE WASHING INJURED WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION & SLIPPED ON THE WET CONCRETE & STRAINED HIS BACK
GOING DOWN STAI9 TO BOTTOM OF CRUSHER HANDRAIL CAUSING A BURN TO THE INSIDE OF LEFT ARM AND PULLING MUSCLE IN NECK.
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 UP ON STEP TO GET ON 360 SCRAPER AND REACHED FOR HANDRAIL AND MISSED IT, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW AND A ROCK CUT IT CAUSING HIM TO RECEIVE STITCH9S.
INJURED WAS REF6ELING 477 WITH DIESEL, BECAUSE OF HER HEIGHT SHE HAD TO CLIMB UP A LADDER TO DO THIS, WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB LADDER WITH HOSE, THE LADDER SLIPPED CAUSING HER TO FALL.
INJURED AND ANO7HER EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED THE JOB OF REPLACING A HYDRAULIC HOSE AND TEETH ON 377 BUCKET, WHILE WALKING AROUND FROM FRONT OF BUCKET TO TRUCK TO GET NEW TEETH INJURED TRIPPED OVE R A CHUNK OF CO5L, THROWING HIM OFF BALANCE, CASXX CAUSING PAIN IN LEFT KNEE.
EMP WAS COMING 3N ON SHIFT CHANGE AND WHEN HE WENT TO GET OUT OF THE SHUFFLE BUGGY HE SLIPPED JAMMING HIS LITTLE FINGER AGAINST THE DOOR
EE & ANOTHER EE3WERE SETTING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR ON T OP OF DRAGLINE HOUSE USING A CRANE. EE WAS ON T OP OF THE HOUSE GUIDING THE LOAD WHEN HIS FOOT SLI PPED CAUSING HI8 RIGHT HAND TO BE CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE HOUSE & THE MOTOR. THE MIDDLE & RING FINGER WERE CRUSHED CAUSING LACERATIONS & NAIL & BONE DAMAGE WHICH REQUIRED SURGE
EMPLOYEE WAS DI8MOUNTING TRACTOR IN THE FORWARD POSITION EMPLOYEE HUNG RT TOE ON STEP AND WHEN HE LANDED ON THE GROUND ALL HIS WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON HIS LEFT LEG
EMP WAS ON LUNC2 BREAK EMP LEFT THE CAB OF DART 213 AND STOOD ON THE HOOD TO STRETCH WHEN A HINGE BROKE AND HE FELL AGAINST THE CAB HURTING BACK
INJURED WAS GOING TO MEASURE TEETH ON CRUSHER ROLL AN EXTENSION LADDER WAS BEING USED TO GET TO CRUSHER ROLLER WHEN INJUED STEPPED ON LADDER IT DESCENDED 3 OR 4 STEPS BEFORE TELESCOPED CAUSIN G INJURED TO FALL ON CRUSHER ROLLER.
INJURED WAS CUTTING ROPE WITH A KNIFE WHEN HE TRIPPED FALLING ON THE KNIFE CUTTING RT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT DRAG CHAINS, WALKING ALONG SIDE A TRUCK, HE STUMLED ON UNLEVEL GROUND, AND FELL ON A PIECE OF EXPANDED METAL, HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION WHICH RESULTED IN STITCHES TO THE ARM.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON CRANE BOOM STRUCTURE AND STRUCK ARM ON PIPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF 377 LOADER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON LOOSE COAL INJURING RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING PRE-OP CHECK ON DART-WHILE CHECKING RADIATOR, HE SLIPPED, FELL FROM THE ENGINE DECK (ABOUT 10 FEET) LANDING ON HIS BACK, CAUSING POSSIBLE FRACTURES TO THE BONES IN BACK