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EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN A STAIRS NOT FACING THE STAIRS AND WITHOUT THREE POINTS OF CONTACT WHEN EE LOST EE'S FOOTING AND SLID DOWN THE LAST THREE STEPS LANDING AWKWARDLY ON EE'S RIGHT ANKLE CAUSING A FRACTURE TO EE'S TIBIA ABOVE THE ANKLE.
While walking to EE's dozer employee tripped over EE's feet, hitting the bottom of the manlift with EE's left arm. The date of the incident the employees arm was x-rayed and no fracture was reported. On 8/31 an additional CT scan was performed, which now has reported a fracture.
While closing an access door a maintenance individual fell from a piece of mobile equipment and injured leg.
Employee was repositioning a sign and fell forward hitting/cutting EE's chin.
While an employee was conducting a walk around inspection of a 693 Overburden Truck, the employee slipped on packed snow injuring ankle.
Employee slipped on stairs in office area. Dislocated ring finger on left hand.
While exiting D11 dozer had hand on grab handle and went to step onto ladder to get off, slipped and fell to the ground.
A mechanic was walking around a piece of equipment. Slipped and fell on the ice and injured knee.
Employee slipped while stepping down from the pickup bed using three points of contact and injured his shoulder.
Employee stepped into a parking trench and twisted his ankle. Employee received a hair-line fracture to right ankle.
An employee was dismounting a backhoe when he slipped and fell to the ground. A handrail was in place but three points of contact was not used.
A mechanic had climbed onto a track dozer to change fuel filters. He stepped from the dozer arm onto the track and slipped on the track. He grabbed the fender hand hold with his left arm. Momentum pulled at his left shoulder causing a strain.
An employee was walking around the front of a pickup when he slipped on ice and fell backwards. He landed on his back, left shoulder, and left elbow. Employee was taken to ER for physician evaluation.
An employee was walking around the front of a front-end loader when he slipped on snow packed ice. He fell and landed on his right shoulder and arm. Employee was transported to ER where he was diagnosed with a rotator cuff strain.
Emp tripped while going thru a revolving frame of an 8750 drag line injuring his right bicep muscle. Emp was taken to ER where the doctor diagnosed him with a bicep rupture. Emp did receive a full return to work and was referred by the ER doctor to a specialist on 9/15. The specialist required a MRI on 9/20. On 9/26, emp received results of MRI indicating that surgery was needed.
While Security officer was walking down the coal silo's catwalk his left foot slipped on the frosted grating. He caught himself from falling but twisted his right knee while doing so.
Security guard had come into the guard shack, tripped and missed a step and fell onto her knees. She extended her arms to break her fall. Her left arm got jammed in between the desk and a blue water cooler crate. Afterwards she felt no mobility in her arm and shoulder.
Security officer tripped while descending stairs, loosing her footing and spraining her left ankle.
Employee was assisting with setup of a work platform. When climbing down, he missed the step or slipped backwards approximately 3 feet contacting a retangular guard on an 8750 dragline. This contact resulted in a multiple rib fracture to the employee.
Employee was climbing down the ladder off of 101 dragline when she lost her footing and fell to her left, hitting her head on the floor of the dragline shoe. She received a laceration to her head. She was carrying a bucket of solvent in her left hand as she was going down, however she still contained three points of contact but lost her footing on the ladder.
Minor ankle sprain jumping from 2' bank.
The employee was climbing a ladder so that we could finish a welding project on a coal truck, when the bottom of the ladder slipped. The employee fell to the floor landing on his back and buttocks. The employee was treated at the minesite and taken to the hospital for an evaluation.
THE EE SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING THE SWING CASE ON 101 DRAGLINE. THE EE BRUISED HIS HIP AND RECEIVED A CONTUSION ON HIS LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER A GROUNDING CABLE AND FELL TO HIS KNEES.
EE STEPPED OFF DOZER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
SHE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS FROM THE CHANGE-OUT TRAILER AND MISSED A STEP.
WHILE RUNNING THROUGH THE SHOP YARD DURING A RAIN STORM, THE EE STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND & TURNED HIS ANKLE OVER. RESULTED IN SPRAINING HIS RT. ANKLE.
STANDING AT THE TOP OF A STAIRCASE AND HANDING DOWN A BOX OF RAGS. FOOT SLIPPED AND WAS HOLDING ON RAILING WITH MY RIGHT HEAD. RIGHT SHOULDER WAS JERKED WHEN THE FOOT SLIPPED.
EE WAS WALKING ON MUDDY GROUND CONDITIONS, HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ON HIS BACK. STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.