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AFTER EATING LUNCH IN THE OFFICE BUILDING BREEZEWAY THIS EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BACK TO THE SCREENHOUSE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS TAILBONE.EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS X-RAY
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 4FT ROOF BOLTS ONTO A BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS RT KNEE AGAINST THE BACK BUMPER OF THE ROOF BOLTER
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ACROSS A WOODEN TIE WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL TWISTING LEFT KNEE & LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF A SEAT ON A TRACK JEEP. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN ON UNEVEN BOTTOM TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.INCIDENT REPORTED ON MARCH 11, 1992.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD A WATER HEAD FOR A 23 LABOUR PUMP ONTO A 5 TON LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON GRAVEL CAUSING HIS LEFT KNEE TO TWIST. POSSIBLE TORN LIGAMENT OF THE LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXAMINING THE MAIN BELTS & WHILE WALKING. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON MUDDY BOTTOM TWISTING LEFT LEG LEFT HIP AND PAIN DOWN LEG TO THE FOOT.
EE WAS ACCOMPANING FEDERAL INSPECTOR ON A WALK ALONG INSPECTION WHEN HE TWISTED AND FELL WHILE WALKING OVER LARGE BALLAST CAUSING A TORN LIGAMENT TO THE RIGHT KNEE.
EMPL WALKING DOWN STEPS IN SUPPLY HOUSE WHILE CARRYING A PIECE OF CABLE.EMPL THOUGHT FEET BECAME TANGLED IN CABLE AND HE FELL DOWN 6 STEPS TO CONCRETE FLOOR.STRUCK HEAD ON A ROTO-BIN AND RIGHT SHOULDER ON STAIR RAIL AND FLOOR.HAD PAIN IN SHOULDER AND NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING MINER CABLE ON H OOKS WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST LOWER BACK MUSCLE STRAIN
EMPL WAS ROOF BOLTING.A DRILL STEEL GOT STUCK IN THE ROOF.TRIED TO RETRIEVE THE STEEL,SLIPPED AND HIS RIGHT HAND LANDED ON DRILL HEAD.AT THIS TIME THE STUCK DRILL STEEL FELL OUT STRIKING RIGHT LITTLE FINGER CAUSING FRACTURE.
GETTING IN SCOOP SLIPPED LANDED ON SEAT OF SCOOP INFLAMATION TO R TESTICLE
CHANGING PROP, TIGHTENING FITTING KNEE PADS SLIPPED ON METAL STRAIN TO LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO TURN BELT DRIVES ON WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING THE TIGHT SIDE OF THE BELT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE SHOVELING AND PULLED LEFT GROIN AREA, CAUSING A HERNIA.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE TIGHT SIDE OF THE BELT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING PULLED LIGAMENTS OR CARTILAGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING HIS PRE-START-UP INSPECTION OF A DOZER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO CHECK FUEL LEVEL WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF CAT'S AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
PULLING MINER CABLE OUT OF MUD SLIPPED FALLING AGAINST MINER BRUISED LOWER BACK
EE WAS WALKING WHEN HE SLIPPED AND IN TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF JAMMED HIS LEFT ELBOW CAUSING SPRAIN. 1 ST AID TREATMENT 8-22-91 MEDICAL ONLY 10-11-91.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF A PAN AND STEPPED BACK AND MISSED THE TOP STEP AND STARTED TO FALL HE REACHED FOR THE GRAB BAR AND INJURED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER CAUSING A FRACTURE.
EMPLOEYE WAS CRAWLING FROM THE TOP OF THE MINER AFTER WASHING IT OFF.WHEN GETTING DOWN HE STEPPED DOWN ON MINER CABLE AND WATER HOSE, HIS FOOT SLIPPED TWISTING LEFT KNEE AND THE RIGHT HIP STRU CK THE TOP OF THE MINER AND SLIPPED DOWN ONTO THE CABLE HOOKS CAUSING LEFT KNEE AND BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL SCRAPPING LEFT KNEE AND SPRAIN OF RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF A SCOOP THAT HAD BEEN WASHED DOWN AND SLIPPERY. HE SLIPPED IN TIGHT QUARTERS AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON FRAME OF SCOOP CAUSING A BRUISE.
WALKING UNDER BELT SLIPPED AND TWISTED R KNEE
EMPLOYEE MAN ASSIGNED TO REPLACE SOME RUSTED DOORS THAT COVERED A BIN ON THE PLANT FLOOR. EMPLOYEE DOES NOT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED BUT THINKS HE WAS ON HIS KNEES AND LEANED ONTO THE DOOR ADN FELL THROUGH INTO THE BIN. EMPLOYEE HAND LACERATION OF FOREHEAD, PAIN IN RIGHT FOREARM, RIGHT LEG, LOWER BACK AND NECK.
EXAM, TURNED TO GAS CHECK L FOOT SLIPPED FELL SPASMS AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK
GETTING OUT MOTOR SLIPPED AND STRUCK R AHND ON ROOF RAIL
EMPL WAS STANDING ON STEPLADDER WITH BACK AGAINT 3" WATERLINE. BOLT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN BROKE & HE FELL BACK OVER WATERLINE FALLING INTO REFUSE FILTER FEED TROUGH STRIKING HEAD & LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE COMPLETED SHOWERING AND WAS WALKING TOWARD THE BATHROOM WITH SHOWER SHOES ON WHEN HE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE FLOOR CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A CHAIN OFF OF A BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLTS IN A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE SLIPPED AS HE WENT TO MOVE IN THE SCOOP BUCKET AND LANDED ON THE RIGHT KNEE CAUSING TORN TIGAMENTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG THE BELT WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE CAUSING STRETCHED LIGAMENTS.
EE WAS TRANS FERRING CHANNELS FROM A SUPPLY CAR TO SCOOP WHEN HIS FOOT STRUCK IN THE MUD AND WHILE TURNING TO PUT THE CHANNELS ON THE SCOOP HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF 3 WHEELER WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND BENT BACKWARDS CAUSING A STRAIN AND SWELLING TO THE BACK OF THE LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS WALKING ALONG A BELT LINE WHEN HE SLIPPED IN MUD CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO DRILL A HOLE. THE AREA HAD SOFT BOTTOM. HIS LEFT KNEE FELL IN A HOLE CAUSING IT TO TWIST.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF A P 242 HE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE CAP ON THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE CAUSING ABRUISE.
EE WAS ROCK DUST ALONG THE BELT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING THE LEFT LOWER BACK AREA ON A ROCK CAUSING A BRUISE TO THE LOWER LEFT RIBS.
EE WAS DRAGGING A PUMP FROM ONE ENTRY TO ANOTHER WHEN HE SLIPPED TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
SETTING UP PUMP SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM FELL ON R SHOULDE ROTATOR CUFF TEAR
EMPL WAS SHOVELING UP ROUND FEEDER & TAIL DUE TO TAILPIECE BEING JAMMED & WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THROUGH SLOP & MUD BOOT BECAME STUCK CAUSING HIM TO TWIST LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN THE LADDER, HE LOST HIS FOOTING. CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO TWIST AND HIT HIS TAILBONE AGAINST THE METAL LADDER. PAIN IN TAIL BONE. MEDICAL ONLY STARTING 11-14-90.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXAMINING AN AIR COURSE AND WHILE WALKING THROUGH A MUDDY AREA. THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT GOT STUCK IN THE MUD CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO TWIST RIGHT KNEE. MEDICAL ONLY BEGINNING 11-15-9 0.
WHILE CRAWLING ON THE BOTTOM, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED CAUSING STRETCHED CARTLIDGE TO THE LEFT KNEE.
CHECKING OUT DRIVE, SLIPPED STRUCK L KNEE ON METAL PLATE
EE HAD CLIMBED INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK AFTER A BREIF SHOWER HE HOOK UP AN OXYGEN AND ACETELENE TANK AND WENT TO GET DOWN FROM THE TRUCK WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED ON THE WET TRUCK BED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND. ON THE WAY DOWN HE STRUCK HIS TAILBONE AND RIGHT HIP ON THE BUMPER CAUSING A DRUISED TAILBONE AND HIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT DIVERSION VALVE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARD AND LAND ON A ROCK CAUSING PAIN IN THE TAILBONE.
EMPL WAS WALKING ALONG BELT LINE LOOKING FOR SPLICES WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM EXPERIENCING PAIN IN LEFT KNEE & UPPER BACK.
EMPL WAS GETTING OUT OF SCOOP TRACTOR AFTER MOVING IT OUT OF WAY & WHILE GETTING OUT HE LOST FOOTING PUTTING ALL WEIGHT ON RIGHT KNEE CAUSING POSSIBLE MUSCLE STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A CEMENT LEDGE HOOKING UP A HYDRAULIC CYCLINDER WHEN HE STIFFED AND FELL ONTO SOME UNEVEN GROUND CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE LITTLE TOE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB UP ONTO CONT MINER TO REPLACE HYDRAULIC HOSE WHEN LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM CASUING POSSIBLE TORN CARTILAGE TO LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A CATWALK FOR THE #1 REFUSE BELT WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.