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Employee lost his balance and jumped from D9 dozer walkway resulting in a fracture to his right heel.
Employee tripped over tire and fell (torn ligament in shoulder - surgically repaired on 6/2/05).
Employee stepped in an open 8" drill hole, fell backwards to the ground and his foot became stuck. His foot was quickly dislogded from the hole and he suffered strains/sprains to his right hip and lower back.
Employee was climbing up ladder to operator's cab of auger and slipped. Left index finger got caught while attempting to grasp a rail.
After boarding the 16G grader, the employee lost his balance, turned and jumped to the ground. He sprained his ankles and left shoulder. * Note - Employee did not start missing work until 10/6/04.
Employee fell from the bumper of his service truck. He was attempting to raise the hood and was using the grill section as a grab handle. The grill section broke away, causing him to loose his balance and fall onto the concrete shop floor. He has contusions to his lower back and left arm.
Employee was ejected from a hydraulic manlift and fell approximately 12-14 feet to the ground. He received fractures to his left shoulder, left knee and left femur.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A SECTION OF BEAM OUT OF THE FLOOR STEEL FOR REPLACEMENT. WHEN THE CUT WAS COMPLETED, THE BEAM SHIFTED. HE JUMPED BACK, LOSING HIS BALANCE, FALLING APPROXIMATELY 4' TO THE FLOOR BELOW. HE WAS WEARING A HARNESS THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE STEEL BUT AT FLOOR LEVEL. THE LANYARD WAS NOT CONNECTED HIGH ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE FALL.
EE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM WORK AREA & EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RT. CALF. NOTE: EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 11/2/03.
EMPLOYEE FELL APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET FROM THE SHOVEL CATWALK WHILE CLEANING HANDRAILS.
EMPLOYEE CLIMBING DOWN THE STAIRS OF AUGER TRUCK, SLIPPED ON STEP, HIT RIGHT SHIN ON STEP. RESULT - CONTUSION OF RIGHT SHIN (AREA BELOW RIGHT KNEE).
EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE DISMOUNTING PORTAL BUS, STRAINING HIS NECK AND LEGS.
EE FELL WHILE HOOKING CABLE TO LOADER BUCKET. HE SUFFERED A CONTUSION TO THE RIGHT ARM AND HEAD.
EE SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING DOZER.
EE SLIPPED WHILE MOUNTING DOZER, RESULTING IN A STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK.
EE SLIPPED & FELL FROM DOZER PUSHARM.
EE TWISTED KNEE DISMOUNTING LOADER.
STEPPED OFF EDGE OF TOEBOARD ALONG WALKWAY, SPRAINING ANKLE.
EE STEPPED IN A WATER FILLED DEPRESSION, HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE STRAINED HIS LT. KNEE. EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 4-30-02.
EE STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK & STRAINED INSTEP OF RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISMOUNT A TRUCK & HIS FOOTSLIPPED & HE FELL.
EE OBSERVED ANOTHER EE FALL FROM A DOZER. AS HE RAN TO THE AID OF THIS OTHER EE, HE TRIPPED AND FELL, INJURING HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOARDING DOZER, AS HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STEPPING FROM TOP OF BLADE PUSH ARM TO CRAWLER HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. WE ARE CLASSIFYING THIS INCIDENT AS THERE IS NO INSTANTANEOUS TRAUMATIC EVENT.
WAS STANDING ON THE SNOW COVERED REAR BUMPER OF HIS SERVICE TRUCK. SUDDENLY HIS FEET SLIPPED ANDHE FELL FROM THE BUMPER, STRIKING HIS RT. LEG ONTHE EDGE OF THE BUMPER.
EE WAS WALKING TOWARDS THE EQUIPMENT PARKING AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE PACKED SNOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A ROAD GRADER, LOST HIS GRIP ON THE RIGHT GRAB IRON AND FELL TOT HE GROUND, APPROX 4 FEET.
EE WAS BOARDING LADDER ON FRONT OF ROCK TRUCK, HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL TO THE GROUND. HE WAS APPROX 6-8' ABOVE THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A COAL TRUCK- AS HE STEPPED FROM THE CATWALK TO THE LADDER, HIS FOOTSLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST THE LADDER.
EE WAS STANDING ON FRT BUMPER OF PICKUP MANTRIP CHECKING A BACK UP ALARM WIRE. AS HE STEPPED OFFTHE BUMPER (APPROX 32" ABOVE GROUND LEVEL) HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED FORWARD ON THE GRAVEL CAUSING EE TO FALL BACKWARDS EXTENDING HIS RIGHT ARM TO BRACE THE FALL. EE STARTED MISSING WORK 8/29/01
EE HAD CHANGED A LIGHT ON CAB OF D10N DOZER. AS HE CHANGED BODY POSITION, HE EITHER SLIPPED OR TRIPPED AND FELL OFF DOZER TO THE GROUND.
DISMOUNTING LADDER FROM HOIST PEDESTAL, STEPPED INTO RECESSED AREA OF DECK, FELL FORWARD & FALL WAS HALTED BY A CHAIN GUARD RAIL. THIS PERSON WORKS FOR ARCH COAL INC TECHNICAL SERVICES - HE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF HOBET MINING, INC.
EE WAS WALKING BETWEEN THE MG SETS ON MACHINE WHEN HE STUMBLED & FELL DOWN STOME STEPS
EE EXITING GUARD POST AND TRIPPED ON THE SECOND STEP.
EE WAS WALKING BY THE SECTION POWER CENTER. HE STEPPED ON A WOODEN PALLET, THE PALLET BROKE, ALLOWING THE BIG TOE AREA OF HIS FOOT TO TWIST.
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS KNEE ON A ROCK, BRUISED KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN TP SWING DECK OF 495 SHOVEL AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS AND STRIKING HIS BUTTOCK AGAINST THE EDGE OF A PIECE OF METAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN DRILL HOLE PATTERN AND STEPPED IN AN OPEN DRILL HOLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ATTACH A FUELING HOSEWHN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING TWO BOXES OF DRINKING WATER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE AND SNOW COVERED GROUND, STRIKING THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE AGAINST A WOODEN STAIRWAY.
EE FELL FROM FRONT BUMPER OF A 777 COAL TRUCK