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WHILE CROSSING OVER THE BELT OVERPASS--EE'S LAMP CORD CAUGHT IN MESH OF ROOF--CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS FOOTING & TRIPPED DOWN STAIRS.
OIL ON FLOOR, EE SLIPPED STRAINING HIS GROIN CAUSING A HERNIA.
EE WAS CARRYING SOME MOTOR OIL TO PUT IN A SHIELD HAULER. HE SLIPPED ON A SNOWPACKED AREA AND FELL TO THE GROUND. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG.
CARRYING A SMALL HAD CYLINDER TO THE MANTRIP SLIPPED ON ICE THAT HAD FORMED DURING THE NIGHT THE CYLINDER SMASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE ICE RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO THE 5TH PHALANGE ON THE RIGHT HAND.'
EE HAD COMPLETED REPAIRS ON THE FEEDER BREAKER AND HAD WASHED OFF THE MACHINE. HE STEPPED ONTO IT TO PICK UP A WOODEN WEDGE. HE SLIPPED TO THE GROUND, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.
BUS DRIVER HAD CLEANED THE STEPS AND DOGS AREA ON HIS PERSONAL BUS WHEN HE STARTED DOWN THE STEPS HE MISSED THE FIRST STEP TRIED TO GROB FOR THE HEARD RAIL AND MISSED. HE FELL OUT OF THE BUS O NTO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON SURFACE ROADWAY HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON SOME SNOW AND ICE. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 3-18-96 AND THE RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION WAS NEGATIVE. DISCOMFORT DID NTO GO AWAY SO HE RETURNED TO THE DR ON 5-13-96 AT WHICH TIME THE DR PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY AND THE INJURY WAS REPORTABLE.
EE LOST HIS FOOTING & HIS PREVIOUSLY INJURD KNEEGAVE OUT CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE LANDED ON THE PREVIOUSLY INJURED KNEE CAUSING MORE DAMAGE.
EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED WSHING #1 - #14 SHIELDS. AS HE WALKED BACK TO THE HEADGATE AREA HE SLIPPED OFF THE TOES OF #3 SHIELD AND TWISTED HIS ANKLEEMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK ANY MED ATTN TIL 3-5-96
EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK 08-07-95 AFTER 5 DAYS OFF & REPORTED THAT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK WHEN HE SLIPPED WALKING TO THE MANTRIP ON 08-02-95 HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DR & DIAGNOSED AS HAVING ARTHRIT IS HE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK ON 08-07-95WITH NO RESTRICTIONS HE WORKED THE REST OF THE SHIFT & DID NOT RETURN AGAIN HE SOUGHT CHIROPRATIC TREATMENT WORKERS COMP INVESTIGATED & AWARDED
EMPLOYEE CAME DOWN IN BOOMLIFT. HE SHUT THE MOTOR OFF AND OPENED HTE DOOR TO GET OUT. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE. THE D RLDIAGNOSED AS A SPRAIN/FLAKE FRACTURE.
WAS WALKING 8L SECTION BELT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AINCLINE IN THE FLOOR, THROWING HIS RIGHT LEG FORWARD & HIS LEFT LEG STAYED BACK. THIS RESULTED IN A SHARP PAIN IN UPPER LEFT LEG.
INJURED WAS CARRYING A ROCK DUST HOSE AND STEPPED ON LUMP OF ROCK AND TWISTED ANKLE.
INJURED CAUGHT TREAD OF BOOT ON GRATING IN THE LUNCHROOM AREA CAUSING HIM TO FALL & TWIST ANKLE
INJURED WAS HELPING PULL SHIELDS, AS HE STEPPED ON THE NEXT SHIELD, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL LANDING ON BUTT AND BACK.
STEPPED ON LUMP OF COAL WHICH WAS COVERED WITH MUD SPRAINED ANKLE.
INJURED HAD JUST PARKED FOR LIFT AND LOWERED FORKS TO THE GROUND, AS HE WALKED AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE FORKLIFT, HE STEPPED ON THE FORK WHICH WAS COVERED WITH SNOW TWISTING HIS LEG.
INJURED WAS ROOF BOLTING HE STEPPED ON TO THE STAB JACK TO REACH FOR BOLT SUPPLIES. AS HE STEPPED BACK TO PLATFORM HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL STRIKING HIS BACK ON THE CORNER OF THE PLATFORM.
INJURED WAS IN RETURN, WALKING IN MUDDY AREA AND SPRAINED ANKLE.
NON EE SLIPPED ON ICE INJURING BACK CLASSIFY AS GRADE NINE AS PER JACK MATEKOVIC SUPVEROSR PRICE AT MSHA.
INJURED FELL COMING OUT OF SHOWER ROOM.
INJURED WAS OPENING DRIVE THRU DOOR AND SLIPPED IN MUD ALLOWING DOOR TO CLOSE ON ARM.
INJURED WAS ASSISTING IN REPLACING CHUTE ON SECOND FLOOR OF TRANSFER BUILDING. HE PUT ON SAFETY HARNESS AND LANDYARD AND THEN STEPPED ON TO PLANKS. BEFORE HOOKING UP LANDYARD, THE PLANKS KICKE D FREE FROM SUPPORT AND INJURED FELL 11 FEET TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
INJURED WAS RUNNING DOWN STAIRS & MISSED A STEP
SPRAINED ANKLE WHILE STEPPING OFF OF PAN LINE TO THE GROUND.
INJURED WAS WORKING ON A EIMCO 915, WHEN HE GOT OFF THE MACHINE HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
WHILE CLEAN UP CAVE AND SUPPORTING ROOF, INJURED TWISTED KNEE.
INJURED WAS ROCK DUSTING, USING A POD LIE HE WAS STANDING IN MUD, AND A SURGE CAN THREW THE LINE THROWING HIM OFF BALANCEY TWISTING HIS KNEE.
WHILE CLEANING SHOWER ROOM FLOOR INJURED, SLIPPED ON FLOOR DRAIN, AND HURT SHOULDER.
INJURED WAS WALKING IN ENTRY AND CROSSED OVER TO OTHER SIDE IN DOING SO HE TRIPPED ON WINDROW AND LANDED ON UNEE. WENT TO DR ON 2-28-91.
FEDLL WHILE CARING CRIB & SMASHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 02-12-91
INJ WAS HANGING PIPE WHEN HE SLIPPED & TWISTED SHOULDER NO TREATMENT WAS GIVEN UNTIL 2/13/91.
INJURED WAS CLEANING LUMPS OF COAL OFF THE TOES OF THE SHIELDS AT ABOUT MID FACE HE SLIPPED & FELL STRICKING HIS SHIN ON A SHIELD
INJURED SLIPPED ON SEWER ROCK WHILE WALKING DOWN SLOPE TWISTING KNEE. INJURED DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 10-11-89. NOTHING WAS FOUND WRONG WITH KNEE EXCEPT SWELLING.
WHEN INJURED STEPPED OUT OF THE RAM CAR HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE,ANKLE WAS WEAKENED FROM PREVIOUS SPRAIN.
INJURED WAS OPE9ATING THE C/M ON REMOTE CONTROL AS HE S TEPPED BACKWARDS HE TRIPPED OVER A LUMP OF COAL AS HE PUT HIS HANDS BACK TO CATCH HIMSELF HIS HAND WAS CUT BY THE SHARP EDGE OF THE CO AL. 3
INJURED WAS ON 5 SCOFFOLD ONE SECTION H IGH & JUST FINISHED LAYING A CINDER BLOCK AS HE TURNED AWAY FROM THE WALL HE WAS WORKING ON HE EITHER STUMBLED OR T RIPPED THE INJURED LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL OFF THE 8CAFFOLD FORWARD
I,NAME WAS NAIL3NG A WOOD LATH OVER A CRACK BETWEEN THE SHEET ROCK & THE BLOCK WALL, HE NAILED THE BOTTOM OF THE 13' WOOD LATH AND THEN CLIMBED UP ON THE 69" METAL SCAFFOLD TO NAIL THE TOP, WH EN FINISHED HE 7URNED STEP BACK LIKE HE WAS CATCHING HIM SELF OFF BALANCE STARTED TO FALL, JUMPED BACKWARDS TO GO OFF THE SCAFFOLD AND CAUGHT X BRACE, SPUN HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE FL