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INJURED WAS CARRYING MATERIAL & TRIPPED OVER A V BELT LYING ON THE MINE FLOOR THAT HE FAAILED TO OBSERVE
INJURED TWISTED HIS BACK AS HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE MUDDY MINE FLOOR.
INJURED WAS WALKING TOWARDS A STOPPING CONTAINING A PERSONNEL DOOR WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK & FELL AGAINST THE STOPPING
INJURED STOOD UP FROM A KNEELING POSITION AND SLIPPED ON HOSES CAUSING HIS RIGHT KNEE TO TWIST
INJURED TRIPPED ON A ROCK &FELL UPON HIS RIGHT HAND.
INJURED WAS HELPING TO PUSH A 55 GAL DRUM TO THE REAR OF A SCOOP BLADE WHEN HE SLIPPED & STRAINED HIS BACK
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING OUT 3 RESISTANCE GRIPS ON A 20-TON MOTOR. HE WAS WALKING FROM STORAGE PREP WHILE CARRYING THE 3 GRIPS WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACK RAIL WITH BOTH FEEL LEAVING THE MINE FLOOR. HE THREW THE GRIPS OVER HIS SHOULDER AND FELL AND HIT HIS BACK ON THE RAIL.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS VEHICLE AND SLIPPED ON THE SNOW AND ICE.
INJURED HAD COMPLETED MECHANICAL WORK ON THE 226 DUMP LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE PLANT. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WRAPPING UP THE AIR HOSE TORCH AND WLAKING AWAY FROM THE SITE WHEN HE SL IPPED. HE DID NOT FALL BUT TWISTED HIS BACK WHENHE CAUGHT HIS BALANCE. HE WAS SEEN BY A DR ON 1-3-94 AND SUBSEQUENTLY PLACED ON NO WORK STATUS.
INJURED WAS DESCENDING THE STEP FROM THE 7TH FLOOR TO 6TH ON THE RIVERSIDE OF THE PREP PLANT. ON THE 3RD STEP DOWN INJURED PLACED HIS BODY WEIGHT ON THE BALL OF HIS FOOT WHICH RESULTED IN A S LIP HE THEN GRABBED THE HANDRAILS WHICH RESULTED IN PAIN THROUGH THE CHEST & BACK AREAS. INJUREDD WAS PLACED ON A NO WORK STATUS 12/16/93.
INJURED WAS WALING ALONG TRACK HAULAGE FROM MOTORBARN TO HIS WORK LOCATION AT 9 CHUTE. HE STEPPED IN A HOLE IN THE WALKIWAY & TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
INJURED STEPPED ON HANDLES OF HEAD DRIVE SPROCKET COVER AND SLIPPED TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
INJURED WAS WALKING WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO THE SLICK MINE FLOOR.
INJURED WAS WALKING WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE MUDDY UNEVEN MINE FLOOR AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT LEG.
INJURED WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM BATTERY BUS AND HE STEPPED ON TO UNEVEN BOTTOM THAT WAS ALSO WET AND HE LOST HIS FOOTING WHILE HOLDING ONTO BUS. HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.
INJURED HAD ASCENDED A 6' STEP LADDER TO THE 3RD STEP TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF A DEISTER TABLE REFUSE LAUNDER SPILL. THE LADDER SLIPPED CAUSING INJURED TO FALL, STRIKING AGAINST THE LAUNDER , LADDER AND CONCRETE FLOOR.
INJURED & COWORKER WERE INSTALLING A LINER PLATE IN A RAW COAL FEEDER. INJURED WAS PULLING A SECTION OF LINER TOWARD HIMSELF FOR POSITIONING IN FEEDER CHUT WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK HIS LEFT BICEP AGAINST THE LINER PLATE. INJUREDRETURNED TO WORK AND CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 8-17-93 WHEN HE WAS PLACED ON NO WORK STATUS BY HIS PHYSICIAN.
INJURED WAS CHECKING CO SENSORS IN RETURN AIRWAY AND AS HE WALKED OVER A FALL AREA, HE SLIPPED ON SLATE AND FELL, BUMPING HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE GROUND.
INJURED HAD INSTALLED STUINBEUS ON FAKE SECTION OF ROOF AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLIMBING OFF THE SCAFFOLD AT BELT LINE. AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN. HE PLACED HIS RIGHT FOOT ON BELT RAIL AND WHE N HE WENT TO MOVE HIS LEFT FOOT, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RAIL AND HE FELL TO MINE FLOOR.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING STRENGHTER PLANK ON FALSE ROOF AND WAS STANDING ON SCAFFOLDING BESIDE BELT MINE AS HE WAS LIFTING PLANK ABOVE HIS HEAD HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
INJURED WAS CROSSING THE TRACK BY STEPPING OVER THE REACH OF AN EQUIPMENT CARRIER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.
INJURED WAS WALKING ON 4TH FLOOR IN AREA OF BIRD DISTRIBUTOR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS BACK AND RIGHT KNEE. FLOOR WAS WET. INJURED WAS SEEN BY A DR AND RETURNED TO WORK WITHOUT LOST TI ME. INJURED WAS SEEN BY A DR ON 7-8-93 AND WAS PLACED ON A NO WORK STATUS THAT SAMEDAY.
INJURED SLIPPED ON THE SLICK MINE FLOOR & FELL AGAINST A 6IN WATERLINE
EE AND COWORKER WERE SPOTTING A WAGON TO UNLOAD IT AND EE CAUSED THE HAULAGE TO GET ON THE TIGHT SIDE. HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON A BOARD USED TO BLOCK HAULAGE CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF W ITH HIS LEFT ARM.
INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN LONGWALL PAN LINE CARRING BOLTS IN BOLTH HANDS. INJURD'S FOOT SLIPPED ON SLATE THAT HAD ACCUMULATED IN THE WALKWAY AND FELL TO THE GROUND TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.
INJURED WAS SECURING A BURLAP SACK OVER AN OPENING ON #243-2 CENTRIFUGE. HIS LEFT FOOT WAS SITUATED BETWEEN 2 FLOOR STUD BOLTS. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE AWAY, HSI LEFT FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STUD BOLTS WHICH CAUSED HIS LEFT KNEE TO TWIST. INJURED WAS PUT ON NO WORK STATUS 5-12-93.
INJURED WAS WALKING TOWARDS MAINTENANCE SHANTY ON 60 WEST MAINS WHEN HE STEPPED IN A DIVOT IN THE WALKWAY, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
INJURED EE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRWELL FROM 3RD TO 2ND FLOOR ON NORTH SIDE OF PLANT. HIS ROOT FOOT HEEL OF BOOT CAUGHT THE COVER PLATE LID ON THE SAND SCREW CONVEYOR HE SLIPPED THEN STUMBLE ON THE STAIRWELL AS HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH THE HANDRAIL REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT 1 PM THE SAME DAT AND WAS PUT ON NO WORK STATUS 4/20.
INJURED WAS OPERATING SCOOP AND UNLOADING PALLETS OF BLOCK WHEN SCOOP GOT HUNG UP ON STACK OF RAILS AT UNLOADING POINTS AS HE GOT OUT OF THE SCOOP HE STEPPED ON LOOSE RAIL AND TWISTED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT KNEE. NOTE - ACCIDENT NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL 4/26/93
INJURED WAS STEPPING OVER VENTILATION TUBING WHEN HE BECAME DIZZY AND LOST HIS BALANCE CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST THE TUBING.
INJURED GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AND AS HE WAS WALKING BETWEEN HIS CAR AND ANOTHER CAR HE STEPPED IN A HOLE BELL TO THE GROUND AND SWITCH HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE GROUND.
INJURED WAS WALKING AND CONTRUCTION SHAUTTY AND AS HE STEPPED ONE TRACK RAIL HIS RIGHT KNEE TWISTED WHERE HIS BOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RAIL.
INJURED WAS PREPARING TO ENTER THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT ON THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE MUDDY MINE FLOOR AND FELL AGAINST THE MACHINE FRAME.
INJURED GOT OUT OF MOTOR TO THROW SWITCH & STEPPED ON SOMETHING TURNING HIS R ANKLE HE DID NOT KNOW HE STEPPED IN A HOLE ON A PIECE OF COAL
INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF EXAMINING THE #2 LOCOMOTIVE WHICH WAS AT THE CHANGE OUT PIT FOR A BROKEN SPRAING ON ONE OF THE TRUCKS. AS HE TOOK HIS FIRST STEP IN THE PIT, HE SLIPPED ON A SKID THAT WAS LYING ON THE STEP WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TWIST AND COLLIDE WITH THE SIDE OF THE LOCOMOTIVE
INJURED AND CO WORKER HAD LOADED MATERIAL IN MOTOR BARN AND AS THEY WERE LEAVING BARN INJURED WENT TO THROW SWITCH. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO FLOOR AND LANDED ON HIS W-65 RESCUER.
INJURED WAS ASCENDING EAST PLANT STAIRWAY FROM 1ST TO 2ND FLOOR. TWO STEPS FROM LANDING HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED DOWN TO THE NEXT STEP AND HIS LEG BUCKLED OVEREXERTING HIM STRAINING HIS RT KNEE. STAIRWAY WAS WET. INJURED CONTINUES WORK-ING UNTIL 3-3-93 WHEN ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE
EMPLOYEE AND HELPER WERE INSTALLING 4" WATER LINE FOR BELT MOVE. AS THEY WERE POSITIONING A SECTION OF WATER LINE, INJURED STEPPED IN HOLE AND PULLED HIS SHOULDER DUE TO ADDED WEIGHT OF PIPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO COUPLE UP WAGON AND HE FELL THROUGH BOARD ON SECTION OF TRACK, JARRING HIS BACK AND SCRAPING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WENT TO RETRIEVE A LIFTING JACK TO FREE UP A SLATE CAN. HE SLIPPED ON A WET AREA WHILE CARRYING JACK AND FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
INJURED FELL WHILE CROSSING AN OVERCAST AND WAS STRUCK ON THE LOWER LEFT LEG BY A WHEELBARROW.
EE WAS SWITCHING OUT AIRLINE TO BLOW OFF MOTOR WHEN HIS RIGHT ANKLE TWISTED.
EMPL HELPING COWORKER CARRY 4' X 5' STEEL DOOR W INTO X-CUT ,TRIPPED ON A CRIB BLOCK AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 12-14-92.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING THOUGH FAN DOOR WHILE GOING TO SET UP POWER ON FAN WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT ON A PIECE OF GANDAS AT BOTTOM OF AN DOOR. INJURED TWISTED AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE FAN DOOR AS HE WAS FALLING.
EMPLOYEE HAD SET UP BREAKERS FOR 57 #2 BELT. AS HE LEFT, THE LOAD CENTER TO RETURN TO THE DRIVE, HE TRIPPED OVER A CABLE LYING ON THE GROUND AND FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE MINE FLOOR.
INJURED WAS HELPER WERE CARRYING A GOPHER DRILL TO BELT LINE. AFTER INJURED WENT THROUGH DROP DOOR, HE TRIPPED OVER 4" PIPE. AFTER STANDING UP AFTER FALLING, HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT FOOT.
INJURED WAS CHANGING AIR HOSE THAT WAS BLOWN ON DUMP LINE. USING A PIPE WRENCH ON THE HOSE END TO LOOSEN WITH FOOT. FOOT SLIPPED OFF WRENCH CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND ON RIGHT HIP.
INJURED'S LEFT THUMB STRUCK THE MINE FLOOR WHEN HE STUMBLED AND FELL WHILE WALKING.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DOWN 7200V CABLE WHEN A HOOK CAME OFF MESSENGER CABLE AND STRUCK HIM ON UPPER LIP. EMPLOYEE FELL AGAINST AN OIL TANK CAR AND STUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON OIL TANK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP PAN LINE FOR A BUNDLE OF WEDGES WHEN HE SLIPPED IN PUDDLE OF OIL.