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PULLING MINER CABLE ON WET AND MUDDY BOTTOM FT SLIPPED IN RUTT CAUSED BY SHUTTLE CARS, L KNEE TO TWIST FINISHED SHIFT AND CONSULTED DR THE NEXT DAY
EMPL STATED THAT ACCIDENT OCCURED 1 BREAK INBY PORTAL. ICE WAS BUILD UP & AS HE GOT OUT OF DECK OF SCOOP HE STEPPED OUT WITH LEFT LEG FIRST. AS FOOT HIT ICE HE SLIPPED & KNEE BENT BACKWARDS. A CCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 1/5/90.
I NAME ALLEDGED THAT HE WAS WALKING TO THE SURFACE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL HIS LEFT ARM & ELBOW STRUCK A ROCK ON THE BOTTOM MINE FLOOR IS DRY & THE MINING HEIGHT IS APPROX 6FT
AS HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE BELT ENTRY, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. ALTHOUGH HE WAS WALKING ON A MUDDY BOTTOM HE SAID HE DID NOT SLIP OR FALL BUT JUST STARTED HURTING.
HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE SCOOP DECK WHEN THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED. AS HE STEPPED OUT OF THE DECK, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE SLICK BOTTOM AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
HE GOT OFF HIS SHUTTLE CAR TO HELP MOVE THE MINER CABLE AGAINST THE RIB HE PICKED UP THE CABLE AND STARTED TO WALK TOWARD THE RIB AND TRIPPED OVER THE MINER WATER LINE.