Employee was organizing material around water well for drilling crew when EE stumbled and fell.
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Showing all 36Some wiring caught fire in water truck, employee exited water truck to retrieve fire extinguisher. The next day EE started having back pain.
Descending ladder from rock truck got to bottom step when EE's foot slipped and went in between first and second step straining EE's knee.
Employee was exiting dozer cab when EE slipped and fell off platform landing on tracks.
Employee was leaving office, as they walked onto the parking lot, they stepped on a small rock, fell and turned an ankle.
Employee stepped out of sweeper truck, when their right foot made contact with ground their ankle turned over, twisting it. They returned to work on their next scheduled shift and started missing work on Monday July 24.
Employee said got out of truck to turn heater values off then climbed up the step to the side of engine as employee stepped back down felt a sharp pain in left hip.
Employee was removing center strip from raw coal screen. EE went to reposition self and felt pain in the left knee. Shift started at 6:00 pm on 12/27/16 accident occurred at 02:00 am 12/28/16.
Chute plugged on #1 cc belt head chute and employee was digging it out with a long spade and was leaning over into the chute and slipped/fell approximately 6 to 8 feet.
Employee was going down ladder with fire extinguisher lost his hand hold and fell onto ground hitting his hand on bumper of rock truck and cutting his hand requiring stitches.
Employee was getting out of cab of truck when he lost his footing and fell from fuel tank. He grabbed the hand rail on the cab of the truck and strained his left shoulder.
Employee was cleaning windshield, foot slipped injured shoulder, later required surgery. Starting missing work on 7/18/13.
Employee was getting out of the mechanics truck on the passengers side and slipped and fell onto the ground. He said his legs were going numb at the time on him.
EE went to close gate slipped while pulling on handle, fell 15 feet to belt then 5 feet to floor.
Lube Truck operator was pulling hose off reel on lube truck and stepped into a hole, twisting his left leg and hip. Starting missing work on 10/11/10.
While dumping R-85 Eculid rock truck, main hydraulic hose burst, oil caught fire on hot exhaust. Flames were around cab. Operator did not set brake or stop engine. He exited cab started down ladder, jumped from third step, injured right leg.
Started to climb down from dozer, slipped on push beam and fell to ground hitting his head and his shoulder.
Injury was stepping from the cab platform of 992C Caterpillar enloader down to the step to descent step foot slipped and he fell down steps
EE came down steps of Loader to ground and when his left foot touched the ground, he turned and twisted his ankle.
Fell off Fuel Tank.
Slipped and fell on left knee due to snow and ice.
Employee was getting out of lube truck when he slipped and fell. He put his hand out to catch himself on the ground injuring his wrist.
Climbing across belt structure slipped hit right leg
Jumped off dozer twisting left knee.
Employee was getting up on dozer to add engine oil when he slipped on the track and struck his head on the track (contusion to right eye).
Employee was getting off Dozer and his feet slipped out from under him. He hit the lower part of his back and the right hip on the dozer blade arm.
EE WAS CLIMBING ON LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS MOUTH ON THE CATWALK REQUIRING STITCHES.
Employee was unloading materials with fork-lift and got off and twisted right knee. Started missing 12/01/2005.
EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD ON I-BEAM REQUIRING STITCHES.
EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE AND SNOW, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW, CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT ARM.
EE WAS CLOSING RAILROAD CAR DOORS WITH A SLATE BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.
EE PUT A SET OF BELTS ON A D10. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND AND STRAIGHTENED UP, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE SLIPPED ON ICE AND SNOW WHILE WALKING, INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE. ORIGINAL INJURY WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNDER PART 50 AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. HIS CONDITION HAS NOW DETERIORATED AND HIS PHYSICIAN HAS RECOMMENDED SURGICAL REPAIR. SURGERY IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 20, 2003.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE POWDER TRUCK. AS HE GOT OUT OF THE SEAT AND TURNED AROUND TO GO DOWN THE STEPS, HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND, STRIKING A ROCK WITH HIS LEFT SID E NEAR HIS HIP.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON GRATE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
STEPPED OUT OF VIBRATOR AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF SPRING BASE AND FELL HITTING HEAD.