Lock came loose, let handle come loose and employee fell back on concrete pad on their butt, causing break in lower back.
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Showing all 32Employee was putting soda ash in pond when feet slipped. Employee slid over the bank.
Employee dismounted dozer to check an oil leak. When EE attempted to climb onto it again, foot slipped. To avoid falling, EE attempted to catch self. As a result, EE experienced a sharp pain in left shoulder. EE began missing work on 4/26/16 due to this injury.
Employee twisted Left Knee mounting a dozer. He sought medical treatment for his injury on 2/29/2016 & began missing work the same day.
Employee stated that he slipped dismounting a rock truck, injuring his shoulder. He claims to have a witness & to have reported incident to his foreman, who has no record of it. Employee also claims that condition worsened over time, until he first sought treatment for his injury on 2/3/16, at which point he was taken off work.
Employee was assisting in cleaning a screen. When handing a water hose to his co-worker, his feet slipped out from underneath him, resulting in a fall.
Employee was exiting equipment when he slipped, injuring his back.
Employee was descending a flight of stairs when he fell, sliding all the way to the bottom and resulting in injury to his lower back.
Employee stepped into a hole after exiting mechanic's truck, injuring both knees. He began missing work on November 10th, as a result of this incident.
Employee fell stepping out of the Raw Coal Control Room, injuring his Right knee.
TRIPPED ON STEP LEADING INTO GUARDSHACK
Employee turned over his Right ankle after dismounting drill while walking across the drill bench. This action caused him to fall, and in turn, fracture his Left ankle.
Employee went to retrieve filters for a dozer from the parts trailer. Upon exiting the parts trailer, the steps gave way with the employee, causing him to fall to the ground, resulting in a fracture to his right foot.
Employee was mounting loader when his Right ankle turned, causing him to fall, straining his neck and back. Employee began missing work as a result of this injury on 9/27/10.
On 5/26/10, the employee twisted his right knee dismounting a dozer. Then, on 6/3/10, the employee's right knee popped while he was mounting a dozer & he was taken to a hospital for treatment. He began missing work on 6/4/10 as a result of these incidents.
As employee was walking, his feet slipped out from underneath him, causing him to fall and land with his right leg pinned underneath him, resulting in a fracture to his fibula.
Employee previously had rotator cuff surgery on his left shoulder. On February 4th, 2010, he slipped walking down a flight of stairs and attempted to prevent falling by grabbing onto a handrail. This motion re-injured his surgically-repaired shoulder.
Employee had been servicing a 375 Komatsu Dozer. When he stepped on the pusharm to dismount the equipment, he slipped, pulling his left arm, shoulder, & leg. He did not seek medical attention immediately after the accident, but did at a later date, at which time it was recommended that he rest his injury. The employee began missing work on 4/24/10, as a result of this incident.
EE was trying to dislodge mantrip that was stuck in mud, when he fell injuring his back and left leg. He then missed work on the following day due to related back pain.
Employee left foot became lodged in mud. When he tried to dislodge it by jerking his leg, he struck his left knee against a belt rail.
Employee was removing garbage from a railroad car when he stepped on some loose coal, causing him to fall backwards. The employee began missing work as a result of this accident on 5/26/2008.
EE had been changing oil in an excavator & was latching the hood when he stepped in oil, & his feet slipped out from underneath him, causing him to fall approx 7'. The EE landed on his feet, but did, however result in an injury to his left knee.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE DOZER FOR A LEAK. THE PUSH ARM WAS OILY & SLIPPERY. HE SLIPPED ON THE PUSH ARM & FELL OFF ONTO THE GROUND.
Got out of tractor/truck to clean windshield. Lifted hood on tractor. Climbed up on diver side tire to clean the windshield, foot slipped. Fell between the hood & bumper, stuck left rib cage.
SLIPPED WHILE MOUNTING EQUIPMENT, FELL ON LEFT ANKLE AND HAND. FRACTURED BOTH.
EE WAS EXITING DOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON POST ARM & HE FELL ON RIGHT HIP FRACTURING PELVIS
OPERATOR WAS BOARDING BUGGY, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON FOOT PADDLE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE TRIPPED WHILE EXITING THE DOZER & FELL FROM CAB PLATFORM TO DOZER TRACK & INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER WHEN IT KICKED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HE FELL AND INJURED LEFT ANKLE.
WHILE FUELING DOZER, EE WAS PULLING FUEL HOSE, SLIPPED AND PULLED LOWER BACK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 10/2/00.
INJURED STEPPED OUT OF GREASE TRUCK LANDING ON A SLICK ROCK TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.
INJURED WAS EXITING PICK UP TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF RUNNING BOARD CAUSING INJURED TO FALL TO GROUND CAUSING BACK PAIN.