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EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE UP ACROSS INTERSECTION, #8 HDG. HE LOST HIS FOOTING, CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACK AGAINST RIB, CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE HAD A NON-REPORTABLE ACCIDENT ON 3-24-94. EMPLOYEE ALLEGED WHEN HE WAS DISCHARGING HIMSELF FROM OPERATORS COMPARTMENT ON SSCOOP, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND GOT CAUGHT UNDER CONTROL PANEL, DUE TO WET AND MUDDY CONDITIONS, CASUSING A STRAIN TO HIS LEFT LEG. EMPLOYEE REPORTED ACCIDENT ON 3-28-94. WENT TO SEE DOCTOR 5-9-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING FROM THE TOP OF #1 RETURN CANOPY ON SURFACE AREA OF THE DEEP MINE VIA A 6 FT. STEP LADDER. EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE SECOND CROSSPIECE OF THE LADDER. THIS CAUSED THE LADDER TO DISLODGE FROM ITS FOOTING RESULTING IN THE EMPLOYEE FREE FALLING APPROX. 5 FT TO THE GROUND, CAUSING FRACTURE TO RT LEG BETWEEN KNEE & ANKLE CONDITIONS WET & MUDDY.