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EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING FROM A PICKUP CAB AT THE MINE SITE AND FELT HIS KNEE GIVE OUT. HE FELT PAIN IN THE KNEE BUT CONTINUED TO WORK. FOLLOWING HIS SHIFT HE WAS TREATED BYA CHIROPRACTOR FOR THE KNEE PAIN. HE RETURNED TO WORK HSI NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO A 1991 CHEVY PUMP TRUCK. AS HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE VEHICLES RUNNING BOARD, THE REAR SUPPORT BRACE BROKE CAUSING THE RUNNING BOARD TO GIVE WAY UNDER HIS B ODY WEIGHT AND HIS FOOT THEN SLIPPED OFF THE RUNNING BOARD. HIS KNEE STRUCK THE GROUND AND TWISTED THE KNEE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO GRADE THE HAULROADS AT THE PIT. AFTER A PRE-SHIFT CHECK, HE PREPARED TO MOUNT THE MACHINE. HE STEPPED ONTO THE GRADER BLADE (WHICH HAD BEEN POSITIONED BY THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR) AND GRABBED FOR THE HANDHOLD. AS HE WAS PLACING HIS FOOT IN THE STEP ON LADDER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND, STRIKING THE BLADE WITH HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS TRANSP
OILER WAS DISMOUNTING A D65 CAT DOZER. UPON EXIT HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE TRACK OF THE DOZER WHICH SLIPPED ON THE TRACK SINCE THE OPERATOR DID NOT HAVE A GRIP WITH HIS HAND ON THE PROVIDED HA ND HOLD HE FELL TO THE GROUND BELOW LANDING ON HIS OFFICIAL FIRST LOST WORK DAY.
PUMPER WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR A LEAK IN THE DISCHARGE HOSE OF THE PUMP. UPON APPROACHING THE PUMP THE PUMPER NOITCED ICE AROUND THE SHUT DOWN AREA. AS HE REACHED FOR THE SHUT-FF HIS RIGHT FO OT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH OF HIM CAUSING TO FALL AGAINST THE TONGUE OF THE PUMP, CAUSING A FRACTURED RIB.