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Employee was shoveling the power head on the highwall miner, the miner was on a steep a grade and the beam he was standing on was wet and muddy. The employee slipped and when he tried to catch himself he pulled something in his back.
Truck Driver was traveling down a ladder and slipped and fell to the ground and broke his ankle.
The operator was climbing down off of his loader and stepped into a hole. When he did it twisted his back and hip. He continued to work until 08/23/2011 when the doctor he went to see put him off work for therapy. Again he did not get put off work until 08/23/2011.
The employee came down a ladder when the bottom kicked out, causing him to fall and strike his head on concrete floor. The doctor said he had a concussion.
EE was working from extension ladder, when base of ladder slid back, causing EE and ladder to fall. EE received medical treatment on 2/22/11. this will be a lost time injury.
climbing up on excavator, foot slipped, hit his knee, torn ACL. Doctor put him off of work 12/08/2010. He had not missed any work till 12/08/2010. Accident date 11/03/2010
The employee was attempting to get out of his truck and stepped down to the step on the fuel tank. His boots being muddy his foot slipped and his tail bone hit the fuel tank. He didn't go to the doctor for a couple of weeks till his neck started hurting him. He has not missed any work from 5/12/10 to 12/6/10. The doctor wants him off till after he recovers from the surgery.
It had rained and the employee was climbing down from the service truck when he got his foot tangled up in a chain and slipped and fell. He landed on his hip. It was also muddy since it had rained.
The employee came down a ladder frontward and it was muddy. He said he slipped and then fell. He has a bruised disk the doctor said.
Employee was climbing into powder truck cab when he slipped and fell backwards. Employee tried to catch himself with his right hand. Broke bone in hand.
Employee was assisting with repairing 1100 excavator when he jumped from track of 1100 to get a shovel, thus injuring knee.
Employee tripped and fell on deck of R-65 while hooking up jumper cables. Hurt his back.
Employee missed step while climbing down from dozer, hitting the push arm on the dozer while falling, landing on right hand and ribs.
drill operator climbing on front of drill steps when he lost his footing, falling on pit floor, falling backwards 4 or 5 feet.
FELL WHILE ENTERING EXCAVATOR.