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EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A LOWERED BOOM OFF OF A SHOVEL REPLACING THE CATWALKS AND HANDRAILS. HE APPARENTLY STEPPED OUT OF THE MAN-BASKET FOR A MOMENT AND STEPPED BACK INTO AN OPEN AREA BETWEEN THE BOOM FEET. HE FELL APPROX 15 FEET.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF A SHOVEL BUCKET AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND SLID DOWN THE BACK OF THE SHOVEL BUCKET, HE CAUGHT THE LEDGE ON THE BUCKET AND JAMMED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE SAW A DOCTOR AND CA ME BACK TO WORK HIS NEXT SHIFT. HE HAD MINOR SURGERY FOR A TORN MUSCLE ON 2/25/98 IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
CHANGING TIRE ON HAUL TRUCK PUTTING LOCK RING ON RIM, FELL ABOUT 8-10 FT ONTO LEFT SIDE CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT RIBCAGE LEFT EYEBROW. LEFT LEGAND RIGHT SHIN.
EE SLIPPED IN SOME MUD GOING TO START A WATER PUMP. HIS RIGHT LEG FELL AND A WATER LINE TWISTINGHIS KNEE & ANKLE. FIRST SAW DR ON 9/11/98 DID RETURN TO ASSIGNED JOB. SAW DR AGAIN ON 9/22/98 AN D TOLD NOT TO RETURN TO WORK SPRAINED ANKLE TORNMUSCLE BONE
EE WAS CHECKING POWDER TRUCK ON ROVING PATROL. THE LIGHT PANEL WAS RED & THE DISPATCHER ASKED EE TO CLIMB UP ON THE TRUCK AND CHECK THE REAR COMPARTMENT FOR SMOKE. THERE WAS ICE & SNOW ON THE OFCR.'S FEET AND THE TRUCK AND HE FELL OFF THE TRUCK WHEN HE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF OF IT.
EE WAS WALKING FROM A LADDER ON A 190 FAN HAUL TRK. HE FELL ABOUT 6FT AND THE FRAM OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES CUT HIS RIGHT LID WHEN HE HIT THE SHOPFLOOR. IT TOOK 6 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE CUT.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST COMPLETED AN INSPECTION OF MODIFICATIONS MADE TO A CATERPILLAR 24H MOTOR GRADER AND WAS MOVING TO DISMOUNT THE MACHINE. WHILE CROSSING FROM A STEP ON THE MACHINE'S HYDRAULIC TANK TO A 6-FOOT STEP LADDER, EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR BELOW.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP A HAUL TRK LADDER AND SHE SLIPPED OFF LADDER AND FELL ABOUT 8 FT AND TWISTED HER RIGHT ANKLE.
2 WKS BEFORE THIS INJURY, I HAD SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL ON SAME ELBOW. I DIDN'T NEED MEDICAL TREATMENT OR DID I MISS WORK. I WAS CLIMBING UP THE TRACTOR TO START IT. SLIPPED ON TRACK, BUMPED E LBOW ON DOOR FRAME, WENT ABOUT BUSINESS. ABOUT 2 1/2 HRS LATER MY ELBOW WAS SWOLLEN AND I COULD NO LONGER OPERATE THAT MACHINE.
SHOVEL OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING DOWN ACCESS LADDER AT SHIFT CHANGE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF A LADDER RUNG AND HE FELL ABOUT 6 OR 8 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE WEATHER WAS COLD 25 F AND WINDY, BUT THERE APPEARED TO BE NO ICE BUILDUP ON THE LADDER. THEOPERATOR CUT HIS HEAD REQUIRED 6 STITCHES AS A RESULT OF THE FALL.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE WALKWAY, DECK AROUND THE CAB OF OUR LE TOURNEAU, FRONT END LOADER AND FELL 15 FEET TO THE GROUND. HE DISLOCATED HIS INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND, PL US HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND GROIN AREA.
THE IML EMPLOYEE (ENVIIRONMENTAL TECH) SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE CLIMBING DOWN A 7 FT. WOODEN LADDER ATTACHED TO AN AIR MONITORING PLATFORM. HE FELL OVER BACKWARDS LANDING ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD. THE IMPACT FRACTURED A VERTEBRAE IN HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE PREPARATION PLANT TO GET THE TRAIN REPORTS. HE GOT OUT OF THE PICKUP. WHEN HE WALKED AROUND THE FRONT END OF THE PICKUP, HE SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF SNOW COVERED ICE AND FEL L. HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT HAND. SPRAINED RIHGT HAND AND WRIST.
EE WAS MAKING FIRST INSPECTION ROUND OF CONVEYOR SYSTEM. HE WAS WALKING FROM THE CONTROL ROOM TO THE TRANSFER HOUSE. NEAR THE ENTRANCE DOOR TO THE TRANSFER HOUSE, EE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL. H E LANDED ON HIS BAKC AND LEFT ELBOW. HE HAD BRUISES ON LEFT ARM AND ELBOW, PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND ACROSS SHOULDERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A FRONT END LOADER TIRE APPROXIMATELY 16 FT. HIGH, CHANGING OUT A HEADLIGHT. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE SLID DOWN THE TIRE, FALLING APPROXIMATELY 11 FEET TO THE GROU ND, INJURING HIS PELVIS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING & REFILLING 1ST AID& EYE WASH STATIONS STEPPED FROM STAIRS OF BATCH LOAD OUT BUILDING INTO AREA THAT HAD ROUGH GROUND & LIGHTING EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON EDGE OF; A HOLE TWIST ED ANKLE & FELL
EE HAD PARKED BUCKET OF TRUCK MOUNTED MANLIFT OVER CAB OF TRUCK AND WAS STEPPING OUT OF BASKET WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. 10' TO GROUND STRIKING HEAD AND CHEST ON LARGE PIECES OF SCORIA.
WATER SPILLED ON THE FLOOR. THE EE SLIPPED ON THE WATER & INJURED WRIST.
EMPLOYEE STARTED WALKING DOWN #2 CONVEYOR SYSTEM. HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL FORWARD LANDING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE FELT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FROST WHERE HE SLIPPED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING TUBE INSPECTION ROUNDS. ON THE LAST 2 ROUNDS, SHE WRENCHED HER BACK WHILE TRYING TO OPEN THE HEAVY METAL HORIZONTAL SLIDING DOORS ON FREIGHT ELEVATOR THAT IS USED TO GE T TO THE TOP OF SILO 2. ON LAST INSPECTION ROUNDAT 5 AM, SHE SLIPPED ON ICE AT TOP OF SILO 2. SHE CAUGHT HERSELF & DIDN'T FALL, BUT HER BACK WAS INJURED TO A GREATER EXTENT & WHIPLASHED NECK.
EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF PICKUP TO CHANGE LOSS TIME ACCIDENT INFORMATION ON SAFETY SIGN. WHEN SHE STEPPED ON FROST COVERED PALLET BY SIGN, HER FOOT SLIPPED AND SHE FELL ON THE PALLET. SHE BRUISED H ER ABDOMEN, ARM (L), BACK, CHEST, SHOULDER, KNEE(R) AND LUNG.
THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF RAIN. WHEN IT DRIED UP THERE WERE CLUMPS OF DIRT AROUND. EMPLOYEE BACKED UP WHILE PULLING THE TAPE OUT OF THE HOLE & TRIPPED OVER A CLUMP, FALLING & HURTING HIS SHOULDE R.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THE CONVEYOR SYSTEM CHECKING FOR SAFETY, ELECTRICAL AND FIRE HAZARDS. WHEN HE TURNED CORNER BY HEAD HOUSE FOR SILO #2, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A THIN LAYER OF ICE ON FLOOR AND HE DID THE SPLITS. PULLED /STRAINED MUSCLES IN UPPER RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE BACK OF A JLG MANLIFT. HE SLIPPED OR STEPPED OFF MACHINE, FALLING APPROXIMATELY 7 FEET TO THE SHOP FLOOR. HE CUT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND THERE WERE THREE C RACKS IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER, SCAPULA.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND SLIPPED ON THE ICE LANDING ON THE LEFT KNEE, CAUSING IT TO BRUISE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OVER SOME CHUNKS OF COAL, ONE CHUNK TURNED UNDER HIS FOOT CAUSING HIM TO FALL ONTO HIS LEFT SHIN, WHICH IN TURN EMPL RECEIVED A CUT TO HIS LEFT SHIN REQUIRING FOUR SUTURES . THE CUT WAS CAUSED BY A SHARP PIECE OF COAL.
EMPLOYEE HAD GONE TO HISA TOOL BOX TO GET SOME TOOLS, UPON RETURNING TO THE SHOVEL HE TRIPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK AND HIS HIS KNEE ON THE SHOVEL TRACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REINSTALLING AIR PIPING ON ENGINE OF HAUL TRUCK. STANDING ON LADDER USING FOOT AS BRACE ON LUG NUT OF HAUL TRUCK TIRE, FOOT SLIPPED OFF TIRE AND EMPLOYEE FELL 5-6 FT. TO MAINTENAN CE SHOP FLOOR. REACTION TO PUT HAND OUT TO BREAK FALL - FELL ON HAND-WRIST - BREAKING LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER WHILE WELDING ON THE CRUSHER, WHEN THE LADDER FELL OUT FROM UNDER HIM. THE EMPLOYEE HELD ON WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO KEEP FROM FALLING AND HYPER-EXTENDING HIS SH OULDER AND PULLING THE MUSCLES IN HIS SHOULDER.
EE WAS WALKING INTO A PICKUP PARKING AREA AND HE DID NOT SEE A CHUNK OF ICE ON THE GROUND AND STEPPED ON THE CHUNK AND FELL TO THE GHROUND, LANDING ON HIS BACK AND LEFT ARM. HOSPITAL DR WOULD NOT RELEASE HIM UNTIL HE COULD SEE AN ORTHOPEDIC DR AND THAT DR WOULD NOT RELEASE HIM UNTIL AFTER ONE WEEK OF THERAPY.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CARRY A 20' LONG, 6" WIDE, FLEXIBLE HOSE AND HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE FALLING ONTO HIS RIGHT ANKLE. THE ANKLE TURNED UNDER AND RESULTED IN FRACTURING TH E DISTAL FIBULAR. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AND HE WILL BE OFF WORK FOR 6-8 WEEKS.
WHEN COMING DOWN THE STAIRS WHILE DOING PATROL INSPECTION IN TTI BUILDING MISSED A STEP THAT WAS HARD TO SEE BECAUSE IT WAS COVERED WITH COAL DUST & THE HANDRAIL DOES NOT EXTEND THE FULL LENGT H OF THE STAIR STEPS TWISTED & BRUISED LEFT ANKLE
EE WAS INSTALLING A HOIST ROPE BECKET END A HOIST DRUM ON SHOVEL NO. 1 WHILE EE WAS MOVING THE HOIST ROPE INTO CORRECT GROVE ON HOIST DRUM HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING A STRAIN TO THE LOWER PART O F HIS BACK.
WORKING ON ROOM CEILING REMOVED PLYWOOD COVER BEING USED TO COVER HOLE IN CELING FOR WORKERS SAFETY STEFFED THE WRONG WAY AND FELL THROUGH THE HOLE JUST UNCOVERED.
TUBEWALKER LEFT MAIN OFFICE TO GO ON FIRST ROUND, SLIPPED ON ICE, AND AS HE FELL, EXTENDED HIS RIGHT HAND TO CATCH HIMSELF. LANDED ON SAME WITH FULL BODY WEIGHT. SLIGHT SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST.
WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTING WATER IN MOP BUCKET, HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE GRAVEL. WHILE TRYING TO KEEP HIS BALANCE SO AS NOT TO FALL HE STRAINED MUSCLES IN NECK AND UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE MAKING DETEX CLOCK ROUND. HAD FINISHED KEYIKNG #14, TURNED AROUND AND SLIPPED ON PLANT WASH DOWN HOSE LAYING IN WALKWAY. CAUGHT SELF WITH ARM WHEN FALLING AND BRUISED RIGHT FOREARM.
EMPL STARTED TO GET DOWN OFF OF GUARD SLIPPED & AS HE FELL LEG STRUCK PIPE SUPPORT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON WALK WAY BETWEEN COAL STORAGE BELTS AND HE WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO WHERE HE WAS WALKING. HE STEPPED INTO AN OPENING IN THE WALKWAY AND HE GRABBED A SUPPORT TO A LADD ER AND CUT HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE CONDUCTING ROUTINE PATROL OF CRUSHER BUILDING, TRUNED CORNER AND FELL, TWISTING LEFT ANKLE.
SLIP ON COAL & FELL WHILE WALKING INTO PIT UNDER SHOVEL RESULTING IN INJ TO BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE OUTSIDE STAIRCASE OF THE DRYER WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE BUCKLED. THIS ACTION RESULTED IN A TORNEN TENDON.
CHECKING DATES AND CONDITION OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.SLIPPED AND TWISTED WRONG WAY-LEFT HIP OUT OF PLACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER OF 992 WHEN LEFT AHND RELEASED FROM RAIL.EMPLOYEE REACHED BACK WITH RIGHT HAND TO BREAK FALL.THE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND CAUSED THE FRACTURE TO THE RIGHT WRIST.
STANDING ON BUMPER OF PICK-UP DIRESCTING LOADING OF CYLINDER.CYLINDER ROLLED OFF OF PALLET HITTING THE TAILGATE OF THE TRUCK WHICH KNOCKED HIM DOWN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BACK BRACE UP SOME STAIRS TO ASSIST EMT WITH ANOTHER INJURED EMPLOYEE, WHEN HE TRIPPED CAUSING HIS BACK TO HURT.
OVER EXTENDING ON A LADDER, CAUSING LADDER TO SHIFT AND THEN FALLING ON RIGHT ARM, BREAKING IT AT WRIST.
EMPL. HAD STEPPED OUT HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE A HE TURNED TO CLOSE HIS DOOR HE SLIPPED ON ICY SPOT IN PARKING LOT. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD & RIGHT ELBOW RECEIVING A 1/2" WIDE PUNCTURE WOUND APPROXIM ATELY 3/8" DEEP. WOULD REQUIRED 2 SUTURES TO CLOSE.
EMPL INSTALLING3HYDRAULIC HOSE ON DOZER LIFT CYLINDER.HE HAD REMOVED METAL COVER ON FRONT END OF MAHCINE TO DISCONNECT HOSE.STANDING ON DOZER STABILIZER LOST FOOTING FALLING BETWEEN DOZER AND STABILIZER. 3
EMPLOYEE TIED O0F TO REBAR DOWELL WITH SAFTY CHAIN. REBAR DOWELL WAS PROTECTING 3 FEET OUT OF A CONCRETE WITH NO RESTRICTION ON EEND OF DOWELL. EMPLOYEE USED TIE WIRE TO SECURE SATEY CHAIN T O REBAR DOWELL.3 CHAIN SLIPPED OFF OF REBAR CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO SCAFFOLD DECK CAUSING A COMPRESSION FRACTURE.