EE WAS SETTING COVER DOWN FROM MINER WHEN HE SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL TO GROUND. RESULTING IN LUMBAR STRAIN. DR. HAS ADVISED NO WORK UNTIL 9-8-98.
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Showing all 29EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN PLACING CABLE CLAMPS ON BOOM CABLE OF STIFFLET DERRICK. EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A 20' FIBERGLASS LADDER TO MOVE THE LADDER TO A DIFFERENT POSITION. WHEN HE WAS APP ROX. HALF WAY DOWN THE LADDER IT SHIFTED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL 5'-6' ONTO SOME 4" X 6" WOODEN TIMBERS.
SLIPPED WHEN WALKING AROUND SECTION FEEDER, FALLING WITH WEIGHT ON LET WRIST. SUFFERED FRACTURE TO LEFT WRIST, HE WASTREATED AND WILL RETURN TO WORK ON RESTRICTED DUTY 6.4.98.
HE WAS USING AN ELECTRIC DRILL TO REMOVE A BROKEN BOLT. THE BIT BROKE & HE FELL FORWARD ON BROKEN BIT. IT PUNCTURED HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER. ON 12/22 HE HAD OUTPATIENT SURGEY TO REPAIR A DAMAG ED LIGAMENT.
SLIPPED AS HE WAS WALKING ACROSS BOTTOM FLOOR OF PREP PLANT, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THE IMPACT CAUSED A COMPRESSION FRACTURE TO RIGHT ELBOW. HE WAS TREATED AT HOSPITAL AND RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME SHIFT.
EE WAS WASHING SCOOP, AS HE CLIMBED IN BUCKET, HE SLIPPED, TWISTING HIS KNEE. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 11/15/96 AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
STEPPED IN HOLE WHILE ROCKDUSTIN AND SPRAINED ANKLE. DR PLACED ON RESTRICTED BEGINING 11-7-96 FOR FIVE DAYS.
CLIMBED OVER PROP, THAT WAS ANCHORING FEEDER IN PLACE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE AS HE STEPPED DOWN DR HAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY UNTIL FURTHER TEST CAN BE DONE ON KNEE INJURY.
INSTALLING BELT WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER WIRE ROPE TWISTING BODY AS HE FELL HE STRAINED BACK. DR HAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY BEGINNING 10-21 UNTIL 10-25-96.
AS EE WAS WALKING PAST A PARKED SCOOP, HE STUMBLED. HIS RIGHT FOOT WENT UNDER BUCKET OF SCOOP ASHE FELL. SUFFERED FRACTURE TO RIGHT LEG.
HE WAS MOVING BOXES OF GLUE TO FRONT OF ROOF BOLTER. AS HE WAS CARRYING A BOX, HE STEPPED IN A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST BACK. WENT TO DR ON 3-13-96 AND WAS TOLD TO STAY OFF WORK UTIL 3-15-9 6 AT WHICH TIME HE WSA ANOTHER DR'S APPOINTMENT.
AS HE WAS WALKING TO MANTRIP HE STEPPED ON LOOSE ROCK AND TWISTED LEG. FOLLOWING DAY HE EXPERIENCED MORE PAIN AND SWELLING. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 3-4-96 AND 3-6-96 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH POSSIBLE LIGAMENT DAMAGE. WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY UNTIL HE CAN SEE AN ORTHOPEDIC DR.
AS HE ATTEMPTED TO GET OUT OF RAM CAR CAB HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE BACK ON SEAT OF CAR. CAUSING LUMBAR SPRAIN. DR PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR THREE DAYS.
STUMBLED ON ROCK ALONG SIDE OF ROOF BOLTER, FELL TO GROUND TWISTING HIS ANKLE UPON EXAMINATION BY DR A FRACTURE TO LEFT ANKLE WAS DISCOVERED. PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 3 WEEKS.
HE WAS WALKING PAST ROOF BOLTER & TURNED ANKLE ON LOOSE ROCK, CAUSING SPRAIN TO RIGHT ANKLE. EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR PLACED ON RESTRICED DUTY UNTIL 11-17-95.
HE WAS CLEANING FLYASH OUT OF CHUTE, SLIPPED, WHEN HE HIT FLOOR CHUTE BROKE LOOSE AND FLYASH CAME OUT AND GOT ALL OVER HIM. HE WASHED THE ASH OFF, BUT WHEN HE GOT HOME IT CONTINUED TO BURN HIM AND HE WENT TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR CHEMICAL BURNS AND TOLD NOT TO RETURN TO WORK UNTIL THE WOUNDS HEALED.
AS HE WAS GETTING INTO OPERATOR COMPARTMENT OF BATTERY SCOOP, HIS BOOT SLIPPED DUE TO MUD ON BOOTS & SEAT. HE GRABBED HANDLE ON SCOOP CAB AS HE SLIPPED CAUSING MUSCLE STRAIN TO LEFT SIDE OF BA CK. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
WHILE OPERATING MINER ON REMOTE, EMP STEPPED ON LOOSE SHALE AND SLIPPED INTO HOLE SPRAINING ANKLE. DOCTOR PUT AIRSPLINT ON ANKLE AND PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR THREE DAYS.
HE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES ON SCOOP BOOT SLIPPED AS HE WAS CLIMBING OFF AND HE FELL SPRAINING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.DOCTOR PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR TWO DAYS.
STEPPED OUT OF SCOOP CAB ONTO A LARGE ROCK, TWISTED KNEE CAUSING SPRAIN. DOCTOR PUT HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR SEVEN DAYS.
WHILE WELDING IN BOLT CHUTE HE LOST FOOTING TO KEEP FROM FALLING DOWN CHUTE HE GRABBED A BRACKET WHICH GAVE A SUDDEN JERK TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER TEN MINUTES LATER HIS SHOULDER DISLOCATED WHILE TRYING TO BRACE HIMSELF AGAINST WALL OF CHUT E HE WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK ON 08-10-94 ON RESTRICTED DUTY
HE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF DUST PIPE & SLIPPED ON WET SHALE CAUSING A SPRAIN TO LEFT KNEE.
COMPUTER CONTROLLED LOAD OUT MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING COAL TO COVER TRUCK AND TRUCK STEPS. WHERE DRIVER LEFT HIS TRUCK TO HIT THE EMERGENCY SHUT OFF HE SLID OFF THE COAL COVERED STEP ON THE SIDE OF HIS TRUCK HUNTING HIS BACK.
EE WAS STANDING ON THE GRATE BEHIND THE TRAILER APPARENTLY SLAMMING THE TAILGATE AND IT COLLAPSED. CAUSING THE DRIVER TO FALL INTO THE ASH PIT HOPPER.
[INJURED] WAS WALKING TO MANTRIP STATION, STEPPED OFF OF CONCRETE WALKWAY ONTO MINE FLOOR AND OVER EXTENDED LEFT LEG, CAUSING STRAIN.
AN ELECTRICAL CORD WAS ON THE GROUND. AS EMPLOYEE STEPPED OVER IT, THE METATARCEL PART OF HIS BOOT BECAME ENTANGLED AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL. HERECEIVED A BRUISED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WALKED THROUGH A SET OF PULL THRU CURTAINS, STEPPED OVER THE MINER CABLE ONTO A LUMP OF COAL. LEFT KNEE BENT & TWISTED.
EMPL WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF A 2' LEDGE ON THE 2MW TRACK ENTRY. WHEN EMPLS RIGHT FOOT TOUCHED THE FLOOR EMPL TURNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE CAUSING A SEVERE SPRAIN.
WALKING ALONG THE MAIN SOUTH RETURN BELT AS PART OF A PRESHIFT EXAM WHEN HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE. THE MINE FLOOR WAS WELL ROCK-DUSTED WITH LITTLE ROCK OR MATERIAL ON THE FLOOR.