WALKING DOWN OVERCAST RAMP THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED OF WOOD. RAMP WAS WET. HE SLIPPED AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT CALF.
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Showing 50 of 94WALKING TO WORKING PLACE AND INSTEAD OF WALKING AROUND CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE BED RAILS WALKED OVER THEM. HE TRIPPED FELL AND FRACTURED HIS ARM AS HE HIT THE MINER FLOOR.
HOSING COAL SPILLAGE ON BELT SLOPE CONCRETE FLOOR. BENT DOWN TO HOSE UNDER BELT ON TIGHT SIDE. STEPPED ON WATER HOSE LYING TROUGH. FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL ONTO STEPS. HE HYPEREXTENDED THE THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND LACERATING IT HE RECD 8 SUTURES
SHE WAS WALKING WHILE MAKING EXAMINATION OF MAIN BELT LINE AND ALLEDGES SHE TRIPPED WHILE STEPPING OVER OVERCAST PARTS AND STRUCK HER RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE METAL STRUCTURE. SHE DID NOT SEEK I MMED. ATTN. EE IS NOT TOTALLY SURE THIS IS WORK RELATED BUT PHYSCIAIN SANS SO. NOTE: INJURED STARTING MISSING TIME ON 5-17.
WALKING THROUGH A VENTILATION REGULATER THAT HADHIGH AIR PRESSURE PASSSING THROUGH IT THE AIR PRESSURE CAUSED HIM TO TRIP & FALL BACKWARD STRIKING A CONCRETE PALASTER THAT IS PART OF THE REG ULATOR STRUCTURE & LAND ON THE MINE FLOOR IN A CONTORTIVE POSITION
DRAGGING ROCK DUST HOSE IN MUD, WATER AND SLIPPERY CONDITONS. TRIPPED WHILE PULLING HOSE AND STRAINED RIGHT KNEE.
REPAIRING OIL LEAK ON LEFT SHEAR JACK OF CONT MINER. LOST FOOTING, SLIPPED & WENT DOWN IN FRONT OF LEFT CAT & SHOVEL. STRAINED LEFT KNEE
WALKING TO THE BATHHOUSE FROM HIS CAR, HE SLIPPED ON ICY WALKWAY AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
WALKING SUPPLY TRIP & STEPPED IN A HOLE IN THE MINE BOTTOM, TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A FIRST AID INJURY HE HAD SURGERY 12/16/98 INJ DID NOT MISS ANY TIME FOR WORK
INJURED WAS WALKING TO HIS WORK PLACE AND STEPPED IN A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS LEFT KNEE. HE BEGAN RESTRICTED WORK THE NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.
GOING DOWN METAL STEPS FROM RIVER CELL, TRIPPED ON STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND STRAINING RIGHT KNEE EE BEGAN LOSING TIME THE NEXT SHIFT
GETTING OUT OF MANTRIP. THE BOTTOM WAS UNEVEN AND ABNORMALLY LOW. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE AND STRAINED IT.
LOADING A SCOOP ON A LOW BOY. GETTING IN SCOOP OPERATORS COMPARTMENT HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HE JAMMED HIS SELF RESCUER AGAINST HIS RIGHT HIP. INJURED BEGAN LOSING TIME THE NEXT S HIFT.
GETTING TOOLS TO USE ON JOB. WALKING DOWN STAIRS AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RT KNEE.
PULLING ROOF BOLTER TRAILING CABLE. MINE FLOOR WAS IRREGULAR. FELL AND FRACTURED RIGHT WRIST TRYING TO STOP FALL. BEGAN MODIFIED DUTY 5-29-98.
STEPPING OFF 10 TON MOTOR. RAIL WAS ABNORMALLY HIGH. FELT PAIN IN RIGHT CALF MUSCLE. BEGAN LOSING TIME NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED SHIFT.
HOLDING CUTTER MOTOR COVER IN PLACE TO REINSTALL IT. SLIPPED ON WET MINE BOTTOM, LOST HOLD, AND DROPPED COVER ON RIGHT FOOT.
PULLING OLD CABLE OFF SHUTTLE CAR REEL. SLIPPED AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. STARTED MODIFIED DUTY NEXT SHIFT.
WALKING ACROSS THE FLOOR IN THE PREPARATION PLANT A FLOOR DRAIN COVER WAS LEFT OFF AND HE TRIPPED ON THE FLOOR DRAIN FALLING TO THE FLOOR AND STRIKING HIS LEFT ELBOW AND RIGHT ELBOW ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE CONT' TO WORK UNTIL 9/2/98 WHEN HE BEGAN LOSING TIME FOR SURGERY TO HIS ELBOW.
CARRYING TOOLS AFTER ADJUSTING GUIDE ROLLER. CONDITIONS WERE WET. MISJUDGED STEP, FELL AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE.
UNHOOKING CARS FROM SLOPE CAR. WALKED TO RIGHT SIDE OF RAIL TO UNHOOK CABLE. IT WAS RAINING AND THE RAIL WAS WET. WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE WET RAIL HE SLIPPED AND FELT PAIN IN THE RIGHT KNEE. N OTE: INJURED CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 8/21/98, WHEN HE BEGAN LOSING TIME FOR SURGERY.
MOVING AIR HOSES FROM LOCOMOTIVE TO CARS. AFTER HOSES WERE HOOKED UP HE REACHED OVER COUPLER T AIR VALVE WHILE STRADDLING ACROSS PLOW ON LOCOMOTIVE. HE SLIPPED OFF PLOW AND HIS LEFT LEG WENT B ETWEEN THE PLOW AND THE FRONT OF THE LOCOMOTIVE,CAUSING HIM TO PULL A HAMSTRING MUSCLE ON HIS LEG.
CLIMBING INSIDE BIRD DISTRIBUTOR WHILE CLEANING IT. NARROW, RESTRICTIVE OPENING TO MOVE THROUGH.AS HE LOWERED HIMSELF INTO THE DISTRIBUTOR, HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE FELL FORWARD IN TO THE DISTR IBUTOR. TO STOP HIS FALL HE GRABBED AT THE ROTARY CENTER PIPE. HE THEN FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER RIGHT GROIN.
STEPPED OFF LADDER & PUT FOOT BETWEEN BLOCKS AND TWISTED KNEE. POSSIBLE MENISCAL TEAR.
THERE WAS AN OPEN HOLE FOR THE STAIRWELL. IT WAS PLANKED AND COVERED WITH PLASTIC. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE TOP OF THE SECOND FLOOR AND INADVERTENTLY FELL THOUGH THE HOLE. HE HIT HIS FACE A S HE FELL THROUGH CAUSING THE CUT ABOVE HIS EYE AND A BUMP ON HIS HEAD. HIS BACK HURT AS HE HIT THE GROUND.
AS INJURED AND COWORKERS WERE ADVANCING A CABLE BY HAND, HE STEPPED IN A HOLE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO INJURE HIS LOWER BACK. HE BEGAN LOSING TIME FROM WORK HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.
AFTER CHANING A HEADLIGHT ON 5 TON LOCOMOTIVE INJURED WAS WALKING AROUND MOTOR TO SET UP THE MAIN BREAKER. HE STEPPED ON THE EDGE OF A RAIL AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
INJURED AND COWORKER WERE BACK CONTINUOUS MINER OFF OVERCAST. TENSAR (PLASTIC MESH) WAS HANGING ON BOTH RIBS. THE BITS OF THE MINER WERE CATCHING INTHE TENSAR. INJURED WAS WALKING IN FRONT OF THE CM (THE BREAKER WAS OFF) TO CUT THE TENSAR WITH WIRE CUTTERS. HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND STRUCK HIS THROAT ON ONE OF THE MINER BITS.
TO TURN OFF THE REAR ENGINE OF THE PAN INJURED HAD TO STAND ON A TIRE AND REACH FOR THE SWITCH. THE TIRE WAS MUDDY. HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A JERSEY BARRIER. HE HAD ABRASIONS ON HIS KNEES AND STRAINED HIS LEFT WRIST. BEGAN RESTRICTED WORK NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT 6-24-97.
CARRYING A CRIB BLOCK WHILE BUILDING A WOODEN WALKWAY THROUGH MUD. INJURED TRIPPED OR SLIPPED ON A MUDDY PLANK AND RECEIVED A SEVERE CONTUSION OT HIS LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE. AFTER TWO DAYS OFF DU E TO NORMAL WORK ROTATION, INJURED RETURNED TO MODIFIED DUTY ON 6-6-97.
EE WAS HANGING CABLES AND STEPPED IN A HOLE. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CARRYING CONCRETE BLOCK ACROSS A WOODEN PALLET FORM A FLAT TRUCK TO AN AREA WHERE A MANHOLE WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED. HE TRIPPED ON THE PALLET WHEN IT MOVED OFF THE FLAT TRUCK. INJURED REC EIVED A LACERATION TO THE LOWER ANTERIOR LEFT LEG.
WHILE HE WAS WALKING AROUND THE SUPPLY YARD LOCOMOTIVE INJURED SLIPPED ON WET RAILS. HE FALL ON HIS RT SIDE AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT. INJURED WORKED 5-4-97, BUT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PAIN IN THE RT GROIN. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME OF INJURY. INJURED BEGAN LOSING TIME ON 5-5-97.
INJURED WAS WALKING TOWARD HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE THROUGH THE PLANT PARKING LOT AND SLIPPED ON ICE. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE BUT CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3-14-97 WHEN HE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE SPRAIN.
STEPPING OFF TOP OF SINGLE BOOM ROOB BOLTER THAT WAS ON A FLAT TRUCK. STEPPED ON A PIECE OF METAL & TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE. WORKED JOB UNTIL 1/18/97. THEN WORKED ONE DAY MODIFIED DUTY. NOTE; THIS WAS ORIGINALLY FIRST AIR INJURRY. VICTIM WORKEDONE DAY; WITH RESTRICTIONS ON 1/18/97.
PULLING WATER HOSE THROUGH AN OPWNING AT THE RAWCOAL SILO WATER BOOST PUMP. LOST BALANCE. FELL AND STRUCK RIGHT SIDE OF FACE AGAINST A PIPE. RECEIVED 2 SUTURES DUE TO LACERATION ON RT EYELID.
RETURNING TO MOTOR AFTER PUTTING WAGONS IN A TRACK SPUR. TRIPPED OVER A RAIL AND FELL. STRUCK MOUTH AGAINST A RAIL. INJURED LOST ONE TOOTH AND RECEIVED 12 SUTURES.
GETTING OUT OF 15 TON MOTOR. CAUGHT RIGHT FOOT ON SCSR BOX IN OPERATORS COMPARTMENT AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT GROIN.
INJURED WAS WALKING ALONG THE SIDE OF A BATTERY POWERED SCOOP. HE TRIPED ON A METAL STRAP IN WALKWAY AND STRUCK STRUCK AGAINST THE SCOOP WITH HIS LEFT KNEE.
INJURED WAS CLIMBING OVER LONGWALL PANLINE. RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM AND HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT. THIS CAUSED HIS BODY TO STOP SUDDENLY. NOTE: THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A FIRST AID INJURY. EMPS C ONDITION BECAME WORSE. BEGAN LOSING TIME 10-23.
WHILE FITTING PIPE, EE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL
WALKING PAST SUPPLY WAGONS ON TAIL TRACK ADN TRIPPED ON A ROCK. HE FELL AGAINST THE FIB AND STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER. INJURED WENT HOME AND COULD NOT SLEEP. HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION THE FOLLOWING DAY. INJURED WAS RELEASED TO MODIFIED DUTY THE FOLLOWING REGULARLY SCHEDULED SHIFT.
EE CAUGHT LEFT HEEL ON THE BOTTOM EDGE OF MANDOOR WHILE PASSING THRU IT. THE RIGHT LEG WAS ON THE MINE BOTTOM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR. SHELOST HER BALANCE SPUN AROUND & FELL ON HER LEFT BUTTOCK. THE FOLLOWING DAY SHE FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK & LEFT LEG. SHE WAS FIREBOSSING ON AN EXTRA WORK DAYSHIFT
WHILE WALKING ON THE WALK SIDE IN A BELT ENTRY, HE SLIPPED ON WET, MUDDY, UNEVEN BOTTOM AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. ORIGINALLY A FIRST AID INJURY, BECAME LOST TIME WHEN SURGERY WAS REQUIRED.
WHILE WALKING ACROSS STRUCTURAL STEEL, TWISTED RIGHT LOWER LEG.
INJURED WAS CARRYING A CRIB BLOCK AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE, FALLING DOWN THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE RIGHT ANKLE.
INJURED WAS PUTTING A CONCRETE BLOCK ON TOP OF PIER BEING BUILT. CAUGHT FOOT IN METAL BAND AND TRIPPED. DID NOT FALL. WHILE HOLDING BLOCK, TWISTED BODY INJURING LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK. ORIGINA L INJURY DATE 1-29-94. REOCCURRENCE 2-15-96.
VICTIM WAS WORKING OFF SCAFFOLDING TO BUILD A CONCRETE BLOCK MANHOLE. AS HE DESCENDED THE SCAFFOLDING, HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS BACK AGAINST AN ANGLE SUPPORT OF THE SCAFFOLDING. THIS RESULTED INA FRACTURE OF THE 10TH RIB, POSTERIOR, RIGHT SIDE. RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY BEGAN 2/3/96.
INJURED WAS CLIMBING ACROSS CABLE TRAY FROM FACE SIDE TO SHIELD SIDE WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON THE TRAY. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF AS HE FELL. RESTRICTED WORK BEGAN 12-29-95.
STANDING ON TWO CRIB BLOCKS AND REACHING FOR A CABLE HUNG OVERHEAD. BLOCK SHIFTED. EE FELL TO MINE FLOOR AND LANDED ON HIS SELF RESCUER.