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DOING PRE-SHIFT IN NOTCH OF MAIN INTAKE ROADWAY STEPPED BACK ONTO MAIN ROADWAY AND SLIPPED ON ICE. FELL AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
INDIVIDUAL WAS SETTING TIMBER NEXT TO CONTINUOUS MINER THAN WAS DOWN. HE JUMPED OFF MINER TO THE GROUND TWISTING HIS ANKLE ON A LUMP OF COAL AS HE LANDED.
WHLE HANGING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE INDIVIDUAL FELL OFF LADDER STRIKING HIS NECK AND CHEST ON TOP OF LADDER. EE WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.
WALKING ON SURFACE DOING EXAMINATION, SLIPPEDON ICE BOUNCED WITH SNOW AND STRAINED KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING WATER LINE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE ADN HIT HIS HAND ON A NEARBY WAGNER SCOOP BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CRIB BLOCKS IN MUDDY AREA. SLIPPED WHILE CARRYING BLOCK AND STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.
TWISTED ANKLE ON SMALL C.P. FIRST DAY OF WORK MISSED WAS 1-12-96. ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE WALKING.
SLIPPED ON ICE NEAR PORTAL. CAUSED LIGAMENT DAMAGE, BUT WAS NOT FIXED NOR WORKED MISSED UNTIL LAST WEEK. FIRST WORK DAY MISSED WAS 3-21-96.
EE WAS STANDING ON TWO STACKED OMEGA BLOCKS BUILDING A PERMANENT SEAL. HE FELL OFF THE BLOCKS AND LANDED ON ONE OF THE BLOCKS CAUSING A SUSPECTED LEG BREAK.
ROOF BOLTER HAD MATERIALS ON IT THAT EE COULDNT REACH SO HE CLIMBED UPON THE BOLTER AND SLIPPED AND FELL.
EE CONTINUED REGULAR WORK UNTIL JULY 26. HE DID NOT FELL AN ACCIDENT REPORT OR MISS WORK UNTIL THEN. THE EQUIPMENT GOING USED WAS NOT INSPECTED BEFORE USE AS REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN LADDER FACING FORWARD AND SLIPPED. WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF, HE TWISTED HIS SHOULDER.
STEPPED ON SMALL PIECE OF ICE CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND TWIST HIS LEFT ANKLE.
PULLING MINER CABLE AND SLIPPED AND FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRINK DOWN FROM UPPER LOFT A TOOL BOX. IT STARTING SLIDING DOWN STAIN WAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL. INJURING LEFT SHOULDER.
WHILE ROCK DUSTING NEUTRALS IN NORTH MAINS 33 WAS LOADING DUSTER IN PARKED RAM CAR AND AFTER DUSTER WAS LOADED HE STEPPED OFF RAM CAR BUCKET AND SLIPPED IN LOOSE COAL AND INJURED HIS LEFT ANKL E.
MAN WAS WALKING TO BELT PORTAL, SLIPPED ON SNOW AND LANDED ON W65 SELF RESCUER ON HIS BELT, FRACTURING RIBS. HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A SERIOUS INJURY. MAN WORKED UNTIL 3-1-94 AND WENT TO DOCTOR AT END OF SHIFT.