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The employee was working from a work platform, EE was trying to repair a hydraulic leak on a water truck. Another employee was moving the oil cart and struck the bottom of the work platform causing the employee on the work platform to fall.
Employee tripped while walking down a flight of stairs. Employee was diagnosed by an Emergency Room physician as having a concussion from hitting his head during the fall, as well as a Distal Bicep Tear which will require surgery.
While unhooking the D-ring rope from the back deck of the Rubber Tire Dozer, the employee lost his grip on the grab bar and fell approximately 4' to the ground. The employee landed on his left arm when making contact with the ground, and reported pain in his left wrist.
Employee was pulling on a rope that was attached to a road sign, the employee was trying to place the rope over the ball hitch of his pick up truck so he could move the sign to another part of the mine. As the employee was pulling on the rope trying to get the sign close enough to the ball hitch of the pickup he slipped and his head struck the flat bed pickup.
After completing his shift, the injured miner was walking through the parking lot to get in his car pool. When he passed between two parked cars, he slipped and fell. The fall caused soft tissue injury to the employee's left knee and shoulder. The employee was given first aid treatment but was not able to return to his next scheduled shift on January 2, 2014.
Employee was walking on uneven terrain in muddy, wet, slick conditions. He slipped and fell on his hands and knees.
Employee was working on a dozer in the shop, as he climbed off the dozer he felt his right knee lock up. He was unable to straighten his right knee.
An employee was working in the cab of a haul truck, he exited the cab and descended the ladder. He stepped on the grating on the lower deck platform. The grating moved and he rolled his ankle and fell into the handrail that he was holding onto.
The employee exited the cab of his haul truck, a strong gust of wind blew off his hard hat and safety glasses. The employee tried to catch his hat and glasses and a second gust of wind knocked the employee off balance, he then fell down the stairs of his haul truck hitting his right arm on the hand rail support causing a break in both bones of the right forearm.
The employee was on the bed of a lowboy assisting in transporting a track dozer. He slipped and fell to the ground. After a few days, he sought medical attention where it was found he had fractured his ankle.
Rubber Tire Dozer operator was reaching down to hook shovel cable up to his dozer in order to assist a shovel relocation. He rolled his right ankle over and fell. When he fell, his hard hat came off and his head struck the rear boarding ladder causing a laceration. The laceration required 7 staples to close the wound. His ankle was sprained and not broken.
A Maintenance Inspector falls off the back of a work vehicle. He lands on the ground, breaking one rib on his left side. He had stepped on an open tool box lid, which then shut, causing him to lose his balance.
A mechanic was working off the rear platform of an 830B Caterpillar Rubber Tire dozer. He was changing a light bulb. As he turned to his left to move toward the boarding ladder, his left foot contacted a tow hook that had been welded on top of the rear bumper. He fell approximately 4.5 feet, slightly fracturing his left elbow.
A Haul truck operator parked her truck for fuel and service. She left the cab and was going to descend the truck stairway to isolate the truck. She stepped on a pile of coal on the edge of the deck and lost her balance. She fell forward onto the stairway landing rolling her right ankle over. In doing so, she fractured the distal end of her right fibula.
Employee slipped on last step hitting her head. Received a laceration on the right eyebrow about 1/2 inch long. Wound required 7 sutures to close it.
The employee sustained an injury to his right knee due as a result of slipping on a snow covered surface. The employee was walking from the administration building to the shop ready line.
The employee was working on D11R dozer at a height of 11'1" while standing on a step located on the left side of the dozer cab. The employee was removing a chain which was supporting a left ripper tilt cylinder. The step broke and the employee fell to the ground causing a compound fracture below the knee to the right leg.
CARRYING CONVEYOR IDLER DOWN INCLINE CONVEYOR, TRIPPED & FELL FORWARD TRIED TO CATCH HIS FALL, CAUSING FRACTURE IN RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING CAT 426 BACK HOE AND STEPPED ONTO UNEVEN GROUND, TWISTING ANKLE.
THE EE WAS USING A HOSTSEY STEAM CLEANER TO WASH UNDER THE HOOD OF A SERVICE LUBE TRUCK. THE EE HAD COMPLETED WASHING UNDER THE HOOD AND WAS WORKING ON WASHING THE REMAINDER OF THE TRUCK WHEN THE EE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS AWAY FROM THE SERVIVICE TRUCK AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON A CHOCK BLOCK ON THE WASH BAY FLOOR. THE EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CONTUSION TO THE LEFT RIB.
OPERATOR OF CAT 16G MOTOR GRADER WAS EXITING THE CAB AND DESCENDING DOWN THE LADDER. THE EE'S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE LADDER CAUSING LOSS OF FOOTING. OPERATOR FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING O N OLD GUARD WITH BUTTOCK.
A MAINTENANCE EE WAS TAKING A DRIVELINE OUT OF A 789 CAT HAUL TRUCK. THE EE STEPPED FROM THE CENTER CROSS FRAME MEMBER TO ONE OF THE BRAKE CANS WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE EE THEN STEPPED ONTO TH E TRANSMISSION HAVING WITH HIS LEFT FOOT. THE EELEFT FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING TWISTING THE LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS RETURNING A LADDER TO REAR OF SERV TRK INDOING SO HE STEPPED ON REAR BUMPER OF TRK TO REPOSITION THE LADDER & HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE BUMPER STRIKING THE GROUND CAUSING A FRACTURE TO L EFT HEEL