The belt person was walking back from the raw coal stacker belt. EE fell into a hole where a piece of grating had been removed, to retrieve a piece of curtain out of the flume. EE fell striking EE's elbow and EE's left foot struck a piece of 4-inch channel causing fracture to EE's toes on left foot
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Showing all 37Stepping off last step of step ladder when EE's right foot touched the ground EE's knee buckled. Dr thinks may have a patella tendon injury.
Employee was helping another employee load a 48" top belt structure into a pickup when employee's feet slipped down an embankment causing employee to fall, landing on butt.
Employee was in the process of installing new skirt boards in the R-4 tailpiece, after unhooking the chain that was used to place the new skirt boards on the belt, employee was walking on the belt back toward the tailpiece and slipped and fell backwards. They attempted to catch themselves, causing a small "chip" fracture in their wrist.
Employee was on ladder and lost footing and fell hitting the back of his left calf
Employee was assisting with the removal of loose concrete that was busted up and was injured in a fall that resulted in a bruised leg and a cut requiring sutures.
The employee slipped and fell on icy conditions, causing him to twist his ankle.
Employee was walking toward manbasket & tripped on a piece of conduit. He tried to catch himself and injured his hand & shoulder. Also twisted his knee.
Employee was removing a piece of sheeting from a screen deck when he slipeed and fell on the slippery decking, landing on a screen lifting thing in the area of the groin.
EE was attempting to mount a rock truck. Upon climbing the steps onto the bumper, EE lost his footing and fell from the truck, landing on the ground. He continued to work until he was seen by a specialist on 12/15/08 that referred him for an MRI for diagnostic care. On 1/5/09, EE was taken off work by the specialist and prescribed therapy for his condition.
Member was in the process of putting oil in hyd. tank of D-10 dozer. He was standing on tracks of dozer lifting a 5 gallon can of hyd. oil on to the landing for the operator's compartment. His feet slipped causing him to fall backwards against the grab handle.
EE was helping other ee an old dryer screen toward the hoist well so they could take it out of the plant, in the process of rolling the old dryer screen he tripped and fell causing laceration to his left hand and leg.
Employee was carrying an oil can through the shop when he tripped and hit his left hand on the oil can cutting his left middle and ring fingers.
Member was standing on clean coal chute while attempting to fix a leak in a 6 inch magnetite return. He lost his balance and fell to floor hurting his right arm and back.
Member was putting hydraulic oil in dozer when he slipped hurting his right leg.
Employee was mounting a cat DIIR dozer when he slipped & fell to the ground.
Member was shoveling loose coal, while doing so members foot came in contact with the guarding causing member to fall, hurting neck.
Member was dismounting hoe when he missed the last step on the ladder and landed on his right foot.
Employee was coming off the crane by the steps located at the right rear outrigger beam. It was a wet, cold day with some snow. When he stepped onto the beam, his foot slipped and he fell striking his tailbone on the outrigger box.
EE was setting a ladder up to tape a leak on the vessel separator pipe. He slipped and fell to the floor striking his back and shoulder. He continued to work until 11/22/04. He went to a chiropractor on that date who told him to stay off work until 12/2/04.
Employee climbing off dozer, slipped and fell approx. 18" into a sand refuse pile, landing on his back, climbed back onto dozer and operatoed for approx. 30 minutes then complained of numbness in his feet
MEMBER WAS CLIMBING ON A 988F LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. 4' TO THE GROUND. RESULTING IN 3 CRACKED RIBS.
EE was unplugging the #3 feeder at the bottom of the raw coal silo when coal and water suddenly rushed out of the feeder. ee jumped approx. 8' off a catwalk in order. to get out of the way. this resulted in ee fracturing his right foot.
CLIMBING ON A 992G LOADER, FOOT SLIPPED, TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
MEMBER WAS DISMOUNTING HIS DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE STEP ON THE PUSH ARM & INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE.
SUBJECT WAS TRAMMING AN EXCAVATOR THROUGH WOODS ON ACCESS ROAD WHEN IT CONTACTED A HORNETS NEST. THE NEST FELL ON TOP OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE HORNETS SWARMED INTO THE OPERATORS CAB. SUB JECT FELL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE CAB TO GET AWAY FROM THE STINGING HORNETS.
EE WAS GREASING THE RIPPER ON THE REAR OF THE D-11R DOZER BETWEEN SHIFTS. AS HE WAS STANDING ON THE REAR OF THE DOZER HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED & WENT THRU AN OPENING, CAUSING HIM TO FALL WITH 1 L EG ABOUT 2'.
EE WAS WALKING BELT LINE WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL STRAINING HIS GROIN MUSCLE.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WALKING ACROSS A FUELING PLATFORM FROM A CAT DOZER WHEN HE FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE HAND RAINING LANDING ON THE WALKWAY OF THE FUELING PLATFORM.
WHILE STEPPING ON A STEP LADDER, APPROX. 4'OFF THE GROUND, THE INJURED HAD ONE FOOT ON THE LADDER AND ONE FOOT ON A HAND RAIL. IN CHANGING POSITIONS HE SHIFTED HIS WEIGHT FROM HIS RIGHT FOOT TO HIS LEFT CAUSING HIS LT. KNEE TO BUCKLE AND STRAINING HIS LT. KNEE.
EE WAS MOVING A SCREEN PANEL FROM A VIBRATING SCREEN HE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS WHILE MOVING THE PANEL, TRIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS BACK WITH THE PANEL ON TOP OF HIM. BRUISING HIS BACK.
MEMBER WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS OF A 785 ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE ON THE BOTTOM STEP CAUSING HIM TO SLIP DOWN TO THE BUMPER. THIS CAUSED A STRAIN TO THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.
MEMBER BEGAN TO CLIMB IN HIS COAL TRUCK AT START OF SHIFT, WHILE PRE-SHIFTING. AS HE STEPPED ON THE BOTTOM STEP OF THE TRUCK, IT BROKE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS CARRYING A COME ALONG ON HIS SHOULDER HE HAD RETRIEVED FROM THE BACK OF A SPICK UP TRUCK. HE WALKED AROUND THE BACK OF A BOOM TRUCK AND DID NOT SEE A PIECE OF 3"X3" ANGLE LYING ON THE G ROUND. HE STEPPED ON THE ANGLE, WHICH CAUSED HIMTO SLIP AND FALL, STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS DESCENDING STAIRS & HAD TO GO UNDER AN ELECTRICIAN'S SCAFFOLDING BRACE. HE SLIPPED ON STEP AND FELL.
EE WAS STEPPING ONTO A CROSS BRACE ON A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE AT GROUND LEVEL. HE HAD MUD ON HIS BOOTS CAUSING HIM TO SLIP. HE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE STRUCTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A PALLET AT GROUND LEVEL PUMPING FUEL INTO A 60 TON CRANE. THE TANK FROM UNDER WHICH THE FUEL WAS BEING PUMPED WAS ON THE SAME PALLET. HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL, STRIKING HIS LEFT HIP ON THE EDGE OF THE PALLET. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 5-3-00.