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Employee was moving a roll of belt lost footing twisting left knee.
EE tripped going up a set of steps leading into the changing room. EE fell and landed on his dinner bucket hitting his lower back.
Employee was changing a tire on a forklift at Rockhouse Creek #2 Mine. He stated he was pulling on the tire when he slipped (lost footing) and he stated he twisted his lower back. Safety dept administered first aid treatment until ambulance arrived
EE was duck walking looking for bad places in a piece of cable. The ee slipped on a wet piece of draw rock falling aprox 26" hitting his elbow.
Employee was lifting a concrete block, above his head, when he lost his balance and twisted his knee, dropping the block on his shoulder.
Removing belt structure from under old belt set up @ old 10 head, employee slipped and fell breaking his ankle.
The injured employee tripped and fell over some rock hitting his back when landing.
The injured employee was coming down steps and his foot slipped resulting in him falling and hitting his back.
The injured employee was recovering belt structure. He was carrying a piece of top structure to load it into the scoop bucket, the injured employee tripped catching his left wrist between the scoop bucket and structure, cutting his wrist on the structure.
Employee was shoveling tailpiece, tripped over 2" waterline, falling and injuring back.
The employee was installing last row of roof bolts, tripped and fell on corner of roof bolt plate, lacerating left arm.
Looking at centerline and tripped and fell into boom on Miner and hit lt shoulder.
Approx. 50' underground , ee got off manbus to open the door, he slipped and sprained his right foot. 6 work days.
WHILE CLIMBING UP LADDER FOOT SLIPPED OFF 3RD FROM TOP STEP OF LADDER. FOOT AND LEG WENT BETWEEN LADDER AND WATER TANK CAUSING 1 1/2 WIDE CUT ON LEFT SHIN. CUT REQUIRED 10 STITCHES.
VICTIM WAS DRAGGING CURTAIN AND SLIPPED IN MUD, FALLING ON GROUND AND INJURING HIS RIBS.
VICTIM WAS LOADING ROOF BOLTS ONTO THE BOLTER. LOST HIS BALANCE WITH A LOAD OF BOLTS IN HIS HANDS TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE
While hanging board on wall of mine office board slipped and metal edge of borad caught ee s right thumb laceration.
Carrying toolbag-tripped and fell.
Tripped and fell while getting on mantrip.
Injured slipped and fell due to soupy slick mud and went around head drive. Bottom was uneven.
EXITING OPERATORS COMPARTMENT AND TWISTD KNEE.
JACKING UP TAKE UP TRAY WHEN BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL AGAINST BELT HEAD CAUSING BACK STRAIN.
LOADING ROCK DUST INTO SCOOP BUCKET, LOST BALANCE AND BROKE LEG.
EE WAS DOING PRESHIFT ON TRUCK & FELL-HE HIT FRONT WHEEL ON TRUCK AND CUT HIS HEAD.
EXAMINING BELT LINES AND STEPPED IN A HOLE AND BROKE HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
LEANING OVER DECK TO CHECK OIL LEVEL IN ROOF BOLTER AND HIT WRONG LEVER-PINNING HIM IN ROOF.
EE WAS CARRYING ROCK DUST, SLIPPED IN MUD, FELL AND HIT BELT STRUCTURE BRUISING HIS BACK.