A PICI contract employee was working on the No. 29 Belt and slipped in the mud and twisted his left knee.
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Showing all 50Employee was dragging an oxygen tank down the slope and he tripped and fell onto his right side/shoulder. He has been diagnosed with a fractured rib.
PICI Contract employee strained his lower back while helping hang the miner cable. He was lifting cable with his left shoulder and slipped on a rock and the cable fell on him.
Employee was pulling a dust hose through a man door & twisted his left foot. He was diagnosed with a stress fracture of his left 5th tarsal bone.
Employee was getting up and out of mantrip and slipped and fell against his hand. He fractured his right little finger.
Employee was sitting down in chair attending to the L-3 communication system and CO monitor system. He was getting up and fell forward out of the chair. He has been diagnosed with a fracture to his shoulder. He started missing work 2/1/12.
EE fell down and struck his arm on a metal strap and cut his arm. Required sutures no lost time.
Slipped and fell on foot and sprained ankle - Worked 2 days restricted duty.
A Pici contract employee was cutting & repairing the lifeline & fell down and cut his right index finger. Sutures required.
Employee was walking down the #3 entry, slipped on a loose rock and twisted his rt. knee. Started missing work 8-6-2010.
EE caught his foot between 2 waterlines and fell backwards. He fractured his right foot and ankle.
He was going up ladder, his foot slipped and he fell forward and hit his forehead. His safety glasses cut his forehead at the eyebrow. Sutures were required - no lost time.
He was climbing down a feeder and fell and hit right shoulder.
Foreman/Operator had been checking JD 400 for mechanical problems, he was coming down the ladder and missed the last step and fell.
EE slipped and fell outside and fractured his thumb.
Employee was walking through mud to retrieve cable puller (come-a-long), slipped and twisted right ankle.
Employee was lifting steering jack, and stumbled over propane tank, while putting tools away. He then felt pain in left side under rib cage.
Employee tripped over a bolter cable and strained his left leg. He started missing work 3-3-2008.
Employee was bolting top and twisted his left knee.
Employee was climbing up on rail runner to work on it and fell off, landing on his lower back.
Employee was walking in low top and his back started hurting. He is working at a modified duty.
Walking down belts & tripped over roller, hit forehead on structure.
Replacing bottom rollers, slipped in mud and twisted knees (both). Started missing work on 5/11/06.
Employee stepped out to throw switch and fell, hitting a rock and cutting his finger.
EE was checking cylinder when he slipped on oil on the floor.
Employee was moving cable and tripped, falling on the right side of his face.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE. STARTED MISSING WORK 10-19-2005
SLIPPED ON TAIL PIECE WHILE CROSSING AND FELL.
Employee was rock dusting, pulling on hoses he stepped on a rock, fell back and landed on arm.
RECIEVED NOTIFICATION THAT EE WAS MISSING WORK DUE TO A WORK RELATED INJURY THAT OCCURED ON 04/09/03. EE BUMPED RIGHT KNEE ON EDGE OF STANDING BOX
EE WAS THROWING A TRACK SWITCH WHEN THE BAR BROKE CAUSING EE TO FALL ON LEFT WRIST. EE SUFFERED A FRACTURED WRIST AND A CAST WAS APPLIED
Employee slipped on belt guide and fell between dolly and LoLo structure.
EE TRIPPED AND FELL THRU AN OFFICE DOOR. HE DIS-LOCATED A BONE IN HIS FOREARM AND A PLASTER CASTWAS APPLIED.
EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM A MOVING BATTERY MOTOR AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK. HE EXPERIENCED EXTREME PAIN AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR OBSERVATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON INBY SIDE OF TAKE-UP WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL, LANDING ON HIS BACK AND W-65 SELF-RESCURER.
EE WAS SPOT-BOLTING WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE TRAMMING ROOF BOLT MACHINE ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
EE TRIPPED AND FELL WITH HIS LEFT KNEE STRIKING A BLOCK OF COAL.
EE STEPPED ON SIDE OF LO LO STRUCTURE & SLIPPED,INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSERTING A PIN IN HOLE STRUCTURE WHEN A RAIL SLIPPED AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 7-3-01.
EE WAS CROSSING A MBC BRIDGE UNIT WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL INJURING HIS RIGHT TESTICLE. HE HAD OUT-PATIENT SURGERY BECAUSE OF INFECTION 5-23-01.
EE WAS PULLING BELT WITH A SCOOP WHEN HE TOOK CHAIN OFF AND SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE(LEFT). EE MISSED THE 14TH & 15TH BECAUSE OF INABILITY TO SCHEDULED DR. APPOINTMENT.
SLIPPED AND THREW RIGHT KNEE OUT OF PLACE.
EE TWISTED ANKLE & BROKE BONE IN FOOT. EE DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 2/9/01 & HE FOUND OUT THEN THATHIS FOOT WAS BROKEN
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TIMBERS, SLIPPED AND FELL, HURTING BACK.
GETTING OUT OF A RAILMOTOR AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.STARTED MISSING 9-20-2000.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL AND HURT BACK.
EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE AS HE STEPPED OFF TAILPIECE.
EE WAS ROCK DUSTING BELT ENTRY WHEN HE FELL AGAINST THE BELT STRUCTURE. EE MISSING WORK 4-25-00.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF THE BELT AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE. BEGAN MISSING ON 4/12/00
EE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING AROUND SCOOP AND FELL, HURTING HIS BACK.