EMP WAS HELPING3TO MOVE TAIL PULLEY ON CONVEYOR AND STEPPED BACK ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING BACK STRAIN
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Showing all 4EE WAS IN T HE PROCESS OF CALIBRATION 504 SCALE & WAS GOING UP THE CARTWALK. THE LOWER CATWALK WAS FULL OF SAND FROM SIDE TO SIDE. WHEN EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB THRU MATERIAL HE SLIPPED & WRENCHED HIS LWOER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN PITCH DARK TO THE SHOVEL WHICH HE WAS GOING TO OPERATE. BECAUSE OF THE DARK, HE DID NOT SEE A ROCK ON THE GROUND. HE STEPPED ON IT, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE.
EMP WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVELING OFF GRIZZLY WHEN HE STEPPED ON A BOARD WITH A NAIL STICKING UP, THE NAIL WENT THROUGH HIS SHOE INTO HIS FOOT