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EE was fixing a skirt rubber on conveyor for crusher. He had not shut down/locked out the machine. As he climbed out from under crusher he hit the control for the conveyor that he was kneeling on. EE was pulled 20' up on the conveyor where he held onto a steel cross member until a fellow employee shut down the machine. He suffered a twisted ankle & a fractured vertebra in his back.
Employee was using a wrench to tighten the bolt that was holding a cutting edge on his loader bucket. The wrench slipped and the employee lost his balance.
Employee slipped on some wet material under the conveyor in the pit in July 2013. He felt fine after the incident and did not report it to the company. The employee started to have some discomfort with his left knee in early August 2013 he was place on work modifications after an MRI on 8/12/2013. with a sprained ACL/PCL Physical Therapy for a treatment plan.
Employee was welding on the jaw crusher. He stopped welding and lifted his hood to remove some slag and a hot metal piece hit him in the corner of the eye. The employee returned to the job after being checked out by a doctor that same day.
The miner was refueling the EL-Jay. As he stepped off of the ladder onto the ground he rolled his left ankle.
An employee slipped and hurt himself while standing on a wet conveyor belt. The frost had come off of the belt but it was still damp and slippery.
Employee was bent over working to change a roll on a conveyor for about 2 minutes. When he stood up he experienced muscle spasms.
The employee was lifting a piece of steel out of a steel rack with another employee. He needed to pick his end of the steel up a little to get over a lip at the end of the steel rack and when he did he felt pain in his left arm.
Employee was cleaning the loader windows and lost his balance as he moved across the walk way on the loader, causing him to fall. He landed on his right hip when he hit the ground.
Crusher repairs: The supervisor welded a pad eye on the jaw plate and the employee attached a come-along to the pad eye. During the work activity the employee increased the tension on the chain and the weld holding the pad eye in place failed. The chain from the come-along hit the employee's elbow.
The employee was getting on and off a dozer to check each truck. He didn't take the proper time required to clean the mud off of the steps. He stepped off the last step and slipped, cutting his right shin (this was on the 18th, basic first aid was done by the employee). After five days he suspected an infection, we sent him in to check it out, and antibiotics were admistered.
While a haul truck was going up an icy hill, the truck's transmission shifted down, resulting in tires losing traction - the truck slid backwards down the hill and stopped suddenly at the bottom - the quick stop made the driver's head strike the cab - first aid was given, he went to a clinic & received 6 stitches - he was discharged with no restrictions - back to work after lunch.