Workflow task list is missing or damaged. SharePoint 2010

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Customer created workflows for the annual review of our QPC Emergency Plan.
The document library shows that there is a EP_Review workflow “In Progress” for each section.   However if you click into the “In Progress” link to see the actual progress of the workflow it shows no Visio diagram, it’s just a blank white
space (not even an error message) and under the Tasks section it gives the message:
"The workflow task list is missing or damaged. Please contact your administrator for more information"
I looked in the Task List and there are no tasks showing, which normally does show when we kick off a workflow.
I ran a report on the EP_Review workflow for Cancellations and Error messages and the system comes back with the following error message: "Report contains no Data"
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3/05/2014 11:58:08.67 w3wp.exe (SLSPW02:0x8DC0)               0x8418 SharePoint Foundation         Monitoring
nasq Medium Entering monitored scope (Request (POST:http://strspdept:80/sites/Compliance/EmergencyPlan/_layouts/CustomizeReport.aspx?ReportId=05c9fc6e-b5bd-44c6-9b22-48d33f3b719a&AssociationId=1585f93e-968f-4008-9d41-28e4d03b03b9&Category=Workflow&List=4cb06049%2Dbe01%2D4e76%2D9e78%2D3faa95c4f06c))
03/05/2014 11:58:08.67 w3wp.exe (SLSPW02:0x8DC0)               0x8418 SharePoint Foundation         Logging Correlation Data
xmnv Medium Name=Request (POST:http://strspdept:80/sites/Compliance/EmergencyPlan/_layouts/CustomizeReport.aspx?ReportId=05c9fc6e-b5bd-44c6-9b22-48d33f3b719a&AssociationId=1585f93e-968f-4008-9d41-28e4d03b03b9&Category=Workflow&List=4cb06049%2Dbe01%2D4e76%2D9e78%2D3faa95c4f06c) eaeae4dc-25b7-479e-bc20-dd98b6fcd778
03/05/2014 11:58:08.67 w3wp.exe (SLSPW02:0x8DC0)               0x8418 SharePoint Foundation         Logging Correlation Data
xmnv Medium Site=/sites/Compliance eaeae4dc-25b7-479e-bc20-dd98b6fcd778
03/05/2014 11:58:08.70 w3wp.exe (SLSPW02:0x8DC0)               0x8418 Document Management Server    Document Management
52od Medium MetadataNavigationContext Page_InitComplete: No XsltListViewWebPart was found on this page[/_layouts/CustomizeReport.aspx?ReportId=05c9fc6e-b5bd-44c6-9b22-48d33f3b719a&AssociationId=1585f93e-968f-4008-9d41-28e4d03b03b9&Category=Workflow&List=4cb06049%2Dbe01%2D4e76%2D9e78%2D3faa95c4f06c].
Hiding key filters and downgrading tree functionality to legacy ListViewWebPart(v3) level for this list. eaeae4dc-25b7-479e-bc20-dd98b6fcd778
03/05/2014 11:58:08.75 w3wp.exe (SLSPW02:0x8DC0)               0x8418 SharePoint Foundation         Monitoring
b4ly High Leaving Monitored Scope (EnsureListItemsData). Execution Time=32.1239873194787 eaeae4dc-25b7-479e-bc20-dd98b6fcd778
03/05/2014 11:58:08.78 w3wp.exe (SLSPW02:0x8DC0)               0x8418 SharePoint Server             OpenXml
0000 Medium OfficePackageLibrary::OpenPackage(app=3, path=C:\Users\TEMP\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpBAE2.tmp, fcm=3) eaeae4dc-25b7-479e-bc20-dd98b6fcd778
03/05/2014 11:58:08.80 w3wp.exe (SLSPW02:0x8DC0)               0x8418 SharePoint Foundation         Monitoring
b4ly High Leaving Monitored Scope (EnsureListItemsData#2). Execution Time=10.6167606926937 eaeae4dc-25b7-479e-bc20-dd98b6fcd778
03/05/2014 11:58:08.80 w3wp.exe (SLSPW02:0x8DC0)               0x8418 SharePoint Foundation         Runtime
tkau Unexpected Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Reporting.ReportEmptyException: Report contains no data.    at Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Reporting.ApplicationPages.CustomizeReport.OKBtn_Click(Object sender, EventArgs
e)     at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)     at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)     at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler
sourceControl, String eventArgument)     at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) eaeae4dc-25b7-479e-bc20-dd98b6fcd778
03/05/2014 11:58:08.80 w3wp.exe (SLSPW02:0x8DC0)               0x8418 SharePoint Foundation         Monitoring
b4ly Medium Leaving Monitored Scope (Request (POST:http://strspdept:80/sites/Compliance/EmergencyPlan/_layouts/CustomizeReport.aspx?ReportId=05c9fc6e-b5bd-44c6-9b22-48d33f3b719a&AssociationId=1585f93e-968f-4008-9d41-28e4d03b03b9&Category=Workflow&List=4cb06049%2Dbe01%2D4e76%2D9e78%2D3faa95c4f06c)).
Execution Time=131.764628890724 eaeae4dc-25b7-479e-bc20-dd98b6fcd778
03/05/2014 11:58:09.05 w3wp.exe (SLSPA02:0x1CD4)               0x1F68 SharePoint Foundation         Topology
e5mb Medium WcfReceiveRequest: LocalAddress: 'http://slspa02.corp.questar.com:32843/5d041280466646db9f816a170ae8f6b8/MetadataWebService.svc' Channel: 'System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel' Action: 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/taxonomy/soap/IDataAccessReadOnly/GetChanges'
MessageId: 'urn:uuid:8f54c63f-a3d4-4180-b9be-2eefe9ff3495' 01f77dd7-96fb-4f20-b72a-cd736a3354bf
03/05/2014 11:58:09.05 w3wp.exe (SLSPA02:0x1CD4)               0x1F68 SharePoint Foundation         Monitoring
nasq Medium Entering monitored scope (ExecuteWcfServerOperation) 01f77dd7-96fb-4f20-b72a-cd736a3354bf
03/05/2014 11:58:09.05 w3wp.exe (SLSPA02:0x1CD4)
Any Ideas how I can figure out how to resolve this?
Thanks for any input

Hi mikeatquestar,
it seems you may need to check if should the task able to create at your environement,
you may try this at your development environment first:
Saved a task list as a template from a working site collection and moved the template to the problem site collection. Used this template to create a new list, and associated this list to the Workflows task list.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-sharepoint-services-help/manage-list-templates-HA010099156.aspx#BMcreate
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/copy-or-move-a-list-by-using-a-list-template-HA101782479.aspx
Regards,
Aries
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