The employee was in the process of replacing pump packing at the Wet Plant Pad 4. When returning from truck with packing the employee stepped down from a concrete retaining curb and took approximately 3 steps and lost their balance. The employee slipped on the concrete pad and landed awkwardly on their leg. This resulted in the employee breaking their lower right leg.
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Showing all 2The miner opened a new can of welding rods but did not remove the lid completely. EE then carried the container to the bed of the truck, as EE sat the container down it started to tip over. The miner tried to move EE's hand away from the container causing a laceration on EE's right palm requiring sutures. Miner was not wearing gloves at the time of incident.