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Empolyee stepped through a hole in the grating and fell onto a discharge pipe and injured his left rib area.
Employee slipped in mud and hit the inside of his right knee on the deck pad eye on the inside of the power cable reel.
Employee was cleaning a scooter and slipped and fell on the wet pad. Employee landed on left hip, causing pain around the waist and into right groin. This incident became recordable on 11/13/08 due to referral to physical therapy and prescription meds.
Employee was squatting down to go under a steam line when his left foot slipped causing a "pop" in his right hip and right lower back.
Employee was walking down stairs at #3 zone, slipped and noticed pain in his right knee.
Employee was climbing stairs and tripped. He broke the fall by catching himself with his right hand. He later felt pain in his right wrist. The medical diagnosis is wrist fracture.
Sustained Right Ankle injury while walking under #3 digester train.
Employee was filling conveyor drive hydraulic reservior using a 5 gallon bucket. Employee lifted the bucket and turned to his right and foot slipped on oil. The employee reported a sharp pain to his left knee.
Employee was walking on a slick surface, slipped and caught himself without falling. Employee then felt pain in the lower abdomen. The condition was diagnosed as an inguinal hernia.
EE walked through standing hot condensate and could not see the ground. As he crossed a drainage ditch, he stepped on a rock or piece of scale and twisted his left ankle. This caused him to fall into the hot condensate. EE attempted to get up and fell a second time. EE received burns and blisters on both shins.
Employee was shutting of a circulation pump. As employee walked around to valve it out, he tripped on grating falling to right side. Employee tried to break fall with hand causing laceration to middle knuckle. X-ray shows fracture to right middle finger.
Employee was opening valve on #2 rod mill with a sledge hammer. Employee slipped on oil spot on floor and felt a sharp pain in lower back.
EE was pushed by a suspended load onto an adjacent handrail causing a laceration on the right side of his head that required sutures to repair. No restrictions or lost work days.
EE states that he was running to shut-off a piece of equipment when he tripped over a pile of dirt and struck his left knee on an unidentified object that was buried in the dirt. EE sustained a laceration on his left knee that required sutures to repair. EE started losing work days on 12/15/07. Investigation team did not find any object in the dirt.
EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF SHIPS HOLE WHEN FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF BENT RUNG ON LADDER. POPPING, SEVERE PAIN AND SWELLING TO LEFT KNEE AT 22:30-22:40. EE HAD TO CONTINUE TO CLIMB 25 - 30 FT. OUT OF HOLE. EE ALSO FELT KNOT BEHIND KNEE. EE HAD PREVIOUS INJURY TO LEFT KNEE 1994 OR 1995. PINS PLACED. EE OUT OF PLANT ON 09/30/07.
EE was walking into a portable building when he tripped and reached out with his right arm. EE states that he heard a "pop" in his right shoulder. Initial diagnosis was a right shoulder sprain. On 09/21/2007, an MRI revealed a small fracture in shoulder. EE placed on restricted duty on 09/22/07.