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Employee was exiting a skid steer while focusing upon employee's phone. Employee missed the step and fell landing on left wrist. The fall upon the left wrist resulted in a simple fracture to one bone in the left wrist.
Employee was greasing a bearing while standing on a bucket. Employee then fell off the bucket landing on left hand causing a mild sprain to left wrist. Incident occurred 12/16/22 & first aid was administered by a 3rd party nurse. Employee sought treatment on 1/13/2023 and received restrictions.
While climbing down the ladder, IP right foot slipped off the last step (rung) on the ladder. IP attempted to catch self resulting in a strain to EE's right elbow. Incident occurred on 06/28/22, reported on 06/29/2022 First Aid Case. Seen by MD on 07/06/2022.
Employee parked the vehicle in a truck rut. As employee exited the vehicle and made a move to the tail gate for the fire extinguishers, employees left foot went into a low section of the rut and rolled left ankle and knee over. Employee was evaluated on 6/12/2022 and again on 7/7/2022 where it was determined physical therapy was the best course of treatment
Employee fell on frozen ground landing on their side resulting in a shoulder strain.
Employee was walking towards a piece of equipment. as they were walking they slipped on the icy ground and suffered a laceration to a knee. Employee was cleared to return Sunday (2/6/2022). Employee worked the shift then reported the injury was still aggravated and is out for medical evaluation again
Employee was moving a screen when EE lost balance. As EE lost balance EE began to drop the screen and the corner of the screen made contact with EE's right shoulder.
Employee put foot on rocker panel of truck while attempting to climb inside. Employee's foot slipped off and struck ground spraining employee's right ankle.
Employee was walking in the wet plant when EE slipped and twisted ankle entering the control room.
Miner slipped while entering the cab of an on road semi tractor. Miner hit side on the floor board of cab. Bruised ribs. Miner did not report at time of incident. Reported 12/07/2020
fall from trailer 18 inches to ground
Employee kneeling to tag a rail car and slipped on hard snow/ice. Sprained left ankle.
On 8 Jan 2020 the employee was working in the Dry Plant area and individual tripped over EE's own feet and when EE fell forward EE placed EE's left hand out and palm of hand impacted a small rock on the ground. The rock made a cut into the hand. Several stitches were given for the laceration.
Employee was climbing stairs when employee missed a step and struck knee on leading edge of step resulting in laceration requiring stitches.
Employee was checking belts and slipped on ice resulting in hitting head on the ground. Employee has previous medical non work related history with head injuries, and is off work for continued evaluations.
EE was walking out of the floc room and slipped down three steps and twisted left knee.
Employee was walking on top of a rail car when fall protection device became snagged on the supporting structure. This caused employee to be stopped mid stride while stepping from one car to the next. This caused employee to lose balance and fall between the cars. Total fall before arrest by retractable lanyard was approximately 4 feet.
Employee circumvented accepted practices for adjusting feed to the head chute of "B" 80 by climbing on a shield rather than using a ladder. When employee was getting down employee felt a pain in right ankle
The employee was descending a metal stair way and misjudged the last step thinking ee was at the ground. The employee stated that ee was looking around the plant when this happened and not fully focused on the stairs. It was dark out and ee may have cast a shadow over the bottom stair as ee descended.
Employee was loading on top of rail cars. Employee was tied off to fall protection the entire time. Employee was using a retractable lanyard and let it trail behind while walking on the car and moved too quickly causing the retractable lanyard to lock. Employee lost balance and fell onto the catwalk on the rail car and sustained injury.
EE was painting walls in a QC lab. EE stepped off of the step ladder that was being used and unto the counter top in the Lab. EE lost balance and fell from the counter top to the floor. EE hit head on the floor causing a laceration that required 7 sutures to close the laceration. EE was able to return to work that day with restrictions.
Miner was walking down provided stairs and using handrails in railcar preparation area and upon stepping off of last step to the ground rolled right ankle. Miner fell to the ground and continued work for several more minutes and then reported injury.
Employee was loading tin onto a trailer and twisted left knee. Employee finished the rest of shift and reported the injury the next day.
Individual was stepping off railcar onto load out platform and right foot caught edge of platform and fell forward scraping right arm and left hand. Majority of impact occurred onto right hand resulting in strained right shoulder.
Tripped coming off a ladder
While being tied off onto rail fall protection system, as he stepped across between 2 railcars the supplemental restraint locked and pulled him off balance. He fell slightly backwards between the cars, approximately 3 feet. He alone stepped back onto the railcar and reported incident.
EE was climbing down a ladder and after he reached the ground he turned and slipped on some snow that he just brushed off a railcar. This incident happened in our 500A silo. EE fell landing on his tailbone. He was taken to the local hosp. and was released the same day. At this point he is on light duty for two weeks as per doctors orders
While standing on the running board of the maintenance truck, employee was observing a head pulley on a feed hopper when his right foot slipped off the running board. The right foot hit the ground first causing it to roll over. Running board surface in conjunction with sand and standing on tip of toe caused slip.