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Employee was performing housekeeping duties to mitigate slip hazards of ice and ended up slipping on that ice, resulting in a fall on their left knee. Employee refused medical treatment and continued work the remainder of the day. Employee woke the next morning with a swollen knee.
Employee was walking over scrap metal in laydown when EE lost footing and when EE landed on right foot EE felt a pain in the bottom of foot.
Employee was cleaning around plant when they slipped on ice and pulled a leg muscle.
Employee was exiting a semi truck at end of shift with lunch bag in one hand and paperwork in the other while stepping down, EE felt a sharp pain in left knee upon slipping on the bottom step resulting in falling to the ground landing on left foot then the right. EE has an injury to left knee.
Employee was stepping out of a building onto a ramp and twisted right ankle resulting in a sprain.
Employee was climbing down (backwards) a step ladder attached to a machine. When stepping on the bottom rung, EE's left foot slipped forward and EE fell backwards landing on EE's rear end. Employee did not utilize 3-points of contact.
EE was walking to dewatering plant and stepped on rock resulting in a left sprained ankle.
While walking a belt line checking on the conveyors Employee stepped between two blocks of ice and twisted left inside ankle.
EE was operating front end loader, EE stopped and was exiting loader on left side. Upon stepping off bottom rung of ladder, EE stepped on a frozen tire rut with EE's right foot and EE's ankle folded over spraining / tearing ligaments in right ankle.
EE had returned to work from an injury of a sprained right knee. While working near pump EE's right foot became stuck in the mud and when EE turned, it twisted and sprained the same right knee. Upon return to work EE resigned 01/04/2022.
EE was looking up at plant while walking and stepped in a water hole spraining the right knee.
While preparing to enter a cab driver's side, an employee fell back off the top step (31 inches from the ground) and landed on the ground. The employee may have hit the bottom step of another vehicle parked less than 5 feet away. The employee was diagnosed with a dislocated left shoulder and possible fractured left wrist.