EMPL WAS APPLY CAUSTIC SODA TREATMENT TO WATER WHEN HE STUMBLED OVER STUMP. STUMP THEN ROLLED ONTO ANKLE.
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Showing all 16EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE DRUMS ON A TRIAXLE. THE DRUMS WERE LYING DOWN AND WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO STAND THE DRUMS UP, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON SOME GREASE THUS RESULTING IN THE LOWER BACK INJU RY.
STEPED ON ICE AND FELL OFF LOADER.
EMPL ASSISTING WITH STEAMING OUT OF DOZER RADIATOR WITH STEAM JENNY WHILE STANDING ON DOZER BLADE.SLPPED FROM BLADE AND FELL BETWEEN DOZER AND BLADE LANDING ON ELBOWS AND BUTTOCKS.
EMPL WAS DESCENDING LADDER OF RUBBER TIRED LOADER. AS HE JUMPED FROM LADDER TO GROUND WEDDING RING CAUSGHT ON HANDRAIL & EPL WAS SUSPENDED IN AIR.
STANDING BETWEEN 2 DRUMS MAKING REPAIRS FINISHED WORK RETUR. TO WORK POSITION ON DRAHLINE SLIPPED FELL BENEATH DRUMS. EFFORT TO CATCH SELF BREAK FALL BU T TWISTED BACK IN PROCESS .
EMPL OYEE HAD STARTED DOZER ENGING AND DISMOUNTED DOZER AND RETURNED TO HIS PICKUP TRUCK FOR GREASE TUBES.THE GROUND WAS SNOW COVERED.AS EMPLOYEE RE TURNED TO THE DOZER AND STEPPED ON THE PUSHARM TO MOUNT THE DOZER TRACK,CARRYING THE GREASE TUBES HE LOST HIS FOOTING ,SLIPPED AND FELL,STRIKING ELBOW AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE HAD ALIGNED LOADER BUCKET LEVEL WITH TRUCK BED AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE GREASE BARREL DRUM FROM HIS BUCKET TO TRUCK BED EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND BALANCE AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE A HERNIA DEVELOPED SURGERY WILL BE REQUIRED SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS INDICATED BY THE PHYSICIAN
EMPLOYEE HAD DISMOUNTED TRUCK AND WAS ENTERING SCALEHOUSE BY WAY OF CATWALK. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE-COVERED SCALES AND FELL ON CATWALK (GRATING) AND INJURED KNEE; HOWEVER THE INJURY DID NOT BOTHER HIM TO THE POINT WHERE HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL FLUID BUILT UP ON 3/4/88.
EMP WAS REMOVIN1 AN ENGINE FROM A FIAT ALLIS 40 DOZER USING A COME A LONG. AS EMP THREW COME ALONG TO GROUND, THE HOOK CAUGHT EMP POCKET CAUSING HIM TO LOSE FOOTING AND BALANCE. IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN HIS B5LANCE HE CAUGHT HOLD OF THE DOZER WITH LEFT HAND. IN DOING SO, EMP TWISTED AND PULLED LEFT SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO BEGIN WORK BY CLEANING FROST AND ICE FROM WINDSHIELD OF LOADER WHEN HS SLIPPED ON EQUIPMENT AND FELL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS HAND ON THE FUEL TANK AS HE A TTEMPTED TO CAT7H HIMSELF DURING THE FALL AND BROKE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE HAD DI8MOUNTED DOZER TO TALK WITH FOREMAN HE THEN MOUNTED THE DOZER BY WAY OF DOZER TRACK THROWING EMPLOYEE OFF BALANCE AND CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD EMPLOYEES LEFT KNEE STRUCK CORN ER OF CAB POST 4OUNT THEREBY BRUISING AND INJURING KNEE
EMPL STARTED TO DISMOUNT FRONT-END LOADER,STEPPED BACK TO ALLOW DOOR TO CLOSE.STEPPED BACKWARDS MISSING TOP STEP AS WELL AS RIGHT HANDHOLD,FALLING TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK.FALL WAS 8\.
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A G RADE ON A POND DISCHARGE PIPE, HE SLIPPED ON THE ICY POND BANK SLIDING APPROX 4\ ONTO THE FROZEN POND SURFACE
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FLAT BED TRAILER OF APPROX. 3 FT. IN HEIGHT. AS HE REACHED THE GROUND, HE TWISTED HIS LEG AND ANKLE. EMPLOYEE HAS POSSIBLE BLOOD CLOT LOCATED BETWEEN THE KNEE AND ANKL E OF THE RIGHT LEG.