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EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WEEDS FROM AROUND WATER STORAGE TANK STEPPED IN A HOLE WHICH WAS COVERED BY HIGH GRASS & WEEDS HE FELL FORWARD CAUSING THE COMPOUND FRACTURE TO HIS RT FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPTING OT REPLACE LENR PLAT EIN 21 B WASH BOX FEED CHUTE. CLIP ON LINE RBROKE CAUSING EMPLOYEE OT FALL DOWN THROUGH CHUTE CAUSING INJURY TO BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOWERING IN BATHOUSE. HE STUMBLED IN SHOWER STALL AND HIS RIGHT HAND HIT WALL HARDON 1-27-95 HE COMPLAINED ON SWELLING & PAIN TO THE HAND. HE HAD BEEN PERFORMING MANUAL LABOR TA SKS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN CATWALK AROUND RC FEEDERS AT #2 RC TRUCK DUMP. FOOTING SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE. NO LOST TIME REPORTED BECAUSE EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 1-26-95 AT WHI CH TIME SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON HIS RIGHT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ATOP HYD TANK CHANGING OUTCONDUIT SO TANK COULD BE RAISED. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND ON THE THE CONDUIT OVERHEAD. HE COMPLAINED ON PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER & NECK AREA. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 1-23-95 AND NO COMPENSATION REPORT WAS RECEIVED UNTIL 3-7-95 AND NO DOCTORS SLIP WAS GIVEN TO SHOW MEDICAL TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING END LOADER. HE SLIPPED ON LAST STEP OF LADDER CAUSING HIM TO LAND HARD ON HIS FEET. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT WHICH ENDED AT 11:00PM
EE WAS DECENDING STAIRS FROM THICKNER. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MINING FACE AND HIS SHOES HAD SOME ON THEM. HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE THUMBLED DOWN STIARS. HE RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS LEFT FOREARM AND THE LEFT SHOULDER BLADE SHOWED SIGNS OF BRUISING.
EE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER BESIDE R.C. CRUSHER AT 1 R.C. TRUCK DUMP EE MISSED BOTTOM STEP OF LADDER AND FELL. INJURY WAS TO THE INSIDE UPPER RT. LEG IN THE GROIN AREA.
EE WAS EXTING CONTROL ROOM OF STOKER PLANT HE TRIPPED ON DOOR SEAL AND FELT FORWARDS OUT OF DOOR APPROX 3 FEET TO THE GROUND. HE LANDED FACE DOWN PRIMERILY ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE COMPLAINED OF STIFFNESS AND PAIN IN HIS RIGHT WRIST.
SUBJECT WAS WALKING FROM 3RD FLOOR OF PREPPLANT TO 2ND FLOOR AS HE APPROACHED TOP OF STAIRS ON 3RD HE STUMBLED FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS TO 2ND FLOOR DURING THE FALL HIS RT ELBOW STRUCK HANDRAIL CAUSING EXTENSIVE SWELLING IN THE ELBOW AND RT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON PLATFORM ABOVE WEMCO DRYER. TO SWITCH 14" CHUTE TO BIPASS DRYER, WHEN HE PULLE DON HANDLE OF CHUTE HTE HANDLE BROK EOFF CHUTE CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS OFF OF PLA TFORM. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN AND PAIN IN RIGHT HIP AS A RESULT OF THE FALL.
EE HAD KNOCKED DOORS OPEN ON R.R. CAR TO CLEAN IT LARGE AMT OF COKE WAS STUCK IN ONE DOOR. EE CLIMBED DOWN IN R.R. CAR TO FORCE COKE OUT HE STEPPED ONTO THE PILE OF COKE IN DOOR. WHEN MATERIAL GAVE WAY CAUSING EE TO FALL THRU DOOR TO GROUNDIN A STANDING POSITION CAUSING SEVERE SPRAIN TO RT ANKLE AND FOOT.
EMPLOYEE DECENDIG STAIRS TO GROUND LEVEL. HE STEPPED ONTO AN ICY AREA WHILE CARRYING TOOL BAG. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND SLIPPED ON ICE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING OIL IN DOZER ENGINE. HE STEPPED ON MUDDLY DOZER TRACKS WITH MUDDY SHOES. HE SLIPPED & FELL STRIKING AGAINST PUSH ARM ON HIS LEFT SIDE AND LANDED ON HIS BACK, COMPLAINED OF SLIGHT ABRASION AND SORENESS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS BETWEEN #1 THICKNER CATWALK TO THE TOP OF #1 THICKNER UNDER FLOW ROOM- SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER RIGHT BACK AND RIGHT LEG. LANDED ON STAIRS WHEN HE FELL.
EE WAS STANDING ON WALKWAY PLATFORM AT THE DISCHARGE END OF CC FLOAT RINSE VIBRATORS HE STUMBLED ON MAT RT FOOT SLIPPED INTO THE DISCHARGE CHUTE OF 22B VIB EE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN AT THE TIME OF OCCURAGE A REPORTED TO FOREAMN THAT HE HAD TWISTED HIS ANKLE VICTIM COMPLETED THE SHIFT WORKED FULL SHIFT ON THE 23 24TH AT NOON OF THE 25TH VICTIM WENT TO DR X RAY SHOWED A BJROKE BONE IN
INJURED WAS CLIMBING DOWN DEOM THE OPERATOR'S CAB.HE LOST HIS BALANCE OR GRIP AND FELL TO THE GROUND,STRIKING HIS BACK AND HEAD.HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO WILLIMA SON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND AFTER EXAMINATION HE WAS RELEASED AFTER BEING TOLD THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG.LATER THAT DAY HE PASSED OUT IN A VEHICLE AND WAS TAKEN TO CAME,CHARLESTON ,WV AFTER THE