COMING DOWN OFF CRUSHER, SLIPPED, GRABBED INTO RIAL, PULLED LEFT SHOULDER.
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Showing 50 of 121WALKING INTO LAB, SLIPPED OF LAST STEP, SPRAINE DLEFT ANKLE.
WHILE STEPPING DOWN FROM A CRANE, HE SAYS HE STEPPED ON A 1" HOSE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
I.NAME WAS UNSTOPPING #1 CONE CRUSHER AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB HE STEPPED DOWN AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON PLATFORM BRUISING KNEE LEG AND ANKLE X-RAYS WERE TAKEN
EMPL FOOT SLIPPED OFF #53 CONVEYOR CAUSING EMPL TO SLIP TO THE GROUND HITTING A ROCK CAUSING INJURY TO ABOVE R EYE
FALL ON HEAD.
WHILE DESCENDING STEPS FROM WASHER SCREEN, DREW STEPPED THRU HOLE MADE BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, INJURING BACK & RIGHT LEG.
WHILE DESCENDING STEPS FROM WASHER SCREEN A SECTIN OF CATWALK GAVE WAY, EM LEFT LEG WENT THROUGH HOLE CUT GASH BELOW LEFT KNEE.
EMPL REMOVING RADIATOR CAP SO WATER LEVEL COULD BE CHECKED.CAP WAS STUCK SO TURNED TO EXIT OFF BLADE TO GET TOOL SLIPPED P FELL BETWEEN DOZER BLADE AND RADIATOR BRUISING SHIN AND ABRADING RIGH T FOREARM.TAKEN TO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY RM WHERE SCRAPE WAS CLEANED AND ICE PACK APPLIED TO BRUISE.RX ISSUED.
HAD RAINED DAY BEFORE WAS GREASING THE PULLEY ON PUG MIL FOOT SLIPPED FELL BACKWARD RT ELBOW HIT GUARD RAIL
EMPL WAS CLIMBING ACROSS TRUCK FRAME TO CHECK ENGINE OIL THE FRAME WAS COVERED WITH A OIL FILM WHICH CAUSED EMPL TO SLIP AND FALL ON DRIVE SHAFT
EMPLOYEE HAD PROPPED HIS SHOVEL UP (HAND SHOVEL) TRIPPED AND FELL OVER IT.
METAL STAIRS WERE WET FROM RAIN.INJ SLIPPED ON STAIR TRED TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF BY GRABBING RAILING.PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING CONVEYOR BELT FRAME HE STEPPED BACKWARDS LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ABOUT 20 FT TO THE GROUND
EXITING SKID LOADER STEPPED OVER BUCKET SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING RT ARM
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS COMING DOWN STEPS ON HAUL TRUCK AND MISSED LAST STEP ON TRUCK CAUSING PAIN IN LEFT LEG.
INJ CLIMBING OFF PRIMARY CRUSHER OVER EXTENDED LEFT FOOT BEHIND HIMSELF AND MISJUDGED DISTANCE TO NEXT STEP.PULLED LIGAMENTS IN LEFT HEEL AND ANKLE.
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM TRUCK BOX, EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING ON LADDER AND FELL ON LEFT HAND. BRIUSED HAND, BROKEN BONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTACHING RETAINING BOLT FOR WASH BIN FLIP GATE AIR CYLINGER EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING WHILE EXITING WORK AREA AREA REQUIRES TWISTING & BENDING TO EXIT & FELL APPROX.25FT INTO NEARLY EMPTY BIN EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY BELT OR LINE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A CXUT TO THE HEAD A BROKEN LEFT FOREARM & A FX.CRACK TO 10TH VERTEBRAE EMPLOYEE H OSPITALIZED AT THIS TIME
AS EMPL WALKED ON WOODEN CATWALK THE CENTER BOARD GAVE WAY AND EMPL FELL THROUGHT THE 2 OUTER BOARDS AND LANDED ON HIS FEET 33'10'' BELOW INB SMALL PILE OF WET LIME.WOODEN SUPPORT BELOW THE PL ANK FLOORING WAS ROTTEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP STAIRS TO LUBE SHAKER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT KNEE
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER ON A CAT F E LOADER HE WENT TO STEP ON THE BOTTOM RUNG OF THE LADDER WHICH WAS BROKEN OFF AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE HE GRABBED THE HAND RAIL WITH HI S LEFT HAND CAUSING A SORE ELBOW AND SHOULDER THE EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO WAIT AND SEE HOW HIS ARM PROGRESSED AND SINCE HE STILL HAS PAIN IN HIS ELBOW HE WENT OT A CHIROPRACTOR ON 6-7-88
PRIMARY CRUSHER FOREMMAN WAS GETTING INTO BIN TO DO MAINTENANCE WORK, LOST HIS FOOTING SLIPPED AND FEL ONTO STONE IN BIN AND BRUISED RIB CAGE.
EMP. WAS GETTING OFF LOADER TO GO HOME WHEN HE STEPPED TO THE GRIUND HE SPRIANED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING OUT HIS EUCLID. WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE EUCLID, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
JUST BEGINNING TO CLIMB UP TO THE PLATFORM OF THE BLAST HOLE DRILLING MACHINE. HE HAD ONE FOOT ON THE TRACK AND BOTH HANDS ON THE RAILING FIRST ONE HAND SLIPPED OFF, THEN THE OTHER AND HE QUIC KLY PUT HIS FOOT DOWN. HE WAS LEANING TOO FAR BACK AND SET DOWN HARD ON THE GROUND.
INJURED WAS USING SHOVEL TO UNPLUG CHUTE. WHILE DESENDING DOWN CHUTE, CARRYING SHOVEL IN HAND, HESLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER IN BETWEEN SHOVEL HANDLE AND SIDE OF CHUTE CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN STAIRS AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT SOMEONE TURNED OFF THE PLANT LIGHTS EMPLOYEE SLIPPED HITTING HIS HAND ON HANDRAIL
EMPL REPAIRING SPEED ROLL GUARDS ON PC7 CONVEYOR WHEN HE JUMPED OFF BELT ONTO CATWALK.
INJURED WAS CLIMBING UP PERMANENT PLACED LADDER TO CHECK DEISTER SCREEN. HE MISSED A STEP AND FELL THROUGH LADDER AND TO PREVENT FALL, HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH LEFT HAND AND FELT PAIN IN LEFT SI DE- LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT SHE WAS GETTING READY TO USE CUTTING TORCH WHEN HER FOOT SLIPPED ON PLATFORM.
I.NAME CLAIMED WHILE HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM TRUCK THE BOTTOM STEP WAS SWINGING BACK AND FORTH HE MISJUDGED STEP MISSING IT AND FELL TO SAVE HIMSELF HE CLUNG TO RAILS OF LADDER STRIKING HIS RT SIDE AGAINST SAME STEP
EXPANDED METAL 7ATWALK SECTION WAS CORRODED AT THE JUNCTION OF ITS ANGLE IRON SUPPORTS AND SHEARDED OFF UNDER WEIGHT OF INJURED EMPLOYEE.THE SECTION HINGED AT ONE END WITH SHARP JAGGED TINES P OINTED UP,THE I3JURED EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS PIERCED AND LACERATED BY THE TINES AS HE FELL VERTICALLY ABOVE FIVE FEET TO THE GROUND.
FELL FROM CATWALK AND WRENCHED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LO2KING FOR CONVEYOR ROLLER IN THE GRID HOUSE WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A BUMPER ANDFELL HITTING HIS RIGHT WRIST ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BUMPER. POOR LIGHTING WAS A CONTRIBUTING FAC TOR. 3
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE, TWISTING HIS BACK, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO JUMP START A TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL TUBES FROM BOTTOM OF SCREEN WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
BLACK TOP OPERA7ION WORKING IN SIDE OF MIXER LEANING OVER TO PICK UP TOOL LOST FOOTING AND FELL AGAINST MIXER PADDLE FRACTURING LEFT RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING A BAG OF TRASH FROM THE OFFICE TO A BARREL AT THE REAR OF OFFICE. THERE WAS A ROCK OR OTHER FOREIGN OBJECT ON THE STEP, UNSEEN BY EMPLOYEE WHEN SHE STEPPED ON IT. THIS CAUS ED A LOSS OF BA5ANCE AND ULTIMATELY THE FALL.
APPARENTLY LADD9R STEPS WERE SLIPPING (WET MUDDY WORK AREAS). EXTENT OF INJURY NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
EMP WAS POURING3AMONIA NITRATE INTO THE POWDER MONKEY, ANDD SLIPPED, FOOTING WAS NOT SECURE
HE WAS CARRYING3NEW IDLERS UP TO CONVEYOR AND FELL UPON IDLERS INJURING HIS CHEST AREA. HE HAS THREE BROKEN RIBS BUT CAN CONTINUE TO WORK.
EMP STATED HE W5 SUNTANGLING CABLE RACHED OUT TOO FAR LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 4 TO 5 FT INTO JAW CRUSHER AND BROKE HIS COLLAR BONE ON RT SIDE AND CUT HIS RT EAR (2 STITCHES IN EAR)
AT LOADOUT AREA GOING UP STAIRS TO RETRIEVE SAMPLE FROM BIN, EMPLOYEE HAD TEST CYLINDER IN HAND, HE LOST HIS FOOTING; AND, IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP FROM FALLING OFF STEPS, HE TWISTED LEFT KNEE AN D MID-LOW BACK.
EMPLOYEE ASCEND9D RIGHT SIDE LADDER OF TRUCK TO CHECK THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL. AT THE TOP O F THE LADDER THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING THE PLATFORM WHEN HIS LEFT HAND AND THEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED THOUGHT THAT T2ERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME GREASE ON THE LADDER OR HIS FOOT. HE THEN FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE SUFFERED A BRUISED ELBOW AND KNEE BUT CONTINUED WORKING. LAT
WET MUD UNDERF2OT FROM RAIN-POSSIBLE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK (INJUREDS ASSESMENT)
SLIPPED WHILE D3SMOUNTING EQUIPMENT #561 & WRENCHE D RIGHT ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS AT7ACHING RETAINING BOLT FOR THE WASH BIN FLIP GATE AIR CYLINDER. EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING WHILE EXITING WORK AREA (AREA REQUIRES TWISTING AND BENDING TO EXIT) AND FELL APPROX. 25' I NTO NEARLY EMPT2 BIN. HE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY BELT OR LINE. HE SUSTAINED A CUT TO THE HEAD, A BROKEN LEFT FOREARM AND A FRACTURE (CRACK) TO THE 10TH VERTIBRAE. EMPLOYEE HOSPITALIZED AT THIS
STEPPED OUT OF 7AB OF TRUCK AND WHEN HE CONTACTED GROUND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
STANDING ON BOA9D PLACED INSIDE BEAM HOPPER.MOVED TOWARDS, END OF BOARD.BOARD SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL & STRICKING HIS RIGHT KNEE ON SIDE OF HOPPER.RESULT SEVERLY PAINED TO RIGHT KNEE.