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Employee was exiting water truck and slipped off of step. Employee landed on one foot and fractured leg.
EE was retrieving parts for maintenance repair and was traveling down steps when he twisted his knee. We took EE to the hospital where doctors found no injury and released EE for restricted duty and scheduled a follow up appointment in 1 week.
EE was stepping to the ground from the loader. EE had one foot on the ladder and one foot on the ground. His leg gave away causing him to fall on his buttock bruising his tail bone. The doctor wanted him to take 24 hours off of work.
EE was in the field shop breakroom and slipped and twisted his knee and it popped. Went to the Dr. the next day and told him he needed an MRI and put on restrictions.
EE was going down to the car puller to unhook the winch and while doing so he rolled his ankle. EE went to the ER and they put him in an air cast and no restrictions, this constituting in an MSHA reportable accident.
Employee stated that he stepped backwards to the right side at the same time when he twisted his right ankle.
EE was climbing down the excavator and slipped. He worked until 6/29 and said he was having pain. Doctor put EE on restrictions of no lifting more than 10 pounds on 6/29 thus constituting MSHA reportability.
While walking up to the grizzly screen to fix a light fixture he slipped and his foot went through a hole. When EE landed his elbow hit a chuck of clay and that drove his shoulder up and started giving him pain in his shoulder. Doctor put him on restrictions affecting his regular job duties that include being an electrician, this constituting an MSHA reportable.
EE was starting up the rear motor on a scraper when he started to slip. He reached out to catch himself with his free hand and hit the radiator guard. He was put on restrictions thus constituting MSHA reportability.
Employee was climbing a ladder to an elevated platform, he missed a step and hit his right knee. This resulted in four stitches.
Did not watch where he was stepping off the truck.
EE was climbing down scraper and fell approximately 4 feet and landed on left shoulder. EE was put on restrictions thus constituting MSHA reportability.
Worker was working on 20% slope metal roof patching small vent holes, the worker was not tied off and was moving material and tools into the work area from access point. In Transit a 30" section of roofing gave way and worker fell through the roof, 14 feet into the building, striking some conduit on the way down, causing a laceration to his left knee.
An employee was climbing an extension ladder, when the ladder lost it's footing and slid to the ground with the employee landing on his right ankle, causing a bad sprain.
EE was walking out to his pickup to get something. He stepped off the side walk towards his pickup when his feet slipped out from under him causing him to land on his buttocks and jarring his back.
EE was walking from the packaging building to the main building when he proceeded up some stairs slipping on some bentonite. When he slipped he reached out and grabbed the handrail and tore his bicep from the shoulder resulting in a injury.
Operator was climbing around the back of a tractor to change a cab light when he slipped and fell 5 ft to the ground. He landed on his feet but put his right hand down to catch himself injuring his shoulder.
The employee was exiting the lunch shack after putting his lunch box in the lunch room. He tripped on the top step twisting and bumping his left knee.
Employee reported that his foot slipped off a rung of a fixed ladder while he was carrying a sample jar causing him to fall about 7 or 8 feet to the ground landing on his feet and legs first then falling on his back.
Employee was removing an old hooder above a box car and realized he was tied off to the hooder when it broke free knocking him off the top and sending him to the ground. He was able to disconect before he hit the ground. He sustained damage to his pelvis, right shoulder and left knee. No surgery or bracing of any kind was needed.
Employee was throwing bags on the bag line. Two bags were sewn together, so employee grabbed them and then hurried back to the conveyor to grab the next bag, got his foot stuck under the spring board and tripped and landed on his right knee. (Restriction caused incident to be MSHA reportable) )
EE working on bagline when he tripped over the springboard and fell down. He rolled his left ankle. EE was given soft ankle splint, as means of immobilizing, thus constituting MSHA reportability.
EE was going ladder on trackmobile, foot slipped, lost footing and fell. Shoulder popped, it was stiff and sore, but no medical treatment. In 1/2009 EE went to DR and Negative MRI showed inflamation and physical therapy was ordered. Date I was advised was 1/7/09.
Greasing the loader and when done was climbing back in to loader up the stairs. Grease was on the sole of my boots and I slipped on the top step of loader and was holding the handrail when I fell. Felt something pull in shoulder.
An employee was cleaning the pan conveyor when the clay shifted under his feet causing him to fall first onto the pan conveyor, hurting his back and he said he did this x3.
while closing the box car door worker slipped on some mud and lost hold of cheater bar. Cheater bar came back and hit employee in the elbow causing a laceration that required 3 stitches
As EE was completing his pre-shift equipment safety check (Scraper) he stepped down from the machine and twisted his ankle on uneven ground. This caused him to fall and he broke a cap and a piece of tooth, requiring dental repair, thus constituting MSHA reportability.
While stepping off working platform at coal pulverizing feeder, EE missed top rung with foot sudden drop and catching himself from falling-jarred lower back. He missed 2 days of work and sought chiropractic care thus constituting MSHA reportability. MIssed 5/12 and 5/13, not scheduled 5/14, returned 5/15 w/o restrictions
After rainstorm he stepped out of loader to wash windsheild and slipped off of the fender and fell to the ground.
Waking down incline of pit floor, he slipped and fell forward into the pit.
Walking to front end loader on snow packed area after a rain when he slipped on the ice and fell.
EE was barring a chunk of frozen mtrl at tailsection of feed conveyor. Material came loose and he lost balance, and fell approx. 2 ft to ground, spraining right ankle. He missed work next day 2/1, thus constituting MSHA reportability. Not scheduled to work on 2/2. Return to work w/0 any restriction 2/5/07.
Was exiting the 980 loader when he felt his back start to tighten up and then had intense pain where he had previously injured it at home on 8/9/06. As he climbed down off the ladder his foot then slipped off the ladder.
Removing bulk loading hood from top of bulk car, hood caught on the when it came down he tripped on the track trying to get away.
Twisted right ankle while crossing tracks in wet conditions.
Carrying harness across R/R cars over his arm. Started to get down, harness caught on knuckles. Lost balance and caught himself with hands and twisted ankle.
Stepped in crack in warehouse floor
Climbing off dozer w/fuel nozzle in right hand grabbed handle w/left hand to lower self to ground. Got arm stuck in handle when stepped to ground.
Fell in dark, without safety equipment.
EE slipped while dismounting loader - pulled/strained left shoulder. Lifting restriction.
TRUCK DRIVER PICKING UP LOAD ON SITE. (NOT MINE EMPLOYEE - EMPLOYED BY CONTRACTOR.) DRIVER WAS TARPING THE LOAD AND FELL OFF ONTO THE GROUND. DRIVER WAS NOT USING FALL PROTECTION HARNESSES WHICH ARE PROVIDED.
EE slipped on expanded metal walking surface because of outside weather conditions being foggy and cold, made walking surface extremely slippery. Fell backwards on back and neck. Lost time reportability.
EE MISSED WORK 9/20/04 TO SEE DOCTOR - COMPLAINT OF ACHILLES TENDON AGGRAVATION. EE STATES AGGRAVATION HAPPENED AT WORK DURING THE WEEK OF 9/13/04 WHILE WALKING IN MUDDY CONDITIONS. PREVIOUS CONDITION? WORK RELATED? IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME AS TO WHETHER THIS IS A WORKERS' COMP. CLAIM OR NOT, BUT EE DID MISS A DAY OF WORK TO SEE DOCTOR, SO REPORTING AS LOST-TIME.
Ee tripped on a shovel, lost balance and fell backwards on extended left arm awkwardly. broke tip off radius bone in left forearm at elbow.
EE CARRYING BUCKET OF POY FOR BATCH, TRIPPED UP STAIRS, SPRAINING LEFT WRIST. IMMOBILIZED WITH SPLINT, THUS CONSTITUING MSHA REPORTABLILITY.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON UNEVEN CONCRETE BY SCALE AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING RAILCAR MOVER, STEPPED FROM LAST STEP TO GROUND & FELT POP IN HIS KNEE.(LEFT).
EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS THROUGH A DOOR OPENING APPROX. 9 FT. TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS HEAD. NO SERIOUS INJURY WAS RECEIVED. HE WAS RELEASED FROM ER, GIVEN PAIN MEDICATION AND LOST TIME RECUPERATING AT HOME.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER AND HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED. HE FELL & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE, GETTING ON FORKLIFT, TRIPPED ON SHOELACES THAT WERE UNTIED. FELL ON RECENTLY INJURED/OPERATED-ON SHOULDER THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISLOCATED DUE TO SOFTBALL INJURY AND REINJURED. LOST TI ME AT HOME WITH ARM IN SLING FOR APPROX. 1 WEEK. POSSIBLE LIGHT DUTY TO FOLLOW.