EE WAS OVERSEEING CORE DRILLING OPERATION. HE ATTEMPTED TO ALERT DRILLER BY STEPPING ONTO PLATFORM, PLATFORM WAS MUDDY & HE SLIPPED. HE SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS RT. RING FINGER AGAINST A DRILL LIF TER, CUTTING IT WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
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Showing 50 of 59EE WAS WALKING ACROSS PLANT TOWARD OLD RAW MILL.IN FRONT OF MILL BLDG. IS A CONCRETE PAD THAT STANDS APPROX. 3"HIGHER THAN THE GROUND APPROACHING IT. EE TRIPPED AND FELL ON HIS HANDS JAMMING HIS RT. THUMB.
EE WAS LIFTING FLOOR GRATE IN RECLAIRE TUNNEL, STEPPED BACKWARD AND TWISTED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF A 980 LOADER WHEN THE BOTTOM WRUNG OF LADDER BROKE.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE TIPPING VALVE WHEN CLIMBING BELOW FROM AFTER HE SLIPPED AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS CLIMBING INSIDE OVER BEAMS OF DUST COLLECTOR WHEN HE SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS ELBOWS AGAINST A SUPPORT BEAM.
EE WAS WALKING IN THE AREA OF CLAY SILOS WERE IT WAS VERY SLIPPERY. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EE WAS WALKING ALONG KILN CATWALK AND TRIPPED OVER AN AIR HOSE. IN SUBSEQUENT FALL HE STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON CATWALK.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A PALLET TO REMOVE ROPE THAT WAS HOLDING AC UNIT ON PALLET. AS EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACK OFF OF PALLET, HIS RIGHT FOOT GOT HUNG ON THE EDGE OF TOP BOARD AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS HANDS ON WALL. EMPLOYEE DID NOT FALL.
EE HAD PARKED THE D8 DOZER AND WAS STEPPING OFF OF IT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL AND SRAPINED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON CONVEYER FRAME CHECKING LIMIT SWITCHES HE STEPPED INCORRECTLY AND STRAINED BACK.
#44 GYP FEEDER WAS PLUGGED AND COULD NOT UNPLUG FROM BELOW. EE WENT ON TOP WHERE FLOOR WAS SLIPPERY AND LIGHT WAS LOW. HE WAS UNAWARE OF WHERE CHUTE WAS AND WHEN HE STEPPED ON PLUGGED MATERIAL , HIS WEIGHT CAUSED MATERIAL TO FLOW AND LEFT LEG WENT DOWN CHUTE AND RIGHT LEG REMAINED ON TOP.
EE WAS SPLICING A CONVEYOR BELT & WAS PULLING ON THE BELT WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND STRAINED HIS BACK & NECK.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS THAT WERE MUDDY, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ON HIS BACK.
EE TRIPPED ON PIECE OF METAL ON FLLOR OF BUILDING. FELL AGAINST BRUILDING LANDINGS ON RIGHT WRIST. WENT TO E.R. WHERE SPLINT WAS APPLIED.
THE EE WAS WALKING TO MAINTENANCE SHOP. WALKWAY WAS COVERED WITH SNOW. EE SLIPPED ON THE SNOW AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS WORKING 13 HR SHIFT DURING KILN OUTAGE. EE WAS COMING DOWN LADDER ON BURNER FLOOR & PULLED A MUSCLE BEHIND RIGHT KNEE
WET, RAINY WEATHER MAKE STEP SLIPPERY AND MUDDY, STEPPING POINTS SMALL.
EE WAS INSPECTING THE CHUTE OF THE CLAY CRUSHER ON PLATFORM APPROX 2 FT OFF GROUND. WHEM STEPPING DOWN EE LOST BALANCE & TWISTED LEFT KNEE & ANKLE
AFATER HEAVY RAINS ON 9-25 ARA AROUND CLAY SYSTEM WAS MUDDY AND VRY SLIPPERY. EE SLIPPED AND FELL STRAINING HS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS QUARRY FLOOR & TRIPPED OVER A ROCK. HE FELL SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE
EE DROPPED THE LID OF HIS WELDING CAN. WHEN HE CLIMBED DOWN TO RETRIEVE IT HE REMOVED A SCAFFOLDBOARD TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE NEXT SCAFFOLD DECK. HE USED A ROPE TO LET HIMSELF DOWN & THE ROPE FAILED CAUSING EE TO FALL APPROX 30'
EE'S FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE RUNG OF A LADDER. WHEN HIS FOOT CONTACTED THE GROUND, HE INJURED HIS HEEL.
MECHANIC SLIPPED OFF DOZER TRACK AND HIT RIGHT KNEE ON DOZER PUSH ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OVER VACTOR TRUCK HOSE TO CLIMB LADDER, SLIPPED ON TOP RUNG & FELL ON FEETJAMMING KNEE AND FOOT.
WHILE DESCENDING FROM DOZER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO GROUND, FRACTURING HEAD OF FIBULA IN LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG A SLIGHTLY INCLINED SECTION OF CATWALK WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF PICKUP BEDBUMPER COVER SLIPPED OFF CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST KNEE.
CONTRACT EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE CONSTRUCTION TRAILER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN STEPS OF THE TRAILER.
EE SLIPPED OFF THE STEP OF A CRANE & CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH THE HANDRAIL RUNG. IN DOING SO, HE TORELEFT BICEP MUSCLE
EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM A LADDER TO AN ANGLE BRACE. THE BRACE WELDS FAILED AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX 5' TO THE GRATING FLOOR.
EE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF LOADER, STEPPED IN A TRENCH AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP STAIRS; FELT TEAR OR PULL IN CALF OF LEG.
DURING THE PLANT OUTAGE, EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTINGTO SCOTCH THE RAW MILL WITH A 4" X 4" X 5' ANGLEAND HE SLIPPED ON GRINDING BALLS, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS FOOTING. WHEN HE FELL, THE ANGLE STRUCK HIM, PINCHING HIS FINGER.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING BACKWARDS OFF THE GRADER. THE STEPS BENT UNDER THE EQUIPMENT. THE EMPLOYEE MISSED THE STEP AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THEGROUND ON HIS BACK AND RIGHT WRIST.
EE WAS WORKING ON #2 PIER OF #2 KILN INSTALLING TOE BOARDS EE STEPPED OFF MAIN WALKWAY TO THE PIER LEVEL APPROX 6-8" DROP & SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP A SET OF 3 CONCRETE STEPS WHEN HIS FOOT STRUCK THE TOP STEP RISER CAUSING HIM TO TRIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE BOTTOM RUNG.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ACCESS LADDER ON STACKER- RECLAIMER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM BOTTOM RUNG DUETO OIL BEING ON RUNG. HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 2', LANDING ON LEFT HEEL RESULTING IN FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PAINTING SHOT NUMBER ON FACE OF MOUNTAIN; IT WAS WINDY AND MATERIAL WAS DROPPINGDOWN FROM ABOVE. HE WAS STANDING ON SOME ROCKS AND JUMPED AND FELL ON HIS SHOULDER AND SIDE.
EE WAS CHECKING TRUNIONS ON #1 KILN PIER NW ROLL, SLIPPED ON PIER WENT TO CATCH HIS BALANCE AND STRUCK GUARD WITH LEFT HAND. WOUND CLOSED WITH 3 STITCHES.
EE WAS STANDING ON A PLATFORM UNCHOKING A CLINKER FEEDER, WHEN THE PLATFORM COLLAPSED. TWO EMPLOYEES FELL APPROX 3 FT TO THE FLOOR BELOW. AN INVESTIGATION SHOWED A BOLT HOLDING THE PLATFORM HA D BROKEN.
EE WAS STANDING ON A PLATFORM UNCHOKING A CLINKER FEEDER, WHEN THE PLATFORM COLLAPSED. TWO EMPLOYEES FELL APPROX 3 FT TO THE FLOOR BELOW. AN INVESTIGATION SHOWED A BOLT HOLDING THE PLATFORM HA D BROKEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER FROM 491 ELEVATORPLATFROM TO 492 CONVEYER SCREW. EMPLOYEE LOST GRIP AND FELL APPROX 3 FT TO WALKWAY, RESULTING IN CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK AREA AND ABRASIONS TO LEFT HAND. INCIDENT OCCURRED 4-25-00.
INCIDENT FIRST REPORTED ONLY AS A FIRST AID SITUATION. EE TRIPPED OVER A SCRAPER/RAKE HANDLE AND HIT HIS LEG AGAINST RAKE PART CAUSING A BRUISE AND TWO SMALL CUTS TO LOWER LEFT SHIN. ON 4-24-0 0 EE REQUESTED TO SEE PHYSICIAN AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PUT ON MODIFIED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING DRILL STEEL & SLIPPED ON STEPS; JARRED LOWER BACK, RIGHT LEG & HEEL OF RIGHT FOOT. THERAPY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON RAILCAR. GLOVE CAUGHT ON RAIL OF LADDER, LOST BALANCE AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING PELLETED BULK TANK TO SEE IF IT WAS FULL, HE SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE FALLING INTO THE GUARD FOR THE CONVEYER BELT CAUSING A SMALL CONTUSION.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OVER CEMENT LINE IN THE #4 RDW AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE AS HE LANDED ON RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS WORKING ON RAW MILL. WHEN HE WENT TO STEP ON SCAFFOLDING, HE SLIPPED AND CAME DOWN ON LEFT KNEE.