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OPERATOR STOPPED MACHINE TO GET OUT AND CLEAN MUD OFF FRONT AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP. HE HELD ON TO THE HAND RAILS BUT THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT CAUSED A PAIN TO LOWER BACK.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN A SET OF STAIRS IN THE UNIT 4 REFINERY AS HE STEPPED ON THE LAST STEP HIS ANKLE TWISTED. THIS RESULTED IN SPRAIN OF THE LEFT ANKLE. THE PLANT NURSE PLACE THE EE ON LIGH T DUTY & ADMINISTERED A SERIES OF HEAT PACK TREATMENTS.
THE MAN WAS WELDING A CONDUIT BRACKET TO STEEL AND WELDING ROD FELL ON LIFE LINE THE SLAG FROM &XXX P-Z WELDING ROD FELL ON LIFE LINE MELTING IT IN HALF. HE FELL BACKWARDS CATCHING LEG ON UNI T STRUT AND LANDED ON HIS HEAD. BRUISES TO RIGHT SIDE FROM WRIST TO RIBS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A CLOSED -TOP HOPPER RAIL CAR.A LOADING DOOR.24 IN CHES WIDE AND RUNNING LENTH OF THE CAR WAS OPENED TO LOAD THE CAR.THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED FORWARD TO CROSS THIS OPENING AND FELL 12 FEET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR.THE FALL RESULTED IN A FRACTURED THIGH,THUMB AND NOSE.
TIM HAD FINISHED CLEANING L KL CYCLONE BIN. TIM WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS BEHIND KL. STAIRS WERE WET DUE TO CONDENSATION, TIM SLIPPED AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING WHILE DESCENDING STEPS AND FELL STRIKING A WINDOW WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT OF PATH OF MOTION. HIS LEFT ARM STRUCK AN BROKE THE WINDOW PANE. HE RECEI VED A CUT AND MINOR SCRATCHES ON LEFT FOREARM.
A WORK PLATFORM 2X6 FT THAT HAD NOT BEEN BOLTED INTO PLACE BY PERSONS UNKNOWN TIPPED OVER AS THE EMP ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB THE LADDER EMP WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER TO LUBRICATE 2 CS 12B