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Operator indicates that he slipped on top step when climbing to look into vacuum chamber. Operator complained of pain in right shoulder. Employee has been under doctor's care and it has been determined on 7/19/2006 that employee needs to be on restricted duty and therefore triggers recordability. Was not considered a recordable until this date.

EE was getting out of the backhoe He stepped on the backhoe track which had wet dirt on it and he lost his footing and fell. His hip/back hit the track causing contusion.

Employee delivering water cooler to work station had parked truck beside train track. While standing behind truck at tailgate, railcar hit front passenger side of truck, causing water coolers to launch off bed of truck. One cooler struck employee, causing him to fall to ground, resulting in pain to his right shoulder/flank, hip, and knee. MD placed him on work restrictions.

WALKING TO MAIL DROP, TRIPPED ON CARPET & FELL TO FLOOR. TRIED TO BREAK FALL BY PUTTING HANDS OUT, HITTING CABINET & COUNTER. STRUCK HER FACE ON THE COUNTER. HANDS WERE BRUISED & BOTH KNEES HIT CABINET DOORS & KNOBS. ONE KNEE STRUCK THE DOOR KNOB & THE OTHER THE CABINET. CONTINUED TO HAVE COMPLICATIONS WITH KNEE. MRI: TORN MENISCUS IN LEFT KNEE; SURGERY SCHEDULED 1/18/06.

While working a shut-down providing construction management, a leaking hose was spraying slurry on asphalt on a slight incline creating a slick surface. While trying to get the attention of the production workers to report the problem, she shifted wait from one leg to another and lost balance. The fall caused her fibula to break.

Employee was leaving work area to go to break room. As he took 3 steps after leaving work platform, his feet slipped out from under him. This caused him to fall to floor & after landing on his right elbow, he injured right shoulder. Floor was somewhat slick due to rain & high humidity conditions. He suffered torn ligaments, tendons to right shoulder (torn rotator cuff).

Slick spot on concrete floor

Employee reported a slip and fall on a concrete ramp entrance into the maintenance shop. He requested no treatment at that time. An x-ray and MRI found no damage so no treatment resulted. Around Christmas, he reported continued soreness and stiffness and referral was made to an orthopedic doctor who began treatment with cortisone injection on 2/15/05.

Ee was replacing rings on underside of tank car when he slipped & lost his footing. Ee used hands to cushion fall & right hand contacted a bolt used to anchor the platform to the concrete pad. Contact resulted in a tear between his right thumb and index finger. Ee was taken to ER where he received 6 sutures & a tetanus shot.

MECHANIC FELL INTO A 15" DEEP DRAIN IN THE PUMP HOSE FLOOR WHEN A PIECE OF GRATING COLLAPSED. HE SUSTAINED BRUISES TO HIS RIGHT HIP AREA. DATE OF FIRST MEDICAL TREATMENT 3-24-04.

EE WAS DESCENDING A SHIP LADDER, FACING THE WRONG WAY. HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. 4 1/2 FEET. EE WAS CARRYING TOOLS.

EE was climbing the dump bed when his foot slipped. Instead of letting go, he tried to pull himself up. He dislocated his shoulder.

OPERATOR TRIPPED ON UNLOADING HOSE & LOST HIS BALANCE. HE STRUCK OUT HIS LEFT HAND TO BREAK HIS FALL & STRUCK THE METAL HOSE SUPPORT CAUSING THE LACERATION OF HIS RING FINGER.

EE WAS WALKING (WITH NO OTHER EE'S) NEAR PILOT PLANT CLARIFICATION EQUIPMENT AND DRAIN SYSTEM, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF POLYMER NEAR THE PILOT PLANT BELT PRESS AND PLANT DITCH. HE EXPERIE NCED SOME PAIN, RESTED FOR A MINUTE AFTER SLIPPING, THEN PROCEEDED BACK TO HIS VEHICLE TO LEAVE PLANT. AFTER ARRIVING HOME, EE WENT TO E.R. FOR TREATMENT.

OPERATOR TRIPPED OVER CURBING (3" CONTAINMENT DIKE) - CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON CURBING & GRABBED RAILING BEFORE COMPLETELY FALLING BUT STRAINED HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER AN ELEVATED PART OF A SIDEWALK.

OPERATOR AND A MAINTENANCE CONTRACTOR WERE MOVING A COMPRESSED GAS CYLINDER. THE OPERATOR SLIPPED IN PRODUCT AND SCRAPED HIS RIGHT KNEE AND RIGHT ARM. THE INJURY TO HIS RIGHT ARM REQUIED 3 SUT URES.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A CO-WORKER SPRAY PRODUCT OFF A BELT WITH WATER. AS HE WALKED AROUND THE FEED END OF THE BELT HE STEPPED ONTO A SLIPPERY PART OF THE FLOOR WITH HIS LEFT FOOT, SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT, TWISTING HISBACK.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF FEELING SICK ALL NIGHT AS HE DESCENDED HIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, HE BECAME DIZZY AND FEEL AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE EQUIPMENT BEFORE COMPLETELY DESCENDING IN JURING HIS L SHOULDER. HE WAS TREATED IN ER FOR PERSONAL ILLNESS AND DIAGNOSIS OF L SHOULDER STRAIN. PANEL PHYSICIAN PUT HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS PERFORMING HOUSEKEEPING DUTIES ON A 9" ELEVATED PLATFORM-AS HE LEANED TO LEFT SIDE OF WORK AREA, HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL-HE EXTENDED HIS LEFT ARM TO BRACE AGAINST THE IMPACT AND STRUCK STEEL BASE PLATE WITH LEFT HAND. CONTACT WITH PLATE CAUSED A 3" LACERATION TO HIS LEFT PALM. EE TRANSPORTED TO CO DR AND 13 SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD PARKED HIS CAR AND BEGAN WALKING TOWARDS PLANT CLOCK HOUSE. HE SAW ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, AND TURNED AROUND TO RETRIEVE A HAT FROM HIS VEHICLE. HIS FOOT HIT A SLICK SPOT ON THE ASPHALT AND HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE CLOCKED IN AND REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR.

WHILE CLIMBING UP ON DOZER, LEFT FOOT SLIPPED IN BETWEEN TRAC.

OPERATOR ENTERED EAST DOOR OF BOEX CONTROL ROOM, TURNED TO GO TOWARD COMPUTER DESK, WHILE ROUNDING PLATFORM, OPERATOR SLIPPED, STRIKING LEFT LOWER BACK ON CONCRETE FLOOR.

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC WAS IN PROCESS OF MOVING A FURNACE INTO FIRING POSITION. AS HE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS, HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL 18' FROM THE FURNACE PLATFORM TO THE GROUND. HE WAS TRANS PORTED TO E.R. BY AMBULANCE. HE SUSTAINED MULTIPULE FRACTURES AND IS STILL HOSPITALIZED, AWAITING SURGERY.

A PIECE OF CARDBOARD WAS COVERING A HOLE AND WHEN HE STEPPED ON IT, THREW HIM OFF BALANCE.

WHILE ENTERING EQUIPMENT, HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTRACKS INJURING RIBS.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHECK THE PUMP AT THE BOTTOM OF 102 TANK. AS A RESULT OF THE RAINY WEATHER THE ENVIRONMENT WAS WET AND SLIPPERY. WHEN THE WORKER STEPPED INTO THE PIT AREA SHE SLIPPE D, FELL AND SPRAINED HER ANKLE.

WHILE WALKING THROUGH FILTER BUILDING EE SLIPPEDON WET KAOLIN, TRIED TO KEEP FROM FALLING BY REACHING FOR FELLOW WHO GRABBED HIM BY THE ARM RESULTING IN DISLOCATED SHOULDER/TORN LIGAMENTS.

EE WAS REMOVING A SAWHORSE AT THE BACK OF A DERAILER WHEN HE SLIPPED IN SLURRY & TWISTED HIS ANKLE HE SAW COMPANY NURSE FOR 1ST AID BUT HAD TO SEE DR ON 11/9/00 DUE TO INCREASED SWELLING & PAI N. DIAGNOSED WITH SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE & PLLACEDON LIMITED 4 DAYS

EE SLIPPED & FELL FROM LOADING DECK. FELL APPROX41/2 FT

EE WAS MOUNTING THE REAR OF A MOTORGRADER TO CHECK THE ANTIFREEZE LEVEL HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE REAR STEP CAUSING HIS LOWER LEFT LEG TO COME IN CONTACT WITH A VALVE THIS FORCED HIS LEG TO BEND BACK FURTHER THAN IT NORMALLY COULD CAUSING PAIN & SWELLING IN HIS LEFT KNEE BY 5/4/00 AT WHICH TIME 1ST AID WAS GIVEN. MED EVAUATION 5/19/00 MRI 5/31/00 DIAGNOSED TORN LIGAMENT

EE WAS EXITING THE STOREROOM AT THE END OF HER WORKDAY. SHE BEGAN DESCENDING THE STAIRS AT THE LOADING DOCK, USING ONE HANDRAIL, WHEN HER FEET DSLIPPED. SHE FELL AND HIT HER ELBOW ON THE EDGE OF THE STAIRS. THREE STITCHES WERE REQUIRED. THESTAIRS HAS THREE TREADS CONSTRUCTED ON EXPANDED METAL. IT HAD RAINED MOST OF THE AFTERNOON, BUT NO MUD WAS ON STEP.