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WHILE DIGGING A HOLE, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED INTO HOLE, APPROX 2 FT WIDE AND 2 FT DEEP. EMPLOYEE'S FEET LANDED IN THE HOLE AND WITH A LOSS OF BALANCE HE FELL FORWARD. AS HE FELL A WRENCH LANDED WITH SOME FORCE ON HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. EMPLOYEERECEIVED TREATMENT FOR BILATERAL KNEE SPRAIN AND PAIN IN RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
WHILE SPOOLING UP THE HOSE TO HIS CUTTING TORCH, THE EE STEPPED IN STANDING WATER AND SLIPPED, TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. EE DID NOT INITIALLY REQUIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT. SUBSEQUENTLY, APPROX ONE WEEK AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE EE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PAIN IN THE RIGHT KNEE. MEDICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED A KNEE STRAIN.
EE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. GIVEN A BRACE FOR 2 WEEKS. LOST TIME.
ACCIDENTLY STEPPED ONTO A PIECE OF INSULATION ON ROOF OF BUILDING. FELL THROUGH BUT HAD NOT SHORTENED LANYARD. WHEN LANYARD BROKE FALL LEG HIT VESSEL OF JOY COMPRESSOR. BODY DID NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT.
EE RETRIEVED A COUPLING FOR A PIPING SYSTEM, TURNED AROUND, TOOK APPROXIMATELY ONE TO TWO STEPS AND FELL THROUGH AN OPENING APPROXIMATELY 2.5 FTWIDE IN A BARGE PLATFORM.
EE WAS LEAVING WORK AND SLIPPED WHILE GETTING INTO PICKUP TRUCK. BRUISE TO GROIN AREA. MISSED WORK FROM 2/25 - 3/1. LATE REPORTING BECAUSE EE FAILED TO REPORT REASON FOR MISSING WORK UNTIL RET URNED TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE WALKING BETWEEN RIB AND LHD, SLIPPED AND FELL INTO LHD CUTTING RIGHT EYEBROW. 5 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF POLYPIPE WITH HISFOOT WHEN HE STOOD UP AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING THE RIGHT ANKLE TO TWIST.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE WALKING IN ROADWAY AND BROKE RIGHT LEG.
STEPPING OFF TRACTOR, ROLLED ANKLE, TORN LIGAMENT.