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EE was walking back to loader which was parked near a 5ft ledge. As EE was climbing in EE placed hand on the loader to get in, slipped and lost balance. EE fell backwards down the ledge.
Employee was walking down an area where rock had been quarried and ground was unstable when they slipped down and fell back on their hands. They injured their right hand due to trying to catch their fall.
EE was in the quarry walking to fix a cutter and slipped on some ice. When EE fell, EE landed on hands to try and catch self and ended up injuring left shoulder/pectoral.
Employee was carrying a rock and stepped back onto unstable ground and his leg went out, causing him to hurt his knee. This causing him pain in his leg and knee.
Employee was using a rock chiseler and stepped down from chiseling the rock and he stepped down on something that made him twist his leg.
The employee was getting off the forklift, his right leg struck the ground and as he bent forward he felt a sharp pain in his back. He was put on restrictive duty.
Employee was working in our shipping yard, preparing a pallet of material for shipment. Employee slipped while wrapping the pallet and hurt his back. His pain increased after a short period of time and he was then sent to the local medical facility.
The ee was climbing out of the excavator and slipped on snow from the tracks and landed with his left hand on the rail on the left side of the track. He was prescribed vicodin.
Employee states that while he was adjusting the saw table his foot slipped on the wet floor which may also have had some oil on it. His leg stretched out and he felt a slight pull in his groin. He was prescribed naproxyn and put on temporary restrictions.
Employee reported on 11/12/2007 that he twisted his knee while off bearing on 11/9/2007. He wanted to wait and see if it got any better. Employee reported on 11/20/2007 that his knee was still hurting. He was placed on temporary lifting restrictions and was prescribed naproxen and vicodin.
Employee slipped on some ice. He fell to the ground and struck his knee on a rock buried under the snow. Prescribed Naproxen and put on lifting and walking restrictions.
Employee was stacking stone onto a pallet. He was backing up and tripped over another pallet. He fell and the stone he was carrying landed on his finger.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING STONE WITH A PRY BAR. THE STONE MOVED AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BUTT. PRESCRIBED NAPROXIN AND FLEXORIL.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF A TRUCK. HE STEPPED ON A BOARD AND THE BOARD ROLLED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE. TREATMENT CONSISTED OF NAPROSYN.
HE WAS DISMOUNTING A FRONT-END LOADER AND STEPPED ON A ROUND-SHAPED ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIS KNEE TO TWIST.
EE WAS CARRYING A BOX OF HEAVY TOOLS 80 LBS DOWN A STEEP, ROCKY SLOPE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND THE TOOLBOX FELL ON HIS HAND.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE STEP. EE GRABBED ONTO BAR ON SIDEOF TRUCK AND FELT A PULL IN HIS ARM.