Employee was washing out the loader bucket with a fire hose. The hose became tangled and the employee was attempting to untangle the hose when he tripped over a roller frame that was holding one end of the hose down.
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Showing all 5Employee was entering a storage container to retrieve a piece of equipment. The step gave way and the employee fell twisting his right knee.
Employee was attempting to free a cable that was jammed in a winch. When the cable suddenly came free, the employee lost his footing and fell, striking right shoulder on the deck of the sand dredge.
EE was working on a dredging screen. EE lost footing in sand and slipped and fell backwards, landing on a padeye. EE suffered left chest wall contusion.
EE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS ON THE DRYER'S PINON BEARINGS. HE DESCENDED DOWN THE EXTENSION LADDER AND MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP. HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT ANKLE, SPRAINING THE LEFT ANKLE.