WELDER WAS PULLING OUT HIS WELDING LEADS TO WELD ONA FEEDER, AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL.
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Showing all 37EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO A HOPPER VIA A SAFETY ROPE. WHILE STEPPING FROM HOPPER WALL TO FEEDER FLOOR, EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING ANKLE.
EE WAS DESCENDING THE STAIRS ON #2 SCREEN TOWER. EE SLIPPED & FELL.RIGHT LEG BECAME CAUGHT IN HANDRAIL.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OTU OF A JD675 SKID STEER. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE AND HIT LOWER BACK ON THE BUCKET OF THE SKID STEER.
EMPLOYEE WAS POWERWASHING A PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON DEBRIS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS LOADER WHEN HE SUNK INTO AN OLD SINKHOLE THAT WAS FILLED. EMPLOYEE SUNK UP TO HIS CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A CHAIN BINDER TO THE INCLINE DISCHARGE PIPE. HE STOPPED TO SEE WHAT WAS HANGING UP THE BINDER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING, SLIPPED AND FELL ON A THOMAS DREDGE PUMP.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE ROCK BOX OF THE JAW. THE STEEL PLATE SLIPPED FROM EMPLOYEE'S HAND AND FELL ON RIGHT FOOT, CUTTING FOOT. FOOT BECAME INFECTED AFTER SEVERAL WEEK SFROM THE DATE OF THE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING REMOVAL OF A PUNCH PLATE SCREEN CLOTH WITH THE USE OF A CRANE WHEN THE CLOTH CAME FREE IT SWUNG TOWARDS EMPLOYEE KNOCKING HIM FROM THE TOP DECK TO THE CATWALK BELOW APPR OX 7FT
EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING GROVE R.T. 825 CRANE. STEPPED ONTO OUTRIGGER BOX, COVERPLATE WAS LOOSE, ELMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 5 TO 6 FT TO THE GROUND.
EMPL REMOVING RUBBER SKIRTING OFF THE END OF C-6 CONVEYOR 6. EMPL LOST FOOTING AND FELL 7' TO GROUND.WAS WEARING HARD HAT BUT IT FELL OFF DURING THE DESCENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A CLAMP TO CLOSE TO THE CAGEMILL WHEN THE CLAMP SLIPPED OFF CAUSING HIM TO FALL SIX FEET.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND LOST HIS BALANCE.HE WENT TO GRAB A WOODEN PALLET TO STOP HIS FALL AND A NAIL IN THE PALLET CUT HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO HIS VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE PLANT EVERYTHING WAS A SHEET OF ICE & EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL ON LEFT ARM & WRIST HE WENT ON VACATION FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS & THEN HAD THE WRIS T X-RAYED
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO LOCKEER ROOM TO PUNCH IN FOR HIS SHIFT.EVERYTHING WAS A SHEET OF ICE AND EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK.
EMPL REACHING FOR MATERIAL ON A SHELF.THE LADDER HE WAS STANDING ON GAVE WAY CAUSING EMPL TO FALL STRIKING FLOOR AND SHELVES BEHIND HIM.
GETTING OUT OF A EUCLID TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO A GREASY STEP, LOSING HIS BALANCE AND HAND GRIP, HE FELL SEVERAL FEET TO THE GROUND.
EMPL EXITING PASSENGER SIDE OF TRACTOR ,SLIPPED HIT RIGHT WRIST ON GROUND.
EMPLOYEE STUMBLED OVER A TRUCK BLOW OFF LINE AT THE TRUCK LOADING LOCATION. HE REACHED OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF AND HIS LEFT HAND LANDED ON THE LEFT SIDE MIRROR ON A PICKUP TRUCK. THE MIRROR HAD P REVIOUSLY FALLEN OUT AND HIS HAND RAN AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE METAL FRAME CAUSING A LACERATION.
WHILE CLEANING THE WINDOWS ON THE LOADER, THE EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIS HEAD, LOST HIS FOOTING AND GRIP AND FELL TO THE GROUND, BRACING HIMSELF WITH HIS ARMS.
THE EMPLOYEE STOOD UP AT HER DESTK. UPON DOING SO, THE HEEL OF HER SHOE WENT THROUGH THE PLASTIC FLOOR MAT. SHE LSOT HER BALANCE AND FELL, LANDING ON HER TAILBONE.
WHEN HOOKING UP A TRACTOR TO A TRAILER, THE WHEEL PIN OF THE TRACTOR ENGAGED ONLY HALF WAY, SO THE EMPLOYEE HAD TO PULLL OUT THE PIN. WHEN IT WOULD NOT RELEASE HE PUT HIS FOOT ON THE TIRE FOR LEVERAGE AND WHEN IT DID NOT RELEASE, EMPLOYEESFOOT SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE JUST FINISHED STACTING A FRONT END LOADER AND WAS WALKING ACROSS A LANDSCRAPED AREA FILLED WITH GRAVEL AND BOARDED WITH RAILROAD TIES TOWARD A PICK UP TRUCK. HE STEPPED OVER THE RAIL ROAD TIES AND FOOT TWISTED UNDER HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A CAP FROM AN 8" DIAMETER WATER PIPE.EMPLOYEE HAD A CROW BAR IN HIS RIGHT AHND PRYING UP ON THE CAP WHEN HIS FOOTING SLIPPED AND THE BAR PULLED AWAY FROM THE PIPE CAUSING THE CAP TO PINCH HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE CAP AND THE PIPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE CYCLINDER THAT LIFTS UP THE BED OF THE EUCLID.WHILE PUSHING IN THE PIN THAT HOLDS THE CYCLINDER TO THE BED OF THE EUCLID,EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON OIL THAT DROPPED ONTO TH E FRAME OF EUCLID AND HE FELL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HAND,JAMMING HIS RIGHT WRIST AND RIGHT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING TOWARD THE PICKUP TRUCK TO GO GET PARTS, AND SHE SLIPPED ON LOOSE DIRT/GRIT. HER FEET SPREAD APART PULLING THE HAMSTRING (TENDON) AT THE BACK OF HER LEFT THIGH AND SHE LAN DED ON HER RIGHT KNEE AND RIGHT HAND.
ON 7-5-89, THE EMPLOYEE TOLD OTHER EMPLOYEES HIS RIGHT ARM AND ELBOW WERE SORE FROM TIGHTENING BOLTS ON 7-3-89. HE THEN WENT TO FUEL EQUIPMENT. AFTER FUELING D7 DOZER, HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN WHE N HE SLIPPED AND GRABBED HANDRAIL WITH RIGHT HAND TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE. HE THEN COMPLAINED ABOUT LACK OF MOVEMENT AND SORENESS IN RIGHT ELBOW.
SLIPPED OFF OF SCREEN #5 WHILE CHANGING THEM
WHEN EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FROM THE TOP STEP OF THE EUCLID, HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE HANDHOLD WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND, THEREFORE, HIS BODY MOMENTARILY DANGLED IN MID-AIR CAUSING MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS LEFT RIB AREA BEFORE FALLING APPROXIMATELY 5' TOTHE GROUND LANDING ON HIS FEET CAUSING LUMBAR STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTING A BAG OF ANFO NITRITE WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON WET GROUND CASUING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK AND THE BAG LANDING ON TOP OF HIM. EMPLOYEE THIK NKS HE TWISTED OR PULLED SOMETHING IN THE ABDOMINAL AREA DURING THE FALL.
HE WAS CLEANING DIRT OUT OF 6 SCREEN FEED CHUTE HE STEPPED ON THE DIRT HE HAD CLEANED OUT AND SLIPPED HE FELL ON HIS BACK AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK
HE STEPPED OFF CONCRETE PLATFORM AT NUMBER ONE SCREEN ONTO SOFT GROUND HE SPRAINED HIS RT ANKLE
HE WAS CHECKING TO MAKE SURE BOLTS ON EQUIPMENT WERE NOT LOOSE OR BROKEN AND SLIPPED IN A HOLE AND LOST HIS BALANCE.HE DIDN'T THINK HE WAS HURT BADLY SO HE DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL DEC 2N D.
EMPL. WAS USING 15" PIPE WRENCH TO REMOVE SMALL PIECE OF 1 1/2" THREADED PIPE WHICH HAD CRACKED DUE TO FREEZING. HE REMOVED PIPE & WENT TO GET ANOTHER PIECE. WHILE HE WAS GONE SEVERAL GAL OF WATER DRAINED OUT & FROZE. HE CAME BACK & STOOD IN SMAE SPOT IT WAS ICY. HE SLIPPED BACKWARDS STRIKING LENGTH OF 12" PIPE WITH HIS MIDDLE BACK. COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN & WAS TRANSPOR
LOST FOOTING ON CHUTE LOADING TO 2 CRUSHER AND SLID DOWN CHUTE INTO 2 CRUSHER APPROX. 81/2 FT DROP WAS TRYING TO REINFORCE CHUTE WORK.
EMPLOYEE CHECKING SCREEN CLOTH ON SCREEN - ON CLIMBING OFF END OF SCREEN - HE SLIPPED AND HIT RT ELBOW ON STEEL GRATING DECK
WOOD STAIRS ON DREDGE- EE COMING DOWN & SLIPPED.