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EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF TRAIN CAR,PULLING UP HOSE -THE ROPE CONNECTED TO THE HOSE CAME LOOSE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED FELL OVER THE HANDRAIL TO THE GROUND-FRACTURED RIGHT LEG-SPRAINED LEFT.
EE SLIPPED ON HANDRAIL WALKING DOWN STAIRS.
EE WAS ASSEMBLING X BRACING ON THE GROUND. WHEN HE LIFTED ONE END HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ALOOWING THE BRACE TO STRIKE HIS SHOULDER.
EMPL STEPPING OFF BREAKER/FEEDER STEPPED ON ROCK ,TRIPPED & FELL STRIKING KNEE AGAINST CORNER OF CONVEYOR TAILPIECE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LSIDING DOWN X-BRACING WHEN HIS KNEE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH SOME SPILLED CONCRETE.
MANUALLY PULLING ELECTRICAL MACHINE CABLE EE TRIPPED AND FELL AND DISLOCATED FINGER WHILE TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF.
DECENDING LADDER & STEPPED OFF ONTO 4 INCH DIAMETER PIPE & SPRAINED RT ANKLE DID NOT SEE DOC UTIL 07-26-91
EMPL PULLING ELEC CABLE SLACK.RAN OUT OF SLACK CAUSING EMPL TO FALL AGAINST LHD 913 BUCKET EMPL BRUISED BACK MUSCLES BECAME REPORATBLE ON 5-28-91.
CONCRETE HAD WATER ON IT,HE SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE SIDEWAYS.
EE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK AND SPRAINED LEFT KNEE.
EVAPORATORS HAD BEEN DUMPED. HOT WATER AND LIQUOR WAS ON FLOOR. EMPLOYEE HAD ON CUT OFF RUBBER BOOTS. HE SLIPPED AND HOT WATER AND LIQUOR FILLED BOTH BOOTS CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH FEET.
WALKING STEPPED ON DISK IT SLID OUT FROM UNDER HM TWISTING HIS KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING METAL SHEETING TO A METAL BLDG ROOF. HE WAS TIED OFF TO PREVENT HIM FROM ACCIDENTLY FALLING OFF THE ROOF. HE SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN ONTO THE HIGHT RIB OF A ROOF SHEET BRUI SING THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS RIB CAGE.
WHILE WALKING UP A STEP TO THE MAINTENANCE SHOP AREA I NAME SLIPPED & LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES
A CARPANTER WAS CLIMBING UP OUT OF TRENCH 2 FT HIGH SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE SOIL AND SLID BACK INTO THE TRENCH LANDING ON HIS FEET. HE SAID THAT THE NEXT DAY HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK STARTED HURTIN G HIM.
ENTERING STEAM TUBE DOYER, HANDS SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACK STRICKING PIECE OF ANGLE IRON SUSTAINING PUNTURE WOUND TO HIP.
EMPL CLIMBED UP ON METAL DESK LOCATED IN PROCESS CONTROL ROOM TO ADJUST RAPID VOLUME & SLIPPED. FELL TO FLOOR RESULTING IN FRACTURE LEFT WRIST.
EMPL STEPPED OFF FORKLIFT & SLIPPED ON SMALL PATCH OF ICE. ELBOW STRUCK GROUND & RESULTED IN FOUR SMALL BONE CHIPS IN RIGHT ELBOW. INJURY BECAME APPARENT ON 4/12.
WHILE WALKING THRU THE LIME MIXING AREA EE SLIPPED AND FELL. RESULTING IN A TWISTED KNEE PROFIONSAL MEDICAL CARE AND ONE DAY RESTRICTED DUTY.
HE WAS GETTING OFF DOZER AT LUNCH AND SAID THAT HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HIS HEAD ON A ROCK HE STATED THAT HE WAS KNOCKED OUT FOR ABOUT 2 MINS.
AT 6:00 P.M. ON 1-2-90. HE EXITED THE MAIN OFFICE BUILDING FROM THE WEST DOOR AND STARTED DOWN FOUR STAIRS TO START HER ROUNDS. SNOW HAD FALLEN THE NIGHT BEFORE AND MELTED DURING THE DAY, WIT H WATER ACCUMULATING ON THE WOODEN PORCH AND STAIRS. AS EVENING APPROACHED, THE SNOW MELT TURNED IN ICE ON THE STAIRS AND PORCH. HE SLIPPED ON THE STAIRS, SPRAINING HER LOWER BACK AND TAILBO
EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING DIESEL ON A BULB TRUCK. HE JUMPED DOWN TO THE GROUND TO SHUT OFF THE DIESEL. WHEN HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND, HIS KNEE POPPED.
EMPL GOING TO FUEL DRILL.GOT OUT OF SERVICE TRUCK AND WENT TO BACK OF TRUCK TO GET HOSE.TURNED AROUND AND GOT PAINS IN HIS BACK.
EMP WA> OPER CHIAN HOIST INSTALLING NEW ORE CHUTE WHEN FLOOR GRATING SLIPPED CAUSING EMP TO FALL THE EMP STRUCK RT. RIG AREA BRUISING AND DAMAGIN RIB CARTILAGE.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON ROCK SLIPPED AND TWISTED BACK.
WHILE ADDING BALLS TO A REGRIND MILL SHE TWISTED HER R KNEE THIS INJURY DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 7-8-88 NOW REQUIRING PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CARE AND RESTRICTED DUTY
EMPLOYEE ALLEDG9DHE WAS GOING TO TALK WITH A MECHANIC WHO WAS WORKING ON A SUMP PUMP IN THE MILL WHEN WALKING OVER TO THE AREA HE STEPPED INTO AN OPEN SUMP WHICH WAS HIDDEN BY STANDING WATER THE MECHANIC H5D REMOVED THE GRATE HE THEN STUCK OUT HIS HAND TO AVOID THE FALL AND STUCK IT ONTO THE BELTS OF THE SUMP PUMP THE GUARDS HAD ALSO BEEN REMOVED TO ALLOW WORK ON THE PUMP THE PU
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING DOWN ROM THE 988 LOADER,FOOT TWISTED ON LAST SWINGING STEP AND EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS ON CONCRETE PAD,LANDING ON HIS ELBOW AND HAND.
EMPLOYEE TRIPPE8 OVER A COVERED PIECE OF "1 CONDUIT THAT RUNS OVER THE DECK. CONDUIT HAS COVER MADE OF 5" X 1/8" PLATE,TWO PIECES WELDED TOGETHER LIKE A CAP.
I.NAME SUSTAINE8 SLIP AND FALL ACCIDENT CROSSING SMALL DRAINAGE DITCH.I.NAME RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON MUD AS HE EXITED DITCH CAUSING PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK REQ PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CARE,RX MED AND LIGHT 8UTY.
I NAME AND THE 2ILER WERE PUTTING A 1000X 20 TIRE ON THE BACK OF A FLAT BED TRUCK. WHEN THEY LOST CONTROL SO THE TIRE AND HE TRIPPED, FALLING ON HIS TAILBONE.
I,NAME WAS STAN8ING ON REAR BUMPER OF PICKUP WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF, JARRING HIS BACK.
EE WAS GIVEN THE JOB OF REFUELING A PORT LIGHT PLANT. AFTER REFUELING HE STARTED TO DISMOUNT THE UNIT & SLIPPED LANDING ON THE GORUND APPROX 4\ & TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
WHILE CLEANING AND UNSTICKING LEACH PAD SPRAYS ON PRIMARY LEACH PADS I.NAME LOST HIS FOOTAGE DUE TO LOOSE GROUND AND FOGGED RAIN HOOD IMPAIRED VISIBILITY AND FELL FORWARD AND TWISTED QUICKLY T O CATCH HIMSELF ON A LEACH LINE TO BREAK HIS FALL
WORKING ON RUN-OF-MINE LEACH PAD,LOST FOOTAGE WHILE WORKING ON SIDE OR PADS,SLID DOWN SIDE OF PAD.ROCK DISLODGED FROM ABOVE,ROLLED DOWN AND STRUCK LOWER BACK.
I.NAME WHILE ASCENDING A SET OF STAIRS SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AS HE REACHED THE BOTTOM STAIR STEP & STEPPED TO THE FLOOR. RESULTING IN PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CARE & LIGHT DUTY.
EMPLOYEE STRAINED MUSCLES IN NECK FROM FALLING OFF TRACK OF DRILL WHILE FUELING IT.
WHILE WORKING ON RUN-OF-MINE LEACH PAD I.NAME SLIPPED ON ICE & FELL ON HIS BACK & PULLED MUSCLES IN H IS BACK.
EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF BACK OF STOPPED PICK UP, EMPLOYEE WAS GUARDING IN INTERSECTION OF A BLAST AREA.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRWAY WHEN 3/4 OF WAY DOWN HE CAUGHT HIS HEEL IN THE STEP. AT THIS POINT HE LOST HIS BALANCE & TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
I.NAME WHILE WORKING ON A PRODUCT BELT LINE SLIPPED OFF THE BELT AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET, FRACTURING HIS LEFT HEEL.
INJURED STUMBLED OVER PIPE WHILE CARRYING ANOTHER PIECE OF PIPE & STRAINED RIGHT WRIST
I.NAME WAS GETTING OFF - PARKED GRADER - FOOT SLIPPED, HE FELL ON GROUND - CATCHING ARM
I.NAME WAS ASSIGNED THE TASK OF MOVING WASTE ORE TO A DUMP SITE APPROX 200 YARDS AWAY FROM THE PICK UP POINT. AS I.NAME MOVED THE MATERIAL FROM ORE POINT TO T HE DUMP SITE HE HEARD WHAT APPEAR ED TO HIM AS A HISSING NOISE. THE HISSING NOISE WAS HEARD AROUND THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE LOADER. I.NAME THEN PARKED THE LOADER SETTING HIS BREAKS & SETTING THE BUCKET ON THE GROUND. HE THEN S
HE WAS RUSING OR RUNNING TO HELP CLEAN OUT A WARMAN SUMP PUMP. HE WAS RUSHING OR RUNNING HE SLIPPED ON MUDDY FLOOR HURTING HIS RIGHT KNEE AND AKANKLE.
EMPLOYEES FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP OF TRUCK AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN AND HE HIT RIBS ON LADDER - HAD X-RAYS TAKEN FOR HIS PROTECTION AND A BRUISE WAS THE DETERMINATION
WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF A TANK, SLIPPED AND FELL FRACTURING HER LEFT CLAVICLE.
SLIPPED WHILE COMING OUT OF THE SHOWER
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS AND TWISTED ANKLE