INDIVIDUAL WAS H ANDLING BOXES OF DUST COLLECTOR BAGS. WHEN HE STEPPED OFF A WOODEN PALLET APPROX. 5 INCH TO THE GROUND THERE WAS A HOLE WHICH WAS THE RESULT OF A WHEEL SPINNING AND HIS LEFT F OOT LANDED IN THE HOLE AND TURNED HIS ANKLE.
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Showing all 5INDIVIDUAL WAS USING LONG METAL BAR TO OPEN BOTTOM DOOR ON RAILCAR. METAL BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HOLE AND THREW INJURED UP AGAINST SID E OF CAR. INDIVIDUAL WAS CUT BY A PIECE OF METAL STICKING OUT SIDE OF CAR.
INDIVIDUAL WAS 7OMING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS & SLIPPED ON ONE OF THE RUNNERS THAT HAD OIL ON IT. THE O IL WAS THE RESULT OF A DEFECTIVE ELEVATOR REDUCER WHICH WAS LWEAKING. WHEN THE INDIVIDU AL SLIPPED HE 8AT DOWN HARD ON T HE STEP.
INDIVIDUAL WAS LUBRICATING ROLLER MILL SLIPPED AND FELL STRADDLING A MOTOR GUARD
INDIVIDUAL WAS WALKING ON TOP OF A LOADED RAILCAR WHICH HAD A PIECE OF CARDBOARD OVER THE OPENING. INIDVIDUAL STEPPED ON THE CARDBOARD AND FELL APPROX. FOUR FEET TO MATERIAL BVELOW. AS HE FELL , HE STRUCK HIS LEG ON THE SIDE OF THE OPENING WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATION ON THE LEFT SHIN WHICH REQUIRED FIVE SUTURES.