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EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE DRY ROCK TANKS.THERE WAS APILE OF PHOSPHATE ROCK ON THE GROUND NEAR THE #2 AND #3 TANKS.HE STEPPED ON THE ROCK,IT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIS FEET,AND HE FELL,HITTIN G HIS BACK AND HEAD ON A CONCRETE WALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING STAIRS WITH PHOSPHATE SAMPLE IN HAND STEPS WERE LOOSE AT BASE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP & FALL ON KNEES
EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING UP TO TURN OFF VAVLE. SHE CAUGHT HER FOOT ON THE HAND RAILING AND FELL TO THE FLOOR. HURTING HER LEFT LEG, BOTH HANDS ANDKNOCKING HER SAFETY GLASSES OFF, CAUSING BRUISE T O FACE.
HE WAS STANDING ON BENCH WHILE WORKING. HE SLIPPED OFF BENCH AND LANDED ON THE HEEL OF HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND ON GROUND FLOOR OF WASHER WHILE OILING PUMPS. THE GROUND FLOOR WAS COVERED WITH PRODUCT SPILLAGE (PHOSPHATE ROCK). EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN HOLE WHICH WAS COVERED WITH P RODUCT, SINKING DOWN TO TOP OF RUBBER BOOTS. IN TRYING TO PULL HIMSELF OUT, HURT LEFT LEG AND HIP.
DURING INSPECTION OF PLANT EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER PILE OF SPILLED PRODUCT FELL AND CUT THUMB ON FLOOR GRATING
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH FLOTATION PLANT A FLOOR BOARD (WITH RUSTED NAIL) FELL THROUGH CAUSING THE EMPLOYEES FOOT TO FALL THROUGH OPENING
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE SCREEN ON THE EAST FINISHING SCREEN.THE AREA(WASHER) WAS WET AND MUDDY.AS HE WAS GETING OFF THE SCREEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL,HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE FLOOR GRATING.(HAD HARD HAT ON.)
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON LADDER; LOST HAND HOLD ON A LADDER; FELL FROM LADDER.
EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF BACK OF TRUCK WITHOUT USING HANDHOLDS.
STEPPED OFF TRUCK AT DRAGLINE/PIT AREA, TWISTING LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE DROVE LABORATORY TRUCK TO DRY MILL TO PICK UP SAMPLE. PARKED TRUCK NEAR SMALL HOLE IN GROUND. WHEN SHE STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK, STEPPED INTO HOLE AND HURT BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM TRUCK. STEPS OF TRUCK WERE MUDDY. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON STEPS ANDHIS RIGHT HAND STRUCK THE BODY OF THE TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DE8CENDING LADDER DURING SAFETY INSPECTION AT THE WET ROCK SCREENING AREA.HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED DUE TO THE HOT DUSTY CONDITION IN THIS AREA.EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND BUT IN DOI3G SO TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED UP ONTO LIFT PUMP SLED (TO CHECK PUMP PACKING). HE SLIPPED ON A SPOT OF MUD ON THE SLED.
EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING THE MOVE OF THE DRAGLINE OUT OF SOFT AREA. HE WAS WALKING IN AREA OF DRAGLINE THROUGH ROUGH AREA WHERE TRACTOR (BULLDOZER) HAD BEEN. AREA WAS ROUGH; GROUND WAS SOFT IN SOME PLACES. EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN DEEP RIDGES MADE BY TRACTOR AND IN SOFT GROUND ANKLE-DEEP.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LET DOWN A 3-TON COMALONG. HE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE DRAG DRUM AND WHEN HE PULLED ON THE COMALONG HANDLE HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PATCHING HOLES IN TROMMEL SCREEN DISCHARGE CHUTE; HAD LEFT FOOT ON PIPE. CONDITIONS WERE WET, MUDDY. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF PIPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING DOWN FROM THE JOY DRILL THAT HE OPERATES. HE WAS STEPPING DOWN BACKWARDS, ONLY ONE STEP, AND HIS LEFT ANKLE TURNED AS HE TOUCHED DOWN.