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employee was cleaning out dirt from the bottom of the rail car, when the dirt shifted and the employees leg fell against the lip of the car injuring the right knee
The employee was working from a ladder, when the ladder slipped and the employee fell. The employee tried to catch self with their left arm. After the fall they expressed that they had pain in the left shoulder. On 11/22/2019 the employee contacted the safety department that they were going to the doctor to check out the arm and shoulder.
The Employee was opening a lower compartment door which had ice built up around it. When the door was pulled free the employee lost their balance and fell backwards onto the train tracks. The employee finished their shift, then went to the hospital at 10:00pm that night.
employee was assisting with moving railcars, when they stepped onto the railcar scale and sprained their left ankle.
The employee was walking down a set of stairs when they misjudged the last step and jarred their back.
The employee was performing the duties of sanding the railroad tracks to aid traction for both the loader and rail car traffic in the area. The employee slipped on the packed snow while walking and attempted to arrest the fall with their right hand, feeling a sharp pain. an x-ray confirmed that the right wrist had been fractured
Employee was climbing out of the front end loader when they slipped off the ladder pulling and hurting a shoulder
EE was out side moving a rail car with hand movements and ee slipped and fell, and hurt neck and back.
Employee stepped off of a skid steer, slipped and fell in the mud.
Employee took a bad step and slid off the rail car. He was tied off and he caught himself and hit his face on the side of the railcar. and he needed to have a cut glued shut
Employee was changing a carbon bag when he slipped and fell coming off the stairs he fell from the bottom step and landed on his left wrist breaking it in 2 places.
Employee slipped and fell in bentonite and landed on his knee
Employee was walking up some stairs in the plant when he slipped fell against the railing. And he hurt his right arm.
Employee Was stepping out of the loader and missed the bottom step and fell to the ground hurting his ankle.
EE stepped out of truck, took a few steps toward the shop when he slipped on snow/ice which caused his left leg to buckle beneath him. He sustained a torn patella tendon which required surgery on 1/3/2014.
EE slipped in mud while shoveling and felt a sharp pain in lower right back and hip. It was diagnosed as muscle strain, causing some lost time.
EE was climbing down from front-end loader and slipped from second step in wet conditions and pulled muscles in left shoulder. Several days will be missed.
EE was spotting slow moving railcars with PPE on when he stumbled and fell on top of a car onto his right shoulder and back. He did not file an accident report until now, having worked for many weeks with pain in the right shoulder. Recent diagnostics on 09/30/2013 reveal a torn cartilage that will soon require surgery. No time has been lost as yet.
Slipped on ice. Fell on right shoulder and ribs, pulled muscle in shoulder.
EE was walking out to diesel tank when he slipped on ice and may have done internal damage to right knee by twisting it. Diagnostic testing will be done on January 5th, 2012 by an orthopedist.
The truck was not backed straight into dock, allowing a gap that could be fallen into between truck and personnel guard rail. EE was stacking bags on a pallet when he fell into this gap all the way to his shoulders. He strained lower left side of his back.
EE was exiting Cat 627G scraper when he missed his footing and fell to the ground, injuring his left shoulder, back and hip. He was taken to hospital for observation via company vehicle. His injuries were primarily bruising.
EE was climbing ladder and fell back on his rear end when slipping on the second rung. His arms flew back and he contacted a protruding bolt on an elevator with his left forearm, causing a moderately smooth 3 inch long cut. He went to Wyoming Medical Center to have it stitched and returned to work to finish his shift by his own choice.
EE was tied off and walking along top of railcar when he slipped and fell on top of car. His lower back was strained around L4 & L5 vertebrae. X-rays reveal nothing was broken. Return to work is slated for 01/21/2010.
EE stopped wheel loader to climb out and move a piece of grizzly screen that had fallen from hopper. Climbing down steps and thinking he was on the bottom step when, in fact, he was on the second step three feet above the ground, he let go of side-rails and fell on left hip on hard frozen ground - breaking the hip as determined at the hospital that he was ambulanced to.
EE was doing maintenance on a screw when EE tripped on a small propane canister and fell approximately 5 feet into a hole in the decking, causing bruising and trauma to the left rib cage.
EE was entering building, stepped down and slipped on wet bentonite, twisting left knee. EE continued to work and had no lost days of time until EE's surgery on 08/04/2009.
EE slipped on wet bentonite and fell, causing strain to lower back.
Employee slipped on ice, in the parking area, injuring his right foot.
EE slipped on paper cushion on packer seat and fell between seat and deck, dislocating left knee.
EE was cleaning a chute. EE slipped when EE stepped down, fully extending EE's leg with all EE's weight on it. EE felt a popping EE's knee when walking.
EE was removing a lid from dust collector, slipped on pipes below his feet and twisted lower back.
Third deck hammer-mill area had 28x48 inch deck plate removed for transporting maintenance equipment. It was left open and employee went into area to clean magnets in feed chute, apparently forgot or did not see opening and fell 25' 9" to concrete floor below and sustained serious injuries - many broken bones. See Report
EE went up on deck to check carbon proportioner and clean the area. Coming back down the ladder EE let go of it a few feet from the bottom thinking EE was at the bottom and fell backwards onto concrete floor and on left arm, causing it to break above the elbow. Transport to hospital was via ambulance and corrective surgery will be performed on 12/29/2006.
While stepping down out of trailer van, the wind caught van door and slammed it around against employee, knocking him to the ground. He sustained trauma to the right knee and leg by way of bruising and abrasions. He went to emergency room at hospital and had x-rays, which do not reveal any fracturing. Leg was wrapped in a soft-brace, therapy and several days lost time.
The Pin Mixer water-line broke and employee was squeegeeing the water out the back door when EE slipped and fell on left hip, bruising it.
Employee climbed 2 or 3 rungs up a 6 foot ladder to grease dryer trunnions. The ladder at top was not making contact with concrete support but rather with a metal rail at the 3 foot point. Shifting his weight above this point caused the rail to act as a fulcrum point and the bottom to slide out from under him. He landed and re-injured his previously injured left foot.
Employee was climbing onto a dozer tractor when the hand-hold he was using broke, causing him to fall back down to the ground on his already troubled left hip. An MRI revealed a fractured pelvic region. He will miss the remainder of the drying season, about mid September.
Employee slipped off step while in process of starting scraper engine and herniated a disk in lower back when landing.
Employee unplugged a screen feed sock then stepped back and fell into a hole in decking. He caught himself with left arm and subsequently felt pain and discomfort afterwards. No MRI was done. It is believed to be a muscle pull in the triceps and back of elbow. Eight days of work missed thus far.
Employee was stepping off of rear of flat-bed truck when he slipped on wet bentonite. While falling and trying to catch himself, he strained his left wrist and bruised ribs along his left side.
Employee was climbing out of the front-end loader when he stepped on a piece of lignite, causing him to slip. While falling he grabbed the side of the loader and pulled his shoulder, causing an acute shoulder strain.
When dismounting D8R dozer the operator lost his balance and grabbed a hold of area beneath the step; which had sharp metal, causing him to slice left pinky finger. It required about four stitches to close. This accident did not require any missed time from work.
Employee exited loader, failed to use the bottom step and heard and felt a loud pop in right knee. This caused him to fall down and to do some limping for awhile. A visit to the doctor the next day indicated he compressed the cartilage.
THE EMPLOYEE TWISTED LEFT KNEE WHILE STEPPING DOWN FROM A FRONT-END LOADER. THE KNEE SWELLED, WAS OBSERVED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AND SUBSEQUENTLY OPERATED ON FOR A TORN CARTILAGE ON DECEMBER 1 6, 2003. HE WAS PLANT OPERATOR AT TIME OF ACCIDENT AND PLANT MANAGER AT TIME OF SURGERY.
EE CLIMBED INTO THE FRONT END LOADER TO START AND WARM IT. THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE LOADER SO HE CLIMBED OUT TO GET THEM. A HYDRAULIC LEAK IN THE CAB FROM THE CONTROL CONSOLE HAD SATURATED THE FLOOR AND WITH OIL ON HIS SHOES HE SLIPPED WHILE DESCENDING THE STEPS AND PULLED HIS LOWER RIGHT CALF MUSCLE.
EE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF A FORKLIFT WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE OR DEPRESSION, CAUSING HIS RIGHT ANKLE TO TWIST AND BECOME SPRAINED. HE WILL MISS 3 DAYS OF WORK.
EE WAS PULLING ON THE PORTABLE CONVEYOR TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT, HE STEPPED ON A CONVEYOR SPRING THAT WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE.
WHILE STACKING A BAG ON A PALLET ON A FLAT-BED TRAILER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON A SLICK SPOT AND FELL OFF THE DECK, RECIEVING A LACERATION TO THERIGHT CHEEK, A GASH ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE AND A TWISTED SMALL FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A BAG ON A PALLET WHEN HIS FOOT CONTACTED A WET SPOT, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL OFF THE TRUCK. HIS RIGHT ELBOW RECEIVED A MINOR SCRAPE AND SUSTAINED A SPRAIN IN THE PRO CESS. THIS RESULTED IN TWO DAYS LOST TIME.