INJURED WAS TAKING A WATER SAMPLE FROM PINE CREEK USING A DIPPER ATTACHED TO A ROPE. HE STATED THAT THE ROPE WAS TOO SHORT TO ALLOW HIM TO TAKE THE SAMPLE FROM BEHIND THE GUARD RAIL ON THE BRI DGE. HE STEPPED OUTSIDE THE RAIL AND SLIPPED OFF THE BRIDGE FALLING INTO THE CREEK DISLOCATING HIS RT ANKLE.
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January 15, 1998
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avocet Tungsten Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
May 15, 1997
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avocet Tungsten Inc · Fall down stairs
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS IN THE MILL. HE MISSED A STAIR AND WHEN HE CONTACTED THE FLOOR, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA.
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