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EE WAS ON LADDER WHEN THE WRUNG BROKE AND HE FELL BACKWARD CATCHING HIS LEG ON ANOTHER WRUNG.
MINER WAS RUNNING WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE WHEN ENTERING BUILDING. HIS FEET WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE WAS PUT ON MODIFIED ACTIVITY WITH LIFTING RESTRICTIONS.
EE SLIPPED ON ICE & TURNED LEFT ANKLE UNDER BODY. SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE
EE TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE& FELT A SHARP POP & PAIN
EE WAS ON PLATFORM WITH CO-WORKER CHECKING OUT HOIST. CO-WORKER LEFT PLATFORM TO PULL THE POWER ON THE HOIST & WHEN HE RETURNED EE HAD ALREADY FALLEN. OTHER EE ON GROUND SAW EE LEANING TOWARD THE HOIST AND WHEN HE LOOKED BACK, HE WAS GONE. HE RAN TO THE PLATFORM.
HE IS A DIABETIC AND HSI MEDICINE HAS JUST RECENTLY BEEN CHANGED THIS AM. HIS BLOOD SUGAT DROPPED AND HE FELL WHILE IN THE CHANGING ROOM, HITTING HIS HEAD AND NOSE. (POSSIBLE BROKEN NOSE) HE H AD 13 STITCHES ON A CUT HE RECEIVED FROM THIS FALL.
INDIVIDUAL STEPPED OFF A STAIRWAY AND HIS RIGHT FOOT ROLLED OVER TWISTING THE ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON TRUCK, SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARD STRIKING HIS WRIST ON GROUND.
EE WAS DESCENDING 7 RAW FEED CONVEYOR, HUNG FOOT IN RUNG OF LADDER AND FELL.
TWISTED TIGHT KNEE WHILE WORKING ON K-1 CLINKER DRAG.
EE SLIPPED ON LADDER RUNG GOING FROM SCAFFOLD TO LADDER, CAUSING HIM TO STEP DOWN HARD ON HIS RIGHT LEG
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS THE SERVICE CRANE FROM AN UNAUTHERIZED POINT. CLIMBED OVER A PLATFORM GUARD RAIL AND WAS "COONING" METAL BEAMS WHEN HE FELL APPROX 20 FEET PRIOR TO SECURING HIMSELF WITH SAFETY HARNESS. RECEIVED 3 STITCHES IN TOP RIGHT SCALP AREA, STRAINED RIGHT ANKLE, BILATERAL KNEE PAIN, POST TRAUMATIC HEADACHE, LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN, AND CHEST WALL CONTUSIONS.
EE TRIPPED GOING UP STEPS & PULLED RIGHT SHOULDER GRABBING FOR THE RAIL TO CATCH HIS FALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS POKING LUMPS OF ROCK WITH A STEEL BAR ON SMALL CONCRETE PLATFORM. HE TWISTED AND SLIPPED OFF THE PLATFORM LANDING ON THE GROUND.
INDIVIDUAL HAD DECENDED FROM A RAIL CAR AFTER SAMPLING. WITH BOTH FEET FIRMLY ON THE PAVEMENT,HE TWISTED AWAY FROM THE RAILCAR AND FELT HIS BACK SNAP.
HE WAS WALKING DOWN RAMP TO TAKE LOADED TRUCK TO QUARRY WHEN HE SLIPPED ON CLINKER AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. THIS INJURY HAS NOW REQUIRED SURGERY.
OVERHEATED WHILE WORKING AT COAL SYSTEM, FELT FAINT AND FELL OVER STRIKING HIS HEAD, CUTTING HISFOREHEAD & CHIN.
EMP WAS GOING TO THE OVERHEAD CRANE. WALKED OVERGRIZZLIES, WHERE GYP IS FILTERED THROUGH TO BIN,FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN GRIZZLY AND SCRAPED RIGHT SHIN.
RAIN WATER MIXED WITH CEMENT DUST WAS ON FLOOR WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING. HE TURNED AND SLIPPED FALLING ON HIS RIGHT WRIST..
EE HAD PARKED HIS WABCO TRUCK & APPROACHED THE FUEL OIL TANK TO FILL HIS TANKS. HE STEPPED ON SOME ROCKS & HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT ANKLE & LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS REMOVING DUST COLLECTOR BAGS FROM OLD NO. 5 KILN D/C. HE STEPPED OUT OF A COMPARTMENT, TRIPPING, & FALLING DOWN ON THE CATWALK, TWISITING HIS ANKLE & RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS CHECKING 4001 AND 4002. THERE WAS CLINKER LAYING ON CATWALK ALONG 4001 WHICH THE EE SLIPPED ON.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN TRAINING ON SWITCHMAN/BULK LOADER. HE RECEIVED QUALIFICATIONS ON THE FIRST DAYAND WAS WORKING WITHOUT SUPERVISION. ON THE SIXTH HOUR OF HIS SECOND DAY, HE STEPPED OFF THE LOC OMOTIVE ONTO THE BALLAST ALONG THE TRACKS AND SLIPPED, TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
SLIPPED IN WET DUST WHILE WORKING AT 2 & 3 KILN DUST BIN. PULLED HAMSTRING IN LEFT THIHG. DR PUT HIM ON CRUTCHES FOR 2 WEEKS.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A JACKHAMMER IN AN ELECTRIC ROOM BELOW GROUND LEVEL. ENTRANCEWAY WAS THROUGH A MANHOLE VIA A LADDER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ROTATING THE WORK WITH HIM. EMPLOYEE CAME DOWN TO RELIEVE OTHER AND OTHER STARTED UP THE LADDER. HE LOOKED DOWN & SAW INJURED ON THE GROUND (IN A SEIZURE STATE). INJURED STRUCK HEAD WHILE FALLING, REQUIRING STITCHES.
DRAGGING KILN CHAIN THROUGH ROTARY KILN--INJURED STEPPED ON CHAIN LYING ON BOTTOM OF KILN--TURNED ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING WINDOW OF LOADER & SLIPPED BETWEEN HANDRAIL & CAB DUE TO RAIN.
EE WAS DECENDING THE STEPS OFF THE PROCH OF NO. 6 & 7 FINISH MILLS WHEN HE SLIPPED ON CLINKER AND MADE A MISSTEP. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIW LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF LADDER OVER AT THE TERT BECAUSE OF RAIN.