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Employee rolled left foot when stepping down from forklift truck
The miner was working on installation of a new dust collector. He had to reposition his safety harness by standing on a "X" brace of the dust collector to adjust himself. He slipped on the angle iron of the "X" brace about 8 ft and his right foot hit the end of the brace. X ray revealed that he had fractured bone on his fifth (smallest) toe of his right foot.
DISASSEMBLING SCAFFOLDING, STEPPED ONTO PLATFORM AND SCAFFOLDING COLLAPSED. HARNESSED EMPLOYEE FELL, CAUGHT ARM ON RAILING STRAINING RIGHT SHOULDER.
A contractor employee was packaging material at his assigned bagging station when he slipped and fell on a wet spot on the floor where he was working. The treating physician diagnosed the injury as a right hand and right hip contusion. He was allowed to return to work on restrictive duty.
Employee slipped on a wet floor while climbing down a step ladder causing him to fall twisting and spraining his left ankle in the process.
The employee was clearing out a product collector when he stood on a pipe then lost his balance. In an effort to regain his footing and catch himself on a forklift below, he aggravated his lower abdominal region. The doctor diagnosised the injury as a muscle strain in the lower abdominal area.
Due to a wet area on the floor because of rain, the employee's right foot slipped and twisted as he stepped out of the control room. He tried rest and applied ice on his foot right after the injury, but had to see a physician the next day due to increase pain. The attending physician diagnosed the injury as an ankle sprain and placed him on restricted work duty.
On Sunday, 12/18/05, the employee notified his supervisor he had had to go to the hospital emergency because his left knee was hurting due to an old injury. Four days later the employee told his supervisor he might have actually injured himself at the job site on 12/17/05 while stepping off a front end loader and will need an MRI to determine the severity of the injury.
The employee's foot slipped causing him to hit his shin right below his right knee on a wooden pallet. The injury was described as a contusion of the lower right leg.
EE WAS WORKING OFF AN EXTENSION LADDER WHICH WAS NOT TIED DOWN, LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER EE CAUSING EE TO FALL AND CUT LEFT LEG IN THE CHIN AREA. THE WOUND, 5 STITCHES, WAS CAUSED WHEN EE SCRAPPED LEG ON THE LADDER RUNG AS EE WAS FALLING. EE ALSO RECIEVED MINOR SCRAPS AND BRUISES TO BOTH KNEES AS WELL AS RIGHT HAND.
Floor mat was on wet, slippery floor. Subject was starting up equipment when the floor mat he was standing on slipped thereby wrenching his back.
wet, slippery concrete floor due to rain, roof leaks, and spilled product; broken right wrist
The ee was walking on the sidewalk when she twisted her ankle. She just stepped wrong causing her to twist her ankle. the ee has a sprained right ankle.
THE EE WAS CLEANING UP BY SHOVELING MATERAIL SPILLAGE INTO A WHEELBARREL AND INTO THE BUCKET OF A FRONT END LOADER. HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMINAL AREA WHEN HE CLIMBED ONTO THE L OADER.