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Employee was dismounting machine, had both feet on the ground. When he turned to leave the machine his feet slipped on muddy ground. The slippage caused employee to fall to his knees causing a stress fractur in the lower leg.
Unloading trash/boxes from back of service truck into dumpster. Footing slipped & the employee fell from the truck. He hit the back of his head on the dumpster & his buttocks hit (dirt) the ground.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB DOWN FROM A 5TH WHEEL UTILITY TRAILER APPROX. 3'FROM THE GROUND SURFACE. HE PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT IN THE APPROPRIATE STEP & THEN PLACED HIS RT. FOOT ON TOP OF A PIPE RESULTING IN HIS RT. FOOT SLIPPING OFF PIPE & EE FALLING THE REMAINING 12"TO THE GROUND.
Mobile equipment operator Lee Lamb sustained a right ankle sprain when he fell from a water wagon while conducting water filling operations
Mining Unit Operator EE was walking in a crouched position and struck a pipe. This action caused EE to turn and slip thus sustaining a sprained ankle.
Mobile equipment operator was shutting down a water pump on ground level. The operator slipped and fell into the frame of the pump and sustained a chest contusion.
EE SUSTAINED A SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE. INJURY OCCURRED WHILE THE EE WAS STEPPING ACROOSS 3 18" PIPES THE INJURY OCCURRED NORTH OF THE CONCENTRATOR, AFTER DUSK, PRIOR TO END OF SHIFT. EE STEPPED UP, CROSSED & WAS IN PROCESS OF STEPPING DOWN FROM THE PIPES. AS THE EE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE PIPES, HIS RIGHT ANKLE ROLLED OUTWARD FROM LANDING ON UNEVEN GROUND. EE REC'D