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Employee was removing trash from a floor sump grating when she stepped out of the area and slipped and fell causing her to bruise her knee.
Employee was walking outside in close proximity to work area. Ground surface was uneven due to tire tracks/equipment tracks. Employee rolled/twisted his left ankle.
A plant operator was conducting his rounds when he tripped over a hose and fell dislocating his left shoulder
Employee was walking between bags of product when he tripped on a pallet. He latter complained of back pain and received physical therapy treatment for a strain.
Employee was troubleshooting pressure switch problems at a PLC cabinet, when he turned to walk away and his right knee gave way.
Employee alleged that he tripped on a some material and fell on his right arm while placing items on a forklift.
Employee stated that he tripped on a bolt stud that was sticking out of the concrete, this caused a pop in his ankle, the employee decided to go to the doctor on 7/17/13
Plant operator was walking when he tripped on a stair and fell.
Employee was walking - pieces of plywood were covering a u-drain, employee caught the toe boot on a piece of plywood and fell down jamming his ring finger on his right hand
Parking lot was iced over from the previous nights snow storm and employees were waiting to get the ok to go to work. GF went to truck to get a sign in sheet to take names of those who were there. Slipped on ice and dislocated left knee.
While working on tugger stepped back, tripped hit temp. 2'x4" barrier and fell backwards.
While putting a wall piece into place, pressurized mud blew out, knocking the employee into a tank on the east floor.
Worker was setting concrete forms, he went to take a set and tripped over some electrical conduit. He fell forward landing on his right hand, the hand rolled under it's self. He was taken to Medcor to be evaluated, it did not appear broken, and went back to full duty.He was taken to Medcor for checkups and on 7/2/12 he was taken to see a doctor and x-ray show it to be broken.
While walking out of a building, he missed the first step and dropped onto the left knee with his weight, causing a strain.
While searching through boxes in Connex trying to locate bolts in order to complete daily task, EE states that his footing slipped on a rope in floor. As he caught his balance he reached out and placed his hand through a pane of glass in Connex window.
Employee was descending the stairway and tripped while turning onto the permanent landing, causing a strain to the left knee.
Employee was walking across wooden scaffold planks. His foot came into contact with a piece of 9 gauge wire, causing him to lose his footing. Employee caught himself on the scaffold by hooking his arm around the guardrail. Employee received chest wall contusion, sprain and bruising of shoulder and upper arm. Received prescription medicine.
Contusion/Cellulitis - Right Middle Finger - Walking to work area, carrying tools, tripped over torch hose, fell down, 8 lb sledge hammer fell on hand.
Injured employee and another employee moved a filing cabinet to gain more access to a printer that was jammed. Injured employee tripped over the moved filing cabinet and fell on her shoulder dislocating her shoulder. Onsite medical team treated her immediately and an ambulance picked her up and took her to an emergency room.
Employee was walking to his foremans truck at the end of his shift when a gust of wind blew his hardhat off his head. While trying to recover his hardhat he tripped and landed on his right hand with his arm extended. His right elbow was dislocated due to the incident and he was taken to the hospital to have his elbow relocated and was given a restricted duty release.