The employee was asking a co-worker a question about a tool and when he turned around to walk away he tripped over a step on the floor and hit his knee.
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Showing all 7Worker was fixing rafters on screen plant building when ladder slipped off of ceiling & fell to ground. Worker caught himself on rafter & when he let go he fell approximately 12' landing on the ladder before landing on the ground.
Replacing belts on primary conveyor, miss stepped, fell and injured his left arm.
While pulling a small boat from the pond, slipped on rocks and pulled left elbow.
Up on feed box getting rock out, slipped and cut pointer finger on sliding door.
There was mud on the handrail on top deck of loader, slipped off the top of the loader and landed on left leg and butt.
Employee was stepping down off of water truck, slipped off the step and sprained his left ankle.