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employee slipped on wet ground and sprain left ankle.
Employee was walking on a flat wet paved road carrying 2 shovels over right shoulder when EE's right foot slipped causing EE to lose balance and fall to the ground in a backward twisting motion.
Employee proceeded to walk to the north side of preheater tower and on the way back to work area, right foot got caught on a scaffold gate that was laying on pathway floor causing right leg to twist resulting in a trip and fall on right knee landing on scaffold pipe knuckle attachment that was secured to scaffold gate.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ON PAVED AREA ALONG DRAINAGE DITCH, MIS-STEPPED AND LANDED ON KNEES.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING FROM HAUL TRUCK LADDER WHEN EE'S FOOT SLIPPED ON THE LAST MUDDY LADDER RUNG CAUSING EE TO FALL TO GROUND ON EE'S BACK. DURING THIS EE INCURRED A LEFT WRIST AND LEFT KNEE SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST CLEANED A MATERIAL SPILLAGE INTO BOBCAT BUCKET. EMPLOYEE HAD ALREADY CLIMBED ONTO BOBCAT, BUT AS EE TURNED TO SIT INTO THE CAB OF THE BOBCAT, EE'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF STEP AND WEDGED BETWEEN BOBCAT BUCKET AND FRAME OF BOBCAT CAUSING EE'S RIGHT FOOT TO TWIST.
EE was working changing a line on compressor, standing on skid at compressor. EE re-positioned right foot and left foot slipped on the steel and fell backward striking head on the concrete resulting in laceration requiring 8 staples.
Employee was climbing down from 980 loader and reached the 2nd step when his foot slipped off of the step causing him to fall back onto the concrete slab. Employee was complaining of lower back pain.
THE EMPLOYEE, TRANSIT DISPATCHER FROM SCALE, WAS WALKING TO HER CAR AND TRIPPED ON A WATER HOSE, AND FELL TO GROUND. ACCIDENT RESULTED IN A FRACTURED RIGHT ELBOW AND LEFT KNEE CONTUSION. RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT SHIFT.