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November 15, 2016 WI · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WP Operations, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee slipped on some hard mud after exiting the Secondary wet plant screening tower.

January 22, 2016 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WP Operations, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee went to step on to a bulk truck EE was loading and missed the last step of the safety cage causing EE to lose balance and fall on to EE's left shoulder.

January 7, 2016 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WP Operations, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking across the employee parking lot to the maintenance truck and slipped on a patch of ice and fell to the ground. A fresh snow fall had covered some icy patches.

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