Employee was cleaning snow off conveyor belt walkway, after task was completed, employee removed EE's lock from Substation and proceeded to walk away from substation and slipped on an icy area twisted/fractured EE's ankle, weather conditions snowed the previous day, so the 9th was a mixture of snow and mud.
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Showing all 5EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN A COAL CAR AND EE SLIPPED AND FELL.
Mechanic lost balance from the cab floor deck and fell forward on the right-side and landed on the track grouser. The mechanic hit EE's head on the side of the engine panel.
Employee was performing preshift inspection on weld truck. Employee had placed left foot on the rung and was lifting right foot to the top when the ladder rung broke, causing the employee to fall. Both knees struck the front bumper before employee landed on employee's feet. Employee was evaluated before transporting to Urgent Care
Employee was operating a motor grader and the right door started to rattle. Stopped to re-close the door. While attempting to re-close the door, fell resulting in ankle fractures.