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Employee was removing organics from screener when EE noticed a slight pain in EE's back from twisting and pulling. Later the employee was feeling more pain while operating a loader.
Employee was closing lids at our loadout facility and was not maintaining 100% tie off while on the customer truck. The truck pulled forward and the employee fell 15 feet to the concrete floor.
Loadout operator was on top of a box truck closing hatches. The top of the box had a thin layer of sand causing the EE to slip and stumble backwards, tripping over the small rail on the edge of the box causing EE to fall over the side and between the the 2 boxes on the trailer and hit the bridge of nose on the second box which was directly behind EE.
Belt press attendant was cleaning a floc mix bowl, after flushing out the bowl EE went hang the hose up and slipped backwards due to floc on the ground. EE extended EE's hand out to catch fall & got a cut from a metal grading step. After EE fell, we asked EE if EE was okay, EE said "yes" we helped EE clean the cut on EE's hand after that EE was taken for more medical attention.
There was light rain and the employee did not fall, but slipped while walking to the fuel station and felt pain in EE's left knee.
Employee stepped into an area where there was some "FLOC" residue causing the concrete slab to be slippery. Employee slipped on EE's left ankle and fell to EE's right side landing mostly on EE's right shoulder then right hip.
Employee opening lid hatch for Trailers. Employee opened double hatch lids and was attempting to cross back to the platform and stepped into the open space of box with left foot and fell onto cross member of Box; employee sustained a bruised right knee, left elbow & perineum area of buttocks. Initially, was reported as a first aid injury only.
The employee added oil a machine and then climbed into the cab to turn it off. After turning off the machine EE proceeded down the ladder of the machine slipping on the second rung falling approximately 4.5 feet to the ground landing on EE's buttocks. When EE got up EE felt a sharp pain in EE's pelvis and lower back causing EE to call for help as EE was alone.