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Employee was walking on slightly uneven ground and felt a slight pop in left knee. Physical therapy on 11/20/25 made it become a reportable incident.
While employee was cleaning up a trench with a hose and their left foot slipped into the trench while the right foot stayed on the surface and strained their lower back.
Employee was changing out the floc bag using an overhead hoist. As the employee moved the new bag to the hopper, they tried to step on the pallet the new bag was on, but caught their foot on the corner, causing them to trip/fall and injure their left ankle. Status changed on 9.26.23
While walking into the warehouse prior to start of shift, employee had hands full with employee's personal items and didn't see a rock on the ground. Employee tripped and fell, twisting left ankle and right knee. Employee then landed on right knee, wrist and shoulder.
At the end of the shift the Employee parked the end loader and descended down the steps, using three points of contact, and missed the last step. This caused the employee to fall and roll ankle.
Loadout employee was loading railcars. While stepping between two railcars, EE's retractable fall protection device locked causing EE to lose balance and fall. While falling employee attempted to catch self and injured EE's left hand.
While installing insulation over a access panel, the employee realized it was upside down while on a ladder and was going to climb down, to turn it around. A gust of wind caught the insulation cover and caused EE to become unstable on the ladder. The employee jumped to the ground approx. 44" and injured EE's left Achilles.
Employee was traversing from one platform to another when EE twisted their right knee. The employee was stepping over a chute and did not have a good area to step which led to the injury. The employee was checked by medical and released to full duty, but after a few weeks, employees knee grew more painful. EE was scheduled for surgery on 4/23/21, but worked fully up to that point.
Employee was taking a pallet of culligan water jugs to the main plant using a forklift. EE pulled up to the overhead door, climbed off the forklift to open the door. As EE walked back to the forklift, EE tripped over the corner of the pallet falling into the forklift mast. EE used their hands to brace the fall but jammed the right ring finger in the process.