EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING BREAKER LADDER WHEN FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HUNG ON WITH LEFT HAND TO KEEP FROM FALLING. INJURED LEFT WRIST.
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Showing all 4STEPPED OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT ONTO FUEL TANK AND TWISTED ANKLE.
EE NOTIFIED HIS FOREMAN IN THE EVENING OF 4/8/98 OF PAIN HE WAS EXPERIENCING AND WAS GOING TO ST. AGNES EMERGENCY ROOM AT FDL FOR X-RAYS. EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHEN HE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS PI T TRUCK THE TWO TENDONS IN THE FOLD OF HIS LEFT LEG FELT LIKE RECEIVING ELECTRICAL SENSATIONS AND HAD PAIN AND DIFICULTY STANDING.
OFFICE NOTIFIED 9-21-95. 2 WKS PRIOR, APPRX 9-7-95, EE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHEN HE CAME DOWN A LADDER ON BREAKER TO GO OVER ON THE CRUSHER TO PUSH CLUTCH OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOUD BANGING HOIS E IN CRUSHER. WHEN HE GOT TO THE GROUND, TWISTEDLEFT KNEE. IT HURT A LITTLE AT THE TIME. THE PAIN WENT AWAY THAT NIGHT DID NOT REPORT IT BECAUSE IT FEEL BETTER. THEN 9-21-95 HE WAS CARRYING A