LOCKING RAIL CARS BAR SLIPPED MAN LOST BLANCE & FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON BACK.
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Showing all 20ATTEMPT TO CLOSE DOOR ON R CASR USING PRY BAR FOR LEVERSAGE WHEN HE LOST GRIP ON BAR FELL STRIKING R ELBOW.
THE EMPLOYEE WENT INTO THE HOPPER TO CLEAN IT OUT. ON HIS WAY OUT HE LOST HIS FOOTING. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A SAFETY BELT, WHEN IT CAUGHT HIM IT PULLED FROM THE WAIST UP THE RIBS.
EMPLOYEE WALKING THROUGH MAINT SHOP SLIPPED DOWN BOLT CAUSED SLIP,WHILE TRYING TO CATCH BALANCE HE FELL.HE FELL AND HIT HIS NOSE ON RIM OF 55 GAL DRUM.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A BARREL OF ANTI-FREEZE. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO SET IT UPRIGHT ,HIS FOOTR SLIPPED WHICH RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPL ON WAY TO LOCKER ROOM WALKING BY DISCHARGE END OF RAW MILL,GROUND LEVEL STEPPED ON UNEVEN PLACE ON FLOOR.FELL FORWARD HIT WALL WITH RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPL SLIPPED AND FELL AFTER STEPPING ON TO A SNOW COVERED SHEET OF STEEL
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING FROM VILLAGE JOB ASSIGNMENT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS ON THE ICE AND SNOW. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK AND STRUCK HIS HEAD. EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED BY CHIROPRACTOR.
GOING DOWN STEPS SLIPPED ON ROCKS.
THE EMPLOYEE HAD A CAN OF OIL IN HIS HAND. HE WAS OILING THE CHAIN ON THE RECLAIMER. IT STOPPED AND THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING. HE FELL BACK ON A PIECE OF METAL ON RECLAIMER AND PULLED HIS LOWER BACK.
CLIMBING STAIRS TO STACKER AND SLIPPED A(D FELL HURT HIS NECK AND SHOULDER.
COMING DOWN STAIRS IN BAGHOUSE HAD TO STEP OVER PIPES AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
SLIPPED ON CLINKER FALLING ON LEFT KNEE.WORKING ON ELEC SYSTEM.
STEPPED THROUGH A HOLE IN SOME GALVANIZED GRATING AND CUT RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
UNLOADING TOOLS FROM TRUCK TO TOOL ROOM AND TWISTED KNEE.
EMPL USING SCRA1ER TO LEVEL PILE OF BUILT UP MATERIAL UNDERNEATH B-1 LIMESTONE BELT STEPPED BACK ONTO SLOPED PILE OF MATERIAL CAUSING FALL AND TWIST RIGHT KNEE.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INSIDE OF THE CRUSHER CLEANING OUT ROCKS.BECAUSE OF A LARGE PILE OF ROCKS ACCUMULATING ON THE WALKWAY.I NAME START CLEANING UP.HE HAD NOT QUITE FINISHED CLEANING UP THE AREA WHEN HE WAS HANDED A LARGE ROCK FROM INSIDE THE CRUSHER.AS HE TURNED AWAY FROM THE CRUSHER,HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK AND HE FELL.THE ROCK HE HAD IN HIS HANDS SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS RIG
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ON A LADDER IN UR JOY COMPRESSOR ROOM, WHICH WAS PROPPED AGAINST AN OVERHEAD PIPE. HE WAS AT THE UPPER-MOST LEVEL WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED ALONG THE GROUND AND MOVED BACKWARD. THE LADDER FELL AND THE EMPLOYEE LANDED ON TOP OF IT. THE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX. 8 FT. BREAKING HIS RIGHT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT THE HEAD OF THE STARIS LEADING TO THE 1 MILL SWEEP DUST COLLECTOR HE STEPPED BACKWARDS AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS THERE WERE HANDRAILS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STAIRS
WALKING ON GROUND LEVEL BETWEEN STACKER AND RECLAIMER BELT AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.