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WHILE WALKING FROM PERSONAL VECHILE TO CO TRUCK IN PARKING LOT NEAR GARAGE STEPPED INTO HOLE IN GRAINED TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
WORKING IN 4 BLDG. IN THE PROCESS OF REVERSING 5 BELT, IT STOPPED AND SPILLED. WHILE SHOVELING SPILL TRIED TO EE CHUTE SLIPPED ON SPIT AND HIT HEAD ON BEAM.
LEAVING WHEEL HOUSE OF TUGBOAT, STEPS WERE WET DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. SLIPPED IN STEPS AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH LEFT ARM. PULLED LIGAMENT LEFT WRIST.
WHILE WORKING IN UTILITY TRUCK HE WAS LIFTING A VALVE AND SLIPPED AND TRY TO CATCH IT. PULLED MUSCLES IN LEFT FOREARM.
WHILE PARKED AT LOWER DOCK IN HAUL TRUCK #2120, WENT TO CROSS OVER TO TRUCK PARKED APPROX 4 FT AWAY. JUMPED TO OTHER TRUCK, AND FELL BETWEEN TRUCKS. WHILE FALLING, HIT HEAD ON ONE OF THE VEHIC LES, FELL TO THE GROUND. BRUISE LEFT SIDE AND 15 STITCHES ABOVE LEFT EAR.
WALKING ALONG WALKWAY AT SURGE; SLIPPED ON A STONE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. DEGENERATIVE TEAR - GOINGIN FOR SURGERY 2/26/96 AFTER MRI REPORT.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM CAB OF WATER TRUCK. AS HE STEPPED ON FROZEN GROUND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EE SLIPPED ON STEPS AS HE WAS COMING DOWN FROM BUILDING NO.2
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE STARBOARD STERN SID EOF THE BALKHEAD OF SCOW #13 N. HE WAS LOWERING HIMSELF DOWN FROM HE TRANSVERSE STIFFNER TO THE BARGE DECK. WHEN STEPPING OFF THE STIFFNER WITH RIGHT FOOT, HSI WEIGH TCAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT LEG.
WORKING IN CRANE IN BUILDING #4, EMPLOYEE SAW LOAD CANOPY UP ON MILL. WHIEL CLIMBING OTU OF CRANE TO SHUT OFF FOOT SLIPPED OFF CRANE LADDER, STRIKING SHIN AGAINST STEP ON THE LADDER.
WHILE CLIMBING UP LADDER ON HIS MACHINE, HE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE HANDLE OF MACHINE LADDER AND FELL APPROX. 6 FEET TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS WRIST.
DESCENDING FIRST STAIRWAY OUTSIDE BLDG 3,BACK OFLEFT FOOT BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN 2 STAIR TREADS.FALLING FORWARD BECAUSE OF LEFT FOOT BEING WEDGED,GRABBED RAILING WITH RIGHT HAND TO PREVENT FALL ING FURTHER.
WALKING IN TO DRIVERS ROOM BEFORE SHIFT START TWISTED ANKLE ON HARD GROUND AND CHIPPED BONE.
EMPL WALKING THROUGH MILL DURING A SAFETY INSPECTION.INJURED HIS BACK STEPPING AROUND SPILLAGE.
GETTING OUT OF DOZER CAB WITH LUNCH BOX IN HIS RIGHT HAND. HE STEPPED DOWN FROM CAB ONTO TRACK OF DOZER. STEPPING FROM TRACK HE PUT HIS RIGHT FOOT ON PUSH ARM OF DOZER BLADE. HIS LEFT FOOT CAU GHT AS HE WAS DESCENDING AND THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS BUTTOCKS.
INSTALLING BELT SCRAPER ON CONVEYOR 3423. HE WAS STANDING ON A PILE OF DIRT AND MUD THAT WAS ON CONVEYOR BELT 3401. GOING UP INSIDE BOX AND HOLDING SCRAPER UP THE MUD AND DIRT GAVE WAY AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLUMBING DOWN FROM TAMROCK DRILL WHEN HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED ON BOTTOM RUNG & THIS CAUSED HIS BODY TO TWIST TO THE RT HE FELT A PULL IN HIS RT SHOULDER LATER HE SAID HIS WRIST ALSO H URT
MECHANIC WAS WALKING FROM HAULAGE TRUCK. ON WAY BACK TO GARAGE HE STEPPED INA RUT IN THE ROAD AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
CLIMBING UP ON TRACK OF DOZER TO STAT IT. TRUCK WAS FULL OF MUD AND AS HE STEPPED ON TRACK WITH HIS LEFT FOOT IT SLIPPED AND FOOT CAME DOWN ON SEPRATED EDGE OF PUSH ARM.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET FROM CONVEYOR - STRIKING UPPER BACK.
CLIMBING DOWN FORM CAB OF CRANE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON STEP AND TWISTED HE BACK.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES THAT WHILE STEPPING DOWN OFF OF BACKHOE HE STEPPED ONTO WET TRACK CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL INJURING HIS RT SIDE ARM CHEST FOREHEAD AND LEFT LEG
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE HOOKED CONVEYOR UP TO ONE CRANE AND THEN REACHED FOR SECOND HOOK TO STABILIZE LOAD WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING INJURY TO RIB CAGE LEFT SIDE.
SUPERVISING INSTALLATION OF CONVEYOR BELT ON CONVEYOR #1. JUMPING FROM WALL TO GROUND HIS RIGHT FOOT LANDED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO TWIST RIGHT ANKLE. COMPOUND FRACTURE - RIGHT ANKLE.
WHILE INSTALL . BELT CLIPS IN CONV. HE WAS RAISING BELT USING STEEL AR WITH ARMS TO LEFT AND MOVING HE PUT R. FOOT IN HOLE IN FLOOR OF BLDG. R. FOOT AND LEG WENT THROUGH HOLE CAUSING HIM TO F ALL. HE FELL HE HIT R. SHOULDER AND NECK AGAINST VERTICAL STEEL BEAM. INJ R. SIDE OF NECK AND SHOULDER. SCRAPED R. LEG AND BRUISED KNUCKLE OF LITTLE FINGER. L. H.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES THAT HE JAMMED DOWN ON TO THE DECK OF THE PORTABLE CRUSHER LANDING ON ANGLE IIRON CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RT FOOT
RECURRANCE OF I3JURY SUSTAINED 6-4-87 WHEN HE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM THE CAB OF BULLDOZER. DOZER ARM WAS MUDDY AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL, INJURING RIGHT LEG BACK AND HIP.
EMPL STEPPED DO4N OFF WALKWAY TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPL CLIMBING M9TAL LADDER HE SLIPPED CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT UPPER ARM.
WHILE GETTING D2WN FROM CAB OF TRUCK EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN STEPS PLACING HIS FOOT ON LAST STEP WHICH HAD BEEN ADDED WITH 2 PIECES OF CHAIN TO EXTEND STEPS EMPLOYEE SLIPPED HOLDING ONTO RA IL WITH HIS LEF7 HAND HIS BODY SWUNG AROUND AND HE HIT HIS BACK AGAINST BUMPER OF TRUCK
EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING DOWN FROM CAB OF BULLDOZER STEPPING FROM BOTTOM STEP ONTO BLADE ARM OF DOZER HE SLIPPED & FELL ON DOZER ARM DOZER ARM WAS MUDDY INJURY TO RT.LEG BACK & HIP
WHILE ASSISTANC9 IN REMOVING CENTER RING FROM LEFT REAR TIRE,THAT WAS STILL ON EUCLID HAUL TRUCK #2152.EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONED BETWEEN TIRE AND FORK LIFT,STANDING ON FORKS OF THE MACHINE HE WA LIFTING RING TO3SLIDE IT OUT FROM IN BETWEEN THE TIRE AND FORK LIFT.HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND INJURED HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBINB UP ON HAUL TRUCK #249 TO HOOK UP BATTERY CHARGER HE GRABBED ONTO PLATE THAT RUNS ALONG THE RT SIDE OF THE TRUCK CAB PLATE BROKE AWAY AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING R IBS ON LEFT SID9
EMPLOYEES FOOT 8LIPPED FROM FRONT BUMPER OF TRUCK AS HE WAS DESCENDING AFTER CLEANING WINDSHIELD. GRABBING HOOD ORNAMENT TO CATCH HIMSELF HSI RING CAUGHT ON THE ORNAMENT AS H E FELL CAUSINBG INJURY TO LEFT 9ING FINGER
CONVEYOR BELT #3415 BECAME OVERLOADED WITH STONE AND EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING THE STONE OFF THE BELT WHEN THE CONVEYOR ITSELF COLLASPED. EMPLOYEE BRUISED, NO BROKEN BONES, NO LOST TIME.
EE STATES THAT 2E SLIPPED OFF OF MACHINERY & HIT HIS LEG AGAINST THE STEEL PADS CAUSING LACERATION TO HIS LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING SCREEN FROM VIBRATOR WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPL ON TOP OF 6ULK POWDER TRUCK TRYING TO FREE AUGER.WHEN AUGER BROKE LOOSE EMPL LOST BALANCE AND FELL OFF SIDE OF TRUCK.