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INJ STANDING ON3TOP RUNG OF LADDER ON #72 DART TRUCK.HAD 1 HAND AND BOTH FEET ON RUNGS TO DESCEND LADDER.CARRYING LUNCH PAIN AND JACKET IN OTHER HAND.AS HE DESCENDED LADDER HE SLIPPED AND FELL FEET FIRST TO G9OUND
THE INJURED WAS3CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER ON THE WATER TRUCK.AS HE DID, HE MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP ON THE LADDER CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND BELOW.THE LADDER WAS SECURED TO THE TRUCK.JOB DO NE FREQUENTLY D6RING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
THE INJURED WAS3STANDING INSIDE THE 6B. SCREEN LOCATED IN THE CWS BUILDING. ONE LEG WAS POSITIONED OUTSIDE OF THE SCREEN FRAMEWORK WITH HIS FOOT ON A STEP. HE SWUNG HIS OTHER LEG OVER THE SCRE EN FRAME. AS HE3DID SO HIS FOOT CAUGHT THE SCREEN FRAME CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND START TO FALL. TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE FLOOR HE GRABBED A HEATING UNIT. AS HE DID SO HIS FINGERS W
THE INJURED WAS3STANDING ON THE SECOND STEP OF A SMALL METEL STEP LADDER,USING A LONG METAL HOOLHOOK TO PULL BROKEN CLOTH FROM THE BOTTOM DECK OF THE SCREEN.AS HE DID THE HOOK EYE LIPTED OUT O THE CLOTH(AS HE3PULLED)CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL TO THE FLOOR WITH HIS LEG IN A TWISTED POSITION.
TWO EMPLOYEES W9RE STANDING ON TOP OF A FAN ROTOR INSTALLING HOUSING WEAR PLATES AS THEY STARTED TO CHANGE THEIR WORK POSITION ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES PLACED HIS WEIGHT ON THE WRONG PLACE CAUSIN G THE FAN ROTOR3TO TURN AS A RESULT THEY BOTH FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUSING
EMP WAS REMOVIN1 ROCK FROM PUMP IMPELLER WHEN HE STEPPED OVER DREDGE BARGE DRIVE CABLE AND HIS FOOT SLIPPE DON PATCH OF ICE AND OVERTURNED HIS LEFT ANKLE
EE WAS CLEANING HYDRATE PADDLES EES PHONE RANG HE STEPPED BACKWARD TO ANSWER PHONE TRIPPED ON HANDLE OF CLEAN-OUT DOOR & TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE ENTERED FEED MILL BUILDING TO LOOK FOR UNKNOWN PERSONNEL WHO MAY HAVE ENTERED BUILDING WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO FLOOR, FLOOR GAVE WAY, AND EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX. 8\ - 10\ TO BASEMENT
THE MAST FOR #14 DRILL WAS IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION ON A LOBOY TRAILER THE EMP WAS INTHE INTERIOR OF MAST FRAMEWORK STEAM CLEANING AS HE CLIMBED OUT FROM THE FRAMEWORK HE STEPPED ON THE PIT PITCH BRACE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND CATCHING HIMSELF ON HIS HANDS AND BREAKING BOTH WRISTS
INJURED WAS DESCENDING A 40DEG SLOPE TO GET A WATER SAMPLE HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND LAND ON STEEL PIPE