EE WAS HELPING PLANT OPERATOR REMOVE BELT GUARD ON SECONDARY SHAKER. WHILE LIFTING GUARD OUT OF PLACE, EE'S FOOT SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO ROLL, SPRAINING HIS ANKLE.
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Showing 50 of 95Weld on corner post of hand rail around dredge broke and cable pulled and threw employee back down.
The employee was entering truck on driver's side. The weld broke loose on the bottom step. Employee swung down and caught himself with his left knee on the top step. All his weight slammed down on his knee.
While walking between two screens employee stepped wrong and twisted his left ankle.
EE was retrieving 1x1 screens in shaker box that had fallen during the night shift. While in box, EE slipped and fell with left elbow absorbing the blow. Slopes of the box and dampness were causes of fall.
While changing out rollers Employee was climbing back on to a cat-walk and sliped hiting his right knee on a hand rail.
Employee was looking at the damaged trunnion sockets while standing on the discharge pipe on the dredge. To get a better view, he stepped onto a 3/8" safety cable. The cable broke and he lost his balance. He grabbed a hydraulic hose to stop himself from falling but fell into waist to chest deep water between the pontoons. His shoulder started hurting him several hours later.
He was walking down stairs at #2 FM. He stepped in a hole in the metal crate and lost his balance and twisted his right ankle. He has a right ankle sprain and did return to work on light duty.
Employee slipped and fell on slippery step. He fell approximately 4 feet to the next level landing on his feet but struck his right elbow on the hand rail. His elbow was bruised and began to swell some.
The employee was climbing down off of FM#1 trunion. He stepped on the trunion pusher block and twisted his right ankle. He was diagnosed with a sprained ankle and is wearing an air cast and receiving physical therapy. Employee is currently on light duty.
Employee was descending the 500 Loader at the pugmill area of our finished end of the Plant & placing both hands on the ladder to descend the loader. When stepping on 2nd rung of the ladder, which had mud on it, lost his footage, slipping & fell to the ground, approximately 6 feet. Landing in an awkward postion, falling on his right ankle and knee.
WHILE GUNITING, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ANCHORS AND PUNCTURED HIS BUTTOCKS.
Twisted knee as climbing onto dozer.
EE ALLEGES THAT WHEN HE OPENED 432 DUST BIN A LOT OF DUST CAME OUT AND HE COULDN'T SEE. HE TRIPPED ON SOMETHING AND FELL ON CATWALK, CUTTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
A storm with high winds hit the Plant around 10:45 P.M. on June 1, 2004 and EE went to put the Kiln on the pony motor because of loss of power in the Plant. While walking on the catwalk a gust of wind caught EE and pushed him across the catwalk, bending his right hand back double by the handrail. EE heard a pop when this happened causing a strain to his right hand.
THE MINER STEPPED OFF OF THE FRONT END LOADER. THE BOTTOM STEP WAS HELD BY CHAINS RATHER THAN THE FACTORY RUBBER MOUNTS. THE WEIGHT OF THE MINER ON THE STEP FORCED IT TO SWAY MAKING HIM LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL ON HIS BACK LEFT SIDE.
EE INJURED LEFT SHIN WHILE TRANSFERRING A 3" PUMP FROM THE BANK TO THE WORK BARGE. THE BANK BEGAN TO CAVE & EE LUNGED TO THE WORK BARGE. EE'S LEFT SHIN SCRAPED THE EDGE OF THE BARGE. 1ST AID WAS ADMINISTERED & EE RETURNED TO NORMAL DUTIES. ON 6/4/04 EE & MANAGEMENT FELT INFECTION WAS SETTING IN. ON 6/8 EE WENT TO DR & RX WAS GIVEN. RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY. 6/11/04 SAW SPECIALIST.
EE WAS OPERATING A FRONTEND LOADER. WHEN HE WENT TO CLIMB DOWN HE GRABBED THE HAND RAILS AND MISSED THE FIRST STEP. THIS CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO FALL DOWN THE LADDER MISSING ALL THE STEPS. HE FELL TO THE GROUND 7 1/2 FEET HITTING ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE GOLF COURSE HEAD PULLEY WIPER. HE WAS WORKING 2 FT OFF THE STEP LADDER. HE HAD ONE END OF THE SHAFT TIED OFF WITH ROPE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE HAD TO LET GO TO CATCH HIMSELF. HE FELL AND PINCHED HIS THUMB AGAINST THE CONVEYER. HE RECEIVED 5 STITCHES AND RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF A CRANE. HE TURNED TO GO DOWN THE LADDER AND WAS IN A TWISTED POSITION WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP WITHOUT PAIN.
EE WAS WALKING BACK INTO OUR 12 FT DIAMETER KILN AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FT INSIDE KILN WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE CASTABLE AND FINE DEBRIS BUILTUP ON THE SIDES OF THE KILM. WHEN HE SLIPP ED HE STOPPED HIMSELF FROM FALLING WITH HIS RIGHT HAND.
MINER WALKED DOWN SLIP AND BOARDED MOTOR BOAT. WHILE WALKING TO BACK OF BOAT MINER SLIPPED AND FELL ON RIGHT LOWER BACK AND HIP. SUB-FREEZING TEMPRATURES CREATED A MORE SLICK SURFACE THAN NORM AL. TRAVEL WAY ON BOAT WAS FREE OF TRIP HAZARDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS TARPING A LOAD (FLAT BED TRAILER) & WAS GETTING OFF THE TRAILER & SLIPPED. HE LANDED ON HIS BUTT, HURTING HIS TAIL BONE.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE DRILL RIG. AS HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND AND PUT HIS WEIGHT ON THE FOOT THAT WAS ON THE GROUND, THE ROCK HE WAS STEPPING ONTO SHIFTED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL, ROLLING HI S RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACKS OF A CAT 345 EXCAVATOR REPLACING A WINDSHIELD. HE TURNED TO ASK A FELLOW EE FOR A TOOL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND STARTED TO FALL. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HANDHOLD. TWIST ING AND PULLING HIS BACK. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DR OFFICE AND DIAGNOSED WITH SPASM IN THE LEFT LUMBAR REGION AND BACK ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL HEALER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE FIRST STEP UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. IT GOT WORSE AND HE REPORTED IT. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR AND DIAGNOSED WITH A PROBABLE PINC H NERVE. HE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY WITH DAILY PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR 6 DAYS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING OUT OF GRAVITY SCREEEN BOX AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 4' LANDING ON HIS CHIN. HE BUSTED HIS CHIN OPEN REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING HYDRAULIC PRESSURE ON CLASSIFIER, WHILE COMING DOWN THE STAIRS HE SAID HIS LEG LOCKED UP AND GAVE HIM A JAR. HE CONTINUED TO WORK, AS THE NIGHT WENT ON HIS BACK STARTED T O HURT. EE LEFT WORK AROUND 3:00 AM AND HE COULDHARDLY WALK.
EE WAS WALKING OUT TO THE BOAT WHEN HIS RT LEG SLIPPED AND HE ROLLED INTO THE WATER. UPON STANDING HE FELT A STINGING IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER A SCRUBBER TO CLEAR OUT A SLURRY LINE WHEN HE SLIPPED LOSING HIS FOOTING & HE FELL ABOUT 31 FT DOWN THE DISCHARGE CHUTE. EE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT . RECEIVED 13 STITCHES TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD & SEVERAL BRUISES & SMALL CUTS & SCRAPES TO HIS BODY. EE WAS KEPT OVER NIGHT FOR OBSERVATION.
WHILE CROSSING THE SCREW AT PROPER CROSSING, EE SLIPPED ON MUD ON STAIRS CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND TWIST HIS LEG AND HIS ELBOW.
EE WAS TAKEN A SIGN OF THE PRINTER HOUSE DOOR. WHEN EE STEPPED DOWN, EE TWISTED LEFT ANKLE. EE WAS TAKEN TO DR ON 8-4-03. EE WAS FITTED WITH BRACE WAS INSTRUCTED TO WEAR BRACE TILL RELEASED BY DR ON 8-11-03. EE WAS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY ON 8-4-03.
EE WALKING ALONG FLAT SURFACE #101 CONVEYOR CATWALK, STEPPED ON FIST SIZED ROCK, TWISTED LEFT KNEE; FELL DOWN, CAME DOWN ON LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS WORKING AT THE PUMP BARGE TRYING TO RESTART THE PUMP FOR PLANTS TO START UP. STORMS HAD MOVED IN EARLY THAT MORNING KNOCKING THE POWER OUT FOR A SHORT TIME, EE HAD STARTED THE PUMPS AND WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS TRUCK WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A PILE OF MATERIAL CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK. 5/24/03 EE DIDN'T GO TO DR. UNTIL 5/28/03 EE WAS ON LIMITED DUTY- 6/4/03
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE WORKING ON UN-WIRING THE CRUSHER SECONDARY MOTOR, HIS LADDER FELL AND HE JUMPED TO THE GROUND TURNING HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS LEAVING LOAD OUT TO RELIEVE ANOTHER AS DISPATCHER, WHEN CLIMBING TWO STEPS, HIS TOE ON HIS RIGHT BOOT CAUGHT UNDER TOP STEP CAUSING HIM TO TRIP. WHEN HE STARTED TO FALL, HE CAUGHT THE H ANDRAIL AND IT SPUN HIM AROUND CAUSING HIS RIGHTLEG TO HIT THE ANGLE IRON ON THE HANDRAIL.
EE WAS FUELING THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HE WAS OPERATING. WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY TRIPPED ON THE FUEL HOSE CAUSING HIM TO FALL STRIKING HIS FACE ON A CONTAINMENT BERM. THE EE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOC TOR, EE RECEIVED TWO STITCHES IN HIS LOWER LIP AND BROKEN TOOTH.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE CRUSHER; WHEN STEPPING DOWN, HE TURNED CAUSING STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.
EE WAS STANDING ON RT FRONT FENDER OF HAUL UNIT CLEANING MIRROR; WHILE STEPPING DOWN TO GET OFF, HE LOST FOOTING & FELL 4 FT TO GROUND. FALL CAUSED STRAIN TO LT KNEE & LT HIP.
EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE CLEANING UP IN THE ROLLER MILL HYDRAULIC ROOM, HE SLIPPED AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ACROSS SCREW AND SLIPPED ON MUD & FELL FORWARD CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS CHANGING SPUD PIN ON THE DREDGE. HE WAS TRYING TO PULL A PIN OUT AND LOST HIS BALANCE. AS HE FELL HE HIT HIS LEFT HAND ON THE TOP OF THE HANDRAIL, WHILE STILL HOLDING PIN.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS AND THE STEPS BROKE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST LEG.
EE STEPPED OFF DOZER TO FUEL, WALKED THREE STEPS, STEPPED ON CLEG OF MUD AND TWISTED ANKLE.
THE EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS AND LOST HER FOOTING FALLING ON THREE STEPS.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHEN STEPPING OVER I-BEAM HE CAUGHT HIS TOE ON CONDUIT, LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET.
WHILE CHANGING THE "O" RING ON THE 330 EXCAVATOR CONTROLS, HE SLIPPED IN OIL WHEN EXITING THE UNIT ONTO THE TRACKS, HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND CUT HIS HAND ON A PIECE OF METAL ON THE GROUND.
HAD SURGERY 5/16/02: WAS STEPPING INTO WORKBOAT WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL ON RIGHT ARM & ELBOW
EE WAS WORKING ON THE COOLER. AS HE EXITED THE COOLER HE HAD HIS FOOT BRACED ON A PIPE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL.
EE WAS STEPPING FROM BOAT TO CAT WALK AT BOAT LANDING WHEN HE MISSED THE CAT WALK & FELL ONTO CAT WALK BRUISING HIS SIDE.