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EMPLOYEE HAD SHOVELED SALT OFF OF TOP OF CONVEYOR CHUTE. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SALT SHOVELED AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE
Employee was using 21" step ladder to change hose on boom of material handler. As he stepped off of small ladder it sid out from under him causing him to lose balance and hurt his foot.
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON METAL STAIRWAY AND CUT HIS FINGER ON METAL STEP GRATING
SUPERVISOR WAS CHECKING ESCAPE LADDER IN 1300' BENCH, WALKING AND TRIPPED ON CHUNK OF SALT. DISLOCATED RT. INDEX FINGER.
WHILE THE INJURED AND ONE OTHER PERSON WERE DISMANTLING A CONVEYOR AND WORKING FROM A MAN BASKET THE INJURED CAUGHT AN OBSTRUCTION WITH HIS FOOT AND TEMPORARILY LOST HIS BALANCE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE SMOOTH SALT SURFACE CAUSING LEFT FOOT TO TWIST. THIS ACTION CAUSED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT LEG NEAR THE ANKLE.
EE WAS CLEANING UP ALONG 13 BELT ON THE SURFACE.AS SHE WAS WALKING DOWN THE WALKWAY WITH HER HANDS FULL, SHE SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE SALT AND FELLBACKWARDS HITTING HER HEAD ON THE FLOOR. EE SOUG HT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 4-17-03 AND DIAGNOSES WAS A SPRAINED NECK AND BACK. SHE WAS PRESCRIBEDA MUSCLE RELAXER AND IBUPROFEN.
GETTING OFF OF MATERIAL HANDLER. CAP LAMP CORD HUNG UP ON STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND FALL.
EE WAS RELOCATING A POWER CABLE. AS HE TURNED AROUND & STEPPED INTO A DEPRESSION WITH HIS LEFT FOOT, HE HAD IMMEDIATE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CUTTING STEEL ON AIRSHAFT HEADFRAME & FELL THROUGH GRATING 32 FT TO THE GROUND. FULL BODY HARNESS WAS IMPROPERLY TIED OFF. SUFFERED CONCUSSION, CUTS, & DISLOCATED SHOULDER.
EE WAS STANDING ON THE FIRST STEP LEADING TO THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD OF 323 LHD. WHILE HOLDING ON WITH ONE HAND AND CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD WITH THE OTHER, THE EE'S F OOT SLIPPED EE FELL 1 1/2-2 FT TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS HANDS AND RIGHT FOOT, FRACTURING TWO TOES ON RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK.WHEN HE STEPPED ON BUMPER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM. HE STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE CLIMBING DOWN STEP OF HAULAGE TRUCK, FOOT SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM STEP CAUSING HER TO TWIST HER RIGHT KNEE WHEN HER FOOT HIT THE GROUND.
EE CLIMBED UP TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO MAKE REPAIRS WHEN EE WAS CLIMBING BACK TO GROUND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN
EE WAS WALKING TOWARDS VEHICLE IN THE UNDERGROUND MILL. EE STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND AND FELT RIGHT KNEE POP. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STRAINED KNEE AND GIVEN 1 WEEK OF RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE JUMPED OFF REAR DECK OF POWDER TRUCK, APPROX 3' TO GROUND. EE REPORTED INCIDENT ON 4/27/00.
SERVICE TECHNICIAN IN TO START UP PALLETIZER LINE WAS DOING PRE-OPERATION CHECKS. HE WAS INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBLE AIR LEAK ON BAG FLATTENER WHEN HE CROSSED OVER PALLET DISPENSER TO GET SOME TEFLON TAPE. HIS FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A LOW IBEAM AND THE DRIVE CHAIN CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD OVER THE I BEAM, TWISTING HIS KNEE.
EE WAS PUTTING COOLANT IN 407 SCALER. WHEN HE TURNED TO GO TO THE SERVICE TRUCK HE TRIPPED OVER 3/4" ROUND STOCK THAT WAS EMBEDDED IN THE GROUND.
THE EE WAS SHOVELING HARD PACKED SALT ALONG 24 BELT INCLINE. THE EE'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF A SMALL LEDGE THAT WAS CREATED DURING THE CLEAN-UP PROCESS, THUS TWISTING THE RIGHT ANKLE. LATER IN THE S HIFT THE EE WAS PUSHING A WHEELBARROW ALONG ROUGH GROUND AND STEPPED ON AN UNEVEN SPOT, AGGRAVATING THE INJURY.
EE HAD CLIMBED ON CONVEYOR BELT IN ORDER TO INSPECT A SPLICE. IN DISMOUNTING THE BELT HIS LEG SLIPPED RESULTING IN TWISTING HIS KNEE.