Employee was standing on the third step of a 5 step ladder. He was cutting a piece of metal off a truck dump body. He used a bar to finish taking off the metal strip. When the metal came loose employee lost his balance and fell to the floor.
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Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from ladders
April 10, 2006
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee was working in the shop and stepped back and tripped over a wooden block. He stopped his fall with his left wrist. He stress-fractured one of the bones.
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