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EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE SOLUBLE DRYER FIREBOX REPLACING FIREBRICK. HGE STUMBLED WHILE HANDLING LOOSE BRICK AND FELL LACERATING HIS LEFT WRIST. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND. NO TIME WAS LOST.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ABOVE A LEACH TANK AT THE TAILS PLANT. HE SLIPPED AND FELL CATCHING HIMSELF WITH BOTH HANDS. HIS ARMS WERE SUBJECTED TO SUDDEN JERK FROM HIS BODY WEIGHT. HE SPRAINED BOTH SHOULDERS AND ELBOWS AND RIGHT WRIST AND ALSO HAD TO HAVE A WOODEN SPLINTER REMOVED BY INCISION UNDER LOCAL ANESTHELTIC. THE EMPLOYEE IS A SUPERVISOR AND LOST NO TIME OR LITE DUTY.
EMPLOYEE CARRYING HEAVY OBJECT SLIPPED IN OIL SPILL FELL AND HURT HIS BACK CONTINUED TO WORK TWO WEEKS AT REGULAR DUTY BEFORE GOING TO DOTOR AND BEING PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY SINCE THEN HE H AS TAKEN TIME OFF FOR CHIROPRACTIC MANIPULATION
EMPL SERVICING SAMPLE PUMP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET WOODEN FLOORING AND FELL AGAINST SMALL GATE VALVE FRACTURING A RIB.
EMPLOYEE HANDLING MATERIAL STEPPED ON OILY STEEL PLATE SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT WRIST INITIALLY DIAGNOSED AS A SPRAIN WEEKS LATER X-RAYS REVEALED UNDISPLACED FRACTURE NO DISABLING INJURY
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO WELD ON AN ORE STORAGE BIN. IN ORDER TO REACH THE NECESSARY HEIGHT, HE WAS USING A WOODEN BENCH TO STAND ON. WHEN HE STEPPED UP ON TO THE BENCH IT OVERTURNED CA USING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS ELBOW ON THE STEEL FLOORING.
EMP TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED OVER A NON-OPERATING PORTABLE CONVEYOR. HE SET HIS FOOT IN LOOSE MUCK.SWELLING DEVELOPEN AS A RESULT OF THE STRAIN AND RESTRICTED DUTY WAS REQUIRED
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING BACKWARD WHILE LOOKING UP HE TRIPPED OVER A RAILROAD TRACK RAIL AND FELL BACKWARD CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS RT HAND
ANOTHER EE FELL ON INJURED EES LEGS WHEN THEY BOTH FELL TO G ROUND WHILE ENGAGING IN HORSEPLAY WHILE AWAITING QUITTING TIME.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE WALKING ON WET CEMENT FLOOR AT BOTTOM OF FLOTATION MILL. HIS LEFT LEG WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT LEG FRACTURING THE FIBULA JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING 3\ METAL LADDER BETWEEN TWO CONVEYOR BELT CATWALKS. HE FELL BACK AND HIS RIGHT FOOT HUNG BETWEEN THE UPPER CATWALK AND THE TOP RUNG OF THE LADDER. THE FALL RES ULTED WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF SNOW ON T HE UPPER CATWALK. SPRAINED TENDONS IN ARCH OF RIGHT FOOT.