WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM WHEELED PAYLOADER, THE EE SLIPPED FROM LADDER & LANDED HARD ON HIS FEET. HE STATES THAT HE JAMMED HIS LOWER BACK.
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Showing all 22EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FORM STAIRS ONTO PLANT MAIN FLOOR AND TWISTED RT. ANKLE. SURFACE WAS FLAT SMOOTH AND CLEAN.
HELPING CLEANUP HYDRAULIC OIL SPILL FROM A DELIVERY (RAW MATERIAL) CARRIER TRUCK. WORKER TRIPPED WHILE RUSHING TO GET CONTAINER AND HAD RIGHT ANKLE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKIN DOWN SOME STAIRS WHICH ARE 8" X 24". ALTHOUGH HE WAS HOLDING TO A HANDRAIL, HE MISSED ONE STEP AND INJURED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED/JUMPED DOWN 3 FEET TO THE GROUND FROM A PLATFORM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING A FEED HOPPER GRATE. THE EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS FEET AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
WORKING AT RIVER SILL REPAIR'S. LOOSE DIRT AND ROCKS.
EMPLOYEES SHIFT WAS OVER FOR THE DAY AND THEY WERE LOCKING THE SHOWER DOORS. RAFAEL GO TO CLOSE TO SIDEWALK CURB AND LOST HIS BALANCE, TWISTING HIS RIGHT FOOT AND FALLING TO FLOOR.
WHEN HE WAS COMING DONW THE LADDER OF THE SAND BIN HE MISSED THE LAST STEP AND HIS FOOT WENT BETWEEN STEPS AND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS LAYING A BAG ON A PALLET AND TRIPPED OVER THE PALLET AND FELL ON THE PALLET HI SFOREMAN ASKED HIM IF HE WAS OK, EE SAID HE WAS OK, FOREMAN GAVE HIM AN ACE BANDGE ANYWAY AND EE WORKED TH E REMAINDER OF SHIFT AND THE NEXT DAYS SHIFT HE WORKED 7 HOURS. HE HAD A DR'S APPT. FOR BP SO HE HAD HIS ARM CHECK TOO. WHEN HE FELL HE HIT HIS RIGHT ARM AND WAS TOLD IT WAS STRAINED AND BRUI
WAS TRYING TO PUSH MATERIAL IN MILL FEED HOPPER THAT WAS STOCKING TO SIDE OF HOPPER MATERIAL WET WAS STANDING ON FLAT DECUTWORK LOST BALANCE DROPPED APPROX. 6 FT TO GLOOR BELOW MILL.
SHIFT FOR THE DAY WAS OVER AND HE WAS SHOWERING. HE SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER ROOM AND FELL BACKWARDS RESULTING IN A CUT ON BACK OF SCALP.
EMPL WAS ON CROSSOVER LADDER WHEN HE LOOKED BACKTO CHECK OPERATION OF PLANT & STUCK LEG BETWEEN STEPS. HE HIT LEFT SHIN ON STEPS CAUSING BRUISES & SWELLING.
WHILE THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS HE SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE GRAVEL AND FELL FACE DOWNWARD, LANDING ON HIS HANDS: HE THEN ROLLED OVER AFTER THE IMPACT AND ENDED UP ON HIS BACK, ME DICAL TREATMENT WAS NOT SOUGHT BY THIS PERSON BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT THE PAIN WAS FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR A MATEIAL TRANSFER LINE, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE TOP FLAT SURFACE OF THE DRYER HOUSING AND FELL OR THE TOP OF THE HOUSING AND BRUISED HIS LEFT SIDE RIB CAGE. IT H AD BEEN RAINING THOUGH-OUT THE NIGHT, AND EVERYTHING WAS WET.
REMOVING 4" NUT FROM MIL SIDE PIPE WRENCH SLIPED FROM THE NUT CAUSING AN TO LOSE FOOTING AND FALLING TO FLOOR
HE SLIPPED ON MATERIAL THAT WAS MIXED WITH WATER AND CHIPPED A BONE IN HIS LEFT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS CO3STRUCTING A WIND-BREAK ON SECOND FLOOR OF MILL. DUE TO THE STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF A STORAGE BIN, A SECTION OF BIN FELL, THE EMPOYEE JUMPED CLEAR FROM FALLING DEBRIS OF A HEIGHT OF 12-13 FT. E4PLOYEE LANDED ON GROUND, INJURING LEFT AND RIGHT FOOT.
WHILE TRYING TO3FREE HOIST ON MAINT.TOE MOTOR, HE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE CAGE OF THE TOW MOTOR.WHEN THE HOIST BECAME FREE, HE LOST HIS BALANCE, PUT HAND DOWN TO BREAD HIS FALL AND CATCH H IMSELF, WHEN HA3D BECAME CAUGHT IN FRAME.RESULT OF INCIDENT WAS CRUSH INJURY TO RIGHT HAND.
PIECE OF FLOORI3G ON GRIZZLY AT CALCINER PLANT BROKE. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG FELL THROUGH HOLE, SKINNING LEFT LEG AND CAUSING TENDERNESS OF LEFT FOOT.
FLO BINS AREA 3X3X5 METAL CONTAINERS USED TO STORE THE FINISHED. ALL FLO BINS MUST BE CLEANED BEFORE AND AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN FILLED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INSIDE THE FLO BIN TO CLEAN IT, W HILE DOING SO HE SLIPPED AND PUT OUT HIS RIGHT HAND TO BREAK THE FALL.
GOT ON 2 STEP STOOL TO TAKE SAMPLE.GETTING OFF,STOOL MOVED CAUSING EMPL TO TWIST FOOT.
WHILE USING SHRINK GUN ON PALLET COVERS EMPLOYEES FOOT GOT TANGLED IN HOSE LINE HE STUMBLED & FELL ON HIS LEFT SIDE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS LEFT ELBOW & HIP