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EE SLIPPED ON TEMPORARY WALKWAY FALLING INTO ANGLE IRON SUPPORT ON FILTER.
EE WAS WALKING ON REAR HOOK UP AREA OF MACK ROAD TRACTOR AND SLIPPED FALLING THROUGH FRAME BRUSING HIS LEFT THIGH AND MINOR ABRASION.
EE WAS COUNTI9NG BOXES OF BAGS USED TO PACKAGE MICA. ON COMPLETING COUNT, EE JUMPED FROM BOXES TO CONCRETE FLOOR (APPROX. 6'). AFTER LANDING EE FELT TIMGLING IN FOOT BUT NO PAIN, SWELLING, OR DISCOMFORT WAS NOTICE UNTIL 11-08-93.
EMPLOYEE WAS DECENDING A STAIRWAY MADE OF GRATING. HISFOOT SLIPPED APPROX 4 STEPS FROM THE BOTTOM AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL SPRAINING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND THE END OF THE SILICA SPAR FLOAT CELLS. HIS RIGHT FOOT AND LOWER LEG WENT THRU GRATING AT HOLE WHERE PIPING CAME THROUGH. THE AREA WHERE EMPLOYEE'S LEG WENT THRU GR ATING IS NOT IN WALKWAY AREA AND OPENING IS COVERED. THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN AN ABRASION APPROX. 3" LONG AND 1/4" WIDE ON THE RIGHT FRONTAL SHIN AREA.
EMPL EXITING CAB OF TRUCK FEET SLIPPED CAUSING EMPL TO LOSE BALANCE AND FALL BACKWARD FROM CAB AREA. EMPL LANDED ON BACK WITH LEFT ARM UNDER HIM. EMPL RECD CRACKED CARPELS LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS OFF THE CLOCK AND IN PARKING AREA ENROUTE TO HIS VEHICLE. HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD AN ALTERCATION DURING WHICH EMPLOYEE FELL LANDING ON RIGHT ARM. NO INJURY WAS NOTED AT THIS T IME BUT LATER WRIST BEGAN TO SWELL. UPON EXAMINATION BY DOCTOR AND X-RAYS, THE RIGHT WRIST WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN FRACTURED.
EE WAS PREFORMING DAILY CHECK ON DRILL TRUCK WHILE CLIMBING ONTO OR JUMPING FROM BED OF TRUCK EE INJURED LOWER RIGHT BACK. LADDER UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO ASSIST EE IN CLIMBING ON AND GETTING DOW N FROM TRUCK.
HE WAS UNDER FLOATATION PLATFORM STRUCK HEAD AGAINST STEEL I BEAM EMP NOT WEARING HARD HAT
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS OVER A CENTRIFUGE SCREW ASSEMBLY ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE MAINTENANCE REPAIR AREA OF THE FLOTATION PLANT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING #24 CATERPILLAR 980C FRONT END LOADER FOOT SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET CAUSING THE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING STEEL STAIRWAY FROM RAILCAR LOADING ACCESS WALKWAY, SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. THREE (3) FEET AGAINST METAL BUILDING CAUSING THE INJURY. MEDICAL TREATMENT INCLUDED WRIST SPLINT FOR IMMOBILIZATION OF SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING REAR STEP BUMPER ON WATER TRUCK AND SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON STEP BUMPER AND FELL APPROX 18 INCHES.
(FLOATATION PLANT) EMPLOYEE MAKING ROUTINE OBSERVATION OF OPERATING MACHINERY ASCENDED STEEL STAIRWAY AND ENTERED WOOD FRAME STORAGE SILO PENTHOUSE. AS EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO WOODEN FLOOR AN AR EA (6" X 12") OF ROTTEN FLOORING GAVE WAY AND EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT AND ANKLE WENT THROUGH FLOOR CAUSING THE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING SHORT WOODEN RAMP AT FLOTATION PLANT ATTRITION SCRUBBER AREA AND FELL ON WET RAMP. HE FELL AGAINST METAL PORTABLE. WELDER CART FRAME STRICKING HIS KNEE ON CART. MEDI CAL TREATMENT INVOLVED IMMOBILITES KNEE SPLINT.
EMPL STANDING ON FRONT STEP OF DUMP TRAILER PULLING STRAP OF TRAILER COVER TARP ACROSS TOP OF TRAILER.STRAP IN HAND PULLED LOOSE FROM ASSEMBLY,EMPL LOST BALANCE FELL BACK AND DOWN 8' AGAINST T RUCK FRAME AND FUEL TANK STRIKING HEAD AND BACK.EMPL THEN FELL 3' TO ASPHALT ROADWAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON LADDER INSTALLING AND WELDING ON SCREW CONVEYOR, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AGAINST THE LADDER CAUSING RIB INJURY.
EMPL FOLLOWED OUT OF DOOR OF SPIRAL BLDG.SAW I.NAME BEGIN TO SLIP ON ICY SURFACE AND REACHED TO HIM TO PREVENT FALL.EMPL FEET SLIPPED ON ICE AND HE FELL ON HIS BACK CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON WET CONCRETE FLOOR IN MILL AREA AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE AS HE SLIPPED ON THE WET PAVEMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING WATER WASH HOSE TO CLEAN MUD FROM MACHINE. HE DISMOUNTED FROM CAB AREA AND SLIPPED ON WET STEP OF MACHINE STRIKING HEAD AGAINST MACHINE.
EMP WAS USING H5ND SHOVEL TO CLEAN DIRT SPILLAGE NEAR CONVEYOR BELT TAIL SECTION ON GROUND LEVEL SLIPPED IN SOFT DIRT CAUSING MUYUSCLE STRIN TO LOWER LEFT BACK AREA
EMPLOYEE HAD PUNCHED TIME CLOCK IN FRONT OF FLOATATION PLANT AND WAS ON HIS WAY TO HIS WORK STATION IN THE LAB. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SPILLED TRANSFORMER OILON CONCRETE PAD AND FELL. INJURING HI S BACK. INJURY DIAGNOSED BY PHYSICIAN TO BE STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MANUALLY LOADING FILLED CHEMICAL DRUMS INTO FRONT-END LOADER BUCKET FOR TRANSPORT TO MILL AREA, SLIPPED ON WET ASPHALT PAVEMENT AND MASHED TIP OF FINGER BETWEEN LOADER BUCKET AND DRUM LID. LACERATION WAS SUTURED AND SPLINTED BY COMPANY PHYSICIAN.