EE just finished greasing a motor at #2 belt and started walking down the catwalk. As EE approached the ladder, EE decided to walk down the ladder facing forward. As EE started to descend down the ladder improperly, EE lost footing and fell forward from approximately 2 feet 8 inches in height and hit head.
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Showing all 4The employee was working with two other employees changing plates on the discharge end of the screen. When the employee came out, EE's lower body went down and EE's hands were above EE's head and EE injured EE's left shoulder.
The employee was putting a pin back in the hammer boom that worked part of the way out. When stepping down from the dump block he twisted his right ankle.
Employee appeared to be working at jaw feed box, without fall protection and fell though the handrail 12 feet 3 inches. He suffered a concussion and fracture of his left thumb. NOTE: Employee was only Kemper Equipment (KE) employee on site and fall occurred in an area we were not contracted to do work. There were no other KE witnesses to the accident.