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EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BOX FROM SHELF WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE. LEFT WRIST WAS CUT WHEN IT WAS FAILING ABOUT TRYING TO GAIN EQUALIBRIUM. WRIST WAS CUT ON SHELF EDGE. CUT WAS TO THE BONE ABOUT ON E INC IN LENGTH; REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER IN SOUTHWEST CORNER OF TANKS. HE STEPPED ON THE BOTTOM LANDING AND PLATFORM FELL, DROPPING HIM 5 FT TO THE FLOOR BELOW. PLATFORM HAD APPARENTLY RUSTED THROUGH . EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED COMPRESSION FRACTURE TO VERTEBRAE.
EMPLOLYEE WAS RETURNING TO THE AREA UNDER THE BINS FROM THE FORKLIFT STORAGE AREA AS HE WAS PASSING UNDER THE POWDERED SALT S YSTEM HE STEPPED IN A LOW SPOT IN THE FLOOR TWISTING HIS RT.LEG E MPLOYEE PULLED HAMSTRING IN RT.LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS ON3A LADDER DRILLING HOLES IN A DOOR LADDER FELL OVER AND EMPLOYEE FELL OFF LADDER EMPLOYEE STRAINED LIGAMENT IN LEFT FOOT
EMPLOYEE HAD TU9NED AROUND AND STARTED TO WALK AND TRIPPED OVER A LOW BENCH, SKINNING HIS SHIN ON LEFT LEG AND BRUISING HIS LEFT KNEE. DOCTOR PLACED EMPLOYEE IN A KNEE IMMOBLIZER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING A LIGHT BULB, USING A LADDER THAT WAS APPROX. 4' TALL. EMPLOYEE LEANED THELADDER AGAINST THE WALL. LADDER SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL, STRIKING HIS RIGHT ARM. AGAINST EITHE R THE BELT GUAR8 OR THE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED AND HAD SURGERY ON HIS ARM ON 10/28/87,
EMPL EXITING DO2RWAY FROM CATWALK ABOVE SHIPPING AREA WHEN HE LOST FOOTING AND TRIPPED.BRUISED HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE HAD JU8T STARTED UP THE SPEEDEE FILTER AND NOTICED A PLUG UP ON THE CONVEYORS THE OTHER OPERATOR TOLD HER TO START UP THE SPEEDEE NOT KNOWING IT WAS ALREADY RUNNING AND I.NAME SHUT I T DOWN REALIZIN1 HER MISTAKE SHE TURNED QUICKLY TO START UP THE MACHINE AND SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE SALT ON THE FLOOR FALLING DOWN AND BRUISING HER BACK AND HIP
EMPLOYEE HAD WA5KED OUT OF ACCESS DOOR TO ROOF HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE ROOF SLID DOWN ROOF AND FELL TO THE GROUND GROUND WAS VERY MUDDY BECAUSE OF RAIN WHICH HELPED TO CUSHION HIS FALL ROOF MAY HAVE BEEN 1LAZED OVER WITH ICE SINCE TEMPS WERE COLD THAT MORNING EMPLOYEES FACE AND LEFT HIP WERE BRUISED THERE WAS NO WORK RELATED REASON FOR EMPLOYEE TO BE ON ROOF
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5CKING 100 POUND BAGS OF SALT OFF K.D. TABLE. HE WAS STANDING ON WEST SIDE AND WAS PLACING BAGS ON NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOAD WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM BECAUSE OF SOME LOOSE SALT3ON THE FLOOR. HE EXPERIENCED A SEVERE BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON AN 8 FT LADDER TRYING TO OPEN A VALVE HE GRABBED A PIPE TO STEADY HIMSELF BUT THE PIPE HAD BEEN CUT LOOSE AND OFFERED NO SUPPORT CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE HE JUM PED FROM THE LA8DER AND STRUCK HIS LEG AGAINST A TWO INCH VALVE BRUISING HIS RT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN STEPS FROM THE DOCK TO THE SCALES ON THE RAILSIDE AND WAS FACING THE HOPPER CAR HE MISSED THE HAND RAIL AND SLIPPED DOWN THE STEPS SPRAINED LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST UNPLUGGED LIFT TRUCK. SHE DID NOT ROLL UP THE CABEL, BUT LEFT IT ON THE FLOOR. INSTEAD OF TURNING AROUND, SHE WALKED BACKWARDS AFTER UNPLUGGING THE LIFT TRUCK AND TRIPPED OVE R THE CABLE LAYING ON THE FLOOR. SHE FELL, CATCHING HERSELF WITH HER LEFT ARM. SHE STRAINED HER LEFT WRIST AND WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING AND SEWING BAGS OF SALT PELLETS. EMPLOYEE NOTICED MISSEWN BAG AND TURNED TO SHUT BAG HANGER OFF TO REMOVE BAD BAG. HE STEPPED OFF BACKWARDS INTO BAD BAGS LAYING ON FLOOR A ND FELL, HITTING HIS LEFT ELBOW ON WEIGHT SCALES. EMPLOYEE SEVERELY BRUISED LEFT ELBOW.