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EMPLOYEE STATED TO HIS SUPERVISOR THAT AS HE WAS DESCENDING STAIRS, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HI UPPER BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AFTER COLLECTING SAMPLES SHE WAS HEADED BACK TO SAMPLE STATION.AS SHE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE FLOOR SHE STARTED TO SLIP AND ALLEGED TO HAVE STRAINED HER RIGHT SHOULDER ATTE MPTING TO MAINTAIN BALANCE WHILE STILL CARRYING SAMPLE BUCKETS.
SLIPPED ON ICE COMING OUT OF GUARD HOUSE, FELL FORWARD STRIKING THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON DRAIN PIPE OF TRUCK AND RECEIVED A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE CHEMICAL NALCO ON HIS SCALP. CAUSED SKIN BLISTER TO SCALP AND BUMP.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHEN EXITING THE WEST GRIND FLOOR MAN DOOR HE TRIPPED ON A CONCRETE GUTTER DRAIN WHICH HAD BEEN RECENTLY CLEANED AROUND. WHEN HE TRIPPED HE FELL SAME LEVEL AND LANDED ON H IS LEFT KNEE.
AFTER PUTTING HOIST ROPES BACK IN GUIDE AND BEGINNING TO DESCEND SHOVEL BOOM EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS POSTERIOR ON SHARP CORNER OF CROWD BELT COVER CAUSING LACERATION TO RIGHT BUTTOCKS.
BEFORE WORK EMPL WAS STEPPING ONTO BUS TO COME TO WORK & FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS IN FRONT OF THE LEACH CONTROL ROOM. HEARD A NOISE TURNED AND INJURED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK AREA AFTER SHIFT TO LOOK FOR A TOOL.HE STEPPED OFF OF A PORTABLE LADDER AND HIS FOOT LANDED ON AN AIR HOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND CHECKING CABLE.HE TRIPPED ON AROCK AND FELL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
CLIMBING UP TO 7RANE OPERATOR CAB,EMPL LOST BALANCE GRABBED HOLD OF HINGED OVERHEAD WINDOW.WINDOW FELL ON RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE CLIMBE8 UP ON ROLLER FRAME TO CHECK RING AROUND MOLY DRUM. HE SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT LEG WENT BETWEEN THE ROLLERS INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 OFF THE TAILINGS HEADER LINE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GAIN ACCESS TO A CYCLONE. THE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET ONTO HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CO5LECTING SAMPLES FOR THE LAB. WHILE CROSSING THE FLOTATION BASEMENT FLOOR, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A OUTRIGGER PAD TO BE PLACED ON THE OUTRIGGER, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED AND CAUSED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE HIT LINER INSIDE A MILL TO KNOCK IT LOOSE, THE LINER BEGAN TO FALL AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE WHEN HETRIPPED OVER A LIFTER BAR. THIS FALL RESULTED IN A 2 INCH LACERATION AB OVE HIS RIGHT ANKLE. NINE SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.
STEPS THAT I.NAME WAS STANDING ON WERE INADEQUATELY SECURED & WELD FAILED TO H OLD THEM SECURE I.NAME TIPPED OVER & LANDED ON HIS RIBS TWO RIBS WERE FRACTURED
I.NAME SUSTAINED BRUISED RIBS WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A DRILL STEEL EXTENSION ON THE DECK OF D-8 MARION DRILL WHILE HE WAS BREAKING DOWN REMOVING THE STEEL OF D-8
EMPLOYEE WAS DECENDING T-52 TO CHECK FOR DAMAGE FROM A ROCK WITH A FLASHLIGHT IN HIS RIGHT HAND, UNAWARE THAT THE ROCK HAD DAMAGED THE HANDRAIL OF THE LADDER TO THE POINT THAT THE HANDRAIL WAS PUSHED UP AGAINST THE LADDER AT A CERTAIN POINT. WHEN HE WAS HALFWAY DOWN THE LADDER, HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE HANDRAIL AND HE FELL APPROX. 6 FEET TO THE GROUND.
WHILE DESCENDING THE STAIRS TO THE MILL MAINTENANCE TOOL ROOM I.NAME FELL APPROX 6\ WHEN HIS ARTIFICIAL KNEE GAVE OUT CAUSING BRUISES TO HIS BACK HIP & KNEE.
U NANE WAS STANDING ON TRACK OF TD20 SPRAYING STARTING ETHER INTO AIR INTAKE WITH ONE AHDN AND ENGAGING ENGINE STARTER WITH THE OTHER THE DOZER CONTROL HAD BEEN LEFT IN FLOATR POSITION WHEN E ENGINE STARTED DOZER JERKED SUDDENLY CAUSING IN NAME TO LOSE BALANCE HE GRABBED CAB TO MAINTAIN BALANCE CAUSING STRAIN TO HIS BACK
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET DOWN OFF THE ROOF OF THE SEEPAGE RETURN DAM PUMP HOUSE EMP FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX 18 FT
WHILE CLIMBING STAIRS ARTIFICAL KNEE GAVE OUT TWICE AND EMPLOYEE FELL HITTING KNEE TWICE ON STAIRS
ATTEMPTING TO LIFT CYCLONE OVERFLOW LINE AT TAILINGS POND,I.NAME SUSTAINED RUPTURED BLOOD VESSEL IN GROIN WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED.
LINING UP HOLES IN JACKING TOWER,EMPL STEPPED BACK TO CHECK ALIGNMENT AND SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING LEFT KNEE.
WHILE WIPING DOWN ELECTRICAL CABINETS ON S-4, SHOVEL, LON FELL AFTER LOSING HIS BALANCE. HE TRIED TO BREAK HIS FALL BY GRABBING FOR THE HOIST GEAR CASE, PULLING SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
WHILE WALKING ACROSS A WET CONCRETE FLOOR THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK AGGRAVATING A PREVIOUSLY EXISTING SPINAL CONDITION.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING FROM CROWD BRAKE AREA ON SHOVEL BOOM TO BULL GEAR AREA ON SLIPPERY SURFACE AND SLIPPED AND FELL 12 TO 15\ STRIKING THE HOIST CABLE GUIDE.
MOVING POWER CABLE SLIPPED ON SNOW FELL STRIKING KNEE
SLIPPED AND FELL FROM STEPS OF 35 TON WATER TRUCK
CLIMBING UP LADDER TO WELD BRACKETS ONTO PIPE SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND BREAKING ANKLE
RETOOLING DRILL,USING DECK WRENCH TO BREAK LOOSE BIT AND STABLIZER.EMPL FOOT SLIPPED ON WET DECK AND SUDDEN REDISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT CAUSED PAIN IN BACK.
BRINK WAS DRILLING A PIECE OF METAL SIDING WHEN A SCAFFOLD TIE-OFF BROKE LOOSE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL ABOUT 10\ UNTIL HIS SAFETY BELT CAUGHT BRUISING HIS ABDOMINAL AREA.
HART SLIPPED INTO AN ONGOING EXCAVATED A KNEE INJURY WHICH HAD BEEN OPERATED ON 5 YEARS PRIOR. HE RETURNED TO W ORK THE FOLLOWING DAY BUT DUE TO CONTINUED PAIN & LACK OF LIGHT WOK WAS LATER SENT HOME UNTIL A FULL RELEASE TO REGULAR DUTY COULD BE OBTAINED.
SETTING UP LADDER- WAS IN PROCESS OF GOING UP TO TIE LADDER OFF SLIPPED & FELL FRACTURING HEEL ON LEFT FOOT.
THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN ROSENKRANCE TRIPPED OVER AN AIR HOSE LAIN ON THE GROUND BY ANOTHER CONTRACTOR. HE LANDED ON A CONCRETE SLAB ON HIS HAND. HIS INJURIES INCLUDED SEVERAL ABRASIONS & A BROKEN BONE IN THE LEFT HAND. AN INITIAL LESSER INJURY HAD OCCURRED TO T HE SAME HAND THE PREVUIOUS WEEKEND.
CHET WAS RETRIEVING A DROPPED GLOVE WHILE CLIMBING UP THE LIPS ON A METAL CHUTE - HAND SLIPPED AND HE FELL STRICKING KNEE ON A PIPE AND FRACTURING KNEE CAP OF RIGHT LEG.
DISMOUNTING BOOM TRUCK TWISTED ANKLE AT GROUND LEVEL POSSIBLY ONA SNOW COVERED ROCK
MINER WAS OPERATING A 15-TON GALION CRANE STEPPING DOWN HE SLIPPED ON HYDRAULIC (ICY) FLUID LEAKAGE AND AGTGRAVATED A PREVIOUS NON-JOB RELATED BACK INJURY IE BRUISED MUSCLES NEAR VERTERBRAE
IMEL WAS WALKING ON A FROST COVERED SHEET OF METAL DECKING AND LANDED ON H IS BACK HE COMPALINED OF BACK PAIN THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND FELT HE SHOULD SEE A DOCTOR THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A PULLE OR BRUISED MUSCLE
STEPPED DOWN FROM CRATE WHILE UNCRATING ELEC SWITCH GEAR.SLIPPED AND SPRAINED ANKLE AND FRACTURED METATARSEL BONE IN FOOT.
PIECE OF TEMPERARY Q DECKING SLIPPED AND CLAY FELL THROUGH THE STAIRWELL PULLED SOME MUSCLES IN SHOULDER WRIST AND BACK
SLIPPED ON ICE & SNOW WHILE PICKING UP ACHOCKER CUT OVER EVE WHEN STRUCK A PIECE OF PLYWOOD.
INJURED EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON STEPS OF TOOL ROOM AND FELL