CARRYING JACKLE1 TO WORK AREA, SLIPPED ON A SLICK ROCK AND FELL WHILE STILL HOLDING JACKLEG. FELL BACKWARD ON LEFT LEG, TWISTING LEFT KNEE.
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EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER CHANGING A LIGHT BULB THE LADDER COLLASPED THE EMPLOYEE FELL HLANDING ON HIS LEFT WRIST CAUSING A FRACTURE