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EE WAS MAKING HIS WALK AROUND ON #4 DUST COLLECTOR. TURNED AROUND AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON A TOE GUARD. TRIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT WRIST.
CLEANING ON TAIL PULLEY PLATFORM, SLIPPED ON ROCK AND FELL ON PLATFORM.
WHILE GATHERING FIRST ROUND SAMPLES EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN MUD AND SPRAINED LEFT KNEE. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND SAW DR ON 5-22-99. ORDERED OFF FOR ONE DAY AND ON LIGHT DUTY FOR REST OF WEEK.
WHILE STEPPING OVER AIRSLIDE, TORCH STRIKER THAT WAS ATTACHED TO BELT CAUGHT ON BOLT HEAD AND CAUSED HIM TO SPIN AROUND. FOOT CAUGH ON ONE SIDE AND CAUSED HIM TO DO THE "SPLITS."
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE CONDITION OF THE PLANT FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHEN HE BUMPED INTO A WOODEN CRATE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
WHILE REPLACING NOSE CASTINGS IN #4 KILN, EE SLID 2 OF 3 2X10 PLANKS ACROSS CODER THROAT. 3RD PLANK WAS LEANING OVER LEDGE PART WAY. EE BACKED ACROSS THE 2 BOARDS THAT WERE CORRECTLY PLACED. W HEN HE CAME TO THIRD BOARD HE STEPPED ON IT CAUSING IT TO GIVE WAY AND FALLING INTO COOLER THROAT INJURING LEFT WRIST. EE FELL 10-12'.
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER AN AIR HOSE WHEN STARTLED BY A PIGEON. TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE IN COAL TRANSFER STATION.
WHILE CLEANING THE FLOOR OF #4 CEMENT SILO, EE WAS USING A HOE TO FILL A FEEDER HOPPER. THE AREA BECAME DUSTY AND EE ATTEMPTED TO STEP OVER THE FEEDER IN ORDER TO GET AT MOR MATERIAL. BECAUSE OF IMPAIRED VISIBILITY, EE DID NOT STEP ALL THE WAS OVER THE FEEDER AND FELL IN SCRAPING HIS SHIN WHICH NEEDE 4 STITCHES TO CLOSE.
WHILE GATHERING LAB SAMPLES EE SLIPPED ON THE STEPS TWISTING KNEE. EE HAD ON ALL PERSONNAL PRTECTION EQUIPMENT. THE STEPS AT 4 CLINKER TUNNEL ARE LONGER FROM BACK TO FRONT THAN MOST OTHER STEP S AND SHE DID NOT TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. LIGHT BULB ABOVE TUNNEL WAS BURNT OUT. SHE DID NOT CHANGE IT BEFORE GOING DOWN.
MUD ON BULLDOZER TRACKS CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO SLIP WHILE GETTING OFF DOZER.
WHILE WALKING THROUGH GARAGE AREA, EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON LEG OF SAWHORSE AND FELL TOTHE CONCRETE SURFACE, FRACTURING LEFT HIP.
AFTER REPAIRING DUST COLLECTOR BAGS, EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING DUST COLLECTOR VIA LADDER WHEN FOOT SLIPPED OVER LADDER RUNG AND EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS, TWISTING RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE RESUMED DUTIE S AND ON MONDAY, 10-22-90 SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR PAIN IN KNEE. DOCTOR PLACED EMPLOYEE ON DISABILITY. NO DAMAGE IS KNOWN AT THIS TIME OTHER THAN EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN TOLD TO BE OFF WORK AN
EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING THE INSIDE OF COAL SILO WITH A CHIPPING HAMMER WHILE POSTIONED ON A LADDER ABOUT O FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR SURFACE. EMPLOYEE OVER REACHED INSEAD OF REPOSTIONING THE LADDER W HICH CAUSED THE LADDER TO SHIFT AND EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE LADDER TO THE SURFEACE AND CAUSED EMPLOYEES KNEE TO BE TWISTED.
AFTER CHECKING COAL HOPPER ON 3 COAL MILL, EMP WAS DESCENDING LADDER, EMP SLIPPED OF BOTTOM RUNG OF LADDER ONTO SIDE OF FOOT, WITH FULL BODY WEIGHT, CAUSING ANKLE TO TWIST
WHILE WALKING T2ROUGH PLANT AREA, EMP SLIPPED ON ICE COVERED SURFACE. FALLINJURED HIS RT KNEE
I.NAME FORMING 01 PREHEATER FELL OFF SCAFFLE.I.NAME FELL 5'. BRUISES SUSTAINED RIGHT KNEE AND HIP.TAKEN TO HOSP FOR EXAM AND X-RAYS.