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EE USED A 6' STEP LADDER TO ACCESS THE FUEL FILTERS ON A HAUL TRUCK. WHILE DISMOUNTING THE LADDER HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT ON THE LAST STEP CAUSINGHIS KNEE TO TWIST. EMPLOYEE HAD NO TREATMENT UNT IL 1/15/01 AT WHICH TIME THE DOCTOR PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO PICK UP TRASH. SHE KNEELED DOWN TO TIE A TRASH BAG AND LOST HER BALANCE. SHE REACHED OUT WITH HER RIGHT HAND TO BREAK HER FALL AND FELT PAIN IN THE RIGHT WRIST JOINT .
EE WAS DISMOUNTING A HAUL TRUCK. AS HE STEPPED ON THE GROUND HE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE FELT NO PAIN AT THE TIME, SO HE FAILED TO REPORT IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR. AFTER HE ARRIVED HOME, H IS BACK STARTED HURTING. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR WHEN HE REPORTED TO WORK HIS NEXT SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING A HAUL TRUCK ON THE WASH RACK. HE SLIPPED IN WATER AND LOST HIS BALANCE. HIS LEGS WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM IN A SPLITTING MOTION. HIS RIGHT LEG TOOK MOST OF HIS WEIGHT PUTT ING PRESSURE AND TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN AND SWELLING IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.