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Employee and coworker were working on screeners when the employee started to climb up to a work platform. They placed left foot on the first step, then slipped, twisted, and strained upper leg.
EE was walking around a bag and tripped on the pallet the bag was sitting on, causing EE to fall on the ground and land on EE's right shoulder.
As employee was walking on the bottom floor of the main building on L3, they stepped over a small berm to go up the steps to the Niro, lost balance and fell. At the time of the accident the employee didn't think medical attention was necessary.
Wet, slippery floor due to maintenance being performed, breaking open a slurry line which then created a slip, trip, fall hazard. Injured employee lost footing and fell hitting head- concrete floor requiring medical treatment. Accident -policy update retraining employees on Hazard Recognition & Workplace Examination with instructions for slurry pump maintenance.
Employee turned to go up stairs and caught toe which in turn twisted knee.
Employee was checking the atmosphere in a confined space in #1 Kiln. While ascending a ladder, left foot hit a leaf seal, causing employee to lose balance. Employee then fell backwards and hit the left side of their back on a steel frame for the kiln head.
Employee caught toe on a frozen rock surface near the railroad tracks and tripped. Knee was injured when the employee fell. Required stitches to close the wound.
Employee was moving a wheelbarrow of material from under the Dryer Baghouse screws when the employee tripped on a toe plate.
Worker bent over to pickup power tool. He then stood into upright position too quickly and blacked out temporarily. He fell and struck his head on floor in his work area.
The employee mis-stepped and in the process of correcting his walking twisted his back.
EE entered the uniform locker area located in the employee break room. He dropped his dirty uniforms into the collection receptacle and as he turned to walk away, he tripped over a mounted floor bench. As he fell to the floor, he extended his arms to catch himself and fell onto his elbows. After the fall, the employee's left shoulder was in pain and he had limited mobility.
Employee was walking in the parking lot from her car to the office when she slipped on a patch of ice and fell to her knee causing it to be bruised and eventually swollen. Weather conditions were a contributing factor due to frigid temps. No property damage.
Slipped and fell while walking to get broom to clean up spill from clay batching. Employee fell onto concrete support for I-beam, fracturing his 11th right rib.
Employee was working on a bucket elevator. While walking up steps to access welder, he tripped and fell resulting in laceration above his left elbow.
Employee was leaving control room and tripped on his boot as he was walking. He fell on grating and cut his chin and mouth, requiring sutures.
Employee was walking through the QC end of the plant. He slipped on spilled proppants and fell onto the cement floor. His right leg (tibia) was broken.
Employee was loading starch hoppers from normal work platform, which had been pushed 1 foot from normal location. He turned to address another employee and stepped in gap where platform normally would be, causing him to fall off platform, strking left leg and arm on a trash hopper. Incident reclassified as a recordable when medical attention was sought.
Employee was replacing a hose at infeed of screener. He had wet material (slurry) on his boots. While descending the ladder, his lost his footing and fell to the ground, causing contusion and effusion to the left knee.
EE was walking through the plant toward the bagger to work on it. He slipped and fell on spilled proppants by the K-2 backspill. He bruised his lower buttocks and right elbow. At the time of the accident, he felt no medical attention was necessary.
Employee had completed typing the rebar for the foundation shab and was walking across the rebar mat to leave area. As he approached the outside form, a wall tie that had not yet been welded to the rebar mat, caught his boot or pant leg. Causing him to trip and fall. He hit the form with his knee and his elbow landed on asphalt paving.
Employee was standing in flat bed of company truck & lifting up on a crate so forklift operator could get forks under load to remove it from truck bed. The wooden crate board he was grasping broke when lifted, causing employee to fall backward over the side of flatbed, catching his right foot temporarily under the load, before falling to the ground and bruising his right knee.
EE WAS DESCENDING A STAIRWAY ONTO A LANDING. HE RELEASED HIS HAND FROM THE HANDRAIL AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE ON THE LANDING.
EE WAS PULLING WIRE FOR C-404 BAGHOUSE SUPPLY FAN. WHEN STEPPING OFF THE LADDER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS BODY WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON HIS TOES, JAMMING THEM. EE WORKED REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND THE FOLLOWING DAY. HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK 2-17-02 DUE TO PAIN AND SEVERE SWELLING.
WALKING INTO RAW MATERIAL SILO AND SPRAINED L. ANKLE- (POSSIBLY MISJUDGED STEP).