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Loose dirt from the rain and mud caused the employee to slip, causing an abrasion of the right knee.
Employee was climbing a ladder when they slipped and fell 8 feet to the ground. They sustained a fracture in their right hand, a contusion on their right hip and a contusion on their left foot.
Employee was using ladder, slipped and fell approximately 12 feet.
Walking down stairs and somehow rolled foot outward.
Walking up stairs between f-2 and f-4 foot got caught between grates causing strain on left foot
Walked down the staircase rolling ankle.
High winds, Blowing dust, Paved uneven surface with coating of clinker dust. Employee was walking to break and his foot slipped out from under him, causing him to wrench his back while falling.
Driver was attempting to open lids on top of pneumatic trailers when the rack had become jammed and the lid had wedged in the rack. When he tried to free the lid, the rack jumped up causing the employee to fall 12 feet.
Employee was walking to get a bucket for an oil leak on a loader when he stepped wrong and twisted ankle
Employee was organizing top shelf in the tool room and while stepping down from the step stool, the stool slipped out from under him.
Employee started walking towards 48 forklift when he slipped, tripped and fell over a pipe that was sticking out in the dark. He hit the ground cutting and splitting his left hand.
(Weather - dry/calm) Accessed fall protection rack then activated air operated gangway to lower it to top of tank trailer. Operator then walked out across gangway to trailer to open lid. The gangway w/midrail started up on its own, exposing operator as he tried to grab it - lost balance and fell to ground.
Employee was inspecting walls between bag houses standing on electrical raceway, weld broke and he fell to deck below landing on feet. (8 feet) Not wearing Harness, nor following procedure of scaffolding the area. He received minor cuts and a sore back in the fall.
Truck driver from customer (Double Eagle) fell on flat ground after checking his trailer while filling. Driver stooped under his trailer to check butter fly valve. when he turned to stand up he bumped his hard hat on a support beam and fell down breaking his lower right leg.
Climbing up a scaffold ladder, our employee IE's hand slipped out of his glove. While compensating, foot slipped, He fell backwards and down 5.5 feet hitting another EE who caught him and broke his fall. IE hit his hip on the floor.
While walking on a slope, employeed slipped and fell.
EE was descending an A-frame ladder from an elevated (5') work area. His foot slipped off the 3rd or 4th rung of the ladder, causing him to fall 3-4 feet, landing on his left leg and tail bone. Back-tender over L1, Leg-tender over lateral. No dislocation or bruising.
There were no witnesses to accident. Injured appeared to have been closing the lids on truck trailer and fell to ground between platform and trailer while attempting to traverse the opening between top of trailer and the steps of the platform. The truck appeared to have been positioned approximately 3 feet further away from the platform than normal.
Installing gauges on bottle on top of rig truck bed. Turned & slipped off edge falling to ground-broke fall w/arms on ground. Did not go to doctor until 3/20/08. Dr deemed he was able to work w/no limitations. This made the injury "not reportable". On 4/29/08 he went to his personal orthopedic surgeon & was put on limited use of left hand, making it reportable on 4/29.
Climbing down from access hatch approx 10' above landing and 50" above walkway, employee slipped, scraped right lower back on metal step. Reacting to the injury, grabbed bar, swung down to walkway stepping on the railing horizontals, rolling to deck on his back. He was wearing double lanyard and harness but failed to use it in accordance with company policy.
Employee was walking from her car to her office when she stepped on a small rock in the roadway, causing her to slip and fall. There was a slight down hill angle and it was not yet daylight although there are street lights in the area. Her knee was cut when it made contact with the rough surface of the pavement and required stitches.
Lost grip on handhold while stepping up on bearing housing to take measurements. Fell onto pipe and uneven footing causing sprain of left ankle and bruise to left shoulder. Sprain of ankle necessitated limited walking for the first few days after incident.
Employee manually unloading tires from semi-trailer reached up to pull down tire and legs collapsed pulling tire down with him while falling.
Employee was leaning on shelf in the warehouse with his head resting on his arm. He lifted his head up, spun around and fell, striking his head on the shelf, resulting in a cut over the right eye requiring stitches.
Employee was cleaning above area of stairs. Walked down stairs, stepped on clinker pile made from cleaning, slipped and sprained right knee. Darkness in area contributed.
In darkness walking on east side of mill/kiln, he slipped on thin coating of mud on concrete slab. Mud was same color as slab, so not easily seen in the darkness.
Employee tripped on the edge on a floor matt in his work area and fell to his knee. He has a strained (or sprained) knee and was released to modified duty with the use of a knee brace. He will perform modified work in his regular classification until released for full duty.
While unloading Bauxite from a train car EE slipped on chunks of white bauxite that had accumulated on the grizzly grating during the process of clearing a clogged chute on the train car..
Air Lancing Hopper, Air pressure caused loss of balance. When stepping back to brace, his right foot slipped past edge of catwalk. Frame edge poked inner side of his right knee.
Employee fell through the grizzly, a grid was missing.
EE JUMPED ONTO SCAFFOLDING FROM THE NOSE RING CASTING, CAUSING INJURY TO RT ANKLE (SPRAIN).
EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM ONE STEP TO ANOTHER AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
DRIVER WAS ACCESSING TOP OF TRAILER TO OPEN COVERS. HE FELL FROM TRAILER WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP TO THE TRAILER PARKED 3 FEET AWAY FROM THE END OF THE EXTENDED ACCESS STAIRS.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH FROM THE QUARRY LUNCHROOM AND WAS STARTLED BY A PAIR OF RACOONS UNDER THE LUCHROOM STEPS, FALLING OFF THE STEPS AND BREAKING HER FALL WITH HER LEFT HAND, BREAKING HER FINGER.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN FROM 4DDC1 ON THE DOWN GRADEWHEN HE SLIPPED ON CLINKER.
THROWING SAFETY CHOCKS OFF OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT, LOST BALANCE, FELL 10' TO THE GROUND. LANDED ON HIS FEET AND ROLLED.
INJURED WAS SETTING UP ACTUARIES ON FAN DECK AT DUST COLLECTION BAGHOUSES. FINISHED ONE AND TURNED AROUND TO CHANGE ANOTHER WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A VOID LEFT BY A PIECE OF GRATING THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED AND NOT REPLACED. INJURED SUFFERED A STRAIN TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FALL.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER, SLIPPED ANDHIT HIS LEFT GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS TOLD TO PUSH IN PINS ON 97 GATE. GATE WAS FULL OF RIMS. WHILE BEATING IN THE PINS WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER HE FELL OFF THE RAMP, LANDING FACE FIRST AND CUTTING HIS EYE.
BRACED HIMSELF AGAINST AN EMPTY BARRELL AND LOST BALANCE WHEN BARREL MOVED. WORKING AT FLOOR LEVEL.
EE WAS STEPPING DOWN TO A VIBRATOR SCREEN (ABOUT 18 INCHES) AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.