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EE SUSTAINED CONTUSIONS TO HIS KNEES WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK. EE'S KNEE GAVE OUT, HE FELL LANDING ON HIS KNEES, SWELLING OCCURRED ON BOTH KNEES. EE WAS WALKING TO HIS LOCKER BY THE WELD SHOP HE WAS CUTTING A TABLE.
EE WAS UNLOADING REELER OFF OF A FLATBED TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE & FALLING TO THE GROUND. THE ATTENDING DR RX PHYSICAL THERAPY
EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED FRACTURES ON HER LEFT ANKLE AREA WHEN SHE TWISTED HER ANKLE AS SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE BREAK ROOM, LOCATED AT THE MINE REFUELING STATION.
EE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO A LEAKING WATER PIPE THE PIPE AREA HAD BEEN EXCAVATED TO EXPOSE THE PIPE. WHEN THE EE STEPPED INTO THE HOLE THE SIDE COLLAPSED TWISTING HIS KNEE, AS HE CAUGHT HIS BA LANCE. CLASSIFIED AS A 1ST AID UNTIL MENISCUS TEAR WAS IDENTIFIED, SURGERY PERFORMED ON 7/22/98 REPORTING OVERSIGHT FOUND DURING INTERNAL AUDIT
EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LEFT INGUINAL HERNIA WHEN HE STRETCHED FORWARD TO KEEP FROM FALING AS A RESULT OF SLIPPING WHILE WALKING IN SLIPPERY MUCK AT THE SOLVENT EXTRACTION DUMP LEACH PAD.
EE SLIPPED OFF TRUCK BOARDING LADDER, FELL TO THE GROUND & SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE CLAIMS HE WAS PULLING ON A 2" PIPE AT A LEACHPAD WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING, FELL & STRUCK HIS MOUTH ON A ROCK. 1 TOOTH WAS BROKEN & 3 OTHERS WERE LOOSENED
CLIMBING DOWN STAIRS KNEE POPPED WHEN REACHING THE GROUND. TWISTED.
EE CLAIMS HE WAS DESCENDING A WHEEL DOZER, MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP AND FELL ON HIS BACK. CONTUSION TO RIGHT HIP.
EMP MISSED LAST RUNG WHILE DESCENDING LADDER. TWISTED BODY. FELL AND STRUCK HIS BACK AGAINST A CATHODE TRANSFER RACK HOOK.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS WHEN SHE TRIPPED, FELL ABOUT ONE FOOT AND LANDED ON BOTH KNEES.
EE WAS RESEALING TRUCK WHEEL. HE WAS ON TOP OF DRAIN CAR CARRYING WHEEL BEARING. GRATE ON CART FLIPPED UP AND HE FELL BACK TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.
HE WAS INSTALLING A RADIATOR IN A TRUCK. HIS RIGHT FOOT WEDGED BETWEEN THE PULLEY AND WATER TUBE. HE MOVED HIS FOOT AND FELL HITTING HIS CHEST ON THE OIL COOLANT REGULATOR. HE ENDED UP HANGING FROM REG HOUSING BY HIS HANDS.
WHILE GETTING OFF OF A FORKLIFT, EE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. OFF WORK FOR 2 DAYS PER DR'S REQUEST.
EE WENT TO GET MATERIAL FOR WALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF WATER TRUCK LADDER ONTO GROUND AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON #417 PICK-UP WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK IN THE MUD, SLIPPED AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE AT THE #34 DUMP CURE PAD. HE BENT OVER TO DO SOME REPAIR WORK AND SANK INTO THE MUD, LOSING HIS BALANCE AND TWISTING HIS ANKLE. HE SUSTAINED AN AN KLE SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE DECK OF HAUL TRUCK 262, SLIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING GROUND LEVEL GREASE LINE. GOT OFF OF CAT 994 TO WALK AWAY. HIT HIS ARM ON SAFETY LINK HOLDER PLATE.
EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF THE HAUL TRUCK ATO CLEAN THE WINDOWS. WHEN HE TURNED TO FACE THE WINDSHIELD HE FELT A SHARP, LOWER BACK PAIN & FELL. HIS LEFT LEG THEN BECAME NUMB & STARTED SHAKING.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF MOTOR GRADER WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT GOT CAUGHT ON THE HYDRAULIC HOSE. HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND LANDED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BODY.
EE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACK OF A SHOVEL. HE WASHANDING A WELDING LEAD TO ANOTHER EE ALSO ON THESHOVEL. WHILE DOING THIS HE STEPPED BACKWARDS & FELL OFF THE TRACK OF THE SHOVEL, FALLING TO THE GROUND.
EE CLIMBED INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF A 793B TRUCK. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK. THE BELLY PAN WAS GREASY AND OILY. THIS CAUSED HIM TO SLIP. HE FELT SORE AFT ER THIS HAPPEND, BUT CONTINUED TO WORK. WENT TO THE DR ON 1-17-95.
WALKING TO WORK AREA AFTER LOOKING FOR WELDING LEAD, DID NOT NOTICE LIQUID SPILL ON FLOOR TWISTED AXIS DID NOT FALL.
EE WAS HELPING SPIN A PLENUM THEN LOST GRIP AND STUMBLED BACKWARD AND FELL THROUGH RED BARRICADE TAPE AND DOWN THROUGH OPEN GRADING ABOUT 14'.
EE WAS FINISHING CONCRETE THAT WAS BEING POURED AROUND THE CHEVERON PRESS, HE HAD HIS FOOT ON THE CHEVERON PRESS WHILE FINISHING THE CONCRETE, AND FOOT SLIPPED.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS CLIMBING ON TRUCK 259 AND HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON SECOND STEP AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE GROUND.
IT WAS CLAIMED THAT MIKE WAS BOARDING 108 SHOVEL AND THE LIFT STALLED ABOUT 3 FT FROM TOP. MIKE GRABBED CARL'S HAND TO TAKE WEIGHT OFF LIFT AS HE WAS PULLING, THE LIFT WENT DOWN AND MIKE FELL . DISLOCATED WRIST AND LACERATIONS IN ELBOW AND ABOVE EYE.
EE WAS POURING CONCRETE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A FORM AND FELL. EE FRACTURED HIS FINGER USING HAND TO TRY TO BREAK HIS FALL.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE TRIPPED ON CLUTTERED PLATFORM, PUT HIS HAND OUT TO BREAK HIS FALL AND RIPPED FINGER ON GRATING. EMPLOYEE NEEDED SUTURES.
EE CLAIMS WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM SHOVEL HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS UNLOADING USED TEETH FROMPAK AT 21 DUMP SCRAP YARD SLIPPED ON THE LEFT SIDE WHILE UNLOADING AND HAD A PINCHING SENSATION THROUGHOUT HIS LEG. THIS EMPLOYEE WORKED AND WAS DOING OKAY AND THEN STARTED HAVING PAIN AND THE DR. TOOK HIM OFF WORK AS OF 5-24-94.
EE CLAIMS SHE STEPPED IN A CRACK BETWEEN CONCRETE SLABS AT THE SX. SHE FELL TWISTING HER ANKLE.
EE CLAIMS HE SLIPPED OFF OF STOOL IN THE TANKHOUSE SCALE HOUSE. HE FELL AGAINST THE WALL HITTING THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND BROKE HIS FALL WITH HIS HANDS. REPORTABLE BECAUSE HE FRACTURED A BONE IN HIS FOOT. THIS BECAME A LOST TIME AS OF SURGERY DATE 7-29-94.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS GOING TO ADJUST THE DIGGING LIGHT BY THE WATER CAN WHEN HE FELL. HE CLAIMS HE WAS STANDING ON RAILING TO ADJUST LIGHT WHEN HE FELL.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE BECAME DIZZY AND STARTED TO FALL AND TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND TRIPPED OVERA PUMP IMPELLER BOWL AND LANDED ON LEFT ELBOW AND ARM.
EE WAS STRIPPING PIER ON I LINE WHEN HIS SYMONS SAFETY EYES WEDGE PIN WORKED LOOSE. WHEN HE LEANED BACK ON POSITIONING HOOK, THE SYMON S EYE CAME OUT OF THE FORM CAUSING EE TO FALL BACK 4 FEET INTO BODY HARNESS.
EE CLAIMS HE WAS CLIMBING OUR OF TIRE HANDLER AND STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE AND FELL TO THE GROUND. THIS IS REPORTABLE BECAUSE HE IS CURRENTLY LOSING TIME.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER OT TRUCK AND SLIPPED BECAUSE HIS BOOTS WERE MUDDY AND FELL TO THE GROUND HITTING HIS MOUTH AND SHOULDER ON THE LADDER, CHIPPING TWO TEETH. REPORTA BLE BECAUSE OF CHIPPED TEETH.
ELMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS REMOVING SWAY BAR BRACKET ON 190 TRUCK HE CLAIMS TO HAVE SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE TRUCK FRAME & CLAIMS TO HAVE PUSHED RIGHT KNEE OUT OF PLACE. THIS BECAME A REPORTABLE LOST TIME WHEN HE HAD SURGERY AS OF 7/12/94.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS WASHING WINDSIELD ON LOADER AND SLIPPED ON GREASE AND HIT HIS HEAD ON MIRROR BRACKET AND HIS GLASSES CUT HIS NOSE.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS PULLING WALKWAYS ON WEST WALL AND LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, HE CUT HIS LEG IN THE FALL.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS WHILE WORKING ON TOP OF WATER TRUCK HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF AND HURT HIS LEFT AHND LITTLE FINGER.EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL 05-05-92.
STEPPED OFF DOZER FOOT SLIPPED HE FELL OFF DOZER ON L SIDE OF BODY TO FLOOR
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK ONTO SLIPPERY MUDDY GROUND TWISTED LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS CHECKING WEMCO TEST FILTER AND JUMPED OFF LANDING HARD ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE STEPPED ON REAR BUMPER OF TRUCK AND SLIPPED, HIT RIGHT RIB CAGE ON TAIL GATE OF TRUCK. HE HAD X-RAYS ON 7-17-90, WHICH THEN BECAME A REPORTABLE INJURY.
STEPPED UP ON DECK (OF DRILL?) & DECK GAVE WAY.
WORKING OFF LADDER REACHED FOR HAMMER LADDER FELL LANDED ON LADDER