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I.NAME STEPPING DOWN INTO EXCAVATED AREA OF STREET WITHIN PLANT WHEN SOME LOOSE MATERIAL GAVE WAY CAUSING EMPL TO TWIST ANKLE AND FALL.
EMPL STEPPING OFF LOADER ONTO SLOPING GROUND,TWISTED ANKLE.SAW DR 8-27-92.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE SLIPPED ON CLINKERS AT THE END OF THE 159 BELT TUNNEL TWISTING HIS BODY & CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS ELBOW AGAINST A STEEL LADDER DID NOT SEE PHYSICIAN UNTIL 09-03-92
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING JACKHAMMER ON 24' CURB AT #5 COOLER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. THE JACKHAMMER LANDED ON HIS CHEST.
INJURED WAS REMOVING HEAT EXCHANGER FROM GD COMPRESSOR #3.INJURED SLIPPED AS HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CARRYING OLD EXCHANGER OUT,CAUSING INJURED TO TWIST HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM COOLER FLOOR TOT HE STOREROOM FOR SOME RESPIRATORS WHEN HE WALKED THROUGH SOME WATER ON THE FLOOR,SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS ASSEMBLING EQUIPMENT TO CLEAN UP MATERIAL SPILL AND HE SLIPPED ON CLINKER MATERIAL CAUSING FALL.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE WORKING ON PLATFORM, GLOVE BECAME HUNG AND PULLED HIM OFF.
EE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS STEPPING OFF TRUCK AND SLIPPED ON MUD.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM A 2 STEP ACCESS PLATFORM, MISSING THE BOTTOM STEP, JAMMING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB UP TO THE DECK TO REACH THE OPERATOR'S CAB OF THE CAT 992 LOADER BY CLIMBING UP OVER THE REAR TIRE WHILE CARRYING A WATER JUG. AS HE REACHED THE DECK, HE SLIPP ED AND LOST HIS BALANCE, FALLING 10 FEET TO THE GROUND.
EMPL CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF LOADER,TWISTED AND PULLED LEFT ARM (AGGRAVATED INJURY OF 5-10-85) DISABILITY BEGAN 4-18-90.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROMT HE SIDE OF #2 COAL MILL. HE PLACED HIS FOOT AGAINST THE TOP HANDRAIL OF THE ACCESS PLATFORM. THE HANDRAIL GAVE WAY ON ONE END. HE FELL BACK 5 FEET STRIKING AGAINST THE MIDRAIL.
EMPL WAS STANDING ON 5 STEP PLATFORM USING SHOVEL TO CLEAN MATERIAL OFF TOP OF KILN FEED SCREEN CONVEYOR HOUSING. STEP PLATFORM OVERTURNED HE FELL APPROX 4' TO FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN AN ACCESS LADDER ON THE DRILL TECH BLAST HOLE DRILL RIG WHEN THE STEP BROKE. CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND REINJURING HIS LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING OTHER WORKERS TO MOVE A SECTION OF METAL CHUTE AT #5 COAL ELEVATOR. HE STEPPED INTO THE 2' X 6' OPENING IN THE WALKWAY WHERE THE CHUTE WAS TO BE PLACED, CATCHING HIMSELF WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS.
EMPL WAS WORKING FROM STEPLADDER INSTALLING NEW WIRING. HE OVER REACHED FROM LADDER TO PULL ON WIRE CAUSING LADDER TO OVERTURN. HE FELL ABOUT 4' STRIKING LEFT KNEE ON METAL FRAMEWORK OF EQUIPM ENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TWO OTHERS TO PLACE A PUMP ASSEMBLY IN THE BED OF A PICKUP HE LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE STANDING IN THE TRUCK BED FALLING BACKWARD WITH THE PUMP STRIKING HIS FOOT
EMPL STATED THAT HE JUMPED FROM TP OF AIR FILTER HOUSING APPROX 5' TO CONCRETE FLOOR IN A SWITCHGEAR ROOM WHILE INSTALLING WIRING.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED THROUGH AN OPENING IN A WALKWAY, FALLING FORWARD, HIS HANDS STRIKING THE WALKWAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE NORTH ENTRANCE DOOR AT #5 PREHEAT BUILDING WHEN HE TRIPPED ON CHUNKS OF SET UP CEMENT DUST AND FELL STRIKING HIS KNEE ON THE FLOOR.