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EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A CLAMP TO CLOSE TO THE CAGEMILL WHEN THE CLAMP SLIPPED OFF CAUSING HIM TO FALL SIX FEET.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO HIS VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE PLANT EVERYTHING WAS A SHEET OF ICE & EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL ON LEFT ARM & WRIST HE WENT ON VACATION FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS & THEN HAD THE WRIS T X-RAYED
GETTING OUT OF A EUCLID TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO A GREASY STEP, LOSING HIS BALANCE AND HAND GRIP, HE FELL SEVERAL FEET TO THE GROUND.
EMPL EXITING PASSENGER SIDE OF TRACTOR ,SLIPPED HIT RIGHT WRIST ON GROUND.
EMPLOYEE STUMBLED OVER A TRUCK BLOW OFF LINE AT THE TRUCK LOADING LOCATION. HE REACHED OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF AND HIS LEFT HAND LANDED ON THE LEFT SIDE MIRROR ON A PICKUP TRUCK. THE MIRROR HAD P REVIOUSLY FALLEN OUT AND HIS HAND RAN AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE METAL FRAME CAUSING A LACERATION.
THE EMPLOYEE STOOD UP AT HER DESTK. UPON DOING SO, THE HEEL OF HER SHOE WENT THROUGH THE PLASTIC FLOOR MAT. SHE LSOT HER BALANCE AND FELL, LANDING ON HER TAILBONE.
WHEN HOOKING UP A TRACTOR TO A TRAILER, THE WHEEL PIN OF THE TRACTOR ENGAGED ONLY HALF WAY, SO THE EMPLOYEE HAD TO PULLL OUT THE PIN. WHEN IT WOULD NOT RELEASE HE PUT HIS FOOT ON THE TIRE FOR LEVERAGE AND WHEN IT DID NOT RELEASE, EMPLOYEESFOOT SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A CAP FROM AN 8" DIAMETER WATER PIPE.EMPLOYEE HAD A CROW BAR IN HIS RIGHT AHND PRYING UP ON THE CAP WHEN HIS FOOTING SLIPPED AND THE BAR PULLED AWAY FROM THE PIPE CAUSING THE CAP TO PINCH HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE CAP AND THE PIPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE CYCLINDER THAT LIFTS UP THE BED OF THE EUCLID.WHILE PUSHING IN THE PIN THAT HOLDS THE CYCLINDER TO THE BED OF THE EUCLID,EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON OIL THAT DROPPED ONTO TH E FRAME OF EUCLID AND HE FELL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HAND,JAMMING HIS RIGHT WRIST AND RIGHT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING TOWARD THE PICKUP TRUCK TO GO GET PARTS, AND SHE SLIPPED ON LOOSE DIRT/GRIT. HER FEET SPREAD APART PULLING THE HAMSTRING (TENDON) AT THE BACK OF HER LEFT THIGH AND SHE LAN DED ON HER RIGHT KNEE AND RIGHT HAND.
WHEN EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FROM THE TOP STEP OF THE EUCLID, HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE HANDHOLD WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND, THEREFORE, HIS BODY MOMENTARILY DANGLED IN MID-AIR CAUSING MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS LEFT RIB AREA BEFORE FALLING APPROXIMATELY 5' TOTHE GROUND LANDING ON HIS FEET CAUSING LUMBAR STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTING A BAG OF ANFO NITRITE WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON WET GROUND CASUING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK AND THE BAG LANDING ON TOP OF HIM. EMPLOYEE THIK NKS HE TWISTED OR PULLED SOMETHING IN THE ABDOMINAL AREA DURING THE FALL.