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EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A 5 FOOT STEP LADDER PREPARING TO WELD A PIPE.THE PIPE SLIPPED AND CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO FALL APPROX 3 FT AND HIT HIS LEFT LEG ON A CONCRETE ABUTEMENT.
PREPARING TO WELD SAFETY BELT BROKE HE FELL DOWN ON PUMP
WALKING ON A SLOPING ROADWAY WHICH WAS COVERED WITH PACKED SNOW AND ICE. LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER EMPLOYEE ADN EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. NO MECIAL TREATMENT WAS GIVEN AT T HE TIME.
EMPL UNBOLTING VALVE USING STEP LADDER TO STAND ON.WHEN STEPPING FROM LADDER,LEFT LEG WENT THROUGH HOLE IN FLOOR SUMP GRATING CAUSING RIGHT KNEE TO BE TWISTED.NO MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS RECEIVED UNTIL 9-20.
CLIMBING OVER PIPE TO GET INTO THE SAG MILL FEED WATER PUMPHOUSE AS EMPL WAS CLIMBING OVER PIPE TO GO INTO PUMPHOUSE ON FOOT GOT HUNG UP ON THE PIP CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HIS HIS BACK HEAD AN D R SHOULDER ON A CONCRETE PAD APPRX 4' BELOW
STEPPING TO GRO6ND FROM A HAULAGE TRUCK AND TWISTED KNEE.
EMP WAS WALKING3DOWN SOME STAIRS IN THE WAREHOUSE TO ANSWER THE PHONE AND REPOERTED HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE
CLIMBING DOWN F9OM A WORK BENCH SLIPPED ON A WET FLOOR AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
CLIMBING UP ON 8OME FLOAT CELL LAUNDERS.EMPL LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARD 4'.
A LADDER WAS PLACED THROUGH A 2FT X 4 FT OPENING IN A ROOF OF A MCC BLDG AND EXTENDED TO THE 2ND FLOOR IN THE MCC BLDG AS EMPLOYEE PUT HIS FULL WEIGHT ON THE LADDER THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER S LIPPED OUT AND HE FELL WITH THE LADDER ABOUT 8 FT
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS TOP OF CONCRETE FORM WHEN HE STEPPED ON ONE WHICH WAS LOOSE THE FORM KICKED OUT TO THE RIGHT AND HE FELL APPROX THREE FEET ONTO A PIECE OF REBAR THE REBAR PUNCTUR ED EMPLOYEES LEFT REAR THIGH
WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM EXCAVATOR AT QUITTING TIME HE STEPPED ON SOME LOOSE DIRT AND TWISTED ANKLE
EMPLOYEE JUMPED DOWN FROM A PIPE APPROX 18IN EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN MUD FELL BACKWARDS BUMPING HEAD ON CEMENT FOUNDATION
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORFKING THEIR WAY TO THE MIDDLE OF THE SCAFFOLD THE COMBINE WEIGHT BROKE THE PLANK LETTING THEM FALL TO THE FLOOR. THE IMPACT KNOCKED THEIR HARD HATS OFF, THEN A BLOCK CAME DOWN STRIKING DAVID ON THE HEAD. SCAFFOLDING WAS 3 FT. ABOVE THE FLOOR.
EE WAS NOT WATCHING BEHIND HIMSELF AS HE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS & STEPPED OFF ORE FACE & FELL ON A PILE OFF SHOT ORE.