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May 31, 2005 AK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Employee stepped down off loader, let go of the ladder and stepped back when his heel rolled causing him to fall to the ground striking his wrist on the ground. X-ray revealed a broken bone in his wrist.

March 16, 2004 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was walking back to the maintenance shed when he started to walk down on gentle slope, heater conductors had melted some snow and then it re-froze into ice. EE slipped and fell to ground, at the end of the shift, the ee's ankle was swollen and painful. EE took the following day off of work.

April 2, 2003 AK · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE WALKING FROM SCREEN TO PLATFORM WET BOOT SLIPPED , EE PIVOTED AND FELL TO A CONVEYOR BELT.PULLEYS ON CONVEYOR BRUISED RIGHT SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK. EE STATED THAT HE WAS OK AND DID NOT WANT TO SEE A DOCTOR ON 4-2-03 AND ALSO ON 4-7-03 ON 4-18-03 EE REQUESTED TO SEE A DOCTOR AND WAS SEEN THE SAME DAY.

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