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COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS, SERVICE PERSON WAS WALKING FROM HAUL TRUCK TO SERVICE TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED.
EE WAS FILLING GREASE BIN ON LUBRICATION TRUCK FROM A 55 GAL. DRUM. THE LID RING POPPED OFF AND THE LID CAME OFF THE DRUM. THE EE STEPPED BACK TO AVOID BEING HIT BY THE SPILLING GREASE, AND FE LL OFF OF THE BIN ONTO THE LUBE TRUCK DECK, HITTING HIS LEFT FOREARM AND LEFT KNEE.
BAD WEATHER - RAIN. EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE OPERATOR'S DECK OF A HAUL TRUCK TO THE FUEL TRANK ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF OF THE GREASER PUMP AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CONDUCTING A PRE-OPERATIONAL INSPECTION OF HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE, INJURING HIS RIGHT LEG. EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PENROSE MAIN E.R. AND RELEASED THE SAME NIGH T. EMPLOYEE WAS SEEN ON 4.9.98 BY DR. OF HEALTH QUEST AND RELEASED TO MODIFIED WORK.
EE WAS WALKING OUT OF DRILL SHACK CARRYING BQ RODS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. THE RODS HE WAS CARRYING HIT HIM IN THE CHEST.
EMP WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER ON A HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP AND FELL BACKWARD. LANDED ON ROCK AND BRUISED LOW BACK. WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO PENROSE ER. XRAYS OF LUMBAR, THORACIC AND CERVICAL SPINES WERE NORMAL. WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRUISE TO LUMBAR SPINE. WAS SEEN BY DE NEXT DAY AND WAS REMOVED FROM WORK. HAS MISSED TWO SHIFTS. WAS SEEN 8-22. RELEASED LIGHT DUTY 8-25
HE FELL INTO THE ANCHOR TRENCH AND LOST HIS FOOTING BECAUSE OF MUDDY GROUND, CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO HIS HIS FIBULA.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON A MUCK PILE TO LAY OUT ORE CONTROL STAKES. HE SLIPPED ON BROKEN MATERIAL AND FELL. THE INDEX FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND WAS DISLOCATED AS A RESULT.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF OF A D-9N WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM ON MUD CAUSING HIS RIGHT ARM TO BE JAMMED INTO HAND GRAB RAIL HE WAS HOLDING ONTO. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT THUMB.
EE WAS TRAINING ON THE DOZER; PUSHING THE LEACH PAD. AFTER FINISHING THE PROJECT, EE DISMOUNTED FROM THE DOZER. IN DOING SO, EE STEPPED DOWN ON AN UNEVEN GROUND AREA, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
WAS LOOKING FOR PULL BOXES, TRENCH WAS DUG, SIZE 36"X48X48. BENCH GAVE WAY. EMPLOYEE FELL WITH SHOVEL IN RIGHT HAND. EMPLOYEE STRUCK FOREHEAD ON A ROCK. SMALL LACERATION ONE RIGHT SIDE OF FOREHEAD.
EE HAD MOVED A DOZER OUT OF THE BLASHING AREA. WHEN EE DISMOUNTED FROM THE DOZER, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. THE INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL APPROX 17 DAYS AFTER IT HAPPENED.
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM A TRACK MOUNTED BLASTHOLE DRILL. WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND DOWN TO CATCH HIMSELF, HIS FINGER WAS CUT ON A ROCK. THE CUT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES. X-RAYS WERE NEGA TIVE.
EE A FOREMAN WITH AMES CONSTRUCTION INC WHO HAS BEEN EMPLOYED FOR ONE YR WAS WALKING DOWN A SLOPE TO SERVICE & START A CATERPILLAR GENERATOR HESTARTED DOWN THE SLOPE & STEPPED ON SOME LOOSE M ATERIAL CAUSING HIS RT ANKLE TO ROLL HE SUFFEREDA SPRAINED ANKLE
EE A EXPERIENCED MECHANIC WHO HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WITH AMES CONST INC WAS PERFORMING A PRESHIFT INSPECTION ON A 60 TON CRANE WAS WALKING ON THE LANDING HE STEPPED ON A 4X4INX12IN PIECE OF CUC0O DEN CRIBBING WHEN HIS FOOT CAME DOWN ON THE CRIBBING IT ROLLED CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO ROLL R/ANKLE SPRAIN
AFTER CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON 30-42 JAW CRUSHER HE TOOK A STEP BACKWARDS AND HIS KNEE TWISTED.