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TRIPPED AND FELL ON SCRAP ANGLE IRON BURIED IN GROUND.
GROUTER FOREMAN, DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION OF A GROUTER DRILLING LOCATION, ALLEGES TO HAVE SLIPPED ON A BOLT, AND FELL LANDING ON HIS SELF-RESCUE UNIT, INJURING HIS HIP. INJURY NOW REQUIRES THERAPY.
TRIPED ON CATWALK, SMASHED HIS HAND ON ANGLE IRON WALKIN.
WALKING UP CATWALK, TRIPPED ON OVERSIZE PIECE OF SALT
EE WAS FAVORING LEFT HIP DUE TO PREVIOUS INJURY YEARS AGO CAUSING RT LEG TO SLIP ON GRAVEL, HYPEREXTENDED RT KNEE.
EMP WAS JUMP STARTING A LOADER. FELL OFF LOADER (2 FEET) ON CHUNKS OF SALT, SCRAPING HIS LEFT ARM. ONE LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHING.
HE WAS CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS CANNON DRILL. AS HE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM THE MACHINE, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
HEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO SCALING RIG TO CHANGE FUEL FILTER. UPON REACHING DECKING, EE SLIPPED, FELL NINE FEET.
TRIPPED WALKING UP INCLINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING CRANE AND SLIPPED AND HIT SHIN ON OUT RIGGER.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF OPERATOR KITCHEN. HE JUMPED DOWN FROM MACHINE & LANDED ON UNEVEN GROUND. BRUISING BOTTOM OF FOOT.
EMP STOOD PALLET ON END TO USE AS LADDER. LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON RIGHT ELBOW. DR USED SYRINGE TO DRAIN FLUID BUILD UP ON ELBOW.
MECHANIC WORKING ON TIP OF BOOM OF 988 CAT LOADER. WHEN CLIMBING DOWN HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RT ARM. SUDDEN JERK AND TWIST CAUSED A MUSCLE TEAR AND PARTIAL SEPARATION OF RT SHO ULDER. EMP HAS SINCE BEEN OUT OF WORK.
WHILE CO-WORKER WAS TRAMING #749 BOOM TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE LEFT HER CAP LAMP ADN MINE BELT ONT EH BASKET OF THE MACHINE AND WAS AFRAID IT WOULD FALL OFF. THEY STOPPED AND SHE CLIMBED INTO BASKE T TO RETRIEVE LIGHT. WHEN CLIMBING DOWN HER LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR CAUSING HER KNEE OT BUCKLE AND SHE FELL.
EE STEPPED ON LOOSE STONE, SLIPPED, FELT PAIN IN BACK. PRESENTLY SEEING A CHIROPRACTER.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK,SLIPPED ON SLICK SALT, HITTING HIS JAW ON VEHICLE, KNOCKING OUT THREE TEETH. EMP DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 9-21-95.
ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN SPEED SWITCH UNDER CONVEYOR BELT. WHEN PULLING INTO PLACE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST WALL. RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY BEGAN 8-21-95.
WHILE MAKING A SPLICE ON CONVEYOR BELT, EMPLOYEEWENT TO CLIMB DOWN OFF THE BELT. HIS LEFT FOOT BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE STOP CARD AND HE FELL AND CAUGHT HIMSELF ON TRUCK. FOR A SHORT TIME HE WA S SUSPENDED BY HIS RIGHT HAND, ARM AND LEFT LEG.NOTE: INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE DUE TO LOST TIME ON 8/22/95.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF SCALING BASKET, WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM LAST RUNG, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING WINDSHIELD OF LOADER WHEN THE WIND BLEW OFF HIS HARD HAT HE REACHED FOR HAT LOSING HIS GRIP & BEGAN TO FALL GRABBED ONTO LADDER TO BREAK HIS FALL & STRAINED HIMSELF DIDNT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 05-16-95
EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACKWARD CATCHING ANKLE ON A PALLET. FELL BACKWARDS, BREAKING HIS FALL WITH HIS WRIST.
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER STUD IN CEMENT FLOOR IN BAGGING WAREHOUSE AND FELL ON HIP. STUD IN FLOOR WAS ONCE COVERED BY PALLETS. MECHANICS HAD REMOVED ALL OTHERS EXCEPT THIS ONE.
EE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF CABLE TRUCK HANDING J HOOKS TO CO WORKER IN MANBASKET, WHEN EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON TO TRUCK CAUSING CONTUSION TO RIGHT CALF.
WHILE STANDING ON 2ND FLOOR [NOT TIED OFF], HE PULLED A BOARD UP FROM THE FLOOR THEN BACKED UP &FELL OFF EDGE OF FLOOR TO LOWER LEVEL.
EE WAS HOLDING A BOOM CYLINDER FOR A MECHANICAL SCALER WHILE A CO WORKER WAS GUIDING THE ROD END INTO THE CYLINDER WITH A 3RD PERSON GUIDING THE ROD WITH A CRANE. WHEN ROD WAS INSERTED INTO CY LINDER OIL SHOT OUT. EE JUMPED BACK, FELL TO GROUUND AND FRACTURED LEFT WRIST WHEN BREAKING FALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING TRAILING CABLE OFF OF CABLE REEL ON JUMBO DRILL. WHEN CABLE PULLED LOOSE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL. INCIDENT RESULTED IN MULTIPLE MUSCLE STRAIN TO BACK AND LEFT SIDE OF GROIN AREA. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK AT RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE FINISHED CHANGING WIPER ON CONVEYOR IN MILL AND WAS WALKING DOWN INCLINE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL. INCIDENT RESULTED IN A SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE. EMPLOYE E RETURNED TO WORK ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE WAS WALKING IN MINE AND STEPPED IN A LOW AREA, TWISTED KNEE.
WOODEN FLOOR BOARD BROKE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL APPROX 10FT CUTTING HEAD & SCRAPING BACK & ARM
EE WALKED IN WATER THEN CLIMBED ON WOODEN BOARDS& SLIPPED APPROX. 5' & TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
IN COVERED STORAGE BUNKER, THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A PLASTIC GRATE WHICH WAS FLOATING ON WATER DUE TO A BUILD UP DUE TO A RECENT STORM. EMPLPOYEE ENTERED AREA WITH INTENTION OF STARTING A SUMP PUMP. GRATE SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND TWIST ANKLE.
EE WAS WALKING IN MINE AND TRIPPED ON AN UNEVEN FLOOR CUT. SHE FELL INTO A MINE VEHICLE. HITTING NOSE AND UPPER LIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHECK FLUID IN RADIATOR OF LHD WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM TANK WHICH HE WAS STANDING ON. HE THEN FELL INTO THE LHD.
EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING A LOADER. AS HE WALKED AROUND THE EQUIPMENT, HE STEPPED ON A SMALL CHUNK OF SALT AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE, RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING LHD SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING OFF & FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON WRIST
WHEN STEPPING OFF THE BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK IN SHOP, FELT A SHARP PAIN UP THE BACK OF THE LEG AND KNEE.
WET GROUND.
EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF LADDER RUNG, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE BALANCE, FALL, & BRUISE RIGHT HIP.
WHEN BRINE PUMP WAS STARTED, PRESSURE CAUSED FOOT VALVE TO JUMP UPWARD. EMPLOYEE MADE ATTEMPT TO HOLD VALVE DOWN WITH HIS FOOT. AT SAME TIME ANOTHER EMPLOYEE RELEASED PRESSURE CAUSING INSURED TO LOOSE BALANCE & FALL.
EMPLOYEE WORKING AT LOADING STATION USED PALLET TO KEEP HIS FEET OFF OF COLD MET AL FLOOR CAUGHT HEEL WHILE STEPPING OFF PALLET WRENCHED BACK WHEN CATCHING BALANCE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR
WHILE RETRIEVING OLD MINE SIGHTS (LINE POINTS) EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF MAN BASKET FROM BOOM TRUCK AND WHEN WALKING TO OPERATORS COMPARTMENT IN FRONT OF TRUCK HIS RIGHT ANKLE ROLLED OVER FROM UNDER HIM. EMPLOYEE SAW PHYSICIAN ON 2/24/93 ANDWAS PUT ON RESTRICTED WORK CAPACITY ON 2/25/93.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING OXY-ACE CART INTO POSITION IN THE MILL WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF TWO FOOT LEDGE ONTO SCREEN FLOOR CAUSING HIS RIGHT KNEE TO TWIST IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE TORCH SET FROM TOPPLING OVER.EMPLOYEE SAW DR. FOR FIRST TIME ON 2-17-93, BECOME LOST TIME ON 2-18-93.
EMPL WAS DISMOUNTING A MECHANICAL ROOF SCALER & SLIPPED ON LOOSE FLOOR GRATE IN COCKPIT OF MACHINE CAUSING EMPL TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE & FALL TO THE MINE FLOOR APPROX.4' AFTER PERSISTENT PAIN,
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON FLOOR OF PROPANE FILLING SHED FELL TO GROUND & STRAINED BACK WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR & DID NOT INFORM SUPERVISOR
DECKHAND WAS STANDING ON BARGE COVERS AND THE TUG BOAT TRIED TO OPEN THEM. THEY WOULD NOT OPEN, SO HE PULLED ON IT AGAIN A LITTLE HARDER AND IT MADE THE BARGE MOVE AND THE MAN FELL INSIDE THE BARGE. HE BRUISED HIS HIP AND FRACTURED HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGED HE INJURED HIS KNEE EARLY IN NOVEMBER AND NEVER REPORTED IT TO HIS FORMENA UNTIL 11-9-92. HAD INJURED KNEE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND THINKS HE AGGRAVATED IT WHEN JUMPING OFEQ UIPMENT.
INJURED WAS REMOVING TRANSITE SHEETS OFF OF 4TH FLOOR MILL BUILDING. HE AND ANOTHER MAN WAS CARRYING A SHEET OF TRANSITE AND WALKING ON A SHEET OF PLYWOOD TAHT WAS COVERING A HOLE IN THE ROOF . HE STEPPED OFF THE SHEET OF PLYWOOD AND THE TRANSITE GAVE WAY AND HIS FOOT WENT THROUGH. HE HAD A SAFETY HARNESS AND WAS TIED OFF AT THE TIME.
WHILE WORKING AT A BULK FILLING STATION FILLING BULK BAGS (1 TON) THE EMPLOYEE BACKED INTO A PARTIALLY COVERED MANHOLE THAT IS USED FOR PUMPING OUT A PIT UNDER A TRUCK SCALE. FALL TO SAME LEVE L.
46595 EMPLOYEE WAS ON MOVIE LOCATION ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB OUT OF A BOAT ONTO A OLD ABANDONED PORTION OF BAGRE WALK-WAY SUPPORT STRUCTURE GAVE WAY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL INTO WATER & FX RIGHT 15235
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN A SURFACE BUILDING AND STEPPED ON A WET SPOT, SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS ARM ON A SHARP EDGE OF AN ELECTRICAL CABINET FRAME.