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INJURED WAS HURRYING INTO HOLEPLUG BLDG, SLIPPED ON FLOOR DUE TO SNOW AND ICE BUILDUP ON HER BOOTS, FALLING FACE DOWN WITH ARMS EXTENDED TO BREAK HER FALL, INJURING HER RT SHOULDER.
EE WAS CLEANING BENTONITE CLAY FROM THE SIDE OF PAN FEEDER USING A FLAT BAR. HE SLIPPED AS CLAY CAME LOOSE FROM SIDE OF CHUTE & CAUGHT LEFT THUMB BETWEEN BAR & METAL SIDE OF CHUTE. REQUIRED 10 STITCHES.
INJURED WAS PUTTING DUST COVER ONTOP OF BULK RAILCAR, SLIPPED ON SNOW AND ICE, BUMPING HEAD ON DUST COVER.
EE WAS WALKING FROM INSIDE PLANT TO AN OUTSIDE AREA TO PREFORM A TASK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME WET BENTONITE, SPRAINING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
INJURED STEPPED ON EDGE OF UNEVEN GRATING ON WALKWAY BY PALLETIZER CONTROL PANEL, TWISTED ANKLE.
INJURED CLOSED A VALVE UNDER C GRANULAR TANK, LOST BALANCE AND FELL, LANDING ON LEFT SIDE OF BUTT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WITH R/R MOVING. SET BRAKE ON CAR. CLIMBED DOWN LADDER. JUMPED OFF OF CAR TO GROUND. HEEL HIT ROCK.
RAIN HAD FALLEN ON PLANT. HE GOT OUT OF SWITCH MASTER. RUT GAVE WAY BENEATH FOOT. HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED ANKLE SEVERE SPRAIN OF RIGHT ANKLE AND LOWER LEG.
WAS RELEASING COME-A-LONG WHEN HANDLE SLIPPED, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE, FALLING FORWARD & DOWN WITH HIS EYEBROW STRIKING A FLANGE ON AUGER, & AS HE FELL FARTHER DOWN, HIS RIBS [L EFT SIDE] STRUCK CONVEYOR. TROUCH EQUIPMENT WAS BEING INSTALLED AS PART OF NEW GRANULAR SYSTEM.
LEROY WAS OPERATING A D-7 DOZER MOVING HOPPER CARS ON SIDING. LEROY GOT OUT AND WENT TO GET OFF DOZER - SLIPPED AND FELL STEPPING FROM TRACE TO GROUND, TWISTING ANKLE AND THEN HITTING ANKLE O N SOM PART OF THE DOZER TRUCK. WE HAD 3 1/2" OF RAIN AND GROUND CONDITIONS WERE VERY SLIPPERY. LEROY WEIGHS 280 LBS.
STARTING CLEANING OPEN TOP RAILROAD HOPPERS GROUND CONDITIONS WET AND MUDDY SLIPPED AND HURT RIGHT KNEE. WENT TO DR 2-17-94 AND NOTHING WAS FOUND RETURNING TO SPECIALIST 3-17-94. EE HAS WORKED EVER SCHEDULED WORKDAY SINCE INJURY.