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Employee was on top of a bulk truck trailer trying to align a loading spout with the trailer opening, when he tripped and fell through the space between the bottom rail of the gangway and the trailer, landing on the ground.
The employee was stepping down from the forklift, lost his footing, and injured his left hand and wrist falling to the ground. Employee is on restricted work duty.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE DFA ROBOT PALLET DISCHARGE CONVEYOR AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE. THIS WAS AN UNAUTHORIZED WALKING ROUTE AND HE WILL BE RETRAINED. HE IS ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY
THE EE WAS USING CAUTION TAPE TO TAP OFF THE NORTH #1 BULK LOADOUT SCALE BECAUSE THE LOADOUT SPOUT WOULD NOT RETRACT. AS THE EE STEPPED OFF OF THE SCALE, HE STEPPED ON THE SCALE FOOTING CAUSIN G HIS FOOT TO ROLL SIDEWAYS AND HE FELL TO THE UGROUND. EE FRACTURED HIS FIBULA BUT BOTH THE INITIAL PHYSICIAN AND THE ORTHOPEDIC SPECALIST RETURNED HIM TO MODIFIED WORK. HE DID NOT LOSE ANY
EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE WEST STEPS TO THE BULK LOADOUT AREA AND TRIPPED. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. EE WAS SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN AND PLACED ON MODIFIED WORK.
THE EE WAS INSTALLING A MAGNET HOUSING. HE HAD THE MAGNET LAYING ON THE FLOOR WHERE HE WAS WORKING. HE STEPPED BACK ONTO THE MAGNET AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
AFTER COMPLETING JANITORIAL DUTIES, CONTRACTOR WHITE GLOVE PRO CLEANING SVCS EE LOCKED THE DOORTO THE ADMIN BLD. SHE TURNED QUICKLY, STUBBED HER TOE & FELL TO THE GROUND ON HER RIGHT SIDE. FI RST AID WAS GIVEN UNTIL AMBULANCE ARRIVED. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL FOR TESTS; SHE SUSTAINED 2 FRACTURED RIBS & FRACTURED STERNUM. TREATMENT CONSISTED OF MEDICATION ONLY.