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Employee was stepping off a staircase from RC-7 onto ground level when EE felt pain in their left foot.
Employee tripped getting into cab and fell with hands forward into cab. Employees right hand middle finger contacted cab floor first and dislocated to the right.
Employee was walking to car, slipped and fell. Tweaked ankle/foot/knee & hurt right hand/elbow. *This is not a reportable injury. The employee has only received first aid. I am reporting to avoid citation if the employee does receive more than first aid outside of the 10 day reporting requirement (as advised by an inspector over the phone).
Employee was exiting M3 Chute after cleaning an overflow. Pant leg got caught on the chute lip and caused employee to lose balance. In regaining balance, employee tweaked back.
Employee lost footing while cleaning out #4 chute. EE slid about 2ft and regained footing, but with ankle in awkward position causing an Avulsion Fracture.
Stepping off truck employee went to plant foot on ground and reposition hand on railing, leaning back hand came off railing only one hand left on railing and fell backwards and hit head on ground
Employee couldn't see above the sides of the truck for correct location under chute, so EE straddled between the truck and the concrete wall to see the correct chute location. Employee slipped off the step and fell between the wall and the truck on the ground and bent right knee out on a 45 degree angle. It was diagnosed on 11/3/16 that employee had a broken tibia.
Employee was walking and holding a pipe union in left hand. Employee stopped and headed back to their truck to grab a wire brush when they tripped causing them to fall forward to their hands and knees. The two pieces of the pipe union the employee was holding cut their finger when they fell.
While getting off the railroad car, his foot slipped on the icy step. As he grabbed the railing to break his fall, he felt pain in his left shoulder and lower back.
The employee was climbing down the ladder of the railroad car and slipped and fell, hitting the edge of the railroad car and fracturing three ribs.
Employee was attempting to climb onto the top of a screen deck when his hard hat struck an overhead beam causing him to lose his balance and fall onto the screen deck.
Employee servicing a CAT 922 loader. While descending loader, lost his grip and fell backwards. Fall was broken when his left upper arm struck a U-shaped piece of steel on a nearby welder. Employee crushed an artery. Had surgery to remove blood clot and sew arteries together. Full circulation restored. Out of work with restrictions.
Entering tunnel for daily housekeeping and found water running in the tunnel from the evening before. Stepped off stairs and hit a slick spot causing him to slip and twist left knee. Felt injury superficial and gave it some time to heal. On 5/12 pain still persisted. Sought medical care. Left knee sprain. Placed on restricted duty and prescribed PT and prescription.
Employee was descending the ladder of his front end loader when his left boot heel got caught on the step "tweaking" his knee. This led to pain/tightening of his inside back of the knee and tenderness to the kneecap.
Employee had just decended a fixed ladder from the rock grab next to the primary. When he reached the floor level, he took one step away from the ladder, when his left foot / leg went through the floor. It gave way beneath him, resulting in him striking against the floor, causing pain in his left hip and left shoulder.
There are no conditions that lead to this accident, employee has history of ankle problems and thinks it happened at work because of walking on uneven surfaces.
while walking, new boots caught caught of guard and employee tripped pulling back hamstring
Was walking near railway where the ground was covered with snow and ice, lost footing falling and attempted to catch with left hand, causing an injury to pinky finger and part of left hand.
When exiting a tug boat, steppped on dock, hyper extended right knee back, then fell.
Employee was working on a fan belt idler on a loader. Employee stepped off the rear of the loader and felt pain in his lower back and right leg.
Was washing drain pipe with hose, it became muddy and employee slipped on it hitting elbow.
Employee was climbing out of crusher door and " something popped in right knee"
Walking towards front door, walked over, near steel plate cover for pit, apparently kicked the plate causing a shift, and fell into the opening
CLOSING HOOD OF VEHICLE LOST FOOTING ON ICY SURFACE, SLIPPED AND FELL.
JUMPED OFF SLOW MOVING TRAIN, TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
WALKING ON CATWALK STEPPED BACK, LOOSING FOOTING AND TWISTING LEFT FOOT, AS TIME PROGRESSED SO DID THE PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE TOW MOTOR WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HE ROLLED HIS LEFT ANKLE ON AN UNEVEN PORTION OF ASPHALT.
WALKING AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE ICE, JAMMED RIGHT PINKEY FINGER.
EE WAS EXITING FROM THE BACKHOE LOADER. THE EE SLIPPED ON THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW WHICH HAD COVERED THE EXISTING ICE FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. THE EE WAS UNAWARE OF THE ICE BENEATH THE SNOW. EE SL IPPED BACKWARDS FALLING ON HIS LEFT WRIST WHILE TRYING TO BREAK HIS FALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING FROM THE DOCK TO THE BARGEWHEN HIS RIGHT PLANTED FOOT SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIS LEFT LEG TO BE WHIPPED INTO A BIT.
WHILE EXITING CRANE EE WAS STEPPING ONTO A CATWALL, AND FELL APPROX. 6' TO THE GROUND.
EE WAS CUTTING A BELT, SLIPPED OFF CRIBBING BELT AND STRUCK TOOTH ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON, BREAKING SAME.