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EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER TO FUEL TRUCK AND SLIPPED ON RUNG DUE TO RAIN & MUD EE FELL 3FT TO GROUND CONTUSIONS TO R SHOULDER R FOREARM R CHESTWALL & BACK
WAS WALKING ACROSS WET DECK ON DREDGE BY FRESH WATER PUMP, SLIPPED, FELL AGAINST MUFFLER ON DREDGE MOTOR.
HAD COMPLETED WALK AROUND AND WAS CLIMBING ACCESS LADDER TO 773B CAT TRUCK. WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND CAUGHT ALL WEIGHT ON RIGHT SHOULDER. DID NOT REPORT AT THAT DATE BECAUSE HE SAID HE WAS OKAY AND DID NOT NEED MED. TREATMENT. NOW PAIN HAS RESURFACED AND MEDICAL TRT IS BEING SOUGHT.
EE WAS GOING DOWN A PATH AND PART OF THE CLIFF GAVE OUT FROM UNDERNEATH FOOT AND FELL ABOUT 16-18INCHES, TWISTING BACK. X-RAYS TAKEN AT LOCAL CLINIC SHOW NEGATIVE
EE WAS STEPPING OFF ONE CONVEYOR TO ANOTHER WHEN HIS COVERALLS BECAME CAUGHT ON A BOLT CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND TWIST HIS ANKLE.
EMP WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM R-35 TRUCK, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM. FELL DOWN LANDING ON HIS BACK.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP ON THE 6X20 FEED BELT TO LOOKAT THE HEAD OF THE CONE DISCHARGE. HE SLIPPED & FELL ON THE BELT HITTING A BRACE THAT RUNS OVER THE BELT.
EMPLOYE EWAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OFF OF THE FUEL TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AGAINST THE FUEL PUMP. HIS VISIT TO THE DR REPORTS A BRUISE TO HIS BACK. HE RTURNED TO WORK WITH REST RICTIONS FOR THREE DAYS AND FULL DUTY ON MONDAY IF RECOVERED FROM INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OIL ON PORTABLE TELESMITH SCALPER IN THE QUARRY. IT IS NECESSARY TO GET IN A STRANGE POSITION TO PUT OIL IN THE TELESMITH, AND PERHAPS THERE WAS OIL UNDERFOOT. BUT IN THE PROCESS, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND IN EFFORT TO KEEP FROM FALLING HE STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK. SAW CHIROPRACTOR ON 31 AUG AND HE PUT HIM ON SOME WORKING RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE CRUSHER, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON BUILD UP OF LIME DUST. HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO CRUSHER FRAME, HITTING RIBS. [LEFT SIDE]
INJURED LOST HER TRACTION AND TWISTED HER LEFT KNEE WHILE DOING HOUSEKEEPING AT THE TIME SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS INJURED AND DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION.HER KNEE STARTED TO BOTHER HER A ND SHE WENT BACK TO THE DOCTOR.DR SAID SHE HAD SPRAINED HER LEFT KNEE AND NEEDED TO BE ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL IT WAS BETTER ON 10-11-93.
WHILE DOING CRUSHER MAINTENAC, INURED'S FOOT SLIPPED OF STEEL CRUSHER FRAME CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS RIGHT KNEE ON FRAME. HE TOLD HIS FOREMAN ABOUT THIS AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT.
WHILE MOVING DRILL HOSE, HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL AND STRAINED LOWER, MIDDLE BACK.
WHILE CLEANING SCREEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER AND HE HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE METAL LADDER BRUSING THE ELBOW AND PULLING A LIGAMENT.
WHILE GREASING THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PLANT HE SLIPPED ON MUD AND CUAGHT HIS RIGHT ARM ON THE CRUSHER TWISTING IT.
COMING OFF THE LOADER LADDER, HEADING TOWARD THE SCALEHOUSE, HE SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE AND INJURED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED UP TO TAKE-UP BOLTS TO PUSH "ON" BUTTON TO OPERATE THE VIBRATOR AT THE SECONDARY CRUSHER; IN CLIMBING, HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. 18 INCHES. ON 10-29-92 HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR . WENT TO DR AGAIN ON NOV. 3, 1992 AND THEN WILL NOT WORK UNTIL WRITTEN NOTICE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN SAND BANK TO LOAD FOUR HOLES ON LOWER LEVEL. ROCK UNDER SAND COVER , CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO TRIP, TWIST AND FALL HITTING HIS KNEE. X-RAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF A CRACK IN THE BONE AT THE LEFT KNEE; AT THIS TIME LITTLE ELSE IS KNOWN.
WHILE SETTING THE CONVEYOR MIKE SLIPPED OFF OF A BELT.HE FELL ABOUT 6 FEET AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THE NEXT DAY.X-RAYS SHOWED SWELLING AND FLUID BUILDUP ON T HE KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING IN THE QUARRY AND WALKED AROUND THE EDGE AND A SLAB OF ROCK WAS GONE AND THE GROUND GAVE AWAY UNDER FOOT AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND, STRAINING MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK AN D LEGS.
EE TOLD HIS FOREMAN HE REINJURED HIS ANKLE OVER THE WEEKEND HE CALLED THE OFFICE ON 2/26 WANTING APPROVAL TO GO TO THE DR SINCE HE INJURED IT OVER THE WEEKEND OTHER WOULD NOT APPROVE. HE SAYS HE TOLD ANOTHER EE HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE TWICE ATWORK ON MONDAY AND ATTENDED THE SAFETY MEETING TUESDAY BUT SAID HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK ON WEDNESDAY HE SHOWED UP FOR WORK ON THURSDAY WITHOUT DR
UNEVEN GROUND
EMPL FELL IN SIMON CRUSHER AS HE WAS TRYING TO CUT IRON THAT HAD LODGED. HE FELL AGAINST CRUSHER WALL BRUISING RIGHT HIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING CONVEYOR HEADWHEELS AND TAILWHEELS FOR MAINTENANCE ON THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, AND STEPPED ON SOME WET GRIZZLEY CAUSING FEET TO SLIDE OUT FROM UNDER HIM. TO KEEP FROM FALLING OFF BACKWARDS, HE GRABBED FOR STATIONARY ITEM AND HE TORE THE BICEP MUSCLES LOOSE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE IS HAVING SURGERY TO PUT THAT MUSCLE BACK INTO ITS PLACE.
I NAME LOST HER BALANCE & FELL ABOUT 6FT TO THE GROUND WHILE REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE TAIL PULLEY
EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING AND SERVICING/GREASING AT THE PRIMARY PLANT, HIS USUAL JOB DUTY. HE LOST HIS BALANCE WHEN TRANSVERSING AROUND A MOTOR, AN EYE LIFT ON THE MOTOR TURNED WITH HIM. EMPLO YEE FELL TO THE GROUND, ABOUT NINE FEET DOWN, ONTO HIS LEFT ANKLE. DIAGNOSIS IS FRACTURE TO LEFT ANKLE AND TORN LIGAMENTS IN LEFT ANKLE.
CHECKING THE ENGINE OIL ON WATER TRUCK IN STEPPPING FROM THE BUMPER DOWN TO GROUND STEPPED ON STONE IT ROLLED UNDER HIS FOOTING CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO TURN OR TWIST. L ANKLE
CLIMBED ON TOP OF BOOM SLIPPED OFF AND FELL ON GROUND