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EE LIFTING SCREENS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING BACK TO TWIST.
EE WAS WAITING TO HOOK SPREADER CABLES TO FEED BOX. WELD BETWEEN BOX & CONE BROKE ALLOWING BOX TO FALL APPROX 18" CAUSING EE TO FALL FROM RAIL OF FEED BOX APPROX 5' TO WALKWAY.
EE WAS WAITING TO HOOK SPREADER CABLES TO FEED BOX. WELD BETWEEN BOX & CONE BROKE ALLOWING BOX TO FALL APPROX 18" CAUSING EE TO FALL FROM RAIL OF FEED BOX APPROX 5' TO WALKWAY.
EMP WAS GREASING THE FIELD CONVEYORS AND GOING FROM ONE POINT TO OTHERS, HE TRIPPED OVER HIS FEET OR A ROCK AND FELL. HIS LEFT HAND RECEIVED A 11/2" CUT THAT TOOK 5 STITCHES TO CLOSE.
EMPLOYEE HAD REPORTED TO WORK AND WAS IN PROCESS OF OPENING A CABLE GATE WHEN HE SLIP ON ICE AND SNOW AND BROKE HIS LEFT FOOT (FIBULA)
EE HAD CRAWLED INTO THE FIELD HOPPER TO REMOVE A TREE LIMB THAT WAS STUCK. IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE LIMB, EE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE AND LEG, CAUSING A SPRAIN TO THE KNEE AND L EG. EE HAD PREVIOUSLY INJURED THREE WEEKS PRIOR , IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT.
EE WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL BELT CLAMPS IN BELT. CLIMBED ACROSS CONVEYOR TO OPPOSITE SIDE OF CATWALK. TRIED TO PUSHC A BOARD UNDER THE BELT. LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND. EE WAS NOT WEARING A SAFETY LINE & BELT AND WAS NOT ON THE CATWALK AS TRAINED & INSTRUCTED. EE BROKE LEFT TIBIA IN SEVERAL PLACES REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION & SURGERY TO REPAIR INJURY.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A COVER ON THE WALKWAY BEHIND SCREEN #03563 TO CHECK THE SCREEN FOR HOLES THE COVER WAS NOT BOLTED DOWN THE COVER TILTED & THE EMPLOYEES LEFT LEG WENT THROUGH THE OPENING & HIT A BEAM TEARING AN APPROX 1IN PLACE OUT OF THE SHIN AREA OF HIS LEG REQUIRING 6 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND
EE WALKING DONW CONVEYOR CAT WALK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING CONTUSION ON THIGH FROST ON CATWALK.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS GETTING OUT OF A CAT HAUL TRUCK AND FELL AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
INJURED HAD CLIMBED UPON A FRONT END LOADER TIRE TO SPEAK TO OPERATOR,WHILE CLIMBING DOWN LADDER HE MISSED THE 3RD STEP AND LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ,TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE,CAUSING A SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE STANDING ON ROCK WAVING ARMS TO GET MECHANICAL TECH'S ATTN. WHILE STEPPING OFF ROCK FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL. EMPLOYEE FELL ON LEFT HAND DISLOCATION SMALL FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS STEPPING ONTO GROUND FROM HIS LOADER AND TURNED ANKLE OVER.
DURING CHANGING OF KEY PLATES AT JAW CRUSHER, DIE SLIPPED OFF TOP LIP AFTER LOWER RIGHT KEY PLATE WAS REMOVED. JAW DIE AND BARREL THAT I.NAME STANDING ON FELL INTO CHUTE. WELDED EYE OF JAW DIE CAUGHT HEEL OF RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING FRACTURE AND CUT TO HEEL OF RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SHOVELING ROCK FROM UNDER A CONVEYOR, SLIPPED AND FELL, AND KNEE STRUCK A PIECE OF STONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING A SCREEN TO BE CHANGED & WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN ONTO THE PLATFORM HE TURNED HIS FOOT & SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE
WHEN CLIMBING UP SUPPORT LEGS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL APPROX 8' TO FLOOR & HE LANDED OFF BALANCE ON RIGHT FOOT.
DISMOUNTING LOADER FT SLIPPED OFF LADDER, HOLDING ON LADDER CAUSING JERK TO BODY WT
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET ON LOADER AT BEGINNING OF WORK DAY HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF FIRST STEP CAUSING HIM TO SPRAIN RIGHT ANKLE.